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IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE

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Acts 20:35

January 1958 February Kanpur, India

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ALLAHABAD TIMES

Nine Indian brethren and five missionaries met at Allahabad on November 15thfor the third annual meeting of the NewTestament Publications, Ass'n.

The main business of the associationis to elect an Executive Committee towhom is entrusted the work of theassociation for the coming year.

The missionaries are very happy toserve on the Executive Committee of theassociation; but they would much preferthat the Indian brethren receive thesepositions of leadership. During the firsttwo years, the Executive Committee wascomposed of three Indian brethren andtwo missionaries. This year the electionresulted in the placing of four missionariesand a single Indian brother on thecommittee. One Indian brother laterremarked that it had been his hope thatthe Executive Committee would be composed entirely of missionaries.

Vijai Nagar Too

This preference for missionaries bythe Indian brethren has also been thecase at Vijai Nagar Camp. During thenine times the Indian brethren haveelected a Camp Manager, they have neverchosen an Indian brother.

We will not make any guesses as towhy the Indian brethren choose missionaries for these positions of leadership.We would not be able to prove a word wesaid.

Forward March

Despite the fact that the ExecutiveCommittee is over-weighted with missionaries (of whom your editor was the fourthelected), the work of New TestamentPublications, Ass'n. is taking great stridesahead.

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The Hindi paper, JEEWAN-DEEP hasnow begun its second year of monthlypublication. Brother Nathan James ofSatna did an excellent job with themagazine during 1957, but did not feelthat he could undertake the work duringthe coming year. Bro. Julius Yafaat ofKulpahar was then chosen to succeedhim. The paper will now be printed inKanpur instead of in Allahabad.

The Hindi translation of " Bible forYouth" by C. J. Sharp has now beensent to the printer. Funds are lacking forthe completion of this work.

Contributions may be sent to theHon'y. Treasurer, New Testament Publications, Ass'n., 65 Lalitpur Road, Jhansi,U.P.

ACROSTICS

A very interesting and instructivebook, " Bible Lovers' AcrosticsbyRichard Ross has just been published bythe Gospel Literature Service of Bombay.A few minutes each day spent with thisbook will provide a very pleasant way toincrease your Bible knowledge.

Bible class teachers will find acrosticsto be a very stimulating exercise for their,scholars. The acrostic may be given oneweek and the students asked to work onthe answer for the next week.

Example

One week you may give your BibleClass this acrostic to solve.

No. 1

' A martyr of the Church was he.A city on lake Galilee.Name give of the fourth son of Saul.Where Paul was let down by the wall.First city built after the fall.

First letters take and you will see,What we must do to fniitful be.

This should keep every one thinkingthrough the next week. The answer is:

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ABIDE

Revelation 2:13Mark 8:222 Samuel 2:8Acts 9:25Genesis 4:17

John 15:4

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One of the tribes of Israel.Name of a favourite ancient well.A wicked King indeed was he.

A queen of royal dignity.One of David's first mighty three.

First letters would remind us whereOur Lord is nw; soon we'll be there.

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The name of David's rebel sop,VA yoimg man fleet of foot to run. ;High priest of Israel was he. .To Baal never bowed the knee.The light God made to rule the day..

The privilege first letters shoMrOf all who Christ the Saviour know.

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BY INTERPRETATION

ByJIr. A. I. Kinnear

( Condensed from The Balance of Truth)

Dr. Billy Graham said that he hadnever used two interpreters at one timeuntil he spoke into Tamil and Telegutogether in Madras in .1956. Yet ^epresence of as many as three successiveinterpreters alongside the speaker is notunknown in India today. In such asituation few preachere seem to knowwhat to do with their faces and hands inthe interval of waiting for their turn tospeak !

The intelligent preacher leams toavoid complex dependent clauses. Heuses short finite sentences which give theinterpreter something to *catch hold of*and which allow for the fact that theorder of the sentence may have to becompletely inverted in the other language.He leanu c^fuUy to arrange his thoughtsso as to ensure a logical sequence ofargihnent. He leams studiously to avoidall 'padding* and unnecessary repetitionin order to keep the message withinreasonable boimds of length. He leamsto use universal illustrations and not thoseassociated only with a particular background and culture. Above all he leamshow quietly to adjust his message to thecapacity of his interpreter where thelatter*s difiEiculties or limitations becomeapparent.

Spixit^FIUedi hiterpreters

All preaching is essentially witnessand for witness to. be effective the preacheris entirely dependent, upon the HolySpirit*s anointing.

But it follows from this; that, if twomen share the platform and are togetherthe medium of the message, to be "in

the Spirit ** is equally essential to both, andit will be obvious therefore that theposition becomes doubly vulnerable.Either of the two can destroy the work ofGod.

We have known interpreters who aremere machines churning out brilliantsyntax, or who steal the platform, anglingfor the applause. In the presence of suchcompetition the preacher*s message standslittle chance.

We have known, too, preachers whowill show intolerance of an inexperiencedinterpreter, cmshing incipient gift out ofexistence—^and effectually destroying atthe same time their own message.

Tremendous Advantages

Two men, perhaps till now quiteunknown to one another, meet on theplatform to be, for a brief hour, the jointmouthpiece of God. To outward appearances the one has the primary, the other thesecondary part; but a moment*s thoughtwill make it clear that each is equallydependent upon the other.

This a is happy situation. Spiritualmen who are engaged in such unitedministry can testify to the deep inwardjoy of its fellowship. We have knownoccasions when the interpreter has literallycarried the preacher through, supplyingin his interpretation the 'lift* of spiritand the touch of authority that for thetime seemed to elude the first speaker.

That is sanctified teamwork. " For ifthey fall, the one will lift up his fellow**and " they have a good reward of theirlabour **,

BLIND BEGGING BARTIMAEUS

A RADIO SERMON

By Don R. Davis

And they came to Jericho; and as hewas leaving Jericho with his disciples anda great multitude, Bartimaeus a blindbeggar, the son of Timeaus, was sittingby the roadside. And when he heardthat it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began tocry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David,have mercy on me And many rebukedhim telling him to be silent; but he criedout all the more, " Son of David, havemercy on rne !" Jesus said to him," What do you want me to do for you ?"And the blind man said unto him, " Master,let me receive my sight." And Jesus saidto him, "Go your way; your faith hasmade you well." And immediately hereceived his sight and followed him onthe way.

Begging Bartimseus was a man ofcourage, faith, and persistence.

Not only was he blind, but he wasstricken with a disease called poverty.It is a sad thing indeed to be blind. Butif a man of means is robbed of his eyesight,his riches may cheer him and unburdenthe heaviness of his heart.

We are all blind and poor by nature.We see physical objects before us; butthis is only one phase of blindness. Pitythe man who turns a deaf ear and a blindeye to the gospel of Christ. Pity theman who refuses to be enlightened by theHoly Spirit as He speaks through theWord. Pity him, pray for him.

We take physical check-ups, readingthe eyecharts to determine the strengthof our sight. Why will we not endeavourto discern the blackness of sin? Let usjoin Bartimaeus as he cries out fgr mercyon the Jericho road.

The Source of Bartimaeus' Faith

We may be certain that Bartimaeusdid not believe on Christ from what hesaw, for he was stone blind. If seeingwere the only source of faith, Bartimaeuswould never have received his sight.

But faith comes by hearing. AsBartimaeus sat at the gate of the city,absorbing the penetrating rays of thesunshine, he overheard stories of this preacher from Galilee who could heal. Thosewho passed by told of Jesus raising thedead and healing lepers.

But alas! poor Bartimaeus was confined to Jericho, being both blind andpoor. How his heart prayed for the daythat Jesus would come through Jericho.

But wait ! He hears the trample offeet in the streets; crowds, rushing tomeet Jesus. Jesus was teaching as hewalked.

Bartimaeus cried out to Jesus formercy, his only hope. But the crowdtried to silence him. Stubbornly, yethopefully he cried out again. Jesus didnot pass him by, but called him andinquired, " What do you want me to dofor you?" The crowd is silent.

Faith's Results

Bartimaeus' faith is displayed as hecasts away his cloak and addresses Jesuswith a title reserved only for the Messiah.Note his quickness to unlatch the door,when opportunity knocked.

Bartimaeus' faith restored his sightand permitted him to follow Jesus andwitness with his own eyes the remainderof Jesus' earthly ministry.

A NEW NAME

By WiLUAM Gulick

The importance attached to the Nameof God in the Old Testament is broughtout by the fact that one of the ten basiccommandments is " Thou shalt not takethe name of the Lord thy Gpd in vain:foif the Lord will not hold him guiltlessthat taketh his liame in vain(Exodus20:7).. Jesus, when giving the modelprayer, taught us to pray " after thismanner.... Our Father which art inheaven, Hallowed be thy name." Eachname ascribed to God in Scripture hasa particular significance of its own.

A name is important. By Divinedecree the name of Abram was changedto Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, and thatof the supplanter Jacob to Isreal, thePriiice of (^d.

" And. the Gentiles shall see thyrighteousness and all the kings thy glory:and thou shalt .be called by a new name,which the mouth of the Lord shall liame."(Isaiah 62:2).

" And in his name shall the Gentilestrust." (Matthew 12:21).

"Wherefore God also hath highlyexalted him, and given him a name whichis above every name; that at the nameof Jesus every knee should bow, of thingsin heaven, and things on earth, and thingsunder the earth; and that every tongueshall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father."(Philippians 2:9,10).

" Being so much better than the angelsas he hath by inheritance obtained a moreexcellent name than they," (He brews 1:4)

" For this cause I bow my knees untothe Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ofwhoih the whole family in heaven andearth is named." (Ephesians 3:14,15)

" And the disciples were called Christians first at .^tioch." (Acts 11: 20)

The Name of Christ Ofifers Salvation

" Neither is there salvation in anyother; for there is none other name underheaven given among inen, whereby wemust be saved." (Acts 4:12)

" And ye shall be hated of all men formy name's sake, but he that endureth tothe end shall be saved." (Matthew 10:22).

" And everyone that hath forsakenhouses, or bretluen, or sisters, or father,or mother, or wife, or children, or landsfor my name's sake shall receive anhundred fold and shall inherit everlastinglife." (Matthew 19:29)

The Name of Christ Is To Be Liyed

A. The deeds of the Christian mustcorrespond to the Name he wears.

" Let everyone that namedi the nameof Christ depart from iniquity." (IITimothy 2:19)

" And whatsoever ye do in word orin deed, do all in the name of the LordJesus Christ, giving thanks to God andthe Father by him. (Colossians 3:17).

B. The Christian must be willing tosuflfer for the Name he wears.

" But before all these, they shall laytheir hands on you, and persecute you,delivering you up to the synagogues, andinto prisons, being brought before kingsand rulers for my name's, sake." (Luke21:12).

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AHehtion All Sisters !

OUR ROLE AS WOMEN

By H. Kaveri Bai

We hear a great deal about women'srights and witness the way women agitatefor their rights and equalities with men.Let women saved by grace see what Godin His infinite wisdom created womanforj and what place was assigned her.Otherwise, ifwe substitute our own wisdomto His, and try to change the divine order,we may succeed in getting what we want,and yet not be happy for getting it. Norwould the world be a really happier placeif women compete with men in what ,forages has been men's sphere.

.Rights

It is remarkable that the Bible saysnothing about the political and economicrights for which people fight in this world.

God's children have rights only atthe throne of grace; and we exercisethem in the Name of Him Who alone isthe Gk)d-appointed channel betweenheaven and earth, even our Lord JesusChrist.

Except in so far as they have aneternal consequence, God is not interestedin the perishing things of the earth whichman considers all-important. Still, ourrights at the throne cover all aspects oflife-T^personal, familiar, nationzd, inter-nationzil. We can use our privilege toask Almighty Gk>d to heal a headache, toprovide die next meal, or to cause therulers and leaders of this world to seekHis favour for world peace. God •Almighty can do what the U.N. cannot do;and if He is ignored, nothing that menmight do will accomplish its purpose orbe enduring.

Nature Bears Witness

Returning to . women's rights, nadueitself bears witness to the fact that womanis not man's equal even in such mattersas height, weight and muscular power.World history bears witness to the factthat God made woman subordinate toman. Also the greatest names in all thesciences, inventions, discoveries, arts andliterature are the names of men.

Here Is Wliat^^the Bible Says.

" Neither was the man made for thewoman; but the woman for the man." ICor. 11:9.

" He (the husband) shall rule overthee." Gen. 3:16.

" Shall I have pleasure, my lord beingold also?" Gen. 18:12. (Lord heremeans ' husband' or *master').

"The head of the woman is theman." I Cor. 11 : 30.

" Let your women keep silence in thechurches, for it is not permitted untothenv te speak; but they are commandedto be silent. If they will leam anything,let them ask their husbands at ho^, forit is a shame for a woman to speak in thechurch." I Cor. 14:34, gS.

" Wives, submit yourselves imtb yourown husbands for the husband isthe head of the wife." Eph. 5 : 22, 23.

"Let the wife see that she fear herhusband." Eplji. 5:33.

" Likewise, ye wives, be in subjectionto your own husbands ". I Pet. 3:L

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Problems Facing Wives

Problems arise when one or bothpartners happen to be unsaved. Howvital it is to live in the fear of God!Homes are peaceless, and often broken upaltogether—children being the innocentsufferers—^if the Lord Jesus Christ is notohtyed in the house. It is not sufficient todisplay an attractive board reading," Cinist is the Head of this house ."

Apart froru naturally disobedient andrebellious wives, some of whom may evenprove faithless from sheer wantonness,there are others who bring disgrace uponthemselves and: their families by wantingto pay their ill-treating husbands back intheir own coin.

There are husbands who terrorisetheir wives and humiliate them as ifthey had been sold to them in slaveryand were not their junior partners in themarriage union. I have seen such men,and therefore I write.

Nothing provokes a woman more thanthe arrogance of a husband who is sojealous of his wife talking to other menthat he makes all sorts of intolerable rulesand prohibitions for her. At the sametime he is running after other men'swives and daughters.

Under such provocation and'mentaltorture, godly women have pressed deeperand deeper into the cleft of the Rockwhere they haye taken refuge. Here theyhave been sustained by the grace of Godand the fellowship of His saints. In thisway they are kept from paying tit for tat,going mad, or committing suicide. Someof them have also been ultimately able towin their tyrants to Christ.

Avoiding Calamity

Terrible calamities can take placeif women insist on their 'rights instead ofmaking sacrifices.

Paying tit for tat has never macle anywoman happy.

There may be no earthly way out ofdespair, but there is always a way outheaven-ward. Incessant prayer bringsits own reward, for prayer changes things.Let women, in obedience to God's, wordkeep to their own role and not clamourfor rights and equalities with men. GodHimself will be on their side..

Let not maiden ladies and widowspy that their case is different as they rushinto men's activities. They are stillwomen, and women have Aeir own partto play in the world.

" Who can find a virtuous woman?for her price is far above rubies." Prov.31:10.

Read^s of this article may wish to correspond with the writer: H. Kaveri Bat,**Blim," Mushirabad, Hyderabad, Deccan.India.

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" And they departedfrom the presenceof the council, rejoicing that they werecounted worthy to suffer shame for hisname." (Acts 5:41)

" Yet if any man suffer as a Christian,let him not be ashamed but let himglorify God on this behalf." (I Peter4:16) •

The Name of Christ, Faithfully Worn,Promises the Abiding Presence and

Care of God

" For where two or three are gatheredtogether in my name, there am I in themidst of them." (Matthew 18:20)

" And whatsoever ye shall ask in myname, that will I do that the Father maybe glorified in the Son." (John 14:13)

THE MYSTERY OF SUFFERINGBy Gurbachan Singh

[Editor, Masihi AwaZi Raipur\

This editorial was written following the burning and looting of the-Gass MemorialCenter at Raipur on August 26th and 27th. We translateJt here fronQthe Hindi.

Throughout his history, man has beenaccompanied by both joy and sorrow.Man has been conversant with these thingsfrom the very beginning. He has soughtthe reasons for sorrow, arid has sought away .of escape.

Undeserved sufferings have especiallybeen a somce of frustration. Men havealways pondered why they must oftensuffer when they have done no. wrongwhile the wrong-doer appears to go onhis merry way.

Natural Calamities

It is very easy for us to understandwhen a man suffers for the wrongs hehas done. We say this is just.

But some of the causes of sorrow inlife, such as famines, droughts, floods, andearthquakes, do not appear to be connectedwith the work of any man. In times ofsuch disasters, sorrow is caused both tothe good and to the bad. At such timeseven the children suffer. In such circumstances, the important thing is howone will react to such suffering.

Suffering for Others' Sins

It is sometimes seen that one mustsuffer for the mistakes of others. If aboy or girl leads an evil life, disgrace isbrought upon the mother and father. Ifsome member of a religious group ororganization commits some evil, thatwhole community is brought into badrepute. If a mother or father becomesill, then the children must suffer as though

they themsely^ were. sick. In times suchas these the question arises as to whatextent is it right for one to suffer for thesins of others.

Some Beliefs

Some have come to the conclusion thatsome of the sufferings which we suffernow are due to sins which we committedin a previous life. Although only a fraction of mankind hold to this, still they area large number.

The other day some friends were ,discussing the disaster which had befallen theGass Memorial. One of the gentlemendeclared that through the incident hehad learned that the work of the GassMemorial was not within the will of Godand that God wanted him to do someother work. This is the belief that throughsorrow God attempts to show us what weought and what we ought not to do.

Behaviour in Sorrow• ' 0-

We will not here discuss the truth ofthe views mentioned above. But let usdiscuss how we ought to behave whensorrow is upon us. It is quite possiblethat persecution against the GhristianChurch will grow. In that event, ifChristians do not know the meaning ofsuffering, then the witness of the ichurch'will be of no avail.

If a man knows that his life is not oneof virtue, goodness, sympathy, and purity,but that it is full ofreproach, indifference.

and corruption, then it is not difficult forhim to comprehend that he is the causeof his own troubles.

But we are told many times in theNew Testament that many sorrows willcome upon the followers of Christ. AsHe was being led out for crucifixion,Jesus said, " If they do these things in agreen tree, what shall be done in the dry?"On another occasion, Jesus said, " If anyman will come after me, let him denyhimself, and take up his cross, and followme." In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesuscompared the Christian life to a narrowway. In the Beatitudes, He said," Blessed are ye when men shall revileyou and persecute you."

From these scriptures it can plainlybe seen that in the Christian life, sufferingis for the witness of truth instead of apunishment for sins. Our Lord JesusChrist witnessed for truth by suffering onthe Cross. His disciples after Him alsowitnessed for the truth by giving theirlives and enduring harm.

Christians ought to know this meaningof suffering because they also must witnessfor the truth: and, as they witness, theywill have to suffer disgrace, sorrow, death,and harm.

Perfection Through Sorrow

Wherever men are brought to sorrow,it is found that sorrow effects men in thesame way that fire effects gold. Even asgold is refined by fire, even so sorrow,which is suffered for righteousness sake,makes the spiritual life more pure andstrong. For this reason Christians oughtto understand it as an opportunity topurify and strengthen their spiritual lives.

It is true that some weaker brethrenwill, fall away in times of sorrow. Butthere are others in the church who willbe awakened and revived. The weaknesses of Christians ought to be consumedin the trial of fire, thus making them strong.

Do Not Fear

We also ought to learn the lesson thatin times of suffering, the Christian oughtnot to fear or be troubled. Is this not thetestimony of Christian history? We area part of that history. Did Christ notsuffer? If we know we are in the right,then suffering can only strengthen us.Then what is there to fear ?

Christians ought to find comfort in thefact that they are witnesses for the truth.

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Dear Kids,Some of the most delicious sweets in the world are

sold in the bazaars of India. My mouth just waters atthe mere mention of rasgulla and ladu.

I do not want to refer to these things as candy. Tothink of a rasgulla as candy just makes me shake all over.The use of that word ' Candy' is pretty well limited tothe United States.

We eat more sweets during the winter months thanduring the other seasons of the year. There are less fliesin the winter and the bazaar is at its cleanest. During thehot months our fancy turns to which is iced-sweetened-buttermilk. During the rainy season flies are at theirworst and the bazaar is at its filthiest. Persons who eatsweets during these months often wish they hadn't.

There was once a boy in Hamirpur District who wasnamed Eric Das. (Now he is a man named Eric Das).One day one of his neighbours was having a wedding.The tables were piled high with all different kinds ofsweets, and Eric was very anxious to get his share. Theneighbour was not slow to see his opportunity. " I willgive you this whole table full of sweets," he said, " if youwill only deny that you are a Christian Eric surewanted those sweets, and he was too small to know justwhat being a Christian really meant. But he alreadyloved his Lord Jesus, and he was not willing to sell hisbirthright for a table-full of sweets.

