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News of Ralph "Bud" Barter, Ekklesia Press, 7/151, Swarupnagar-

Kanpur, U.P., 208-002, India

ebruary, 1973

YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED

In our October Newsletter we

asked you to pray for fruitfulnessDuring December your prayers wereanswered in the baptism^of fourfine young men, three of whom areconverts from the Hindu faith*

In the first instance, a fifteenyear old girl who attends our Sunday School brought her uncle to bebaptized. The family has a 7thDay Adventist background.

The next two young men had beeninfluenced by Christian friendsover a period of years. Our signboaxds attracted them to pay us avisit and they liked v/hat they sawand heard.

The fourth was brought to us bya member of the Methodist Church

who recognizes immersion to be thetrue baptism even thou^i he hasnot been immersed himself. V/e havegiven temporary sanctuary to thisyoung man. His name is Vinod Bhat-

nagar. He has a small job and heis looking for a better one.

The devil did not allow thesefour baptisms to pass unchallengedalthou^ the only opposition sofar has been from within our own

congregation. There are two orthree here who believe that a person should prove that he is a trueChristian before he is allowed to

be baptized. They are a small minority but they disturb the peace.This attitude has been one of the

hindrances to the spread of thegospel in our state.

After spending Christmas at Kul-pahar, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Weesnerand four children came to Kanpurfor New Years. Eldon preached avery good message to our people onNew Year's Day morning. On Jan. 2,I showed them the Taj Mohal emdother sights at Agra. Agra is onlya six hour train ride from Kanpur.From there they returned to Madraswork and schools. On their wayhome they had to pass through riottorn Andhra Pradesh.

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In my last newsletter I told youof Charles* mother who was sick.Charles is a Ragaul boy whom wehave sent to the Punjab for training. We were hoping that hismother would survive until he camehome at Christmas but she expiredon December 6th.

The other boys are all gettingalong just swell.

I have now turned over the ad- jXrministration of our Kanpur Mission|

/ / work to a committee composed of myfI 1 self and six other members of the|\\ Swarupnagar Church of. Christ. Thej^ action was precipitated by some j

rules of the Reserve Bank which,are now being more strictly en-!forced. It is hoped that this comlnittee will be able to carry onjthe work during my absences or at)any time that I might become in-Icapacitated. The committee is;named, "Kalisiya Sahayak Sanstha,'*|or Church .,. fiogx&ty. Due to!the rules of tlie Reserve Bank, the!Kanpur bank account is now in the!name of the committee instead ofjin the name of the Clinton, Ohio |First Church of Christ. Once'

every two months, two members oflhe committee audit the accounts.

Due to the Christmas rush andjholidays, our monthly magazine injthe Hindi language was mailed more)than a week late. Printing ofj^EISTASIAN,_got so far. behind thati^we^fS" joining~the ^aA.-Feb. ussue;with the ^Mar.-Apr.issue like}Siamese twins. This will also]save us a little money on postage.j

Not all of the mail sent to us

reaches us, and not all of the mailwe send you reaches you. Several

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months ago. Mother Harter sent acheck to India, which was filteredfrom the mail somewhere enroute.

It was eventually cashed in California but that does not prove thatit was stolen in the U.S.A. Other

letters from the U.S. becvr signs. \of having been opened. So we just )/do not know what percentage of mai3//is getting tlirough.

A large number of people have notheard from me because I have not

had too much time for letter v/rit-ing during the past four months. Ihope to get "at it" one of thesedays. In the meantime, I knowthese newsletters keep you well informed about our progress.

On November 22nd I liad to go toVcourt to answer for a parlcing vio- \vlation committed in July when I had )/parked my scooter in a spot tq-Pserved for automobiles. There was

no arrangement for a simple paymentof the fine: I liad to go beforethe judge. This turned out OK because the judge let me go with awarning that I sin no more and now

more careful as to where I

park the two-wheeler.The new year found us all here in

good health, and that includesMangal (the printer) who had anaccident, and our landlord and hisfamily. There does not seem to" beany flu around this winter. Wehope all of you are also well.

CONTRIBUTIONS

November and December - 1972

The Home Church

Clinton, Ohio $280.00Twenty-Mile RadiusM/M Walter Handwerk 15-00Perry Christian Church 65-05Mrs# Robert Meadc 15-00Manchester Church 53-00Sherman Church 35-00Other Ohio Churches

Loyal Dgtrs-,Bladensburg 20.00M/M Nathan Black 10.00Women's Guild, Linden ^0.00Dorothy Schmale ^0.00Old Stone Missionary 20.00Dr. Zoena S.Rothermel 5-00Branch Hill Church of Chris

Mrs. Veda M. Flint

Eva I. Brakefield

A.O. GriffyLoyal Bereans, SebringM/M Roy McHenryBordering States'Stan Vincent,Garrettjind, 10.00Singles & Doubles,Portland 9-10Mt. Zion, Ky, 25-00Dr. Thomas Omer 20.00Robert Werntz 20.00Oak Grove, Pa. 50-00Mrs. Sylvia Rosser 20.00Alexander Haines 5-00East of the MississippiM/M Lyman Haynes 5-00M/M Robert Walker 25-00Capital City, N.C. 50-00West of the MississippiFirst Church,MasonCity lowalO.OONeeper Church,Mb. 20.00Loyal Women,Wymore,Neb. 20.25Wymore, Neb., Church 50.00

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Also, three contributions for theChurch Building Fund were receivedfrom New Ross, Indiana,Secret Service Class 10.00Christian Church ^0.00M/M Raymond G.Linn 20.00

EXPEITDI-TURES -

November and December - 1972Salary - two months $279-27Book Store & Library 99-19Education & Benevolence 200.^5Housing ^2.65Electricity 92-89Postage 45-1^Transportation 23-86Bible Society 13-^1Hindi Language Magazine 98.^1Office 7.87

$9033^

Deficit, Nov. 12th- $1032.51Expended, Nov. & Dec. 903-1^Total Debits $1935-65Less Receipts,Nov. & Dec. 1077-^0Deficit, Jan. 1st, 1973 S 858.25

Tiiere has been a sharp rise ininflation during the past twomonths. Our rent has been raised

25^ from $50 to $63 month.Please continue to send your

contributions to our forwardingagent, Miss Florence Douglas

nil N. Main St.

Joplin, Mo., 6^801

INDIAN HISTORY LESSON

Most American school children,if not adults, can recite thenames of all of the presidents ofthe U.S.A. and in their properorder. If you vd.ll remember thenames of only six Moghul emporersof India, your understanding ofthis part of the world will begreatly enlarged.

Baber was the one who broughtthe Moghul empire to India fromICabul (Af^anistan) where he isburied. It was during his reignthat the fabled Kohinoor diamond

(now among the British crovmjewels) entered the family.Eum^un can be remembered as the

one who shortened his reign byslipping on the stairs. His tombis one of the sights of Delhi.

Akbar was a great king, surrounded by wise counsellors like To-dar Mai and Beerbal. He built

tremendous forts and palaces inand near Agra. He was religiousand liked to discuss all reli

gions, including Christianity.

First Church of Christ25^5 W. Comet Rd.Clinton, Ohio 4A216

Ralph Harter, Missionary"HARTER THROBS"

He is buried in a massive tomb at

Agra.Akbar's son Jehangir was not very

important but he liad a wife, NurJahan, who was the power behind thethrone. She b\iilt a tomb for her

parents that v/as the forerunner ofthe Taj Mahal. Jehangir and hiswife are buried at Lahore in a tomb

that is one of the sights of thatcity.

Shahjahan is the most fainous ofthe six because he built the TajMahal as a tomb for his wife MumtajMahal. He is also buried there beside his wife. Shahjahan also builtthe Red Fort in Delhi and laid out

beautiful gardens in Srinagon andLahore. He also built the PeacockThrone containing the Kohinoor andother priceless gems.

Shalijahan weakened the lelngdom byhis extravagance. Finally his cruelson imprisoned him. Aurangzeb was aMuslim fanatic who was brutal in histreatment of the minorities. Youcan forget him.

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Bnansiiri and Marguerite Uriali were married in February, 1972.The bride's brother Mr. Peter Raniarao, took many beautifulphotographs.

Marriage is honourable; let us all keep it so, and themarriage bond inviolate." Heb. 13:4 (NEB)

Vol. XVII, No. 1 January 1973 February Kanpur, India

OUR FRIENDS AT THE END

OF THE WORLD

When Harinam Singh and I visited Philip and Margaret Ho.Shillong in 1972, circumstances forced usto spend several extra days up there inthe state of Meghalaya. It was no hardship, but rather an enjoyable vacation atthe expense of our most hospitable hosts

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The best thing that came out of ourdelayed departure was that it gave us anopportunity to visit the wojk of Bnansonand Marguerite Uriah somewhere eastof Jowai.

over the town of Vellore. His father hadalready paid Rs. 500 in advance for thetreatments* little knowing what God hadin store for him.

One day the doctor gave Sam a pillas the machine for deep X-Ray was outof order. Sam swallowed the pill without the least hesitation. Within twohours, he suffered great pain in the hipjoint. The pain kept increasing untilhe was admitted in the hospital. Hesuffered this intolerable pain for threemonths. It seems that the pill had completely dried up the fluids which facilitate the movement of the hip.

Finally the doctor decided to operateand insert a metal ball. After sometime, the left leg also became involvedrequiring an operation on that leg. Nowhe was completely crippled, unable toleave his bed or to even sit up on hisown.

As usual Sam had written to hisparents of the impending operation justone day before the operation took place.They received the latter ^ter the operation had taken place and there was nothing they could do about it.

His mother went to get him back.She was unconsolable. She cried andfought with the doctor uttering unpleasant words. Her tall and handsome sonwho had walked into the hopital byhimselfj now had to be carried out on astretcher.

**Klummy, don't feel sad and disappointed," Saraconsoled; "God wantedme and Satan tried to entice me awayfrom Him. I can serve God betternow on my bed."

Sam's parents could not be convinced.They spent thousands of rupees for histreatment though he could never walkagain. God was kind enough to let him

move about in a wheel chair after beingin bed for almost ten years.

During this period Sam came veryclose to Christ. He never missed anoppnrtunity to witness for Christ. Heread hundreds of books, studying allreligions, and he began writing articles.No one could remember him complainingor grudgingabout an> sort of discomfortor pain. He kept on cheering up otherswith his ever jolly and pleasant mood.At a time when his parents would besorrowing to see him in bed, he wouldbe busy discussing the philosophy ofreligion with the intelligentsia.

Now Sam was invited for revivalmeetings all over India. He was alsoinvited to writers' conferences at Delhi,Mussoorie and Kulu Valley. He: earnedmany prizes for his articles. He nevershowed a sign of sickness but, with onehelper, he moved from place to place.He was offered a teaching position at thePoona Institute.

While he was in Yebtraal BibleSchool, God chose a life partner fdr hiin.A nurse who looked after him in thehospital sacrificed all worldly pleasuresand married him. She was an orphangirl brought up in a Christian orphanage. Because she married Sam againsther guardian's will, she lost hef job.

Following their marriage, the couplewent through many financial crises butthe living God always helped them.

Finally, Sam was invited to teachin the Bangalore Seminary. Leela alsogot some job.

After five years of hard work, andstill restricted to his wheel chair, Samwas accepted as. a student at DallasSeminary, U. S. A. His wife was ableto secure a job as nurse.

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The Future of the ChurchRalph R. Harter

Regarding the future of the church,there are two passages of scripture whichseem to contradict each other.

First there is Rev. 3:16, which says.Because thou art lukewarm, and neither

hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of mymouth.

The most popular (albeit not universal) interpretation of this passage is thatwe today ard living in the Laodicean eraof the church and that God is going toreject the church of this age.

Standing in paradox to Rev. 3.16 isMt. 16:18, which says,

^ Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I willbuild my church and the gates of Hades shallnot prevail against it.

The easiest way to resolve the difference between the two verses is to saythat Rev. 3:16 referred only to a singlechurch in ,^hat is now Turkey and thatthe pr^yphecy has longsince beenfulfilled.At least for theV^ few minutes however,let us assunie that the popular interpretation is true and that the passage refersto us in 1973.

; Lraust; admit that when I travelledamongst the churches of. Christ in theU. S. A. in 1970, I did not find thechurches to be of the Laodicean type.For the most part, I found the churcheswarm and vibrant. Newspapers andmagazines emanating from the U. S. tellme that while this is tfue in conservativechurches, the liberal churches are in badshape.

Although there are places in the worldthat give us encouragement, the generalpicture is very discouraging. .Perhapsit is only natural biit I flnd the conditionof the churches in north India to beparticularly disturbing.

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Both conservative and liberal chuich-es in north India are in trouble. Thecorruption of the Laodicean age is to befound in the churches of all persuasionsno matter what name they wear be itChurch of North India, Methodist,Pentecostal, Church of Christ, or anyother name.

The disease which is killing thechurch is politics—church politics: thegreed for power and prestige resulting inquarrels and factions. Those who arespiritual finally get their fill of thesquabbling and withdraw from activeparticipation in the church's administration. This leaves the management ofthe church's affairs in the hands of thecarnally minded. After this, the Churchgoes from bad to worse. Frorii thisstandpoint, the future of the institutionalchurch looks very dark indeed.

But there^ have added another word,the word institutional. What is theInstitutional church ? That is the churchthat has a name, ah address, a constitution, a membership list and,a governingbody. It is this institutional churchwhich I believe the Lord is going to spewout of His mouth.

The institutional church has beensimilar but never identical with the trueekklesia whose records are the Book ofLife. There have always been those whowere members of the institutionarchurchbut whose names were not in the Bookof Life, and vice versa.

The ekklesia cannot be bound "withinthe walls of any man-made institution.

It is the ekklesia, then, and not theinstitutional church, against which thegates of Hades cannot prevail.

When we Igok at the ekklesia apartfrom the institutional dhurch, we find itto be healthy and thriving.

One of the evicfences of the vigorof the ekklesia is the proliferation ofcell groups and house meetings. Nowadays, born-again saints are finding theirspiritual food in these groups, and thesegroups are bringing the lost to the feetof the Master.

Church of Christism and cell group-ism are not entirely compatible. Whereare the elders and deacons ? • What hashappened to the One Name ? Where isthe demand for immersion for the remission of sins ?

As far as baptism is concerned, agreat deal of good has come out of thecell group movement. As these folk havestudied the scriptures wiih open and unprejudiced minds, multitudes have become convinced that they ought to beimmersed for the remission of their sins.I have not heard of anyone being convinced in a cell group that they ought tobe sorinkled. Members of the churchesof Christ should rejoice to see these believers obeying this command of Christ.

One of the greatest mistakes made bymembers of the churches of Christ is innot recognising that the pattern for thechurch is Jesus Christ himself. It is toobad that members of the churches ofChrist have to join cell groups in orderto find this out.

What shall we do then ? Shall weclose down our institutional churches sothat cell groups may abound ? Godforbid ! Members of cell groups are notusually that much opposed to the institutional church. Rather it is their prayerthat their cell groups may infuse neWblood and new life into the institutionalbody.

Wb love the institutional church andwe weep to see its ;preseht condition.

The situation is similar to that whichwe find among the sick and dying in anyhospital. We may know that a certainperson is mortally ill iarid yet we fight tosustain them until the last breath'. Jfasked why, we reply that while there islife there is hope. Sometimes we arerewarded by seeing the hopelessly illbecome well again.

And so it is with our beloved church.She is very ill but we will not forsakeher in her extremity. We will do all inour power to revive her and bring herback to health again. We will spare noexpense of time, money and bended kneeto provide the medicine and nourishmentwhich she needs. If she does die, it willnot be until we have done everythingpossible to keep her alive.

In the meantime, we will rememberthat the ekklesia is not bound by theinstitutional church. We will remeihberthat cell groups are helpers and notenemies of the institutional church.

In case the institutional church doesdie, the true ekklesia will not be dead.It will be very very much alive and willbe present here on earth when Jesuscomes again. Truly, the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.*

Our Lord Jesus has a great futurelaid up for. His church. As His brideand His body (Eph. 5:25-32; 1:22,23),we shall share His glory (Col 3:4). TheNew Jerusalem of Rev. 21. with all ofits bejewelled amenities, is being prepar?ed for our eternal comfort and joy; and"I reckon, that the sufferings of thispresent time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to US-ward." (Rom. 8:18).

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^nditan lewd untntaru

Perhaps the most famous missionaryof the twentieth century. Dr. E. StanleyJones died In Bareilly, India:, on themorning of Jan. 25th at the age of 89.Dr. Jones was the friend of kings,queens, presidents, prime ministers, andthe most renowned" figures of worldhistory during the past fifty years.Many inspiring books were authoredby him, the most famous of which wasprobably Christ of theIndian Road, Hisbody was cremated in New Delhi contrary to the general practice of IndianChristians.

India's main trouble spot at thistime is the state of Andhra Pradeshwhere it is estimated that the vastmajority of the citizens desire to havethe state divided into two states. Extensive damage has been done to railwayproperty, so much so that railway servicebetween north and south India has oftenbeen non-existent.

Other areas have been disastrouslyhit by drought.Uttar Pradeshis sufferingfrom inflation.

In a happier vein, one in every 43pejTsons in India now owns a radio compared to one in every 527 persons onlyten years ago. This is the revolutionbrought on by transistor technology.

Dr. Ramji Lai Sahayak, Minister forCottage Industries in Uttar Pradesh,has thanked the hippies of the USA,U. K. and France for popularising hand-loom cloth in their Home countries. Onthe subject of world politics. Dr.Sahayak said that America wasunhappywith India biecause Indian-made Gnatjets had deistroyed American-made Sabrejets and Patton Tanks during the Indo-Pak war, reducing the latter to museumpieces.

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An Indian citizen, Rochunga Pudaite,has undertaken to provide a free copy

~of The Greatest is Love (Ken Taylor'sparaphrase of the New Testament) toeveryone listed in the telephone booksof the cities of India. Those who donot own telephones are invited to writefor their free copy to Rochunga Pudaite,P. O. Box 4511, New Delhi-16. Why notgive lisa little publicity by mentioningthat you read about it in ChristasianMagazineof Kanpur.

Air conditioned third class sleepercoaches are to be a new f^eature oncertain deluxe trains of the Indianrailways. A new all-third class train hasbeen introduced between New Delhiand the cities of Cochin and Mangalorein south India although the service is intemporary suspension due to the agitation in Andhra Pradesh. This journeytakes three days and is the longest railjourney a traveller can make in Indiawithout changing trains.

