HARTER

THR0I3 S
Stenciled by Ralph Hartgr at 132/352, Swarupnagar, Kanpur

U.P., India, oiC^rch 17* 3^6^and Flown to Clinton, 0.,

-where

aiiargggrapbed and mailed.

YE A R

ONE

Yes,

i t has been ^ year

since w.e, re-turned to India.

I t has been a year of stea

dy progress in the chm'Gh,
in -the book store,
in
tiie
library,
and in publishing
efforts. It has been a busy

year in Y/hich vie hay._r^ve"r'

been able
our work.
Not/ the

to. catch, up v/ith

surmraer

is upon us again.

weather

Pans and

paper v/eights are o n c e

again in use;
the young
people
are busy with their
exai:iinations; church atten
dance

again
slump;

is

on

the

increase

after
the -winter
the fight against

flies has recommenced;

ice
Tfater is again in vogue.

The li}.th Annual Kulpahar

Convention proved to be a
particularly happy event.
The Indian editor of JEEVIAH

DEEP Magazine preached four

HAS

PASSED

sermons and I preached four.

Between us
there \7ere_ ele

ven

confessions

of_ fai-th,

ioine of "whom''were from

Kulpahar Kids*

Honie.

the

(The

baptisms -were performed by

one of the local men.) Of
the

nine

from

the

Kids *

Home
who v/ere baptised,
eight were girls. The only

boy

was

Kanpur

boy,

George (Singh) R-ahim.

Shortly
veil'tion I

after

the oon-

want t o pRvr Dgilhj__

to see - Fraak RenipeJL-olXto j

the U.S.A. and Canada, .Keep

good care/^dlTldim--^
The church in Kanpur has
been blessed by the ax-rival
of 3ro. J. Toppo who is a
graduate of the 3i las-pur

Bible Seminary. He is em
ployed by the Govemr.ient,
and they have transferred
him here. At the present he
is living at my house.

The longest tenant of

our hotel,
Samuel I?ahim
(older

brother

to

'vvho was baptised)

G-eor-ge

has

forfeited his right

premises

by

now

to our

discontinuing

his education,

'w'o have gi

ven him until May to find

another pla.ce to live.
Our

Das,

third

a
well

W5-11 be successful

in the examinations and al

so that I vfill never do any

thing displeasing to God. I

will also pray for you that
God

v/ill

increase

your

Imowlodge and
wisdom.
Please give my greetings to

everyone in the church."

tenant, Samu

protege

of

in

Tm BOUK STORK

Mrs.

Dothermel's, is -progressing
very

that

his appren

ticeship as a mechanic.

Dux'ing January

ruary,

sales

and Feb

in

the Book

Store totalled ;jj;211.70, and

Our sometimes tenait

is
Emmanuel Masih viio is em

included sale of bli-Bioles,

ployed by the Life Insur

ance Corporation.
Ko Is
often awa;/ touring for the
company, s/nd usually spends

Life of Christ

Visualized^

weekends arjd vacations with

H,T.

and

Bible for You'ch.

21 Hew Testaments, 226 Porti ons (Mt, , i.Ik. etc.), 29 0

200 Jeei^'-an-Jal

tracts, ^6

Studios,

The

This eve

his wife
in Luciuiow where
she is a hospital nurse.
Tlien there are occasion
al visi'cors
who need a

ning
this

place

to Kanpur he always fouoid

some liuprovemont had been

to

stay.

Prank and

Marie Rempel had been tak

ing care of most of these,
but now they have fallen to

my charge.

The onl3'

(Poor tilings).

redeeming

is tliat Rempols

factor

left their

cook wi th me.

Reports from Kulpahar

are that our "son" ilndrlyas
has had an eye operation,
but details arc lacking. Ho

recently wrote, "I am v/ell

here by the grace of God
and hope that you are also
well. Please pray to God

as I was preparing
report, one of ou:

occasional visitors

ked

that

remar

whenever he caiue

made

in

hope

"idiis will continue to

bo true.

provide

the bookstore. "Vg'

Tv/o

screen doors

our latest improv-

ment.

At the moruont of writing

our library

has 8l meiabers

with books out. The book in

greatest

demand

right now

is the Hindi' translation of

.Ben Hur. The Govornriierfc has

now apencd a, new library

near us, all for the good.

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I THANK THEE FOR THE BIBLE, LORD

1

thank

thee

for

the

Bible

thank thee for

So

So full of Light:

ness ;

which man can know,

Satisfying

for

the

So full of peace:
for

the

storms

of

profoundest

I love thy word, O Cod,

So full of good.

Bible

Peace of Christ in limitless depth;

Peace

the

longings of the mind.

Leading to the land of endless day.

thee

food:

Feeding with the only true wisdom

Satan and sin,

thank

of

Feeding the soul with righteous

Light of salvation through

Jesus Christ;
Light for the path that leads
through the darkness of

full

the Bible,

life

which rise alike

Dearer than life itself to me,

I give myself to do thy will

revealed through it,
Hoping to hear, " Well done

from friend and foe,

when time shall end.

Always available when we need it

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most.

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March

1961
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Kanpur, India

himself to the meeting as follows: " Word

expect him to do. He gave this young

man a letter for the church expressing
his appreciation for the gift which they

has come to us that our brother Paul is

had sent him.

a number of years, and I know what his

facet of the ideal church.

{Continued from page 8)

As a result we have a New

in prison in Rome. I served as jailor for Testament Epistle that describes one more
condition must be and the way that he has
to live. You all know what he did for
our church here. If it had not been for

his sacrifice, we would none of us be

Christians today. I wonder if we can't

do something to show our appreciation.
We can help him, and it will cheer him to
know that he has not been forgotten by
the church at Philippi."

This letter is

none other than our Epistle to the Philippians. In it he writes, " I rejoice in the
Lord greatly, that now at length ye have
revived your thought for me." " Ye
did well that ye had fellowship with my
affliction."

" Not that

seek for the

gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth

to your account." And now Epaphroditus
takes the letter to the church and hands it

over to the elders, perhaps into the hand

Perhaps then Lydia would second the of the jailor himself.

idea, and the whole congregation would

be in agreement. But there was no

parcel-post delivery; no money order

service, no telegrams. So the question

arose: How shall we send this gift? At
this point, I can again imagine a trust
worthy young man who was a member
of the church, standing up and saying, '' I
could take it to him."

And so the gift

is prepared by the church and Epaphroditus started on his journey.

Epaphroditus reached his destination

in safety, fulfilled his errand, and remained
sometime

in

became ill.

Rome.

The

While

church

there he

at Philippi

heard of it and became concerned about

him. Hearing of their concern, Paul

urged Epaphroditus to return and remove
their anxiety. How beautiful was the
fellowship between the church, Paul and
Epaphroditus as expressed in their con
sideration for each other.

Thus Paul

says, " I counted it necessary to send to

you Epaphroditus, my brother and
fellow-soldier, and your messenger and
minister to my need; since he longed

after you all, and was sore troubled be

cause ye had heard that he had been sick "
(Phil. 2:25, 26).
As Epaphroditus was about to return
to Philippi, Paul did just what we would

And then, on another Lord's Day,

Paul's message was read to the congrega
tion. I can imagine the jailor saying to
them that he has a letter from Paul than

king them for the gift. He reads it to them

and in due course comes to the words

" Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again

I say. Rejoice." Then I can hear him
say, " Isn't that just like Paul? We
thought we would make him happier in
his unfortunate circumstances by our
remembrance. But he says, " I have
learned in whatsoever state I am, therein
to

be

content."

Now

he

turns

to

us

and tells us to rejoice. I remember

the night he was in the jail at Philippi,
how, with his feet in the stocks, at mid

night he was singing hymns unto God

and the prisoners were listening. Noth
ing seems to daunt him or to depress him.
He still retains his spirit, and out of his
own experience he says to us, " Rejoice
alway," and he might have added, "just
as I

do."

Because Christ strengthens us and

gives us a certain hope that enables us
to rise above troubles, success and failure,

plenty or poverty, youth or age, and to

say " I am content," and " I am happy."
This rejoicing is an important factor of
the church that is successful for Christ.

From the editor's pen

THE HOLY BIBLE

The word Bible simply means book.
It is " the Book
the one book in which
God has made Himself known to man.
It is the one book in which God tells us our

duty. If, then, we neglect the Bible,

there is no possible way for us to know

The Bible, from beginning to end,

claims to be God's revelation.

It has

been so accepted by wise and good men

through the centuries, and its good
works are countless. The authenticity
of the Bible's claim is verified by abundant

about God or His will for us.

revelation,

The works of Nature, of course, tell

us that there is a God, a Creator, for

was given because of His love for us,

His creation. He reveals the way we

our common sense refuses to believe that

the universe could have created itself

or that it could have just happened.

Reasonable men of all times, with or
without the Bible, have believed in the
existence of a Creator.

But Nature only tells us that there is

a God.

It does not tell us anything

about Him or what He wants us to do.

Only the Bible gives us this information.

We may say that Nature tells us that God
is, but the Bible reveals What or Who He
is.

There are some people in the world

who believe in a Creator but who deny
that He has ever revealed Himself or His

God's

Word

to man.

It

should live, for we could not know

this of our own wisdom. " O Lord, I
know that the way of man is not in
himself: it is not in man that walketh

to direct his steps." (Jer. 10 :23).

" For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith
the Lord." (Isa. 55 : 8). " Thy word is
a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path." (Psa. 119 : 105). "All scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteous
ness: That the man of God may be per

fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good

works." (II Tim. 3:16, 17).

will. These persons are called Deists.

But is their position reasonable? Since
there is a God, isn't it the most natural
and reasonable thing to expect that He
should love His creation, and especially

gradual.

man, the finest bit of His creative work?

all at once.

After God created man with such pati

ence and care, is it possible that He

diflferent levels or stages of revelation.

We might draw this illustration: there

The Divisions of the Bible

But this revelation from God has been

Man was not able to receive it

Thus in the Bible, we have

then turned him loose without direction

was a time when this Indian Union was

or guide?

governed by British law; that was then

the law of the land. But after independ
ence came the Constitution, which set

Could a careful Creator be

unconcerned for the final outcome of His

work? Not even a human being would

act so strangely. If we worked hard and
carefully with a bit of carving, we would
not toss it aside when it was finished.

No,

since there is a Creator, we must in all

aside

British

law.

As

the

nation

has

grown and developed, we have had to pass

laws to meet growing needs. At all times,
we are held accountable only for the

reasonableness believe that He revealed

laws in effect in our time.

Himself and His way to men.

accountable to British law, for it was

We are not

made invalid by the coming of the

and Joseph happened to be in Bethlehem

Constitution.

at that time. Matthew tells of the wise

men from the East and of the star over

"The Holy Bible is divided into two

main divisions; the Old Testament, which
was in effect until the death of Jesus

Christ; the New Testament, the revelation

of God through Christ and the supreme
law of God for all who have lived since

Christ.

It is absolutely essential that we

understand the difference between these

two testaments. We are judged by the

law we live under, which is the New
Testament. We are not judged by a law
which existed before it came into effect,
the Old Testament.

The Bible is composed of sixty-six

books, thirty-nine of which are in the
Old Testament and twenty-seven in the
New.

These books were written over a

the manger, but Luke tells of the

shepherds and of the angels who announc
ed to them the glorious birth. Never read
a single passage and conclude that this
is the end of the teaching; look at other
passages on the same subject and consider
them all .together. Study the whole
Bible.

Further, always read the verses before

and after the particular one you are
studying, so that you can get the context.
Many times we will be saved from
erroneous interpretation by getting the
whole situation in which a writer put
any particular saying.
As you study ask the following ques

period of many centuries by differentmen, tions. Who is speaking ? To whom is he

but since God is the Author of it

it
stands before us without contradiction
or discrepancy.

speaking?

Why is he speaking?

Under

what dispensation or law is he speaking?

Above all, study the Bible regularly and
systematically.

How to Study the Bible

How do we go about finding what the
Bible teaches on any given subject? For

Importance of Studying the Bible

example, if we want to know that the

The highest pursuit of the human

mind is the knowledge of God. When we
come to a knowledge of Him, we also know

Bible teaches about Grace, how could we

find out ? First of all, take a good
concordance of the Bible and look under
"Grace". You will find listed there

what He wants us to do.

We know also

how we must live to please Him. There

every passage where that word occurs. is no other means of knowing Him truly
If the Bible says a thing only once, that
is sufficient; it need not be repeated, since

except through the pages of His Book.

The Book is open to ^1, and each can

God speaks from every page. However, grasp as much as he chooses. Without the
if several passages are given, read them knowledge of God there is no salvation
all and study each one in the light of the for men; without the Bible there is no

knowledge of God; without a thoughtful

and earnest study of the Bible we can
of the birth of Christ, for example, you receive nothing from it. Therefore, a
could find part of it in Matthew and study of the Sacred Writings should be
part of it in Luke; neither one of these the first consideration of every sensible
alone would give you the full account. person who wants to achieve an abundant
Matthew tells that Jesus was born in and satisfying life here and the reward
Bethlehem, but Luke explains how Mary of everlasting life hereafter.

others.

If you wanted to have a full account

MOSCOW TKMES
PART TWO

By

Ralph

On my second morning in Moscow we

visited the National Museum of Art.

At

the entrance, I was entranced by a very

attractive statue depicting a man beating
a sword into a ploughshare, I remarked
to Vera, my guide, that this idea was
from the Bible. She was surprised to
hear this. Later, I heard that a statue
of this description has been placed by
the Russians at the U.N. Headquarters in
New York City. It might be the very
same statue, or another from the same
mould.

extremely interesting.

It may truly be

that Moscow contains more art treasures

than any city in the world.

(It may

also

treasures

true

that

these

art

were collected by the most nefarious

means). There were some rooms of the
museum where I could have spent the
whole day gawking.
That

afternoon

we

travelled

in

Moscow's prize showpiece, the Moscow

subway. It is everything that it is
purported to be. The trains are very
comfortable, and each station is a work
of art.

Harter

that contains the signature of Billy

Graham. Baptisms are very numerous,
and their work is advancing as well as they
could hope. They had printed 10,000
Bibles, but these were now exhausted.

They were hoping for another edition

soon. They reported that a quarter of
their attendance was young people.
From here Vera took me to another
one of Moscow's 116 museums. She

asked to be excused since she had to get

ready for a large delegation. After I
saw the museum I felt that it would have

The National Museum of Art itself was

be

R.

It seems, however, an unnecessary

luxury, and I do not recommend it to

the city of New York.
The next morning, at my request, Vera
took me to the Baptist Church. The
Baptist Church is the only Protestant
Church in Russia.

As we arrived, the

staff of the church was just concluding

its daily devotions. I was very warmly

greeted and all my queries were frankly

answered. I was surprised to leam that
they had been visited by more than a
thousand foreigners last year, and they
had me sign my name in the same register

been very embarrassing to have had her

along, and this may have been the real
reason why she begged off. Although
the museum did contain a very excellent
portrayal of the crucifixion, the main
feature of the museum was no doubt its

huge collection of nude statues.

It is

difhcult for one to distinguish where art

ends and pornography begins.
And in describing the sights of Moscow,
one cannot forget to mention St. Basil's
Church, which is one of the world's most
beautiful edifices.

The Shops
I was left to roam through the shops
of Moscow by myself, and I had three
opportunities to do so.
The most famous of the Moscovian

department stores is the G.U.M. This is

a large arcade with multitudinous shops
selling many types of wares that are not
available in other sections of the country.

Hordes of people from outside Moscow

were busily buying suitcases, hats, and
other attractive goods.
The Russians that I saw appeared to
be warmly dressed, but their clothing is

without style. A few stylish items are for

sale in the department stores, and there are
long lines of people waiting to buy them.
My curiosity was aroused by one
and so I went upon the balcony to look

disciplined. Their jay walking in the

centre of Moscow is rather shocking.
They think nothing of dashing out in
front of onrushing trafflc. As in some
American cities, the police were present
with a loudspeaker to call errant pedes

down and see what the tumult was about.

trians back to the curb.

especially long line of pushing people,

The product causing all the sensation
was brightly coloured rayon tableclothes.
The clerks were working as fast as mach
ines, handling about one customer every

ten seconds. They seemed to be floating

in gobs of money. The next day when
I went back, they were selling something
else at a slower pace.

The consumer goods which are stylish

and flashy are sold in a hurry. Whenever
a truck draws up in front of one of the

department stores, people gather around

the truck to see what is being unloaded.

If it happens to be something attractive,

they follow right in and get in line.
The G.U.M. is not the most modern of

the department stores. There are others

with

escalators

and

other

luxurious

appointments unknown at the G.U.M.

But in whatever store or shop you go, you
will find dense crowds and long lines. The
price of any particular item will always
be the same no matter where you go.

There is no such thing as a " less expen

sive shop."
The procedure of purchasing an article
is pretty much the same anywhere you go.
After choosing the article you want, the
clerk writes its price on a piece of paper.
You must then go to the cashier and pay
the price. The cashier gives you a ticket
which you can then exchange for the item
desired.

It is apparent that even India has

more consumer goods than Russia. It is
rather pitiful to see the hunger of the
Russian people for the finer things of life.
Paradox

I was rather surprised to find that

these regimented folk are rather un

The Opera
On my second night in Moscow, I
went to see a performance of La Traviata
at the Bolshoi Theatre. The performance
was very laudable, the singers were
tops, and the scenery was elegant. I
did not feel that it measured up to the
standard of the Metropolitan Opera Co.,
however.

A Gripe
While in Moscow I needed an extra

$10 worth of rubles, but I only had $20

travellers cheques. I was told at the
Hotel Metropole to take $20 in rubles
and turn what was left over to my bank.
On my way out of the country, then, I
declared that I had $10 in rubles.
officials said that I

The

could not take it

out of the country and that I should

hurry out and spend it. This I did not
feel inclined to do. They then took it

and gave me a receipt for it with the

instructions that I should present the
receipt to the Russian Embassy in New
Delhi. After my return to Kanpur, I sent
the receipt with an explanation to the
Embassy by registered post. When no
reply came I sent a second letter. They
disclaimed having received the first letter
and said that they would give me a refund
when they received my receipts. I then
appealed to the postal authorities who
confirmed that the Russian Embassy
had indeed received my registered letter
sent in the first instance.

This informa

tion was relayed to the Embassy, but they

did not care to give any further reply.

REJ[0)I[C][NG ALWAYS
By Donald R. Davis

"Rejoice in the Lord alway: and

again I say, Rejoice." Phil. 4:4.
The apostle Paul's life reflects at

all times joyousness, hopefulness, happi

of India.

Philippi

was about nine

miles from the sea and so near Thrace

that it is often spoken of as Thracian.

About twelve miles away was its port
Neapolis, the modern Kavalla. Philippi,

ness. This is nowhere seen more than

in his letter to the Philippians. Several which Paul visited, was a Roman colony
times in this Epistle he refers to his joy founded by Augustus after the famous

battle of Philippi, fought between Anthony

and the causes from which it sprang.

Thus we hear him say: " In. every

and Octavius on the one hand and Brutus

supplication of mine on behalf of you

all making my supplication with joy "
(1:4). "In every way, whether in
pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed;
and therein I rejoice, yea, and will
rejoice" (1:18). "Make full my joy,
that ye be of the same mind, having the
same love" (2:2). This note of joy

and Gassius on the other in 42 B.C.

during Paul's second missionary journey,

the account of which is given in the six
teenth chapter of the Book of Acts.
It had its origin in rather dramatic cir

reaches its climax in the exhortation that

Christian as the result of an earthquake.

The church at Philippi was founded

cumstances, one of the leading converts

being a Roman jailor who became a

he gives to his readers in 4:4, where he

says: "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and

All we know of the personnel of the con

gregation is that a woman named Lydia,
again I say, Rejoice."
a merchant, and the jailor's household
There are times when it is not hard to were included among its membership.
rejoice, but this injunction has its At Philippi, the gospel was first preached
significance in the word "alway", and, in Europe. Lydia, a woman, was the

as if he anticipated that some would

think that he did not mean all that his

first convert.

Apparently it was not a wealthy

language implied, he repeats: "Again I congregation, as is learned from 2 Cor.

say, Rejoice." He was simply urging 8:1-3, for Paul speaks of " their deep
the Christiansat Philippi to do what he had
always done. It is not a natural dis

position or attitude to rejoice always,

however, and the study of this letter

reveals the source and character of this

abiding quality in the life of the Christian.

I would like now to demonstrate this

fact by showing the setting of the text

and its relation to the book as a whole.

Let us first of all consider the church

at Philippi to whom it was addressed. The
city of Philippi was named after Philip the
Macedon, father of Alexander the Great

who figures prominently in the history

poverty ". They were generous, however,'

gladly giving of their substance, having
" fellowship in the ministering to the
saints".

-- Paul was obedient to the heavenly

vision

when

the

Man

of Macedonia

appeared to him, saying, " Gome over and

help us." Perhaps, that man was from
Philippi. At least this is the city to
which Paul went and it was there that
he found his first convert. When he had

seen the vision straightway " we sought to

go forth into Macedonia", concluding God
had called them to preach the gospel

there. The God Who notes the falling

sparrow took a determining hand in the
selection and the direction of the missio

to bring out the glorious light of the

conversion of the jailor, the signal success
of Paul and Silas. In answer to the ques

nary party, perhaps the greatest in the

history of the church of Christ. The choice
of such heroic spirits as Paul and Silas
and Timothy and Luke in one body must
of itself be regarded as an outstanding
act of providence. - Providence beckoned

and thy house."

to trust in a

Paul in effect told him

person. The doctrine

followed. They

explained

Paul westward.

produces repentance

Xerxes crossed the Hellespont on

a pontoon bridge with an army of two
million, which required seven days and
nights to pass, with no great effect on
history. But when Paul crossed the
Dardanelles, with only three companions,
he carried the destiny of the western
world beneath his cloak.

tion "What must I do to be saved?"

Paul replied "Believe on the Lord Jesus

Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou

and

that
causes

faith
the

confession of Jesus as Christ and impels

baptism into Him, and they must have

also made their answer personal in applica

tion to each individual, for in no other

way Can the gospel be applied at all.

After hearing the gospel the jailor and

his household received baptism. The
following day Paul refused to be released

from jail secretly when they had been

beaten publicly. That is, they contended

Through Paul, the Lord opened the

heart of Lydia and cast " a spirit of for their reputations.
divination " out of a maid, who was a
Indeed the origin of the Philippian
slave (Acts 16:11-18). Of the conversion church was a dramatic one, perhaps as
of Lydia, and only this conversion, much as the origin of the Jerusalem
Luke wrote that the " Lord opened " her church! Little wonder! Consider the
heart. He did this in no miraculous way, founder of the congregation and the
but through Paul who simply preached the character of its first converts.
gospel to her. The prayers of Lydia
It was not strange that nine years
and her group of women who worshipped
God on the Sabbath by the riverside were after the church had been established,
answered when God sent Paul

to

her.

She and her household were baptized

and she constrained the evangelists to
be her guests. Another striking thing
' God did through Paul at Philippi was to
expose the fraudulent practice of soothsay
ing by masters of a certain maid, by
casting a spirit of divination from her.
As a result of doing good, Paul was platjed
in jail.
Paul and Silas forgot their imprison
ment by the salvation of the jailor and his
household (Acts 16:19-40). It was easy
for the masters of the slave girl to make
out their case against Paul and Silas,
filled with lies as it was, and bring
humiliation to them.

when they heard that Paul was in prison,

they sought out some way to have
fellowship with him, and sent him a gift.
They knew from their own experience
that God could cause good to come from
even an unjust jail sentence. Perhaps
they were not surprised when Paul wrote
this "joyous epistle", as the epistle to

the Philippians is calledfrom, of ail places,

a jail. Had not Paul and Silas been
singing in a jail just before the jailor met
them? A witness, even from a dungeon
of disgrace!
We can well imagine that, at the close
of their weekly service for the breaking
of bread, the jailor might have addressed

Yet this all serves

as the background of the whole picture

{Continued on page 2)

INDIAN PRESS GLEANINGS

By Ralph R. Harter

of the work of the Bible Society in India.

This trek to Canada began in 1908 when

three ships with Sikh passengers tried
to enter Canada. Only one of the boats
managed to enter the country. Some of

It is hoped that the Bible Society will

make great forward strides during this
Jubilee year. Congratulations and best

the wealthiest families in British Columbia

come from the descendants of this first
boat.

Special meetings were held all over

India during the week February 19-26
in recognition of the 150th anniversary

wishes from the Christasian staff.

The Director of Statistics of the U.N.

Food and Agriculture Organisation has

stated

that available

evidence showed

that at least half of India's population

was seriously under-nourished or mal
nourished or both.

He said that it was

all a vicious circle: poverty led to low

food intake and monotonous diet; low
food intake and unbalanced diet led to

reduced body weight and low output of

work; a low output of work led to decrease

in productivity which in turn led to still

Of the 5 million lepers in the world

today, a million-and-a-half are in India.
Of this, nearly a third are in Madras
State. Among those taking part in the
fight to eradicate the disease are Mr.
and Mrs. Art Morris of Madrapakkam.
A ten-year-old Hindu girl near
Fatehgarh was saved from "white slavery"
because of her indoctrination in the caste

system. Shakuntala, the daughter of a

sweet-seller, was lured away from her
school on the pretext that her maternal
uncle wanted to meet her.

greater poverty.

When she

discovered the truth, she refused to eat

A 55-year-old man near Kanpur died on the grounds that she could not possibly
of injuries inflicted byhis neighbours when take food in the house of a person
he was caught robbing some vegetables belonging to a lower caste. The kid

from a field. He had been hungry for

three or four days.

In the mean time wild cows near Bara

Banki destroyed more than 1,00,000

rupees worth of crops last year. In an
effort to save the present crops, the resi
dents of two villages have herded the
animals into an enclosure until the harvest

is past.

There is a steady stream of Indian

emigrants to Canada. Although the

annual quota is only 300, there is also
a steady flow of " invisible immigrants "
consisting of wives, sons, unmarried
daughters, aged parents and other rela
tives of an emigrant who has become
a citizen of Canada.