I wonder if any of you nephews and nieces of minehave ever put your love for candy and sweets beforeyour love for the Lord Jesus Christ. It is not wrongto eat sweets; but do not think it is right to spend morefor sweets than you put in the offerings at Sunday Schooland Church ?

By eating less sweets you will find that you will haveless trouble with your teeth. The money you will saveon dentists can also be given to the Lord's work.

Now don't let this discourage you from visiting yourold uncle. At least we can eat peanuts when you come.

Your Uncle.

Dear Uncle,

Coonoor, India,

20th December, 1957.

We can liken our lives to pens.

We have all seen pens, and we havewritten some time or other with pens.

A pen has a nib. The nib is the partof the pen with which ,we write. If wehad no nib then our pens would notwrite. Christ is the nib for a Christian.Without Him we cannot do anything.

Secondly, a pen has a feeder. . If apen had no feeder, then it would be nouse trying, to write with it. The feederdistributes the ink evenly to the nib.If there were no feeder, the ink wouldmake huge blots on our paper. JesusChrist is the feeder in our lives. Heliberally gives us what we lack.

Thirdly; a pen has ink. Ifyou boughta new pen which cost you a good amountof money, but you had no ink in the pen,it would be useless trying to write withit. You woirld natirrdly be angry andreturn the pen. If the shopkeeper askedyou whether you filled the pen with ink,you would say, " I say! I never thoughtof that." The Holy Spirit is the- ink.As the disdples were changed from beinga cowardly set of people to a group whoturned the world upside down, we canalso be made brave by the Holy Spirit.

Just as a pen helps us, so we musthelp others. Some may say, ** I ampoor others, " I am too yoimganother, " I amtoo gi^ty". But God canuse us as he did the little slave girl in thehouse of Naainan, and little Samuel, andthe boy with the five loaves and twofishes. All these people were young andpoor, but God used them. The viidow

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who had only two mites pleased God ever!though she was poor.

It is our duty to love God and serveHim, and witness for Him.

Though I am a very small person, yetGod will bless me and He will give mestrength enough for me to witness forHim. Now I want to live the life of atrue Christian, and I offer up all I haveto Him.

On May 26th, 1956, I was baptized atthe Missionary homeat Coonoor by PastorH. V. Fose. Four others were baptizedon that day.

Your nephew,

Philip.

HOW MANY MISTAKES CAN YOUFIND ?

The boy or the girl who finds themost mist^es in the following shallreceive a free copy of "Heart's Desire"by Vijaya. Your entry should reach ouroffice before February 15th. Please stateyour age.

Correct this:

When thou art bidden of any man toa wedding feast, sit down in the highestroom; lessed a less honourable man thanthou be bidden; And he that bade ffieecome and say to him. Give this man place.Luke 14: 8, 9.

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Sermo-n OuiXuiBi for Barefoot frecmer^.HAVE YE NOT READ SO MUCH AS

THIS ?

Litke 6:1-5

Intro.:

1. The Pharisees accused Christ ofillegality.

2. Christ pointed out the reason fortheir lack of understanding.

I. They Did Not Read.

1. Too lazy to labour.2. Diverted by world's attractions.3. Satisfied with listening.

(a) Listening is not as accurate asreading.

(b) Reading offers a better opportunity to meditate.

(c) In an entire life of listening youwill not hear the whole Bible.

4. They thought they knew all theyneeded to know.

II. They Did Not Read the Scriptures.

1. They read about the Scriptures,but seldom the Scriptures themselves.

2. They read everything else but theScriptures.

HI. They Did not Read with theProper Attitude.

1. Accepted what pleased them andoverlooked what did not.

2. We must approach the Scriptureswith an open mind, willing to obey whatthe Scriptures teach.

WHO ART THOU, LORD?

When Jesus knocked at the heart ofPaul, Paul asked, " Who art thou. Lord?"Acts 9:5, As a result, he gave his heartto the Lord.

Today, Jesus ,is knocking at the doorof our hearts. Rev. 3:20. Let us, therefore, consider who He is. .

I. Some Said That Jesus, Had aDemon.

John 7:20, Mt. 12:24, Mt. 11:19,John 7:47-49.

If this opinion is correct then, weought not open our hearts to Him.

H. Some Believed Jesus to be aTeacher, Prophet^ and King*

John 3:2, Mt. 16:13,14, John 6:15,John 7:46, Mt. 22:46.

If this opinion is correct, then weought to respect Jesus and give someattention to His teachings.

in. Until Death the Apostles Remained Stedfast in their Beliefthat Christ was God;

John 20:28, John 1:1, Col. 2:9, Phil.2:6.

What is the basis for such a belief?Luke 1:34,35, John 10:30-33, John 14:8-10, Mt. 26:63-67, Acts 2:32.

If this opinion is correct, Aen we oughtto give our whole hearts to Him.

Com.:

" To-day if ye shall hear his voice,Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." Heb.. 3:7.

BLESSING, INGRATITUDE,DESTRUCTION

Jude 5-7

Intro. :

All about us we see people and thingswhose condition is not as good as in formertimes. Ever since Adam and Eve wereexpelled from the Garden of Eden, thecause of destruction and decay has beeningratitude of blessings received.

Let us consider three Biblicalexamplestogether with the possibility that we maybe guilty of the same.

I. The Israelites.

Blessing: Saved out of Egypt.Ingratitude: Disbelieved, grumbled,

disobeyed.Destruction: Went into bondage, perse

cuted, scattered.Application: Are we faithful and

obedient?

n. The Angels.

Blessings: At home in heaven.Ingratitude: Kept not their own princi

pality, left their proper habitation.Destruction: Kept in everlasting bonds

under darkness unto the judgment.Application: Are we content with

keeping within the will of God? or arewe prone to go our own way?

m. Sodom and G'olmorrah.

Blessing: Lot considered the- place tobe the finest.

Ingratitude: Gave themselves over tostrange flesh.

Destruction : Punishment of eternal fire.Application :^ The person who lusts after

the flesh is an ingrate of the first order.

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SOME CAUSES OF |>IVISION

Galations 5:19-21

When anyone becomes sick withmalaria, we not only give the patientmedicine, butwe ^ to kill themosquitoeswith D.D.T. Division is also a disease.We need not only to give the medicineof xmity, but we need to root out the basiccause. Some of the causes of division canbe seen from the Book of Genesis.

I. Unfidtlilulness. The Example ofAdam. Gen.3:8, Johii 3:20, 2 Cor. 6:14-17.

n. Anger. The example of Cain.Gen. 4:4,5; Gal. 5:20; Eph. 4:26,31;James 1:19,20.

ni. Piride. The example of Babel.Gen. 11:4, 8; Prov. 8:13; 13:10; 14:3;16:18.

IV. Greed. The example of Lot.Gen. 13:7-11; Prov." 15:27; I Tim. 6:10.

V. Jealousy. The example ofJoseph's brethren. Gen. 37:11, Prov.14:30; 27:4; Mt. 27:18.

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BEAUTIES OF MY BELOVEDNotes on the SongofSolomon

By Samuel Oommen, Goonoor

SeciAatL {Continued)

Restful wd Satisfsctory Gommunionof Hie Bride With Her Bridegroom

{From Chi !> »• 1 lo C'A. 2, v. 7)

In the sixth verse of the first chapter ofSong of Solomon we have ,the follovdngpoints for our meditation:-^

(1) The Bride's, hesitation at the scrutinising look of her comrades upon her:—** Looknot upon liie because I am black."

(2) Her testimohy: and confessionbefore her comrades telling them thereason of her blacknessBecause thesun hath looked upon me."

(3) The consciousness of her failure inher service:— Mine own vineyard haveI not kept."

(4) The seriousness of her presentduty :—" My mother's childrenmade me tlie keeper of the vineyards."

If we begin to meditate deeper intothese four sections before us, we caneasily conclude that theise are the primitive experiences of a young believer;This Bride has only just now been marriedand brought to the communion andfellowship of her Bridegrooni. So she isspeaking of her young experiences in herawakened soul.

Look Not Upon Me

The Bride hesitates very much atthe critical look upon her by her comrades,the daughters ofJerusalem.

." How on earth did our magnificentKing Solomon get such a charcoal-blackgirl as his Bride?" thie daughters ofJerusalem must have said.

It is true that our comrades in theworld do not find the real beauty of thisworld in believers.

The worldly-wise are considered asbeautiful in the eyes of the world. Theyare well-polished, well-dressed, well-taught in all the wordly manners, well-learned to weigh their words and speechesbefore others, well-trained in theirexpressions of their views, and well-appreciated in their faith of modernism.

But the believer possesses an entirelydifferent character from the worldly-wise-man. The believer is always at prayerbefore his Master, and our comradesconsider his to be a waste of time. Thebeliever testifies of his salvation throughthe Lord Jesus Christ, and our comradesconsider this to be nonsense. The believerspeaks of the gravity of his past sins andhow he was released and redeemed fromthem all by the grace and mercy of God;but our comrades consider it not at allnecessary to dig up the dirt of the past.

Thus we find that in everything thisyoung Bride difiers from her comrades.What is charming to her is poison to herfriends.

Now she points out the reason of herblackness:—

Because the Sun Hhth LookedUpon Me

The Rays of the Sun of Righteousnesswere so severe upon me that they penetrated into the depth of my heart andbrought out all the blackness before my-comrades.

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It is the Light from our Saviour thatbrings us to a consciousness of our sins,wea^esses, failures, and shortcomings.

Let us go forward in our self-examiningbefore our God, disregarding the criticisms of om* comrades around us.

It was only when Isaiah was broughtto the closest fellowship and presence ofthe Living God that he understood andcried, " Woe is me, for I am undone^because I am a man of unclean lips."(Isa. 6:5-8).

Mine Own Vineyard Have I Not Kept

It is only when we are brought intoclose fellowship and communion with our.God that we will be awakened to ourfailures in our service for Him.

Alas! how sad that so nmny in thesedays are satisfied with some sort of social,or welfare, or political work. All thetime they think they are doing the servicefor God. They believe that God is goingto judge them according to the quantityof social improvements they , haveadministered.

Others think that building a school,a hospital, an inn, or a temple, willconunend them, to God. They call hima godly man who feeds the. beggars oncea week or who opens an industry to employthe poor.

What a faint and wrong idea we haveabout the real service for God! " Allour righteousnesses are as a pollutedgarment." Isa. 64:6. It is only whenwe are brought to the direct light of theSun of Rightenousness that we willexclaim, "Oh, mine own vineyard? Thereal duty and service that I was askedby God to execute for Him,—have I notkept hitherto."

The work which we"do, whether ofgold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay,or stubble, shall be revealed in fire asto what sort it' is. We ought to takemore heed, therefore, that our. work is

according to the will of thfe Lord. (I Cor.2:10-15).

Let us be warned also by the parablein I Kings 20:40 where a war prisonerescapes because his custodian was busyhere and there at things he thought tobe more unportiant.

My Mother's ChildrenBut, I praise and thank God that He

has givenme " my mother's children," mybrethren and fellow-workers in the churchof God. They have turned me from myfaint and wrong idea of my duties to thereal responsibility in my life towards mySaviour.

I thank God for their anger towardsme. They rebuked me in my foolishideas of my service for God. They werevery stem and pointed out the Scripturesto show that I was one of those who neglected the real duty entrusted with me byGod. They revealed to me that theother things with which I so pleasantlybusied myself here and there were not theimportant things in the service of God.

What a great joy and consolation itis to have the admonitions and exhortations of our brethren in the Church.

LOVE LETTERS

Bilaspur" The November-December Ghristasian

was one of the best yet printed. I enjoyed,especially, the thoughts on Christmas."(He would).

Jhansi"Your paper is always something to

look forward to with expectation—onehardly knows what tp expect next." (Hewouldhi't).

Kulpahar" Herewith Rs. 3 for my next two

years subscription." (He's afraid iofinflation).

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The attempt by Afsar Khan to set anew cyclingendurance record at Lucknowin November was prevented by ruffians.Even then, he was not stopped until afterhe had completed more than six daysnon-stop cycling. The ruffians brokethrough the women's enclosure, brokethe electric light bulbs, and narrowed thetrack from 13 feet to a yard. The unrulycrowd completely ignored the police.

Bouquet to Christian Schools

Presiding at a variety concert at theLoreto College in Lucknow, Mr. V. V.Giri, the Governor of U.P., said that hehad always had high respect for^aridappreciation of the education and trainingimparted to , the students in Christianconvents, schools and colleges. He addedthat he and his wife had had the benefitof thistype of education and he could nothelp quoting the maxim: " the proof ofthe pudding is in the eating". TheGovernor said he did not regret sendinghis children and grand-children toChristian schools and from his experiencehe could say that these convents andschools produced men and women ofcharacter, integrity and self-respect.

Niyogi Report Echo

A United Nations draft report releasedon Nov. 14th described the Niyogi reportas highly exaggerated and overstei)pingthe bounds of propriety and nationalinterest. The Niyogi committee had beenappointed by the Government of MadhyaPradesh to investigate the activities ofChristian missionaries. " Even if theinstances mentioried in the committee'sreport had been substantiated," the U.N.draft report said, " they wquld not have

justified the conunittee in arriving at theconclusion that foreign missionariespursued activities of an undesirablecharacter."

Improving [English

An institute to improve the teachingof English in India is soon to be set upin Hyderabad. It is said that there is ageneral feeling among educationists andthe universities that there has been ageneral deterioration of standards ofteaching in Engfish. The institute willmake available some special trainingcourses for teachers of English.

Uncle Nehru

A ten-year-old street urchin of Bandareceived 68 nP. from a group of childrenwho were returning from a celebration ofPandit Nehru's birthday. The boy hadgreeted the children with " Nehru Ji kiJai." When he was asked whom hethought Nehru was, he replied, " Nehru isthe father of poor ones like me and theuncle of richer ones like you." Theoffering was immediately forthcoming.

Sampumanand and Vegetarianism

Mr. Sampurnanand, Chief Minister ofthe U.P., has warned vegetarians thatunless deficiencies are removed vegetarianism cannot be saved. " People cannotbe held back for long from kilh'ng animals,"he said, " when there is no other wayopen to them to save their own life andhealth and the life and health of membersof their families. Nor can their doing sobe said to be unpardonableMeatreating cannot be prohibited merely on theground that tfie creature whose rflesh is

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eaten also has life. The thing we calllife pervades the entire universe. Nohuman being can exist without eating, andwhatever he eats will have life in it."

For Gleaner Restaurants

Health authorities in Lucknow are tolaunch an all-out drive against unhygienicconditions in the restaurants of the city.A recent survey showed that 80 per centof the edibles sold at shops were contaminated by all kinds of germs, most of themthe cause of enteric fevers. Progress hasso far been hindered because of theslowness in the prosecution of offendersand the low fine levied against thoseconvicted.

Orissa and Prohibition

The Government of Orissa is reported to be seriously considering the questionof withdrawing prohibition in order toaugment the resources for the Five YearPlan. This is contrary to the policy ofPandit Nehru who has warned thatspiritual values must not be sacrificed tomaterial progress. But taxes gained fromalcoholic beverages have never kept pacewith damage done.

Animal Stories

When a rooster belonging to NoorMohammad of Kanpur bit his friend,Nawab, Nawab tried to chase the rooster.This infuriated Noor Mohammad whoattacked Nawab with a knife. Nawab wasseriously injured and died in the hospital.

A person named Ghandan was recentlykilled when attacked by a cow whichwas roaming in his section of the cityof Kanpur. The next day an old womanwho was returning from having a bathin the Ganges River, had her nose bittenoff by a monkey.

• A rabidmonkey has created terrorin Lucknow. Within ten days it had

attacked and injured more than a hundredpersons. The monkey generally sits onAe roadside trees and sallies forth withlightning speed when he sees a lonelypedestrian or cyclist. There has beenhesitation to shoot " the monkey lest itshoidd hurt the sentiments of the orthodoxsection of the people.

A young boy was crushed to deathby .an elephant in a village near Ballia.It is stated that he was teasing theelephant.

Lucknow Street Scene

A fourteen-year-old boy who wasriding double on a cycle was killed bya city bus near the Jai Hind Cinema.The trafficat this point has been especiallyhazardous since the road was not repairedafter the laying of underground sewerpipes. The bus driver made an attemptto escape but was held by the police.It took a long time for legal formalitiesto be completed. In the meantime thebody lay uncovered in the street. Atragedy of errors.

Devotion

On November 12th, Mela Ram Bhagatof Kanpur, after fasting for twenty days,slashed his tongue to propitiate thegoddess Durga. While he was in meditation he felt an intuition that goddessDurga wanted the present of his tongue.He immediately cut his tongue off andoffered it to the goddess.

Vital Statistics

Diiring the week ending 16thNovember,417 births and 334 deaths were reportedin Kanpur. Tuberculosis and pneumoniaaccounted for eleven deaths each. Fourdied of cancer and 24 of dysentery. Ninetyinfants, under one year of age died, and57 others under the age of five.

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m eIH E E DWe have recently been placed on the

mailing list of the Evangelical LiteratureService in Madras. They have sent sixbooks which will interest most of you.All of the following are published inEnglish.

" New Testament ChurchOrganization "

(Church Polity). By Donald L. Norbie.Paper. 69 pages. 50 nP.This is an abridged edition of an

American book. This edition is, therefore, not for sale in the U.S.A.

The title will attract those who aredissatisfied with denominationalism; andthose thus attracted will not be disappointed. The author argues for the" open meeting," and believes that theeldership and the deaconship are the onlytwo scriptural offices.

"Heart's Desire"

(Religious Fiction). By Vijaya. Paper.89 pages. 90 nP.This is the story of how a family found

Christ through Christian medical work.At the same time a cousin also acceptsChrist, and also provides much of thelove interest of the book. The rough sp>otof the book appears to be that the eldersof the church at Santoshpur are overlysuspicious of people who want to bebaptized.

" Kamala "

(Religious Fiction). By Vijaya. Paper., 41 pages. 50 nP.The story of a village girl who be

comes a leper. Her parents take her to

dinIga mission hospital where she is cured andalso saved through the Lord Jesus Christ.This book presents as interesting insightinto village life.

"As Certain As the Dawn"

(Bible Study). By J. W. McMillan.Paper. 82 pages. 50 nP.This is an outline study on the Second

Advent, and the author has done athorough job. It would, of course, bedifficult for any two persons to agree onall points on such a difficult subject. Weare impressed, however, that the authoris stable in his thinking, and that thebook is worthy of use in study groups.

" A Lamp in a Dark Place"

(Bible Study). By J. W. McMillan.Paper. 86 pages. 50 nP.This is an outline study on Old Testa

ment prophecy. Same author, same style,same impression.

"God Calls the Church"

(Sermons). ByDr. Billy Graham. Paper.50 pages. 50 nP.This is a record of messages given

by Dr. Billy Graham in the MadrasConvention in 1956.

It is not within the scope of thisdepartment to discuss the pros and consof Billy Graham. We must say that thebook is inspirational and worthy ofpurchase. We do not believe that Peterand Paul would fail to mention baptismin fifty pages of sermons. Dr. Grahamdoes, however, emphasize"the necessityof obedience.

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P4PTIMC WODOiNirmal Kumar Sinha of Kanpur posed

for our cover this month. Nirmal is oneof the youngest members of the OneThousand Club of the New TestamentPublications Association. Each day heputs a coin into the earthen bank for theadvancement of the New TestamentChurch through the printed word.

Last month we began a new department especially devoted to children.This month Sister H. Kaveri Bai begins adepartment for women. At the sametime we arc happy to begin a year's seriesof radio sermons by Bro. D. R. Davis.

Our item last month about the recipeclub was not understood by some, andunderstood too well by others. One readersent a postcard to enlist me in an effortto collect sixteen pictures. As a samplethe postcard contained an amazingly well-done (for a postcard) watercolour ofmyself. I am ratlier at a loss to knowhow to return the compliment.

" Uncle " has so many pseudo nephewsand nieces that his readers may not realizethat he does have some genuine ones aswell. The five genuine ones are picturedon page eleven.

When we opened a recent shipmentof calendars and songbooks from theLucknow Publishing Company, we werepleasantly surprized to find that as packingthey had used some wastesheets from aprinting of the new Hindustani version ofthe New Testament. We had been veryanxious for some time to see this newversion to see its faithfulness and language.We are happy to report that what we haveseen of this Hindustani version is justabsolutely wonderful. It seems veryunfortunate that the misdeeds of theHindi translation committee should haveeclipsed so completely the very commend

able work of the Hindustani translationcommittee.