The state of Madhya Pradesh stillhas 400 royal Bengal tigers roaming itsjungles and leads all of the Other statesin tiger population. Inasmuch as thetiger is now India's national animal,steps are being taken to preserve thespecies,

The Posts and Telegraphs Department expects to save more than Rs. 1($1.3 million) a year by cutting down thenumber of forms now in use.

On January 30th, on the 25th anniversary of Gandhi's martyrdom, a Gandhiera capsule was lowered 30 feet into ti eground at the spot where the Father ofthe nation fell to the assassin's bullet.The capsule contains Gandhiji's works,certain of his belongings, and a recordof the tributes made to him.

As many as 3.1.million persons .inIndia sufifer from Hansen's disease(leproay), says a press release of theHealth Ministry. The southern statesof Tamil Nadu (Madras) and AndhraPradesh are hyper-endemic for thedisease, i. e. at least one percent of thepeople living in ttiese states are strickenby the disease. Both government andvoluntary organisations are fighting thedisease.

India's sports enthusiasts enjoyed tothe fullest this winter the visit of theEnglish team. Of the five "matches"(each of five days duration), India wontwo, England won one, and two were"drawn." In Kanpur the enthusiasmran so high that 20,000 policemen wereon hand to preserve the peacej, It isestimated that the Kanpur Match costthe state's taxpayers as much as Rs. 4lakhs, or $5?,000.

When a janitress at Bombay's SantaCruz airport reported that a flush tankin the women's toilet was not working,officials found that it was choked witha jacket containing smuggled gold.Similar jackets were found in the men'swashroom. Total haul from this operation was Rs. 10 lakhs, or $130,000.

Smoke bombs are the latest additionto the arsenals of highway robbers inUttar Pradesh. Due to the smoke, carsare forced to stop, then the occupantsare looted. The smoke, however, did notprevent three of the robbers from beingapprehended.

An old church at Isagarh near Jhansrwas completely destroyed by a time-bomb that exploded in the church onJanuary 29th. There" was a suspicionthat the bomb may have been plantedby some faction among the membership.

Twenty-five Christian families comprising 96 members including women andchildren embraced Hinduism at Amritsaron January 27th.

-An eminent Norwegian scholar.Axel Jensen, embraced Hinduism on Jan.3rd at a ceremony in the Arya Samajtemple in New Delhi. While denouncing Christianity, the 40-year-old authorsaid that Hinduism presents a higherstate of religion than Christianity.

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Sometimes when I look at ChistasianMagazine, I wonder ,what kind of a brainthe editor has. This is definitely theworld's only magazine that caters topeople who are cross-eyed. The aspirincompanies should subsidise this sort ofthing.

And you have not seen anything untilyou have seen Mr. Harter's two half-books, What Kind of a PersonShotdd1 Be ?and Some Things that are Definitely Bad. Itis interesting to note that most peopleare reading the Bad part before they readthe Kind part. This must be an indication of something or other. The yolumesells for Re. 1.50 in India arid 75 centsin the U.S.A. The books are also cheaper by the dozen if there is anyone thatsimple.

Our editorial office was recently slept•in by Stephen W. Mayfield, editor ofThe Bible Christian Call of the U.S.A.Editor Mayfield wanted to know why weprint the news items. Half of ourreaders would quit if westopped printingthose news items, and the other halfwould quit if I were fired.

Your most inflammable,LANGRU the dog

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THE, SEVEN TRIALS OF JESUSRALPH R. HARTER

!• The Trial Before AnnasJn..18:13,19-24Who was Annas ? (The speaker

should make a .thorough study of Annaswith the help of a concordance and otherreference books.)

The trial before Annas is not raeji-tioned in the Synoptic Gospels (Mt.,Mk. and Lk.) but onlyin John. Whatconclusions may be made from this fact?

Perhaps they only whnted to humourthe old man and keep him from beingpetulant later on.

Annas asked only generalquestions,nothing pertinent. It may be that hewas tiredat this late hour and thoughtthe. matter could well wait until thenextiday; or he may have been reconciledto let the younger generation carry on.

Annas could have saved Jesus but hedid not; Instead of deciding the case,he only transfered it.

11. The-Trial Before CaiaphasMk. 14:53-65

What is meant in John 18:13 thatCaiaphas was high priest vthat year,"?A distinction is made between the chiefpriests and the high priests. Who werethe chief priests ?

What was the difference betweenwhat Jesus said about the temple andwhat theysaid he had said. (Jn.2:19-22).

Caiaphas's question of Mk. 14:61 isextremely important because (1) it provesthey had no excuse for not knowing thatChrist wasthe promised Messiah; (2) Itshows that they were aWafe of all of theimplications of the Messiahship; (3) Itdemonstrates their basic lack of faith;and (4) it brought forth a ready andsolid affirmation from Jesus.

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Jesus could have saved his life hereby merely saying, "No."

Caiaphas pronounced him guilty ofblasphemy and worthy of death.III. The Trial Before the Sanhedrin

Mk. 15:1, Lk. 22:66—23:1Are the people mentioned in Mk. 15:1

the same as those mentioned in 14:53 ?Why did they hold a secopd meeting

after daybreak? Why did they makeChrist confess His Messiahship a secondtime ? (It was illegal for the Sanhedrinto hold a trial at night).

These leaders had seen Christ perform many miracles and they neverfoundany fault in His lifeor teachings. Whydid they not believe ? (Mk. 15:10). Envysame as church politics.IV. The Trial Before Pilate

JN. 18:25-38.The Sinhedrin thought that Pilate

would just sign his signature to whatthey had already decided but he balked.

Judges have difficulty in ascertainingwho is telling truth and who is tellinglies.^ Neverthless, Pilate recognised thatChi^ist was true and he judged him NotGuilty. He could and should have released Jesus but he did not. Why ?V. The Trial Before Herod

Lk. 23:6-12Only Luke records this incident.This Herod was the son of Herod the

Great who massacred the infants at thetime of Jesus* birth. This Herod didnot rule as large a territory as did hisfather. He was governor only of Galileeand^he was in Jerusalem only as a visitorduring the festivities. The Feast of thePassover at. Jerusalem can be comparedto the Magh Mela at Allahabad. Officialswere there in abundance. ' • ,

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The late Samuel P. Somaya as a hospital patient.

Rejoice in the Lord alwa\s; again I say Rejoice.Phil. 4:4

, No. 2 March 1973 AprilVol. XVII Katipur, India

SAM SOMAYA

The Son Dedicated to GOD

After their marriage in Korba, Di.st.Bilaspur, M. P., Pastor and Mrs. HenrySomaya went to work in Jagdishpur,Dlst. Surguja. There they were blessedwith a great deal of worldly things aslands, animals and a house of their own.God also gave them two sons althoughHe took them bick within two years.

Some time later they came to knowthat their third child was on its way.Both of them sat together and prayed toGod night after night, "Oh God we knownot what it may be—a girl or a boy—butwe dedicate this child to you for yourservice." When a third son was born tothem, they named him Samuel PaulSomaya.

The young child was blessed by Godas his parents kept on praying for him.Sam grew very strong, healthy, intelle-gent and handsome. In his teens, hewas almost six feet tall.

Sam was very anxious to serve Godas soon as he could. Graduating fromhigh school, he went to Ceylon for Bibletraining. It was his heart-felt desirethat each and every one in the worldmust hear about Jesus Christ. He wasfull of energy and almost impatient ashe contemplated how he might teach andspread the message of Christ.

Sam's parents were very proud oftheir son as he proceeded to fulfil theirdesire.

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By Mrs. Ivy C. Paul

Then suddenly he told his parents ofhis decision to become an engineer.They did not oppose him as he hadalready taken Bible training; in fact,they got busy making arrangements forhim.

Unfortunately, one day he met withan accident and fractured his hip. Aftersome treatment in the hospital, he couldwalk again.

Sam had a very pleasant nature,always cracking jokes and keeping thepeople around him cheerful. He nevercomplained about any sort of troublehe may be passing through. He delighted in keeping his pains and illnessesa secret until he was almost well; thenhis parents would be surprised to knowthat he had been sick. When his parentswould scold him for not having toldthem, he would laugh and say, "I didtell some one who could cure me and Iam grateful to Him."

As Sam was their only and belovedson, his parents still worried about hisfractured leg. Although he could walkand even cycle, they opted for furthertreatment. They sent him to Vellore.

At Vcllore, Sam was admitted as anout-patient. He walked into the hospitalfor his daily treatments, tall and gracefulnot showing the least sign of any kindof trouble. Between times, he cycled all

As originally planned, the trip to theUriahs' might have become an ordeal. Asit turned out, Philip Ho was able toextract a day from his busy schedule todrive us down and back.

Not that Philip's ambulance providedthe utmost comfort but what can youexpect when there is a full load of supplies and eight passengers.

When we started out, I had a goodseat but I soon had to give it up toanother who was threatening to get carsick. For another short distance, 1 rodein the front cab, but Harinam soon tookthat over as he was getting dizzy. Iended up at the back door near two boyswho were taking turns vomiting out thewindows. At least I can testify that thatambulance always carries sick people.By the time we reached Jowai, 1 wasbiginning to feel, shall we say, depressed.During the short stop there, 1 took asea-sick pill and traded my queasinessfor drowsiness.

In time we reached the river thatseparates the Uriah "plantation" fromthe rest of the world. The bridge wasno doubt a feat of ancient and modernengineering but Philip decided not totempt the Lord by taking the ambulanceacross. We therefore carried the suppliesacross to the other side where Bnanson's

Jeep was waiting to jog us up to thehouse.

The Uriah home proved to be aboutas big as my living room. WhileMarguerite busied herself with preparinglunch in one corner, T worked off mydrowsiness in another.

Somewhere in between, we were ableto have a thorough tour of the estate. Wefound that Bnanson has procured a veryfine piece of land on an elevated plateau.Fields had been planted and they were

growing beautiful crops. We inspectedthe building where they hold Bibleclasses, we went with them to the springfrom where they get their drinkingwater, and we toured the village nearby.

The aim of the Uriahs is to teachthe Word of God to young men as theyearn their way by growing crops. Theproject is reminiscent of the earlybeginnings of Johnson Bible College.Bna^on and Marguerite hope that theday will come when the project will beentirely self-supporting.

During these early stages, the workis demanding sacrifices of both staff andstudents. What to say of telephone andelectricity? They do not even have apostoffice ! Ii is not every youngman who would feel the challengeto join such a community evenif he were hungry. On the other hand,it is probably only young people whowould be able to make a go of it.

Yet the region is developing rapidly.The road to Jowai has already been improved and the 20th century is appoach-ing the area.

Without Emrys Rees, the work ofthis Christian plantation might neverhave begun. Emrys is no longer on thescene to cast his laughter into the windbut he has left his mark everywhere.

Our return trip to Shillong was farmore comfortable and was made in halfthe time. As we returned to civilisation, we could not help but contemplate what kind of people these Uriahsare who, of their own free will, haveundertaken such deprivations and difficult tasks.

For further information abont theirwork, you may write them care of the

Postmaster, Jowai, Meghalaya, India.

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During the next two years, Samvisited many other institutes in theU. S. A. In the U. S. A. he could notuse his wheel chair outside of his houseand so he bad to resort to crutches. Hispain began to increase.

Sam was anxious to complete histhesis so he worked harder. He sentletters to his parents, relatives andfriends, making the same request of allofIhem, "Please pray for me that I canbeat tiiisSevere pain for Hisglory."

" He submitted his thesis on May^stand both of them got busy packing tocome to their own land, INDIA. He hadinformed-everyone that he was returningto India daring the first week of May.

• On the third of May, while he wasfolding his'shirt on his wheel chair:, Godcalled him back. Before his wife couldask him what was wrongs he wasgone. Within three minutes, DallasSeminary heard the news, "Sam is. withthe Lord.''

In Indian Sam's parents and friendshad been,preparing to receive ^im. Allwere thinking .that Sam would now beginthe most active and effective period ofhis life: he would succeed his. father inleading the church and also look afterthe orphanage and school which hisfather had started. But God's thinkingis very different from man's. God knewthat Sam had completed his services andthatfnowhe was needed up there.

How much have we done for Jesus,we who are blessed with good health andall facilities 7 Let us learn somethingfrom Sam's life. He was a completecripple for seventeen years, confined tobed and wheM^chair, yet he continuedserving and witnessing for God withoutthe least complaint.

Sam's father, Henry Somaya, is 85years old: his mother is 76. May Godgive them patience, and x:ourage evenafter losing their only son.

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THE CONVERSION OF ATAMftj POETV. Gnanasikhamanl

This is ike story of the conversion to'Christianity of the south Indian poet, H.A.Krishna Villai.

: In our iast instalment we studiedabout the baptisms of Muihiya Pillai,the brother of H. A. Krishna Pillai, andof his trusted friend Daniishkodi Raju.The baptism of these two profoundlyshook the poet. The defense of hisbrother's baptism by Nathanial, aBrahiman convert, also had its effect onhis mind.

After Muthiya Pillai's. baptism, themissionary Huxtable called KrishnaPillai to his residence and asked him,"What barrier is there now to your becoming a Christian?"

Krishna Pillai did not appreciate hisquestion. He-replied, "It is my pleasurewhether I become a Christian or not.''Krishna Pillai also tendered his letter ofresignation. However, upon the requestand persuasion of Huxtable, togetherwith his promise that he would nevertalk to him again about becoming aChristian, Krishna Pillai stajedon as aTamil pandit at Sawyerpuram.

Despite their conversion, KrishnaPillai did not stop his contact with hisbrother and his friend. At one timeDanushkodi Raju remarked to him thatit was not a good thing that he had leftoff reading the books of the Christianway. Danushkodi Raju argued with himthat if he was not convinced after reading the Christian books, then he couldreject it. Krishna Pillai found thisargument reasonable and he began tostudy the four books given to him by hisfriend. One of them was John Bunyan'sclassic, "The Pilgrim's Progress."

After reading these books, KrishnaPillai "decided with one stroke to aban-

don those things which I knew to befaults." Following his conscience, hedid avoid some wicked things but thisdid not satisfy him since, as he noted,"Although I could say that there wassome general reform in my external behaviour, my interior self was not clean.My mind was not unified."

At another time his friend suggestedto him that he read the Gospels withprayer beggingGod to open the eyes ofhis heart. After this he began to readthe New Testament for himself. Nowhe wrote.While I clearly understood the doctrines suchas of the Saviour's sacred incarnation, I wasgreatly perplexed and bewildered, not comprehendinghow His act of expiation impartssalvation to men. This is a problem whichbaffles many but the Holy Spirit definitelyhelps the sincere seeker of the Truth, andfaith is the opening door to understand themystery of the act of atonment.

He explained his problem to histrusted friend Danushkodi Raju onenight during one of their long conversations. The latter explained to him thepurposes of the cross and the death ofChrist in the following words,In order to mediate between the Holy Godand man (who was a sinner confined in the darkprison ^of sin and deserving due punishmentfor havingdisobeyed the divine statutes), andin order to harmonize justice and mercy, theLordChrist, the Sonof God, stood suretyanddescended as man. He obeyed the statutescompletely, as one pure in the three constituents (mind, speech and body), taking uponhimself both the spotless justice and all thesins of mankind. He himself received all thepunishments which werp coming to man because of divine justice, and He was crucifiedwith grief to His soul and agony flooding Hisbody.Danushkodi Raju also explained.Whosoever believes that Jesus, being pure inthe three constituents, made a voluntarysacrifice of his life for the expiation of sin,acquiring a faultless act of .merit; and whosoever believes that Jpsus, having arisen alive asa victorious-hero on the third day after dyingacquired the salvation ; of eteirnal life forcrores of souls; and whosoever be-Iievcs thatbecause of the fact that Christ is the all-

Indwelling. Being^ the salvation . Which "He•-obtained-is quite suitable to be inherited %y

all men; and whosoever says with the experi-, ence of sin and genuine true repentence,- "Christ alone is the destroyer of sin, the

world saviour, who has stood surety for meand has taken upon himself the punishmentfor sin which was due me, and saves me bythe power of his act of merit," that man ismade righteous by this very belief. The

^ power of Christ's act of merit is infused intohim and is salvation for him. He alone is ajivan miikta.

' The Spirit ofTruth convinced KrishnaPillai as he listened to the expla'natrbhof his friend with an open heart. 'As hiesaid.On that very day, the Holy Spirit implantedthis truth in my heart. Oh that very day,-I knew Christ the Lord. On'that very day,I invoked His holy name and prayed. Ohthat very day, the crimes of sin which hadbeen sweet became disgusting.

On the same night, Krishna Pillaialso composed a poem in memory ofthat blessed occasion when the; Spiritconvinced him of his sins,

O sea of Grace ! -O Sun of Wisdom;

dispelling the darkness of sin 10 God,

who for thy humble servani'ssake ,

Didst become manAnd didst give up thy life I

1 knew not this truth and was aworthless wretch. ,

Now is the time to make me thihe.1 offer up my heart to thee,

O Prince of Virtue !

This was his first poem. After thispoem he also stated that "God openedmy heart and I opdnedS my^mouth.to'praise Him;"'and he did''praise theLord;both by word iand deed throtrghonthisjjiife. •!-: : • f -• r . -'

Now that he had believed in theLord ^nd had repented ,of his .sins;-' hettmft npw. take, a public stand for hisrLord,, confessing name, ^before men,;This we hope to study in oipr iiext issuev

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Brother Arvind Kumar Sherma saysSTANDS FOR

SIN AND SALVATION-S'As we go through the Bible, we find

that sin and salvation are like two banksof a river. Their relationship is suchthat one cannot exist without the otherand it is not always clear which of thetwo has the upper hand.

Can there be salvation without sin ?There would be no necessity for salvation if there were no sin. Man wouldbe perfect and salvation would be of nouse to him.

Now let us look at the other side ofthe coin.

What would be the condition of sin iffhere were no salvation ? Like a riverwhen the dam has burst, distress anddevastation would rage without anyremedy or amelioration. Since salvationwithout sin is nothing but sin withoutsalvation would be everything, it wouldseem that sin is the more dominant. Letus therefore, first study sin.

So what is sin ? What is it's origin ?And what are it's various phases ?

We must be very clear as to what theword sin denotes.

It is usually considered that anyaction committed by an individual Whichmakes him feel guilty and ashamed, is asin. ThiSj however, is not always truefor it is noted that when the conscienceof a man dies, he hardly feels guilt orshame.

So, to be more specific, we can saythat when the feeling of rebelling findsbirth in a man, he breaks the laws ofGod; and not only this, but he also

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accepts a wrong view towards his Creator. When he does so, he finds himselfwillingly and knowingly standing alooffrom the path of righteousness. Thushe misses the target and aim he used tohave in life towards the Almighty andHis commands.