These do not re

quire immigration visas from the quota.

napper was now in a dilemma since detain

ing her meant she might starve to death,
and setting her loose would result in his
arrest. People will talk about such things,
and so the man was soon arrested anyway.

A 35-year-old professor of a college

in Bikaner who had been declared dead

by a doctor, returned to
body was being placed
pyre. Because of his
college had been closed
condolence meeting had
the students had started
the professor's family.

life just as the

on the funeral
" death", the
for the day, a
been held, and
a fund to help

A large crowd watched a 45-year-old

sadhu burn himself to death at Nasik.

The sadhu had prepared a pyre by himself

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on the bank of the River Godavari in the

heart of the town. He circled the pyre

three times chanting " mantrasthen
leapt onto the pyre. The crowd tried to
save him, but it was too late.

The tragic death of " Hanuman," the

monkey-god, marred the Ramlila cele
brations this year at Saharanpur. A real

great stir was caused recently when the

authorities

announced

that

the

tomb

would have to be demolished in order to

widen the road; but they finally agreed

to move the saint's remains to another site

nearby. When the grave was dug out,

it was found that it contained only a fivefoot log of wood with four stones in each

istic scene was scheduled to be enacted

corner.

with Hanuman flying down to Lord Rama

from a great height. Arrangements had
been made for his gliding 250 feet down
a taut rope. While coming down, the
actor playing the role of Hanuman came

A large railway engine is reported

missing from a government repair work
shop in East Pakistan. The engine had
been housed for repairs for fifteen days in a

in touch with an electric wire and was

electrocuted. He arrived at Lord Rama's
feet dead.

A recent item in TIME magazine

reported that the U.S.A. is perhaps the
noisiest country in the world. The
fabricator of that story has evidently

The police have arrested three men

in Ghanda district for sacrificing a young
man before a Gond god. The man was
taken to a thick forest and after a sacrificial

ceremony was killed. Some blood was

offered to the deity and the rest collected
and taken away.
The police have broken up a fraternity
of devil worshippers in East Pakistan
who were eating human flesh. The matter
became known when one of the members

was caught carrying a coffin out of a grave

yard. He tried to pose that he was only
a coffin thief, but he had to " cough up "
the truth (as the newspaper put it) when
it was discovered that wrapped up in the
coffin that he was carrying was the
flesh and heart that had been taken out

from a newly buried body in the grave

yard. The culprit confessed that there
were about 50 members of the fraternity.
The "spiritual leader" of the cult
escaped.
Some fifty years ago the grave of a
saint was revealed in a dream to a man in

Rawalpindi. Gradually the grave began

to attract large numbers of admirers
who made donations in return for their
fulfilled wishes. This became a handsome

income for the custodians of the place.

shed.

never visited

India.

Those who know

what a " phon " is, will be interested to

know that the daytime street noise level
in Delhi and Bombay is seldom less than
60 phons, which is the level considered
necessary for any mental concentration.
Any figure above 80 phons is considered
objectionable, but the noise level in Indian
cities often reaches 90 phons. The
frequent use of motor horns is considered
essential in India, and the noise of an

average motor horn is between 100 and

115 phons. Se we consider the claim of
TIME magazine as phony; not that we
prefer the dubious honour of noisiest
country in the world.

During a recent visit to Allahabad,

Pandit Nehru refused the gift of a cent
uries-old holy book. He said that
he did not care for that kind of salvation.

He suggested that the owner give it to

some scholar to read to see if it contained

the truth. Also while visiting Allahabad

he voiced his disapproval of touching the
feet of big men out of respect. Calling
it a slavish mentality, he said that people
were

now

masters

of their

own

and

no longer needed to do obeisance to

kings.

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SOME OOTSTANDHNG WOMEN OF THE

BIBLE
Miriam
By Miss H. Kaveri Bai

wise, forin the night the "Angel of Death "

would pass over all houses so marked.

The Passover

There fell upon Egypt the last, most

frightful judgment of allthe killing

The family in each house was to roast

and eat the lamb with unleavened bread

and bitter herbs. Moreover they were to

eat it in haste, being all girt and ready
to depart at a moment's notice. Miriam
took care to see that in her own family
these instructions were strictly carried out,
and ran about warning mothers and wives
not to treat the matter lightly.
And well it was that by the hour of
the sunset not a soul among the Israelites
was found out of doors, all taking shelter
and hail had saved themselves and their
in their houses under the protection of the
cattle (Ex. 9 :20).
blood. At midnight went abroad the
The warning in this case extended angel of death, smiting the firstborn.
also to the Israelites. The Angel of Weeping and wailing pierced the stillness
of the night, increasing on every side as
Death was not going to make any dis
tinction between the Egyptians and the more and more houses were visited by
children of Israel.
Moses
had told this dread messenger. Even Pharaoh's
them so. Miriam's heart was gripped palace was not excepted.
of the firstborn of man and beast.

As

in the case of every former judgment,

God had given prior warning about this.
He wants always to save to the uttermost!
His Judgments fall only when His warn
ings go unheeded and there is no repen
tance, in defiance of all that God says.
Some Egyptians no longer scoffed or
laughed at God's prophets. Those who
had heeded the warning about the fire

with fear for her brother Aaron, the

Well it was also that the Israelites

firstborn of the sons, and for her nephew

Nadab. Moses, however, had sent his
sons away with their mother to her father.
But God had provided a plan of escape
for the Israelites. If they obeyed Him
to the letter they would be safe. This

were ready to flee from Egypt at a signal,

for the king now sent his officers to expel
them forthwith, bag and baggage. He had
made diligent enquiries and ascertained

plan was symbolized in the institution of

the people go that had brought so grievous

a calamity as this culmination to all the
previous plagues. His people had urged
him to thrust the Hebrews away lest the
whole nation be wiped out.
Realizing that the Lord Whom the
people of Israel worshipped was not like
his own idols, with the expulsion order

the " Passover".

In each house of the Israelites a lamb

of the first year was to be slain. Its blood

was to be splashed " on the two sideposts
and the upper door post of the houses."
The people had to stay indoors because
the blood would not protect them other

that all the Hebrew firstborn were safe.

He saw now that it was his refusal to let

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he sent Moses the request: " And bless

me also." There was no repentance even
then, no calling on the Lord Himself,
only an effort to appease such a mighty
power! Isn't that often the way we ask
for His blessingswithout real submission

LETTER TO WKSHBOT^ES
Reprintedfrom "Jhansi Christian "

and obedience?

Crowds of frightened Egyptian men

and womenwere collected in the neighbour
hood watching the Lord's people hastily
packing up to leave. They were exceed
ingly impatient that Israel should clear
out soon and so spare them further visita
tions.

In their secret hearts no doubt

they also wished, like Pharaoh, to appease

this Almighty God of the Hebrews.
Perhaps that is why, when Miriam and
the other women went to the Egyptian
men and women and asked, "Give us your

jewels," they were only too anxious to

give away anything at all. They must
have reasoned that this great God would
thus be pacified.
Miriam saw that her brothers had

brought forth the casket containing the

bones of Joseph so that they might be
buried in Canaan, according to his request
about 400 years before.
In the small hours of the morning
the children of Israel hastily left Egypt
and stepped out of bondage into
God-given liberty.

{Next issue:

Out of Bondage^^)

{Continuedfrom page 15)

Yes, Wishbones, it is a strange old
world we find ourselves in today. We
must do our part to put things right.
The old, old Story is still new to many.

Our work is not complete until all men

have heard the " glad tidings of great
joy-"

My Dear Wishbones:
What a strange old world we find our
selves in today] Men shout loud and long
for peace and equality, and yet they fight
and argue with their next door neighbours.
Success in life is measured in terms of

materialism. Bribery, corruption and

dishonesty are now the accepted pattern

for transacting private,

international

business.

national and
What

is

our

world coming to, Wishbones?

I hear a lot of complaints nowadays

about the poor preacher. People never

seem to question whether the doctrine
being proclaimed is "true" or "false"^

but is it "academic" or "practical",

" outdated " or " contemporary ", " con
ventional " or " ruthless
Favourite jar
gons, not sound logical arguments are your
best allies in keeping your popularity with
your good and all too often"self-righteous""
church members.

The modern trend in preaching is to

proclaim the " real life". Please, Wish
bones, don't ever commit the unpardon
able sin of asking any of the modern
day popular sects and denominations to
define what they mean by "real". I
wonder if it is really " real " ? All you
have to do to get this " real life", Wish
bones, is hold up your hand, kneel down"
by your radio, or just sign your name on
a commitment card. It sounds just
a little too easy and good to be true!
Wishbones, what have you decided tO'
do about the present schemes for church
union? After using all available means
of modern investigative methods in

Yours in His task.

Eager

{Continued onpage 14}

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Semo-H OutCinei for Barefoot Freaefers.

THE ANATOMY OF A CHRISTUN
By Ralph R. Harter
His

Heart

1. The heart is the most important

organ. Mt. 15 : 17-20; Rom.
10 : 10; Mt. 5 : 8.

2. Some diseases of the spiritual heart.

a.

Slow Heart: Luke 24:25.

b. Deceitful Heart: Jer. 17 : 9.

0. Distant Heart: Mark 7:6.
d. Divided Heart: Hosea 10:2.
e. Hardened Heart: Mark 6 : 52.

(It should not be difficult for you to

supply illustrations of any of the above
from your personal experiences).
3. Some advice for a healthy heart.
a. Love the Lord with all your
heart, Mt. 22 : 37.
b. Love one another with the whole
c.

Anatomy and Diseases of the

Spiritual Eye."
b. Beam in the eye, Mt. 7 : 3, 4.
c. Eyes full of adultery, 2 Pet,
2 : 14.

Illustrations: David and

Potiphar's wife first sinned with

their eyes.
d. Lust of the eyes, I Jn. 2:16.
2. Eye Test.
a. The first three lines of the eye
testing chart test whether we can
see (1) the hope of His calling;
(2) the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints; and
(3) the exceeding greatness ofhis
power toward us who believe.
Eph. I : 18, 19.
b. The bottom line of the chart

heart fervently, 1 Pet. 1 :22.

tests whether we can see things

The church should be of one

which

heart, Acts 4 : 32.

d. The heart should not be troubl

ed, but should be believing, John

14 : 1, Col. 3 : 15.
e. Store up treasures in heaven,
Mt. 6 : 21.

f. Purify your hearts by faith,

Acts 15:9.

4. Some symptoms to watch.

a. Heart Burn: Luke 24 : 32.
b. A Pricked Heart: Acts 2 : 37.

are

not

seen.

Cor.

4:18. Illustrations from Philip

(John 14 : 8, 9) and Thomas
(John 20 :25-29).
3. Some Things I am Looking Forward
to Seeing: Jesus "first of all";
loved ones gone before, heroic
saints, streets of gold, gates of
pearl, etc.
Conclusion: Anoint thine eyes with
eye-salve.

Rev. 3 : 18.
His Ears

His Eyes
L Some Diseases of the Spiritual
Eyes.
a. Eight important parts, the lack
ing of a single one of which will
result

in

blindness.

Pet.

1:9, 1 : 5-7. Regarding this

passage read our book, " The

Mt. 3 : 16

1. Some Diseases of the Spiritual Ear.

a. Dull of Hearing, Mt. 13 : 15.
Deaf because of sin, deaf on
purpose, deaf because their ears
are tuned to the things of this
world.

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b. Itching Ears, 2 Tim. 4:3, 4;

Col. 2 : 8.

c. Forgetful Ears, James 1 : 23-25.

In one ear and out the other.

Illustration: A man was surprised when

his friend said he heard a cricket while

walking down Wall Street in New York

City. The friend then dropped a coin
and a score of people turned around to
look. We generally hear what we want
to hear.

God said that we should hear

His son. Mt. 17 : 5. If a per

son considers the voice of Jesus
as merely equal with other reli
gious leaders, then his hearing
is impaired.
b. Are your ears sharp enough to
hear Jesus knocking at the door
of your heart? Rev. 3 : 20.
c. If you intend to go to heaven, it
is essential that you learn to hear
and recognize the voice ofJesus
in the here and now. John
18 :37; 5 : 25.

3. Some Things I Want to Hear.

a. The Lord saying, " Well done,
thou good and faithful servant."
Mt. 25 : 23.

b. The singing of the heavenly

choirs, Rev. 5 : 11-13.
Conclusion:

and doeth.

a. Confess with your mouth the

Lord Jesus. Rom 10 : 8-10.
b. With one mouth glorify God,.
Rom. 15 : 6.

2. Ear Test.

a.

2. Some Correct Uses of the Mouth.

the Father, Phil. 2 : 9-11

Conclusion: The wicked shall be judg

ed out of their own mouths, Luke 19 : 22.

(To be Continued)
{Continued frontpage 12)
studying these schemes, I find myself
completely fuddled. These schemes seem
to me to produce just about the same
results as a rather wicked trick I played
in my boyhood on two of Mother's cats.
I securely tied their tails together and then
threw them over the clothesline in the

backyard.

Mt. 7 : 24, 26.

His Mouth

I'm certain they would have

scratched themselves to death if Mother

had not come to their rescue. Someone

better rescue

the church.

Wishbones,,

before our ecclesiastical minded clergymen

scratch

themselves

to

death

in

their

scramble for power and prestige.

It is regrettable, indeed, that with all
of our

The wise man heareth

James 3 :2-10
1. Some Diseases of the

c. For edification, Eph. 4 :29.

d. To make known the mystery of
the gospel, Eph. 6 : 19.
3 The Prognosis (or Future) Every
tongue shall confess that Jesus.
Christ is Lord to the glory of God

scientific

and

technical

skills

and knowledge we have become so intelli

gent that we can no longer follow the
simplicity of God's plan for the church
as revealed in the New Testament.

I full

well realize, Wishbones, that this is un

Spiritual

Mouth.

a. Hypocritical Mouth, Mt. 15 : 8.

b. Filthy Mouth, Rom. 3 : 13, 14.
c. Double Mouth, James 3 : 9, 10.
d. Doomed Mouth, Rev. 21:8.
" The tongue is the only instrument

which grows sharper with use."

popular and certainly unscholarly to

take such a

Nevertheless,

stand in this atomic era.

until man with all

his

wisdom is able to produce a better plan

than the one revealed in the New Testa

ment, I will risk the danger of being

both unpopular and unscholarly. I'm
sure you agree with me in this stand.
{Continued on page 75)

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N)EW TIESTAVMENT PUBUCATIO^NS ASS0kCIAT][0)N

The New Testament Publications
Association was established in India in

January, 1956, with the purpose of

promoting the New Testament Church
through the printed word.
Constitutionally, the organization is
not limited to any particular language.

These include republication of " Church

of Christ", by Phillips, and " The New
Testament Church", by P. H. Welshimer.
The first Hindi edition .of " Workbook on

the Four Gospels", has also been a fond

hope for several years.
Unfortunately, at the end of February,

As it has turned out, however, most of the

the General Fund of the Association was

work of the association has been done in

Rs. 617'50 (S 131) in arrears.

Based on the knowledge that the best

the Hindi language.

The main project of the association

is the publication of the Hindi monthly,
JEEWAN-DEEP. Readers must pay an
annual subscription fee, but the income

assistance a publisher can have is to have

someone to pay the bills, the New Testa
ment Publications Association now oifers its

magazine is widely circulated, eagerly

friends a novel way to become Assistant

Publishers of JEEWAN-DEEP. During
the present year anyone in India who
contributes Rs. 5, or anyone outside of

read,

India who contributes 5, shall be listed

from

subscriptions

is

no-where

near

sufficient to pay the printing costs. The

and old

copies preserved.

For

several years the Hindi translation of in each month's issue of JEEWAN-DEEP

D. R. Dungan's, "On the Rock", has been as being an Assistant Publisher of the paper.
appearing in the magazine in serial The amount of your contribution itself
form.

The last chapter is due to be

printed in the April, 1961, issue. It

is hoped that this may later be brought

out in book form.

The Hindi translation of C. J. Sharp's,

will not be posted in Jeewan-Deep,

although it will certainly appear in the
regular financial report of the Association.
Those willing to thus lend the prestige

of their names to the prestige ofJEEWANDEEP, may please send their contributions
by cheque or money order direct to New

" Why We Believe," will soon be in the

hands of the printer. It is hoped that
the finished product may be available

Testament

before summer. The publication of this

valuable book has been made possible

India.

with

generous

contribution

112/352,

Publications

Association,

Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U.P.,

by

T. G. Rash from a bequest.

Other Hindi translations which have

been published by the association include

J. H. Dampier's, " Workbook on Christian
Doctrine"; C. J. Sharp's, " The Bible for
Youth"; and Vergil Felton's, "New
Testament Studies". The only book in

English which was authorized by the

association was Ralph Hartcr's, " The

Anatomy and Diseases of the Spiritual

Eye".
Besides D. R. Dungan's, " On the

Rock", other projects are being planned.

{Continuedfrom page 14)

Mankind is the same today as he has
been for many generations, lost in sin.
There is a remedy by which man can be
saved. Jesus Christ came to earth to
save man from his sins. What a different
world this would be if all men were free

from the bondage of sin! Let us. Wish

bones, proclaim with boldness that old,
old Story which many have never heard.

[Continued on page 12)

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.. American

.. 112/352, Swarupnagar, Kanpur

.. William Gulick
.. American

Nationality
6.

(See Rule 8)
.. BIBLE BOOK STORE, 112/352,
Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U.P., India
.. Once Every Two Months

,. Christ Nagar Institute, Ennore, Madras

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who own the newspaper and partners or shareholders holding more

Swarupnagar, Kanpur; Frank Rempel,

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than one per cent of the total
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capital. ..
..
..
Madras.
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to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date 28, February, 1961.
Signature of Publisher.
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THE CHRISTASIAN

Editor
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HA R TE R
Written by R a l p b 1 1 2 / 3 5 2 , Swarupnagar, Eanpur,

U.P., India, on(;my"-15,_196^ and flown to Clinton, Obio

where^t""Wa3~mimeographed and loailedo

CN9

C\9
V F I

V-'E

BAPTISMS

There have been five bap

After we got that hole In

the fence patched up, the

tisms since our last report

two months ago* These .in
clude two
young people,
brother and sister, the el
derly father of

house of

one

of

our fam

ilies gave all evidences of

being possessed by a demon.
Whatever m&y be the true

the Chair

man of the Board of the lo

cause of

the

events

that

cal congregation, and a man . happened there, the basic

and his wife who were for
difficulty is that the fam
merly Hindus. The latter
ily does not exhibit much
case was an

instance where

we reaped but had had no

part in the
sowing and '
watering
Otherwise, we have had
various ups and downs. Some
fighting amoung our yotmg
men stirred us to greater
vigilence. Since then .we .
have been in the midst of a

Bible reading and Scripture

memorization campaign. Five
of our youth have already
finished
memorizing
the
three chapters of the Ser
mon on the Mount,and others
will soon complete i t .

desire

to

Lord's

will.

that they

follow

will

our fold for

tal Church.

As a

in

We

the

expect
soon leave

the Pentecos

result of

many re

quests , we have prepared a

small booklet, "IVelcome to
Kanpur, India." It contains
nine lessons
suitable
and Scouts

other like pvirposes.

of you af'e
copy

. should

from

for
and

Each

being' mailed a
Kanpxir

reach

you

which

between

the 1st and 15th of July.

If you need a copy before

that date, you may obtain
one by writing either
Mss Florence
Ibuglas,
419 N. Main St., Flora,
IIJ.., or Mrs. R.R. Harter,
Sr., Box 144,
Clinton,
Ohio.
' .In-our-last issue we re

vides such an edifying envir

onment while the high city of
Kanpur is such an evil p3nce
that we would just as well
that Andriyas .stay in Kul

pahar all the time ;but Kanpur

is his home.
Book Store

business

is

little slower . noV. During

ported that Samuel Rahim - March- and April -sales- amount

ed to -(^93.27
and
included
would be'vacating our pre
sales of 19 Bibles, 9 new
mises by May 1st; but he
testaments and 31 portions.
is s t i l l
here.
He
won a
The library continues
to be
reprieve by various ways
and
means
The
Electric
Co. for which he works is

building
workers,
will

houses for its

and we hope hfe

move

into

one

of

those when they are finish

ed.

Samu Das of Ragaul

went

to Jhansi to
learn how to
drive and hasn't come back.
We' hear that he has f o\ind
a job down there.
In his
place we now have another

boy

from

-Ragaul, David

very popular'.
midst

of

We are

in the

inproving

i t with

the double-card-system ahi by

cataloging

the

books.

This

calls for some research on my

part.

Perhaps-I will have a cliance

to increase my knowledge on
the subject when I visit Kodaikanol - Hill
month.

Station

next

The weather -is now terrific

ally hot, and I wouldn't mind

leaving for the higher places

right now; ixit publishers can

Dinnu, Masih.. . This boy has

been given an opportunity

not always get away when they

to

want to

learn

the trade

blacksmith

in

of a

Kanpur's

new Technical School which

has been ^ built

telp. of.

with

the

American . Funds.

It looks like a good deal.

After much persistent
effort, on his part, Andri-

Before I

leave Kan

pur I will get the June issue

of the . Hindi

paper ,.in

mail, and will get the mater

ial for the ' July. issues : of
both Hindi and English papers
to

-the

printers.

could

stay around longer and read

the proofs of the Hindi 'ed

yas finally, succeeded in

winning a two week visit

ition

to Kanpur.

We Believe," but I won't^

Kulpahar pro

the

of . G.J. Sharp's, "Why

COKTRIBU'riONS FOR MARCH AND

EXPENDED FROM MARCH 16th TO

may 12th, 196;1-.

. APRIL, 1961

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P^ton" Women
Indiana:

' .

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'

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20.00

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27.13
22.31
19=/89

60.00

Medical ^

13.15

.,.5.00

N.T^ .'Publications

8.80

Equipment

5o25

.20 .00

25.00

Kansas:;

Youth'

" 366.32

Hous ing
Publicity
.Boys & Girls .
.Library:
...i-

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Bookstore

58.71
28,39

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"

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Church

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' pSgodd Circle

Salary, 2 months ..

' Rivarlawn, Wichita , 25.00

Kentucky:

'.Xhe Thomas Omers'

- 10.00

M3.niiesbta':; Grandma Nickerson

30.00

TOTAL EXPENDED

|926.74

SUMMARY.

Missoxiri:

Balance, Mar. 15 /
Contributed

-jfBSSljYS
623.33

Reaper Church

10,00

Liberty Bible Class

14.84

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10.00

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15.27

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

^ 623.33

Our

heart-felt

thanks to

all of you for your contin

ued faithful and generous
support. V/e are hum/led
each time we read the-^l^st

of contr.i butors because lire

feel so unworthy*of such a

great measure
confidence.

of love and
^

Someone may wince

at the

fact that ^366,32 was spent

in the Book Store and only
^93#27 was

taken in.

The

large amount spent, however

was the result of obliga
tions which had piled up
over the
last
six months.
I t should also be borne in
mind

that

the

Book Store

acco\Hits often get

charged

for thiJigs that really be

long in the Library Ac
count.
For example, the
-boys who clerk in the book
store also

watch

the

li

brary^ In fact, the library

requires more of their time

than does the book>store;

yet their wages are paid
entirely from the Book
Store account.
Besides

this, books often find

their way from the book

store
into the library
without proper accounting.
The Book Store also gets
charged with the telephone
bill, although it pays no

thing for rent or electri

city, So the bare statis

tics do not always

reveal

the whole truth. The annual

statistics published each
January give a better idea

of the over-all picture.

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EVANGEUSM IN INDIA TODAY

Problems and

Challcuges

/'"

Bv K. L. BateS; Jhansi, India

Today the Christian Church faces missionary enterprise has entered a
one of the most crucial testing periods new era. Many nations of the world,
in the history of Christendom. The India one of them, once under the rule

evangelistic ventures of the church are

being thwarted and threatened by
evil

forces

all

around

the

world.

Christian missions have been pushed

out of China, banned in Soviet Russia
and are facing severe crisis in many
of the countries of Africa and Asia.
These facts should sober us.

Year by year the number of nonchristians in our world Is steadily

increasing because of the gigantic
population growth. This in itself
presents a tremendous challenge.
What is the answer which will enable

us to begin to gain ground in this

great task of world evangelism rather
than to permit the non-christian popu
lation to continue to outgrow our
pt'esent evangelistic efforts?

May

independent nations. This freedom

has produced both challenging oppor
tunities and perplexing problems for
the church.
More than ever before the total
Christian Church needs to have a

clear-cut, well-defined global out-look.

With the highly developed transpor
tation and communication systems,
no place in the world is isolated from
another. One of the major overseas
airlines is now advertising, " Let us
fly you from Delhi to any place in the
world

in

less

than

24

hours."

In

planning evangelistic eflbrts we can

not think just in terms of a city, a
district, a state or a nation. We
must

It is abundantly evident that the

Vol. vn No. 3

of western powers are today free and

think

world."

19(J1
Price; nP, 25

June

in

terms

[iitwi

of

one

ph'nsf)

Kanpur, India

The messenger of God today has a very

important and responsible role. He must

Among some of the more widely read are;

be both a man of the Word and of the

Roland Allen's book, " Missionary Me

thods, St. Paul's or OursMelvin L.

world.

Hodge's book, " The Indigenous Church";

He must know the Word so com

pletely that he is able to " give a reason

Frank C. Laubach's little book, " Wake

for the faith within him to anyone who

asks." He must also be fully acquainted

Up, or Blow Up"; and Dr. Donald A.

with the world situation in order that he

God ".

McGavran's

book,

" The

Bridges

of

All of these books stimulate our

miglu at all times " rightly divide the

thinking and challenge us to think soberly

word of truth," as he ministers to the

about the mission of the church

needs of men.

He is God's ambassador

of peace in a world torn asunder by

conflicting ideologies.

Vital and important as it is for the

messenger of God to be alert to the poli
tical, social, economic and intellectual
conditions of the world, the principal
message is not to be drawn from the world.
The messenger of God has the message
of hope for the world today and everyday.
He is not to be a political expert, nor a
social reformer, nor an outstanding econo
mist, nor even a great scholar. He is
the proclaimer of " the good news".
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is able to save
man and this world from sure destruction.