A very old book has newly arrived inthe Bible Book Store. It is D. R.Dungan's, "On The Rock". It waspublished first in 1872 and has since gonethrough many editions. In this book thecontroversy of baptism is handled in avery interesting and convincing way. Wepaid Rs. 4*50 each for the books but arcselling them at Rs. 3'50 so that they mayenjoy a wider distribution. Stock islimited.

Several weeks ago, Langru, our dog,unexpectedly brought a wife home withhim. We thought we might have toappeal for extra subscriptions to buy extrabones; but whenever we gave Mrs. Langrua bone, Mr. Langru would take it outof her mouth. She was very docile aboutit and knew that she should not eat abone unless Langru also had one. Perhapsthis is one of the things that led to theirdivorce. I suppose it is all right for dogsto divorce. But send in your subscription awayway.

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MADRAPAKKAM TIMES

As soon as one steps abroad any of thethree Delhi to Madras Express trains, hemight as well forget that Hindi is India'snational language.

Stepping into the Sleeping Coach ofthe Janata Express at Jhansi, I spoke toa Sikh gentleman in Hindi.

" So you are trying to speak Hindi?"he asked in English.

"What language do you speak?" Iasked. " Gurumuidii ?"

" Gurumukhi is the written language."the Sikh replied. " The language wespeak is Punjabi."

The next morning our train waspassing through the Marathi languagearea. When it was time to sleep againwe were in the Telegu language area.The second day we arrived in Madi'aswhere the language is Tamil. On aprevious trip we had travelled further tothe Malayalum language area. It isamazing that with all these languagedifficulties, India possessesthe unityit does.

Journey's End

Some 45 miles from Madras is situatedthe friendly village of Madrapakkam. Inmany respects it is little different from athousand other villages; but the Lord haschosen it to be a center for His Gospelwork.

When we visited this portion of theLord's vineyard five years ago, thingswere in a more or less temporary stage.This time we found that the vines hadmatured and were bringing forth goodfruit.

Among the native preachers, G. D.Yesudian appeared to have grown muchin the things of the Spirit during thepast five years. On Sunday afternoon

he preached on the subject, " Be FaithfulUnto Death." Although I could notunderstand the language of the message,I appreciated its fervor and fluency.Bro. Yesudian is now 30 years of age.

Christ Nagar Hostel

Christ Nagar Hostel is comparativelya small project; but it is one of the mostinteresting and promising we have seenanywhere.

Eighteen Christian boys studying inJunior High and High School live in thishostel. They receive their schooling inthe Government school, and attend Bibleclasses in the Hostel.

But perhaps the most interesting thingabout the Christ Nagar Hostel is thatany boy who does not work also does noteat. They receive tickets for doing theirchores, and they must pay these ticketsto receive their food. They also have anarrangement so they can bank any excesstickets which they earn.

On Sunday morning and Sundayevening we heard one of the 15 year oldmembers of this Hostel preach. DevaPiryan is an orphan and preached his firstsermon at the age of twelve. Again wecould not understand the language, butwe could grasp enough to know that hewas preaching a clear-cut expositorysermon from I Peter 5.

After a week of rest and good food,we took our leave of Madrapakkam earlyone Wednesday morning. The women ofthe village were drawing mosaics withchalk in front of their freshly-swept houses.Two pigs were being butchered in themarket place. Everything from those twopigs would be used—even the squeal.Somehow the approaching bus hadcaptured that.

m CROSS; NO CROWNBy Markkapapa

It was the " Day of Preparation " inthe capital city of Jerusalem. The holiday festivities of the Passover drew vastthrongs. Every province of the suppressed country was represented along withtheir kinsmen that lived throughout theMediterranean coast.

The worshipper of Jehovah took pridein his national heritage, most particularly the wondrous deliverance from Egyptthey had experienced under Moses'guidance. This they commemorated withthe feast of the Passover.

Many planned to stay over for theFeast of Pentecost, which followed thePassover by fifty days.

This year Christians will observeEaster on April 6th, and the Dayof Pentecost on May 25th.

But this year the holiday was unique.A young prophet from the northern province of Galilee was in the city of thetemple. Earlier during the week when heentered the city with his disciples hereceived a spontaneous welcome, if notto say worship, of the people.

But, in execution of a carefully laidplot, and with the assistance of JudasIscariot who betrayed him with a kiss,the chief priests and scribes arrested Jesus.

Arrested as a common criminal; triedbefore Annas, then Caiaphas; finallycondemned by the Sanhedrin and sent toPilate the Roman governor—a. strange

prelude for a coronation ceremony. Pilatesent Him to Herod, and Herod sent himback again.

Irony

Notice the irony of the matter. Jesuswas found innocent, yet condemned.He was betrayed by a friend. He was areligious man condemned by religiousleaders. He was scourged by foreignsoldiers of the Roman army of occupation, mocked by the King. Pilate whorepresented the mighty empire whosename was synonymous with Law andJustice, had investigated the case anddeclared his conviction of the innocenceof Jesus. Though he had the authorityto release this Innocent One, he referredthe matter to the crowd. With one voicethey cried that Barabbas—notoriousthough he was—might be released andthat the blood of Jesus might be uponthem and their children.

Pilate grasped at a way of escape,but the insistent mob must have its way.Theatrically, he washed his hands. Andso it was that Jesus Christ was crownedwith thorns and delivered to be crucified.

Adversity Assured

" Must Jesus bear the cross alone andall the world go free ?" No! For asJesus himself declared, " He that takethnot his cross and followeth after me is notworthy of me." This is the cost ofdiscipleship.

Jesus told his disciples point-blankthat they must endure adversity for Hisname's sake. The message He gave themcaused Christianity to spread like aprairie fire. It is not a stale messagetoday. If we do not achieve the sameresults as these pioneer preachers, it isbecause we are stunted messengers, notbecause the message is out-dated.

Can we become strong and reliableservants without having passed throughthe fiery furnace of adversity ? Couldthe mighty oak tree reach its arms heavenward without having first endured theraging elements? God cursed the landand caused thorns to spring up becauseof Adam's sin. But God is so good thateven His curses become blessings. Greatraces and great men come battling throughthe storm.

The Glory of Pioneers

This makes the glory of the pioneer.He fought the elements and felled theforests. Why don't his children rise tothe father's standard? Luxury has enervated them. Ease has made them weak.Thus a generation of hot-house plantsspring up.

Solomon went down under the goldenweight of affluence and succumbed topleasure. Alexander the Great conqueredPersia, but Persian harems conqueredhim. Men rise victoriously over adversity; but how few can endure prosperity!

It was Phillips Brooks who said, " Donot ask the Lord to take the burdensfrom your shoulders, but ask Him to makeyour shoulders strong enough to carrythem."

Till the End

" He that endureth till the end shallbe saved." This conditionary challengeembodies endurance, testing, tempation

and triumph. " till the end," placesa time limit on this promise and remindsus of its consistency, continuance andfinality.

The cost of discipleship is a greatone, but the promise of reward containedin the terse phrase, " shall be saved,"is proportionately greater.

Declared Paul, " if so be that wesuffer with him, that we may be alsoglorified together. For I reckon thatthe sufferings of this present time arenot worthy to be compared with the glorywhich shall be revealed to us."

Trying of Patience

Said Ruskin, " We bleach cotton, werefine silver, we shape pottery; but toshape, refine and cultivate human soulsdoes not seem to enter into our estimateof values." Instead of counting " it alljoy when ye fall into divers temptations,"we often blame God. Do we not forgetthat " the trying of our faith workethpatience." Patience has a perfect work,that we may be perfect and entire,wanting nothing.

The Hebrew prophet pictures the greatservant of humanity as a " Man ofSorrows and acquainted with grief."Look at the features Michael Angelogives to Moses. The face of this giantis battle-scarred and more glorious thanangelic halo. And where do we findother great leaders of men? Socrates inprison—Ezekiel banished—Dante exiled—Paul shipwrecked, scourged and stoned—Joan of Arc in flames—Lincoln inpoverty—Handel blind—Gandhi andNehru in jail! How striking is the confession of Mendelsohn that he could havecomposed far sweeter music if he hadgone through a more tempestuous life!

We cannot reign with Him unless wesuffer with Him. Assuredly, " No cross;

i no crown!"

MOTHER'S LOVE

By Miss H. Kaveri Bai

There is nothing on earth like amother's love. Those who have not

realised it during her lifetime, haverealised it after she was gone.

But God's love for sinners exceeds amother's love for her child. " Can awoman forget her suckling child?Yea, they may forget, yet will I notforget thee." Isa. 49:15.

Foolish Love

A mother's human love for her childcan, in the long run, be harmful to thechild. Many cannot distinguish betweenwise and misguided love.

Have we not heard the story of themurderer who, when being led out to behung, obtained a reprieve to go andkiss his weeping mother goodbye. But,instead of kissing her, he bit her nose.He said that had she only checked himin time he would not be going to thegallows now.

Few parents realize that little childrenhave no experience of the world. However much one may try to explain to them,they cannot understand how serious theconsequences of their small sins may be.Only pain and fear of punishment candeter them. They must be correctedas often as they repeat doing somethingwrong. In this way their activities willbe turned into the right channels andgood habits established.

Not so long ago, Indian mothers usedto think that English mothers residingin India were heartless because they

sent away their. children to be educatedin their own homeland. But these softhearted mothers never realised that theymight be sending away their own childrento hell for ever by a foolish love thatrefused to give pain by checking ordisciplining their offspring when necessary. God's love chastens and corrects." As many as I love, I rebuke andchasten." Rev. 3:19.

The Father's Part

We speak more of a mother's responsibility than a father's in the upbringingof children. This is not because fathershave no responsibility, but becausechildren are borne by the mother, nursedat her breast, and are on her hands mostof the time while the father goes out towin bread for the family.

But though God's love far surpassesa mother's, He is essentially our Heavenly,FATHER, and not our HeavenlyMOTHER.

There are human fathers who regardno personal sacrifice too great for thewelfare of their offspring. But there areothers who are indifferent and even utterlycallous.

Some instances can be mentioned ofthe second type. There are many wholeave the wife to struggle single handedwith the upbringing of the children,never lending a father's authority indiscipline. Sometimes they are glad tofind a job away from home, being contentonly with sending remittances, sufficientor insufficient, regular or irregular.

In one known instance the children'seducation was utterly neglected. Theschools attended by other boys and girlswere considered unsuitable. How thechildren longed to take up satchels andgo to school also. But they were put offwith promises of special tuition at home,which never materialized. How gallingit was to them to hear themselves discussed as uneducated. How bitterly theyfelt when people asked why they were notgoing to school! And they were suchbright children. Too soon the yearspassed by and the older ones were nolonger children. The parents will notadmit it, but they had reason to be brokenhearted for their neglect because an idlebrain is the devil's workshop.

A Mother's Opportumties

Good mothers are generally Godfearing women. They want to teach thechildren about God and to pray.

A number of fathers interefere evenin this matter. " Why religion so early?"they ask; or "Don't let them have toomuch religion." Yet, these very childrenare not considered too young to be takento see the filthy pictures in the cinema;and a father never says he is earningtoo much money for the children. Suchfathers consider as truth infallible theever-changing opinions of psychologistsand philosophers. They have no respectat all for God's solemn declarations andwarnings. They want their children tobe free to develop " Self-expression."

This way, or rather this lack of a way,of bringing up children is the main causeof the staggering lists of statistics injuvenile delinquency.

Satan does not consider anybody tooyoung to begin his own work of indoctrination. The devil is very happy atthe common belief that the Word of God

should not be sown early. It leaves aspiritual vacuum for his own designs.

Watch That Pride

A good mother can often manage tofind ways and means to counter herhusband's harmful influence on thechildren. But she must realize that heroffspring are no more extra-ordinary thanany other mother's.

She must never resent being told thatall is not well with some son or daughter.Most mothers, instead of quietly investigating the truth, at once flare up andsay, " My sister's children are that sort,but not mine." (Or it may be brother'schildren or neighbour's children).

I have known some mothers referringthe matter at once to their children forremarks. The son or daughter, of course,who had the daring to do something notright in the first place, has the daringto lie about it in the second place. Thechild looks so innocent that the parentis thoroughly deceived.

Many mothers, even though they areGod-fearing, spoil the children by overindulgence. They expect the Sundayschool teachers to cure their naughtybehaviour.

Again, there are quite a number ofparents who leave the children to theirown sweet will during their tender andformative years. They do not realisethat the crooked tendencies of a tendersapling can be corrected, and that discipline during the early years is comparatively easy. They try to assert theirparental authority after those childrenhave grown up and have taken to undesirable paths and have opposed theparental will. In the resulting classes,the recalcitrant son or daughter oftenleaves home and wanders away ratherthan yield to the authority of the " oldfogies."

WHAT CHRISTIANITY MEANS TO ME

By Rajan T. S. Claudius

Nineteen hundred years ago JesusChrist was crucified in Jerusalem.Within five centuries Christianity wasso completely triumphant over all opposition and bitter persecution that theRoman Emperor had to become a convertin order to maintain his power. ThusChristianity became the official religion ofall civilized countries west of Afghanistan.

The coming of the Christ to thisearth as an incarnation of God was toseek and to save those who were lost,and to establish peace, love, and harmonyinto the whole world.

The name Jesus means "Jehovah issalvation." He was born in the villageof Bethlehem, which means, " The houseof bread."

Jesns and the Mosaic Law

Jesus did not come to demolish theMosaic law. He came to fulfil, to edify.He was born under the Law and lived inperfect obedience to the Law. He was aminister of the Law to the Jews, clearingit from the rabbinical sophistries, enforcing it in all its severity upon thosewho professed to obey, and confirmingits promises.

Jesus fulfilled the types of the MosaicLaw by his holy life and sacrificial death.He bore vicariously the curse of the Lawthat the Abrahamic Covenant mightavail all who believe. By His redemption He brought out all who believe fromthe place of servants under the Law intothe place of sons. By His' blood Hemediated the new covenant of assuranceand grace in which all believers stand.He thus established " the law of Christ"

with its precepts of high exaltation madepossible by the indwelling Spirit.

The Fullness of Christ

Whatever is good and true in anyreligion can be found in the teachingsof Christ. In addition, Christ correctswhat is wrong, and adds what is wanting.You will find something higher in Christian teaching which cannot be foundelsewhere. The teachings of Christ arefree from all the unnecessary bondage ofrituals, rites, and ceremonies.

There are some who teach that whatever is is wrong, while others teach thatwhatever is is right. The Gospel teachesthat whatever is can be made right.

Christ is the Way (Ethics), the Truth(Philosophy), and the Life (Religion).

In the home Christianity is Kindness.In business it is honesty. In society itis courtesy. In work it is fairness.Towards the unfortunate it is pity.Towards the weak it is help. Towardsthe wicked it is resistance. Towardsthe strong it is trust. Towards thefortunate it is congratulation. Towardsthe penitent it is forgiveness. TowardsGod it is reverence and love.

Christianity gives birth to a newdominant affect by which God's consciousness hitherto marginal and vaguebecomes focal and dynamic. Throughfaith and fellowship with Christ, a Christianbecomes Christlike in character.

Our Modern Age

In this age of thermonuclear invention.Megaton Bombs, colour television, guidedmissiles, and rockets of supersonic speed.

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it appears senseless to some to talk ofreligion. It is now commonly held thatthe myths of religion have been explodedand religion is now an anachronism towhich one must in good faith bid goodby.Moreover, the divergent and conflictingdogmas and rituals of various Tcligious inthe world have been the cause of muchblood-spilling in the past. Some preachthat religion is nothing but an opiate ofthe people.

Some years ago, a learned professor,after a long study, calculated that in3,357 years of history between 1946 B.C.and A.D. 1861, there had been 3,130 yearsof war and only 227 years of peace. Forevery one year of peace, man had fourteenyears of war.

The wars have also been increasingin frequency. Fifty-seven years intervened between the Napollian and theFrench-German war; forty-three yearsbetween the French-German war andWorld War I; and only twenty-threeyears between World War I and WorldWar XL In spite of the most brutal warin history in which many parts of severalcontinents were devastated, the nationsare preparing themselves for a third worldwar. Between 1920 and the outbreak ofWorld War II in 1939, 4,568 treaties ofpeace were signed. In the eleven monthspreceding the outbreak of World War II,211 treaties of peace were signed. Whatdoes it show ?

Religion is Necessary

It is the fashion with people todayto think of religion as something unnecessary and redundent, a mere worshipof dead deities and spiritless formalities.

People have forgotten the true meaningof religion and have confused it with

pseudo-religion. Iliis sordid spectacle inthe history of mankind is the result ofspiritual bankruptcy. The cult of sciencefor power, the materialistic interpretationof history, and the negation of moralvalues are bringing doom on humanity.

Bigotry, intolerance, and selfishnesslead from one misery to another in avicious circle. Religion being identifiedwith reaction and conservatism, peopleindulge in all sort of excess. The resultis that the fabric of society is terriblydisturbed.

Conclusion

The Greeks said. Be moderate andknow thyself. Rome said. Be strong andorder thyself. Gonfucionism says, Besuperior and correct thyself. Buddhismsays. Be disillusioned and annihilate thyself. Hinduism says. Be separate andmerge thyself. Mohammedism says, Besubmissive and bend thyself. Judaismsays, Be holy and confirm thyself. Modernmaterialism says. Be industrious and enjoythyself. Christianity says, BE CHRISTLIKE AND GIVE THYSELF.

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CHURCH HISTORY IN NORTH PARURBy John L. Dorsey, Editor

[Biblical Witness, Kanpur'\

Little did we realize when we wereinvited to minister in N. Parur (KeralaState, India), that Parur was a place ofsuch historic significance. It is of particular significance to the history of theGospel of Christ here in India.

As far as we know, early in the firstcentury the apostle Thomas came to thisland, " preaching,baptizingand teaching"in obedience to Christ's command.Tradition has it that St. Thomas Church,Kottakkavo, is one of the seven churchesfounded by him about 52 A.D. As far aswe are able to ascertain, there are nofacts contrary to this belief.

" Kottakkavo " means " grove of aHindu deity". When Thomas came toIndia he found a number of Brahminsdoing worship in a bathing tank. Theywere throwing water into the air. Heasked them what they were doing, andthey explained that theywereworshipping.He pointed out to them that the waterwas falling back to earth again. Then,to the amazement of all, he is reputed tohave thrown water into the air whichremained suspended in the sight of all ofthe worshippers, and the mark of hishand remained in the water of the pool.At this sign they were supposed to haveaccepted Christ.

So the story is told. Here we mustlet our readers separate the fact from thefiction. One thing is certain. Men aresaved by believing that Christ died intheir place, and not by believingin a sign.

Evidence from Architecture

According to those who know Indianarchitecture, the ancient church build

ing is of the same architecture as manyHindu temples of the early first century.This building is now used as a storeroom, and a new edifice has been erectedin front of the older building. The wallthat remains on one side of the olderbuilding is the same type of wall thatsurrounded other ancient Hindu shrines.

The converted Brahmins gave theirtemple to Thomas for a place of worship.

From the pieces of the story twothings seem to be established in traditionand fact. The Apostle Thomas, inobedience to the Lord's command, didpreach the Gospel in Parur; and, theLord Jesus, to whom all power is givenin Heaven and earth, worked in the heartsof some Brahmin men, who, in thankfulnessfor their salvation, turned their templeinto a place of worship for the livingand true God.

Today nearly 40 per cent of the population in and around Parur is at leastnominally Christian. However, muchthat is termed Christianity is nothing morethan another form and religion—theChristians' religion.

The Jewish Community

Side by side with the descendentsof these early Christians is one of thelarger Jewish communities in India.This community traces its history backto the second dispersion at the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.; but theyreadily confess that they are not sm"e.Perhaps they are from among the firstdispersion mentioned in the book ofEsther where we read that there were

Jews in every province of King Ahasuerus,

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who " reigned from India even untoEthiopia, over a hundred and seven andtwenty provinces." Perhaps they, evenas their brothers throughout the areas ofthe Mediterranean and Europe, preparedthe way for the light of the Gospel. Itis quite possible that they preceded theApostle Thomas and laid the foundationfor his ministry. God has been verymerciful in seeing that India has receivedthe Gospel. In the day of Christ's i-eturnshe will be without excuse.

The Jewish community still keeps itsdistinct nature. All of the children readHebrew. Each Saturday they gather intheir synagogue, the reader stands facingJerusalem and reads from the Pentateuch,or the Prophets.