As for the origin of sin, we can saythat it is as old or even older than man.Adam and Eve were the first humans tofall into sin by eating the forbiddenfruit. By this disobedient act, pain,misery and sorrow were introduced intothe world. With the flow of time, otherfactors appeared which enticed man tolead a sinful career.

Some of the facts of sin as found inhuman nature are as follows:—

1. Anger. In hot anger, man does suchshameful acts which are a disgrace tothe human race.

2. Ambitiouy This makes a man cunningand selfish: he ignores the welfare ofothers for his own interests.

3. Pride. This develops when a manbegins admiring himself, consideringhimself to be superior to others.4. Hate. This results from jealousy,envy, pride and other factors.5. Lust This inspires a man to commitsin against purity.6. Greed. The love for money inspiresa roan to commit personal and socialcrimes. Wealth makes man haughty andrude. The greed for lands and housesis a source of family and general troubles. A man may even come to murderhis own brother in a dispute over land.

once we are baptised in the name of theLord Jesus that the gates of heaven arethrown open for us. If this is*^^ whatthey think, then they can be termed aslearned fools. It is also clearly 'Statedthat if one does not leave his sinfulhabits and clings to them that he mustbe prepared to face the punishment dueto him. Christ laid emphasison a pureand righteous life—one with certaindefinite principles.

If we will go through the Biblethoroughly and carefully, it will becomecrystal clear to us that if we disciplineour lives according to its teachings, thatSatan will lose his power to tempt us tofall into sins. This of course is not aneasy task.

Our difficulty is that we fall to implement in our lives that which we read inGod's word.

The above are some of the mainsteps of sin. As soon as a man stepsover them he falls.

It is observed that since these sinsbring pleasure,, therefore a man istempted by them and he draws a greatdeal of satisfaction out of them. Sometimes he even feels proud of his sinsforgetting that the pleasure is only temporary and that the damage is morepermanent. Even when he sometimesthjnks of stepping out of his sins, itproves to be too late for him sinceby this time the committing of sins hasbecome his habit,

SALVATIONWhen studying the Bible, which is the

word of God, we find that time andtime again, God has tried to preventmen from leading sinful lives. In showing us mercy, He did the uttermost bysending us His most loving $on Jesus tothis sinful earth to show us the path ofsalvation. Jesus the Christ came downto this earth in a body of flesh and bloodto fulfil the predictions of God. Leadinga spotless and blameless life, Christsacrificed himself on the Cross for oursins.

Did Christ's sacrifice achieve theresults it ought to have achieved ? Thisis no doubt, a good question for debate.Although Christianity has spreadthrough-out the world (as the celebrationof Christmas in every country . wouldtestify) still souls are perishing everydaywithout ever having heard of the salva--tion to be had through the blood ofChrist.

God's word tells us that whosoeverrepents over his sins and comes to himthrough Lord Christ would be forgiven.Unhappily, some people took this in awrong sense. They began thinking thatChristianity is a bed of roses and that

CORRECTION

Regarding our article. Churches ofChri^ in Uttar*Pradesh appearing inCbristasian Magazine. Vol. XVI,- -No.' 6,page4, (Nov. Dec., 72) we are . happyto print the following clarification assubmitted to us by Brother Samuel Nathof Jhansi U. P.

**The Church of Christ, Jhansi, was^not disbanded by the orders of theBishop (Church of North India), butvoluntarily by the members of theChurch of Christ, Jhansi."

The congregation was begun about25 years ago by missionaries of theChristian Missionary Fellowship of theU.S.A. About ten years ago, the C.M.F.abandoned this mission project, but Bro.Samuel Nath continued to carry on thework of the church while earning hislivlihood by teaching school.

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Like a bevy of horse-flies, the priestsand scribes pursued their victim toHerod's palace.

Why didn't Christ perform a miraclefor Herod? Why did He keep silent?What effect does silence have ? Herodfound the prisoner Not Guilty.VI The trial by Mob

Mt. 27:15-26This trial is recorded by all four

Gospel writers.What should Pilate have done when

Herod returned Jesus to him ?What was Pilate's fatal mistake (Mt.

27:17). Since Christ was innocent, hisrelease should not have been made anobject of bargaining.

The chief priests used all of theirpolitical tricks to stir up the people.

These were not the same people ashad entered Jerusalem with Christ onPalm Sunday. Those were pilgrims fromoutside Jerusalem; these of the mob werethe citiz'ns of Jerusalem themselves, thecitv-dwellers.

The fire of mob fury."His blood be upon us." In saying

this, they sealed their o\^n guilt. Theydid not realise that it was they who hadbeen on trial.

Vii The Trial before Us

The question, what shall I do withJesus ? (Mt 27:22) is before us all. .

We are not so ignorant as they, (Acts17:30. We crucify afresh, Heb. 6:4-6.We trod under foot the Son of God,Heb. 10:28-31. In our mis treatment ofour fellow man, we are mistreatingChrist, Mt. 25:41-46. By participating•in church politics we are guilty of thevery same sin committed by the priestsand scribes. Christ is askin'g us, "Whypersecutest thou me ?" (Acts 9:4).

Conclusion :

Christ forgave all those who werebefore Him at the cross. Lk. 23*34.He will also forgive us if we come to thecross. Rom. 6:1-1iT

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FORM VI{See Rule 8)

Ekklesia Press, 7/131, Swarupnagar,Kanpur, U. P., 208-CMD2Bi-monthlv2 Periodicity of its publication

3 Printers Name(Whether citizen of India ?)(If foreigner, state the country of origin)Address

4 Publisher's Name(Whether citizen of India){If foreigner, state the country oforigin)Address

5 Editor's Name(Whether citizen of India){If foreigner state the country of origin)Address

6 Name and address of individuals who ownthe newspaper and partners or shareholdersholding more than one per cent of the totalcapital.

Ralph R. Harter •No

' American7/131, Swarupnagar Kanpur, U. P., 20S-002Ralph R, HarterNo. . . -Airierican7/131, Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U. P. 208-002Ralph R. Harter

•NoAmerican ,7/131, Swarupnagar, Kanptir, U. P. 208-002Kalisiya Sahayak Sanstha7/131, Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U. P. 208-002

"Mri Victor Walter, ChairmanMr; Sani Masih, Secretary

I Ralph R. Harter, hereby declarie that the particulars given above are true tothe best of my knowledge and belief.

Ralph, R. HarterDated I March, 1973. Signature 6f Publisher

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'Newe:'of*1?aipli "Bud" Hartej^i.. Ekklesia Press, 7/131, Swarupnagar^vP7V"2G8-0Q2, IndiaApril, 1973

INCREASED CONTRIBTJTIOMS GREATLY APPRECIATED

Financially, we started the yearrather badly. We were beginning towonder what we could sell and/orwhat department of our work weought to close down. Improved receipts during January and Februaryenabled us to pay our debts and tobuy some new type for the printingof the Hindi edition of "V/hat Kindof a Person Should I Be", has nowbegun. I was able also to buy somenew clothes for the boys as wellas for myself.

The electric company also camethrough on a refund of itlOO foramounts they had been overchargingus during the past year. This willbe enough to pay our electric billsfor most of the remainder of theyear.

Our electric bills should also bea great deal lower than before. Besides eliminating the excesscharges, the state has been turningour electricity off every afternoonfrom 1 to 6. We are hoping that

continuous service will soon berestored. Afternoon temperaturesare now 100 and more and more wewant to use our fans.

Due- to the electricity shortageand other reasons, I am planningto go to the Hills this year inMay instead of June. This is inhopes that there will be moreelectricity in June than in May.My choice of hill stations thisyear is Coonoor in South India.

ffy home church, the Clinton,Ohio, First Church of Christ, hasincreased their monthly contributions from Sl^O to S155" This increase will offset the 255° rise inrent demanded by our landlord.

Everything is going well in thechurch at this time. Everyoneseems to be doing his job properlyand working harmoniously. We arehappy to announce two more generous contributions to the Building Fund: (l) ItlOO from MissNellie Copley of Vancouver, Wash.;

and (2) 1^20 from Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simpson of Mikado, Michigan;their third gift to the fund. Ournext door nei^bor is vdlling tosell us some land in back of hishouse for $12 a square yard.. Thechurch board is considering thisproposition. Our landlord is also vdlling to sell us half of hisproperty for $13|300* This wouldbe the better deal because it islarger and on the street. At thepresent time there is only $2600in the Building Fund. When making contributions to this fund,be sure to designate it plainly.

One of the four converts men

tioned in my last newsletter,Vinod Bhatnag^, is working temporarily with, (deration Mobilisa- "tion, an prganization of yoimg.people.that sells Christian literature. Tw6 of the converts,Arvind Sharma and KayIan Gangradeare staying ^ my doitnitory.

Arvind is a University graduatewith an M.jjl. degree. He is nowlearning Shorthand !and Typing.Kalyan already has a good job asa Steno-typist. I have found him.to be a very keen Bible student.

Sgt. Siig^gn_teyfieia stoppedDJQ to vxsit ua on nis way homefrom Vietnam. He was returning, avisit we made to Rome in 195^*'Stephen just about wore out hisfinger trying to phone us. Ourname, is still in the telephonedirectpiy althou^ the phone wasdisconnected fifteen months^ ego.

During the past year, I pickedup several Vice Presidentships,i'irst there was the VPship of theSwarupnagar Christian Association,followed by that of the United Christians Committee of Kanpur. At Allahabad, I was chosen one of six VPsof the Bible Society's North IndiaAuxiliary. Now I have reaped theVPship of the Kanpur Cemetery Board.

Long-time readers of these newsletters may have a faint recollection of the name of Samuel Rahim wholived in my dormitory 17 years ago.

.Everyone rejoiced when he took awife on Feb. 26th. His marriage, wasdelayed because he had to supporthis mother and sisters. He is a

^fine young man of \diom we can, beproud.

Our friends will be sorry to hear

"f II^Jtempel in an Edmonton Hospital. Youmay reach him throu^ ]^x 3^5»Grande .Prairie, Alta., Canada " T8V-3A5.

Some of you, like Kathy Calhounof Ralei^, N.C., may be needingstories for DVBS. . I have, not hadany good ideaa along that line butwe do have some books, in our bookstore that migiht give you some help.I will send them to- you free if youwill write me here in ICanpur. (Yourpostoffice has airforms for 130,letters are 250). If you can useslides, contact Richard Cameron,2688 Vanderhoof Rd., Barberton, Ohio.kkZ03» Give him a ring on thetelephone. :

CONTRIBUTIOMS

January and Febniary 1973The Home Church:ClintonI Ohio $280«00Twenty"Mile Radius;Manchester 59*00Mrs»Robt*Meade 10.00Per;ry Christiain Church 2^.50M/^ Walter Handwerk 1^0.00M/M Warren Steiner 5*00Other Ohio Donors;R-ranrh Hill ChUTCh 6O.P0Painesville First Church 50*00Dorothy Schmale ^0*00

Nathan Black 10*00New Idea Circle,E.Sparta 35*00Bladensburg Loy^ Dgtrs* 10*00Loyal Berean Class,Setring 5*00Sebring Church of Christ 10*00Linden Homebuilders 35*00Neifdiboring States;Frank Reas, Indi ana 25*00Burlington Ch* of Christ 100*00Garrett First Church 30*00Portland Singles,Doubles 18.25Miss Vera Mushrush 20*00M/H Kenneth Bade 50*00East Union, Ky* ^0*92Phillip 8e Margaret Ho ^8*00Kellie Stoiy 25*00East Superior,Mich* 50*00M/M Edward Ronda 25*00Oak Grove, Pa* 30*00Alexander Hsdnes 10*00Hooverson Heights*V/*Va* 50*00Other Eastern States;

Capital City, N.C* 50*00M/M D.W. Barber, Tenn* 50*00West Walnut Church, J.City^l.OOPreston Story 50*00M/M John Oglesby, Fla* 5*00

West of the Mississippi;Jerilee Nickerson, Calif. $25*00M/M Leland Raynor 10.00Hans Christiansen,Iowa 10*00Loyal Women,Wymore, Neb. 10*00Neeper Church, Mo* 20.00Liberty Bible Classes 105*10Miss Nellie Copley,Wash. 52*00Wapato Christian Church 20*00

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DISBURSED, January & FebruarySsilary, two months $28^*2^Book Store 8e Library 77*62Press 1^5*83Education & Benevolence 164.03Housing 143*43Communications 49*62Transportation 20.56Bible Society . 4.66Hospitality 17*07Jeevan-Deep 121*00Office Supplies 7*30

TOTAL $1035*36

Deficit, Jan. 1st, 1973 $858*25Expended, Jan. & Feb. 1035*36Total Debits l893*6lLess Receipts 1743*77Deficit, March 1st,1973 149*84

I also gratefully acknowledge apersonal gift of $100 from theClinton Churchi The money has alsobeen recovered from a $100 checkwhich was stolen from the mail andfraudulently cashed (in the U.S.)

Thank you for sending your contributions through Miss FlorenceDouglas, 1111 N.Main St., Joplin,Missouri, 64801

DOGS

Langru the dog, famous contributor to Christasian Magazine, was areal dog but he disappeared someyears ago.

After Langru came Tiger. He isstill alive and we know where heis but we have lost him just thesame. Tiger, was shared by fourfamilies and when one of the families moved away, they took the dogwith them.

I cannot complain too much abouttheir "stealing*' the dog. I didn'tmiss the dog until I went out tovisit the family in their new homeand found the dog there. Owner no.3 didn't miss the dog until twodays later when I happened to mention our loss to him. Owner no. ^had seen the dog being taken awayand had said nothing about it.

Some dogs are said to be"almosthuman." None of our dogs have^own any tendency that way. Asfar as breed is concerned, theyhave been as mixed as mixed can be.

First Church of Christ

25^3 W. Comet Ed.Clinton, Ohio ^^216

Ealph Harter, Missionary"HARTER THROBS"

It can truly be said, thou^, thatthey were all pure dog: each waswhat could be called a dog's dog.

Whenever I went out of town, therewas never any welcome from Tigerwhen I returned home. As far as hewas concerned, I had never left theroom. Yet when I started up thescooter to go anywhere, he wouldrush out to the street and announce

my departure to everyone on theblock. I never felt the need of

this special service but I miss itnow that it is no longer available.

A new dog, LallUj brother ofKallii, has now taken up residenceat 7/131• He and KaTlu were beingraised by a vendor who sells teafrom a mobile cart down on the cor

ner. The vendor was not anxious to

part with his dog, nor was the dogaiadtous to depart. BesideB that,Salim, the house boy, did not thinkthe dog was good enoTigih. Yet Lalluis here, and wagging his tail.

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June 1973

THE L/iTEST AT THE ZOO

On March 27th, we received a notice from our landlord to vacatehis house by May 31st. After looking at dozens of houses all overthe city, we were finally able toget a double-storied house overlooking the Kanpur Zoo. Althoughwe are further out from the centerof town, the new location promisesprominence, ainpleness and clean,fresh air.

Since the new house is largerthan the old one, we will have topay more rent. Most of the difference in rent will, however, beborne by the missionaries at Kul-pahar whose boys we will be keeping in our dornitory.

Please note my new address atthe top of the page.

On Saturday,April 7th, the landlord's daughter, Shanta, elopedwith Arvind Sharma, a boy whom Ihad baptized in December. AlthoughV^e had all seen the situationbuilding up^ it was still a shock

when it happened. We are all hoping for the best.

The health of Mrs. Bose, the landlord's wife, continues to be precarious.

Our summer, which starts in April,has been dry and hot without muchrespite. Daily temperatures are 110and above. My aged cook had a heatstroke and it began to look asthough we might lose him. He laid\inder a fan for several days andslowly recovered his strength.Three weeks later, I also kneeledunder it and lost all interest in

the world for a spell. plans togo to the hills were cancelled because of the housing troubles.

During the week before Easter, Igave some Bible readings at Kulpa-har. These had to be held outdoorsin the dark because of the state'selectricity shortage. Yet it waswonderful to worship out under thestars. On Easter Sund^ morning tsix children made the Good Confes-

sion. In Kanpur there was.one baptism. on April 1st.

After finishing his examinations(llth Grade), Harinam spent twodays in his village. He was not received very kindly but his motherwas good enou^ to give him clothfor a shirt and a pair of paints.Now he is spending three weeks atcamp in the hills. If his exam results are satisfactory, he will getto drive the scooter.

It was a great privilege duringthe past twenty years to have as afriend, Mr. Donley Hagood of Mo-berly, Missouri. Mrs. Hagood haswritten us that Donley went to bewith the Lprd on March 2^th after along siege of heart trouble.

Printing has begun on the Hindiedition of "What Kind Of a Person

Should. I 3e?" The May throu^ Aud-ust issues of CHRISTASIAN are beingcombined in the same manner as the

Jan. through Apr. issues but therewill be a total of 2k pages insteadof 16.

V/e are expecting some visitors during June. Mr. and Mrs. P^aul Rolandare wanting to come lor an internship from Lincoln Christian College.If they get here, they will be thefirst interns to come so far.

and Mrs^^Jfark Mavpy nf Kanoya,Japan, are plsSrin^spend six^days , in Ini^a enroute to the U.S.A.They will be accompanied by theirtwo youngest, Faith and Hope. Theirtour begins on June 24th.

Our two fi nest-mi Bill

d"lfe5e3r^r,n'"k:i ' '=' to re-to the U.S. because of Mrs.

health. William will be

at the Cincinnati Bibleand may be able to spend

months each year over

turn

Gulick* s

teachingSeminarythe summer

here.

I have located another of Kanpur'sNo Parking Zones. The informationcost me $1.25 and two hours atcourt.

The dog story in our last newsletter did not have a very happyending. Lallu and his originalowner could not adapt themselves tothe separation so they load to be reunited. A few days later, Lallu'stwin brother Kallu was dispatchedto Dogeaven by a car that took thecorner too quickly. Our old dog,Tiger, pays us a visit every weekor so. After filling his stomachfor 2 or 3 days, he makes his wayback to his other hbme. When, we

ask him why he does not stay permanently with us, he does notanswer.

A letter has .just come from Tommy"Who. is taking Electricians trainingat Shahjahanpur. He has been getting failing marks all year and hischances of passing the exams arevery poor.

Charles, who has been studyingAutomotive Mechanics, will be finishing his course in another monththen he will have to hunt for work

along with a million or so otheryoung men.