Let us all proclaim with greater clarity

and boldness, " the tidings of great joy
which is for all people."
Much stress is being placed today upon
what

church

and

mission

leaders

call

" strategy ". In determining the strategy

of evangelism in any age and in any
situation, let us remember this all impor
tant factor: the man and the method are

not the essential factors. The message is

the essential factor in any strategy of

in

the

pi-esent situation.
Recently I read a very interesting
article by F. Dale Bruner, entitled, " A
New Strategy: Statesmanship in Christian
Missions". I was particularly interested
in Mr. Bruner's suggestion as to the "divine
strategy ". His contention is that the New
Testament major missionary strategy
practiced by the great missionary, Paul,
was " to reach the nations through the
great cities". This fact we cannot deny.
Paul did visit and establish churches in

strategic centers of the world of his day.

Ephesus was certainly the key city of Asia
Minor; Philippi was the capital of
Macedonia; Corinth was the commercial
center of Greece; and Rome the capital
city of tiie world.

Certainly we are not

to neglect the commercial, cultural and

political centers of our day.
There is one great danger exposed by
the expression of each of the above men
tioned authors.

Each one of them puts

forth his plan or strategy as " the " strate^

instead of " a " strategy.
attitude

with

that

Contrast this

of Paul

who said,

" I became all things to all men in order

that by all means I might save a few."

Lei
us use every type of program possible
method may be ever so grand. But if the
essential factor, the message, is not up to to bring men out of darkness into light.
Note the challenge before us here in
the proper standard, the program is
doomed to fail. Human strategy in a the great land of India. In the 1900 cen
sus there was a population of 283,817,000
divine enterprise is always dangerous.
persons, with an estimated Protestant
Many books and articles have been Christian community of 967,927. Sixty
written concerning this problem of methods years later in the 1960 census there is a
both in the field of Christian missions as
[Conlimied on page 4)
well as cfTective plans for evangelism.
Christian

missions.

The

man

and

his

INDIA

BIBLE

COLLEGE

OF

CHORCJHIES OF

CHRIST
During the third annual camp for
missionaries

of the

churches

of Christ

in India, held in Shillong, Assam, a great

deal of discussion centered upon the need

for and the possibility of establishing an
ail-India Bible College. The missionaries
present suggested the formation of a

Asian countries. English was therefore

decided upon as the medium of instruction.
There will be a strong emphasi.s placed upon
' the study of English, especially during the
i first two years of the regular college course.
;
Pre-eminently the institution is to be
: a Bible College in fact as well as name.
I The teaching and the study of the Bible
| are the purpose and program which have

committee composed of Bernel Getter,

Aichie Fairbrother, J. Z. Zamen and
William Gulick.
|
This committee met at Kududand,

Bilaspur, M.P. during February 9-11,

1961.

Bernel

Getter

was

selected

as

chairman and William Gulick as secretary.

Bilaspur was decided upon as the

location for the Bible College. Bilaspur
is an important railway junction between
Calcutta and the most centrally located
city of India, Nagpur. An arts college
and a technological college are located in
Bilaspur. The existing grounds and

buildings of the Central India Mission of

Churches of Christ have been made avail

able for use by the proposed college.

Opportunities for Christian work and
witness in the nearby areas of Sarguja and
Orissa exist for the faculty and students
of the college.
The institution is to be co-educational

with a faculty and a program capable of

handling both matrics and degree gra
duates, but in separate classes.
The committee expressed the hope that
such subjects as typing, shorthand, voca
tional training in printing, bookbinding,
agriculture and poultry raising may be
taught in conjunction with the regular
college subjects because of the special
need in India for the preacher being able
to provide his own livelihood.
The college hopes to serve all of India
and even draw students from other nearby

called it into existence.

The aim of the

school is the preparation of men and women

for Christian service. The degree of
Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) and Master
of Theology (M.Th.) are to be offered.
A nine-member Board of Directors was

suggested.

The principal of the college

is to be an ex-officio member.

The term

of office for each member will normally

be for three years. The Board of Directors
will be a self-perpetuating body and will
replace three of its number each year.
At least one year is to lapse before a
Director may be re-elected. The annual
meeting of the Board of Directors will be
held the closing week of each school year.
The first annual meeting is to be held in
April, 1961.
-

Archie and Marguerite Fairbrother \

have offered themselves for the work of \
India Bible College. They and one other

faculty member, to be chosen at the first I

annual meeting of the Board of Directors, /
will carryon the workfor the first academic /
year. Other faculty members will bd^
added from year to year.
It is planned to begin first and second
year classes by July 10, 1961.
Students
and staff should' be .present in Bilaspur
by July 8, 196t.- '
For additional information write: The

Principal, India Bible College, Bilaspur,

M.P., India.

[Continued from page 2)

measures success, even in the evangelistic

enterprise, in terms of numbers. Friends,
if this is the true measure of success, then

population of over 438,000,000 with an

estimated Protestant Christian community Jesus Christ Himself is a shining example of
of 4,500,000. In the next 40 years, by the the world's biggest failure. He gathered
year 2000, at the present high rate of about Him twelve common men. One of
births, there will be in India 1,000,000,000 them betrayed Him, selling Him into the
persons. Will we be able in the next hands of His enemies. Another denied
forty years to increase the Christian Him. In His hour of greatest need for
community by 250% in order to maintain their support and loyalty His disciples
the status quo of the percentage of the were most conspicuous by their absence.
population that are Christians in India ? Only John was present at the foot of the
These figures are startling and demand our cross when Jesus died. Yet it was for these,
immediate and sober consideration.
the individual traitors, cowards, men of
We have already indicated the impor little faith, that Jesus had come to " seek
tance of the message in planning our and to save ".
strategy of evangelism. Let us turn our
After eleven years here on the mission
attention to study the procedure adopted field I frankly and openly confess I know
by Jesus as He walked and talked among far less about methods today than I thought
men. We do not have to read far into the
I knew eleven years ago. But I also
Gospel narrative before we are fully aware gladly and proudly confess I know more
of the great value and importance Jesus about Him and His message who has
placed upon the individual man. This called me " to seek and to save " His lost
factor I would imprint upon your think sheep. Of this I am convinced, if the
ing. It was to save maw, the individual, world in general and India in particiJar is
and not men, the race, that Jesus came to
to be saved from the destruction of sin, we
earth. Throughout His entire ministry,
each one individually must give more
Jesus dealt with man.
personal and serious attention to our
A very striking example of the impor
relationship with Him Who is our Redee
tance of the individual is illustrated in the mer and Lord.
Programs, methods,
conversation of Jesus with the Samaritan strategy are important. But let us avoid
woman at the well of Sychar. According the danger of becoming involved in the
to the standards of moral conduct of the working out of these wonderfully devised
day, no one could have blamed Jesus if Schemes that we have no time left " to seek
He had completely ignored the woman. and to save" the sinner.
/,
Jesus was tired and weary from travelling.
When we plan our strategy of evan
He no doubt was hungry for the disciples gelism let us diligently try to follow in the
had gone to purchase their food. This footsteps of Jesus. He had time to heal
woman was of ill-repute and of a despised the blind, the deaf, the dumb and the lame.
race. Yet tired, weary, hungry and dirty Jesus had time to comfort those who were
from His travels, Jesus had time to deal sorrowing and to give a word of cheer and
with an individual society had no time encouragement to the down-hearted. Jesus
for in her hour of need. How often in the
dared to associate with publicans and
hurry and rush of our 20th century living sinners. It was to save these, the ones
we are guilty of failing to take advantage society rejected, He had come to save from
of the opportunities that come our way to
their sins.
deal with the needs of the individual man.

The statistical minded western world

{Continued on page 10)

/
.

PROSPECTUS OIF THE

LO'RD^S TRAENING

SCHOOL
Reprintedfrom " The Balance of Truth "

" That I may know Him, and the

power of His resurrection" (Phil. 3:10).
A. The tuition is free,
without money,
and without price."
B. Individual love and care are given to

C. No student will be placed in a class

which would be unsuitable for the

development of his or her character.

D. All lessons assigned must be learned.
Shirked lessons mean discipline of
In the event of abso

lute refusal to learn, the whole future

life of the student is dwarfed, his

possibilities of usefulness blighted, and

he will be eternally poorer as the out
come of his lack of perseverance.
E. The most intimate relationships and
closest communion are sought with
each student by the Omniscient
President.

F.

After this, his

life will be ablaze

with Gk)d.

(2) The Monotony Class. This class

is specially intended for those
students who need to leam how to

find Christ anywhere and every

where in the midst of the same

each student.

various kinds.

received before.

No vacation will be given, as every

provision is made by the President for
rest and refreshment in Himself.

G. Special classes will be formed to meet ,

ness and monotony and plains of

life. The prophet Ezekiel was
once a student in this class (Ezek.
3:22-25).
(3) The Restriction Class. Here the
student will learn to be content,
to be hidden and unknown, to be

shut up to God, to live in God and

with no exit, " and he shall go no
more out."

He will also learn

when to speak and when to be

silent and to have not only the
folded hands but the folded will.
Ezekiel was also a member of this

class (Ezek. 3: 24-27).

(4) The Success Class. This class is
for the few, as most students have
not been found able to stand the
strenuous tests involved in the

the need of any whomthe President in j

course of training given therein.

Its privileges and powers have

His wisdom sees can only be developed ]

by their means. Some of these classes :

all-wise President seldom places

are as follows:

students in this class for more than

(1) The Desert Life Class. In this

a very short period. Those, how

ever, who are placed in it learn,
first ofall, of their own nothingness

class the student will be taught in

solitude and spiritual dryness to
hold communion with God and

been so much abused that the

and then of that Power which is

He will be

a Personthe Holy Spirit who is

to use them and not be used by

called aside to get a vision of the

Holiness of Godand a deeper
and higher call than he has ever

(5) The Class of Suffering, Sorrow,

and Trial. Only God's choicest

behold His Glory and to be

absorbed with God.

the student.

are allowed the privilege of this

classj for in it Gk>d reveals His
secrets so that they can testify like
David, " It is good that I have
been afflicted that I might learn."
Most of the precious things of this
life are the

outcome

learned in this class.

of lessons

The Way

of the Cross means sacrifice, and

students

in

this

class

learn

to

measure their life by loss and not

by gain, to know if they suffer
they will also reign with Him.

(6) The

Class of

pathy with them, who misunder

stand them and rub them the

wrong way until there is no wrong

way to be rubbed. They also
find much in this life of each day
to chafe and irritate. They are
frequently passed over or over
looked while others get titc credit
of their work; even their nearest
and dearest misunderstand them

and misinterpret their motives.

This class turns out students who

are willing to follow the Lamb of

Life and suffer His reproach.
(7) The Class of Deferred Hopes and
Prayers. This class is found to be
a great strain by very many so
that they get sick from hopes
deferred or faint from heart
failure because of insufficient

waiting

upon and

Those,

however,

for

God.

who

have

staying power ", the outcome of

a life stayed upon Jehovah, will
discover that in this class they will
learn to believe God in spite of
everything and anything out
whether

jV.5.As the time is short, students are

advised and invited to begin their course

while it is called day.
Special honoiu's are awarded those
who finish the course and keep the faith.
Each student will be graded in exact
proportion to his faith and faithfulness;
and the decisions of the Examiner are

made in perfect love and justice.

His awards are final.

Uncongcniality.

Students of this class are placed

among those who have no sym

ward,

God worketh for liim that waiteth

for Him.

circumstances,

disappointments, or the malig

nity of man and demons, and to
know beyond all questioning that

{Continued from page 7)

Between the Enemy and the Deep
The Israelites had cried to God for

deliverance. But when deliverance came,

their thoughts and hearts returned to

Egypt. Each time they faced a crisis on

the march they forgot that He Who was
leading them was the same Almighty and

living God Who had exercised His might

and power on their behalf so recently in
Egypt and that He could do the same not
only now, but over and over again. They
constantly grumbled and murmured against
Moses for bringing them out of Egypt and
were often about to stone him to death.

Had they known the way back"through the

pathless desert and had they had the
means, surely they would have returned to
Egypt after the very first crisis. Until
they reached Pihahiroth on the Egyptian
shore of the Red Sea, however, they had
not encountered any danger or difficulty.

Here they encamped again.

In Egypt the life of the entire nation
was paralyzed by the sudden loss of the
entire labouring class, the Hebrew slaves.
No general all-out strike in any country so
far has so thoroughly and completely
paralyzed a modern nation. Pharaoh
{Continued on page 16)

SOME OOTSTAND][NG WOMEN

OF THE

BIBLE
Miriam

By Miss H. Kaveri Bai, Hyderabad, India

Out of Bondage
Free

at

last!

From

Raamses

the

children of Israel marched out into liberty.

A sort of census was taken, but only the
adult males were numbered.

Women and

children, even youths under twenty, and

the " mixed multitude "

were left out.

The adult males alone numbered 600,000.

They trekked all the way to Succoth and

encamped there.
" How wonderful that the blood of the

lamb on our doorposts should protect us

when all the Egyptians, even the king,
lost their firstborn! How mighty is the
Lord God of Israel!"'exclaimed Miriam.

" In every plague He sent upon Egypt,

how wonderfully He made a difference
between the Egyptians and the children of
Israel!" answered another woman.

" To me," replied Miriam, " the blood

protection seems to be the most extra
ordinary of all. But for that blood, the
Lord God would have made no difference

between the Eg^tians and us. What a

tremendous power was in that blood!"
Little did Miriam know that the blood
of those and of all the Iambs to be slain

thereafter by the Israelites for sacrifices

there is a highway between Egypt and

Canaan along the seacoast?" one woman
wondered.

" I don't know. I will go ask him,"

she said. Miriam went and asked him,
" Moses, why are we not going to Canaan
by the road everybody goes and by which
our fathers came to Egypt during the
famine?"

" Sister," he answered, " that is God's

commandment. I obey Him. Our people

have been slaves and have never fought

in wars. If we go by the natural highway
the nations inhabiting Canaan will not sit
quietly and watch us possess their land.
They will join together and come and fight
US. As soon as our people see a great
army coming against us they will be panic
stricken and run back to Egypt. The
Canaanites do not expect an invasion
from the desert side. No enemy can
march through the desert and live."
" But how will you know the way
where you have nothing but windblown
sand and rocks?"

" We are God's chosen people. He is

going before us and He knows the
way."

for generations to come stood only as a

" But there are no trees and no shade.

type of the precious blood of the Lamb of

It is a scorching sun that we have in the

God Who would be slain on Calvary more

wilderness."

than 1,500 years later for the sins of the

whole world.

That blood which made no

difference between Hebrew and Egyptian,

Jew and Gentile, man and woman, bond

and free would save all who took refuge

under its protection.

" How is it, Miriam, that your brother

is taking us into the pathless desert when

" The Lord will cover us with a cloud

by day. That same cloud will be a pillar

of fire by night and will give us light.
When this cloud moves we shall follow it

and march.

When it stops we shall halt

and encamp."

(Continued on page 6)

SACRED) POETRY: LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL

By Donald Davis, Gebu, Philippines

Mankind has always expressed its inner

self in art, music and literature.

The

majestic expressions of literature are found

in poetry. Men of God have paid their
homage to their Heavenly Father in
graceful words of poetry, in gratitude for
the blessings of life. Poetry is the
language of the soul in its state of exaltation
or deepest depression. The manifestation
of God's handiwork is radiantly revealed

form of a profit and loss account. Wisdom

is contrasted with fools and folly. It tells of
the folly of sin and the vanity of wicked
ness.

It tells us there is a time for hate

and a time for love, a time to make war

and a time to make peace and a season to
every purpose under the heavens. This
book urges the remembrance of God in
the days of youth and exhorts the fearing
of God as the whole duty of man.
in His creation and in His divine Word.
We study the poetry of the Bible for
To view the splendour and the grandeur the same reason we study other types of
of God, we must analyze the words of the Scripture: to learn of the Lord and His will
prophets and seers of the past. Hebrew for us. Noah Webster defines poetry as
poetry does not rhyme but the phraseology " the embodiment in appreciative language
is beautiful. David, a poet and musician of beautiful or high thought, imagination
of great renown, wrote words of praise and or emotion, the language being rhythmical
adoration of God to be used in the temple and metrical and adapted to arouse the
his son, Solomon, built. The poems were feelings and imagination." It is en
used for teaching and prayer and were lightening, inspiring and refreshing for one

accompanied by a group of

musical

instruments which would surpass any

present day philharmonic orchestra.
Each ended in a doxology. Every shade
of human emotion is displayed in the
Psalms of David to God.

The book of Job expresses the triumph

of man, through God, over sin. It incidentcJly discusses the problem of human
suffering and the ultimate victory through
faith in God.

The Song of Solomon might be

considered an early opera or classic. It
expresses the consecrated devotion of
husband and wife. Three interpretations
have been given this book: it is allegorical,
literal or typical. Some consider it an
allegory representing God and His people
as Christ and His Church.

The Holy

Scriptures do present Christ as groom of

who can enjoy it and appreciate it.

Poems of the Bible can be used for our help
in time of need. In sorrow they give us
comfort. In suffering they give us con
solation and strength. In a sinful world
they give us light. In the valley of shadows
they give us hope of peace and even joy.
{Continued from page 12)
According to the Old Testament law,
those guilty of this sin were put to death.
Lev. 20:13.

Cor. 6:9 also bars such from the

kingdom of God.
Cone.:
I Thess. 4:1-11.

Perhaps there is no one who is not at

some time or other tempted by one or

Christ's Church, the bride.

more of the above sins, but victory over

The poetic book of Ecclesiastes in its

evaluation of the things of life takes the

them is always available through Jesus

Christ.

I Cor. 10:13.

From the editor's pen

THE OLD TESTAMENT

What It Contains

books; and prophecy, seventeen books.

The Old Testament contains the his

Its Place in Religious History
tory and religion of the Jewish people.
The Jews were the people whom God
From its contents as outlined above, we
chose for His special work of preparing leadily see that the Old Testament did not
the way for the coming of the Christ. The present itself as a way of universal salva
history of the Jews in the Old Testament tion. It was for the Jews and about the
begins with the creation of Adam and Eve Jews. Other nations were not included
and continues through the return from the in its history, except at those points where
Babylonian captivity toward the close of they touched the Jewish nation. God
the sixth century B.C. The Old Testa
chose the Jews as the nation through which
ment tells us of the rise and fall of the

Jewish national state. This history is

important only because the Jews had been
chosen by God for a holy work. The
last book of the Old Testament, Malachi,
was written about 430 B.C.

Not only does the Old Testament give

the history of the Jews but also their
religion. This religion was contained in
the law of Moses which was given by God
through Moses from Mount Sinai. This
law contained the Ten Commandments

and many detailed commandments to

govern religious and social life.
The first five books of the Old Testa
ment contain this Jaw of Moses which was

thus revealed, along with the historical

facts before and immediately following
its delivery to Moses. The next twelve
books contain the history of the Jews from
the time after the law was given until the
return from the Babylonian captivity.
The next five books are the religious poetry
of the Jews, expressing faith, penitence,
praise, etc. of those who lived under the

the Christ should come, and the law of

Moses in

the

Old Testament

was

the

means of preparing them to bring Him

forth. In other words, the Jews were
God's appointed servant to keep true
religion alive until the coming of the
Christ. Consider carefully Galatians
3:23-24. This passage teaches clearly that
the law of Moses was a temporary arrange
ment until a permanent way could be
established through Christ. The law was
a

schoolmaster, or as

literally means, " e.scort ".

the word

here

In those times

the house slaves would often take the small

children to school to see that they arrived

safely. Those escorting slaves were called
" pedagogues" or those who " led the
children."

This is the word used here.

The law was the escort providing safe

journey to the true Teacher, Christ Jesus.
See also Galatians 4:3-6. This compares
the law of Moses with the rules which

the parents lay down for the small child.

The Gospel of Christ is here compared with
the

freedom

of

the

adult.

The

rules

placed upon the child are for his guidance

law. The last seventeen books embrace
until he reaches maturity. When matu
the warnings and visions of the Jewish rity is reached, the rules are taken away.
prophets. Thus we have the four chief So the Old Testament was given to govern
divisions of the Old Testament: law, five

the child, but we became mature with

books; history, twelve books; poetry, five

the Word of Christ.

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When Taken Away

from the beginning.

Augustine has said,

that the Old Testament is the New con

When, then, was this old law taken

away? Notice again in Galatians 4:4
that Jesus Himself was bom under the
law. The law was still in effect when
Christ came. It was in eflfect until He
finished His work and established a new

way. When was His work finished ? He

Himself tells us. Read John 19:30. See
also Colossians 2:14. Paul says here
that this old law was " blotted out" being
''nailed to the cross".

Thus the

Old

Testament served its purpose and was

then

made

invalid

as

law.

See

also

Ephesians 2:15. It was given in the first

place to lead toward Christ, and when
Christ did His redemptive work on the
cross, its mission was accomplished.
When Christ died, His work was finished,
and the old law was thereby " nailed to
the cross." No man since the death of
Christ has been under the Old Testament.

There are some religious teachers today

who try to make the Old Testament
binding upon us, advising us to keep
Saturday as a holy day, etc., but Paul's
entire books of Galatians and Romans were
written to show that under Christ as our

cealed, the New is the Old revealed.

We can see how God dealt with people

in the past, and all this can be an example

to us.

Notice I Corinthians 10:11.

We

can also find inspiration in reading what

the great men of God in the past had to
say, even though they were living under a
different law. David was a man of faith

and courage in the Lord, and his faith can

renew faith in us. We are not told to offer
animal sacrifices to God as David was
but we do believe in the same God.

In summary, then: The Old Testa

ment was given for a specific purpose
and for a limited time and people; when
the fullness of time came, it ceased to be

effective as commandments. In reading

and studying it, however, we do learn
history, find inspiration and receive ins
tructive examples in righteousness.

{Continued from page 4)

Let us face the future with confidence

because we walk not by sight, but by faith.

Saviour we are no longer under the law.

See Galatians 5:1. This is a plea to the

Like Paul of old we too are convinced that

Christians in Galatia not to return to the

salvation to all that will believe." We

need to face the fact that men will not

bondage of the old law of Moses and an

the " gospel is the power of God unto

admonition to stand fast in their freedom

in Christ.

believe in Him of Whom they have not

heard. They will not hear unless there
be a preacher. Therefore we preach and

Our Use of It Today

they believe.
Yes, today we face the greatest challenge

Old Testament became

that the church has ever faced. There arc

inactive at the death of Christ why do we

But if the

more people in the world today than ever

before in . the history of mankind. Re

read it and study it today? We have

already seen for one thing, that the Old
Testament provides us with inspired
religious history and background which
we cannot find anywhere else. This helps
us to understand the New Testament.

It

reveals to us the eternal purpose of God, as

He worked toward the coming of Christ

member, God does not desire that even

one should perish, but that all should have

the opportunity to come unto repentance.
What a challenge! What a tremendous
need! What a wonderful Lord! Jesus
Christ and He alone can give hope to our
lost and perishing world.

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Semo-n Out^Lne6 for Barefoot freaefer^.

THE ANATOMY OF A CHRISTIANPart II
By Ralph R. Harter, Kanpur, India
His Hands

Mt. 5:30

7. Some Examples of Diseased Hands.

with your own hands, as we commanded

you; That ye may walk honestly toward
them that are without, and that ye may

have lack of nothing.

I Thess. 4:11,

12.

Eve took the forbidden fruit in her

hands; Cain slew Abel with his hands;

Potiphar's wife caught Joseph's garment
with her hands; the Israelites made a
golden calf with their hands; Saul cast
a javelin at David with his hands;
Solomon wrote of the sluggard whose
hands are folded in sleep; Judas Iscariot
took thirty pieces of silver in his hands;
hands slapped and mocked Jesus and
nailed Him to the cross; Pilate washed his
hands of responsibility; hands stoned
Stephen.

II. Some Examples of Healthy Hands.

The ideal woman described in Prov. 31

did

much with her hands; a woman

brought an alabaster box of ointment to

Christ in her hands; several women minis
tered unto Christ with their hands; Dorcas
made coats and garments with her hands;
Jesus healed with His hands; the Apostle
Paul worked with his hands; hands helped
Paul escape from Damascus; the brethren
in Macedonia and Corinth gave with their
hands to help their brethren in Jerusalem;
blessings and spiritual gifts were imparted
by the laying on of hands.
III. Hints for Holy Hands.
The lizard taketh hold with her hands.

Yet is she in kings' palaces. Prov.

30:28 (A.S.V.).
And that ye study to be quiet, and
to do your own business, and to work

Lift up the hands which hang down.

Heb. 12:12.
Cleanse

your

hands,

ye

sinners.

James 4:8.
Cone.:

Jesus stretches out His hands to you;

you stretch out your hands to Him.
A

Christian's Feet
Heb.

12:13

I. Bad Feet.

Feet that run to evil and make haste

to shed blood. Prov. 1:16.

Feet that are swift in running to mis

chief.

Prov. 6:18.

He that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Prov. 19:2.

The foot that is jealous of the hand.

I Cor. 12:15.
II. Good Feet.

Helpful Feet. Job was eyes to the blind

and feet to the lame. Job 29:15.
Established Feet, Ps. 31:8, 40:2.

Unfaltering Feet, Ps. 56:13, 66:9.

Beautiful Feet, Rom. 10:15.
Conquering Feet, Rom. 16:20.

Feet shod with the preparation of the

gospel of peace. Eph. 6:15.

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II. Strength for Weak Arches.

example of Potiphar's wife shows thre&

steps to adultery: the eyes, the mouth and.

God keeps the feet of his holy ones.

I Sam. 2:9 (Hannah's prayer).
Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah;
For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

the hands.

Gen. 39:7-12.

The teachings of the New Testament

on this subject are deep and unique..
I Cor, 6:9, 10; An adulterer is forgiven
in II Cor. 2:5-11; Mt. 5:27, 28; Mt. 5::

Ps. 25:15.

31, 32; Mt. 19:9; Mk. 10:11, 12; I Cor.

7:10-15; I Cor. 7:39.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet.

Ps. 119:105.

Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength;

And he maketh my feet like hinds' feet, j III. Marital Irresponsibility.

And will make me to walk upon my high j

places.

Habakkuk 3:19.