The community is today much smallerthan it was at the close of the war fornearly two-thirds of the Jewish populationhave gone to Israel, unconsciously fulfillingprophetic Scriptures and preparing theway for the return of their Messiah.Gifts from Israel have made this migrationpossible.

The Roman Catholics

About the year 1600, the Portugeseentered this area and came into power.Along with their power came their RomanCatholic religion. They wrested the littlebuilding which had been given to Thomasfrom its rightful owners, the Jacobites,and took possession of it, installing theiridols.

Not only did they have their idolsinside the building, but periodically theytook their idols in procession throughthe city. This was a great offence to theJews, and when they attempted to paradetheir idols through the Jewish area therewas bloodshed and fighting. To preventdisorders the Government built two stonepillars outside the Jewish colony markinga point beyond which the RomanCatholics could not parade their idols.

Today these posts stand as a mute sadtestimony to the conflict of the tworeligions.

One who visits Parur today can easilysee how the simple faith of Thomas andthe early believers has gradually becomehidden—hidden behind the haze of areligion so different from that aboutwhich we read in the Epistles and Acts.This new religion is similar to Thomas'unbelief as expressed when he said," Except I shall see in His hands theprint of the nails, and put my fingerinto the print of the nails, and thrustmy hand into his side, I will not believe."The great majority of those who callthemselves Christians in Parur nowconnect their faith with pictures, crosses,candles, form, ritual, incense,—anythingthey can see, handle or smell.

The Jacobites Today

Today very little separates theRomanists, who now own the shrine ofSt. Thomas, Kottakkavo, from theJacobite-Syrians to whom it formerlybelonged. Both pray to Mary, havemass, withold the cup and exalt a man-madepriesthood whomediate for thepeoplebefore the central altars where the tapei-s,candles, and incense burn. One difference, however, is outstanding, and thatis that aside from the image of the cross,no other images are found in the TacobiteChurch.

The simple Gospel of grace has becomeas indistinct as the history of Parur.

Outside of the present Jacobite Churchis a metal cross over which the devoteesof the Jacobite religion pour cocoanutoil in the same manner in which Hinduspour water and oil over the symbols oftheir religion. In the Roman CatholicChurch there are as many idols as therewere in the temple before the. Brahminswere converted.

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Dear Kids,This morning at the breakfast table we were talking

about how good Indian children are in going to church.They can sit through a three hour preaching service andactually enjoy it. They don't have any T-V sets or funnypapers to run home to; and they find "the meeting"rather exciting.

And the Gospel ofJesus Christ is so simple that evena small Indian child can understand what it is all about.

Twenty years ago, Mrs. Nancy Morris was in Biharand stopped to tell some shepherds the story of Jesus.Among them was a young boy. After some time theother children tried to get him to come and play. " No,"he said. " You can play any day, but you cannot hearthis every day."

Mrs. Morris went on to tell how Christ suffered anddied on the cross so that His blood might wash awayour sins.

" Did Jesus do all of this for me?" the boy askedwith tears running down his face.

" Yes, he did," Mrs. Morris answered." Can I love him too? " he asked." You certainly can," she answered.And so can you.Perhaps you have been so busy filling in your

colouring books and reading the interesting stories in yourSunday school papers that you haven't had a chance tofind out what Christianity really means. Perhaps thatshepherd boy, who had never been to Sunday School orChurch, really knew more about it than you do. Doyou know that Christ died for you and that you oughtto love Him ?

Sometimes we uncles are very slow to tell youthese things. Maybe we think you already know. Somany children grow up and never do know.

You will soon be having Easter. During this timewe especially remember that Christ died forus. It wouldbe a good time for you to show your love for Him bybeginning to follow in His footsteps. Christ died, (Webelieve and repent); Christwas buried, (We are baptized);Christ rose again, (We rise to walk in a newness of life).

Your Uncle.

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NOTES FROM THE KIDSFrom Bilaspur Mary Esther Roland

writes that she celebrated her 13thbirthday on the 21st of January. Theynow have running water at their house.On January 15th her daddy shot an 8 ft.2| inch tiger. That is 8 feet more oftiger than I would want to meet.

Uncle has received a picture showingthe three Morris kids of Madrapakkam.Nice kids. David was working to " Findthe Mistakes," but he got rushed off toschool before he could complete it. Besure and try this month.

From Ohio have come pictures ofMary Helen, David, and Ruth Ann Lair.The picture itself was taken amongst thevineyards of Pennsylvania. Their motherwas the first person your uncle everbaptised—way back in 1943.

Three of the five Barber kids ofFlorida wrote and sent their pictures.They are pretty well taken up with theirschooling and pet animals.

We are informed from Dayton, Ohio,that Ted Baxendale is now in the 5thGrade and that he is no longer to be calledTeddy.

HOW MANY MISTAKES CAN YOUFIND?

The boy or the girl who finds themost mist^es in the following shallreceive a free copy of the New Testament.Your entry should reach your uncle at112/352, Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U.P.,India, by May 1st, 1958. Please stateyour age.

Correct this:

" And he said unto her, Wife, thouart ever with me, and all that I have is

mine. It was meat that we should makemerry—for this thy brother was deadand is alive; and was lost, and isfounded." Luke 15:31, 32.

FUNNY STORY

One of Mr. K. L. Bates many friendsin Jhansi made him a present of a wildduck. When Mrs. Bates saw it she saidthat she would like to have the feathersto make a pillow for the baby. So whenMr. Bates gave the duck to the cook hetold him that Mrs. Bates wanted thefeathers for a pillow. The rest of the daythey looked forward to the duck theywould eat at supper. But when supperwas served there wasn't any duck. Mr.Bates quickly called the cook and askedhim where the duck was. " But I thoughtall you wanted was the feathers,"the cook said; " We have eaten theduck."

YOUNG DOCTOR

Babu, the son of Oswald Claudius,may make a good doctor when he growsup. One day when Babu was home alone aman came and asked for medicine. "Giveme four annas and I will give you themedicine," the boy said. Thinking thatthe boy's father was inside the house, theman paid the money. Soon the boyreappeared with the medicine and toldthe man to take some every hour. In theevening the man felt better and returnedfor some more of the wonderful medicine.It was then that the father learned thatthe boy had given the man a teaspoon oftable salt.

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SemoH OutiLne6 for Barefoot freaefver^.FEED MY LAMBS

John 21:15-17

Inlto.:

Christ here appoints Peter to apastoral ministry. The passage bringsout the basis, the beneficiaries, and themethod of this pastorate.

1. The Basis is Our Love for Christ.

" Lovest thou me."

Christ only calls those to the pastoratewho truly love Him.

Our prime reason for entering thepastorate is that we love the Lord JesusChrist.

Those who have other reasons forbeing pastors can only wreck harm.John 10:12, 13; Acts 20:29, 30.

n. The Beneficiaries are Lambs andSheep.

The members of the congregation arenot devils upon whom judgement is to beannounced. They are lambs and sheepwho need nourishment and care.

Lambs and sheep are innocent, weak,and open to attack. We must recognizethe condition of our flock.

TTT. Our Method is to Feed and Tend.

We must feed them the Word of God.Expository sermons are valuable in thisrespect. We must have a thorough graspof the Word if we arc to feed others.

We must tend the sheep by leadingthem in the right paths and by protectingthem from wolves and poisoned weeds.Not a moment's carelessness or indifference is permissable.

Cone.:

If a man seeketh the office of a bishop,he desireth a good work. I Tim. 3:1.

WHY ONE WOMAN BELIEVED

John 4:4-26

Intro. :

Why did the Samaritan woman become a believer on Christ?

I. Christ Offered Her SomethingShe Did Not Have. v. 14.

Christ enticed her by promising herthe water of life. To this day this isstill the true enticement.

Despite the many stumbling-blockswhich modern Christiandom has erected,men and women know that Christ givessomething which no one else can give.That something is the water of life.

Those who have their eyes fixedon the material benefits of Christianityhave not yet caught sight of the realtreasure.

U Christ Showed Her What SheWas. vs. 17, 18.

The woman thought of herself aswithout husband—the innocent victim ofcircumstances. Christ convinced her ofher sin.

Before we come to Christ we thiiipretty good of ourselves. But Christreveals to us the blackness of our hearts;or pride, greed, selfishness and filthiness.

Only Christ can reveal to us ourtrue selves. No friend, relative, philosophy or religion of mankind can do this.

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m. Christ Spoke To Her the SimpleTruth. V. 24.

One of the secrets of the power ofChristianity is its simplicity. Througha few words of Christ this unlearnedvillage woman came to understand thetrue nature of God and religion.

Those who muddle Christianity withtheir much learning are not doing anyservice to Christ. Our most effectivesermons will be those which a villagewoman can understand.

IV. Christ Admitted to Her that Hewas the Messiah, v. 24.

Christ made great claims for himself.Luke 22:70, 71; John 14;8-10;John 10:30.We must either accept these claims orconclude that Christ was the greatestimposter that ever lived.

Cone.:

These are good reasons why men andwomen today should accept Christ astheir Lord and Saviour.

HOW ONE MAN WAS SAVED ?

Acts 9:1-19

Intro.;Saul was both a very good and a very

bad man. In whichever category youmay place yourself, his conversion can bean example to you.

I. He Had a Vision.

The change which this vision wroughton the life of Saul should convince all ofthe truth of the Gospel.

Those who know enough of the Gospelto desire a vision like Saul's, alreadyknow enough of the Gospel so that theydo not need a vision. Paul had not askedfor a vision, and it was not the visionthat washed his sins away.

II. He Fasted Three Days.

Paul was fasting out of grief for hispast life and out of grief for losing hissight. We also ought to grieve for oursins and our spiritual blindness.

Fasting gives us an opportunity tosearch our inner selves. But Paul wasstill unsaved.

III. He Prayed.

He no doubt prayed for salvation, therestoration of his sight, and a place ofusefulness in the service of Christ. Hisprayer was ans^vered, but the prayer itselfdid not save him.

IV. He Was Baptised.

Ananias told him to arise and bebaptized and wash away his sins callingon the name of the Lord. Acts 22:16.This Saul did immediately before breaking his fast. If this was necessary forSaul, why do men today consider itunnecessary ?

rv. He Contmued Stedfast.

I Cor. 9:27.

Baptism is the beginning, not theend. Rom. 6:4.

Concl.;

" What was good enough for Paul, isgood enough for me."

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BEAUTIES OF MY BELOVED

By Samuel Oommen, Coonoor

" Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,where thou feedest, -where thou makestthy flock to rest at noon: for whyshould I be as one that turneth asideby the flocks of thy companions?

" If thou know not, O thou fairest amongwomen, go thy way forth by thefootsteps of the flock, and feed^^thykids beside the shepherds' tents.The Song of Solomon 1:7, 8.

Ask to Receive

From these two verses it is seen thatthe fact unknown to the Bride is revealedto her by her Bridegroom only aftergetting an enquiry from her.

The Bridegroom is fully aware of herpresent condition that she is as one thatturneth aside by the flocks of this companions. The Revised version, supportedby the original Hebrew, reads, For whyshould I be as one that is veiled

But in spite ofhis complete knowledgeof this fact. He does not open the Treasuryuntil she asks of Him.

It is true that God knows our needeven before we know it ourselvesandhe often supplies our needs without ourasking of him. But there are otherblessings which He is anxious to give usif we will only ask Him. Even thoughHe is fully aware of our need, He maynot supply until we ask.

" Ask and it shall be given you,'' isthe Divine command. Is there someliiing

you need? Then why don't you askHim? " For every one that askethreceiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;and to him that knocketh it shall beopened."

The Place To Feed

" Feed thy kids beside the shepherds'tents." This should always be the desireof the Lord's Church and of every born-again child of God.

We are easily tempted to turn asidefrom the Lord and join ourselves to thosewhom the world considers civilized, cultured, educated, enlightened, wealthy,wise, and famous. But these are not theshepherds of the Lord.

The Christian is expected to seek outand find the shepherds belonging to HisLord.

Our friends often worry and weary uswith their efforts to get us to turn aside." Why is it that you alone want to followthat particular doctrine or path from theBible. Why don't you agree with so andso who is more educated and refined andenlightened with his many Universitydegrees? Why don't you come andworship with us? But how many of thosehave asked the Lord, " Tell me wherethou feedest." If they would, we aresure that they would surely find theirway to the real church of Christ whereinthey all could come and rest and havecommunion with one another and withGod.

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It has to be very shamefully admittedtoday that we have many Societies bydifferent beautiful and pleasant names bywhich they differenciate themselves onefrom the other; and they all claim to bethe church of Christ and the companyof God's people. It is in these days thatwe have to ask God more earnestly forHis guidance.

If we turn aside from the Lord andseek to learn of His Church from them,we will always be misguided and misledby them. They will lead us away fromHis Word.

Why do we not listen to what Godhas taught us? "If any of you lackwisdom, let him ask of GOD." Weshould not depend for our guidance uponsome church or priest or bishop or missionary or any body else. Gk)d giveth toall men liberally and upbraideth not.

Whojoi My Soul Loveth

Her soul loveth Him because He lovedher first. Yes, it is a soul-stirring lovewith which He loves us. He loved usand gave Himself for us and died for us.

Rom. 5:6 is quite forcible in Greek." For when we were powerless or helpless,Christ died for us, the ungodly, accordingto the time of our need." Again in v. 8," While we were yet sinners Christ diedfor us." Again in v. 10, " When wewere enemies, we were reconciled by Godby the death of His Son." What a loveis this! As the aged and blind Mathesonsang in one of his songs, " O Love thatwill not let me go."

Yes, He loves us with an everlastinglove. In return we have to say, " O thouwhom my soul loveth." If we subdueand yield more of ourselves to Him, Hewill surely reveal more of Himself to us.Once, a sister in Christ sent me a poemwhich runs like this:—

God has His best things for the fewWho dare to stand the test;God has His second choice for thoseWho will not take His best.

Let us sing before Him:—My Jesus I love thee,

I know thou art mine;For thee all the pleasures

of life I resign.

Fairest Among Women

How graciously and encouragingly theLord speaks this to His bride. How manyfears and doubts assail the seeking soul;but what encouragement we have fromour Lord.

We have previously noticed that thebride calls herself black and ugly. Wecan now conclude that it was all fromher fear and doubt before Him. Nowsee how the Lord encourages her—-justas the angel told the women at the sepulchre, " Fear not ye; for I know that yeseek Jesus which was crucified."

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The Labour Department of UttarPradesh, India, has accomplished a greatdeal in alleviating the condition of thepoor in Kanpur. Up to the end ofDecember, the Department had completed13,272 houses in Kanpur for industrialworkers. These houses would make a bigsized town in themselves.

But the population of Kanpur continues to mount. During the past yearthere were 25,585 births as compared to17,500 deaths—an increase of 8,000 inpopulation. 560 persons died of tuberculosis, 81 of cancer, 349 of malaria,1,059 of dysentery.

Talking about statistics, the peopleof Kanpur ate 116,046 animals duringthe past year. This included 14,946

cattle," (evidentally water buffalo),92,621 sheep and goats, and 8,476 hogs.

Prime Minister Nehru's opponent inthe 1957 elections is still trying to prosecute the Prime Minister for, as he says,deliberate and malicious intention ofoutraging the religious feelings of theHindu community. Pandit Nehru isreported to have stated in a publicspeech that he looked upon a cow as ahorse.

Some mischief mongers have outragedthe religious feelings of the Sikhcommunityby throwing cigarette packets into thesacred tank of the historic Golden Templeat Amritsar. The cigarette packets contained a printed poster welcoming theSikhs to use cigarettes. The ban oncigarette smoking by the Sikhs has evidentally outraged the religious feelings ofthe cigarette companies.

During January, Dharmi, a 26-year-old married woman of Shujatganj inKanpur, chopped offher head to appease

the Goddess Bhagwati. She thought thegoddess was angry with her since she hadhad no issue after several years of marriage.

During a hockey tournament at Saugor,fifty persons were injured in a disputeover seating arrangements. All theinjured, who included nine militaryrecruits, thirty policemen, and elevenstudents, were removed to the hospital.

Every 13 minutes round the clock,somewhere in India a passenger train onthe run is compelled to stop out ofschedule as a result of pulling of theemergency alarm chain by passengers.The trains were stopped altogether on24,000 occasions during the first sevenmonths of 1957. In 84 per cent of thecases, the train stopping was unjustified,the emergency alarm chain having beenpulled by passengers for trivial reasons.In most cases the passengers did notcooperate with the train officials in tracingthe offenders.

A travelling ticket examiner of theNorthern Railway at Allahabad wasassulted by some persons when he wasgoing to market on January 18th. It isalleged that the ticket examiner hadearlier detected one of those personstravelling without a ticket and had handedhim over to the Naini railway staff.

The reduction in the number ofholidays by the Government of UttarPradesh has not been kindly agreed toby all. The Secretariat Staff believesthat any drastic reduction in the numberof holdays would impair the efficiency ofGovernment servants. The item does notstate in which field of endeavour theydesire efficiency.

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answer to a question. The boy fearedfurther punishment if he kept silent, andso he gave the teacher the most appropriate answer he could think of—slappedthe teacher twice in the face. Theprincipal thought the answer was too harshand fined the boy five rupees.

The deceit of an editor one hundredyears ago has just resulted in the loss ofRs. 50,000 by the Government and hasangered the citizens of Bithur. Theeditor of the London Illustrated Newswanted some picture to illustrate thenews of the 1857 uprising, but had none.In desperation, he published a pictureof an Indian contractor and declared itto be a picture of Nana Saheb. Thispicture was later widely circulated.When the Government came to erect astatue of Nana Sahab, they unwittinglycopied from this false photograph. Thestatue has now been covered with sacks.Some of the citizensof Bithur are seriouslyconsidering demolishing the statue if itis not soon removed.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradeshhad some exciting moments when heopened a wild life sanctuary near Banarasin December. The Chief Minister ceremoniously let loose a lion and two lionesses.But one of the lionesses had evidentallynot understood what she was supposed todo. Instead of moving off and eating agoat which was tied nearby, she turnedtoward the Chief Minister and otherspectators who were atop 20 ft. highmachans. For half an hour the V.I.P.swere gripped with fear. When the lionessfinally left, the spectators did too, onlymore quickly.

NEW HINDI BIBLE

The controversy with the Bible Societyover the new Hindi translation of the New

Testament has now been concluded onmost points. The translation committeehas decided not to diffcrcnciate betweenGod and Jesus by the use of differentpronouns. We congratulate the BibleSociety for deciding at least this much.The editor of Biblical Witness is also tobe congratulated for bringing this matterto the notice of the public.

The translation committee has decidedto use honorific pronouns instead ofintimate pronouns when God and Christare addressed. This does not excite anyenthusiasm from this quarter. Thetranslation will no doubt be best enjoyedby those who have no intimate relationwith the Father and the Son.

Whenever the new version is available for sale, it will have to stand on itsown merits. If the people like it, theywill buy it. If they don't, they won't.At least here in Kanpur, we feel quitesure they won't.

The old version is in process of beingreprinted. This is being very carefullydone, and it is hoped that they will beavailable by May or June.

A new printing of the Roman UrduBible has recently arrived from England.Cloth bound copies are available forRs. 5/-, and Leather bound copies forRs. 25/-.

The story recently came to light ofa man in Kanpur who wanted to read theBible but did not know that it wasprinted in Hindi. For a large sum ofmoney he paid a man to read him arunning translation of the English Bible.This did not prove to be very satisfactory.He was very happy when he finally founda Hindi Bible.

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HAVING NO HOPE ... And Without GodBy Lois Callaway

From Tribes and Trials in Thailand

I made a shroud today with tremblingfingers and a heart that ached for theYao mother who was laying her child downfor his last sleep.

Like the child whom Elisha raisedfrom the dead, Big Brother Two wasplaying in the field where his motherand father were hai*vesting rice. Suddenly he cried, "Oh, my head, my head!"Though he was very ill all night, theydid not seek help until the child wentinto a coma this morning.

When I arrived the mother was wailinghysterically and the family assured methat the child was dead. Seemingly thechild was not breathing, and there was nopulse. The father tenderly laid him ona mat on the cold dirt floor, and I busiedmyself with comforting the mother,assuring her that her tiny son had founda place in the loving arms of his HeavenlyFather. Suddenly the earthly fathercried, " His body does not grow cold.He is not dead!".

Imogene Williams quickly went fora stethoscope and we found the faintestheartbeat. With remorse for my delay Ibegan to work with the child, administering such medicine as I had,and listeningto the tiny heart, praying constantly thatthe Father would spare the little fellow—and through a little child lead the motherto the Lord Jesus.