CONTKIBUTIONS

March and April, 1973The Home Church:

Clinton, Ohio^th,5th & 6th YouthTwenty-Mile Radius:Sherman Church

Manchester Church

Miss Alice M.Ikins

M/M Warren SteinerM/M Walter HandwerkPerry Christian ChurchMrs.Robert Meade

Other Ohio Donors:

Mrs. Eva Brakefield

Bladensburg Loyal Dtrs.Miss Dorothy SchmaleM/M Nathan L. BlackOld Stone MissionaryLoyal Bereans, SebringLinden Womens Guild

Linden Homebuilders

Branch Hill Church

Neighboring States;Sing.&Doub.-Portland,University Church, MuncieM/M Stanley VincentOsgood Mission CircleOak Grove, Penn.Phillip 8c Margaret Ho, Ky.Mrs.Kelly StoryEastern States:

S300.005.00

20.00

^5.005.00

15.00155.0010.00

5.00

5.0020.00

ifO.OO10.00

20.005.00

35.0035.0060.00

Ind. 6.5025.0010.00

50.0030.0024.0020.00

Capital City, N.C.Neon Class,Flora, 111.Flora First Christian

Eugene Marvin, Mass.Western States:

Linda M. Stanton, Ariz.William 8c Jean Roland,Kan.Neeper Church, Mo.Liberty Sunday School

50.0033.0027.005.00

10.00

25.0010.0045.00

Hans Christiansen, IowaLoyal Women,Wymore,Neb,M/^1 D.F.Peel, N.Mex.Miss Nellie Copley, Wash.Wapato Christian ChurchTOTAL CONTRIBUTED

EXPENDITURES

Book Store & LibraryPress

Education. 8c Benevolence

HousingCommunications

TransportationBible SocietyHindi Publication

PublicityOffice

TOTAL EXPENDED

Deficit, March 1st,1973Expended,March 8c AprilTotal Debits

Less contributionsDeficit, May 1st, 1973

5.0010.00

30.0025.0010.00

S1342.50

$294.8093-^2

363.27314.17174.5015.22

31.708.81

92.713.5^2.01

$1394.15

149.84139^.1515^3.991342.50

Althou^ the missionrun in deficit, I wouldemphasise that my own

accounts

like to

personalneeds are more than amply met. "Tlifriends at Clinton have beenfattening my savings accoimt inthe local bank in order to provide/ [|for future anticipated needs.Their gifts are not listed in thereport but the Lord knows allabout them.

. Please continue to send all contributions to Miss Florence Douglas, 1111 N.Main St,, Joplin, Mo.,64801.

THE WATERFAUCET AFFAIRhouse. This includes water faucets,pipes, one flush, electric wiring,an iron-grille gatei the plants in

Some of th^ friction with our landlord was due to a faucet in theboy's dormitory. One morning Har-inara was accused of leaving thewater running but he said he wasinnocent. Mr. Reuben, who works inthe bookstore, then came forwardand Said that he had left the waterrunning. Harinam, however, was notallowed to escape. "If Hsirinamdidn't leave the faucet open todaythen he left it open yesterday," Mr.Bose said.

It is somewhat ironic then thatone of the questions arising at thetime of moving out is, shall wetake our waterfaucets with us?

original idea was to leavemost things intact. In this, theIndian brethren are 100^ opposed tome and I am slowly begiimi^g to seethings their way.

The unanimous demand of my advisors is that we remove eveiymovable item that we put into the

the garden and the roof on the boy'sdormitory.

When I ask my advisors as to whatwe are going to do with all thesethings, they tell me that the churchcan use these things when they buildtheir new building. That almostwins me.

In his eviction notice, Mr. Bosesaid that he needed these rooms for

his own use. According to that thequarters occupied by the boys willlie .unused. In that case, v;e mightas well take all of the accessories,with us.

The Methodist English Church didnot own a bathroom until it was al

most 100 years old. The Church ofClirist will have its bathroom be

fore they have a place to put it.Not that we should follov/ all of

the advise that our advisors giveus. What do you think, Dick?

First Church of Christ

25^5 W* Comet Rd.Clinton, Ohio ^^2l6

Ralph Barter, Missionary"BARTER THROBS"

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L=UGtJST, 1973

LOTS OF CHANGES

Mr. Bose had given us two reasons for wanting us to move fromhis house: (l) He needed the roomfor the impending marriage of hisdaughter, and (2) because of hiswife's illness. Shanta Bose elopedbefore we could vacate while Mrs.Bose tairried for about a month be

fore departing for her heavenlyhome.

In the meantime, our new housein front of the Kanpur Zoo has become a very busy place. Ei^it newboys have come from Kulpahar whichbrings our present total to 11 boysone elderly person and myself. Mostof the boys are here for hi^ereducation.

Boy No. 12 is Tommy whose nameshould be familiar to you by nov/.He will be staying here again aftercompletion of some psychiatrictreatment. He had to leave his

training because of his inveteratehabit of stealing and lying. It isalso suspected that he attempted

to commit suicide. It is thoughtthat the underlying cause of his misbehavior is that he was abandoned byhis mother when he was six years oldand there has been no word of her

since.

One of the first boys who everlived in my dormitory, StanleyRaraadhar, has died at the age of 35leaving his wife and three smallchildren. He was a bus driver and

his widow is a school teacher. He

had been sickly for a number ofyears.

Before leaving the old house, weused the garden baptistry one moretime when a very petite young lady,Anita Samuel, was buried with Christon May 20th. From now on we caneither use the baptistry of theSeventh Day Adventists or the lakeat the Zoo.

Some of you are curious to know ifthe water faucets were removed from

the old house to the new. As it

turned out, the faucets and all of

the other plumbing was left untouched but just about everythingelse was removed including theroof on the boys' dormitory. Iwas here in Azadnagar receivingwhatever was fiut on the trucksand sent out. I diplomaticallyavoided giving any instructionsas to what was not to be loaded

• on the trucks.

Mangal Sin^, who worked in ourprinting shop for twelve years,left our employment about thetime we changed houses. He justlost interest iruhis work. Wehope to have a new man on the jobwithin the next two months.

You will be happy to know thatHarinam was first in his class at

school last year. Except for aweakness in i^glish, he mi^thave _set_a_new recorii for thfi_

school.

Last year we supported CharlesDaniel up in the Punjab while hetrained in motor mechanics. Hepassed his course and has now returned home. Layal Lai who wasstudying in the IXth Class hasfailed and we are now enrollinghim in the Nave Technical Insti

tute at Sbajahanpur where Tommyhad been studying.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roland did not

^•^^ake it to India this year but the/ visit of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maxey

/ and their daughters Faith and Hopey provided a deli^tful holiday for

me. The heat made things difficult but the nights spent in airconditioned hotels helped to revive us.

A grand welcome awaited the Maxeysat Kulpahar. Mark preached at bothKulpahar and Kanpur. Pauline's encouragement and counsel were particularly helpful. In Delhi ourtaxi knocked a woman down but she

was only slightly injured. Thereare many things about India whichthe Meixeys will never forget.

Our rainy season, which is supposed to begin in the third week ofJune, has so far put in a very poorshowing—the driest year that I canremember. There was enough moistureat the beginning to allow the sowing and sprouting of seeds but thelack of further moisture doomed

them. The future looks so verybleak indeed.

We are sorry to report that therehas been a be-

Church Board of the SwarupnagarChurch. The dispute began whenthey declined to admit one of thenew converts, Kalyan Gangrade, intothe church fellowship. In fact,they were unhappy that I had baptized him. Perhaps this rift wasnecessary in order to stir us up to

coag^agation here inthis new area of Azadn^. Withthirteen of us living in the house,we have a good sized congregationbefore anyone else comes. Also,the boys are given a chance tolead and preach whereas in Sweirup-nagar they would not even have achance to serve communion or take

up the offering. It is all workingout very well.

CONTRIBUTIONS DURING MAY AND JUNEAND UP TO July 9th, 1975

The Home ChurchClinton Church

Twenty-Mile AreaManchester Church

M/H Walter HandwerkMLldred L. Neumeister

Mrs. Robt. Meade

Perry Christian ChurchSherman Church of Christ

Other Ohio Donors;

Old Stone Missionary 20.00Miss Dorothy Schmale 100.00M/M L. Nathan Black 15.00Bladensburg Loyal Dgtrs. 30.00Sebring Loyal Bereans 5.001^04 Lewis Holdren 25.00Neighboring States:Glen Morrical, Indiana 30.00Portland Singles,Doubles 1^.50Garrett First Church 31.00Frank Reas . _ 25.00University Church, Muncie 25.00M/M A. Simpson, Michigan 20.00Mt. Zion, Ky. 25.00Mt. Carmel, Ky. 50.00Philip & Margaret Ho 24.00Oak Grove, Pa. 45.00Other Eastern States:

Capital City Chxirch, N.C. 50.00Flora First Christian,111. 54.00Central Church. E.Orange 35.00West of the Mississippi:Neeper Church, Mo. 40.00Liberty Bible Classes 46.00Loyal Women, Wymore, Neb. 10.00Mabel R. Rudder 7.20Hans Christensen, Iowa 5.00Lorretta Huntington 25.00^04 Peel, N.Mex. 75.00Virginia G,Templeton,Tex. 3.00

Z^30.00

55.00211.00

60.0010.00

5^.2520.00

Wapato Church, Wash. 30.00Edna Hiint, Canada 10.00TOTAL CONTRIBUTED 5Jlbl4.95

expenditures for MAY AND JUNE ANDUP TO THE 19th of JULY,1973

Salary, three months S450.00Book Store & Library 92.41Press 32.54Education & Benevolence 36I.O9Housing 402.22Postage 57.86Transportation 29.26Bible Society I.93Hospitality 19.55Jeeven-Deep 112.02Publicity 18.24Loans 46.03Office 17.03TOTAL EXPENDED $lb 40.1b

Deficit brought forwardAmount ExpendedTotal debits

Less Contributed

Deficit, Ju^y^20th

201.491640.181841.671814.95

26.72

It is worth your while to noticethat the home_£hurGh.-at Clinton,Ohio, is' now' giving more than" Ineed for my personal expenses.This is the culmination of 27 yrs.,of prayer, work smd sacrifice bythe Clinton Church. It leaves alump in the throat and dew in theeyes. Others are also giving moreand more generously.

Please continue to send yourcontributions to Miss FlorenceDouglas, 1111 N, Main St.,Joplin, Mo. 64801

Thank You

WkT IS POVERTY?

As I passed along the road, Isaw a little girl spread out alength of cloth on the roadsideand lay down on it for her nap.This, I said to myself, is pover-

is poverty?Poverty isJ^taking hunger for

grimted: never having eaten aproper meal nor drunk a tallglass of milk.

Poverty is wearing rags whichhave been thrown out as unwear-

able by others. It is having towalk everywhere but never havingowned a pair of shoes.

Poverty is shivering to deathon a winter ni^t because youhave neither a roof over yourhead nor ^ything warm to wear.

Poverty is never having access^to a bathroom.

It ii^: following the cows downthe street and scooping up theirdroppings as soon as they fall(oras they fall) , then drying them

First Church of Christ

25^5 W. Comet Rd.Clinton, Ohio kk2l6

Ralph Barter, Missionary"BARTER TBROBS"

out to make fuel.Poverty is living in debt to the

money-lenders, always'paying on theinterest but never able to reduce

the principle._ Poverty is not being able toproperly dispose of the bodies ofyour dead but having to sink themin the river wei^ted down withrocks.:

It is when a child's - only toysare the pebbles in the street.

It is never having spent a day inschool. even tho\i^ you live in thecity.

It is cleaning up the filth ofthe more fortunate, then, having touncomplainingly accept -\diateverpittance (and abuse) they happen tothrow lyour way.

Poverty is when the only sourceof enjoyment available to you issex.

But the soul without Jesus is the

'poorest one of all no matter howmuch money he has.

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How shall a young man steer an honest course ?

By holding to thy word.

With all my heart I strive to find thee;

let me not stray from thy commandments.

(Ps. 119:9,10 (NEB)

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Vol. XVII, No. 5 Sept. 1973 Oct. Kanpur, India

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OUR YOUNG MEN

The twelve young men living at2A/415, Azadnagar, Kanpur, have abalcony view of the world. The worldalso has a good view of them.

With that many boys, of course, theremust also be a dog.

Ten of the boys are from the KulpaharKid's Home while the other two are new

converts. Kalyan Gangrade, whose articlebegins on the next page, is pictured fourthfrom the left on page one.

Of the twelve boys, only two haveboth parents living. Four of the boys haveneither parent? nor any known relatives atall. Three of the boys are mother-less andthree are father-less. All of them arebaptized(inunersed) believers in our LordJesus Christ.

Four of the boys are studying in theXth class, two in the Xlth, three in theXllth, one in B. A., and one in B.Sc. Thetwelth boy is an apprentice. The expensesof the boys from iCulpahar are borne bythe Kulpahar Mission.

Eleven of the boys have shown a keeninterest in participating in the work ofthe church. The "lone wolf" suficrsfrom several physical defects that makehim reluctant to stand before an audience.

. The boys meet together every morning(except Sunday) for Bible .reading andprayer. Th^n, over a cup of tea, theydiscuss points that arose in the Bible reading and they also choose a "Verse for theDay," which is written on a board anddisplayed outdoors.

On Sunday morning they meet together for a worship service: from Aprilthrough September at 8 a.m., and fromOctober through March at 9 a.m. It isnot an organized church but the Lord'sSupper is observed every Lord's Day.

At the beginning of every _month,names are drawn from a hat to decidewhat part each boy will have in the worship services that month. A leader, teacher, and preacher (that is three boys)are chosen for each Sunday.

Other interested persons in the neighborhood, both Christians and non-Christians also attend the Sunday morninffservices. In this way, itis hoped that bythe tiine the boys leave Kanpur, they willbe well prepared to be effective leadersmthe churches wherever they go throughout the length and breadth ofthe land.

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TranslatedftoinJeevan-DeepHindi Language Monthly of Kanpur

HOW I FOUND GODBy—Kalyan

From b:rth I had been a devout adhe-rent ofthe Hindu religion. I worshippedu? all of the rituals of the

j u r bathingearly each morningand before eating any food, I went to thetemple; then each evening, I would worship before the idol again.

•kjt •^ays I knew much about theMuslirn, Buddha and Jain religions because their essential teachings, had beenUught to us in school. I. considered theLihristian religion to be a foreign religionbecause a Christian of Indore, a Mr.Peter, had told me as much when I metlorr More Rail ivay S^tion in1966. I accepted his statement as beingtrue, concluding that the Christianreligion was something that had been

by the British during the daysofBritish rule. I considered the Christianre igion to be something like the Ilahireligion which had been introduced bythe Emporer Akbar. For some time afterthis I gave no more attention to the

Ghrk*tianT^"^^ ^ connections withTime passed and our family fell into

some difficulties as a result ofwhich wehad to vacate our house. For some reason, my father lost his joband I went toJive with an elder brother in Jhansi. Atthat time I was sixteen years ofage.

Jhansi was a new place for me and Inever thought I would have to go so far

Hooked for a%bbu[could find none. All else having failedI 'rained as a motor mechanic in theIndijstrial Training Institute. After receiving my diploma, I was emplovedbvthe Agricultural Department.

It is true that when God wants to;draw a person to Himself, He arranges'the circumstances so that that person isled to Him. God also showed such providence to me. ;

. ^bile inJhansi, I became acquaintedWith the Thomas family. It was the custom ofthese folk to pray at mealtimes,morning^andevening, andwhen they wereabout to leave for a trip. They prayedfor the general public and for individuals!whoever they might be, even ifthey wereenemies. Theyrequested God's help foreveryone. They prayed to God for mysuccess.

Sometimes I joined them in theirprayers because I did not disapprove ofanyreligion. I used to bow myhead andclose my eyes as I saw them do but Iwould occasionally open my eyes to make^re that the prayer had not been ended.Gradually I came tounderstand that eyeswere to be opened after the "Amen" wassaid. This family did not worship idols

or any other such thing.When I asked them about this, they toldme that God had forbidden the worshioD-ing of idols. ^

All ofthis attracted me because it hadbeen my habit from thefirst to learn newthings that promised any benefit. Takinga Bible from my friends, I studied it ahttle. From it I learned that Christianityteaches there isonly one God, and thatrites and rituals are ofno account whenthe heart is impure.

The thought came to me that thatGod IS true of whom it can be said that

God IS Love, v^ho came to earth "nottojudge the world but that the'worldshould besaved through him," and who

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took upon himself the sins of the world,suffered in the flesh and died as asacrificeon the cross. •

Jesus never killed or anybodily injury on anyone evenwas oursued and persecuted by bis enemies He was angered by the hypocrisyofSescrte and\he Pharisees but stillall that He said and did was for tlie purpose and .saving that wh.^was lost." He not only told us but HeX showed us how to love our enemiesand all mankind. He always taugit withlove, as amother teaches her child.

. One thing that is very ^mportant inChristianity is the New Life* Whep aSldnorn,heis empty of all religionand wisdom. He is related to his parentsbv blood but not by religion ^ecaus^^asvet he does not even know there is aG .

'if you tell a child that God is a stone,he will .believe you. If .V°hthe Hindu religion, he will be a^ Hindu,if the Muslim religion, he w"ll ^ ^lim. The child IS not able to think torhinisclf in ^ese things.

The Bible teaches a newthino^s for the adherents of the Ghristianfaith. We are not to be Christians bcrcause of our first birth but because of aSecond Birth. It is written in John 3.3,♦'Tesus Ianswered and said unto him.Verily verily, I say^unto thee, Except onebe born anew, he cannot see the kingdomof God " This is truly aprofound teach^"^iti:^-ddiis.y,mo,^aehingin any other religious book. When achild begins to think for hmsclf, when hcomes to recognise the difference betweenright, and wrong, only then he pro-nerlv consider what his religion will be.One cannot believe in Godlearned of Him. Every man needs iheSecond Birth, no matter what his previousreliffion may have been.

Eventually I eame to hold an officejob in Jhansi but at the same time 1had

to face some problems for which there wasno solution, I became very discouragedbecause of this. I tried very hard tosolve my problems but I could not.asked the Thomas family for their advicebut^they also could not resolve the predicament. In the end, Mr. Thomasadvised me to take help from Mt. /:/.

I did not have my Bible witli me butwhen I got home I turned to Mt. 7:7 andread these words, "Ask, and it shall begiven you; seek and ye shall knock,and it shall be opened unto you."

That night, before sleeping, I prayedfor the first time in the nafne ofJesus:O' Lord, even as you have said that ifwe'ask we shall receive, I now ask youto save me from my distress: If you saveme and give me peace, I will fully acceptyou.' Thanks be to God, He did saveme from my plight. Afterwards also Healways answered my prayers.

I had beensuffering from some chronicstomf^ch trouble I had taken muchmedicine for it but nothing seemed tohelp, I would sorr etimes faint fiom theseverity ofthe pain. I prayed the Lordthat He would save me from this also. Iam thankful to be able to say that it hasnow been two years since the last attack.