Onan did not fulfil his responsibility

to his wife Tamar.

Gen. 38:6-10.

Cone.:
j
The New Testament also condemnsIf thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut such irresponsibility. I Cor. 7:3-5.
it off: it is good for thee to enter into life
halt, rather than having thy two feet to IV. Fornication among the Unmarriedbe cast into hell.

Mk.

9:45.
Shechem humbled Dinah. Gen. 34:1

The Secret Member

Hebrews 4:13

(This sermon is not particularly recom

mended for mixed groups.)

ff.

Cor. 6:9,

10 excludes fornicators-

from the kingdom of God.

V. Prostitution.

Intro.: The various abuses of the secret

member have been known to the world
since the times of Genesis.

Gen. 38: 12-26.

I. Polygamy.

Christians should consider such a sia

unthinkable. I Cor. 6:15-20.

It is plain from Gen. 2:24 that from

the beginning God intended that man
should only have one wife.
Lamech, who was a bad character in

other ways, was the first recorded polygamist. Gen. 4:23.

Abraham, Jacob, David and Solomon
suffered because of this sin.
The New Testament honours mono

Judah committed this sin with Taniar,,

VI. Disrespect of Nakedness.

The descendants of Ham were cursed

because Ham disrespected the nakedness^

of his father.

Gen. 9:22-27.

This be

comes a form of idolatry, which may

account for idolatry appearing between,
fornication and adultery in I Cor. 6:9.

gamy, I Tim. 3:2, 12; 5:9; Titus 1:6.

VII. Homosexuality.

II. Adultery.

Called "Sodomy" because it was

practiced by the people of Sodom. Gen.

Reuben committed adultery with his

step-mother Bilhah. Gen. 35:22._,The

19:4-11.

{Continued on page 8)

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MOTKVES

FOR

BAXPTIiSM

By Don Byers, Pau, Nan, Thailand

Reprintedfrom " The Voice of Khamu"

babe in Christ as well as the elderly saint,

" love for God " and a willingness to be
obedient to all known commands is equally
real and necessary. These things are
inherent in both faith and repentance.
To overlook this and invite people to
baptism without it is like inviting a man
to run a foot race without any prepara
tion for training. He will certainly falter
before he gets very far or, at the best, will
give a very poor showing. If there is a
hardness of heart to know duty and a

Instruction to one desiring baptism

here would no doubt sound a bit strange
to one who knew only the common procedure in America.

We have not invented

anything new but only try to get across

the real meaning of faith and repentance
in a practical way. After all, neither faith
nor repentance has any meaning outside
-of related action. We do not require
before baptism a testing period, as some
do, whereby the believer must demons
trate his change of life over a period of

stubbornness to surrender known sin, I

several months. It must be admitted that

this course would seem the wisest at times.

But it is only human wisdom. Since the

Bible offers not a shade of encouragement
to this plan, but rather condemns it by

have as much right to deny baptism to

that person as I do to deny a mother's
request to sprinkle her infant in arms.

its precedent of baptism immediately |

following faith, we must be consistent and
not deny this fellowship with the Lord to
anyone sincerely wanting it.
However it is completely right to
question motives, making sure that the
believer has as much knowledge as is
possible to have. He must needs receive
baptism with eyes opened as to the cost.

J"esus bids us to " count the cost ". This

means getting right down to bed-rock

living, examining habits and attitudes

that need changing and what manner of
person one ought to be "in Christ".

Real faith and repentance is not evident

in either case.

!
There is a lot of fuzzy thinking and
i practice here. Any casual statement from
the lips of an adult is ground enough for
many to administer the rite. Condemna
tion will be upon the one who leads
another to such a haphazard acceptance.
; We cannot circumnavigate the issue by
. saying that our job is just to lead people
| " to Christ". This is true, but our actions
I often reveal we know not whereofwe speak.
j This statement turns out to be a pleasant
! verbal veneer that we shape and polish
to cover most any sort of gimmick, show,

This is not a casual initiation into a social

trick or manner of witness.

-club. Its symbolism bespeaks of a tho

rough renovation of the old man. It would
be folly to press upon this new believer all
the judgments, convictions, prohibitions

to say that no one leads anyone to Christ

and duties that have become evident over

years ofservice to the advanced saint. The

Christian life admits to degrees of know

ledge and hence action. But it does not
admit to degrees of motive. For the

unless that

Christ

is

Let it suffice

made

Lord

and

Master. It is our job to tell men not

only who this Christ is but what He
demands, that not only justification is
ours through Him but that sanctification
as well. His Lordship and the believer's
sanctification need to be pressed upon
inquirers.

14

Hence it is with no apologies that we

Motives here are ulterior as well as in

try to lead these people to a clear under America. Sickness is uppermost in many
standing of discipleship by citing real sins minds. Time and again has been our
that need to be surrendered and real
obedience that needs to be followed. Their

experience of people turning to the Lord

willingness to reject wrong and accept

receiving help from the spirits.

right is the only practical way faith and

such is the case we make it clear that

repentance can be determined.

One of the first things these people
are required to do is to cut off all relation

ship with the demons. When permission

is given to destroy the spirit shelf of one
wanting baptism there is a mad scramble
by some of the Christians to get it and
throw it into the river.

They find a lot

of satisfaction in this destruction.

Two

gods cannot sit on the same throne. " Ye

cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the

cup of demons." " What agreement hath

a temple of God with idols ?" " Thou
shalt have no other gods before me."

after the loss of a

child and failure of

When

Christians get sick, too, that Christians

die, too.

But we also stress that there is

a Great Physician who cares, who can

and does heal and who, if it is His will

that healing should not be given, can give

grace to see us through. A lesson a new
Christian should know and know well is
that Christ's will rules his life from now on-

I have no right to dictate my wants to Him.

My greatest good comes only when I seek
His will and rest in His judgments that
they are wise and good.
The hope of material gains has been the
motive of some but this has died down

with time for they have seen that the

Liquor, smoking, lying and other vices foreigner is here not as a material philan
are brought up as contrary to the will of the thropist ljut as a spiritual teacher.
Lord and one must seek the Lord's sure
An escape from the fear of evil spirits,
help in overcoming them. Daily prayer, motivates others. This fear has been
attendance at church meetings, witnessing
and a godly example are pressed upon
them as duties and privileges. I do not
wish to convey that all naturally drop
these sins off and all these virtues are

immediately acquired.
been

without

Nor have we not

backsliders.

But

these

things and actions must be accepted as

the course of one's life in a spirit of

humility, else baptism is denied and

rightly should be. I am persuaded that

we cannot be too forceful \vith these

demands.

For once again, these highly

charged religious terms, such as faith and

repentance, that many love to handle,
argue over and play mental games with,
are absolutely meaningless until brought

cruelly real to them in their former state-

By the formality of accepting Christ and

baptism they feel released. But sometimes
their lives flavor too much of fleeing from

a negation without running to a Saviour

and Lord. These aie in grave danger of
the former spirit returning with seven
others more vile than the first to take up

residence in the swept, empty rooms of

the heart. Our Lord said the latter
state is worse than the former. The
trouble was that the motives were mis
placed.

As we grow more acquainted with

these people and their thinking I am

down to real living. Let no one live in the

convinced it shall do us well to pay more

attention to motives. In eternity motives

delusion that he has faith in God while

shall indeed matter.

Can we be too care

following" his own will, or that he has ful now? I am equally persuaded that
repented while still finding pleasure in the church in America would profit greatly
wrongdoing.

if it showed more concern.

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RETIUIRN

TO

KNDKA

By Ralph R. Harter, Kanpur, India

My air journey from Moscow to New

Delhi was by Air India International.
The airliner was filled with Indian engineers

on their way home after studying in Russia.

It felt good to converse again in Hindi
and to read the Delhi newspapers which
were on board.

seem to be getting anywhere. Instead of

getting closer to the ticket window I
seemed to be getting further away from it.
So picking up my baggage at the Airlines
Office, I took a taxi to the Delhi Railway
Station where I got a ticket right away.
It was still six hours until train time,

We flew all night and I was able to

so I went to the waiting room.

I was too

get a little sleep. The clouds at sunrise tired to do any more touring. After
were a beautiful sight. Shortly afterwards taking a shower, I put on my Indian
we landed at Tashkent.

Here we were

cottons and snatched a little nap.

For

served breakfast, and the Russians made

supper I had some delicious Indian food in

their final check.

the station restaurant.

childhood and so my long-desired wish

to see them came true. Crossing West
Pakistan we passed over the city of Lahore,

Air

and soon we were at New Delhi.

travelled this class on the Indian Rail

The restaurant was

Taking off again, we headed for the quiet, and the bearer pattered around in
Himalayas which were already in view. his slippered feet, filling my glass with cool
Soon we were flying above the beautiful water whenever it got half empty. Now
snow-capped peaks. Crossing Afghanistan, I could forgive that ticket clerk at Canwe passed over Kabul and the Khyber naught Place and really enjoy being back.
That night I found my place in the
Pass. I had heard of these places since

It took quite some time to get through

customs, and I was the last passenger to
make it. The reason for this was that

some of my baggage was being shipped by

sea and I had to get a certificate for it.
The only thing I had to pay duty on
was my pocket radio for which I had to

pay 50 per cent of the purchase price even

though the radio was a year old.

At New Delhi the airlines graciously

Conditioned

coach

of the

Delhi-

Howrah Express. This was the first

(and, as yet, only) time that I had ever
ways; and I think it was the most comfor
table train trip I have ever had. Being
very tired, and having found such a
comfortable place, I was soon asleep.
The next morning at 6-15 we reached
Kanpur's large and busy Central Station.
I had not given anyone the details of
my arrival and so I arrived as unexpectedly
as a thief. If the neighbors had known
the hour of my coming they wouldn't

provide free bus service from the airport have dared tie their cow at my door. It
to the center of the city. This is always was just like old times. Two minutes after
very much appreciated, and I took my arrival home the cow was no longer

advantage of it on this occasion.

Leaving my baggage at the Airlines
office in Carinaught Place, I went to the
Cannaught Place Railway Ticket Office
to get a ticket for Kanpur. After stan

ding there for quite a long time, I didn't

tied at my door, and hasn't been since.

I had gone around the world, and the
only thing waiting to greet me was a
cow. Later, however, when word of my

arrival got around, the brethren welcomed

me with their accustomed warmth.

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pursue them and bring them back at any

out of Egypt?
Is not this the word we
did tell thee in Egypt, Let us alone that
we may serve the Egyptians? For it had
been better for us to serve the Egyptians

cost.

than that we should die in the wilderness."

realized what he

had done.

He

must

He mustered all his forces and, witli

a great army, set out in pursuit of the

Hebrews. " Ah, there they are, pitching
their tents by the sea. I have them in the
hollow of my Itand."
" It is so nice here with the cool breeze

blowing from the sea," said a woman to

Miriam. "No more slaving. What a
rest!"

" But hark, what is that like the rolling

of distant thunder?" and they all listened.
" Even the earth under us is quiver
ing," whispered another in awe.
Very soon the entire camp was In

With calm dignity Moses answered,

" Fear not, stand still and see the salva

tion of the Lord. The Lord will fight for

you and ye shall hold your peace."
At God's command Moses stretched
forth his rod over the sea. The waters

divided, leaving a dry lane from shore to

shore. The Hebrews crossed over safely

The sea is before us aitd the

to the other side, while the waters rolled

over and drowned Pharaoh and his army
wlu'n they attempted to cnj.ss over too.
Then and there Moses compost d a song of
praise to the Lord, recounting all the
mighty deeds He had done J'or tliein and
all the people joined him in tiir jubilant
singing. Miriam took up a timbre! and

Egyptians are behind us." There was

such an uproar that Miriam's heart was
chilled. The people crowded around
Moses shouting, "Because there were no
graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away

this lady of eighty-six years or more started

singing and dancing. All the women
joined her. For every verse they sang
Miriam repeated the chorus, " Sing ye to
the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously;

to die in the wilderness?

the horse and the rider hath He thrown

into the sea."

panic. The men cried, " What shall we

do? The king is coming after us. We
are doomed.

Wherefore hast

thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth

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By Ralph R. Harter, Kanpur, India

Thanks to a special issue of commemo

rative postage stamps, philatelists all

socialism under the banner of Marx and

over the world have learned of the golden

Engels. Members are free to join any

anti-Communist political party they

jubilee of airmail in India.' What they

deem fit.

don't know is that an attempt to re-enact

Mr. Raj Narain Singh, leader of the

Socialist group in the U.P. State Legisla
tive Assembly, has declared that if China
does not vacate the territory illegally
occupied by her, people in India will burn
the pictures of the Chinese leader Mao
Tse-tung in protest against China's un
friendly act.
The Praja Socialist Chief Minister of

the event ended in failure. The Piper

Cub hired for the occasion was badly

damaged and the pilot was hospitalized

when the tail wheel of the plane got

entangled in telephone wires while landing

near the Allahabad Fort.

Nine persons were killed in a tragedy

of errors in Calcutta on February 5th.
The trouble began when a car ran over a
child killing it instantaneously. Imme

diately, the car was attacked by the

public. In a bid to escape, the driver
sped the car down the street injuring
about two dozen persons, seven of whom
succumbed.

The

car was,

however,

finally brought to a halt by the infuriated

mob who burned the car to ashes and so

severely manhandled the driver that he

also died.

Kerala, Mr. Pattom Thanu Pillai, has

expressed his view that prohibition has

done good to the people and that the
number

of addicts

would

decrease

if

prohibition was implemented properly.

Mr. Thanu Pillai was answering the
suggestion that the P.S.P. should stand
for scrapping of prohibition in the next
general elections.
A new denomination has been formed

in South India.

Separatists from the

weight of Rs. 50,000/- of smuggled gold

Mar Thoma Church have formed them

selves into a new denomination to be

bullion was one of the reasons for the

called St. Thomas Evangelical Church

It has now been revealed that the

crash of an airplane near Varanasi last

year. The bodies of the three French
citizens who

died

in

the

crash

have

recently been sent to France.

A young man of Saharanpur has
murdered his wife on the first day of their
honeymoon after learning that she was
still in love with a man with whom she

was previously engaged.

An organization of former Communists
under the name of Nationalist Marxist

Association has been formally launched

in India. Membership in the association
is

confined

to

former

Communists

in

North India, and its purpose is to wipe

out the Communist Party from the soil
of India and to lead India towards true

of India.

The new denomination was

formally inaugurated at Thiruvalla on

January 26th.
The Gujerati translation of " Chandralila", printed at the Mission Press,
Surat, for the Gujerat Tract and Book
Society, has been banned by the Govern
ment of Gujerat who felt that the book
promoted feelings of hatred between
different classes of citizens of India.

A sadhu who claimed to possess powers

to bring recently dead children back to
life has been arrested near Fatehpur. A
woman who had lost her only son ap
proached the sadhu for the life of her son,
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From the editor's study

THE NEW TESTAMENT

Its Divisions
The New Testament is much shorter

than the Old.

It contains only twenty-

seven books, and most of the books are

short enough to be read at a single

sitting; yet the New Testament contains

himself wrote thirteen

perhaps another, Peter
three, James one, Jude
letters teach us the

of these epistles,
wrote two, John
one. All of these
meaning of the

Christian life and the nature and work of

all that we need for salvation. The

first four books of the New Testament

the church.

we call Gospels^ because they tell us the

good news of the life of Jesus Christ.
They tell us of His virgin birth, His
baptism, temptation, ministry of leaching
and miracle-working, of His death, burial,

ment is composed of a single book, the

book of Revelation. This was written by
the apostle John while he was exiled on
an island (Patmos); it is a vision of some
things that were to happen to the church
and of its final victory and exaltation.
This book contains much practical ins
truction to the church and glorifies the
Christian hope; much of it is very difficult
to interpret, as are all prophecies of

resurrection and ascension to the Father.

These four books tell the story of His

life each in a little different way; but
each tells the same glad story of God
becoming man that He might lift man
upward toward Himself. Except for a
few references in other parts of the Bible,
all we know of the life of Jesus is con
tained in these four Gospels.
The

second

division

of

the

New

Testament is composed of only one book.

It takes up right where the four Gospels
leave off. The book of Acts of Apostles
begins with the ascension of Christ and
follows the history of the early church
as it tried to carry out His commission.
The book of Acts tells how

men were

converted to Christ, how the church sent

out evangelists to teach that sinners

might be converted, and of the heroic
labors of the apostle Paul. Thus the
four Gospels tell us about Jesus and the
book of Acts tells us what the disciples
did after He left to bring men and women
to Him.

The last division of the New Testa

future

events.

None

of these

obscure

passages, however, pertain to matters of

salvation.
Thus we have the four main divisions

of the New Testament.

In a very general

way we can say this; if you want to know

about the life and teaching of Jesus,

look in the four Gospels; if you want to
know how to become a Christian, read the

book of Acts', if you want to know how

to live the Christian life, and how the
church should live and work, read the

letters; if you want to be inspired with

faith in the victory of the church and
with the hope of eternal blessedness,
read Revelation.

This statement

of the

case is, of course, too broad to hold true

in every case, but it is useful. I think, in

helping us to see the primary function of

each division of the New Testament.

The third division of the New Testa

ment is the largest of all, being composed

of twenty-one books. These are epistles
(letters) of instruction in the Christian
faith.

Some of them were written to the

churches,

some

to

individuals.

Paul

Its Place in Religious History

We have already seen that the Old
Testament was given to the Jews for a
certain purpose and that when this

purpose; was accomplished, it was taken

away. We have seen further that this old

Mormon or Latter Day Saints movement,

claimed to have been visited by an angel

law was '* nailed to the cross "and that a

and to have been told where he could find

certain tablets on which were written new
revelations. Smith claimed to have taken

new law came into being. See Jeremiah

31:31 for the prediction that a new and
different covenant would be given by God.
That prophecy was written by a man who
was under the law of Moses, but who saw

througfi inspiration that that law would

be taken away and a new one given by
God.

Read

Hebrews

9:13-18.

This

passage shows that without the shedding

of blood no testament is effective. The
law of Moses was made effective, accor

those tablets, translated them, and to have

brought the world the Book of Mormon.

What shall we say of such claims ? Does
the New Testament suggest that other
revelations from God will follow, or does

it present itself as the final authority from

God for all time ?

Study carefully Galatians 1:8.

Paul

ding to this passage, by the sprinkling of was an apostle, yet he said if " we"
the blood of bulls and goats.

Testament was

The New

made effective

by the

shedding of the blood of Christ. The New

Testament could not have been in force
before the death of the testator; but when

it came into effectiveness, it made void

all previous testaments or wills.

preach any other Gospel than that already

revealed, let " us " be accursed. Notice
that the apostle Paul did not claim the

authority to add to the simple Gospel. If

the successors of the apostles preach any
other Gospel than that set forth in the
New Testament, let them be accursed!

This passage also says that even if an

But then we ask, " How long shall it angel from heaven should bring any other
remain?" "Shall we look for another Gospel, he, too, should be accursed.
testament to come and take it away as it The New Testament presents to us the
took away the law before it?" " Has simple, final Gospel which was sealed with
another testament already come to take the blood of the Son of God. Nothing
it away or to modify it?" In other words, higher or more precious could be given.
we know that it made all others void, Why would not the testament brought in
but will another in turn make it also by the death of Christ be sufficient for all
void.
time? What possible act could accom
pany any other revelation to satisfy it
The Roman Catholic hierarchy claims above the New Testament which is itself
to have the authority to speak for God. sanctified by the Son of God?

The pope, in matters of faith and morals,

claims to be infallible. The New Testa
ment to Roman Catholics is not filial,

for the hierarchy goes on " revealing

God's will" year after year. Roman
Catholicism has therefore declared many

dogmas that are unknown to and unmentioned in the New Testament. Shall
we receive these revelations from the

Roman Catholic hierarchy, or shall we

hold that the New Testament is the final
authority?

There have been many other claims

to revelation since the New Testament was

given. Joseph Smith, founder of the

Sec now Jude 3. What is meant here

by "the faith"? Obviously the Christian
faith which the apostles were preaching.
What is meant here by "once for all"?
All it can mean is that the Gospel through
Christ, preached by the apostles and
revealed in the New Testament, is given
for ail time and that no further revelation

can be expected. Any other claim to

revelation is spurious and should be
rejected. The New Testament is sufiicient to bring us to Christ, help us abide
in Him, and lead us to heaven to live with
Him eternally.

IS CHRIST YOUR GURU ?

By George David

{Reprinted from
The bond between Master and disciple
is something typically eastern. It is a
great day in the life of the would-be
disciple when he bids farewell to home
and friends and goes to live with this
guru. There he cooks the latter's food,
washes his clothes and sits at his feet to
learn of him.

Have you faced up to what Christ

demands of His disciples? He says: " If
any man will come after me, let him deny
himself, take up his cross daily, and
follow me." If you sincerely think of
becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ, this
is something you must consider. In
the first place, Christ demands discipline.
There are two aspects of this discipline.
Firstly, you must be disciplined inwardly,
i.e. you must Atny yourself \ Self is the
Christian's greatest enemy.
Christ's
answer to the problem of self is to reckon
it as crucified with Him at Calvary.
The second aspect of discipline is
outward. You must take up your cross
daily. When Christ spoke to His disciples
about the cross, it did not have a Christian

halo around it. It was simply an object

of shame and contempt. Jesus Christ
has made it very plain that if any man is
to be His disciple he must be willing to
suffer shame for His Name's

sake.

You may feel that if you tell your

friends that you are a disciple of Christ
they may laugh at you. If you are
ashamed of Christ because your friends
scorn Him, then you are disqualified from
discipleship. The writer of the letter to

Balance of Truth")

the Hebrews urges: "Let us go forth

therefore unto him without the camp,

bearing his reproach." If you want to ^

His disciple, Christ says you must deny

yourself, take up your cross daily, and
follow Him. He wants you to be wholly
devoted to Him alone, just as the disciple
leaves home and friends to serve and

learn of his guru.

Christ said: "He that loveth father

and mother more than me is not worthy

of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me."
Surely He does not mean that we should

love our father and mother any less than

we do. Yet He as surely means that we
should

love

Him

more

than

anybody else in the world.

our whole-hearted devotion.

we love

He demands
True devo

tion can perhaps be measured by the hours

spent alone at the Master's feet.

That

will doubtless mean sacrificing time that

would otherwise be spent in entertain
ment, meeting friends, or even in reading.
Christ said that discipleship involves
both discipline and devotion. But that is
not all! He said also: " If any man will
come after me

"

He demands a

definite decision from you.

You must

face up to His demand, count the cost,

and ask yourself if you are willing to pay
the price. In life every step forward is
born out of a definite decision of the will.

The challenge comes to you now!

Are YOU willing to take Christ, not only
as Saviour, but also as your Guru and
Lord?

MIRRORS
By S. Nath, Jhansi, U.P., India

But we all, with open face beholding

as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image
" (II
Corinthians 3:18). Let us substitute the
word rejlecting for the word beholding,
Christians are represented not as persons
looking into a mirror, but as mirrors
themselves. They who surrender their
souls to Christ reflect His glory, and by
continuing to do so, attain to that glory
which is His.
When

Moses

came

down

from

the

mountain after receiving, the Ten Com

mandments,

his

countenance

was

so

dazzling that those who beheld him were

afraid

to

come

near.

He

acted

as

mirror reflecting the glory of God. Moses

knew the reflection would pass away.
He therefore put a veil over his face until
he " had done speaking with them."
But when he went back to receive a new

blame.

No

wonder

some

Christians

have lost their reflecting power.

We
must keep the mirror bright and clean.
Our lives should be well polished. The
true Christian is not only a light-giver,
but he himself is light.
The glory of Moses' countenance
became more and more dim with the

passing of time, and away from the scene

and sight of the glory, until it entirely
disappeared. The glory of the Lord
remains the same and the glory of the
Gospel reflecting it remains the same.
The moon is the sun's image. God is
imaged in Christ and Christ is imaged in
the Gospel. The veil obscures the face,
but the glass reveals it.
God is love and

that love is made

perfectly plain by the life of Christ from

the cradle to the cross.

A poor African

Moses met

could not believe that the white man

loved him. The love for the African

The Old Testament was veiled to the

became flesh in David Livingstone and

his life was a glass in which was seen the
true image of Christian love. We there

communication from

God,

God with an unveiled face.

Jew so that when they read it they were

prevented from seeing the end of the glory
revealed through Moses
concerning
Christ. They still think the glory abides
in Moses.

Those who are ever in Christ's

presence become mirrors of Him reflec

ting more and more fully His glory and
image until they themselves perfectly
resemble Christ. We must be very care
ful therefore to turn fully to Christ and
stand in His presence with an open,
unveiled face.
The

Christian

must

be

reflective

fore look into the Word as into a mirror

to fix our attention on the object reflected.

Ideal greatness is divine. What is
the glory of the Lord? How is man to
come into possession of God's glory?
By means of an instrument, a glass. What
is the glass? The mirror that reflects
the glory of God. Nature is a glass
Judaism is a glass. Christ is the glass,
He is the brightest and clearest glass of
all. He reflects all the divine rays upon
the universe.

A concentrated gaze upon

mirror of the full vision of the Saviour's

Christ demands admiration.

glory. Every reflector must be fully

exposed to the sun so that the light may
fall full upon it. If we would reflect
the glory of God, we must make a full
presentation of ourselves to God. Alas,
many Christians live under a cloud for
which they have only themselves to

commands imitation. Christ is the Being

most worthy of imitation in the universe

Admiration

because His character is most admirable.

The person of Christ perfectly reflects the

divine nature.

The ministry of Christ

{Continued on page 11)

SOME OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF THE

BIBLE
Miriam

By Miss H. Kaveri Bai, Hyderabad

Marah

Manna

During their next march the Israelites

The next crisis arose when the provi

felt exceedingly thirsty. At last they sions they had brought out of Egypt ran

spied a glistening pool of water and made

a dash for it in order to drink, their fill.
But they were bitterly disappointed and
hastily spluttered out what they had put
into their mouths. The water was
extremely brackish.
Again they surrounded Moses and

angrily accused him. Poor Moses, tired

of this unwanted responsibility, went and

out.