The heart beat grew stronger. Therewas a fluttering of the pulse, and thenI noticed the devil money (plain piecesor rice straw paper, thought to be capableof fooling the demons into thinking it wasthe real thing) being prepared for devil

worship. Immediately the chant of apriest began. Praying for wisdom, Iexplained that I had been praying to theHeavenly Father, who indeed ^vas theonly one who could help this tired littlebody. They agreed—the Creator ofmankind could surely help—the devilscould not. If I had access to theCreator, I should pray. The devilworship stopped. I continued to prayand administer medicine.

But after I had squatted four hoursbeside him on a tiny stool, his soul slippedaway to the God who had given it. Themother again became hysterical, andwhile I went to make the little trousersthey asked me to make for his burial(he had never had a pair during his fiveyears on earth), the father bathed himand dressed him in a red flannel shirt morelovely than any he had had in life. Thenthey tucked some of the " devil money "and a boiled egg in his hand. Thus theythought to provide for his spirit in theafter life.

Later when the mother was more quietI could make her understand that thoughshe longed for her little one, still he washappy and well with the Heavenly Father.Her face lighted with an instant joy asshe said, " Oh, then, someday you willsee him."

" Yes," I agreed, " I shall see him—and someday you will, too, for when Ican tell you all about it in your ownlanguage, you will believe in Jesus, too,and walk the Heaven road."

Will you pray that the Spirit will soonbring understanding to her longing heart?-

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IIIPAlilPlllllC lAVOiPIDSThere were no lights in that train

that took us to Madras in January. Butwe hope the page about Madrapakkamwill be enlightening just the same.

You may be surprised at the new nameof " Markkapapa " on page three. He isno relation of Madrapakkam on page two." Mark ka papa " means Mark's father.Besides Mark, he has two other boys.Who is he?

Miss H. Kaveri Bai's articles arc solucid.

Bro. Claudius came into our midstabout a year ago wearing a beard andthe saffron-coloured clothes of a sadhu.A wife has since changed his ways, asonly a wife can.

Mrs. Lois Callaway, who works withher husband in Thailand, is one of themost popular Christian writers of ourday.

The first proof of the Hindi translation of C. J. Sharp's, " Bible For Youth "has come from the press. The illustrations in it are just elegant, and it promisesto be a very popular production of theNew Testament Publications, Ass'n.

That famous dog Langru is stillaround. He appears to be well fed. Thenumber of houses from which he getstid-bits is equal to the number ofcountries in which we have subscribers.Incidentally, we have a new subscriberfrom New Zealand.

Annual Statement:

About Ownership and other particularsabout CHRISTASIAN in compliance tothe Registration of Newspapers (Central)Rules, 1956.

1. . Place of Publication: Bible Book Store,112/352,Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U.P.,India.

2. Periodicity of its publication; Bimonthly.

3. Printers' Name: Shri R. Ganesan.Nationality: Indian.Address: Job Press Private Limited,

Lakshmi Building,Mahatma Gandhi Road,Kanpur, U.P.

4. 5, & 6. Publisher, Editor and Owner:Name: Ralph R. Harter.Nationality: American.Address :112/352, Swarupnagar, Kanpur.

I, Ralph R. Harter, hereby declare thatthe particulars given above are true tothe best of ray knowledge and belief.

(Sd.) Ralph R. Harter.

Dated: March 1, 1958.

THE CHRISTASIAN

Ralph R. Harter,Editor and Publisher,112/352, Swarup Nagar,Kanpur, U. P. India.Telegraphic Address: ' BibletruthKanpur.

Annual Subscription Rates:1 Copy Rs. 1/50; 5 Copies Rs. 6

10 Copies Rs. 10; 25 Copies Rs. 20

In the U.S.A. subscriptions at $ 1 peryear may be remitted to Miss FlorenceDouglas, 134 E. North St., Flora,Illinois.

Edited and Published by Mr. Ralph R. Harter and Printed by Shri R. Ganesan at theJOB PRESS PRIVATE LIMITED, KANPUR.

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N0V/S of the-Work of Ralph R, Harter at 112/352,Sv/arocp Nagar, Kanpur, UoPo, India, on March 1st, 1958

Mr 3 R o t herme 1 and I. made.our trip to Madras in Jaau-ary as planned-, I was muchsnc our aged to soo the progress being made in ,thework down thereo ' ••

Stanley • Nath has sincegone to Ragaul to be Mrs ^Rothermsl'ri drivero

From Peba 20-23 we atten--ded _ the ^iriual :convention..at Kulpahar and brought oneof the messagesD Also-soldbooks,. At the same time Iwas weakened" with the .flu,

90 year old ' ^Papa" ' DavySingh, whom I—to ok-to -theBilaspur . Convention .,lastPall # di ed ' on, p eb ^ A-th^' Hehad been living in the Cemetery a h d the Genie tery'Board was wanting; to evicthimo

One of the ladies of ourcongregation, the mother offour children, died of tuberculosis on Jan® lst«

One of our former boys,Paul,, was baptized at the.Kulpahar Convention, He it-now 13 years old,."The Kanpur congregationre- elected . me to be theirpastor for 1958, BernelG-etter has promised to holda n evangelistic meetinghere in Aprils

It hardly seemed that it.could ever be possible, butI have bought a bicycle formyself and am able to navigate it around the city.The secret to riding a bicycle when you only havetunnel vision is to realisethat you only have to go afoot at a timoo

Our Sunday evening services are now being heldturn by turn in differentneighborhoods of the cityoIn this way we hope toreach those who have neverheard the Gospelo

The Book Store

S Q.luSiiJxpundudDeficit y-Bible-s Sold •• hN eW T'os tatientsPortipn-g •Life of Christ

Visualised .

HP ^^1*4v95 ^

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813 589.

The reason v/e sold lessBibles in 195? was becausethe Hindi Bible is out of

not be readyJune •, Until

the Roman

also out of

pr int and wiuntil May cjust recent3Urd.U' B lb le v.- spr int

.. DurD.ng J{inu. .,yaryp the Boox-i0li|.3o7b worthsoiling 9 Bib:Testaments, 1and 190 Li±e of

Missionary Do 13Dur ing' 193 Y'

Missionary Dol3as fo llows 5

Ralph's Salar'BoysC hr is t as i anBook StoreIIous ingH.To pub.ChurchMedical

and Pebru-Storo didf business

s, 19 WowPortions ;>

hrist Vis -,

;he Kanpur-r v/as spent

/• 35i^19^12^11^

Hu-

Soiiio may think thatis too much to spend onpublicity^ We v/ould remindour critics, hov/ever, that

-•rChristasian Magazine is notprimarily an advertisingraedium.. It Is published topromote .spirituality and ispartly financed b y subscript Ions i

During 1957. Contributionsshowed an increase of

0i|.7.13 over 1958, Since wemake 110-appeals for funds,on(3 v/ould expect our fundsto decrease;.- but thoy haveinci'eased insteady This isal-so despite the fact thatWG drastically trimmed our

'mailing list». We. ai'e likeGideon's army, God's pov/eris made perfect in weakness-.

Pur lough Fund'The folk ao" Hampton, Iowa

have launched pur furloughfund in a -fine way.

Hampton Church ylOLoretta Huntington v20

• Balance, Mar, 1st ^;)30

SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ANDSUBSCRIPTIONS 3?0 .

Miss Florence Douglas.13i[. E, North StyFlora,' Illinois

HOUSE EXTRAORDINARIUS

One of the most extra-••^rdlnai'y houses in the/orId is the one located at112/352, Swarupnagar, Kah"jur, UnPa, Indiao

Prom outv/ard appearancesthe house hardly looks worthy of the ' $21 monthlyrent. If it were.not forthe sign bo utv^s you wouldhsrdly e;*we the place asfond look. But there are

the signboards.One signboard r e a d s,

"Bible, Book Store," Biblesand books are sold fi'om a

Cr ov/d ed little room whi chyou will find on your rightas you enter the house, -Inthis same room I do all ofmy writing, editing, ,'midpublishing v/ork..

Another sign reads,"Masihhi Kalisiya, ioO, Churchof Christ, Services areheld in a small room on theleft as you enter the house,

v/e 'could put up anothersi ^n to read "Heaven-Viev/Hotel." It is a favoritehalting, place for a numberof friends when they are inthe city. A room halfway upthe stairway to the roof isreserved for this purpose,

Andriyas, an orphan boy,occupies a room way in theback of the house. In the

sajiio room is a filing Cabinet., a steel, almira, • andseveral thousand copies ofthe Lt fe of Ciirist .Visualized in Hindi.

In the last room of thehouse I lay myself down tosleep surrounded by anaddr0s s ogr aph, a mime ogr aphmachine and my new bicycle«

We eat on a porch thatopens onto an inside courtyard, During the rainys e as on we s le ep on • thisverandah. During the hotseason we sleep on the roofwhich is flat.

The address has beenprinted more than 100,000times., Thousands of piecesof mail . have been receivedhere, and tens .of thousandshave been sent. Hundreds ofpeople come and go.

2-g- years ago we appliedfor a telephone. The Government has now sanctioned

it and it will soon be in

stalled.

The house contains electricity, and modern plumbing (Indian style). We alsoown a washing machine.

Whatever other viev/s youmay have regarding the establishment, you will haveto adiriit that we are getting our $21 worth out ofthe house.

CONTRIBUTIONS PGR DEOEfiiBER,1957, Al® JAKUABT, 1958. ,

Indian-as .THe~ScBr aitiDis §50,00F'rajik Reas- 20<, 00Osgood Church 20^00J. lllnolsgRaxton Church. 10,00J. owaiThe^yle ,f.or

NoTa Pub.»- •. 10,00KentuckyiMt„ Zlon"Church . 9-00;MlnnesotaiMrs, Scot't NickBrson 25<.00Mj sa'ourig" ,.Liberty A, s & P-,g . .ReepJer Ciiur»ch 20,00Donald Peel 20,00OhiogKennidre Cnurc.h .. 25®00Branch Hill 10,00Lin.den Guijd . 25 -, 00Linden Horrieouilder3 , ,75 ^.00•01Incon Chui' r.n i^-O»O0Herbert Flint J0,00Kos, 1O60 & 108i|. ijli-^OOThe Harry Lathairis ^0,00Bladensburg L,D,s . 20,00Rocky Fork Bible S, 20,5^1-^Horwalk -Homemakerc 25 , 00'The.P.M. Hawkins "10,00Tennessee^

Johnson .'City Central -1.0.1^.1Subscr ipt ion3s 8,00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS §5il-i»50

EKPENDiTURFS IROM DEC, 8:•^957;.- TO, FIB, 28

Book StoreBoysOhi'istasianN«T, pub.HousingChurch

Medic.alPassportBankingRalph! s Salary..

total expended

Sm^IvIARYBalance, Dec.-,- 7thC on.tr ibutionsBook Store Sales

(prom Dec, 8th)

TOTAL RECEIPTSLess Expended

BALAI'TCEM ar ch .Is t f

This is as it should be

1958,.

$-1-33->55. 83.28

'62,55•• 3I1.00

68,0923,692^3.

, 10;,51lo 70

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$99i|-.5o

$163.9851|.1.50

289.28

$991). .76"99lt...90

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During 1957 Contributionstotalled §28214.014.5 ^ In otherwordsJ we supported ourselves and our- entire workon §235® 37 a montho ;

-• During the v past year wehave travelled more than6000 miles on the Indianrailways,- -(Mostly paid forfrom private funds)....

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News of the V/prk of Ralph R» Harter'at 112/352,Swaroop Nagar, KaXipur, U.P», India, on April 15th, 1958

ENCOURACtING^" MONTHThis has been one of the

mos t en cour aging months. we.have ever had*.

During the v/eek beforeEaster, several of the menof the church ' at Swarupna-gar took turns at preachingat evening services* Theyall did surprisingly well,and it was evidence' thatthey are growing in thethings of the Spirit*

It was perhaps to" be expected that both our churchroom and verandah war epacked to capacity onEaster, morning'* But it hasbeen a long time since wehad four baptisms at onetiine. They* included a manand his wife,, another housewife,, and a school girl.

The Wednesday eveningservices do not selem to bemaking any headway* But aFriday night Boys Class has

stated off great guns • .Thegirls class o n Saturdaynight has not had such anillustrious start, but it -has a hopeful future*

Our telejphone was finallyinstalled*. -- Besides b^lnghoipful to us, others comein to telep.hone. and sometimes buy something frgmthe bookstore . before theyleave.

Bro.,Barnel Getter couldnot make it to Kanpur foran.evangelistic meeting inApril* We arp now hopingthat he can get .here forthe last week in July*

The weather is now veryhot and many of the missionaries have already left forthe hills* Our ovw plansare not definite, but thereis a possibility that wewill repeat last year'strip to Darjeeling. a dShillong*

BIBLE BOOK STOREProm 1st March to l^th

April, the Bible Book Storedid §71.72 worth of business. Sales included 11Bibles, 11 New Testafionts,and 6 copies of the Life ofChrist visualized.

Our lot was made a littledifficult because the BibleSociety inadvertedly sentour last shipment of Biblesto someone else. By thetime the matter was straightened out Easter v/as pastand the annual me la of theIndian Christian Association was gone.

THE BOYSAndriyas* surruner vacation

will soon begin. He is sureto pass into the i^th Grade.

Stanley Rairiadhar is getting along v/oll V/ i t hMrs. Rothermel at Ragaul.She may send him back toKanpur for A month'or sofor further training.

There is no trace of Hor-atius. Sai?iuel Singh, has also left school. The schoolauthorities removed hisname off the roll becausehe had been present only 6out of l\.0 days.

. HELPING THE NEEDYOne of the problems of

missionaries is to know whois genuinely in need o fhelp. But it is a joy to

help the deserving fromt ime t o timeo Mrs. Vic torDas is receiving $3.20 amonth for fees for teacherstraining for six months.Sherwood Paul is receiving,a like sum for a tu.tor forthree months. Mrs. DharamSowak received some glucoseafter an illness, , and Wilson Masih Lai received helpwhen his daughter was ill.These are all members ofthe local congregation. Oneof our former boys, Ezra,isreceiving $2.13 a month forhis work in his home village.

One night Samuel Singhinformed us that his tenmonth old sister was sickwith smallpox. The nextmorning I went to see andfound the baby dying. Eventhen they had not called adoctor. I summoned a doctor who gave medicine, butthe • baby could not swallowanything.. When I wentback in the evening to seehow the baby fared, I foundthat it had died and wasalready buried. The familyis Roman Catholic, which iswhy wo were not summonedfor the funeral# Samuel,the brother, evidentallydid not learn of the death

of his sister until thenext day, even though hewas only three miles av/ay.

TOTB-NAIL SKETCH

Bro» Rollin Dunahugh. ofColuiTibus, Ohio, has askedfor a thumb-nail sketch ofmy background.

My great-grandmoth'erRhoads was' a devout womanwho prayed that a nuiTiber ofher family would enter theministry. She died'v/ithouther prayer being-answered,and I entered the ministrynot Imowing that she hadprayed. But I believe thatthe Lord showed specialmercy on me in . answerto her prayer.

My home background waswholesome but not 'especially pious. My father stillwonders how a son of his

became a preachef.One of the things t o

which I owe the saving ofmy soul is Diy poor eyesight, now improved* This'prevented me from becomingtoo easily entangled withevil companions and thepleasures of this presentworld.

The personswho inspiredme most were very humblepersons such as Mr, and Mrs.P.E, Dusenberry and Mr. andMrs. L.E. Evans.

Erieside Christian Service Camp made its very important contribution in theearly 19ii-0*s .

During the winter of 19il-l191^.2 I read the Bible fromGenesis to Revelation and

this greatly enlarged m yfaith..

Prom 19i|-2 to I9I4.6 I studied a t Cincinnati BibleSeminary where I was onlyan average student.

I had been baptized atthe age of nine * after ashort illness. At the timeI knew that if :I died. Iwould go to hell. Since -theday of my baptism I havenot been afraid to die.

The hymn, "Anywhere V/lthJ es us , " inf luenc ed m egreatly to become, a. missionary. There car;ie a'time whenI said, "Anywhere but India"but then I realized thatIndia was the .place that,needed me most. I have never been sorry for that de--cisioni and. I api o/ox* moreconvinced novi th,an thenthat this is t.he work theLord intended mo to do.

As- for my work v/ith Hindipublications, 1 can onlysay that the L03:*d pushed meinto it. I would never havethought myself capable ofit. But there came a timewhen I had to do it; and ithas worked out surprizinglyv/ell.

Anything I. have accomplished must be credited tothe Lord Jesus Christ. Icould never have passed anexamination by a missionboard, even if I had beenthe chairiTian.

COUTRIi^OTIOIfS FOR PEBRU/JIY,/jrD K/iRCH, 1959

Illinois;Women at Paxton $20.00Indiana;Darlington Church 7O.OOPrank Reas* 20.00The Henry Schramnis 50.00The Glonn Morricals 5*00Kontuckys _Mt. Zlon Church 8.00Michigan;Suraher Jrs. 5*00Missouri;Neoper Church" ^ 10.00W^ne McKinney 15.lbDonald P. Peel 10.00Ohio:Old Stone S.S. 20.00Bladensburg L.D.s , 20.00Norv;alk Homemaker s 11.00Clinton Chur'ch [j.0.00Clinton Ta;s Stamps 11.30No. 1110 25.00Linden Homebuilders 75*00Manchester Church . 25.00West Virginia:Follansbee P.P.s 10.00

TOTAL RECEIVED

EJCPEfTDITTJRSS PROM MARCH 1ST•TO APRIL 15th, 1958 _

Book Store $93^17Boys 35*^0Christasian * 70.9?N.T. Publications 37*^Housing bl.iL3Church 21.^9Medical 3*-^!Ralph's Salary 150»00

TOTAL SPEt'T l|.73»57

SHMMARYBalance March 1st .26Contributions lj.50.[j.6Book Store Sales. 71.^72

Total Receipts 522Jji|.Less Spent k-73»S7Balance April 15 ij.8.-87

There have been no fur

ther contributions to thefurlough fund, so the balance of . that fund rema^-nsat $30* This will be enoughto get me to Calcutta.

SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TOMiss Plorence Douglas

13ij. E. North St. •Pldra, Illinois

All Contributors receive free subscriptions to CHRISTASIAN

Vol. IV No. 3 May IfJoS June

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TEKEL,

thou art weighed

in the balances

and

art found wanting.

Daniel 5:27

Kanpur, India

MOMIOSiPlTAIL TlMiS

Fiction—^Not True Yet

When the policeman stopped me Ithought all he wanted was to check mybicycle license.

" We are very sorry to inform you,"he said, " that you have become heavilyconatomated and are now a publicmenace."

I was caught in a Geiger Trap.In my panic I jumped back on my

cycle and began to dash away as though Xhad no cycle license. But I had notnoticed that the policeman had fasteneda new type of transparent chain to thecycle. So instead of gaining my freedomI fell on my face.

The next thing I knew, I was in alead-walled room at the Atomospital, fivehundred feet underneath the Ganges.

The Government must be thanked formaking my room at the Atomospital acomfortable one. There was a Beauty-rest mattress on the bed, a large screenedtelevision set, and plumbing, for hot,cold, and iced water. This was, ofcourse, to be my home for the rest of mylife.

As I slowly gained consciousness atthe Atomospital, I noticed a man dressedin protective clothing standing by mybed. " I am your Atomosphysician ," hesaid. " I will visit you each morningand set you up in business for the day.... I am the only person you will eversee."

" How long will I be here ?" Iasked.

"As yet no one has left herealive that is. Even then we have found itbest to leave the body in the room and sealit up as a tomb. We must take everyprecaution to keep conatomation fromspreading."

" May I correspond with my familyand friends?"

" I am afraid that that will be impossible. They will never know whathappened to you. Otherwise there wouldbe panics among the masses, and we mustavoid that. I am sure you understand."

From the first I knew that I wasgetting better treatment than I deserved.I did not deserve such a comfortable room.I had not come by my conatomationinnocently.

As much as ten years previously theGovernment had banned a long list ofvegetables and beverages as having absorbed an excess of atom fall-out. Anyone found growing or selling any of thesethings was arrested and jailed. But Ididn't feel I could get along withoutthese things, and so I secretly grew myown supply. After all, I had survivedthe cancer scare of the fifties withoutreducing my intake of nicotine and sowhy should I not eat whatever I please.I also avoided the Geiger-tested foodssince their lead-foil wrapping alwaysmade them more expensive.