As a result of these two deliverances,I came to believe fully on Jesus Christ.Accepting him as my Saviour, I welcomedHim into my heart.

In July 1971, I was transfered fiomJhansi to Kanpur. A sister in Christ,Vef*ra, gave me a copy of the New Testament which I continued to read.

The question of being baptised nowfaced me because it was a command ofthe Lord Jesus. Several Christians alsotold me the same thing. Consequently,I was immersed into ChiLt on 21stDecember, 1972, and entered into theNew Life. I have peace with God and Icontinue to grow daily in the things ofthe Spirit.

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Rcpn'nted from Indian Witness

The Church As EkklesiaBy S. K. PARMAR

Dr. Piirmar is the Executive Secretajy ofthe Council of Christian Education in the MCSA.

Words that arc used frequently tend tolose their meanings. The word "Church"

. has been used by all people in everydaytalk in such a way tliai it has come tomoan dilFercnt things to dilTcrcnt people.Some people equate it with a building inwhich Christian people worship; sometiiink that the word "Church" denotes adenomination or an organizaiion; somethink the term refers to the gatheringtogether of Christian people for worship;often we come across the phrase, "Churchwithin the Church," whdiever that means;and so on.

If we lofik to the young people o'"ourcommunity, we begin to realise that awhole generation has grown up without aclear understanding of the concept of theChurch. The result of this is that theseyoung people gradually drift in the worldas Christians with little or no connectionwit'i the life of the Chinch.

It is possible that we adults are in partresponsible for this situation. Kitlicr wehave not graspet! the trtic meaning of theChurch, or, though we know it, we havemade oursil.cs busy in tlie organizationalwork of the Church to such an (r.Ktcntthat Our work and lif«r docs not communicate our meaning when we itsc the word"Church".

Tt is therefn-e worthwhile to lookafresh at. the vaj ious terms used in theNew Testament to descrilte the Church.

In this hr ef .article I have tried to eluci

date the t am "ckklcria."

The word "ekklesia" is a Greek word,meaning basically "a gathering of thosewho ai-c called." It does not have anyspecific cubic meaning in the Greek.

I" New Testament, the word"ekklesia" sometimes describes a singlecongregation and sometimes several congregations as in Acts fi;I and 9:31. Thevvord is thcrcfoic interchangeable to meancither the singular or the plural. Congregations in dificrcnt places are sirapivcalled ekklesia wjpf no implication ofprecedence or correlation. I.ocal connection was not tlic decisive point.

Inasmuch as the singular and pluralare used interchangcahjy, ekklesia is notdivided to produce ekklesiai (plural ofekklesia); nor is it ever .said that all of theekklesiai added together produce theekklesia. The one ekklesia is pre.sent inall places. The existence of an ekkle iain various places does not affect this. ~Itmust also he noted that the woid ekklesiais used to denote a Jewish-Christian congregation in ciusah m as wtll as a Gcntilc-Chrisiian congregation in Aniioch.

"OF GOD '

In the N<w Testament, the wordEkklesia is u.siiaily qurilificd })y ,licwoids"of God." Where ihcse two words aremissing they ate implied or undci-stoodThat, suggests that the tkklcsia alwaysstands in contrast and even in oppositionto all other forms of society. The (kklesiaIS thus not only a unique creation of God

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but it is theonly genuine form ofsociety.That iswhy it stands as a judgement toall other spcial.or4fIS-. • -, .V

i\>v . ' > ... :: VEven small fellowships, such as hcmse-

hold churches, are described in the NewTestament as ekklesia and canhP num--bered among larger congregations. (I Cor.16:L9; Col. 4:5). Each community, nomatter how small, represents the totalcommunity—the ekklesia. The foimdationon which the ekklesia stands is JesusChrist; persons and places are ot littleimportance. The ekklesia is thereforebeyond the control of men. The One whoworks with and within the ekklesia is

^always God.

SECULAR USAGE

The word "ekklesia" was used in thesecular Greek to denote a popularassembly, a gathering of people who weresummoned by an announcement tor aspecific purpo'se:

' Originally the word had no religioussignificance. It should be noted, though,that the announcement to assenjle wasalways made by a man who was the headofthe assembly and to whom power hadbeen given by the assembly to make suchan announcement; and the announcementthus made was made only to members.

The ekklesia in the New Testamentrepresents the assembling of people whoare called by God. That is why we havealways the qualifying words of Godafter ekklesia. Whereas in the secularassembly it is man who summons othermen in the elcklcsia people assemblebecause God has c.alled them to assemble.To the ekklesia belong all those who are

His, though in fact the sunimons is to all.

Agaip in contrast. to the secularassei^fii^, ;t;^S3is not a ^qh^ntitative tema:it is qualitative. The size of the ekklesiais of no account. It is in being when Godcalls them, together, even if only two orthree are there. (Mt. 18:20).

Where then is the place to speak inlofty terms about the size of the congrega-^tion or of the largeness of its budget, or ofits various programmes and activities ?We have emphasized these external non-essential aspects of the ekklesia so miichand so long that we have lost sight of thetrue nature of the ekklesia: It is God inChrist who causes iren to assemble. Whatthese assembled men do representsonly anexpression of their gratitude to God inChrist.

A CALLING OUT

The summons to gather together implies that those who respond must comeout from where they are. The New Testament describes this coming out as comingout of the world.

. It is Christ who summons men out ofthe world. This is the supreme claim ofthe ekklesia.

God's call involves renunciation andservice. Abraham, the ;father of all thefaithful all around the world, had to leaveall that he considered dear in order toobey the call. Jesns said. You cannotlove God and mammon. The call tofollow Jesus demands a radical decisionfrom all those who respond. The call tobe the ekklesia is a call to renounce theworld.

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Noting these i.ehnnges,!; their! .-viegetarr;(t MadrAscjoq >^receipt'<'bP -^^e' f4nf5rftthti*dW.^ «='hen iiKHshhai1iPIHuii^i .=nhd''hi^^ 'frifehdi •^•

i aV ' ' i . u-^ (n il'V ' lN»nedi<dfnthdirvMfninen'{ itrrivajl' t^fch^ib• -H ^ Pillar' \yas">-: rijans were immediat'ely seotched. "JB^ptishi^ ^joined by.ianoihcr .old.'friend from*.indeed very costly "• xntpcismhome town, and he calls ihisiman i -'.I . .fi.-ir i .j::! j. )/

'Sih.'f.'RfH:,. ! ::KHmHa'!piiikrM^;'"m" '"ii; ill' " 'riw l",. 'i"ji.jaU 1" H'' aWtfi tttlrifoMed'HU chi'ploibk.attiut''',Jn. 'M'OIPR 1is dfciskm to be baptized. At, tba time,

«^,«W-.Br®9-,b?ercival, was about to corifi™ SmasCher. Krishna I'lllaitiesitaied, however, sbcqpfl .Pandit,,.ip ..the Presidency,..iHiah.,because.Jic_kncw.ahat„bapusm_ivaidd—School; bdt now be was afraid tSt ifinvolve a greater trial than what ihcv he did kW liiwotiliTS; acenf' .Sfsbwing<Kpcctcd;. ..NeverlhIoss ilheyr.agreedi th.4' favouritism to a new codvS-t. Thus he?they should he baptised; is6on,mUn- eausciofhiii.hitptismh.Krisliiliai'Piilfti. WAsl

^65-°f"..=P«>n.".ion'he clese.^lLoid. "•• '' ' • ' ' I^^ishha Pillai assured T'ei^Civ'Al' t^^

Krishna Pijiai' ddpa [iq ;<jomiperj,. tpi /w Madras seeking a positionMadras was that he could be baptized. ;„V vawithbbt mubh'prfible'm.-'HisahtcWtihh'vva^l t ' -^.'V i"'that after obtain ng.al better; (^playmeati 1.i,'' his n^ib'c. Itc^oldhe would al o bring his family to settle ,^J •- -l?jfthcnG;^uiThp p^oblem^wasii •irhc'aC^iepled'' ,i,_ ^ F? ^Syft"^^l!W''».^tpfl.,,.tih«ata better positiqn, peoplq. would allrge , _ c no further trouble on histhi^miaS becbiPra^bis^^^ part.;iri.it . ..1 -.hui ... nnu A

•••ii • t .:• ! Yr -ii^; lb. •> .1

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Krishna Pillai has written ; >t ' i •

I trusted the holy feet of the Eord'Christalone as tny life support ..On thatvery day, the old signs on my foreheadwere cleared off. The laws of caste which*had bound me for a long time snapped.

Krishna Pillai was quite aware that itwas the beginning ofa long journey atthd'eri^ of, t^ich lie would receive thecrown oflife. Again he >vrote,

In this way the Holy Arm of the Oimni-potent: One cut off all the obstacles.;.,which had qccured here and there, and

•nudging mc off the broad way brought meto the flash of the Light of Life in the

• gateway to the'Narrow Way. 4 '*0 I V•• . • • , i

S On April 18, 1858, at the age of 30,Krishna Pillai was baptised at ^c Myla-pore Church in Madras. At his baptismjhe added the names Henry Alfred to hisname and fr;pm that time he was popularlyknown, as H, A. Krishna Pillai. What aday of rejoicing it musthavebeen,for him.The angels also rejoiced.

At a la^er time, Krishna Pillai recorded the blessed event of his baptism inpoetry in his book, "The JoyofSalvation."

By birth I was a zealous worshipperof Vishnu

For thirty years I was caught in thehire of the world and roam6d inutter darkness.

I did dark sinful deeds and yielded towicked longings.

Filled with disgrace, I was spirituallypoor. '

Thou has brought me under thyflowing feet. '

Thou hast marked me and watched overme these many years. '

A man of little intelligence, I do notnallse all this fully.

ABC? of theD stands for the

DEITY OF CHRIST

It' is not enough, as some people,suppose, to believe, merely that Jesus wasa good man and a good teapher. Thetrue Christian believer must also believethat Jesus is Divine, the only begottenSon of God.

For many, like Mahatma Gandhi, thisis the most difficult and unbelievable precept of Christianity. Millions are preparedto accept just about every other teachingof Christianity except this one.

First of all, is it reasonable, in thisscientific age, to believe in tne incarnation,that isj God becoming flesh ? •

Yes, it is most logical, once you haveaccepted the basic truth that "God is, andthat he is a rewarder of them that seekafter him." (Heb. 11:6) .

Remember, wc said in the beginningof this series of articles on the ABCs ofthe. Christian Faith, that A stood forALMIGHTY GOD. tjntil one believesthat there Ls a God and that He is

My sin of ingratitude has never,never left me.

Seated on God's right hand, thou artever pleading for those who seekthy grace.

Thou art a cloud of mercy.

Thou alone art God of the whole world.

Thou Lord Jesus Christ.

{Poetry translated by Dr. A J. Appasany)

From next month: The Conveisaion ofthe Poct't, Wife.

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CHRISTIAN faithi-- !, -.1 :

Ralph R* Harteir

Almighty, there is no value in going ahyfurther and deliberating on any otherquestion. If you do not believe in theomnipotence of- God, then 'you can stopreading this article right now.

For those who believe that God is,that He rewards those who seek after

him, Christ provides the most logicalanswers to all of our questions, such as.Why, did God create us ? What is thepurpose of our life ? What does God Wantof us ?

The truth in Christ Jesus is that Godis love. He created us that He mightmanifest His love to us as a father to hissons and daughters. In orderthat wemighthave a perfect example to lead us to perfection, God cameto the planet' Earth inthe form of the man Jesus Christ, Thissame Jesus Christ became the sinless andspotless sacrifice for our siris when Hedied upon the cioss; then He rose fiomthe dead on the third day to give us allvictory over death.

. The work of salvation which Jesusaccomplished could only have been doneby God becoming fleSh. There is noother way it could have been done Thatis why only Christ has the answer to life'sriddles. Great teachers have come andgone in the world and they have broughtmany blessings to mankind; but God became flesh only once and that inJesusChrist. "And in none other is theresalvation: for neither" is there any othername under heaven that i.«! •given amongmen wherein we must be saved."Acts 4:12.

Did Jesus him.sclf teach this ? Hemost certainly did. Listen to Him.

I am the way, and the truth, and thelife; no one Cometh unto the Father but byme. If ye had known me, ye would huveknown my Father also: from henceforthye know him and have seen himHe that hath seen me hath seeii 'the- that I amin the Father and theFather isme' TheWords that I say unto you, I spekk notfrom myself but the Father abiding in medoeth his works. Believe me that I amin the Father and the Father in me: or

John works' sake^"^ It was because ofChrist's claim to bedivine that he was slain on the cross. AllHe needed to have done to save himselffrom the agony of that execution was tohave denied His divinity. As it is written.

"i^d the high priest said unto him,I adjure thee by the living God thatthou tell us whether thou art the Christthe Son of God. Jesus saith unto him,

ihou hast said: neverthless I say untbyou, Henceforth ye shall see the .Son ofman sitting at the right hand of Powerand coming on the clouds of heaven1hen the high priest rent his garments!saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: whatthink ye? They, answered and said Heis wor% ofdeath." Mt. 26:63-66. *

^No other sane man ever made suchclaims about himself. Neither Muhammednor the Buddha, nor Confucius, norMahatma Gandhi, nor any other religiousteacher.

Was Jesus then insane orWas theresome misunderstanding on hispait? or

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was He deliberately, tryir^ to pus^e^ tl^people ? Deceivers are ^uall)| noJ| p^-•pared to preserve their 'deceit oy oyingfor it.

The perfection ofJesus' life and teachings, together with the type of miracles

^ble jthftt'Jesu^•i'ti{in''i 7(/i (iv/ui!

wronj W" ^flrf rrpn "•rrni r-.ni.'—n-

.^besprt of things^if uie Gbspe^ books were>^ctipp,i,i^

'h< .The nitiin'difFer.bnceMt<vbeh'tlie birth

son.

Creator of the Universe, who createdman frbm the dfist oftithevgrouhd,-'coulda'so,arrange for >a virgin to ibring forth' a

Marthew Wrote; "N^ow thd birtH ofJesu.s Christ was on this wiic: When hismother Marv had beeri betrothed to

, j^forc^jh^ scaihe^glfouiip witj?Ghi|[i of|th^^i4ly _

And Josepli her liusband being a righteous man, and not willing to make her

® ?° p"'away privfly. Hut when ne thought onthese things, behold, an angel of the Lord

. J. 7(1 nvA)i:>t ,jW!\%/iSi9Qn9eix?d!in. >jher.is>of:>the;Holy'!^3me>ffi:sjili'i^ ,to\. tjiis Spirit. Arid/sfee^^llbrins ;foWh.a! sonj

wfis.nmt and thou shalt call his name TESUS: for

call his name Immanuel; which is biding. . ... .. , iVyhh>iR-i ,?And .Jbseph

"stories" would be highly ' exaggerated .^ose^ frrpp hjis-sleep, daccQunt^s,i.-wh|cli,{;$h9?ea,^r^.d siThe 0^1% iandiirtook2ccoimlx.are()3a9k^^^ 8ji?Ji4;iievidehte ^upfo liiml^^ .wjft,^a^ld,.kp9vy.;;h^lnotatill

' uritq.tbe, . .. .....i.i Hpp>y

ande Holy.^pqit slvvll;cpmcihc power of the Most

;ljig|i iShall; Qvef-shatdovv(>thce!-''wh^i^efoie

ia that!Chrisf! >wafe' rtbt' begottjen'' 'tKrotf^ cqlM >the Soh- 61 Godj.<Lk. fsracaal intercourse. ™ '' 'itfefiUqf ip\ift}i;/to vbexano c itt u i e b jppt spippthipg. (which ibeileverS' ran-aidGfept

.th.ey jw^aptf to^ (pnd-! irejcct)vifitiidoesinqtplej3i§.Qci)heni(. ;Thgi dPfitrine^of the! VirginBirt^i ;is ipexti iqa))ly, >bourid^ rip:. \iithitheclocpine pfjthe-Dc'ity.;ofiCIhtifitf.you canhdthave one, withfiuti thQl.other;; ;(N6e: canyou have the drtrtripQ•.oC ilid sinless sacrifice of Christ, without ithcrdodtrini;./of theDeity of Chri (t. Thus these are^hiltessential tenets of the,, Chris lian faith.. ;•\

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FroTm the Hebron h^essenger of Hyderabad

LIVING WATERby Rustum Zstl

The harsh rays of the noonday sunbeat down mercilessly on the parchedground as the weary Traveller paused atJacpbjsr well in Samariia; Another j^Isowended her way to that well to drawwater for the day's needs. She had waiteduntil the time when she knew she wouldbe alone, for she could not bear the sidelong glances and sharp tongues of theother women in the community. Also herconscience made her ashamed to face-people in public.

Despondently approaching the wellshe was disappointed to find someonethere. She would have turned away butfor the gentle invitation from the lips ofOne Whotn she instinctively recognisedwas different, else He, a Rabbi, wouldnot have spoken to her. She further marvelled at His'words, ^^Give'me to drink"(John 4:7).

The Lord Jesus Christ in His puritywas confronting the Samaritan harlot inher impurity. Deity personified faced sinincarnate. There was no rebuke, onlyan urgent request for the satisfaction of ahuman need.

Too startled to comprehend, the woman fell back on a known gi-ievance.Prejudice forbade/Jews to mingle withSamaritans. The Talmud forbade aRabbi to spe.ak to a woman, much less aSamaritan woman. She questioned there-,

-lore. is it that Than, being a Jeu\askclh drink of me, which am a woman ofSamaria (John 4:9). Patiently theLord Jesus explained. ^'Jf ihou knewestthe gift of God, and who it ts that sailh tothee. Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have

askedof Him, and he would have given theeliving water" (John 4:10).