Not all the gold they had could

buy them a morsel of food in that howling

wilderness. Again they forgot the al

mighty power of God to supply all their
needs. Their thoughts, as usual, went
back to the flesh pots of Egypt, and once
again they charged Moses with luring
them into the desert in order to destroy
them.

Soon God showed them that if

cried to the Lord. Moses always took the arid wastes could produce no food
his troubles and problems to God. God for humans, He was capable of sending
wants every man and woman to do the
same. What human wisdom and en

down angels' food to them from heaven.

So the manna fell.

deavours cannot accomplish, God AlMoses had clearly declared to them

mighty can accomplish with one word from God that since God was going to

from His mouth.

rain down fresh manna every day, they

The Lord instructed Moses to cast

into the waters a branch of a certain

were on no account to keep

for the

tree He named. When that wasdone, the

again the

morrow the food gathered on a previous

day. The one exception was the Sabbath.
No manna would fall on that day and

Israelites witnessed the power of the

therefore the Israelites should gather on

waters were healed.

Once

living God, His nearness to those who

call upon Him and His ability to succour

and deliver.

Oh, that Christian rulers and states

men would fall on their faces before the

the previous day their manna for the

Sabbath also.

There are always some people who

have no intention of obeying God. They

treat His Word with scorn and when they

Majesty on high as Moses did! Surely begin to reap the consequences of their

the world would then be

place.

a different

rebellious conduct, they will not even

own it as such. They explain it away

The vast majority of the Israelites somehow, scientifically or otherwise. They
had no desire to humble themselves before blame someone else as being responsible
God in that way, and they paid a costly for the result of their own misdeeds.
price for their resistance. God's terms are Miriam now heard this type in the camp.
unchanging and unchangeable. Men's
" This man is stark crazy. He ima
opinions, learning and boasting perish gines that God speaks to him and only to

with their mortal bodies. But what God

has spoken remains forever the same.

him. Who is going to listen to Moses?

What harm is there if we gather manna

for two days at a time and save ovirselves

the trouble of rising up early in the
morning and going out in the chill air
every day? Let us be prudent and keep
a little store handy in case there is no fall
some week-day."
On

the

morrow

Miriam

saw

the

women from certain tents bringing out the

vessels where they had kept the leftover
manna of the previous day and emptying
them into a pit they had scooped out in
order to cover it up again. Their faces
were full of disgust, When Miriam went
near to see what they were doing, she
had to stop her nose because of the
terrible stench. The squirming, writhing
mass of weevils made her shudder.

One woman said, " We have been

journeying so many days and such long

distances.

Our clothes have not become

dirty or dusty and they don't smell.

are

not footsore

We

and our shoes are as

good as when we set out from Egypt.

Why should this food spoil?"
Miriam

ventured,

" Whatever

the

Lord has spoken through Moses has surely

come to pass and you know it. The Lord
has told us not to keep one day's manna
for the next day since He will give us our
daily bread fresh every day. Why trifle
with His word and disobey Him?"
" Look at your brother Aaron. Did he
not gather and keep one omer extra?
He still has it.
same? "

What if our men do the

" I shall go ask him about it," and

off went Miriam to question her brother.
Aaron answered that God had command

ed Moses to preserve an omer of manna

to show future generations of Israel the
food He had given their fathers to eat
in the wilderness.

" If God commands

it, He can also preserve it and keep it

fresh for ever," he added.

Rephedim
When

the

Israelites

murmurs

made

Miriam

nervous

once

more about the safety of Moses.

" What is the purpose in camping here
where there is not a drop of water to
drink and we are parched with thirst?"
" When the cloud which is leading us
stops, we have to halt and pitch our tents,"
answered Miriam.

The camp was seething with resent

ment against Moses. The Israelites had
again forgotten that God had never for
saken them and that He would not forsake

them now. They were the same indivi

duals who in Egypt and till now had
witnessed all His wonderful works.

Still

they would not look to Him in a fresh

crisis and turned against Moses.
When they surrounded Moses with

angry yells, the poor man again cried to

the Lord.

He knew from whence help

comes to man. Miriam saw him come

back and take his brother Aaron and other

elders of Israel and go up to the nearby

rock of Horeb.

All the people sullenly watched them.

"Is the Lord with us or not?" they

fiercely demanded.
Moses took his rod and struck the rock.

Immediately there gushed out a sparkling

stream of cool, clear water and the people,
as well as their animals, eagerly drank
their fill. The water bags were also filled
once more.

Amalek

A fresh danger loomed ahead. They

were close to a fertile plain where the
realm of the King of the Amalekites lay.
The Amalekite warriors came in a great
array to attack the Israelites. There was

no Egypt at hand to which the terrified

Israelites might run and escape. They
had to fight or be destroyed.
Moses commanded Joshua to choose a
band of men and meet the Amalekites in

arrived

at

Rephedim and encamped there, ominous

battle.

{Continued on page 15)

ECHOES FROM A

CROSS

By Melvert Byers, Chienokam, Thailand

{Reprinted from

Christian Standard")

A clamor of demoniclaughter rose from

the crowd gathered about Golgotha.
Jeeringly they goaded the soldiers on,
demanding the death of the imposter
before them. The high priest, the scribes,
the money-changers, the lawyers, the foul
rogues, and the curious, uncomprehen
ding crowd made up the mob that sur
rounded the cross. Like hungry dogs
with gaping mouths they circled the
central figure eager to satisfy their morbid
appetites with the spectacle of a man
dying on a cross.
Hanging before them ere long was the
enemy of the people. Soon His blas
phemous mouth would be silenced in
death, never to teach again. Tonight
the lords of Jerusalem could sleep in
peace, for now this bird of ill omen was
pinioned securely on the cross.
There all was finished. About His
feet and hands the cross became red.

Divine, innocent blood trickled from the

cross and fell into the dust of Golgotha,
heavy and thick. Precious love of God,
drawn

from

Immanuel's

veins,

that

sinners plunged beneath that flood might

lose their guilty stains.
Painfully a
mysterious grace was unfolding the
prophecies of Zechariah who declared,
" In that day there shall be a fountain
opened to the house of David and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for
uncleanness." And in this fountain the
vile heart of man is washed whiter than
snow.

Amazing grace! Wonderful scheme of

the ages, born in the agonies of death.
Who can illustrate that which ancient
writers admitted to be the blackest and

crudest forms of punishment: it gave the

greatest torture for the greatest length of
time. The insatiable thirst, feverish blood

racing through the veins like a molten

lead, the dizziness and terrible pains of
the head.

Thus died the Son of God.

The divine sacrifice is silent.

His head

droops. His eyes become glazed by

death's stupor. And yet it all was so very
necessary. The mind of man will never
understand, neither can he forget.
The
cross is timeless. The finger of God has
etched in bold relief against the horizons
of time and history the image of a wooden
frame.

Emblazoned

for

ever

on

the

memory of man is an old rugged cross

God's unchanging answer to wretched
man and his eternal need for salvation.

The Sounding Message

Even above the din of history, amidst
the clamor of nations at war, the echoes

of Calvary still penetrate the human

heart. Through the murky ocean of
history's corruptions, through the heavy
darkness of man's individual and collec
tive sin, comes the steady impulse of
grace and love, sounding from the cross,
echoes of an everlasting message.
By using electronic radar beams man
is able to chart the invisible topography
of the

ocean

floor.

Unseen

obstacles

lurking in the fog, hidden objects obscured

in the vast expanse of night, are all given
shape and meaning on a screen as these
electronic echoes return.

So it is with man, seeking a guide by

which to chart his course through the
unknown.
With strong impulse like
electronic beams, he reaches out heaven

ward with questions and longings. What

is the meaning of life? Why am I?
Where is rest and peace for my soul?
Out in the vast invisible expanse these
questions and longings strike an object.

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Strongly the echo is reflected back to the

memory of man and upon the screen of
his heart there

looms a

cross.

God's

answer to man has been translated by a

cross.

Few have learned to read it.

Echoes from the cross speak plainly.

They guide men to discipline, obedience,
death. " If any man will come after me,
let him take up his cross, and follow me."
'' Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh
not ail that he hath, he cannot be my
disciple." " Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God." " No
man, having put his hand to the plow and
looking back is fit for the kingdom of
God." Strongly the impulse comes,
" Follow thou me."

Negative Response
An unbeliever visiting Christian circles

in America would hardly be persuaded

that these people have been bought with
a price.

Our lives reflect a distorted

Christ because the message has been

jumbled in the noisy static of worldliness.
The spirit of our prayer meetings and
church gatherings is no longer inscribed
with a cross. There is a lack of sobriety,
singleness of heart, brokenness, and con

the unquenchable thirst for social

acceptance no matter how godless. Much

of daily living is still activated by the

motions of sin.

These scenes do not fit into the tragedy

of Calvary. Here is a divine act of mercy.
God's Son died, that self and carnal

ambitions might be for ever destroyed.

He asked that we be identified with

Him and His death that we might be

raised to walk in newness of life.

Are we convinced that Jesus really

died? Do you believe there was a cross?
Was Jesus actually the Son of God ? Does

the eternal state of my soul depend upon

this divine intervention?

The

answer

from modern Christianity is obviously

negative.
What are the demands of the cross?
What does it mean to be buried in the

likeness of His death? Is it just an

"easy believism?" Are we guilty of
trying to keep pace with the denomina

tional world by sponsoring an " easy

baptism " and an " easy faith?"
When you become a Christian does it
cost you a few friends, a few dollars each

week in tithes and offerings? Does it

cost you a few hours each week in church

attendance? Does it cost you prestige,

our places of work or our times of relaxa
opportunities to advance, privileges other
tion, and the lack indicates our unbelief wise once enjoyed? Is this your cross?
in the cross.
If so it is but a crude deception of Satan.
Faith no longer means death to self It is trying to lay claim to a precious
no longer implies that one assumes the birthright at a cheap price. True to our
responsibility and consequences of a cross selfish nature, we seek discipleship at
no longer echoes "follow thou me." bargain rates. How mundane and paltry
In the colorful atmosphere of American is this when superimposed upon the
cern.

Holiness is not a characteristic of

life, faith turns out to be a chameleon of

demands of the cross!

unbelief and the cross becomes a necessary

myth.

A brief glance into one's own life is

probably enough to establish our indict
ment. Who can count the hours wasted
in
armchair
entertainment?
Cross-

bought men and women spend hours

worshipping and laughing at the court
simpletons of TV. Hours are consumed

in secret punctual feedings of the flesh

Persistent Guide

Listen to the echoes of the cross. Learn

its message. Let the signals penetrate

sharp and clear. Listen to the jeers and
ghoulish laughter as enemies scorn the
Man on the cross, railing on the Son of
God. Catch the whisper of Him who
endured the agony of death as a man,
completely abandoned to the will of His

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Father, tasting of death and hell without Nothing cheap here. No bargain rates
at Calvary. The cross demands every
a cause. Listen to the response of Cal
vary. It has meaning for you. Here thing. You are called upon to pay the
God is trying to explain to dull hearts the full price, your entire life. The terms of
meaning of discipleship, the meaning of paymentdeath.
forgiveness. It was for you!
Days before the cross the Master had
In the quiet days before the cross taken a handful of grain and slowly let
Jesus gathered His disciples about Him the kernels sift through His fingers, then
and taught them, " If any one comes to taught His disciples, saying, " Unless a
me and does not hate his (own) father grain of wheat falls into the earth and
and mother (that is, in the sense of in dies, it remains (just one grain; never
difference to or relative disregard for becomes more but lives) by itself alone.
them in comparison with his attitude But if it dies, it produces many others and
toward God) and (likewise) his wife and yields a rich harvest" (John 12:24, The
children and brothers and sisters, (yes) Amplified New Testament). Now from the
and even his own life also, he cannot be cross, leaping over centuries of time, comes
My disciple " (Luke 14:26, The Amplijjed the echo from God's grain of wheat, whose
.J^ew Testament). From Golgotha we pick travailinthe corruptions of death patiently
up the reflected form of the words like gave birth to everlasting life. A disciple
a terrible shadow of darkness covering of Christ gains eternal life in the same
the agonies of God's Son, who explained manner. It is by way of a cross. Hence
what He meant by choosing death rather we have this saying, "Except a man be
than following His own will. God's born again." The cross produces new life.
interpretation of discipleship is contained
Echoes from the cross do not lie. The
in the death of His Son.
price of faith, discipleship, and obedience
In the calm before the storm Jesus is great. It will cost everything, and it
sat on the peaceful hillside and taught. will be worth infinitely more.
So then, whoever of you does not
Are you a disciple of Christ? What
forsakerenounce, surrender claim to, you may think, or what men may say, is
give up, say goodbye toall that he has not the final word. The testimony of
cannot be My disciple." And, " No one the cross prevails. It never changes.
who puts his hand to the plow and looks Above the static of human reasonings
back (to the things behind) is fit for the the demands of the cross are final. Jesus
kingdom of God" (Luke 14:33; 9:62, said, " Unless... .except.... you cannot
The Amplified New Testament).
be my disciple
you are not fit."
No turning back
Now from the cross comes the response
and demonstration of one who refused to

turn back, even from the death of the cross.

Here

was a teacher who demonstrated

But to those who share

comes the

promise, "if we be dead with him, we

shall also live with him: if we suffer, we

shall also reign with him."

(Continued from page 6)

what He meant, willing to sell everything,

even His life, that He might buy up the
precious treasure of God's perfect will.

reflects the divine mind.

His death
reveals the divine heart. The man who
travels with his face to the north has it

The cross never ceases to broadcast

grey and cold. Let him turn to the warm

south, where the midday sun dwells, and
his face will glow with the brightness that
he sees. " Looking unto Jesus" is the

these bitter testings of self-denialthe

shameless exposure of the Son of God

who was despised and rejected. Here is
faith and obedience as defined by God.

divine cure for all our sins and ills.

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Semcm Out^inei far Barefoot ?reaefier4.

By Bill Guuck, Ennore, India

forth" ((II Kings 18:7). Nahum 1:7.

Hezekiah

Introduction: Hezekiah was the good son

of a wicked father. He opened and
cleansed the temple, reorganized its

spiritual services and appointed a pass-

To do right, to trust God, to cleave

to Him, to depart not from Him, to keep

all His commandments: this is the way to
eternal life.

over which was observed on a scale and

spirit unknown since Solomon. His name

means "The Lord has strengthened."

We Have This Ministry

God was "with him" so that "whither

II Corinthians 4

soever he went forth he prospered."

I. " He did that which was right in
the sight of the Lord" (II Kings 18:3).
A.

B.

The human conscience is not the

standard. It must be trained to
ward the will of God. Proverbs
14:12.

The will of God determines what

is right

and

what

is

wrong.

Hosea 14:9.

C. The Word of God reveals the will

of God. Psalm 19:7, 8.

Hezekiah was a statesman ready to
lead his people aright rather than a
politician willing to follow them in their
wrong. Isaiah 30:9-11.

Introduction: We do have a ministry.

"Necessity is laid upon me. Woe is me
if I preach not the gospel of Christ."
I Cor 9:16, 17.
I.

The

character

of the

minister

should be pure.
A. He

has

renounced

the

hidden

things of shame.

B. His life is marked by simplicity.

C. His handling of God's Word is
marked by spotless integrity.
D. He is an example to all the be
lievers.

II Cor 4:2.

" He trusted in the Lord God of

II. The message of the minister is the

crucified Christ Jesus as Lord.

Israel " (II Kings 18:5). Proverbs 28:26.

Proverbs 29:25. Job 13:15. Eph. 3:20.

A. He is not permitted to preach

himself, i.e., with primary refer

III. " He clave to the Lord, and

departed not from following him, but
kept his commandments " (II Kings 18:6).

B. To preach in order to exalt his own

II.

ence to his own interests.

at

authority, extend his influence,

promote his own welfare, pro

Syrian Antioch " that with purpose of

claim his own opinions is to preach

heart they would cleave unto the Lord "

himself.

Barnabas

exhorted

the

church

(Acts 11:23). Good beginnings are won

derful.

Continued steadfastness is even

more wonderful.

It is a thrilling thing to

see a "newborn babe" in Christ.

It is

still more thrilling to see one who has

lived long and " died in the Lord."
Conclusion: "The Lord was with him;
and he prospered whithersoever he went

C. To preach in order to gain popu

larity, live a life of ease, be res

pected, obtain a livelihood, gain

influence, rule over a people and
make the preaching of the gospel
merely an occasion of advancing
himself in the world is to preach
himself.

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D.

4.

The minister is to demonstrate that

Jesus is the Christ, to teach what

Christ taught, to set forth the
design of His death, burial and
resurrection, to proclaim Him as
Lord.

II Cor 4:5.

III. The work

Christian service.

of

the

minister

is

A.

" Ourselves as your servants for

Jesus' sake. "
Time, talents, best efforts and
plans, best thoughts and purposes
belong to the church.

B.

The minister's life should bear

the marks of devotion to Christ.

5.

Weakness, II Cor 4:7.

Adversity, II Cor 4:8-10.
Faith, II Cor 4:13.
Assurance, II Cor 4:14.
Unselfishness, II Cor 4:15.

Conclusion: The hope of the minister is

that he may see and understand spiritual
things. II Cor 4:18.
Two Ways
Matthew 7:13, 14

Introduction: Man is a free moral agent.

He has freedom ofchoice. He is obligated
to choose.

I.

Life moves toward a goal of one of

two destinations.

A. Heaven and hell are each a reality.

B. Heaven and hell are mutually
exclusive.

II.

himself.

B. Each leads to only one place.

C. Each leads inevitably to its own
place.
III. Both ways are open to all people.
A. The narrow way can be entered.
1. The way of salvation. Hear
ing the gospel, faith, repen
tance, confession and Christian
baptism.

B. A person can continue upon the

narrow way.

C.

D. Most of the world's people will

therefore go to hell.
Coticlusion: " Enter ye in at the strait
gate" (Matthew 7:13).
That They Might Have Life
John 10:10

Introduction: Death essentially is separa

tion. When the spirit or soul separates
from and leaves the body, that is death.
It is appointed unto men once to die. Cf.
Hebrews 9:27. But Jesus Christ affirmed
that He came in order that men might
have life and have it more abundantly.
I.
Life. In the beginning God gave
life to man. Gen 2:7; 2:9; Job
10:12; 33:4; Psalm 36:9; Acts
17:28.

II.

There are two ways leading to

A. These paths are themselves separate

and distinct, opposed to one
1. Wide gate vs. narrow or strait
gate.

2.

Broad vs. narrow way.

3.

Leads to destruction vs. leads

to eternal life.

Most however choose the broad

way.

these two destinations.

another.

Taken as a matter of course

vs. requires the best in the man

II Cor 4:10.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Claims many travellers vs.

found by few pilgrims.

in.

New Life. We are to walk in

newness of life. Rom 6:4. We

must be born again. John 3:7.

See also II Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15;
Eph4:24.
Eternal Life. John 3:15; Rom
6:23; I John 5:11.

Conclusion:

In

order to

live

life

at

its best, to have life, the abundant life,

new life, eternal life, accept Jesus Christ
as Savior and Lord of your life.

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INDIAN

RAILWAY

TIMES

Ralph R. Harter

Every year the Indian Railways offer

When the coach for Itarsi arrived

special round-trip concessions to people from Lucknow, it was already full with
who want to travel to the hills.

This

year I decided to take full advantage

of this by travelling to Kodaikanol Hill
Station in South India, which is about as

far as you can get from Kanpur and still

be in India.

The general rule is that reservations

on the trains may be made ten days in
advance.

Since mine was to be a very

long journey, and since I would have

to change trains at Jhansi and Madras,

passengers who had gotten on at Lucknow.

Although I had a reservation, I had to
struggle to get into the compartment to
which I had been assigned. A number of
others were fighting to get in, including
one gentleman who seemed to be in full
possession of all his household stuffs. It
began to look promising for the riot squad.
Part of the confusion was due to a

Ten days in advance, early in the

morning, I bought my ticket and made
application for the reservation. When

Lucknow man who had been assigned to

another compartment, but, for some
reason or other, had gotten himself
reassigned to our compartment. The
passenger who got displaced because of
this machination was very angry about
it because he was travelling with his
sister and didn't want to be separated

the reservation clerk telegraphed to Delhi

from her.

to clear the reservation, he found out that

When it was suggested that I should

go into the compartment that the LucknoXv

I thought they might make my reserva

tion eleven days in advance; but they
would not.

there were no vacancies.

In the time

that it took his telegram to reach Delhi, all

the space was taken by people in Delhi.
It looked as though it would be impossible
to get from Kanpur to Madras and
Kodaikanol.

With my reputation as a travel agent

at stake, I had to quickly formulate
some other wild plan for reaching
Kodaikanol. Forthwith I made applica
tion

for

reservations

on

four

trains:

man had left, I said that I would be

very happy to do so if the conductor
would assign me there. The angry
passengers quickly arranged this. After
another struggle, I got myself extricated
and found my place next door.
There was only one other passenger
in this compartmentan army doctor.
As it turned out, he had buddies in another
compartment and spent most of the day

Kanpur to Itarsi, Itarsi to Nagpur, with them. The result was that I had
Nagpur to Madras, and Madras to Kodai the compartment all to myself most of the
kanol Road.

The first (Kanpur to Itarsi)

was given to me on the spot, and telegrams

were sent to the other places.

Not having too much faith in the

telegrams, I returned home and wrote
Express Delivery letters to the stations
involved.

way to Itarsi.

(To be Continued)
A Happy Announcemeiit
B. L. Turner

of Lahore, Pakistan

Even then, no reply was sent

by any of these, and I had to begin my will be guest speaker at the annual Vijai
trip without any knowledge of what might Nagar Camp to be held at Mahoba, U.P.

lie ahead.

October 15th to 21st, 1961 (D.V.)

15

can neither be proved nor disproved.

{Continued from page 2)

who was buried nearby. The sadhu
demanded two-hundred rupees from the
woman who proceeded to borrow it from
her neighbors. Meanwhile, a close watch
was kept over the sadhu by the suspicious
villagers. When the sadhu tried to escape

in the night he was caught and handed

over to the police.
A saffron-clad man who spent twenty

hours atop a cocoanut tree waiting for

a

cloud to

take him to

heaven, was

arrested by the Trivandrum police. It

took two expert climbers to tie a rope
around his waist and force him down.

A case has been registered against him

for attempted suicide.
The citizens of Khagaria in Bihar
fed several hundred beggars in memory

of a beggar-woman who died there from

the cold last winter.

The "mad woman",

as she was called, was respected for

her selflessness.

She used to feed poor

and disabled beggars from the alms she

collected for herself.

There is

now a

move to open a children's park at the

place where she died.
Mr. K. Rama Rao who was the center

of many controversies during his renowned

editorial career, has raised a storm of

controversy at his death.

It seems that

Editor Rao fell out of the Delhi Express.

The other passengers were unable to stop

the train because the railway authorities
had cut off the emergency chain circuit
on account of the high incidence of
unauthorized chain-pulling.
Whereas
many would like to charge the railway
with criminal negligence, the railway
authorities plead that (1) there was no
reason that the door should have been

open; (2) the deceased was sick and

hospitalised and had left the hospital at
his own risk; and (3) the persons accom

It

would be good, however, for the travelling

public to have a deeper respect for the
emergency chain, and for the propriety of
keeping doors closed when the train is in
motion.

Although the nutritive value of frog

meat is nearly the same as that of chicken,
the Government has decided against
trying to develop the industry since the
public is not psychologically prepared to
take to it. Let's wait until the popula
tion is a couple hundred million more,
if there are any frogs left.
The smart and impressive Republic
Day parade at Lucknow's Polo Ground
was marred this year because the flag had
been hung upside down. The Governor,
who had been given the honour of pulling
the rope, was very embarrassed. When
the flag was turned right-side-up, the
officers were unable to get it higher than
half-mast.

You can be sure that action

has been taken against the person respon

sible.

A scare has spread among villagers

near Bara Banki that innoculators are

roaming about injecting poisonous drugs

which

cause

instantaneous

death.

veterinary stockman who went to the

village of Sonikpur for giving injections

to cattle against animal diseases was mob
bed by the villagers. A malaria inspector
who had gone to the same village for blood
examination to ascertain the incidence of

malaria in the village was also chased

away by the villagers.
{Continued from page 8)
There was fear and trembling in the
camp. Defeat meant nothing less than
wholesale

extermination.

Mothers

and

wives were anxious about the safety of

panying him wereabsent when the incident

their sons and husbands who followed

occurred.

Joshua into the battle.

Since

no

post-mortem

was

performed, the suspicion that he had a

heart attack before he fell out of the train

{Next issue: " Uplifted Arms^*)

16

My first duty is to introduce the first

picture which has appeared in CHRISTASIAN for a long time. As a matter of
fact, I don't think a picture has graced the
front page since Mr. Rempel fired me.
You must admit that a picture is quite an
improvement over Mr. Hartcr's poetry.
The picture on page one shows mud
houses being demolished in order to make
room for more new buildings of Kanpur's
Medical centerone of which is in the

By Langru, the dog

background.
I will try to provide pictures for future
issues

This is a most wolferful occasion that

of CHRISTASIAN.

am

hin

dered, however, by the fact that neither

I am once again permitted to greet you

the editor nor the publisher are camera

after a forced retirement of two-and-a-

friends,

half years. We street dogs usually don't

live that long, but some how I have
survived the lean years.
THE CHRISTASIAN

Caninedly yours,
Langru

three years. This amount, designated

" Christasian subscription
may be sent
to any of the three addresses below:

Editor
'

_WlLLIAM GulICK _

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P. O. Box 34

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Written, Mimeographed, and Mailed by Ralph R. Harter

at 112/352. Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U. P., India

September l5s I961

P

Fifteen
September

left

T E E

years
17th,

my home

Ohio,

ary

A HHIVERSARY

FT H

ago.
19^1-0*

dn\

in ciinton>

on my first mission

Jonrneyi" We thank the

Lord

for each one of' those

fifteen years,
the future

and

leave

in His hands.

Our presence in this land

always
seeriis
to hang on a
thread.
The
police never
allow us to forget
that
they are perpetually inter
ested
in
the minutest de
tails
of
our
whereabouts
and a c t i v i t i e s .