For some time I had been growingweaker, but I attributed all of that tomy advancing age. I would probablyhave died peacefully at home if it had notbeen for that Geiger Trap.

One day I asked my Atomosphysicianjust how it was that I got caught. Hetold me that the policeman, who wasreally an Atomspector, possessed a delicate instrument called Geigerdar. Inthis way he knew of my approach while Iwas still a quarter of a mile away.

To make a short story shorter, I wasonly in the Atomospital five years. Conatomation soon became so prevalent thatthe Government had to give up the ideaof the Atomospital. In the meantime Iforgot how to work and have thus chosenwriting for my career.

" When I was a childwrote Paulto the Corinthians, " I spake as a child, Iunderstood as a child, I thought as achild; but when I became a man, I putaway childish things." I Cor. 13:11.

A child is obviously immature—physically, mentally, emotionally. A childcannot walk alone, either in a literal ora figurative way; it is dependent on othersfor the satisfaction of its needs, for supportand guidance.

Nor can a child think logically orrationally, or have much control overits expressions and actions. But with theyears there generally comes added bodilystrength, physical independence, greaterintellectual ability, increased emotionaldevelopment—an ability to act and reactwith physical and emotional control.

Some children fail to grow up physically and remain weak and stunted; somefail to develop intellectually and arementally deficient; and some remainemotionally undeveloped and immature.In a word: many people never grow upfully. In their thinking, in their feeling,and in their actions they continue to be" like a child."

Biology declares that life is characterized by growth. Similarly, the spiritual life is characterized by growth. Itis not enough to say that men mustexperience a spiritual birth. The twice-born man must mature; and by maturityI mean simply growing up.

Signs of Maturity

A mature person has, first of all,insight and foresight in his thinking. He

GTOWIIMQ UP

By Markkapapa

can evaluate himself as well as the worldaround him in a realistic manner.

When we are young we often live ina world of fantasy or unreality. In thisworld of make-believe we picture ourselves to be the chosen one, the princecharming, the hero, or else the rejected,the despised, the " ugly duckling." Aswe grow up we gradually learn to understand ourselves better, to evaluate ourselvesas we actually are. We come to know ourstrengths and weaknesses, our abilitiesand disabilities. We gain insight intoour thinking, our feeling, and ourbehaviour.

As we grow up we also leam to faceresponsibility and look realistically atthe facts of life. We learn to anticipatethe results of our actions. We leam to

foresee the possible consequences of ourbehaviour. We no longer permit ourdesires to dominate completely our thinking or actions.

Emotionally, a mature person developsa sense of independence. When we growup we can stand by ourselves. We are ableto make our own judgements and decisions. The dependent person lacks asense of security; he lacks confidence inhis own abilities. He therefore tends tolean on other people and looks to someoneelse for support and protection. But themature individual is self reliant and

assumes responsibility for his behaviour.He does not seek to escape reality byturning to daydreams, fantasy, or toartificial means of sedation or stimulation.

Another sign of being grown upemotionally is the ability to show and toshare love and affection, to actually care

for someone. In infancy and childhoodthe feeling of love is basically self-centered.A child'Wants things for itself, to satisfyits own desires and needs. The child haslittle feeling for giving or sharing withsomeone eke. The love of a. matureperson, however, k of a different quality.There k a genuine desire to share withanother person—to share thoughts andfeelings as well as possessions. Thereis the desire not only to be happy but togive happiness; not only to obtainsatkfactiori, but to give satkfaction.

Thk k the kind of love, incidentally,that k essential for any Ghrktianrelationship.

Mature thinking and feeling expressthemselves in matiu-e actions and behaviour. A child k likely to act reflexly;an adult, reflectively. The child k im-pukive in its actions—he runs after the ballin the middle of the street without thoughtof the potential dangers; an adult's reactions are more deliberate—he recognizeshazards and will change hk actionaccordingly. Here, then, k the matureperson:

(1) In hk behaviour the matureperson shows both flexibility and control.

(2) He k neither rigid nor compulsive, but adapts hk action to the situation.

(3) He can accept authority anddiscipline as well as responsibility andpower.

(4) He leams to cooperate with otherpeople, to make the necessary adjustmentsand adaptations to life.

Differences in Maturity

No two individuak are really alike.They differ from each other in physique,in intelligence, and in emotional reactions.Our bodies and minds are what they areas a result of nature and nurture; of theconstitutional qualities which we inheritfrom our parents, and of the environmental

factors which have moulded us during thecourse of our life.

Similarly, the difference in ourpersonalities, in our feelings suid attitudesare partly the result of inherited constitutional factors and partly the result of thepsychological and social conditions towhich we have been exposed from infancy.As these environmental factors of necessitydiffer from individual to individual, so doour attitudes and behaviour patterns vary.

A child, for example, brought up inan atmosphere of love and protectiondevelops a sense of being wanted, ofbelonging, of security; while a childbrought up in an indifferent or hostileenvironment may never acquire thesefeelings.

Many of the feelings and attitudeswhich men and women acquire duringtheir formative years they carry overinto maturity; and these influence thepersonality of the individual and the typeof adjustment he makes in his family, hkwork, hk church and social life.

The Gall of the Unattainable

Most of us show evidences of inrnia-turities of one kind or another. Weare likely to revert at times to childishforms of thinking or behaviour. If, however, we try to understand the signs andcauses of occasional immature actions andreactions on our part and on the part ofothers, we can become more tolerant andacceptive. This is in itself evidence ofbeing grown up. Ideally speaking, it iswhat one contemporary scholar has called" The Call of the Unattainable." Somegroups call it Christian Perfection; sancti-fication is a term often used. It can alsobe called consecration. To achieve fullmaturity k difficult, perhaps an unattainable call. We are but Christians in themaking.

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No. 1 - EVE

By Miss H. Kaveri Bai

Our thoughts go back to our firstancestress, Eve. She was not born ofmothen and father, but was made out ofher husband's rib.

The last created object in Eden, hereyes opened on a scene of transcendentbeauty, grandeur, purity and peace, suchas no mortal has since seen or imagined.The Creator Himself, Who had bestowedon Adam and Eve the whole dominionover the earth, took delight in theircompany; and they rejoiced in Hisfellowship.

They lacked nothing. They werefree to enjoy the fruits of the trees of thegarden, an inexhaustible store. Onlyone tree was forbidden—THE TREE OFTHE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD ANDEVIL. Regarding this, God lovinglywarned them before hand, " In the daythat thou eatest thereof thou shalt surelydie." (Gen. 2:17). They thought nothing wrong in that.

Adam and Eve were no doubt createdgrown up. But they were still innocentchildren. We can imagine that had theynot disobeyed God, God would haveincreased their knowledge, more and moreunfolded heavenly mysteries, and finallytaken them into fullest confidence.

The Disobedience

But, as we know, they did disobeyGod.

The woman might plead that she hadnot existed when that commandment wasgiven. But Adam could not plead thus,for the commandment was given to himdirecdy.

Human logic in these days of worldwide apostasy and moral decay wouldalways ask perverse questions: " Whyshould God place that tree in theGarden?" It is like a child stealing acake might ask, " Why was it on the tableanyway?"

Then again, we hear talk like this:" Could not God with His almighty powerprevented Eve from plucking that fruit?Can't He prevent us from committing sin ?"Those who ask such questions must bevery ardent admirers of ruthless tyrants,who by murders and massacres, prisonsand concentration camps, torture andbrain-washing, want to compel every oneto think, speak and act in the one andonly way prescribed to them.

These critics of God, who blame Himfor not reducing hmnan beings to automatons, would be the very ones to fiercelydenounce Him had He attempted anything like that. What was Gandhi'sanswer to our former British rulers ?" We must be free even to mismanage ourown affairs

Eve's Unreasonable Conduct

Eve's conduct is very puzzling; butso is that of most women (and men too),who honour a liar's words more thanGod's.

Eve knew God's goodness perfectlywell. But when a stranger, about whomshe knew nothing at all, approached herin her husband's absence, she readilybelieved every slanderous word of Imagainst God. To this day, not onlywomen, but educated men, take for granted

any theory or speculation which attemptsto discredit the Bible. They accept mereopinions as established facts. They preferto teach as ' SCIENCE * even silly fables,so long as these contradict the Word ofGod.

The stranger gave Eve his falseassurance, " Ye shall not surely die, forGod doth know that in the day ye eatthereof, your eyes shall be opened andye^ shall be as gods, knowing good andevil." (Gen. 3:4,5). Eve straightwayplucked and ate the fruit. And whenAdam joined her, she gave him a piece,and he also ate it in defiance of God'scommandment.

Eyes Opened

Their eyes indeed were opened, butto see the good they had cast away, andthe evil they had brought on themselves.But they would not own up to it, Adamespecially. For his deliberate transgression of God's commandment, heblamed God Himself saying, " Thewoman .thou gavest she gaveme and I did eat." (Gen. 3:12).

To this day, Adam's descendentsthrow the blame for their misdeeds uponsome one else even God Himself." God had ordained that this shouldhappen," " Why should he be so importunate?" " Why should she take me there?"Their eyes were indeed opened to see theevil consequences of their disobedience,but they were closed from seeing God.

Had. the first pair not eaten thatdeath-giving fruit they would be livingtoday. But, as it was, they had alreadybegun to feel the processes of decayand death in their bodies. Eve realizedthe full import of what she had done onthat day when her anguished eyes gazedupon the lifeless form of her second son,slain by her own first-bom, who had fledfrom home a haunted fugitive.

DEATH and MURDER! But thankGod, He immediately promised theRedeemer, " the woman's seed" whowould " bruise" the serpent's head." Gk)d sent forth his own Son, made of awoman" to redeem mantod. (Gal.4:4, 5). "I am the resurrection andthe life: he that believeth in me, thoughhe were dead, yet shall he live." (John11:25).

God is giving us loving warningsthrough the Bible: " The wages of sin isdeath," Rom. 6:23. "If thy right handoffend thee, cut it off: it is betterto enter into life maimed than havingtwo hands to go to hell, into the fire thatshall never be quenched: where theirworm dieth not. Similarly about theoffending eye and foot. (Mark 9:43-48).

From end to end the Bible speaks ofthe sinner's doom and urges him to repentand retum to God and escape damnation.But the old serpent still whispers, " Yea,hath Gk)d said so? But I say, NAY."Modem Eve listens to him, and modemAdam also. The same old liar andmurderer goes about telling, " Sin is onlya weakness, a disease, a pardonablemistake, or a thing for which a clinic willdo...... There is no such thing as hell,except perhaps in your conscience. Evenif there were One, God is love and willnot cast you there. If need be. He willgive you a second chance after death."As for God's wonderful plan of salvationthrough our Lord Jesus Christ, Satan triesto make you disbelieve the whole thing,or, at any rate, to cut out some links inthe chain as incompatible with reason andexperience. In this way the whole chainof facts snaps, and the effect is the same.But modem Eve listens to him, and soalso modem Adam.

But remember that God says, "It isappointed unto men once to die, butafter this the judgement." (Heb. 9:27).

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By SwAMi Atmananda

From The Seeker & Pilgrim^ Varanasi

A few articles on the subject havebeen coming out indirectly through newspapers for the last few years. Attemptshave been made to lower the digmtyof the character of one who has beenadored by the major portion of theworld*s population. These reports arederived from a baseless fable created bya Russian vagabond.

Nicholas Notovitch, the Russiantraveller, is said to have come to visitIndia in the autumn of 1887 and imaginedthe existence of a manuscript in the HimisMuth of Ladak containing the life storyof Jesus Christ. I have sufficient proofrto show the forgery of Nicholas Notovitch.

The following is the true copy ofthe English translation of the Tibetanassertion given to me by the chief Lama(Kushak) of Himis Muth—(Copyrightreserved).

" Sadhu J. N. Hulder of 85, Dr.Suresh Sarkar Road, Calcutta 14, India,very kindly visited my monastary inHimis from the 7th to 9th and 12th to13th November 1954. His object was toresearch into the travel of Jesus Christin various parts of India about which hehad read in the book published by oneRussian Mr. Nicholas Notovitch. Thetraveller visited my Monastary in theautiunn of 1887.

" Sadhuji, with the help of Messrs.P. Vittoz, S. S. Gergan, E. TsetanPuntsog, Jonathon Paljor, my mukteer,manager, personal attendant and someof my lamas, who are masters in Tibetan,tried to find out the manuscript which issaid to have been mentioned in the aforesaid publication, but nothing could betraced out.

" Neither I nor any of my lamas haveany knowledge about the existence ofsu^ a manuscript in my library either atpresent or in the past."

I have photos of different parts ofHimis Muth, the Chief Lama and otherswho inspected the library with me.

Diary in Ldh

In order to help the public of Indiaand abroad to understand the facts ofthe case, I am subjoining herein belowanother excerpt of the diary of the Christian Church of Leh, the Capital of Ladak,25 miles to the west of Hu^.

The extract of the diary of the churchin Leh (Ladak) for the year 1894 reads asunder:—(Copyright reserved).

"In autumn 1887 appeared here aRussian, Nicholas Notovitch, who alsovisited the Himis convent in the neighbourhood of Leh. That gentleman livesnow in Paris, and in 1893 publisheda biggish book, a ' New Life of Jesus.'He pretends to have seriously injured hisfoot near KKmis during that journey andto have been taken to. the convent andnursed by the monks. These shew himthen a Tibetan copy of a work to be foundin Lhassa, ' Life of Issa'. Issa is theMuslim name for Jesus.

" According to that book Jesus wouldhave set out for the East as a youth,and have investigated Brahmanism inIndia and Buddhism in Tibet. He wouldthen have returned to Palestine as amature man and, proclaiming his acquiredknowledge and teaching as divine wisdom,would have been generally highly reveredby the Jews. But against the expressed

will of the Sanhedrin, Pilate had takenhim prisoner and crucified him. As Pilatestill feared a popular agitation aroimd thetomb of Jesus, he had the body removedsecretly to another tomb. From thisarose the tale of the Resurrection of theCrucified.

" Notovitch assures that he translatedthat life. of Chirst written in Tibetanwith the help of the monks, although hedoes not understand the Tibetan languageand quite certainly could not talk withthe Lamas comprehensively in Urdueither.

" The aim of this new gospel is quiteclear; the writer will bridge the periodbetween the thirteenth and the thirtiethyear of Jesus' life and trace the divineteachings of Christ back to the wisdomof Bralmans and of Buddha.

" For the protection of Truth how-eva: we were obliged to oppose the authoropenly after thorough inquiries, for it isnot the teaching of Chnst which is aplagiarism, but the whole story and thewhole book are nothing but humbugand aberration.

" Mr. Notovitch is naturally veryangry about ,our assertion and traces itback to calumny arising from petty envy.But Mr. Webber has in hand an officialwritten document in which the prior ofthe convent explains that no sick Europeanwas nursed in their convent and that theirlibrary does not possess any book about" Issa or Jesus."

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ADDED POINTS

By R. C. Das, Varanasi1. In an article in the " Nineteenth

Century " for October 1894, Max Muller,the great Orientalist, saw clearly thatthe tale of Notovitch was false.

2. Professor J. Archibald Douglasof the Government College, Agra, usedhis hot weather holiday in 1895 to takea journey to Ladak in die hope of finding

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the manuscript. When he enquired atthe Himis Monastary the indigation ofthe Abbot knew no bounds. No suchMS. was in the Library, nor indeed inTibet anywhere. The whole story wasan impudent lie. Professor Douglas described his journey in the " NineteenthCentury" for April 1896; and Mr. NicholasNotovitch was recognized to be an unscrupulous adventurer. Yet many makeuse of his lies even today.

3. In more recent times (1923 orthereabout) Swami Abhedanand of theRam Krishna Muth and Mission in a bookon his journeys in Tibet and Kashmirmakes use of the same shady story withoutgoing into the matter in a scholarly wayand judging it by standards of historicalcriticism. The present day popular agitation both in Bengal and Bombay is not alittle due to the spread of his writings.

4. In the three articles published inthe Blitz by Shree B. J. Bhandari andothers, a careful reader must have notedtheir misquotations from the New Testament, and their drawing on their imagination rather than documentary evidences.

5. It is sad that mere curiosity andpopular credulity are being exploited tono purpose and an issue which is obsoleteand dead as mutton is revived from timeto time to create sensation.

6. This whole thesis of an allegedvisit to India by Jesus has been challengedin an elaborate and scholarly fashion ina book written by Swami Atmanandentitled " Bharati Bible" (The IndianBible) i.e. the alleged visit of Jesus toIndia to be published soon.

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By K. D. W. Anand

From Calcutta Diocesan Magazine

During our stay in China, we askedseveral Christian leaders about the relationship between the Church and theState. The answer we invariably got wasthat when the Communist Party tookcontrol of the country, the Christians wereuncertain as to the policy of the newgovernment towards the Church. TheChristians knew that the Communistslooked unfavourably on foreign missions,and they themselves were called " eaterof foreign religion." • Many of them anticipated severe persecution and eradication of religion altogether.

But contrary to their expectation,the Communists did not wish to eradicatereligion from the country. What theyrequired of people was complete alle^-ance to the Chinese Peoples' Republic,and wholehearted support of the country'splans for social reconstruction. They alsodemanded a complete break with allforeign missions so that the Church wasentirely autonomous within the countryas far as administration, finance andreligious activities were concerned.

Many Christians, however, in theearly stages of the Communist regime,could not see their way to concede to theserequirements as it meant interference withtheir religfious freedom and several ofthem were- put iri jail. These includedBishop Kimbar Denwho was only recentlyreleased.

Attitude Cihanged

Towards the end of 1950, however,the Christians came to realise that resistance could be of no avail, as the Statewas determined to eliihinate all foreign

influence contrary to its own pattern ofpolitical economy; and they were determined to enlist the undivided support ofevery citizen of the country.

As these were the nece sary conditionson which religious freedom was offered,the Christians agreed to sign a Manifestopledging their loyalty to the State.Thereafter the new Constitution, in thedrafting of which five leading Protestantswere invited, provided for the freedom ofreligious faiths. This freedom, howevCT,cannot be comparedwith what it means inIndia or any other democratic country.It is more a toleration on the part of theState than an acknowledgement of afundamental right of the citizen.

The Christians in China justify theirallegiance to the State by the Patdineteachingofsubjection to the higherpowere.But the disturbing factor is lhat some ofthem are inclined to regard the CommunistParty more like Cyrus in Isaiah 45 thanthe Assyrians in Isaiah 10.

The Gk)vemment is now confident ofthe loyalty of the Christians and appreciative of their services. It acknowledgesthat Christians have special qualities andskills which the new China needs in itstask of reconstruction. Several Christianshold high offices in the State. ManyChristians hold offices at the variouslevels of the Peoples ConsultativeConference.

Since the Government now feels wellestablished and is confident of the loyaltyof most of the Chinese people, the Cl^-tians as well as other minority communitiesare allowed to invite visitors from othercountries and also to send delegationsabroad..

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Chinese Christians and Communism

The Communists in China are quitefrank about the irreconcilability. ofMarxism and religion. They do not^ect Christians to subscribe to theirideology.

^Among the six hundred millionChinese there are only eleven millionCommunists; and these are not anxiousto increase their number. Unless aperson wanting to join the party is prepared to abandon religion altogether theywill not accept him. They regard religionas an opiate. Therefore none ofthe Christiansare communists.

We were told that in the early stagesof the communist regime, some Cluistianleaders attempted to effect a theologicalsynthesis between Christianity and Marxism. But such ail attempt was neitheracceptable to the Communists nor to theChristians in generat. So while theChristians have given their wholeheartedpolitical allegiance to the State, theystand entirely apart and imcompromisedas far as their religious convictions areconcerned. .

Bishop Ting on Commnnism

We are quoting Bishop Ting atlength because his statement on thissubject represents the attitude of theChmese Christians towards Communismin their country.

" The Communists have their definiteviews about the non-existence of Godand the complete irrelevance of Christ.They do not have a conception of man asstanding in need of redemption. Theybelieve that sometime in the future,perhaps one hundred years from now,people will not need to believe in religionany more and religion will wither away.

" Of course we do not pretend toagree with this view. In fact, in Nankingwe very often discuss these matters with

them; and I believe not without someeffect on them.

" W^e do not automatically supporteverything the Commmiists do. Theyhave done certain things which I regardas extreme and haphazard today.

^" When Christ wanted to teach Hisdisciples about being one'sneighbour Heused the parable of the Grood Samaritan.At its end He said, ' Go and do thoulikewise'. Seeing what the ChineseCommunists have done and are doing wefeel humbled. We thank God for themand we want to leam firom them throughwhat they do. However, Christ has nottold us, 'believe thou likewise.' We alsofeel we can serve our people best bymaintaining the integrity of the Christianfaith.