The Lord Jesus Christ was speakingof more than a physical need. In themost courteous and loving way the Lordasked the woman to call her husband.When she shamefacedly admitted she hadno husband, the Lord reminded her thatshe had been involved with five lovers,and the man with whom she was nowliving was not her husband. Her truecondition was revealed, human sinfulnessconfronted God's holiness. There wasno condemnation however. Only an offerof cleansing forgiveness. Divine lovecould triumph over vilest evil because theLord Jesus Christ has "'borne ourgriefs andcarried our sorrows" (Isaiah 53:4). Brushingaway the intellectual and theologicalarguments of the convicted woman theLbrd spoke to her in definite terms aboutGod's loving need of her, saying : "God isa Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" {John4:24),

The Bible tells-us^ "Eye hath not seen,nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heartof man, the things which God hath preparedfor them that love Him. But God hath revealedthem unto us by His Spirit for the spiric sear-cheth all things,yea, the deep things of God"(I Corinthians 2:9-10). God's truths canonly be comprehend d by those who arespiritually alive and living in the realityof a personal union with God. This intimate relationship is available to allthose who will truly face themselves andtheir sinfulness, and come to Him repenting of sin and appropriating the vicarioussacrifice of tlte Lord Jesus Christ for theirsins. The Bible tells us that God has

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life and you will experience >vha:t the LordJesus Christ^promised: 'fhe water that Ishallgipe hirri shall' be in hiih a well of water^pringihg iip^intd ev^lastiAg life" (John4:14).

made the LordJesus Christ "/o be sinforus, ivho knew no^sip, that we migfit be madethe righteousness ofGod Him" ;^(II Qbrin-thians 5:21). ' "

The Lord Jesus Christ stated, "I anithe way, the truth, and the life: no manCometh unto the Father but by me"(John 14:4), Unlike other philosophersand teachers, the Lord Jesus Christ doesnot merely show the way, He is tlie way.He could in,vite the sinning woman atthe >yell to pi^ange her v:pys because Hewas able to take away her sin,and. to giveher a new nature of holiness toward God,if she was willing to receive it. The samegift is offered to you as you thirstily waitto drink pf the human well of ple'6ure,entertainment, philosophyor even religion.You will not be satisfied, for the Lordwarns us; ' Whosoaver drinketh of this watershall thirit again.

The living water, which, the T.ordJesus Christ speaks about, however, is theHoly Spirit Who comes to indwell thebeliever after he is.born again. His funrction is to lead and guide the believerinto all truth, and to glorify the LordJesus Christ (John 16:13-14).

The woman ofSamaria; after speakingto the Lord Jesus, Ift her waterpot,and went her u)dy into the city, and saith tothe men, come, seea man which told me allthings that I ever did; is not this the Christ ?"(John 4:2}J, 2ft, 30). Energised by theHoly Spirit, the Living water, she left allto follow the Lord Jesus Christ, and totell others about Him. Will you not alsodo so, and know the Joy and pe.aee whichHe alone can give ? For He has prpmised,'"'Peace I leave with yon: mypeace J give untoyon: not as the world gipeth, give I untoym.Let nit your heart be troubled, neither let it beafraid"

Accept the Lord Jcius Christ as yourSaviour and make Him the Lord of your

Different from me

Stephen M, Iijima

' tieprintcd from "Bokka"

"Stay far away from the peison ofwhom you think tints." It is believed thatfriendship only blooms in sympatheticfeelings and similar tastes. If .you say"unity", soon the effort is made to discovertilings in common. Because they dependonly on joint ownership, the groups orbodies,made by men are weak and fragile.

The fellowship born of God containsall kind of di^cicnces—a thousand differences, ten thousand distinctions are allright. Christ's Chinch keeps its life precisely because of that.

The conditions ofunity are just whatGod gives—One Lord, One Faith, OneBaptism. In this "way a dear, longed-forIcllowship passes to and fro between completely d.ss.milar onc.s, and forbearance,humility respect and confidence, independence and cooperaiion woiks lively.

When, through Christ, one is able torejoice that a person is different fromh mself then he for the fust time knowswhat friendship ii. Eph. 4.

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Indian News SummaryIndia continues'to move from crisis to

crisis, drought to floods, and strike tostrike, but shortages go on forever.

In his Independence Day message.President-V. V.^ Giri made a fervent pleafor a three-year moratorium on strikes,and lock-outs. Although President Ginoriginally rose to prominence as a labourleader, it remains to be seen if anyonewill listen to his words of advice at thistime.

Rumours spread that the Governmentof India was about to replace hundredrupee notes with a new issue (dcmonet-ization). This would prove disastrous topeople who have more cash than theycould have honestly earned ( blackmoney). As a result ofthe scare,^ peopleran helter-skelter to change their largenotes into small ones. This, of couise,resulted in a shortage of one rupee note^Some people were selling their hundredrupee notes for eighty-five rupees.

The issue of three new coins in thedenominations of20rupees, 10 rupees and50 paise. promises to be of some help.These were inaugurated on lodependenGeDay (August 15th) this year.

The commission which investigatedthe causes of the crash of an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 at New Delhi on May31st, has blamed the commander and theco-pilot for the cra^h. It was not as thedefense argued, ''an inadvcrtant collisionwith the terrain." The two pilots havebeen dismissed from service, andflying licences may be cancelled.Forty-eight persons died, in the crashincluding one of Mrs. Gandhi s cabinetministers.

Following the crash Indian Airlinesmade an intensive efficiency check of

its pilots. As a result, 24 cOmmariderswere taken out of command and asked tofunction as co-pilots.

Weather forecasting in India hasentered the modern age with the commissioning of a third generation IBM computer by the Meteorological' Departmentin New Delhi. From now on, weatherprediction will be completely automated.The computer will also print out thedaily weather charts. .

One of the more famous of Canadianmissionaries to India, Anne CatherineMunro, has died at her home in Hamilton, Ontario, at the age of 84. Being amember of the British Commonwealth,she was able to serve for awhile as arepresentative in the Orissa State Assembly. She worked in India for 43 years.. i

This reminds us of our own Dr. Z. S.Rothermel who is approaching her 91stbirthday at the Mt. Healthy ChristianHome in Cincinnati, Ohio, after servingalmost fifty years in India.

The 13-year-old son of an enginedriver on the North-Eastern Railway,enjoyed (for the time) a joy ride on anengine which he set in motion at Kasganj.He succeeded in driving the engine for50 Kilometers (35 miles) until it came toa gradient which the lad lacked the skillto negotiate. The alert staff of the intervening stations suspended the running ofall trains to prevent any accident We arenot told what happened to the boy afterhe got home.Ten years ago, the bakers of Kanpiir

produced about 2000 loaves of bread aday and its use was restricted mostly tothe-upper and middle classes.- With its"Modern Bakery" however, the Government of India was able to popularisebread loaves aud production increased

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twenty-fold uQtil .40,000 log-ves daywere being baked. Now, due to variousshortages, production has been halved,and • this hasJed to black marketing. Toinsure equitalDle distribution- at set prices,tlie Government is now distributing thebread through 100 selected centers.

Leather items made out of skins ofprotected animals are being seized fromshops under the Wild Life ProtectionAct.,This includes a large variety of itemsmade out of tiger, leopard and pandaskins.

The director of the Institute ofCriminology and Forensic Science haspointed out that during the past tenyears, the crime rate has outstrippedthe rate of population growth. Thepopulation has grown 27.4 per cent butcrime has soared by 57 per cent. Morethan 70 percent of thosearrested are firstoffenders, many of whom are juveniles.

It is expected that by 1976, electrictrains will be running the full length ofthe 429 Kilometer section - betweenMadras and Vijayawada. Such wellknown towns as Ehnore and Gumidipundiare situated on this line.

Beautiful diamonds are still beingfound in the shallow mines near Panna inMadhya Pradesh. A recent find was a five-and-a-half carat piece of rare varietyworth about Rs. 25,000 ($3500),

The American Government has handed over buildings worth $ 6 million to theIndian Government. These were built forthe Ager.cv for International Development (AID). It is reported that theAmerican .anibassador, Daniel PatrickMoynihan, wrote to the American StateDepartment, "AVc might have tried toweasle out but you will need another

. ambassador for such' work..;.".. Let thissad ending be a lesson to the next U. S.administration tempted by an edificcomplex." The maintenance superintend-aht of the buildings has expressed hisdoubts that the new administrators willbe able to properly maintain theproperty.

Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah thinksthat things would have been different forhim had it not been for a' visit of AdlaiStevenson to Kashmir in 1953. Mr.Stevenson had visited Kashmir for a 'couple of days, then had to spend anextra day there due to bad flyingconditions. The extended stay led torumours that Sheikh Abdullah wascollaborating with the Americans to turnKashmir into an "Asian Switzerland"separate from India. In actuality, theSheikh says, he did not discuss the Kashmirissue at all with Mr. Steyenson.

The Agriculture Ministry is planningto bring one million hectares under sunflower cultivation to combat the currentshortage of edible oils. Sunflowerproduction in south India has proven tobe extremely encouraging. Sunflowers canbe grown at any time ofthe year and onecrop grows in about: three months. Theseeds have an oil content of 50% and theoil is easy to extract Use of the oil incooking also reduces the chancesof hearttrouble.

The Union government is formulatingan insurance scheme for railway passengers under which every passenger whodies in a train accident will be paid Rs50,000 (87000) as compensation, nomatter how cheap a ticket he held. Theannouncement does not say but we cangue.ss that the deceased will have topresent an application duly attested.

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Remove Poverty ?

What IS Poverty ?As I passed along the road, I sawa

little girl spread out a length of cloth onthe roadside and lay down on it for hernap. Thi^ I said to myself, is poverty.What else is it ?

Poverty is more than not knowingwhere your next meal is coming from.It is takinghunger forgranted, and neverhaving eaten a proper meal nor drunk atall glass of milk.

Poverty is wearing rags whichhavebeen thrown out as unusable by others.It is having to walk everywhere but neverhaving owned a pair of shoes.

Poverty is shivering to death on awinter night because you have neithera roof over your head nor anything warmto wear.

Poverty is never having had access toa bathroom nor any privacy.

It is following the cows down thestreet and scooping up their droppings assoon as they fall (or as they fall), thendrying them out to make fuel.

Poverty is living in debt to the money-lenders, always paying on the interest

but never able to reduce the principle.

Poverty is not being able to properlydispose ofthe bodies of your dead buthaving to sink them in the river weighteddown with stones.

It is when a child's only toys are thepebbles in the street.

It is more than "not knowing whereyour next book is coming from." It isnever havingspent a day in school eventhough you live in the city.

It is growing to manhood withoutever having had your picture taken.

It is cleaning up the filth of morefortunate persons, then having to uncomplainingly accept whatever pittance(and abuse) they happen to throw yourway.

Poverty is when the only source ofenjoyment available to you is sex.

Sut the soul without Jesus is thepoorest one of all, no matter how muchmoney he has.

—Ralph Harter

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The most important thing about thisissue is the picture of the dog on the frontcover. With one dog guarding things inthe front and me yarding things in theback, you can bet that the contents-in themiddle have got to be good. The hand-sorrie fellow on page one is named Sungi.He is with us for a year while his realowners, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fiol, visitthe U.S.A. I am trying to teach him towrite English but he is slow, very slow.

The pace in bur printcry is slowlystruggling back to,normal,with theaddition to our staff of a south Indian, Mr.Kutappen. - He came to us after finislungrtwo years of training at the Nave Technical Institute, Shahjahanpnr:

The Hindi language magazine JeevanDeep contains many fine aitides. Moreof them.ought to be translatedinto Englishfor the readers of Ghristasian.. The articleby Kalyan Gangradc, a new convert, is agood sample. You will find it on pagetwo.

I thought that I was poor until I readthe article on p.asge fifteen. It is a goodthiiig that the government does notcharge us income tax on God's blessings.

Your glowing friend,LANGRU

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BOW WOWBy Langru the dog

The editor has now brought me tothe Ironi page where I have belonged allthe time. He seems to be getting somesense in his liead now that he has enteredhis fiflieth year.

Take it from one who enjoys using hisincisers, the articles in this issue areincisive: every word counts. Mrs. IvyPaul (page nine) is an old friend of mine,and I sure like the way she says things.

We are missing Brother Gnansikha-mani's usual article about the poetKrishna Pillai and his family but he hashad to give first place to his duties as ahusband, father and student. Still we dohave something from his pen In this issue.

I am sorry to tell you that the dogSungi, whose picture was on the cover ofour last issue, is no more. He seems tohave died of shock after a confrontationwith a dog bigger than himself. I betterbe careful myself.

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I Will Not Fail Thee Nor Forsake Thee

V. Gnanasikhamani P^tge 1

Whither ConvertsThomas Samuel Page 2

The Ekklesia in the WorldS. K. Parmar Page 5

Indian News Summary Page 7

Chosen VesselMrs. Ivy C. Paul Page 9

Power BreakdownRamesh Timotheus Page 11

Mrs. Gnanasikhamani Learns a Le^onPage 12

The ABC's of the Christian FaithRalph R, Harter P^-ge 13

Meditation On HungerMichel Quoist Back Cover

Vol. xvn, No. 6 1973 Kanpur, India

((I WILL NOT FAIL THEE NOR FORSAKE THEE"Joshi^a 1:5

A Sermon Outline by V. Gnanasikbamani

saken us, but he has not.Illus.: Paul in Rome. II Tim.4:16-18.

d. Persecuted but not forsaken.II Cor. 4:9.

Cone.: Through faith and obedience^lay claim to God's promise that He willnever leave you nor forsake you. Heb.13:5.

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Intro.'. Each one of us has had theexperience of being let down and' forsakenby men. God, however, promises us thathe will never fail us nor forske those whobelieve in him. Every born again childof God has a birthright claim on thispromise, and God will always fulfil Hispromise.I Who is it that the Lord does notforsake ?

a. Those who do things according to- His Word. Josh. T.7,&.

b. Those who seek the Lord.Ps. 9:10; Mt. 7:7

c. Those who believe, even whenthey are forsaken by their fathersand mothers. Ps. 27:9-12.

d. The righteoas. Ps. 37:25e. His saints, Ps. 37:20.

II When Does Godforsake ?When we forsake God, then He willalso forsake us. I Chion. 28:9; I Sam.15:17-23; Josh. 1:7-9.

in Times of DoubtIn times of temptation, it sometimesseems that God has forsaken us; yetHe is always near. I Cor. 10:13;Ps. 119:8.

a.Though forsaken for a moment^yet He will gather. Isa. 54:7. iIllustration: An eagle teaching itsyounger ones to fly.bent. 32:11.

b. For the sake of our salvation^ Godforsook His Son for a moment,then raised Him from death to

life, glorv and honour. Mt. 27:46;Ps.22:l;'l6:10.

c. When our friends foi-sake us, itmay seem that God has also lV>r-

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WHITHER CONVERTS?(the missing link in evangelism)

By Thomas SamuelOf Operation Mobilisation, Bangalore

Pulled out from family, loved ones,security, with even their own lives indanger, where shall new converts go? Isthe church of God ready to accept thesetender converts? Can she be involvedwith them? This is a question that wecannot take lightly.

After nearly ten years of extensive travelthroughout India, I am of the opinionthat we evangelicals have to do someserious thinking as to where we areheading in respect to our involvementwith the non-(I3hristian masses of thisland. First of all, do we have enoughfaith to believe that at least a smallpercentage of these millions of Hindusand Muslims will come to know the Lordin this generation?

Seventy-five percent of our evangelicalministry is confined to the Christians.Our church-centered evangelisticcampaigns, fellowship conferences,deeper life meetings, retreats, Bible studyclasses, student outreaches, camps, allcome into this category. How much of thenon-Christian masses are touched by allthese efforts ? There are very few whowant to witness for Christ in the openair, which is where the masses are.

When a Hindu or a Muslim comes toknow the Lord Jesus, he has just beenspiritually born again. He enters anentirely new situation and is "a babe inChrist." The immediate reaction thathe gets from the church is that heis an "unwanted baby," In most cases,

he has lost everything that was dear tohim the moment he turns to Christ. He isseparated from his culture, backgroundand loved ones. "Whither shall he go?"

Most Christians have little or notime for such converts, nor is thechurch ready to receive them. I have seena few landed in the streets because of theirfaith, and others almost at the point ofbreakdown because of the overwhelmingproblems they face. Could the church ofGod have any concern for these<^-

We see that the Apostle Paul carried sucha heavy burden for the young converts.Their care and their growth were a realburden in his life. Colossians 1;9,10 isjustone example where Paul prayedday andnight that they might increase inknowledge and be rooted in His will.

Not all church members canappreciate or understand the childishbehaviour of new converts, loving themand caring for them. To get involvedwiththem is certainly a demanding job andvery often disappointing; but are we togive up and send them ba^? It is easy tosay that God will look after them andthat the Holy Spiritisable to guide them,but how is it that the Holy Spirit hasfailed to guide you when God wants tohelp them through you? The task isquite demanding, but if we are notprepared to pay the price for these whohave come out, then we had better stoppraying for others to come to know the

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Lord. Conversion isonly25%ofthe work:75% is nurturing them afterwards.

It is sad to say that someof thosewhohave steppedout for their faith are bitterand sad as they have found little or nolove from the Christians at large. Willthese encourage others to step out forChrist? It is significant at this time tolisten to the warning of the Lord JesusChrist to the Scribes and Pharisees:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,hypocrites ! for ye compass seaand land to make one proselyte,and when he is made, ye make himtwo fold more the child of hellthan yourselves. Mt. 23:15.

Some churches quickly pick up aconvert and give him baptism, thusputting their own seal on him. Unfortunately, many leave them at this stage anddo not get involved with their personallives and problems. This is a tragicmistake. If such groups and churches arenot willing to pay the price for the caieand growth of converts, they should refrain from giving them the label.

The church is too involved in catering for the over-fed and the "fed up"Christians who have little or no appreciation for Bible studies or fellowship. Eachyear there is a new speaker, a new song,a new church, a new programme and anew report. Can we as evangelicals becontent with this sort of thing ? If so,we are fooling ourselves and there issomething radically wrong in our strategy.

The simple fact is that we are notgetting involved where we should be involved. Involvement does not mean justhaving a part in an organisation orhaving a say in the Church programme.Involvement means involvement withpeople. It is significant that the ApostlePaul was not a member of any missionarysociety, but he was a man totally involvedwith new converts. His burden and

concern was that many might grow inHim.

The troubles we face in India aredifferent from those who come to knowthe Lord in a Christian environment.Anyone who comes to know the Lord ina Christian home is not asked to quithis home, but a Hindu or Muslim whoputs his faith in the Lord is often thrownout of his house. The problem has to befaced in the cultural and religious set-upof the country.

Someone might say, 'The answer liesin planting more New Testament churches and to have a new set-up. Our talkabout planting churches is not so realisticwhen we have no time to follow up thosewho have come to know the Lord andwho, because of their faith, have beenturned out into the streets. Our programme and plans may add a few morelines in our. reports but that is all. Arewe not guilty of playing with words ? Itseems almost eveiy month a new organisation is added in India for Christianwork but fed from abroad.

You who read this article can beginto pray that God will burden our heartsin the care of these and be willing to getinvolved by giving them a loving andhelping hand. Of course there havebeen false coins but yet there are manygenuine ones who need our love and

. concern. Let us pray that God will giveus wisdom and strength that will help usto follow them up in the most holy faith.Pray that our homes and our resourceswill be opened to these who have comeout.

Part of the answer lies in conductingspecial seminars and building them up inthe word of God and adding them to thefellowship of believers as much as possible.These new converts need fellowship,encouragement and feeding from theWord as well as discipline and correction.Who can give them these things ?