THE

SEP 2 5 1961

RAIH HAS STOPPED

We had an especially wet

rainy season this year.
The first dry day we had

officially inaugerated, Sa
turday July 9'th.
The opening of our new
book store was really bles
sed of the Lord.

I t was re

splendent with tent,

loud
spealcer,
rented
chairs,
lights,
and refreshments.
Mr. Gayus Tiiriothy,
the In
dian editor of Jeewan-Deep,
came from Allahabad
to un
t i e the ribbon
and deliver

appropriate remarks.
There
were not as many Christiajis
present as we had hoped,
but the effect

on the non-

christian
people
living
nearby surpassed our expectations.

in about two months was the

With the stopping of the

rain,
and the opening of
the new bookstore, a number

day

of our oliier projects seem-

our new book, store v;as

"And should not 1 have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much
cattle?"

Jonah 4:11

ed to come to fruition*

The

needed

improvements

in our Boys' Dormitory v/ere

finally resilisedv
A shack
was

built

for

them on the

flat-topped icof,
and they
are using that as a kitchen
and den,

Tv;o double-decker

bods arrived to provide the-

boys

/lth

a little better

sleeping accomodationWe now have four boys in

our dormitory.;
Tbreo of
them are from Racaul, the
mission
station
Rothermel,
Saiau

of
Mrs,
Das
is

learning motor rn chanics,

David Masih
is
loarnirig
welding., and Sani Mangli is
learning
tailorings
The
fourth oocupant of the dor
mitory is-Mro Toppoj- a gra
duate of
Bilaspur- Bible
College who is employed in
a

Government officet^'He has

given us much valuable help

in the
vvork
of the local
chur-ch,--fithln the next few

months

his

he will be "bringing

fairiiiy to

Kanpur and

will
then ^ have
to find a
house' of
his
om, Samuel

Rahim, who had been living

here-,
has now gone to live
v/ith his married

time ha.d arrived,

however,
for me
to make my own
arrangements. The Rempels
are due back in Kanpur the
first
of December,
8.nd
their cook deserves a vaca
tion
before he resuiries his
work with them,
A
total
of
seventeen

children

and

young people

memorized the Sermon on tlie

Mouiib

(Matthew

snd

received Bibles as

The yovng men

re^/ards.

of tie lo

cal church continue to meet

after ohurc-h on Siaedays to

study speech delivery. On
Oiiej
parSeptember 10th
ticipated
in a 3ci->ipturo
Heading
Contest.
Prises
were

av/arde-d

to

the four

'ocso readers. As humaiis gc,

the boys ^a.ro still arguing
over

the

decision

of tho

judges,.

Our

free lending library

v/ont with the book store to

its
new
location.
At ^the
same
time
we numbered tho

books
Dowey

according
to the
Decimal System, and

inaugorated tho double card

system. Wo already have $0

'card carrying" members.
The thing that didn't get

sister.

Another long-pending plan

culminated in my employing

done

of a church building.
Most
of -the money we might have
spent on that project has
gradually been spent
on
other things^

Hindu

Ever

India

cook

named Sunu,

since

my

in

April,

return

i960,

to

have been enjoying the ser

vices of Rempels'

cook.

The

was

procured,

that no land was

for -the building

THE CHEERFUL

GIVERS DURING-

JULY AHD AUGUST, I96I

Illinois;
Paz.ton Women
Indiana:

20,00

15,00
5.00

Church a't Bright

The R

Colestocks

EXFEl^IDED PROM

JULI* 23rd TO

SEPTEiffiER 13th, 1961

$250.00

Salary, 2 months
Boys & Girls

181.ij4

Housing

123.51

Book Store

116.60

Equipment (includes
a new bicycle and

Kans as:

Sharron Dunaliugh
Rollln Dunahugh
Riveriawr;. Wiohlta
Kontuol-r^;.

i|..00
ij.5.00

The George Tletzes

10,00

Ralph B Clary

15. 00

25.00

paper cutter)

105.

60.87

Church
Christasi an

27.13

20. S3
19.51

Library
Publicity
Medical Help

MlsT^-url:

Ke'eper Church

k..2k.
909,67

TOTAL SEEHT

20^00

Liberty Bxbl.e Classes 136o

U M II A R

First Christian Church

V,B.S
Ferguson
83^06

Balance, July 22

Ohlo

Contributed

11787.21
027. il4

Total Receipts
Less Spent
BALANCE, Sept, 13

2[(.lli.-1)5
909.67
$1504.98

Church
Linden
Sabina
Sabina
Sabina

k-O. 00

Clintcn
Home
ebuiiders
Jrs, VI
Jrc-,. IV
Church

90.00
12,00

10 87
22.. 87
5.'co

Mr s, Bus enbe rry

Portsmouth Central
Mrs, Florence Flint

2O0 00
10,00
20,00
10,00
2.00

Bladensburg L^D.s
Church a t Moscov/
William Wowra
Caldwell V#B^Ss
Old Stone S-S,

28.00
20,00

Clinton Tax Stamps

Harold Wilson
Church at Brinkhaven
Tennessee:
Church at Central

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

13.08
5.00

4.2.96
20c 00

$627.

As usual, we find reading

this list of loving friends
a very humbling experience,
Thaiiks
to all of you for
your continued thoughtfulness

and

faithfulness.

Since a number of you are

already giving
more
than
your share, wo hesitate to
point out
that the balance
which

we

had

accumulated

during
our furlough in the
U.S. is gradually coming to
an end. We are not particu
larly worried since one can

Forwarding Agent: Miss Florence Douglas, 419 N. Main St.,

Flora, Illinois,, U. S. A.

find many v;ays to trim the

budget when he i^ns out of
funds

no

Neverthless,

doubt

It is

timely to remind

our friends

that

we

are one

THANI^S, KIDS!
The Daily Vacation Bible
Schools
have once
again
come

to

our

The kids

assistance.

are ever

curious

of a home congregation that

can provide us with our

to know what their money is

being used for.
Our normal
policy is
that every con
tributor
has
a
part in

salary of $125 a month. As

every part of the work (in

cluding
the payment of my
saharyj.
But since this policy may
not satisfy the kids
at

of
the
few
missionaries
that lacks
the convenience

result

salary

we must take our

out

of the General

Funds

to

As I say, we will be able

pull on vdiether or not

we

get . an

extra

cent of

support. On the- other hand,

some of you might find it
convenient

to think favor

ably on us when you are. ma-

Icing

out

your budgets for

1962.

Caldwell

and

Ferguson, v/e

offer you the follov/ingj

The children at Ferguson
gave enough to provide the
boys
with their
doubledecker beds, v/ith some left
over to help on other pro
jects.
The children

THAHKS TO JOHN SEIDERS,

MABIE JEFFRIES, & MOTHER

For the past year-and-a
half,
these three have do
nated many hours of v/ork in
mimeographing and mailing
our newsletters. Once again

we are going to try

i t from Kanpur.

and do

at Caldwell

gave more than

enough to
give the boys their kitchen
aid

den on the

Q.UICKLX;

roof.

Like father,

like daugh

ter, eh Sharron?
Do you remember our visit
with the TietzGS, Sonny?

"Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal

comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work
and word." II Thess.

2:16,17

'^EP .' 5 1961

Re M E M

bER

CREATo

Train up a child in the

way he should go: and
when he is old, he will
not depart from it.
Prov. 22:6

Vol. VII No. 5

September

19t>l

Price: nP. 25

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Kanpur, India

Semon OuUinei for Barefoot Breacfers.

Bill Gulick, Ennore, India

is taken away, and thy sin purged."

Ex 3:12, " Certainly I will be with thee."
True humility responds, " Not my will,

Redeeming the Time

Ephcsians 5:15-17; Colossians 4:5;

but thine be done."

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Introduction: To redeem is to regain

possession of by payment of the amount
due as on a pledge or mortgage, by paying
a ransom.

To make amends for; atone

for. To fulfill as a promise. To rescue

and deliver from the penalties of God's
violated law and the bondage of sin
How is it possible to redeem time?
I. Work, II Thessalonians 3:7-12
I Thessalonians 4:11; John 5:17; 9:4.
II. Prayer, I Thessalonians 5:17
Luke 18:1; Colossians 1:9.
III. Study, II Timothy 2:15.
IV. Preaching, II Timothy 4:2; I
Corinthians 9:16; Acts 5:42.
V. Obedience, Hebrews

9;

Unacceptable Excuses
Exodus 3:1-4:18

Introduction: "An excuse is the skin of

reason stuffed with a lie." Moses,

when commissioned by God, gave five

basic excuses which man repeats in some
form or other over and over again in his
dealings with God.
I.

Unworthiness, Ex 3:11.

Numbers 12:3.

Where is your authority?

Compare

Ex 3:

" I AM THAT I AM:

I AM hath

sent me unto you." If you ask why we

should obey God, in the last resort the
answer is, "I Am." By virtue of His
very being He has authority over our lives.
III. Where are my credentials? Ex
4:1. God always equips, authorizes,
credentials those whom He sends.

Acts

7:22; Dt 34:7. God's answer was, " What

is that in thy hand?" Don't ignore the
equipment at hand. " A great and effec
tual door hath been opened unto me, and
there are many adversaries."
IV.

5:8,

Philippians 2:12; Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14.

Conclusion: Are you wasting " your"
time or "redeeming the time?"

II.

13, 14; Mt. 22:23-33; H Pet 3:8, 9.

Lack of ability. Ex 4:10; Jn 9:3;

I Cor 1:25-31; Jer 9:23,24. God will

supply the lack. Ex 4:12, "Now there
fore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and
teach thee what thou shalt say."
V.

Send

someone

else,

Ex 4:13.

We are loathe to accept personal respon

sibility. Jn 21:19-22. This excuse is
entirely unacceptable. Ex 4:14; "And
the anger of the Lord was kindled against
Moses."

Conclusion: "There's a place for every

worker in the vineyard of the Lord."
There is a place just for you.
God's Beginnings

Humility has its proper

bounds and limitations.

It should not

reduce to despair and inactivity.

Introduction:

The

Godhead

has

no

beginning; will have no end. There is

Mt. 19:16-22, In an absolute sense

only God is good. Isaiah 6, " Lo, this

hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity

[Continued on page 7)

From the Editor's

Desk

THE NEW TESTAMENT AND HUMAN. CREEDS

Departure from the NeW Testament: Catholicism

The New Testament presents itself as

the final authority from God. Paul said
that any other " gospel," whatever its
source, should be acciirsed as a perversion,
and Jude said that the faith was once for
all delivered unto the saints.
The New Testament itself foretold a

"falling away" from this pure Gospel.

According to the New Testament, the
church itself wo.idd slip into false doctrine
and erroneous practices. In Acts 20:29-32

indeed was the first sign of the " falling

away:" the usurping of power by certain
eldersiwho called themselves "Bishops"
in a sense never intended; This tendency
toward the grasping of power continued
and witli the conversion of Emperor
Constantino in 315, it was much accelera

ted and the political power of Roman

Catholicism began. As early as 325 this
emperor called a general council of
churchmen to meet at Nicea to determine,

what should be taught on the doctrine of

Ephesus that aher his leaving them the " Trinity." Here you see was the
" wolves " would come'in among the flock flagrant assertion of authority not given
to destroy and that from among themselves to man by the New Testament. The
false teachers would rise up to draw " faith once for all delivered " needed no
away disciples after them. Paul already such council of men to bring further
Paul told the elders of the church at

saw

the

shadows

of Roman

Catholic

heresy gathering. Catholicism arose from

within the true church itself and, just
as Paul said it would, from within the
leadership of the churches. I Timothy
4:1-3 is more explicit as to the nature of
this "falling away." Paul says here that
some aspects of the heresy will be the

forbidding of marriage and of eating of

meats.

revelation.
From this time onward the Roman

error grew by leaps and hounds, fed by

the notion that the church can reveal

new or fuller teachings of God. It was

not, however, until 1871 that the dogma
of the infallibility of the pope was
enunciated. This pronouncement was
the final culmination of that long process
of the grasping of power by men which

Our space here does not permit us to

trace the historical development of Roman
Catholicism as one departure led to
another and one wrcstulg of authority
established the way for another wresting.
You will readily see; however, that these
prophecies of a "falling away" did
not go unfulfilled if you will compare the
simplicity of New Testament teaching
with the involved and complex doctrines
and practices of Roman Catholicism
today.
In the writings of Ignatius of Antioch,
who lived shortly after the apostles, we
find strong traces of a priestly and epis
copal hierarchy developing which were

began shortly after the death of the

apostles and which >Paul himself had
prophesied.
Roman Catholicism today teaches
and practices many things that are'un
known or contrary to the New Testament;
They have, amorig other things, put man
in the place of Jesus Christ as mediator
between God and man; they have substi
tuted the pouring of water on the head
for New Testament immersion; they have
instituted the sprinkling of babies instead
of the New Testament practice of the
baptism of believers ; they have substituted
a weird and superstitious notion about the
Lord's supper for the beautiful and simple

unknown to the New . Testament. . This

memorial wliich Christ mddc it.

These

are only a few examples of the departure

turning to the New Testament way of

from the New Testament.

baptizing believers. Luther was a re

former of the worst evils of Catholicism,

But our pur

pose here is not to discuss the particular

tenets of Catholicism, but to see how it

but he was not a restorer of the original

departed from the New Testament as the

absolute authority in religion. When

Gospel made known in the New Testa

Roman

Catholicism

took

to

itself the

authority to legislate and enunciate

dogmas, all the strange pagan practices in
Roman Catholicism became possible.
Partial Return to the New Testament:
Protestant Reformation

In 1517 Martin Luther, a fearlessly

bold Auguslinian monk of Wittenberg,
Germany, challenged Catholicism with
ninety-five theses which he wrote out and
tacked up in a public place. The whole
Catholic world was rocked. The Re
naissance had stirred men's minds to seek
new truth and had turned their efforts

and interest into the languages of the past,

Greek and Hebrew among them. This
new learning had made thoughtful men
wonder about the superstitions and paga
nism that had come into Christendom.

The popes had for centuries been so

tyrannical that civil rulers were already
rebellious and their peoples restless. Thus
Luther came at a good time, as new light
had already prepared the way by under
mining Catholic darkness. The other
thoughtful men before him had stood
against the evils of Catholicism, but they
were overcome because the times were not

ready for their message.

Luther did a marvelous work in chal

lenging the evils of Catholicism, but he

did not go all the way. Instead of leaving
Catholicism entirely and going all the way
back to the New Testament, he tried
simply to reform the most vicious evils of

ment, which Paul said was the only gospel.

Then came other reformers: Henry
VIII,Calvin,Knox, Wesley and the others.
Each of these in turn, like Luther, picked
out the flaws in Catholicism and in other

reformed groups. But they did not do a

thorough job of returning to the faith
once for all delivered unto the saints.
Each in turn wrote his creed and each

retained Catholic practices which were

unknown to the New Testament.

Return to the New Testament:

Restoration

In the nineteenth century there arose

a group of men in various parts of the
world, and at first working independently
of each other, who sought to go behind the
Catholic heresy of the early centuries and
to restore the original church by returning
to the New Testament. They saw that
Catholicism was wrong, not just for this or
that particular teaching, but in its whole
assumption of authority to go beyond the
Word of God. This assumption of
authority they found also among the
Protestant denominations. They insisted

that if we preach what the apostles

preached, it would make Christians now

as then. Such a Gospel preached clearly

will not establish a sect or denomination,
but will restore the true and original
church of the New Testament.

To summarize: Catholicism departed

from the New Testament as the soul and

supreme authority in religion. This de

parture led to such obvious evils and

Romanism. Many of the anti-scriptural

practices which Catholicism had develop
ed, Luther did not question. He took
the first leap and it was for others after
him to carry through. For example,
Luther kept infant sprinkling which the

falsities that thinking men had to rebel.

Catholics had instituted instead of re

and goal of the Restoration movement.

The Protestant Reformation was a partial

return to the New Testament, but it still

held to many false doctrines and practices

that Catholicism had instituted.; The full
return to the New'Testament was the work

THE NEW TESTAMENT PLAN FOR EVANGELISM

By Barton L. McElroy, Manila, Philippines

{Reprinted from ''Far East Christian Missionary

changing its method in complying with

local congregation towards missionary

endeavor. The Holy Spirit chose men

the Great Commission. So much has been

for the task, but He left it in the hands

The Church today stands in need of

absorbed from the ideas of men as mani
fested in modern dcnominationalism that

God's method and plan is lost in the dust

of fleshly competition both at home and
abroad.

All who desire to restore the

New Testament Church in its purity,

simplicity, and effectiveness must be

willing to make some important changes
especially in methods of evangelism.

of the Antioch church to ordain and

dispatch workers.
From this and other instances through
out the New Testament we learn that the

evangelists did not stay a lifetime in one

locality, but were sent from place to place
to preach, make disciples, baptize and
teach. To perpetuate the work they
appointed elders warning them to look

The New Testament reveals that under

out for the flock of God and to beware

the initial direction of the Apostles the

local congregations went on to accept

of false prophets. They then went on to

an unevangclized area, but also part of
their lime was used in returning to their
established churches to strengthen the

their responsibility for the promulgation

of the gospel, both near and far, led by
their eldership. The example of the

brethren.

Antioch church serves as an example to us.

But what is the picture today?

In many places the cause of New Testa
were men of good report sponsored by the ment Chrislianity has become stagnant.
congregation at Antioch. The HolySpirit This is especially prone to be true among
Paul and his co-laborer, Barnabas,

had directed the selection of these men,

but the local church was responsible for

those who have turned from the ideal of

the responsibility of the local congregation

sending them out for this particular task to the practice of co-operating through
of evangelism. They went forth with the agencies over and above the local church.

prayers and blessings of the congregation.

While on their evangelistic tour these

first century missionaries won many
converts, established local congregations,

In fact, some churches have been unable

to report a single baptism in a year,
and others have resorted to infant dedica

tion and other dubious practices to fatten

and appointed elders to be in charge of the the church rolls. They have lost their
flock.

In certain cases elders were deem

ed worthy of support for their spiritual

services. (1 Tim 5:7, 18).
As soon as Paul and Barnabas had

arranged these details and had committed

the ongoing of the gospel to faithful

men, they moved on to areas where the

spiritual dynamic because they have

shunned their scriptural responsibility.
The local preacher has become, in
some instances, merely a parasite, but a

welcome one to those who want him to do

all the preaching, praying and personal

work for the congregation. This stereo

gospel had not been preached. At the typed clerical concept of the duties of
close of their tour they returned to

Antioch and reported to the church.

In this brief but dear account we

can see plainly the responsibility of the

a preacher has robbed the Church ofJesus

Christ of its most forcible power for
spreading the gospelevery man a
witness.

Every type of missionary enterprise evangelist. For the elders would do

has been tried. Organizations, sponsoring the shepherding ordinarily required of
committees, and self-appointed mission the "pastor," and the latter freed from
aries have assumed the responsibilities multitudinous details could direct his
that belong to the local congregation.
ability and energy . in preaching the
" American missionaries have gone gospel.
into areas populated by men of other
The responsibility for seeing that
races and there set up "missions" of leaders remain faithful would not, only
which they became the titular head. rest with the young church with'which
Some of these missionaries claim in
they are working, but also, and primarily,
dependent support from the churches with the congregation who ordained them
they establish. Such Overhead supervi
for the work of evangelism. If this plan
sion is defended as being necessary were followed it would be almost impos
because of the natives lack of education sible for an unfaithful preacher to conti
along civilized lines
nually deceive the brethren.
The evil inherent in society-controlled
What should be the method ofsending
missionary activities has been so obvious out evangelists to the foreign fields?

for so rnany years that it needs only to The church is responsible for dhoosing
be mentioned. But there can be a danger, and ordaining for this work as well as
tpo, in the self-appointed" independent for any other phase of evangelism. The
niissionary for he answers to so many that local congregation should select from
he really answers to none!
men of ability those who would most likely
On the other hand we rejoice that fulfill the requirements for work on the
there are large numbers of churches that foreign field. Fully satisfied that the
are conducting their work after the New men are spiritually qualified, they should
Testament pattern and are growing then ordain them and send them.out.
numerically and spiritually. Many local
Sometimes a church may finji itself
congregations are supporting numbers financially unable to support evbi one
of missionaries in various parts of the man. In that case the church would be
world. But even with large numbers of perfectly justified in requesting siste^:
churches striving to follow God's plan churches everywhere to help with support.
there are countless others satisfied as they However, the responsibility of supervision
are.

' So what should the local congregation

do? The scriptural answer is not diffi
cult: The congregation is responsible for
selecting spiritual men; seeing that they
are adequately trained; ordaining them
for specific tasks; supporting them in their
work; hearing their reports, and above
all, making sure that they are conducting
their work according to the pattern of the
New Testament. The local congregation
must assume this God-given responsibility
if the world is to be won for Christ!

How would this affect the evangelizing

of the immediate locality? The local
church would then have at least one
person who could do the work of an

and ordination would remain with the

congregation that orig.inally chose the

man.

The missionary or evangelist to a

foreign country should be adequately

equipped to carry out a program, of New
Testament evangelism. This would in
clude not only faithfulness to the Word

of God, but also a knowledge of the lang

uage and customs. , The necessity of
adequate financial backing so that at no
time would it seem the evangelist was
preaching to the people for any gain except
souls is easily seen.

The evangelist should go, preach, make

disciples, baptize, set in order, and
move on I If a missionary proves unfaith-

ful, let the local congregation publish

the fact that it has withdrawn its ordina

tion and is recalling the unfaithful one.

What would be eliminated from the

present approach to worldwide evangelism

it belongsin the hands of the local

congregation.
Does all the foregoing mean that no
good has been accomplished by the various
systems of missionary work? Certainly

not. But God worked out a perfect plan

for
presenting the scheme of redemption,
practice? All organizational machinery
other than the local congregation would and any system devised by men falls
be unnecessary. An ecclesiastical machine short of God's perfection. Some schemes
could not be built. The danger inherent are fraught with more danger to the
in dominating organization would be autonomy and responsibility of the local
congregation than others; but they all
gone. The local church would be free!
assume prerogatives and responsibilities
The danger of apostate preachers being that belong only to the local congregation.

if the New Testament plan were put into

supported by apostate directors of mis

Free the local minister from the
sionary societies at the expense of Bible- " clerical
chair;" let him do the work of
loving people would be completely done
an
evangelist:
send him out to the far
away. Unfaithful missionaries could be
recalled by the church sending them out.

The dissipation of funds for the promotion

of agencies under the guise of efficient
mission administration would be eliminat
ed. Funds would be used entirely for
mission work.

corners of the earth.

Let all be done

according to the New Testament plan;

God will be honored, Jesus glorified, and
the earth will ring praises to them that
bring tidings of great joy.
{Continued from page 2}

If the New Testament plan were put

eternal

co-existence

in

the

Godhead.

into effect nosupervising staffofAmericans, Eternity had no beginning and will have

or anyone else, could keep scores ofnative

churches

under

an ecclesiastical

type

control, for these churches would have to

be set in order and allowed the same

freedom in Christ that we demand for

ourselves.

The present-day procedure of missio

nary recruitment and fund raising would

no ending. Time did begin and will end.

"In the beginning God
"
I. " In the beginning God created.."
Creation was one of God's beginnings.
It was good. It was verji good. Man
had a good beginning.
II. " In the beginning was the Word,

be greatly modified. Rather than a man and the Word was with God, and the
was God." All of God's " begin
deciding entirely for himself that he Word
nings
"
are through His Son. "All
has been called to preach to a foreign

things were made through Him and

people, and then scurrying around to the without
Him was not anything made that
various churches to advertise himself
and raise the funds, the local congregation

would assume the responsibility of choosing

its foreign evangelists. They could then
recommend those chosen to sister churches.

Unqualified men would thus have a diffi

cult time imposing themselves lacking
the necessary recommendation.

hath been made." John 1. Cf. Hebrews

1:1-3.

III. "The beginning of the gospel

of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." (Mark
1:1). God began again with man through
the medium of His Son.

Conclusion: Revelation 1 :8, " I am

Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the

soring committee type of missionary ending, saith the Lord, which is, and
enterprise would not be necessary, for the which was, and which is to come, the
control of the enterprise would fall where Almighty ".
The incorporated mission and spon

Part Two

Ralph R. Harter, Kanpur, India

At 8-10 p.m. the train stopped for for, the next portion of my journey.

ten minutes at Bhopal; While the tr^ was very pleasiantly surprised to find an
was in the station I had a short visit

from Brother G. M. Timothy and Brother

M. M. Luther who had learried. of my

trip.; :They, had gone to the station the

night before (a Sunday) to meetrmej then
realized top late that I idon*t trayel on
Sundays.
|
The train moved on, and at 10-20
hirived' at' Itarsi.

I had ho idea what

lay before me on the remainder of the

trip. The ' coolie who took my trimk
showed me that the train for Nagpur was
sitting just five steps away oh -the other
"side of the platform. I hunted up the
First Class compartments and lo and be

hold, my nahie was written on one of the

doors with white chalk. I immediately
took ppssessioh and prep^ed to go to
sleep. I must have fallen asleep before
'the train left the station because I.don't

.reniember anything else of the i Itatsi

stop.

When I awoke the next morning we

were weU on the way to Nagpur.r The
train was one of those which moves lei

surely from small station to small station

and it was two hours behind schedule;
but for once I was in no hurry. Tea

was available at some ofthe larger stations

and I had the' m^ings of peanut butter

and jam sandwiches. During some of the
Monger halts I wrote letters; and while the
-train) was moving ,I read frpm Complete
Work^iof William Shakespeare (after rid
ing several chapters from the Bible, of

efficient-looking lady behind the desk.

She remembered receiving my letter,
but she didn't think there would be any
vacancies that day. She went to a back
room to make sure and returned shortly
with .the good news that somehow Pr other

they coffid squeeze me in.

From there I went up to die Waiting
Room to dean up and rest. There was
no plug to plug in my electric razor,
but the attendants findly located one
for me in another : room. They then
stayed on to watch since they had never
seen an electric razor before.

I had a good lunch in the station

restaurant, then a hap of sorts while
sitting up, followed by a cool drink of
lassi. At 3 p.m. it was time to get aboard
for Madras.