" A few Christians in the early daysof the liberation thought it was theirmission .to establish a certain synthesisbetween Chiistianity and Marxism. TheChurch can best serve the people bymaintaini^ the purity of its message andthus keeping its own initiative in sayingits *yes' and ' no ' on the merit of eachmoral issue."

Church Well Established

One thing quite obvious in our visitto Cl^a was that the Church was wellestablished and that there was a definiteimderstanding between the Governmentand the Church. There was no indicationof what was in some quarters reportedrecently that nearly 50 per cent of theChinese Christians had been driven imder-ground by Communist persecution, thatChristians dare not openly attend ChurchServices, and that the Communists keep aclose^ t^y on church attendance anddiscriminate against those who attend.This may have been the case in the earlyyears of the Communist regime, but it isnot evident now.

Dear Kids,f. Your mother has probably told you that sometimes

your uncle is very slow to " catch on." Some peopleblame this on my visit to England—perhaps I inhaledtoo much of the London fog.

Well, last Saturday was one of those days.In the afternoon I went out to visit a member of

the church who was sick. The house was very clean andshining. There was a beautiful calendar on the wallfor which I congratulated them. Then gradually itdawned on me that some other things were hanging onthe wall which should not have been found in a Christianhome. I should have noticed them as soon as I enteredthe room, but, as I say, your uncle is awfully stupid sometimes.

"Just for today, just for today," the lady of thehouse said. She went on to say that some Governmentofficial was making a tour of that neighbourhood thatday and that these pagan pictures had been hung justto please him.

When I asked her what she thought Jesus wouldthink about it, she had to admit that He would notapprove. A lot of people say that Christ is the unseenguest in their house; but just because He is unseen doesnot mean that He is unseeing. There is nothing that ishid from His eyes.

It did not take the lady very long to see her mistake.She immediately had the pagan pictures taken downand Christian pictures put up instead.

Yes, it is very easy to say, "Just for one day," or"Just this once." But if you really love the Lord Jesus,you won't want to sorrow Him for even one minute.You will always want to do that which will make Himhappy.

You will probably say that you would never hangup a pagan picture in your house. But there are manyother wrong things which we do when we forget thatJesus is near. If Jesus was really a guest in our homes,we would be more faithful in our Bible study, prayers,and church attendance; and we would be more choosyabout how we entertain ourselves.

Your Uncle.

Annie Oommen Writes:

We have all seen houses and buildings.Now I am going to tell you somethingabout houses.

A house can be compared to ourlives. When *we build houses we shouldfirst see that the site is good. We shouldclear away all the thorns and bushes andplants that are harmful to the house.In the same way we should put away allour sinhil natures if we want to receiveChrist.

We should get a good mason to buildthe house. There is no use having amason who does not build houses properly.In the same way we can have only onemason in our lives and that is the LordJesus. He is the only one who can helpus.

Then we should see that we have agood foundation. If we do not have agood foundation, the house will fall downflat. In God's word (Luke 6:48, 49)there is a parable about a foolish manand a wise man. The wise man built hishouse on a rock and when the rains camethe house stood firm on that rock. Butthe foolish man built his house upon thesand and when the rains came the housefell flat. The Lord Jesus should be ourfoundation. Only then can we standfirm during the trials and temptations inour lives.

Then there are the walls. The wallsshould be firm and connected with thefoimdation. The walls speak to us aboutour faith. Our faith should be firm. Weshould have faith in Jesus who is thefoundation of our lives.

The roof speaks to us of shelter fromthe winds and from the rain. Psalm 61:3fells us that God is our shelter. We must

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have a shelter firom Satan and sin. Thatshelter is God. He will keep us safe underHis wings.

Now I think we have finished thehouse. We have a foundation, a strongwall and a roof. But what about thedoor?

The door is the entrance to the house.There is only one way back to God andthat is through our Lord Jesus Christ.Jesus said in John 14:6, " I am the waythe truth and the life. No man comethimto the Father but by me."

Then we should have the windows tolet the light and the firesh air come intothe house. In the same way we shouldlet the Holy Spirit into our lives. Weneed fresh air every time and we needthe Holy Spirit every time. We cannotlive without the Holy Spirit. In John14:18, Jesus tells us that He will notleave us comfortless. The Holy Spiritis " Another Comforter."

Now I think that we have got ourhouse completed. I hope you will enjoyreading this small article and I hope itwill help you.

L. Annie Oommen

FUNNY STORY

The people of the United States ofAmerica have sent some powdered milkfor needy persons in India, and some ofit has been given to us for distribution inSwarupnagar. In order to make surethat the most needy get it, we usuallyask them why they need the milk. Somewill say they are sick, and many arebadly undernourished. But one boy wzisrather startled by the question. " I needthe milk to drink," he said.

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Serm-n Out£(M6 Barefoot freae&ers.THE EMPTY HOUSE

Mt. 12:43-45

Intro.: This short parable may greatlyeffect your life.

I. The Unclean Spirit Departs—

when he is gone out of the man.Most likely Christ here refers to an

^unclean spirit which He has cast out.Unclean spirits can stand religiosity andmany other things, but it cannot sufferany communion with Christ. It does notrequire miraculous powers to cast outimclean spirits—^he will flee when onebelieves and repents.

passeth through waterless places.In my opinion this abhorance of

water dates from the Flood. They nodoubt panic at the thought of immersion.

seeking restandfindeth it not.It is impossible to flnd rest outside

ofJesus Christ.

n. He Returns.

he saithy I will return.He always tries to come back again.

We should never feel that we are permanently immune from his attempts.

into my house.He thinks it is his, but actually it is

not. God made us, then redeemed us.We are His house.

hefindeth it empty.This is the great sin of many who

would follow Christ. They rid their livesof the imclean spirit without filling the

vacancy with the Holy Spirit. Obedienceis necessary for this. Acts 2:38; 5:32.

swept.

Some succeed in ridding, their livesof the sins of lying, stealing, adultery etc.and yet neglect to accept the Holy Spirit.Cleansing without filling is not sufficient.

garnished.Some times we see people leading

beautiful lives without having obeyedthe Gospel; and we wonder how it ispossible. Their houses are indeed garnished, but they are stiU empty.

m. The Last State.

he taketh with himselfseven other spiritsmore evil than himself and th^ enterin and dwell there.

Satan likes the.finer things of life.He enjoys nothing better than to enterinto the garnished lives of churchgoers,innocent youths, and Christian workers.

and the last state of that man becomethworse than the first. Heb. 6:4-6;II Pet. 2:21, 22.

Cone.: Even so shaU it be also untothis evil generation if we do not allowthe Lord Jesus to live in us. Rev. 3:20.Gal. 3:27.

THE CONVERSION OF PETER

Intro.: In the story of Peter we seehow Christ can take an unlikely, unread,rough, and bimgling man and lift him toheavenly places.

I. His Weaknesses and Mistakes.

Mt. 16:21-23: He tried to correctthe Lord; Mt. 17:4, 5: He had bright

ideas which were not in the will of theLord; Mt. 17:24-27: He incorrectly represented the Lord; John 18:10, 11: Hemisunderstood the Kingdom of God andbegan to fight with the sword; Mt. 26:69-75: After all the fellowship with theLord which he had experienced, he deniedHim thrice. The educated Judas Iscariotmust often have wondered how thischaracter got included in the band.

n. What Good Did the Lord See inHim?

Luke 5:8: There is hope for a manwho admits he is a sinner; Mt. 16:16, 17:There is hope for a man who believes thatJesus is the Christ the Son of the Livii^God; Mt. 26:75d: and for a man who willcry over his sins; John 21: 15-17: andfor.one who loves the Lord.

m. The Finished Man.

Peter became an unflinching pro-claimer of the Gospel. Acts 2:36-39, 41;3:17-19; 4:18-20; 5:28-32; 4:13; 10:25,26.

Cone.: The greatest change in the ^eof Peter came when he was filled withthe Holy Spirit on the day of.Pentecost.The same Spirit is available to us today.Acts 2:38, 39. _

ONE HOPE

John 14:1-6

Intro.: A good bit of the confusion inmany Christians' lives is that they taketheir eyes off" the goal and forget wherethey really want to go.

I. Some Aspects ofthe Father's House.

Many Mansions, v. 2.A Place personally prepared by our

Lord. V. 2.

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Presence with the Bride^oom. v. 3.No sorrows. Rev. 21:4.Ultimate beauty. Rev. 21:11, 19-21.Place of Praise. Rev. 19:6-8.

n. Some Results of this Hope.

Boldness, II Cor. 3:12.Love, Col. 1:4,5.Patience, I Thess. 1:2.Comfort, I Thess. 4:13.Rejoicing, Heb. 3:6.Purity, I John 3:3.

in. The Way to Get this Hope. j

Jesus is the only way. John 14:6.

Cone.: Set your hope perfectly on thegrace that is to be brought to you atthe revelation ofJesus Christ. I Pet. 1:13.

A FEARFUL THING

Mt. 22:1-14

Intro.: The fear of the Lord is thebeginning of wisdom. Prov. 1:7.

1. We ought to fear making light ofthe Lord's invitation to come. v. 5. Theworld makes light of obeying the Gospela!nd growing in the Faith.

2. We ought to fear giving such highesteem to our properties and goods.V. 5. Mt. 6:33.

3. We ought to fear mistreating theservants of God. v. 6.

4. We ought to fear not being properly dressed when we stand before God.V. 12. Rev. 3:17, 18.

5. We ought to fear the judgment ofGod. V. 7, 13; Mark 9:48; Rev. 21:8.Mt. 10:28.

Cone.: If we fe^ Him as we ought wewill partake of the marriage feast, v. 10.

EAyTiiS OIF MY BilLOVliD

By Samuel Oommen, Coonoor

" I have compared thee, O my love, to al^company of horses in Pharaoh's

chariots.

" Thy cheeks are comely with rows ofjewels, thy neck with chains of gold."Song of Solomon 1:8, 9.These verses are very beautiful in

the expression of some similees spokenby the Bridegroom concerning His bride.Later on we shall see that the Song contains other similees as well.

Object Lesson

The bride is compared to a companyof horses in Pharaoh's chariots. Why doeshe not compare her with the horses of hisown chariots?

The reason is very simple. The Brideis still in her " engaged " state and soshe is not familiar with the objects ofher husband. Therefore the wise Solomontliinks that it would be better for him ito explain the similees in terms of objectswell known to her.

How precious are these thoughts tous that our Heavenly Solomon has explained the Beauties of His Bride in simileeswhich we can understand before ourMarriage with Him and while we arestill in this world. He speaks in well-familiar terms so that none of the membersof His Church can say that they did notunderstand His Word.

If he had spoken in heavenly similees,they would have been too hard for us.When our Lord was in this world. He

I explained to us all the heavenly mysteriesj in terms of wordly similees; the Sower

of the Seed, Tares among the wheat, agrain of mustard seed, hidden leaven,

' the field of treasure, goodly pearls, andthe net cast into the sea. These are allfamiliar to us. None of these is fromHis own country Heaven. Can any mansay that he cannot follow Christ becausehe does not understand these similees?The words of Christ are so simple andunderstandable that no man can escapefrom the responsibility of being saved.

Power

Horses in a king's chariot denotepower. The Bridegroom says that Hisbride has the greatest power in this world.

The true believer also has greatpower. This power is given to him byGod Himself through Christ.

But not everyone appropriates thispower. The Giver of this power to manis God; but the responsibility to appropriate this power in himself is man's.

" Wherefore I also, after I heard ofyour faith in the Lord Jesus, and loveunto all the saints, cease not to givethanks for you making mention of you inmy prayers; that the God of our LordJesus Christ, the Father of Glory, maygive unto you the spirit of wisdom andrevelation in the knowledge of him; theeyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hopeof his calling and what the riches of the

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glory of his inheritance in the saints, andwhat is the exceeding greatness of hispower to US-ward, who believe, accordingto the working of his mighty power, whichhe wrought in Christ when he raised himfrom the dead and gave him to bethe head over all things to the Churchwhich is his body." Eph. 1:15-23.Beloved Reader, are you in this plan ofGod?

What a force is in horses of chariots!How true is the statement of Christ, " Thekingdom of heaven is gotten by force;"or, as the original suggests, " Those whohave a vehement desire seize upon it,"(Mt. 11:12).

Other Qualities

The following other qualities are alsoseen in horses. They show love towardstheir master, are quick in obedience, areeasily steerable, show patience, trustworthiness, self-control, and long-suffering.

In the original, these qualities aremade more clear by the word, " femalehorses ". It should be imderstood by allthe Christian believers that the LordJesus came to this world not only to diefor us but also to get us these qualitiesthat we can note in a female horse. " Foreven hereimto were ye called: becauseChrist also suffered for us, leaving us anexample, that ye should follow his steps:Who did no sin, neither was guile foundin his mouth: Who, when he was reviled,reviled not again; when he suffered, hethreatened not; but committed himself tohim that judgeth righteously." I Pet.2:21-23.

Duties

The duty of these horses is to carrytheir master and King wherever He wantsto go.

Yes, His Saints are those horses whoreally carry Him. In this we have to besure that there is no credit or honour

for these horses. The whole glory andhonour is for the King. Those whohonour the King will honour His horsestoo; but the horses have always only thisduty of carrying their Master. Wherever He directs tihiem to go, they go; andwherever they go, others see only theirKing in the chariot.

Ornaments

The ornaments with which the cheeksand the neck of the Bride are decoratedare worth noticing here.

" Thy cheeks are comely with rowsof jewels," our Bridegroom says of us.The cheeks of our Bridegroom becamevery beautiful to us because the Romansoldiers smote Him on His cheeks and spaton His face. Our cheeks will, therefore,become comely only if we .observe thesame principle in ourselves. Are wepatient and willing to bear the spits andsmites of our enemies when we have doneno wrong?

Our cheeks will become comely onlyif we obey our Bridegroom's comeliness:" I say unto you that ye resist not evil:but whosoever shall smite thee on thyright cheek, turn to him the other also.And if any man will sue thee at the law,and take away thy coat, let him havethy cloke also. And whosoever shallcompel thee to go a mile, go with himtwain. Give to him that asketh theeand from him that would borrow of theeturn not thou away." Mt. 5:39-42. IfHis Bride does these things in this worldcertainly He will say, " Thy cheeks arecomely with rows of jewels."

He also finds chains of gold on herneck. These are nothing but the goldenwords that come out of her throat zdways.The only way that the Lord can testifythat His Saints have golden chains roundtheir necks is by hearing their testimonies,songs of praises, prayers, and messages.These are the golden necklaces of Hischildren.

In an Information Bulletin of theEvangelical Literature Fellowship ofIndia we learn these startling facts from areport by Bro. Max Jahn. " The 10million literates in the two Hindi-speakingstates of U.P. and M.P. received 111,000scriptures in 1956, while in the peakdistribution year of 1920 when there wereonly about 3 million literates in the samearea, the distribution was about 284,000.Thus in 1920 one in nine readers receiveda gospel. Nowadays only one in 100readers receive a copy, with literacy increasing at a much fester rate." Bro.Jahn believes that this decline is duelargely to a lack of enthusiasm but that acheaper price on the Gospels would help.

The per capita national income inIndia has gone up by Rs. 28 bet\yeen1953 and 1957. In 1953 the per capitanational income stood at Rs. 266.4 andnow it stands at Rs. 294*3, i.e. $ 62*50per person per year.

There are now one crore or tenmillion bullock carts in India.

A 90 year old farmer named Babha,living near Ahmedabad, had four wiveswho blessed him with 54 children. Fiftyof these are boys. The sons occupy anentire street in their village and this iscalled Babha Street by the villagers.

Mr. Krishna Menon has comparedpopulation control fanatics with thirdclass railway travellers in India. Hesaid that human advent in this world waslike a passenger trying to get into acrowded railway compartment. Everybody inside the compartment tried lusbest to prevent him from coming in, buthe got in anyway. At the next station,however, this passenger joined the ranksof others in trying to prevent other

passengers from getting inside the compartment.

Two hillmen, an uncle and nephew,were recently travelling from Lucknowto Gonda. But since they were unable toget inside the compartment, they wereobliged to travel on the foot-board outside.As the train sped along the uncle's shakyhands lost their grip and he fell down.The nephew jumped down after him onlyto find the imcle already dead. All nighthe protected the body from jackals andother animals. The nephew said thatthere was room in the compartment butthey were not allowed to get in.

The death of a pet dog at Salarpurvillage in Sabarkanatha District wasrecently mourned in traditional Hindumanner. At the end of 13 days, all thedogs of the village enjoyed a sumptuousfeast for three days, including sweets.

One thousand villagers of KarnalDistrict have given up smoking and haveinvested the money thus saved in smallsavings certificates.

The famous Raghunath temple, allhotels and restaurants in Devaprayag, apilgrim centre in the interior of Tehri-Garhwal were closed recently when aconvention of out-castes was held there.

The inner precincts of the famousVishwanath temple at Banaras have nowbeen thrown open to all Hindus. Thetemple has been considered to be polluted since last December when out-castesforced their way into the temple andtouched the idol. A new temple is beingplanned.

When two district officials were unsuccessful in passing a truck on a moimtainroad, the ofiicials stopped and made acomplaint at a roadside police station.

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The police then took chase and puncturedthe tyre of the truck by a gim shot andthen arrested the driver. The driversaid he could not pull to the side for fearof falling in a khv^, i.e. chasm.

Twelve persons were injured in adash which occurred when a bus knockeddown a buffalo in East Calcutta. Immediately after the collision with the buffalo,a group of people prevented the bus fromproceeding mrther and attacked,the driverand the conductor. They were challenged by passengers in the bus and some bystanders of the locality. A section of onegroup later set fire to some nearbybuildings.

Fifteen, persons were injured in abus accident near Nowgong, Assam whensome merrymakers cdebrating the Hindufestival of Holi suddenly threw mud onthe driver. The bus skidded, rolled intoa ditch, and then turned turtle.

In another incident some merrymakerstried to stop a bus so that they could throwcolour on the passengers. When the busdid not stop, they caught up with it at thebus station and seriously beat the driver.

A court case between the PunjabNational Bank and Narain Flour Mills atLyallpur, is still pending after eightyears. During this period, it is learntthat five Senior Civil Judges have triedthe case, and there are more than 1,000pages of testimony on file.

Several years ago a scheme wasundertaken to improve the Hindi script.This necessitated the destruction of 596,000text-books. . When the scheme later provedto be impractical, another 100,000 bookswere destroyed.

Dr. K. N. Katju, Chief Minister ofMadhya Pradesh, has suggested a unique

method for rooting out corruption mGovernment offices. " Let parents take.a vow not to marry their daughters topersons known for taking bribes and youwill see how effective it will prove infighting out the menace of corruption,"hesaid.

Religion and politics got strangelymixed when Mr. Moti Lai Awasthi waselected to the State Vidhan Sabha. Itis alleged that a student named MathuraSingh dreamt that the Goddess Kaliwanted everyone to vote for Mr. Awasthifailing which she would be offended andher wrath would destroy the village.After the polling, the student cut out histongue to propitiate the goddess. As hiselection symbol, Mr. Awasthi chose thebanayari tree which is worshipped. It isalleged that women voters were told tociast their votes at the sign of the banayantree, otherwise they would earn the wrathof God.

According to a report in Masihi Awazit will be practically impossible for anymember of the Church of North Indiawho has once been sprinkled to ever bescripturally baptized. If a person becomes dissatisfied with sprinkling, the localpastor is to try and settle his doubts. Ifhe fails, he is to enlist the help of anotherpastor. If they fail, the matter is to bebrought before the Diocese. The reportdoes not state whether, in the eiid, theman will be immersed or disfellowshipped.

DESCRIPTION OF SKETCH

The people of India stand beforethe empty tomb of Christ. A policeman explains to a pandit that Christis not here for He is risen.

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For a long time I have been tryingto tell Mr. Harter that it was not rightfor him to always have the last wordsin his magazine. When he asked whoshould write the parting words, I humblyoffered my services. He doubted that adog could write, but I hope that everyone's doubts will be settled from thisvery first article.

My mother tongue, of course, isDoglish. So if I get the languages mixednow and then don't let it agrrrrravate you.

And now for my frank opinions.The article on " Atomospital Times,"

is perhaps the years most useless article.Don't waste your time on it.