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Reprinted from Indian Witness

The Ekklesia in the WorldBy S. K. PARMAR

Dr. Parmar is the Executive Secretary of the Council of Christian Education in the MCSA.

jected Christ andinrejecting Him, judgement has already been passed on it(I John 2:15).

A call to gather together implies thatthose who respond to the call must comeout from where they are. The NewTestament describes this coming out ascoming out of the world.

It is Christ who summons men out ofthe world. This, in fact is the supremeclaim of the ekklesia.

God's call, therefore, involves renunciation and service. Abraham, the fatherof all the faithful all round the world,had to leave all that he considered dearto him to obey the call. Jesus said youcannot serve God and mammon. Thecall to follow Jesus demands a radicaldecision from all who respond. The callto be the ekklesia is a call to renounce theworld.

Meaning of *The World'

In the New Testament, "the world"is described as standing under the powerof the rulers of this world. Because of sin,the world has become the fallen creation.As such it stands over against God. Thewisdom of this world is foolishness to God(I Cor. 1:20); God's standards of assessingmen are different from those of the world(I Cor. 1:26); because of sin, the world isstained and stands under condemnation;the power of darkness rules the world(Col. 11:3); the world is the epitome ofthe unredeemed creation and as such isat enmity with God. The world has re-

Like everything else that is created,the world has only limited duration.Transitoriness is the very essence of thisworld. It has an end. The things thatare seen are temporal. They are timebound and will die, decay and will be nomore (2 Cor. 4:18). HeaVen and earth,the old order ofcreation,' will pass awayfor they are perishable. (2 Peter 3-10-IJohn 2:17; Rev. 21:1). ^

Opposite to the World

Over against this world stands theekklesia. It does not belong to the world.Those who are in the ekklesia, therefore*no longer belong to the world. Theyhave come out of it and as such are nomore of the world.

St. Paul describes this, beautifully inthe second chapter of Ephesians. To bein the world means to be under the powerthat works for disobedience, to live in thelusts of the flesh, doing the desire of theflesh and the mind; to be under wrath;to be dead through trespasses; to beseparatefrom Christ; to be stran ers fromthecovenant of promise; to be withouthope and without God.

On the other hand, to be out oftheworld and in the ekklesia is to be loved

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by God, to be raised up from death to situp with Christ in the heavenly places-and to have access unto the Father.^ Tobe in the ekklesia is to be a fellow-citizenwith the saints and to belong to the household of God.

Sphere of Operations

Although the ekklesia does not belongto the world, and though it stands overagainst the world, the world is neverthe-le^,s the sphere ofthe ekklesia's operation.This world is the theatre of salvationhistory The birth, death and resurrectionofJesus Ghrht are historical events onth^ earth as the beginning of salvationhistory. Those who belong to Christ,thos2 who are in the ekklesia, are in theworld in the same way as Christ was inthis world in his day; but they do notbelong to the world, even as Christ didnot belong to the world during the daysof his flesh.

The ekklesia performs her ministry inthe world as Christ did. Thus the ekklesiain a very significant way represents thecontinuance of the salvation work ofChrist. It represents the reign of Godfor He is the Lord of Ekklesia in a veryreal way. The ekklesia is therefore thesymbol of the age to come. The ekklesiais the earnest given to the world that thewhole world will be redeemed to becomethe Kingdom of God.

Responsibilities

The responsibility to carry on thework of Christ rests on the ekklesia. God'scalling is not only to renounce the worldbut also to serve the world. It is a callingto diakonia-service saturated with agape

(love). The ekklesia must continue herservice until the whole world becomesthe Kingdom of God; until the newheaven and new earth come into being.Inasmuch as the task is of such immenseproportion and the responsibility so tremendous, the ekklesia has the promise thatChrist is with her even unto the end ofthe world (Mt. 28: 19, 20).

The ekklesia stands over against thewhole world including the religious world.It is against all cults and leiigions. Sheobeys God rather than men. The ekklesiamakes an absolute claim on all men.

The ekklesia always faces thetemptation to become one cult among themany cults. But the ekklesia has toconstantly affirpi that it represents thatform ofsociety which is the only genuineform namely the Kingdom of God. Thisis the supreme claim of the ekklesia andshe must remain faithful to it at all costs.

To be the ekklesia in the world is notan easy task, it is not to be equated withSunday worship, tithing or, getting immersed in the activities of the church. Thecall to be the ekklesia is to be manifestedin the world. It means nothing less thanto follow Christ, to tread in His foot stopseven to Calvary.

Christ continuously calls men out ofthe world to be with Him in the ekklesiaand continuously puts them back into theworld so that He may be with them.One whom Christ has called into theekklesia, him the world cannot claim nordeath have any power over him. Theworld and hell cannot prevail against theekklesia.

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Indian New/s SummarifThe rise in the price of Arabian oil

has had a very damaging effect on India'seconomy. Because ol the drain on India'sforeign exchange, some plan had to beevolved to cut down on oil consumptionin the country. Consequently it wasdecided to more thantdojable the prjr.e of

tJvernight, scooters, which Mrs. Gandhihad recently declared to be a necessity^once again became a luxury. Orders fornew cars were cancelled and the sale ofcycles increased.

The rise in petrol prices sparked offanother spiral of inflation. Taxi, busand riksha fares went up immediately.

Mrs. Gandhi, in a step which sheinsisted was not a publicity stunt, rode towork in a buggy. It turned out, however,that for security reasons this was reallynot a very practical measure. Someofficials now ride to their officesbicycles. • >

highon

Another thing which is^^ffi^rsteipstevery Indian home is tfegu epidemi^It can be aborted in its^^^IySl^es by^aspirin, rest and a light diet. Ifit startsto get out of hand, see your doctorimmediatelv. More than 6,0% of theresidents of Kanpur have already had it&nd' it is still going around.

The political crisis in the state ofUttar Pradesh has been resolved by theformer Chief Minister, Kamlapati Tripa-thi joining Mrs. Gandhi's cabinet in NewDelhi and becoming .Minister for Transport and Shipping. The new ChiefMinister of Uttar Pradesh is Mr. H. N.Bahuguna former Communications Minister in the Union cabinet. Althou.gh Mr.

Bahuguna's name means "many sins,"thestate's citizens are anticipating a cleanand efficient adniinistration. Mr. Bahuguna may also be one of the answers tothe question, "After Mrs. Gandhi, who ?"

Miss Suniitra Desai^ who disappearedfrom Bangalore in May under mysteriouscircumstances, finally • surfaced nearIndore in November. Because Miss Desaihadstayed inhis house shortly before herdisappearance, Mr. R. D. Kittur,. a stateminister ofKarnataka (Mysore) had beenforced to resign. Miss Desai has nowsaid that Mr. Kittur had nothing to dowith her disappearance. The impressionof newspaper readers is that whereverMiss Desai happens to be, she is not "allthere."

Which reminds me of a conversationI recently had in the Visitors' Lounge ofDelhi's International Airport. There wasonly one man sitting at the refreshment counter and I asked him for a softdrink, "I am not here," he said: "Someone else is here." What he meant was

vthat he was not in charge of the refi-esh-"mentstand. The world would be better,though, if the people who were "there"were really there.

The Government of India hasprohibited the sale and distribution of theNovember 5th issue of the American newsmagazine TIME. It was felt than anarticle entitled "Abraham's Children,"and accompanying photographs, werehurtful to the sentiments of Muslims.

India is nowadays exporting ready-made clothing at the rate of over 100,OCOrpieces a day. America and Europe havebecome chief buyers of Indian garments.

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The major publishers of the countryhave cut down their winter printingschedules by half due to the sl^nlaiy of

^^ooks which were aVanaHelastfor Rs. 20 are now priced at Rs. 45.

The prices of paperbacks have alsoincreased by 50%. White printing paperwhich was selling for Rs. 2500 a ton atthe beginning of the year is now sellingfor Rs. 3750 per ton and is still rising.

Three persons who were arrested in1969 at Bombay as suspects in a gold andjewel theft have nowbeen discharged bya Bombay court. After four years it was^decided that there was "no sufficientevidence to institute criminal proceedingsagainst the accused."

Although Chewing Gumisnot popularIndia, a firm in Hyderabad is now

exporting the product to Czechoslovakiaand Nigeria. The Philippine NationalRailway has placed a twenty millionrupees order for three tier sleeper coachesto be manufactured by the Integral CoachFactory in Madras.

modernized by the pressing into serviceof 100 motor cycles fitted with wirelesssets. Three hundred walkie-talkies havealso been supplied.

Raghubir Singh, who left India fiveyears ago on a cycling tour of the world,has returned home after cycling over93,000 miles through 108 countries.He also found time to further his edu-tion at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

During the past three years, the exportof monkeys from India to foreigncountrieshas decreased from 53,000 to 30,000 andnow to 25,000. The foreign exchangeearnings of monkies has also decreasedfrom 3.8 million rupees to 1.8 million.

One hundred blind men have held ademonstration in Bombay in support oftheir demand for higher wages. Theyare employed in the workshop mn by theNational Association for the Blind. Besidesdemanding an increase in their wagesfrom Rs. 65 ($9) to Rs. 100 (312) amonth, they also protested against thebeating of one of their colleagues by anofficer of the workshop.

China has agreed to help Nepal withthe installation and operation of trolleybusses in the capital city of Kathmandu.To begin with the busses will carry about15,000 passengers a day.

The Delhi police force has been

India's Supremfe Court has upheld theconstitutional validity ofment for certain heinous crimes.

^..Atoung nation not onlybecaiwe"she i^ only t\j^^y;six oldbut also because voutK" comprise the

,majpjdty,Jjf the Incfiarr~popuiation. Arecent survey has shown that three out

of five (60%) of the population are under25 and 40% are under 15. During thepast twenty years the number of school;

..going chil^en has increased from 21million to W"million.

Whatever happened to Fredrika, former Queen Mother of Greece and powerbehind the throne, now fallen ? She isenrolled in the University of Madrasstudying Hindu philosophy of which sheis an enthusiastic adherent.

Continued progress on Indian railwaysis indicated in the new time table whichcame into force on November 1st. Fromthat date, 148 trains, including 53 Mailand express trains, have been speeded up.One new long distance train with allIlird Class accomodation has been addedto connect Delhi with north Bihar.More and more trains are being dieselis-ed. Not only does dieselisation facilitatea cleaner and faster trip but it alsoallows the addition of at least four morecoaches to the trains.

CORRECTION ? One of the newspapers .now tells us that the name Babucama^ ^TTi>>ang virfnes instftad of many sins.The confusion is due to the similarity inthe spelling of the two Hindi words.

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CHOSEN VESSELBy Mrs. Ivy C. Paul

One day while my husband was payinga bill and I was waiting outside, Ienjoyed watching some beggar childrenplaying an interesting game. They wereall between five and seven years old.

Among them wasa very charming boyof about six whose only clothing was atorn rag hanging around his waist.Noticing tliat I was paying ^more attention to him than to the others, he camerunning to me and complained, "Ma,look, theyhavethrown away mytin cup."

"Come along andone," I told him.

I will buy a new

Pert came the answer, "I would ratherhave my old one. It is very precious andfetches all varieties of food for me." Immediately after saying this, he was goneplaying again, entirely unconscious of thecute remark he had made; but it provoked my thoughts.

This boy and his love for his tin cupleft a deep impression in my mind whichkept me thinking through the night. Itreminded me that Jesus called the apostlePaul his "chosen vessel," Acts 9:15. Iwanted to know more about being God'schosen vessel.

The tin cup was the chosen vessel ofthe beggar child, and the ApostlePaul wasthe chosen vessel ofour Lord Jesus Christ.Jesussaid to Ananias of Damascus, "Gothy way: for he is a chosen vessel untome to bear my name before the Gentilesand kings and the children of Israel."

Both of the vessels (that of thebeggar child's and that of God's)were precious to their owners. The tin

cup brought all varieties of food to theboy: sweet and sour, ordinary and rich,even rotten food. Paul fetched varietiesof souls for His Lord: rich, poor, common,rulers, heathen, consecrated, diseased, anddoctors.

I told the beggar boy that if he wouldcome and live with us, I would buy hima new and pretty vessel, good clothes andmany toys. Satan is also anxious tochange us into something different andhe is much more generous to us than Iwas with the beggar boy. If we will onlyfollow him blindly and obey his wishes,he offers us all sorts of luxurious things:cars, the best furniture, influential friends,clubs, dances, parties and social fiinctions.You cannot now refuse the drinks sograciously offered to you.

With Satan's help^ success and prosperity come quickly as you learn to movein society. You and your generous friendsare extremely happy. Satan, highly pleased, offers you more luxury and comfort.He pats you on the back and says, "Youare doing fine: go ahead, you needn'tworry."

But, oh so soon you complete the raceand reach the end of the road. Now yousay, "But what is this ? It is all dark.I have fallen in the ditch and have fractured my limbs. I cannot arise". Youstart screaming to your friends, "Give meyour helping hand, pull me up; but thereis no sign of your friends. Even Satanhas left you alone in the darkness tosuffer.

Now you realize that the race youran was different from the one that the

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apostle Paul had in mind. Yoii^ wantedto run such a race as Paul described butyou ended up somewhere else. Paul'srace leads to everlasting life but you haverun to darkness and death.

You are sorry to learn that there is nofriend to help you. You never noticedthe One who was standing by the roadwith hands outstretched and tears rollingdown his eyes. While you ran past Hm,you never heard His loving voice callingout to you, "Come back, my son, and letme bear your burden. Let me suffer foryou. Hide in me."

There is still a chance for you. Liftup both yourhands and cry aloud, "DearLord, save me for I am a great sinner."Believe it or not, before you finish yourprayer. He will lift you up and blessyou.

Jesus said, "This ismy chosen vessel."The Lord chose a vessel for himself.

What kind of vessels do we select forourselves ? There are vessels of all types:good, ordinary, cheap and. costly. Thereare some vessels. that you would neverwant to keep among your costly china-ware. Even then you may still prefer touse these less attractive vessels for thepreparation of some special dish.

Before his conversion, Paul (or Saul,as he was then called), was considered tobe most unworthy by the Christian community. They would never have riskedtheir lives by trying to mix with him.Yet Christ chose that vessel which hadbeen discarded by Christians for he knewthat countless souls would be won thrf)ughhim.

But did Jesus use that dirty vessel(Saul) as it was ? No, Jesus scrubbed and

•cleaned it just as we do a new vessel when

wc bring it home from the market. Jesuscleansed him with His blood and calledhim Paul.

Paul was baptized in the name ofJesus Christ and received the gift of theHoly Spirit. His ''old man" was discardedand he was dressed in the new clothes ofmeekness, sacrifice and sufferings forChrist. His old .clothes of hatred, cruelty,murder and pride were thrown away.

Paul was dear to God and he livedwith him and in him. Paul was now onmarch to win battles for Christ. He tiedhis belt with the word of God, and carriedthe sword of His power and glory. Paulno longer acted according to his owndesires but He was led by the Holy Spirit•"So they being sent forth by the HolySpirit departed unto Seleucia." (Acts13:14).

UNIMPORTANT NOTICE

Your editor says, I am planning tovisit the U. S. A. about a year front now.If I can be useful in the Lord's serviceanywhere between India and the U.S.A.during October, 1974, I would like tohear about it. I should be available forspeaking engagements in .the U. S. A.after November 1st, 1974. The Lordwilling, I will be available to serve insummer camps during the siunmer of1974. When a choice must be made,preference is always given to old friends."

Ralph Harter

In this regard you may write toRalph Harter, 2A/415, Azadnagar'Kanpur, U. P., 208-002, India.

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Translatedfrom ShighraHindi Language Publication of New Delhi

POWER BREAKDOWNBy—Famesh Timotheus

"What's the matter, Suresh? Lightsoff?" Prem asked as he entered hisfriend's house and found him reading bycandlelight.

"Yeh, there's been a power breakdown," Suresh answered. "There aremany difficulties nowadays, especiallywhen we cannot use our fans. It seemsthere a,re shortages of everything, such aswheat, houses, electricity etc."

"Even then, life is not so bad, Suresh.Don't forget that our grand- fathers gotalong ah ight without the things we consider so important today. They did nothave fans or electric lights but theysurvived to an old age without them."

"That's all very true," Sureshfrowned. "We have become habituatedto these things and so we suffer when wecan't get them. There are countlessvillages that still don't have electricity."

"That' right, Suresh; and wheneverour electricity is shut off we still havemuch to be thankful for."

"I remember that when I used togo visit my grandfather, there wasn'tany electricity in his village. When anearby village was electrified, all the oldpeople from my grandfather's villagewent over to see this strange lamp thatburned without any oil. They say that oneold villager bought a light bulb and tookit home with him. He hung it up in hishouse thinking that he would also makeuse of this new electric power."

"You mean to say that this man hungup the bulb without having any electricwire?" Prem asked laughing.

"Yes. How was the poor old man tounderstand the principle of electricity?He thought he had hung up the bulb inthe same way he had seen it in the othervillage."

"In one way that man was not spfoolish because many people are doingthe same kind of thing every day."

"What are you trying to tell me,Prem? I have never seen anyone hopingfor electricity without an electricconnection."

"Sure, but the world is full of peoplewho are searching for light and powerbut who are not connected to the source."

"Prem, I don't understand you atall" Suresh said puzzled.

"Suresh, God is the source of lightand power, and man has becomeseparated from God, that is, cut off fromthe source. Man is trying by his ownefforts to obtain all of those things whichcan only be obtained when he has aconnection with God who alone is thesource of every good and perfect gift."

"Now I am beginning to understandyour meaning; but what comparison isthere between people searching for truthand the old man who hung up a lightbulb when he had no electric wiring?"

"Suresh, in this world there are manyphilosophies, faiths and superstitionswhich are like bulbs without electricalconnections It may look as though theyare correctly affixed but actually it is onlva useless decoration. It keeps peopleseparated fiom the source of power with

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the result that they continue to grope inthe darkness."

"But how can we be sure of a properconnection, that is, how can we comeinto a true relationship with God?"

"This is a very good question, Suresh.The Bible tells us that it is sin whichseparates man from God, When our sinsare truly washed away, only then do wehave a true relationship with God. JesusChrist became man, suffered on the crossand rose from the dead that He mightbring us into a marvellous relationshipwith the living God, 'Because Christ alsosuffered for sins once, the righteous forthe unrighteous, that he might bring usto God; being put to death in the flesh,but made alive in the spirit." I Pet. 3:18.

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Mrs. V. Gnansikhamani (Ruth) has discovered the secret of the power of pr iiseand thankfulness. Her letter on the subjectis clear enough:

Dear Uncle,

Greetings to you in the sweet name ofof our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

I had a fracture of my right foot lastmonth but now I am much better byGod's grace. The plaster cast hasbeen removed and now I am walking. Iwill be going for duty on Monday, Godwilling." When I walk I get a slight painand swelling. Please pray for me.