As we reached the bottom of the ramp,

the coolie dropped my trunk with a loud
b^g. Happily, nothing broke.
I had been assigned an upper berth
in a four-berthed compartment. The
Other three occupants were each lone
travellers like myself: a semi-retired busi
nessman from Lucknow, a young office

clerk, and a middle-aged woman who was

to detrain at Vijaiawada at 4 a.m. She
was very worried about sleeping through
her station arid kept us awake a good
bit ofthe night worrying with her. The
upper berth was also too hot to provide
a good sleep. I thought the elderly

cou^e). In this way I survived conifor- businessman should have the lower berth

.tably enough.

We reached Nagpur some

finie after 10 a.m. -

I went imiriediately to the reserva

tion desk to find out if I had a reservation

left by the woman, but he thought I

should have it. While we were being
kind to each other, a passienger boarding
at Vijaiawada cariie in and grabbed
it.

WHAT THE CROSS MEANT TO ME UNDER

THE COMMUNISTS' RULE
By Yoon Kwon Chae

Seoul, Korea

{Reprinted from '^Christian Standard")

Ever since I came to this part of the
world, whenever I meet a new friend,
there is a set of questions that I am
always asked. The first one is, " What
is your name ?" The second one is,
" How do you like America?" And the
last question is, " How did you become a
Christian?"

The first two questions are rather

easy to answer, because they are vague,

anyway. The third is the most difficult

question, because, like some of you, I

cannot pinpoint any part of my past and

say, " This was rny turning point
However I

can at least say that,

whether it was before or after I became

a Christian, one thing about Christianity

has alwayshurt me whenever I have heard
or read about it.

It is the cross of Jesus

Christ.

Buddha died surrounded by hundreds

of nobles and disciples. Confucius died in

his old age in the midst of numerous
followers. But Jesus Christ died, between
two thieves, on a crossthe ancient electric
chair. The fact has always stirred a
great question in my mind.
This is the cross that I like to talk

about today, but I am not going to talk

about the doctrine of the cross.

I would

just like to tell you what the cross of Jesus

Christ meant to me as we were living

under the occupation of the communists

and were going through a little bit of the
persecution.
God suffered, too
Whenever I talk about the cross, one

scene I

witnessed as the communist

forces were retreating from Seoul, my

home town.

When the communists retreat from any

place, they usually bum ail the houses
and try to get rid of everybody who does
not agree with them. Seoul was no
exception. To prevent this tragedy, in
the morning when they were' retreating
through the streets of Seoul, a group of

people, including me, were hiding in a

hole which had been dug for that occasion.
When the final battle was going on in
the streets, a woman appeared from some
where and came running into our hole.
But she did not sit down; she started to

stagger around in that small hole search

ing every corner for something. Being
asked, she answered that she had lost
her three-year-old son and thought he
might be in that hole. He was not there.
However, he was standing, we found, in

the street where the tanks were rolling

down and the bullets were flying overhead.
When the mother saw him, she was just
about to jump out or cry out, but she
couldn't do it.

saw the
obvious
shouted,
and fire

She turned around and

pale faces around her. It was

that once she jumped out or
the communists would see her
right at the hole and kill every

one in it. She just stood there and watch

ed the baby standing in the street as a
heavy tank approached him and rolled
over him.

When everything was over,' she was

crying her heart out in front of a little

grave.

I can never forget this picture.

As

scene always comes into my mind. It is I was sharing the agony of that mother,

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a shocking thought came into my mind.

This was exactly the way God had to
suffer as Jesus was being persecuted,
tried and crucified.

Not easy to bear

ready to fight against Satan's force. To

us "it is given in the behalf of Christ,
not only to believe on him, but also to
suffer for his sake." That is why Jesus
said, " In the world ye shall have tribula
tion: but be of good cheer; I have over
come the world."

This was the first lesson that we learned

under the rule of the communists. We

learned that the cross of Jesus Christ

was not beautiful.

It was not made of

silver nor gold. It was not shining on

the necks or the arms of the people, but
it was an awful and miserable thing.

Consequently it was not easy to be a

cross-bearer, it was not easy to be a
Christian.

When we went to the church under

their rule, as we came out of houses, we

checked to see if anyone was following us,
and if no one was around, we dashed to

the church as fast as we could and prayed

with tears for hours.

We were afraid,

not of losing our own lives, but of causing

tragedy for someone else.
Yet, even when we got to the church,
we usually found out that someone was

missing, having been kidnapped by the

communists.

The church leaders were

Christianity is not a honeymoon reli

gion. So far as I know, it is the religion
of the

" crucified

one."

You

do

not

have to go to Korea to find this out.

You do not have to be persecuted to find
this

out.

Even

after

the

communists

were driven out, we endured some of the

most bitter opposition from our own

people. At one period we were preaching
against prostitution in a part of the
town where it was publicly authorized.
Many stood a chance of losing their jobs
because of our preaching. They threw
rocks at us; they poured water on us;
they sent a gang to beat us up. Thank
God, we finally converted them.
Not only is there physical suffering,
there is spiritual suffering, which is
much harder to bear.

It comes when we

pray, week after week, for a lost soul

and then find him still with a whiskey
bottle in a bar.

It comes as we watch

missing one by one, and nobody knew

where he would be next Simday. Finally,
my father was taken and so was I, but
thank God, the other Christians still went

hundreds of souls dying without the

gospel, without hope. It never was, is^
nor will be easy to be a Christian.

to church, risking their lives.

As I was caught and was led to a
concentration camp, the first thing that

Power in the cross

I was asked to do was to make a written

We found out something else about the

cross. There was power in the cross of
Jesus Christ. There was power unexplainable, incomprehensible in being a

statement on a big sheet of paper telling

about myself. It contained numerous
questions about my schooling, family, Christian. The cross was not to be
relationship with the political parties, destroyed by tanks, missiles or atom
religions, etc. I am ashamed to confess bombs.
that it took me almost thirty minutes to

bring myself to write down what I believed.

As I look back now, it was a proud thing
to do, but on that day, I felt almost as
though I was signing my death sentence.
It was not easy to be a Christian. It
is never easy to be a Christian, because
to be a Christian means being a soldier

I distinctly remember the end of a

minister who was caught, put on trial,
and killed by the communists because of
his stand and his influence among the
people- In what they call a "people's
court," after he had been sentenced in a
most undemocratic manner, he was per

mitted to say what he wanted to say

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This is what he said:

I do not know what the cross of Jesus
" I am glad that I am going to get a mark Christ means to you, but it means power
on my body which I shall be proud of to me; it means victory to me. It thrills
when I see Jesus. " I had never seen such me whenever I watch the cross. It gives
before he died.

shock in the faces of the communists as

me the same kind of thrill I had as I

when they heard this.

watched our flag set up on the top of the

: Even when I was in the communists'

concentration camp,

experienced a

number of thrilling and unforgettable

moments.

When the United Nations air

force was bombing the camp and the

communist guards were busy protecting
themselves, someone from some corner

stood up and started to sing " Onward,

Christian Soldiers" in a loud voice.

The

next cell joined him, and the next, and

the next.... until the whole prison was

hill of the enemy. There is power in

that cross; power that made Paul shout,
" Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress,
or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword?
Nay, in all

these things we are more than conquerors

through him that loved us." There is
power that made Paul laugh in the face
of death and say, "O death, where is thy
sting ? O grave, where is thy victory?"

thundering in the shout of the song. It

was a victorious moment.

Expressions of Power

It was a thrill

ing moment.

We witnessed the same thing later,

when we, as South Korean soldiers, were
marching up to North Korea. In so many
towns, out of the ruins of war, the first

I cannot tell you all of the power that

is involved in the cross, but I will tell
you what I can.

munists for five years, there were more

One is the power of action. Jesus

Christ not only told us what to do, but
He showed us the way. He acted, dying
on the cross for us. Why is the gospel
so powerful compared with the books of
other religions? It is because the gospel

faithful Christians than were in South

recounts not merely the doctrines, not

Korea. Also in South Korea, the persecu

tion which they met during the war

the theology, but the facts^what God did

for us. The power of Christianity lies in
its action. Christianity has' won hef

thing we heard was the ringing of the

church bells. In fact, we were amazed
to find that in North Korea, which had
been under the occupation of the com

brought an incredible miracle to the

churches.

So far as New Testament churches are

concerned, we had only seven churches

before the war, but after one year, we
found seventy churches all over South
Korea. If there is anything of which we
are convinced because of the war, it is
that no matter how dark the world may
be, the light of the gospel will never be
put out by darkness. I don't care how
many communists there are in this world;
I don't care how many atheists there are
in the world. If persecution is the way
Christ comes, let it come.

But I do know

victories, because missionaries have not

started to argue or fight, but started to
work in the hearts of the people, wiping
away tears and giving them the new hope.
What makes a church great? It's not
what it talks about, not what it argues
about, but what it does!

Why now do so many people, in Asia

especially, turn to communism ? Basi
cally because they are hopeless and help
less. When they are at the lowest levels
of the society, and the communists come
around and say, "Join us and you will
have money, you will have hope, you will
have power, " they most certainly will

this: freedom they may destroy; demo

cracy they may destroy; but God they

Join them, because they are helpless any

cannot!

way.

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We have the message of hope. Why

don't we act to save them, before they
are taken by the communists?
The cross has another great power. It
is the power of love.
Once when I was in the depth of

despair, I heard a sermon preached by an

ex-communist evangelist called Mr. Son.
In the beginning of his message, he told
how he was spiritually frustrated as I
was, how he was hungry for truth, how he
was at last charmed by the appeal of the
communists'

dream.

So he

communist, a zealous one.

became a

When the

Korean war broke out, he immediately

joined the communist force and took part
in murdering hundreds of innocent
people. He recalled that he killed many
even of his own classmates. But when the
communists were defeated and had to

retreat from the town, he was caught by

the South Korean police and was dragged
before an old Christian minister whose
son this communist had killed.
The ex-communist told

us how he

looked straight into the eyes of this old

man as though he were saying, " I want
to kill you, too, if I can."
The old minister stood for a long time
looking into the eyes of this communist,
and with his eyes full of tears, he turned

to the policemen and ^aid, " I want to

adopt him."
The policemen, of course, didn't let
him do that, and even the communist
looked back to the minister and said,
"Ha, don't pity me! I am glad to die

for my ideology. "

The old minister, however, followed
them to the police station, and stayed
there for three days asking and begging
for the life of this man who had killed

his son. It was too much for the young

communist. His false pride melted in
tears at seeing the old man still following
to the place assigned for the communist's
execution.

The police, too, finally yielded. They

could not shoot him. They gave him

to the old minister.

The sermon I heard

was the sermon of that communist who

became an evangelist after being adopted

by this old man. While he was telling
that story, his face was wet with tears,
but they were beautiful tears, shining
like crystals of love and its victory. This
power we have in the cross.
This cross was written all over the

Bible.

This is the Book most powerful

hundreds

of thousands

of times

more

powerful than any other book. This book

we have right in our hands. What are
we doing with it?
{Continued from page 14)
hundred years later. " For God so loved
the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish but have everlasting
life.". (John 3:16)
{Next issue: The Sabbath)

{Continued from page 15)

The

1961

census disclosed

that no

city in Uttar Pradesh has over

one

million population. Kanpur has 9,47,793,

Lucknow, 6,62,196, Banaras 5,73,558 and

Agra, 5,09,105. All of Kanpur's 1^ mil

lion people feel that there was a mistake

in counting.
A school teacher in Hamirpur was
assaulted by students when he objected to
their throwing mud and filth into his house.
An eye specialist who was held to be
partially responsible for the disappearance
of a diagnostic set from the hospital at
Etawah was asked to pay Rs. 123 TO
($26) for the loss. The Government
rejected his appeals and ordered the loss

to be made good from his salary. In

order to escape the deduction he has not
drawn his salary since. It has been ten
years now.

The coldest day on record in Lucknow

was January 3, 1946 when the temperature
was 34. The hottest day was June 12,
1901 when the temperature was 119*2.
The rainiest day was July 17, 1947 when
12*3 inches of rain fell in 12 hours.

13

SOME OOTSTANDKNG WO)MEN OF THE

BlIELE
Miriam

By Miss H. Kaveri Bai, Hyderabad, India

Uplifted arms
Miriam saw her brothers climbing to
the top of the hill taking Hur with them.
Moses had the rod of God in his hand and

he held it up. The people in the camp

could not see the fighting, but heard
reports that the enemy was falling back.
They saw Moses drop his weary hands and
immediately the word went round that the
Amalekites had rallied and were beating
back the Israelites. Again there was

panic. Every time Moses held up the rod,

Israel prevailed and every time his arms
sank to his side, Israel retreated.

The

next thing on the hill top was the sight

of Aaron and Hur hastening to a pile of
stones and picking up as large a one as
they could carry. With this they hurried
back to Moses and he sat on it.

Then

standing on either side of him, each held

up an arm of their leader, so that the
rod of God did not come down again and
Israel won the day.
It was while Moses was at Horeb that
Miriam saw her Midianite sister-in-law

again. Her father Jethro had brought

Zipporah back with her two sons to join
Moses on the journey to Canaan, Jethro
also taught Moses how to lighten his own
work by organizing a judicial system
whereby all minor cases would be heard
and disposed of by others. Only the
very serious ones came for his personal
judgment. Miriam rejoiced when Moses
adopted this method, though she forgot
that he had failed to seek the Lord's
counsel about this.

All along God had been reminding the

Israelites again and again all the great
and wonderful things He had done for

them, repeating His promises, and de

manding their obedience to His covenant
and statutes. Every time God did this,
the Israelites readily promised, "All that
the Lord hath spoken we will do. " But
most of them as readily broke their
promise again.
Sinai

Something very remarkable happened

when the Israelites came to Sinai and

pitched before the mountain. God spoke

through Moses that He would descend on
the mountain and speak, so that the people
themselves might hear God's voice and
believe Moses, and no longer accuse him
of enticing them away from Egypt and
misleading them. The men folk kept
themselves from women for three days
and, having washed themselves and their
clothes, purified themselves. Miriam saw

on the morning of the third day that the

mountain presented a terrible sight. It
was enveloped in dense black clouds and
was smoking furiously. Lightning played
and thunder issued from it, " and the

voice of a trumpet exceeding loud, and the

mountain quaked greatly. " Oh, how the
people trembled and shook with fear!
Moses had fixed a limit beyond which no
living creature should approach the
mountain, for whoever touched the moun

tain died instantaneously. The people

fied in terror at the awful sights and
sounds and would not even come to the

place where Moses wanted them to ass

emble.

" Speak thou with us, and we

will hear: but let not God speak with us,

lest we die." Thus they beseeched Moses.
Moses

built

an

altar

and

twelve

pillars under the hill and he sent young

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men who offered burnt offerings and

sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the

and made a " golden calf," and the people

declared, " These be thy gods O Israel

Lord. The blood was caught in a basin

and Moses sprinkled the altar with half

covenant was sealed with the remaining

which brought thee out of the land of

Egypt," The backsliding Aaron built an
altar for this idol and proclaimed a
solemn feast on the next day. On the
following day there were offerings and
sacrifices, feasting, drinking and dancing.
For fear of the people even Miriam took

blood of the bulls.

part in it.

of it.

Then he read " the book of the

covenant in the audience of the people:

and they said, All that the Lord hath said
we will do and be obedient."

The old

When this covenant

was superseded by the new, i.e. the New

Testament, it was sealed by the precious
blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God.
Soon there was much excitement in the

camp, and Miriam heard the word go

round, " Moses, Aaron, Aaron's sons and
the seventy elders who went with them
have all seen God and they did not die."
The whole camp saw the glory of God
shining on Mount Sinai and learned that

In the midst of this ungodly revelry

Moses appeared like an apparition, carry
ing two slabs of stone in his hands.

God

had told him what was happening down

below while He had been giving the law
and commandments for His chosen people.
With His own hand God had written the

Moses had gone up all alone into the

ten commandments on these tables, the

very first of which was, " Thou shalt have
no other gods before me." Moses stood
speechless at the sight before him. Then

summit.

in great rage he flung the tables against

Idolatry

Moses had been away from them for

about 40 days. One morning Miriam

was aghast to hear a tumult and see a
great crowd besieging Aaron's tent in a
threatening manner. She heard them
say, " This man who made us leave our
homes and follow him bag and baggage

on a wild goose chase has simply vanished.

We do not know what has happened to
him. Here we are stranded, not knowing
what to do nor where to go. Up Aaron,
you were in the conspiracy with Moses
to bring us out here. Up and make us
gods which shall go before us and let us
be making a move." To save his own skin
Aaron decided to humour them and asked

them to strip off all their golden earrings

and give them to him. Frightened Miriam
gave away hers also and Aaron's wife
did the same.

The bull was among the idols wor

shipped in Egypt. So the Israelites went
back to their idolatry. We in India are
quite familiar with bull worship even in
this atomic age. Aaron melted the gold

the mountain side and smashed them.

Who is on the Lord's side ?" he called.

Every Levite rose up and came for

ward. Moses ordered them to go up and
down the camp cutting down whomso
ever their swords could reach.

Three

thousand people fell that day. Miriam

was sick at heart. But she was a daughter
of Levi, who with his brother Simeon, had
slaughtered every man of Shechem for the
rape of their sister Dinah. Miriam was
convinced that nothing could be too
severe a punishment for such an insult

to the living God as to worship His

handiwork rather than Him and also only
an image of that handiwork which their
own hands had made.

God had meant

to exterminate all except Moses and to

make a great nation of him, but for the
humble intercession of Moses to blot out
his own name from the book of life and to

spare His own people.

Moses was the old

Testament intercessor between God and

Israel. But in order that the whole world

might have an intercessor God sacrificed

His only begotten Son about fifteen

{Continued onpage 12)

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XNDXAN PRESS GLEAVNINGS

Ralph R. Harter, Kanpur, India
Headline of the Month: CHILD FOUND LYING IN HOSPITAL

convention

of

railwaymen

at

Goimbatore could not begin on time

because the train bringing the principal

speaker was 90 minutes late. In his

opening remarks Mr. S. V. Ramaswamy,

Deputy Railway Minister, said that he

was distressed to find that for two days
in succession the trains in which he was

travelling were running behind schedule.

Seven persons were seriously injured
when a truck loaded with saltpetre was

hit by an engine of the North Eastern

Railway on a level crossing near Hathras.

It is reported that the engine was running

without its head-light and the gates of the
crossing had not been closed.
The Allahabad High Court has decreed
that if a person resorted to hunger-strike

without openly declaring that he would

fast unto death, he could not be held

guilty of the olffencc of attempted suicide.

A man named Sahu who had been

Hangmen in Uttar Pradesh, who had

received a raise in wages several years
ago, are once again demanding an
increase. At present they are getting a
salary of Rs. 25 (S5-25) per month plus
Rs. 15 (S 3*18) for each hanging carried
out. Since the number of hangings in
the state has gone down to thirty a year,
the hangmen have felt squeezed them
selves. Some have taken to fruit-selling
and rickshaw-plying in their spare time.
There are as many as 4,658 villages
in India without any postal facilities.
There are a hundred thousand villages
that receive

mail once a week or less

often. There are 168,556 miles of paths

where the mail must be conveyed to postoffices on foot.

During January and February of this

year smallpox accounted for 1,213 deaths
in Maharashtra, 23 in Assam and 326
in Uttar Pradesh.

Hailstones as big as oranges killed

questioned by the police regarding
robbery decided to leave town in order four persons near Balrampur in February.

to avoid further questioning.

After his

departure some anti-Government elements

began to spread the story that Sahu had

been tortured to death by the police who

then quietly disposed of his body. Now

Sahu began to worry that some people
might murder him to prove their charge
against the police. Sahu quickly rushed
back home and turned himself in at court.

After a boisterous marriage party had

squeezed itself enthusiastically on to a

train and the train steamed out, it was

discovered that the bride had been left

behind. One of the members of the

During 1960 3,765 persons in the

city of Kanpur were treated for dog bite.
According to the U.S. Consul-General
in Bombay, the Ohio Canal was dug with

the help of Indian engineers. This canal

was dug more than a hundred years
ago but is no longer used.
Hundreds

of

children

with

their

parents and guardians who were attending

a Camera Baby Show at Lucknow were

put to rout when they were attacked by a

swarm of bees.

It is believed that the

bees were disturbed in their honeycombs

up on a tree by stones hurled at them

groom's party had to make a return dash high
by some miscreants.

from the next station to console the weep

ing bride and take her to her husband s

village.

{Continued on page 12)

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heavy book in his hand is a Bible in the

Hindi language.
My return to public life was greeted

mw
m
By Lanoru, the dog

with

fan

letters

from

A.

Morris

and

J. F. Patteson. I am keeping these on

file in case my right to employment should
ever be questioned again.

I get tired of reading so much about

Kanpur in " Indian Press Gleanings."
How about people from other places
helping to collect the clippings. I know
that Kanpur is a mighty exciting place,
but after all....

Wow! There's lots of power packed in

some of these articles this month.

My friend on the front page is David

Washington. He chose his own name
when he was four years old, which was one
year ago. You wouldn't guess that he
is older than I am, would you? The
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One

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readers

said

that

that's dead?

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at 112/352. S^4apnagaivJCanpur, U. P., India

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T W 0

The

thirteenth

annual

Vijal Nagar Camp concluded

on Got* 20th with two bap

tisms: (1) Mr. Mullick, a
former Hindu whose native
place Is near Calcutta but

who is presently,living in

Kanpur;

(2)

one

Mrs.

boys
ving

of

Sani Mangli,
Rothermel's

who is presently li
in our Kanpur dormi

tory while he takes tailor

training.

Our Boys'
lost

one

Mr. Toppo

Dormitory has
and gained one.
v/ho

came

here

last March has now brought

his fatnj. ly to Kanpur and
so has had to find a house
of his own.
At the same

time a fourth boy has corne

from Ragaul. Reuben is go.

ing to business school and

M S

A T

CAMP

is training to be a steno
grapher.

As

will

helping with of

be

he trains he

fice details here.

Vifithin the

next

weeks ive are expecting

other

addition

dom.

Laivrence

formerly

be

an-

the

Lazarus,

a teacher in the

Bilaspur
will

to

Bible
coming

College
here

to

further his education.

At

the same time he will take

charge
of our mail order
department
in the Book
Store.
He will also be a

great
tual

help

in the spiri

development

boys in the dorm.

Our house ov/ner

of

the

is mak

ing plaiis
to add a second
floor to our house.
As a
result our rent will be

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

Jonah 4:11

increased^ but the place

will be more suitable for

the convention I preached

two seimons and taught two

the increasing number of

boys we are expecting to

classes. Sales in the book

stall were very good/

The convention

come to the city.

at Manendragrah
the

BOOK STORE '

We did not give any sale
reports in our last news
letter,
so this time we
have four months to report.

During July,
and

Oct.

of

quiet

The

region is

beautiful

and

one
of the most uncomfor
table I ever had.

totalled

$21^.10." Sales included 35

Bibles,, 3k- New Testaments,
107,3 Portions

and

remote sections

reminds one of parts of

Kentucky and West Virginia.
The trip dovm and back was

Aug., Sept.,

sales

more

India.

was held

in one of

As I

write this,

enjoying - the

(Mt., . Mk.'.,

we

are

visit of :.l5.

yr. old Emrys Rees, so,n of

Lk. :& Jn.).
The busy . season which, David and Lois.- He came to
attend.-, the. Vi jai Nagar
leads up to Christmas has
long since, begun.. Christ-. , 0amp, -and . is- now touring

mas cards

and.1962 calen

dars,

enjoying

are

their

usUal brish sale. With the

addi t ion
of . ^Mrs.
Vi ctor
Dass
to
the
book
store

staff,

the

noV/ open

from 8 a.m. to 8

p.m. Monday thru Saturday. ,

In the

last

newsletter

ing.members of the library.

T he. liumb e r

has

now ri s en

The
being

missionary
held, this

shore- of the" Bay of .Bengal.

The camp will begin on the2nd of Dec.,- which means I,,

vdil have to leave here by

Nov. 29th.
As often hap
pens,
I will beobserving

my birthday ..(my 37"th)

to 114.1.

the camp.
OTHER ACTIVITIES . :

Besides

the . week spent

at Vijai Nagar Gamp, I al-^

so spent a. week in going
and coxnijig and attexiding
the

a.rr-iual

churches

the

camp is
year at

Ennore. -near Madras on the

book store is

we reported

the
homes, of uncles and
aunts
until .tiJiie. for our
missionary camp..

convGntion of

connected

Bilas pur

v;ith

m l s s io n
n.

iib

at

We have, had t:o engage a

neYii....printer for. our Hindi
magazine.
This has resul

ted' in a couple months of

confusion,
but we
have
hopes
that things v;ill be
back

to

nor^iir.l when

this

monuns issue goes to press.

THE CHEERPUL GIVERS DURING

SE PTEMEER AND 0 CTOBER, *ol
5.00

Indiana;.
Prank Re as

Hammond S.: Side

Kansas;

Rollin Dunahugh
Sharon Dunahugh

Derby Pirst Church.

ll^o.oo

Libr^y .
Housing

Mrs.; Niekerson
Missouri;

30.00..

Neeper Church

20.00
20.00

15.I1.O.

Liberty Classes
Ohio:

Clinton Church

1).0.00

Bladensburg L.D.s
Lucille Ziegler

20.00

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Portsmouth Central
Linden Homebuilders
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10.00,
20.00

25.00,

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North Terrace

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Chur ch

Publicity.

.i

TOTAL SPENT

13.40
9.55

4. 90
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SUMMARY

Balance, Sept. 13 #1594*98

Contributions

Total Receipts
Less Spent
Balance, Nov. 11

$67*86

207^-84
837-78
#123$.0$

In addition _to- the .con

has provided throe childrens' magazines for the

library^ Other friends and

5.00

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Church at Central

17.82

. l5.ii.O

31.30
20.00,

21.22

tributions
listed,
the
D.V.B.S. at Clinton, Ohio,

Oklahoma; .

Dewey

36.32

Ohristasi.an
C amp

90.00
7.00

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liA.61
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Publications.

Equipment

#250.00
280..$9

Boys. & Girls .