If the author of" Atomospital Times,"had first read the article on page three," Growing Up," he could not doubt havegiven us something more worthy of ourattention. Even I got some benefit outof Markkapapa's dissertation. (Prettyi)ig word for a dog, isn't it).

I finally got Mr. Harter to quitprinting that " Find the Mistakes contest. There are enough mistakes in hismagazine without deliberately printingsome more. If he had printed that thingonce more I think 1 would have bittenhis leg for sure.

Annie Oommen's dainty articleshould have been printed in the last issue.If you could see how messy the editorialdesk usually is, you wouldn't wonder thatthings get lost now and then.

I overheard one lady say that as

soon as CHRISTASIAN is delivered attheir house, she always sits right downand reads every word. Later she marksthe most important articles for her husband to read. I bet a Hook at that markedcopy would sure deflate the editor's ego.

I wish someone would woof up anedition of CHRISTASIAN in Doglish.Some people would no doubt subscribe toit for their dog even though they do notsubscribe to it for themselves.

The little girl on our cover thismonth is 4| year old Rahisa, the daughterof Mr. Harter's Mohammedan cook.

A letter came from some people inShillong, Assam, (Grease or Rees orsomething like that), and they want tostart a Christian paper in the Khasilanguage. If I could get up there Iwould get them off to a barking goodstart. I hear that the bones in Assamare juicier than the ones in Ultar Pradesh,

letter just came from Markkapapasaying that he asked for a pseudonymand got a Harteronym. I know justwhat the poor soul means. He signedhis letter, "Son of C. J. Davis". Whichreminds me that my own dear father'sname was Kutan.

(Signed) Cu. Langru.

THE CHRISTASIAN

R.alph R. H.^rter,Editor and Publisher,112/352, Swarup Nagar,Kanpur, U. P. India.Telegraphic Address: ' Bibletruth Kanpur.Telephone No, 4295,

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News of the V/ork of Ralph R. BarterSwaroop Nagar> Kanpur^ U«P»> India> on^^^iine 25th, 195^

THE WEATHEREveryone has been talking

about the weather, peoplewere falling dead in thestreets from the high heatand humidity. It is a bitcooler as I write (down to109 from III4.'), and we areexpecting the rainy seasonto begin v/ithln the nextfew days.

One of the persons whodied on one of the hottestdays v/as Mrs. Kabbibulla ofwhom you v/ill read on pagenineteen of CTIRI3TASIAK»

Happily all of our ownmembership have so far survived. We did, however,perform the -guneral o-f an11 year old boy who haddied of Heatstroke afterhaving been weakened b ymeasles. His father was aPars! and his mother v;as aChristian of a sort. Theytook the body to the parsicenetery but some quarrel

arose. So they had tohurry and arrange a"Christian" funeral although the boy would pro--bably have been surprisedto have heard himselfcalled a Christian. So wecollected the body fromthe parsi cemetery and interred it in the Christiafeic emetery.

OTHER ACTIVITIji'&Andriyas went to Lueicnow

for a "two mont,li3« visitwith his sistifjr. He wentin the Indian f'ashion, unannounced. W^Ven he arrivedthere he found that hissister and far.iily had goneon an una;anounc©d visit to

Agra. So v/lthin ten dayshe was back with us.But it was just as well.He had failed in Englishand so we have been busygiving him an intciwlxj^edcourso in that subject.

when we wrote our lastissue of EARTER THROBS, wev/ere wondering to v/hat hillstation we might go forsome cool air. -Aud w.e- feptvrc)ndering. 1/Ye knew whatt iuie the •di f f er ent t r ainsleft for the different hillstations, in^at time theyarrived, hovi far it was,and hov/ much it-coat. Onefriend said I v;as like theman who Icnov; all there wasto Iciow. about the Gospelbut didn*t d o anythingabout it.

As the weather deterlatmy enthus i asm for the hillsgrew. But then I received anumber of invitations topreach,, and it neyor didseem the Lord's will toleave. Now I will be busyget t ing my " f airiily" r eadyfor school.

THE FARttLY - ^In cooperation with the

local congregation, we willhe giving partial assistance for the schooling offive girls' . and tiiree boysof very poor f ajmilies.

The cases pf two-or threeo t hers, ar e und er c ons ider-ation awaiting further information.

_ In addition . to thes-o is^driyas of whom we havefull responsibility..After much concern for

the will of the Lord, it

was decided at long last todiscontinue help to SamuelSingh whoru we had supportedsince

TWO NEW MElilBERSThe congregation at Swa-

rupnagar has received twopreviously imniersed persons(a man and his wife) intotheir fellowship. He wasbaptized last winter afterhe had read a copy of "Onthe Rock" v/hich v/e had lenthim. But he was baptized byothers. They have fivechildren. The fsurilly hasmany talents which we hopethey v/ill develop for theLord.

Attendance at the Sundaymorning v/orship service'^o-atinues to grow, and sodoes our seating problem.

The Lord has opened adoor for us in one of then ew Government Hous ing D e-velopments. Services arenov/ being held there eachSunday evening, and theyare well attended.

A recent questionaire recently asl^d how many preachers V/ e have. B es ides my-s elf the .Swarupnagar - congregation has three otherpreachers.. But they are unpaid, and of the Easternvariety.. There are aiotherhalf dozen;or so other Gospel . preachers in the citywith whom we have occasional fellowship.

THE WILL OP THE LORD

Last Sunday night v/hen wewere' walking home from theev^lng. service, Stanleyasked ; how it was possiblefo^ us to know the will ofthe . Lord in our dailyaffairs♦

I don *fknow snj ques t ionI would rather have someoneask than this.

It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that the vastmajority o f Christiansscoff at the idea of "divining" the will of the Lord..This multitude> surprisingto say, includes many preachers and missionaries. Thereason for their derisionis nothing but an unwillingness to pay the price ofwalking in His wi.ll. .

Romans 12:1,2 gives theanswer to the questionfully and simply. "I beseech you therefore, brethren,by the mercies of God, topresent your bodies a ii—ving sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which isyour spiritual service. Ahdbe not fashioned accordingto this v/orld: but be yetransformed by the renewingof your mind, that ye mayprbve what is the go ocL andperfect.will or God...

When 70U are confrontedby some great problem; andyou want t o know the Lord*swill, just empty yourself

upon His altar.. Lose allconcern for yourself. Tellthe Lord that you are v/ill-ing • to do His will eventhough it cause you h^ger,pain., or death itself. It-v/ill not be long before youhave His answer.

The answer will rcome asthough the Lord "Hiiiiselfwere speaking to you. Jindyou .v/ill tell your friends, '" The Lord t o Id me....;" andthey will laugh.

Be sure, of course, ofone • thing; the Loird willno t. " t ell" you anythingv/hich is not in. coordination .v/ith Ilis Holy v/ord. And,when you rec eiv e your ahs-wer from the Lord, you will,know that it is accordingto His .V/ord. As a matter offact. He will most likelyanswer you by brin"'"''^^ : toyour mind a" vers e or passage- of Holy Scripture.

Nov/ you v/ill probablywant to attach some terra tothis exercise of the soul.But nb matter what you. callit, it•is satisfying, andit is guaranteed, '

There is mubh much moreto , say on the subject, andmany illustrations to prove,it. When the. Lord ,wi1 Isthat we should once againvisit the U.S.A.> we.,toto ^speak at length on thisvery important matter.

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As far as v/e can ascertain here in Kanpur, thebalance in the FurloughFund remains- at §30.

It is as yet too early todecide but it is quitepossible that lack of travel funds will postpone ourfurlough, or will., curtailthe propos ed iiiinerary toThailand, Korea, Japan, andHawaii. But vie are Contentwith whatever the casemi^t be.

There is • certainly noemergency demanding a fur-.lough. It must be admitted,however^ that living abroadmakes one Odd, and I am already the oddest of the odd,A prolonged stay is, therefore, not particularly recommended unless you wantto • listen to me preach inthe Hindi language i" :•

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Harter at"gusTT^^th, 19i

The rainy season was alittle late i n arrivingtiiis year, but the rainshave been steadier than -inother years. The rainy"season also brings cloudsof insects, and it is themost unhealthy of all seasons .

Our Su:iday Morning churchservice has just about beenpained out three times sofar this season. Most ofthe mei.ibers lack uiiibrellas,pain coats, and tpansporta-tion ajid so cainot be blamed for staying home . v/honit-rains. Lov/est .attendanoewas 11.

Our two regular servicesbecame three v/ith the addition of a Saturday nightservice. These three services are all held at different places. Five- differentmen of the congregation(including niyself) taketurns in bringing the messages ,

We have a nui'.iber of small(but iraportai-it) duties•^/hich add up to a full pro-gr am 5

Hindi Magazine; As .publi-sher of Jeewaji Deep, v/emake final corrections a:idarrangement of -items, supplying the blocks, proof-r eading,' ctid printer-hiist-ling. -• .

At . presen-t 1 ' ai'i translating D.R. Dungan*s, "On theRock," suid running it inmonthly installments. 1 also v/rite Hindi Acrosticswhich have proven popular.Occasionally, 1 v/rite otherHindi articles besides^.

Book Store; During thepast _tv/o" montiis we did ^89worth" of business, \/hichincludes the sale of 0 Bibles, If. Rev/ Testaments, 121}.copies of the Life o fCiirist Visuali;ied in Hindi,QXid the first four copiesof "Bible for Tenth."(Continued on back page.)

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CITY VIEIVS

In preparation for furlough, I nave boon takingsome coloured pictures tomake into elides. The camera v/as lent to me by Bro.Prajik Rempel and the film ;was sold ' to me by Bro, TomRash. It remains' to be seenwhat the fruit of all thiscooperation will be.

But whether or not thepictures turn out to be-anygood, it has given me anexcuse to tour the cityonce 'again and reappraiseits sites.

Since Kanpur^. is tv/ice asbig as any other .city inthe State, .it. has morehealth;/ people and more .siclc people, more richpeople and more poor peoplemor e good people *and morebad people more Christiansand more non-Chr Istians etc.

The city is one of themost dansislj populatedareas in the world containing well over one millionpersons. Many of the population live i xi pig penslums where life is cheap.

But a person could,drivethrough Kanpur and visitit ;.for. several days v/i-ihoutfinding this out. If youv/ore .to arrive at KanpurCentral Station and drivefrom the C antoniiient to Kam-la Retreat and then back to

Central Station," along the

Riverside Road, you wouldsee some ten piiles of Kan-.pur "that v/ould .make you ad:-judge Kunpur as the mostbeautiful city in India.

On this .trip you wouldtrave 1 on the. wide Mahatm.aCaiidhi Road '"pa'St very modern business buildings,t he , f o unt ains and monuraent s ^of Oanesh Udhyan, moderntheaters, colleges, parks,p al at i.an hoKies , the tr eraen-dous Power House, a coupleof decent looking factoriesa:id finally the majesticGanges River Bridge. %

Vifhile you wer e r est-in'g ad ay at Kaial a .R e t r e at, y o uwould no doubt liKe to take,a ..short ride to sou the -as-touiding new Medical College, the towering Kara laMandir, and that wonder ofviTonders the Coco Cola Bottling Factory. lou would also want to see t]io new

hous ing pr o j ec t s s p ons or edby the Governtient"" for" thelabouring class.

But we better not let yougo any further., You havenow travelled sorae 13' mileswithin the city <'ind havenot yet seen where most ofthe people live • An<^, didyou notice","""."'you haven* tseen the Bible Bdok'Storeeither. •

--Actually,. Swarupnagar isone of the nicer parts ofthe city. Come and see ussometime.

Wti are in charge of getting the books published byIi ew Test ainent P ubl i c at i onsAss*no out to other bookstores all over India. Hycook, Malmiud, often helpsto -pack parcels and des- -patch the»i from the.RailwayStation.

Church Pastor; For thepast two years have beenthe elected pastor of theSv/arupnagar congregation. I,have a great deal pf helpbut the flock still demandsa great deal of perspnalattention. We put out amonthly church bulletin inthe Roman Urdu language.

Boys? One eye must bekept on Aiidriyas to spethat he is v/ell-fod, v/ell-read, well-clothed, and\7oll disciplined. I am giving another boy some freetutoring in English Wehave a Boys* Bible Class onFriday ni.ghts which is usu— •ally taught by V/ilson ivlasihv;ho is one of our alumni.

Bible Society^ Temporar-ily^ I £im serving as Ass't.Secretary of t he" • Kanpur,Brarch of the Bible Society.Since the Secretary doesnot Icaov/ typing, a good bit .of the'.burden has fallen onme .

Milk .Distribution; It isno easy job to see that thepowdered milk sent from theU.S.A.- is properly distributed. Vi/e personally distribute to 50 faiJiilies perweek and oversee distribu—

tion to another 1^0 fai.iir-lies. We have evolved anefficient system which ismuch appreciated by theauthorities.

• U^igiasian. Editing andpublishing! Harter Throbs,Drafting, cutting stencil,and mimeographing. Addressing, mailing> and maintaining mailing list, includingsending out of expiry notices.

Correspondence; ;vant ingm:/ letters done properly, Ido theDi myself. I have nosecretarial assistaiice, butAndriyas- saves a lot of mytime by acting as messe.ngerb oy after s c hoo 1 hours .

Callers; Oui' house is ea-peclaliy susceptible tocallers for purpo'ses bothangelic and nefarious.

Housework; Thanks to agood cook, I do not have toplan meals or do the marketing. But wu wash clothes onSaturday, and 'do housecleaning by spurfes."

Oh yes, I still have timefor leisure. That is, I dotake time for it. I- have nohobbies, nor do I take partin sports; but sometimes, at-n i ght • (esp ec i ally when t hbbugs are bad) I sit out infront' of the house and listen tb music on the radio.And I like to take Saturdayafternoons "off."

Our "hours" are- generally6;30 a.m. to 9^30 p.m. v/ithan hour's nap at noon.

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Nev/s of fXo work of Ralph R. Hartfap-^it:Swaroop Nagar, Kaiipur,. XJ.P,, Iiidia, oiKpctober 31st,

SIX MORE BAPTISMSThere }iave been six more

additions by baptism in theSwarupnagar Church since welast- wrote. They Includethree fathers, one mother,'•and two young men. Threeothers transferred theirmembership, making a totalmembership gain of nine,on the other hand, the congregation has disfellov/-shipped one brother foradultery.

These additions are duemostly to personal evangelism on the part of theIndian brethren.

WILSON INJUREDMany of you will remember

Wilson whom we put throughcarpentry training. He recently fell 50 feet from aladder while at work. None-of his Injuries v/ere perrna-ment, but he is still inbed.

The aniiual meeting of theNew Testament publications,and the 10th Ai^nual VljalHagar Men's Gamp are nowhistory. We are much happier at the outcome'of theelections, this year than wewere last year.

Last year four missionaries and one Indian brother were chosen to serveon the Executive Coirimitteeof the N.T. publicationsAss'n. This year the committee will consist of onlytwo missionaries and throeIndian brethren, v;hich Ismuch much better. An Indianbrother. Gal us Timothy, v;aschosen to be chairman ofN.T. publications, and v/aslater chosen to bo dean ofnext year's camp. Thesepositions had previouslybeen held by missionaries.So these signs are very encouraging. Brother GaiusTimothy is a protege of thefolk in Kulpahar.

OTiiiP. :iz:.isThj latest report froiii

school shows that Andriy^:'.sis fourth in his cla.ss. Buteven tht,n he failed in (ofall subjects) En^^lish,(Shaiuel Shajiiel)

/iKioa^ the recently baptized is Keniieth Paul, a racri-ber of our Boys.' Class aiida constant companion-- o fAndr.l;yas'> He v/as..baptizedat Vijai Nagar Camp. "'

Wg are much encouraci;edthat the Furlough Puiid nowhas a balance of $256.96.It looks as though I won'thave to swim from Calcutta

" after all. A very kind invitation has come from Bro.Howard Davis i n Nagoya,Japan, to .speak at the All-Japan Convention nextApril. This we -will do, theLord willing in all things.

There was a sharp rise inbusiness in the Bible BookStore duping the past twomonths, JlTT-SJp worth ofbusiness was done, comparedto $89 reported in our lastissue. Sales Included 26"New Testaments, 12 Bibles,126 Hindi Life of ChristVisualized,•125 Hindi edition of C.J.'Sliarp's "Biblefor Youth," and 7I EleanoreLine Christmas Cards, 1959Calendars "are also selling,and will^ guarantee a goodvolume of business . up tothe end of the year..^

At thu Vljal iL.*g;iimGampit was my prlvllu,g.; to givesome tr.lks on some sorv.gntsof ilod, viz. Abraham,''iu OSesCaleb, Job, a.nd Nehomiah..Prom Nov. ;6th to. 9th !• willb e .V s1-iar Ing the p1 at form

.^^with Bro. T.G-. Rash at the-annual ' "Bllaspur" Convent-

• ion, which, - is being holdthis year ; at Sahdol. v/ewill be giving foiur messages each,

The colored pictures o fKiiiipur which are being pre-

"p.ared for ahpv/ing next...yearin the U.S. have so' farturned out very good. vYo.'are '• taking more .and more.

The Saturday evening meetings which v/e reported inour las-t • issue have beendiscontinued. The Indianbrethren have now begun aWednesday evening prayermeeting which promises tobe more successful than themld-wook meetings we hadinaoe.'^i'ated. It is most natural that they should takemore interest in the thingsthey start than in thethings which we vStart.

The Swarupnagar congregation is very anxious tohave a meeting house of itsOwn. We would like to givethem a piece of lahd,then have them build theirown meeting house. We mayb.e asking your help in this.--project next year.

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'//u havti s.ome vory niceplcturua of -]ifrc--^nt partsof Ktaipur; but we ai'e atour wi'C's end to get soiJiepictures of the Lord's workboing-done here.

We do not have the properlighting necessary for tak-ing^ pictures of our Sundaymorhlng service or - of theinside of our- book store,although we may succeed inmaking some arrangement inthe end.

Besides this, our congregation sits on tv/o wingseach invisible from the

.^other. Only those leading,'the, service can see just'how- many people are pre-•sent, I am afraid, that a

^photograph of this vifould.not' be very hiipressive •

Then why not take a group'_^picture outside? The besttime to do that would bebefore the service, and nottoo many people are presentbefore the service. Afterthe-service the sun-'is notin the right position for agood picture.

pictures - of baptisiris havebeen handicapped by thefact that I have been doingmost of the baptizing andothers do not take verygood pictures. Also, thebest place for baptizinghappens to. be a shady spot.

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spot foi' the baptism sothat v.'e might got a photo-•grapn. i3ut tne bajii^ thoi'owas-so precarious that theevent ahfiost ended in .disaster. LateX' fou.nd th,atthe film had a?-rGady beenfinished and no picture resulted Gn:/v/a7f.

Any true pictu-o of theLord's v/ork in-kanpur oughtto shov; the -work being doneby others, and not just thev/ork being done by ourselves". But some of them, would•feel that we e taking undue advantage of them toraise money for o.urselves.Others would feel that v/ereally ought • to raise moneyfor them in the U.S. Oneschoolmaster has alreadyasked ui;; to raise money forhis school. It would seemvery strange to him for usto shov/ a picture of his

•school' all around the U.S.• and then not bring him back

a couple thousand dollars.And yet to ignore liis workcompletely is to give a nincomplete* picture of theLord's work^ in this verylargo city.

But we are working hardto get some really worthwhile pictures to shov/ younext year.

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COiTTHI'-".Crc": S •^O'.jU:D 3i.PT^i-j;-;, 1933

I Il.t-:'iOis?Paxto;.'! Jojicn.

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Fronirina;jI-Iar^iinond So, SideDra'li;>yoon Chui^chMrs. Vera MillsTho Fai-'l Stahls ifKontucky;Horse Cave GhiirchMt, 2 ionMissouri^Bethel Chur*ch, Anabol l\$

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ITeeper Gh^er-chDonald Peel •}:•Shidrnore Ladies 4fOhio;Old Stone Bible Schl, 20Linden Homebuilders 75Linden D.V.B.S. 4!- 103Clinton Church ipOBladensburg L.D.s 20R.G-. Prosher 1Mllford Church 71

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BOOK STOREExpenditures -Sales

Mission Subsidy

ACCOUNT. $200.38

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i/DIT7T;i;S PROi-: ATKJST 21TO OCjOBhR 23, 1933

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photographyC aiupSalai'Y

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SUIvIB/IARYBalance Ang. -20C ontrlbutions

Total Receipts'Less Spent

Balance, Oct. 2 8In Furlough Fund

In G-eneral Fund

$2ti77.2327.1663.323-0 o39ii-3.09i4«oi

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