While I was bedfast, I read yourbook. (What Kind of a Person Should IBe?). Uncle, your book was very helpfulto me. One of the statements I appreciatedmost was, 'If you feel that all ten plaguesare upon you, you still have Jesus Christ.

If you do not have Jesus Christ, thenyour case really is hopeless." (Thechapter on Thankfulness.)

I had been much worried about mysickness. My baby daughter was alsosuffering from severe diarrhea. I waspraying to God to give me strength tobear everything. God was reallywonderful to me and heard my prayer.Praise God for that. When I started topraise God for the sickness, I got the realpeace in my heart. In the beginning Ifound it difficult to praise God, and thenI realized that I must praise God foreverything.

My husband is very busy in submitting his thesis. He has to submit histhesis by December. Please especially prayfor his studies.

With lots of love and prayei-s.

Your loving daughter in Christ,Ruth Gnansikhamani

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ABC's of the Christian FaithRalph R. Harter

stands for

EVANGELISM

The efforts Christians make to turnnon-Christians into Christians his alwaysbeen resented by the non-Christiancommunity. This resent- ment has inturn, made the Christions shy becausethey want to please everyone and live inpeace with all men. .

This predicament was faced by theearly believers and apostles:

And as they spake unto the people, thepriests and the captain of the temple and theSadducees came upon them, being sore troubled because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from thedead. And they laid hands on them and putthem in ward unto the morrow: for it was noweventide And they called them, andcharged them not to speak at all not teach inthe name ofJesus;

Acts 4:1-3,18

How did the apostles react to thisintimidation and warning ? Did theygrow shy and bashful and from henceforthlimit their ministry to those who werealready Christians ?

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight ofGod to hearken unto you rather than untoGod, judge ye: for we cannot but speak thethings which we saw and heard. vs. 19,20.

We notice that their boldness wasbased on two things (I) Their knowledgeof the facts, and (2) Their determinationto follow God rather than man. A thirdreason expressed in Acts 3:19 and 4:12,was their love for tlieir fellow men andtheir desire to see them saved from theirsins.

Repent ye therefore and turn again thatyour sins may be blotted out, that so there

may come seasons of refreshing from thepresence of the Lord And in none otheris there salvation: for neither is there anyother name under heaven, that is givenamong men wherein we must be saved.

Their Xnowledge

The apostles had a "sort of" advantage over us in that they witnessed tofacts which they knew first-hand.

That which was from the beginning, thatwhich we have heard, that which we beheld,and our hands handled, concerning theWord of life (and the life was manifested andwe have seen, and bear witness, and declareunto you the life, the eternal life, which waswith the Father, and was manifested untous); that which we have seen and hearddeclare we unto you also, that ye also mayhave fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father and with his SonJesus Christ." I Jn. 1:1-3

According to traditional accounts, theapostles paid dearly for this advantage.All except John are said to have diedmartyrs' deaths, and John also spentmany years in jail and suffered much.

On the other hand, Jesus gives aspecial blessing to those who believe without seeing:

Jesus saith unto him. Because thou hast seenme thou hast believed: blessed are they thathave not seen and yet have believed.

Jn. 20:29

Immediately following this account,in Jn. 20:30,31, the Apostle John tellsus why he wrote his account of the life ofChrist:

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Many other sisns therefore did Jesus in thepresence of the disciples which are ^notwritten in this book: but these are writtenthat ye may believe that Jesus is theChrist, the Son of God; and that believingye may have life in his name. Jn. 20:31.

This reminds us of what Luke wroteabout the writing of his account:

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand todraw up a narrative concerning those matterswhich have been fulfilled among us,even as they delivered them unto us, whofrom the beginning were eyewitnesses andministers of the word, it seemed good to mealso, having traced the course of all thingsaccurately from the first, to write unto theein order most excellent Theophilus, thatthou mightest know the certainly concerningthose things wherein thou wast instructed.

Lk. 1:1-4.

Please note that John wrote his narrative SO THAT YE MAY BELIEVE,and Luke wrote his SO THAT THOUMIGHTEST KNOW THE CERTAINTY. Thanks to the Gospel accounts, wecan KNOW beyond the shadow of adoubt that the FACTS they relate aboutJesus Christ are TRUE. It is not necessarythat we should have seen, heard and feltthe:flesh of Christ.

Even then, we are not left withoutfirst hand knowledge of some things. Wehaye first hand knowledge of the HolySpirit living within us and of Cod'sanswer to our prayers. Even if we limitedour evangelism to telling what Christ hasdone for us, that would be something.

Determination

For most of us, our faith is not as weakas our determination. Whereas the disciples were determined to hearken untoCod, we are more concerned as to whatmen think and say about us.

If we will stop and think for a moment,we will realise that our hearkening unto

men has never netted us any good. Forthe most part, men have proven fickle.Our worldly companions have tended touse us for whatever they could get outof us, then they have shifted their loyaltiesto some more profitable source of entertainment. Our being so concerned aboutwhat men think of us has never reallygotten us anywhere.

We have nothing to lose, then, buteverything to gain by shifting our loyaltiesto Cod.

We are, of course, expected to enjoya good reputation: being honest, law-abiding, generous, etc.; and we are notto be rude and without tact. We shouldnot, however withhold our witness forChrist for fear that those who hear uswill not appreciate our efforts. That iscowardice. May Cod, through His HolySpirit, give us the strength to overcomeour cowardice.

Love

It is love that should spur us to a moreaggressive evangelism: not only love forour fellowman but love for our Lord JesusChrist.

Unhappily there have always beenthose who were involved in the work ofevangelism for the wrong reasons:

Some indeed preach Christ even of envyand strife, and some also of good will : theone do it of love, knowing that I am set forthe defence of the gospel: but the other proclaim Christ of f.iction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.VVliat then ? only that in every way, whetherin pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed;

and therein I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.Phil. 1:15-18

There are still those in the world whooparate like the scribes and Pharisees

for ye compass sea and land to make oneproselyte; and when he is become so, ye

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make him twofold more a son of hell th^yourselves. Mt. 23:15

We rejoice in the salvation, peaceand joy which we have received free fromour Lord Jesus Christ. If we truly loveour fellow men, we will have a burningdesireto tell others that these blessingsare also available to them. This waswhy the apostles evangelized and itshould be our motive as well.

Command of Christ

It must also be remembered that evangelism is a command of Christ which isto be obeyed.

All authority hath been given unto me inheaven and on earth. Go ye therefore andmake disciples of all the nations, baptizingthem into the name of the Father and ofthe Son and of the Holy Spirit: teachingthem to observe all things whatsoever Icommanded you: and lo, I am with youalways even unto the end of the world.

Mt. 28:19,20

Go ye into all the world and preach thegospel to the whole creation. He that lie-lieveth and is baptized shall be saved; buthe that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

Mk. 16:15

Even if we did not understand theneed or the love motive of evangelisni, we 'should still be involved in it because it isa command of our Lord and God.

As a command of Christ it is essentialfor every believer.

Our participation in this programmeof evanglism will, however, take on Jider-ent forms as the Holy Spirit guides u^:

And he gave some to be apostles, and someprophets, and some evangelists, and somepastors and teachers, for the perfecting ofthe saints, unto the work of ministering,

unto the biiilding up of the body of Christ.Eph. 4:11,12

And having gifts differing according to thegrace that was given tous, whether prophecylet us prophecy according to the proportionof our faith; or ministry, let us giveourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth,to his teaching; or he shat exhorteth to hisshorting; he that giveth, let him do it withliberality; he that ruleth, with deligency;he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Rom. 12:6-8

In whatever waly, according to the giftsGod has given us, we are to participatein the programme of telling every creature the good news about Jeisus Christ.

Several years ago I had a dream whichshocked and alarmed me. Somewhere,beside some campfire, I was preachingwith my Bible in my hand, which wascommendable enough. Near the fire,however, was a child who kept puttinghis arms and legs into the fire. AlthoughI could see the child doing this, I did .notinterrupt my sermon to do anythingabout it; nor were any of my listenersconcerned.

This we all realize, is too true of thegeneral condition of the church today.Assome preacher said many years ago,"We are sitting on the premises instead ^of standing on the promises." Our wholeattention is turned inward instead of outward. It is also obvious to me that Idreamed the dreambecause I am asguiltyof it as anyone else.

The end of our era is at hand. It isalready past the hour when we shouldhave put away our cowardice, lethargy 'and indifference.

The comrnand of Christ to evangelizeis still in force.

CoTtdensed from Message of Life

Meditation on HungerI have eaten,I have eaten too much,......And each dish.And each mouthfulAnd each morsel was hard to get down.Xhave eaten too much. Lord,While at that moment, in my town,

more than 1,500 persons queued upat the bread line.

While in her attic a woman ate what

she had salvaged that morning fromthe garbage bins,

While urchins in their orphanage dividedsome scraps from the old folks' home.

While ten, a hundred, a thousand unfortunates through-out the world, atthat very moment twisted in pain anddied of hunger before their despairingfamilies.

Lord, it's terrible, for I know.Men know, now.They know that not only a few destitute

are hungry but hundreds at their owndoors.

They know that not only several hundreds but thousands are hungry on theborders of their country.

They know that not only thousands butmillions are hungry throughout theworld.

Men have made a map of the prevalence of hunger.

Areas of starvation and death, appalling.The figures stand out in stark and

implacable truth.Lord, you see this map, you read these

figures.Not like a calm statistician in his office.But like the father of a large familv

bending over the heads of each of hissons.

Lord you have seen this map, you haveread these figures since the beginningof time.

And you told the story, for me, of therich man at table and the poorstarved Lazarus; .

AM you spoke for me. of the LastJudgment.

"...I was hungry..."It's you who queue up at the bread line.It's you who eat the scraps of garbage.It's you who are tortured by hunger and

starve to death.

It's you who die alone in a corner at 26.While in another corner of the world—

with some members of our family—I eat without being hungry.

What is needed to save you.**...I was hungry..."Remind me of that. Lord, if I cease for

a moment to give myself.I'll never be through giving bread to

my brothers, for there are too manyof them.

There'll always be some who won't havehad tlieir share.

I'll never be through fightingto get breadfor all my brothers.

Lord, it isn't easy to feed the world.I would rather say my prayers regularly,

properly;I would rather fast on Fridays,I would rather visit my poor man,I would rather give to fetes and

orphanages;But apparently that isn't enough.It is nothing if one day you can say to

me; "I was hungry"!Lord, I'm no longer hungry.Lord, I don't want to be hungry again.Lord, I want to eat only what I need to

live to serve you and to fight for mybrothers.

For you are hungry. Lord,You die of hunger; while I am surfeited.

by MICHEL QUOIST,

Printed by Mr. RALPH R. HARTER

at EKKLESU PRESS 2A/413 Asadoagar, KANPURr U, P.. India, 208-002

News of Ralph "Bud" Barter, Ekklesia Press, 2AA15, AzadnagarKanpur, U.P«, 208-002, India

December, 1973

MISS DOUGLAS MAKES NEWS

In one letter, our forwardingagent, Miss Florence Douglas, surprised us with the news that shehad just returned from a shortvisit tg Rh'''dasla in company withPresident and Mrs." Boatman. Whenshe wrote her next letter, she hadjust returned from a Joplin hospital where she. _ had undergpi^___aii_emergency operation. Her letter'ih(^cate^ thhtr—she-- has made aquick recovery.

Anyone miss our news letter lastmonth? We had a few problems asyou will gather from the item abouthospitalization on the back page.Tommy also minced his hand in a 7-foot fall requiring stitches, injections and a night in the hospital. He was also unconscious for

an hour until we got him (by riksha)to the hospital. After that heonly had the use of one hand for acouple weeks.

Tommy is back with us after twomonths of expensive psychiatric

treatment. He seems to be doingalright now and is studying in theTenth Grade.

One week in October was spent atthe Annual convention of our Hindispeaking churches. This year theconvention was held in Bilaspur.Joe Garman and Art Morris had beeninvited to preach the messages.When neither of these two brethrencould come, I filled in. DavidRees also happened by and helped.The theme, "Prove Your Love," wasa lovely one.

Now I am getting ready to go toMadras where I will preach onceagain for the church at Ennore.

After the move from Swarupnagar,the bookstore had never really beenset back in order and confusion wasquickly turning into chaos. Thus aweek had to be spent in that department.

We also took the book stall to aMethodist conference and to a city

wide campaign of the Billy Grahamorganization (Dr. Akbar Abdul Haqqpreaching). My duties as secretaryof the Kanpur Branch of the BibleSociety gobbled up some more time.In this way the October newsletterdisappeared altogether. It wouldbe easy enough to patter off thelatest news but the financial re

port requires more concentration.The Zoo across the street was to

be formally inaugurated on Nov. ikbut they also got behind in theii'work: the Tiger House must be finished first. The opening date hasnow been pushed forward to April.

One night some holy men (sadhus)camped across the street from uswith their four elephants. Two ofthe elephants refused to drink fromthe lake and so were brought to•drink from our outdoor water-faucet,

This was entertaining enough butthe second elephant proved to benot "house-broken" and he delugedthe place before departing. The

ground where he had been standingalso caved in. Clinton was neverlike this.

We had a short and very pleasantvisit from Delmar and Mrs. Debault Iof Tulsa, Okla. They took a flu Igerm along with them from Kanpur!which was well developed by the \time they got to Kulpahar. Sorryfor all that but glad they did notfall sick in Kanpur.

Our old house at Swarupnagar has ibeen so abused by the owner that I ihave stopped going down that :street. He has destroyed the gar- •

den and cut down most of the

trees. The beautiful mango treewhich stands at the gate has lostseveral of its limbs.

In our last nev/sletter I toldyou that Mangal Singh the printerhad retired from his job. We employed a young man in his placebut it did not v/ork out very well.(I was ashamed to mail out theSept.-Oct. Issue of Christasian.We are now happy that Mangal hasretired from his retirement and isnow working for us again.

The value of the dollar has goneup again in India but the price ofgasoline has doubled and this hassparked off a new spiral of inflation. You are having the sametrouble, I know, and I can stillget a haircut for 250c

The Lord willing, I v/ill be coming to the U.S. in Nov., 197^, andwill stay through the summer, 1975.If any of you want me to reserve aparticular date for you, then letme know.

Before that, we must endure onemore hot summer. With continuedelectricity and water shortages, itpromises to be a difficult one. Wewill have to buy several moreelectric fans, suid in a dormitorylike this we ought to have a watercooler. These sell for $500 but Iam looking for something cheaper.

Paul and Helen Roland did notmake it to India last summer fortheir "internship" but there is agood chance they will make it thiscoming summer.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 9th JULYTHROUGH OCTOBER, 1973

The Home Church

Clinton, OhioTwenty-Mile AreaM/M Walter HandwerkMrs. Robert Meade

Sherman Church of Christ

Manchester " " "

Perry Christian ChurchOther Ohio Donors:

M/M Nathan Black 10.00Linden Homebuilders 70.00Sebring Loyal Bereans 15.00Bladensburg Loyal Dtgrs. 30,00Branch Hill Chiirch 60.00M/M Lewis Holdren 30.00Old Stone Missionary 20.00Miss Dorothy Schmale 20.00Neighboring States;Hammond South Side,Ind, 56.75

"Garrett First Church 20.00

Portland Singles & Doubles 36.32Frank Reas 75.00Philip & Margaret Ho, Ky. 24.00Mt. Carrael Christian Church 50.00Oak Grove Christian, Pa. 105*50Other Eastern States:

Capital City Church,K,C, I5O.OOEmbreeville Church, Tenn# 100,00

Flora Christian, 111. 24.00B.P. Raragopal (for books) 3.00West of Mississippi;M/M A. Stiles, CaJ.if. 25.00Neeper Church, Mo. 30.00Liberty Church Sunday School 58.40Loyal Women, Wymore, Neb. 17.00M/M Donald Peel 50.00Miss Nellie Copley, Wash. 5O.OOWapato Christian Church ^ 40.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED $1936.72

$^80.00

115.0020,00

60.0040.00

31.75

EXPENDED FROM 20th JULY, 1973Throu^ 20th Nov., 1973

Salary, three months $450.00Book Store 8e Library 257.00Printing & Publishing 469.32Education 8e Benevolence 824.18Housing 567.40Postage 43.42Transportation 175.63Bible Society 31.50Publicity 13.28Loans 9.10

Office 41.83TOTAL EXPENDED $2882,66

Deficit, July 20th 26.72Amount expended 2882.66Total debits 2909.38Less Contributed 1936.72Deficit, Nov. 20 972.66

I must apologise for.having sucha large deficit when so many ofour friends have given so generously to keep the deficit down.Not withstanding the deficit, theLord has blessed us most abundant

ly, and we have never lacked foranything to eat.

Previously we have listed theexpenses of our Hindi paper, JiwanDeep, separately. Now; I have combined it with all of the other ex

penses of the Printing Departmentunder the head of Printing andPublishing, The expenses of CHRIS-TASIAN are also included in this.

Please continue to send your contributions to Miss Florence Douglas,1111 N. Main St., Joplin, Mo.

64801, Thanks!

HOSPITALIZATION

When Daniel Sink's temperature^ rose to 1Q8, we knew that it was/ time to get him to the hospital.

Ambulances are hard to come by inIndia so he was taken to the hospital by riksha. Happily he survived the ride and was admittedto the Emergency Ward.

Hospital care in governmenthospitals is mostly free but thefamily of the patient must domuch of the nursing. Except forfree milk, all other eatables anddrinkables must be brought in bythe family members. A few elimen-tary medicines are provided bythe Government but others must be

bought from the drugstores whichline the other side of the street.

The doctors and nurses were verykind to Daniel. Still, they werethere more as advisors with us do

ing most of the work. Two by two,we stayed with Daniel round theclock to care for his needs. When

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ever his temperature shot up, wehad to get it down by sponging himwith ice water; and when he gotchills, we had to load him downwith blankets.

We had iwo more „sick ^boys athome who also*^"sK6uld~'Tiave been inthe hospital but the logisticswere against it. We watched whatwas prescribed for Daniel, thenwent home and gave the same medicine to the other two. Fortunatelyno injections v/ere involved andthe three boys got well together.

You may ask what happens to thepatients who do not have anyone tolook after them. Well, not many ofthem make it to the hospital.

We were very fortunate that allof this trouble came on us when

the schools were closed for a week

of Hindu holida^ys. The dormitoryboys who were well were a tremendous help in caring for their buddies who were sick. It was a week

_that_none of_us_will_ever_forget.

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