N.T.

Peels

Book Store

$0.00.
38.55
16.00
10.75
10.,91

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The D.P.

TO NOVE^iiBER ll.y 196I

Salary, 2 months ...

Illinois;
Plara M.G. II

Minnesota;

EXPENDED PROM SEPT. l^TH

25.00

$567.86

relatives
joined together
to
provide" me v/ith a new
pair of glasses.
Our he a r t - f e l t

thanks to

each and every one of you

for your continued love
and help.

Forwarding Agent: Miss Florence Douglas, 419 N. Main St.

Flora, Illinois,, U. S. A.

2he trips
Kanpur have
chance

to write some let

ters.
take

outside
of
given me a

On

these

some

forms

trips

addressed

along

and

I
air-

write a

letter whenever there is a

lull.

Prank Fempel and I were

chosen to
serve as Joint

Secretaries

of the Kanpur

Branch of the Bible So

ciety. I am also a member
of the
committee
\idiose

duty

it is to hold promo

tional meetings in the va

rious

areas

of the city.

Prank
serve

v/ill be
on the

asked to
committee

which is in charge of dis

tributing

portions

scripture

from

o f

house

to

house.

Prank

and

Mrs.

(Marie's mother)
pected

to

Dunbar

Hindi

lieve,"

was

The

has

kept us busy has been

supervising

work

on

the

Rempels' house. In prepa

ration for Mrs. Dunbar,
one
and

more room was added,

other
improvements

were made.

Then there was

white-washing
cleaning-up.

and general
At

the same

time our own house got its

annual
white
washing.

and

color

We were happy to hear of

the six rooms added to the
church building at Bladens-

burg, Ohio. Por such a pro

in New

gressive congregation, the

former
accomodation was
certainly inadequate.
And now may our Lord
Jesus Christ abide with
and abound in you all both

Delhi on Nov. 30th.

The

ed some of the pages.

printing of the cover and

binding remain before the
book goes on sale.
Another project
which

are ex -

arrive

G. J. Sharp's,

come off the press. The

book would have been fin
ished long before this had
not the printer misnumber-

edition

of

"Why We Be

long delayed

at the printers, but the

last four pages have now

now and fo rever.

"Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal

comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work
and word." 11 Thess.

2:16,17

Written, Mimeographed,-and Mailed by Ralph R. Harter

cy/

at 112/352. Swarupnagar, Kanpur, U. P., India

to

Cti

fecember 20, I961

Q3

it'
R E

THE

M P E

L S

BACK

ARE

We are expecting better

The

national

emergency

days aiiead nov/ that the

Rempel family has returned
to Kanpur following Franks

broke out while v;e mission

aries
v/ere
in Madras hav

furlo.ugh.

than

came

Grandma

with

to be

Dunbar

them and seems

enjoying her Indian

visit
despite
a bad leg.
Her visit
is timely since
Marie has not been feeling
up to par.

ing

our
a

to

travel

genuity,
sure

citing.

action

Goa

and other

it

was

time

territories

that

were

those

brought

into the Indian union.

"war"
ion

The

has brought confus

on

the railways, but

otherwise we have not been

effected.

but

enough.

of fact

in

home.

Getting

home was taxing to our in

the

Portugese possessions. Al
most everyone feels that

ding some on v/hich we were

because of its

in

trains

day were cancelled, inclu

news again

India has been

annual camp. More

hundred

we

made it

As a matter

i t was rather ex

When

we

got

back

to

Kanpur the Christmas rush

was already
well under
way. The Christmas cards
which

Marie

had

v/orked

over for us are selling as

fast as Christmas cards in

December,
hopes
of

and
we have
selling out our

stock of 1962 calendars.

"And should not 1 have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much
cattle?"

Jonah 4:11

During Novembur,

sales

day.

I v/as rather surpri

in the book store totalled

sed' that

$119.66, Sales included 22

the church agreed.

Since
then, however, some of the

Biblesj ^0 New Testaiuentsj

and 290 Portions.
In our last

we

reported

newsletter

the iimninent

the

officers of

members of the church have

been much
exercised over

the

spoiling

of

one

of

arrival of Lawrence Lazar

their favorite traditions.

us.
He arrived
just in
time
to help us i.'vith the

They infoim me

Christmas rush. In January

happened in the history of

he may go on tour with the

Bible Society van,
but

the church in India.

should
entitle
me

that is not

yet definite.

Anotiier one of our dor

mitory

boys

is

the f i r s t

'medal 'for

that

being the Non-

Viie

has now been

Have

recenTIyi'e-

coived a

was learning motor mechan

aging letters.
resist
letting

has

now

returned to

his home in Ragaul " and is

looking for an opportunity
to practice driving.
He

may

be

replaced

in.

the

dormitory by., another boy

from Ragaul v/ho has v/ritten us in that respect. We
have sent

"for him to come

for a day

and talk things

It

is

the custom _of

the

number

of encour

We
can't
you read

the
one
we received'.from
Mrs. Franz
of
the Branch

Hill Church of Chiist, "At

our
annual
meeting .we

agreed

ter

to sena Ralph Har-

$5

9- month more than

we have been sending.

Our

minister and his wife Rex

and
Clara Pesler
and a l l

of

o v e r . ..

This
to
a

5P n^o rmist .of^tjie... Ye ar

"graduated." Samu Das, who

ics

this

time t h i s has

us

doing

feel that Ralph is

very

worthwhile

Churches
in India to hold
worship services on Christ-

work and v^ould like to .see

him receive a l i t t l e raise.

^s Day morning. The pain

ful thing about i t is that
i t makes
for a very poor

May his good wo rk continue

attendance

from the Lord

on

the Lord's

Day. This year I

that

since

suggested

Christmas was

on Monday that v/e could

just
as well
hold the
Christmas service

on Sun

for

seemed

long
to

time."

This

us to be a sign
'that we had

done
the
right
thing in
calling Lawrence Lazarus
to Kanpur
to help us in
the vD rk here.

tie cpeerful c-i\^s during

EXIENDED FROM

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Salary, 1 month
Book_ Store
Boys' & Girls
Housing

'^lae Harry Lathams

fl.OO,

iXXlnols;

Faxton Vlomen

. 10.00

Indiana;
The Colestocks
lov/a;

Loretta Huntlngton

3O.OO

NOVEMBER 12

TO DECStlBSR I8, I96I

NOTOMBSR, 1961

00

133.69
70.58

61+. 93
olL.iii

N.T. publications
Christasian
Church

1^-9.66

T r ans po rt at i on

1+1.59

1l2. 02

Kentucky;

Medical

19.63

Mt Carmel Church

31-00

East Union S-S.

35-^9

Office Supplies
Passport
Library

16.89
10.58

20,00
10, 00

TGTAL SiENT

Kansas;

Rollin Dunahugh
Sharron Dunahugh

5.1+7

#614.45

Missouri:

Keeper Church

20.00

S U M MARY

Ohio:

Clinton Church

20.00

Balance, Nov. 11

11235.05

406.61+

Branch Hill Church

30.00

Contributions

Bladensburg L.D.s
Old Stone S.S.

10.00
20.00

Tot al Receipts
Less Spent

Mrs. Florence Flint

10.00

BALANCE, Dec. I8

1041-69
644.1+5
1997.24

Sabina Jrs.

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ll.Jpo

Brinkhaven Church
Portsmouth Central

71*23
10.00

Tennessee;

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TOTAL CO WRIBUTED
The fine

list

^0.00

thanks

Although it never snows

Kanpur,
it
does
get

#i|.06.61^

in'

of con

coldish
with
the
result
that a fev/ of the i l l - c l a d
and ill-nourished citizens

tributions during November

is very heartening.
Our
sincerest

of
each one of you. May
the Lord rev/ard you for
your love and kindness.

to

each

and every one. Every name

brings a flood df memories

get an attack of shivering

and die
virithin a few min
utes. You will not be sur

prised

then

to know that

Forwarding Agent: Miss Florence Douglas, 419 N. Main St.,

Flora, Illinois,, U. S. A.

for their Christmas pres

ent we have given each of
our dormitory boys a warm

qui It,

One^

madp_. f QX/'fJ^^yBT^FiFst, we
go'"*t6"fhe ""bazaar
out

and pick

brightIj

covered

quilt cover. Second, aggiit

!pounds

of

cotton must

be

ipurchased for each quilt.

p?hird, a man must be call-

)od

to fluff up the cotton

evenly inside the quilt.

Fourth,
the quilt must be
sev/ed
thoroughly criss-

jcross
Isign.

in a handsome deThe men who work on

'jthesG quilts are expert in

their jobs, and they v;ork

from

am sure you undersxTand the

and ask for one. The prin

ter
did a good job, and
the cover is very attrac
tive. Prank Rempel and Toji
Rash wer """"ofTmrae as ur"ab le^
help in
producing tliis
..books-

During
but

for the dormitory, as

about

the

sane

manner as

the quilts except that the

cloth used i s

ent
CO lor.
The

type

Hindi

C.._^lj^.^,harp. *s,
1-

of

and

of

differ

plain

edition

of

" Why^W e..3e-

has been received

Madras

write

made

of send

ing a free copy to every

name on our mailing list.
?ie will, however, be happy
to send a copy to any of
you ?/ho especially write

We
more

well as four new majbt-rcxaiL-.ga

and matt res..s._. cover s.
A^ttresses
are
made
in

printers and is

sale. The selling

r>npy- J

impracticability

very fast.
have
also
had one
double-decker
bed

the

now on
price

we

the

trip

to

were

able

to

a few more letters,

there

are s t i l l some

of you who

have not heard

from
us.
We
have
also received
a number of
nice letters for Christmas
which we
would
like
to

aiiswei''. If you have enough

patience you will eventu
ally hear from us.
Pew birthdays have been
fussed

over so much as was

mlno

at

the

missionary

catrip. We hope next years

camp will be in January.

"Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal

comfort and good hope through grace, comfort yourhearts and establish them in every good work
and word." II Thess.

2:16,17

OF

T H EJ r

"And should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great

city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that

cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand;
and also much cattle ?" Jonah 4:11

Vol. Vn No. 6

November

Xd6X

Price; nP. 25

December

Kanpur, India

EXHORTATION TO CHRISTIANS
S. Nath, Jhansi, U. P.j India

"Having these promises... .let us

cleanse ourselves... .perfecting holiness "
(II Cor. 7:1). For what reasons do we
have the promises of God? We have

what you are, a child of God, an heir of

heaven.
This severance

from

evil is

to

be

entire. " Perfecting holiness. " Perfec

them as manifest tokens of God's favour
tion means entirety in opposition to
toward us.
We have them as fruits of onesidedness. This expression seems to
Christ's purchase. They are plain and be suggested by the term " flesh and
ample declaration of the good will of spirit, " for the purification of the flesh
God toward men and therefore a part of alone would not be perfect, but rather
God's covenant of grace. They are a superficial, holiness. Christian sajictificafoundation of our faith. By these we tion, therefore, is an entire and complete
are made partakers of the divine nature thing. It is nothing less than presenting
and faith. We have the promises as the the whole man a sacrifice to Christ. "I
earnest and assurance of future blessed
pray God your whole spirit and soul and
ness.
body be preserved blameless. "
The ground of the apostle's request,
Christians from various aspects possess
" having these promises, " does not urge most glorious privileges. " Having these
"separate yourself from all uncleanliness promises, " not merely in reversion, but
in order that you may obtain the right in actual possession. The promises refer
of sonship, " but " because you are sons red to as divine indwelling, divine mani
of God, therefore be pure. " It is not festation,
divine
covenant,
divine
" work in order to be saved, " but, " work acceptance and divine adoption are
out your salvation. " " Ye are the already fulfilled in our experience. There
temple of God." Therefore cleanse fore as a personality, " let us cleanse
yourselves. The law says, " This do and ourselves. " Actively we must continue
thou shalt live." The gospel says, to cleanse both body and mind universally

" This do because thou art redeemed. "

We all know the force of this kind of

appeal.
Paul

demanded

their

holiness.

In

Jewish literalness this meant separation

irom external defilement, but the thing
implied was inward holiness. Wc must
keep ourselves apart then not only from
sins of the sensual flesh. The gospel
demands the purification of the spirit.
Study Hebrews 9:13, 14.
" For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts. " The heart is the seat of evil.
The fear of God is the remedy for an
evil heart. It is an awful thought to
consider a living God, infinitely pure.
Who is

conscious of our

contaminated

thoughts. The only true courage, however,

sometimes

comes from

fear.

Think of

"from

all

filthiness. "

If God

dwells

in us, let us make the house clean for

so pure a God.

We are aiming at a most exalted

position, " perfecting holiness. " We must
set before us perfect holiness as a thing
to be reached. We must blame ourselves
if we fall short of it. We must continue

in any degree of holiness which wc have

reached. We must agonize after the

perfecting of our character.
We are prompted by the most sacred
of motives, " in the fear of God. "

The

fear of God casts out fear of man and thus

saves us from one prolific cause of sin.

The fear of God casts out the love of

sin and with the root gone the fruit is

{Continued on page 8)

From the Editor's Study

What is Conversion?

What is Gonversibn? What niust a

man do in order to be converted? Men

have.i given many different answers, to

these questions, but Gk)d has given only

one answer.

We know that man cannot

cohvert :himself through education or

scientific leaming. He must be converted

converted or saved by faith only and that

baptism has nothing to do with conversion.

Is this the teaching of the New Testament ?

We shall see.

Read carefullythe following Scriptures

and see what light they shed on the above

mentioned
doctrines of men: Mark 16:18;
by God; We will let the New Testament James 2:14-26; Romans 1:16; 1.0:13-17;
speak for itself as it alone is able to speak 6:17.
with authority.
But first, let us look at some of the

doctrines of men about conversion that

From a careful reading of these

passages, you can answer the following
questions: Is believing in Jesus all that is
required for conversion? Is faith with

we may the better appreciate the impor. tance of knowing the New Testament way.
In examining these doctrines, we do not
mean to cast aspersions on anyone or to

out works valid ? What is God's power to

save? How is this power taken hold of

ridicule any person's religion; we intend

only to show how human judgment can

to plvation or does he hear the Gospel,

err when it leaves the Word of God.

First, many groups teach that a man

must " pray through" to conversion.
They teach that a sinner must pray xmtil
God sends the Holy Spirit to him and that
when the Holy Spirit comes, he will have
a strange feeling inside himself that assures
him he "is saved."

Testament way?

Is this the New

We shall see.

Another doctrine of men regarding

conversion, is widely taught, by many
Protestant groups. They teach that a
man is converted by simply and only
believing in Jesus Christ. That is, a
sinner does nothing but :believe, and
through this believing he is saved. .As

a sample of this widely taught doctrine,

I qdpte here an excerpt from a" typical
tract? " The Philippian jziiler (Was saved
.by: believing in) Christ, and aJFter being
saved was'baptizedv" (Taken from]" Sal
vation Full and Coihpletev'i' p; 8;);f Most

by man? .Does a man " pray through "

believe it and obey it?

From these

passages would you not say that when

the Ne\y Testament speaks of faith, it also

implies the obedience that goes with

believing?

Now read carefully John 3:1-10.

This passage alone tells us all that we
need to know about conversion. It calls
conversion a " new birth." Conversion

is the change in a man's inner life which

God brings about in him when he obeys

the Gospel. In other words, man obeys
the .simple commands of .God and God

changes or converts his heart, or brings

about the new birth.

Notice in verse

three of this passage that Jesus says a

man must be born again.

In the fifth

Verse be explains how this is ddne: " bom

ofibewater andofthespirit." " Water

in tM^' versh cajp mean only baptishi in

water. " Spirit ^ jrheahs the; Hol^ S'pirif

When we'bbey the simijlc!'cdmmhhd tb

beif baptized in water,,,tbe,8pjrk v^prks
Protestant' groupsi;tadaiy ^e, teaching the the,Jnnf^-change in -ps whi^. we could.'
doctrihe bf coiwfersibn -expiessed in that nbtFj-jvprkiipppn .qjuuselYes.iiy'JIhn?, wp W
quotation: the doctrine that men .are bpgn jOf.water and of tJbe SpiritJ -Irhns

conversion is actually a cooperative act came to water, they both went down into
of man and God. Man yields to the will the water for the baptism, and they both

of God' by obeying His command' to be came up out of the water.

baptized and God works on the heart

4.

Conversion of Cornelius and his

that is yielded to Him. God alone can household. Acts 10:1-5, 21-48. The
work this change within a man, but God same facts of obedience stand out: Peter
will not do it until the man yields as clay preached the Gospel, they believed it
in the hand of the potter. See I Peter
3:21 for the necessity of baptisni in the

and were baptized.

5. Conversion of the Philippian jailer.

plan of salvation. From Jesus' words

16:25-33. i^ain, the Word of the
in John 3:5, would you say that faith Acts
Lord
was preached and those who heard
without baptism is sufficient for conver

baptized the same hour of the night.

sion? By this same verse would you say were
See that Paul told the jailer: "Believe
that the new birth comes by " praying on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
through?"
be saved."

Did Paiil mean that believing

by itself would save the jailer, or did

New Testament Exsunples of Conyer- he
mean that faith: would lead him to
sion.
obedience? He

must

have

included

for the jailer and his household

In a former issue we saw that die book obedience,
were
baptized
the same hour. They did
of Acts is the book of conversions. It
not
wait
until
the next day or the next
tells how the early church preached and week as if it were
an optional matter :
made converts to Christ. It tells simply
they went inunediately as if it were

and clearly ; what the early church

preached and what sinners believed and

obeyed. These sinners were converted
bythe power ofthe Gospel. Let us study
these examples of conversion one by onp,

urgent.

6. Conversion of Saul of Tarsus.

Acts 22:1-16. Observe what Said was

doing when the preacher came to him: he

assured that whatever converted meri ^d was praying. The preacher did not tell
women in that day will also convert them him to go on praying until he "prayed

in ours. Remember that the New Testa

ment is the only authority in this matter,

and that the true church today is the one

through " and got the feeling of forgive

ness; he told him to get up and be
baptized and wash away his sins. Notice

which restores the original teaching of verse 16. Thus our sins are not forgiven
Ghrist and .the apostles.
1. Gonvereion of 3,000 on Pentecost.

through prayer or faith only but through

these and baptism. Baptism is a work

of faith and without baptism faith is dead.

Acts 2:1-39. Notice particularly vv. 37 Faith only is iiotiiing; bdt faith through
and 38. The people asked what they obedience justifies.
i
should do and were told to repent ^d to
Summary:
The
New
Testamentteaches
be baptized for the remission of sins.
that God or the Holy Spirit changes the
2. Conversion of the Samaritans.
Acts 8:5-13. See that Philip preached

heart of a man if he will yield in obedi

believed it and were baptized. Simon

the sorcerer, followed this obedience also.
3. Conversion of the Ethiopian

for remission of sins. This is the simple

New Testament way to make Christians

pattern ofobedience here. Philip preach

ed "Jesus,'' the euniuch believed, they

should be accursed. Study Galatians

ence. This obedience is: faith in J^us

the Gospel of Christ to the people, they Christ, repentance from sins and baptism

and I am persuaded that there is no other

eunuch. Acts' 8:26-39. Notice^ the same wiiy. Paul said that any other Gospel
1:8.

LENGTLUSTICS IN MISSIONS
Robert Morse, Burma

{Reprintedfrom "Far EastChristian Missionary^)

The missionary always has been the
man with the Message. Zealous and
dedicated, his training has concentrated

These cultural differences may be so

fimdamental as to reduce the effectivene^

of the whole evangelistic effort to zero.

on giving him a thorough knowledge of " Cultural shock," a vivid new term used
the content of that message, as well as to describe what happens to mostAmerican
the inspiration to go forth and proclaim innocents abroad, is a two-edged sword;
it to the far corners of the earth. Well we might say that reverse cultural shock
and good! But how well trained are our is what sometimes happens to nationals
missionaries in the delivery of this when a strange foreign missionary arrives
message ? I don't mean training in the in their midst. Even in the most favor
art of homiletics, or the art of projecting

able circumstances this is bound to occur

an " image, " or the technical problems

of propagation, though all these are

years of hard, heartbreaking service to

to some extent.

In some cases it may take

important. I mean understanding in the erase the adverse effects of that initial
problem of "getting across" to, and reach impact which the foreigner makes on
first arrival from American shores.
ing into the hearts of one's hearers.
I believe that evangelism is essentially
Therefore we conclude that there is
a problem of conununication, which is at least one vital, radical difference be
one of the most primary and yet intricate tween " home " and " foreign " missions,

and difficult processes of human society. and it is a difference which demtuids

And that problem for us is one of trans special training, training which can bridge
mitting the message of the living Christ from the outset, the cultiural differences.
to people of widely varying religions Lack of attention to this iinportant
and cultures and differing levels of under problem in cross-cultural evangelism may
standing. The evangelist is not only the be responsible for many bottlenecks or
man with the message; he is the specialist hidden short-circuits, which are robbing
who has the responsibility of so transmitt the evangelist of expected results. In
ing that message as to produce a response this article we are concerned with the
which springs from the innermost being probleni of cultural differences and their
of the hearer. Only when there is such relationship to effective communication
a heartfelt response, one way or the other, of the Grospel.
is the transmission effective.

Today we

apply the spotlight and die microscope

Lmguistics land the Foreign Evangelist

activity in an effort to improve the work

ing efficiency as well as the end results

is the basic tool of communication and

of scientific an^ysis to every human

of our endeavors.

The art and science

of effective propaganda have evolved their

own exact methodology in " psychological
warfare." ^

, >

Language, whether written or spoken,

an important part of culture. Thus it

shoiiid be one of the most imjpbirtant sub
jects of study undertaken by the forei^^

evangelist. He needs to understand tiib

"Are We paying enough attention in place which a particular language occupies

foreigh 'evangelism- to the cultural gap in thd social structure of a particular
between the evangelist and' Hfe audience ? people, especially in bi-or tri-lingual areas;

He needs to understand the relationship

of a language to the biehaviof and
cultural patterns of a people. He needs
to realize the unique and peculiar ability
of the mother tongue to touch the only
soft spot in a sin-hardened heart, to
pass over seemingly impenetrable barriers,
and to open tightly locked doors. The
foreign evangelist needs to .realize the
significance and possible repercussions of
language barriers in his work.
He can perhaps help his own ministry

Necessity of the Gospel Message in

'the Mother Tongue
I grew up in a missionary family on
the Tibetan border which did a lot of

language study, and before the age of

ten had been encouraged to learn four

languages besides English. All of these

were languages. which I needed in order
to be able to " feel at home " in my varied
environment, which was, not, limited to

the mission compound. I was particularly

along by answering for himself questions fortunate, therefore, to be able to grow

such as, " What is my attitude to the

language: barrier in my field? " " What

methods have I developed., to ensure
effective

transmission

message

across cultural and linguistic

of

the

Gospel

barriers ?" " What am 1 doing to remove

such barriers .which may exist between
the nationals and jChrist?" And finally,
"Am, I careful to avoid putting any
cultural or linguistic barriers between

up with at least a partial understanding

from the national's point of view, of
the tremendous problem involved in
effective communication, especially of
the Gospel.

And ,to this day I feel that perhaps

the greatest problem in foreign evangelism

today, is this one ofreallygetting across "
to the hearer. This does not necessarily
require formal training in linguistics, but
it does require at least an (awareness if
the nationals and Christ?"
not understanding of some of the problems
I once was introduced to an earnest, involved. So many times we use the
capable young prospect for the foreign words which literally translate what we
mission field, He had been well trained say,, but fail to phrase it in thought and
with his theological degree. He was. an culture patterns which will transmit to
expert in some lines, and a jack-of-alh the hearer the real idea Or concept behind
trades. His experience in the homeland our words.; So many times we think we
ministry testified. to his outstanding abi are emphatically *f:saying what we mean,"
lity in preaching, church admihistraitidn' when our intonations or gestures comple
tely rob our words of their real meaning.
and organization. And what did he
We all know that " the language of the
think about the language barrier in the
field he was preparing for? - Wellj he heart speaks strongest." One of the most
wasn't so good at languages, arid so he successful of old-time missionaries }ias said
wasn't intending to leam a foreig'ri langu that the job of the missionary is to give
age. He could work, he hopedj through the people the Gospel message in the
language of their hearth. It is not in the
an interpreter if necessary, and just schools
or marketplace that the people
stick tp his mother tongue. The language speak of the things which pull at the heart
problem was a completely negative area strings. It is around the family hearth,
of his thinking and training!! I dare of a quiet evening when no outsiders or
say that man had a full, busy and interest foreigners are interfering with one's peace,
ing life as a missionary, but I doubt if that the private matters, the heartfelt
he had many converts, because imder the convictions, are discussed, and questions
circumstances he would fail to really which invplve emotional strmn or change
communicate the essence of the Gospel

are thrashed out with other members of

message.

Ae inner circle. And throughout the

world, wherever there may be this, differ

ence of languages used,. the Gospel will
make its real impact only when it is taught
in the language of the hearth..
Since the Gospel message is primarily
concerned with the heart and soul rather

than the intellect, it must be preached

in such a way as to reach into the hearts
of its hearers, ahd that must he in the mother
tongue. This involves more than mere

speech, of course. Not only must the

words be translated into the familiar soimd

patterns and word structure of the mother

tongpe. They must also.bespoken with an

languages in common use, most of the pep^

pie have a strong emotional attachment to
ward their own mother toiigue. Through
out the Orient, furthermore, where the

clan and tribal spirit are still strong, we

find language serving as an important
status symbol. Each language will have a
different social and cultural signification
for a different group. Take our situation
in north Burma for example. Burmese
is the national language, Jinghpaw
(Kbchin) is the state language, Lisu is
the trade language, and Naga, Rawang,
Lashi and Maru are the " native" or

understanding of the thought and culture lesser tribal tongues.

Each language is
of
course
a
mother
tongue
to one group,
patterns and the social ba^ground of the
hearers. Only then is effective communi but for those who do not speak it as a
cation achieved, and the Gospel message native or mother tongue, it signifies
transmitted past the many superficial something else.
The state and national languages,
barriers into the heart of the listener.
When this is combined with the powerful used officially, are the prestige languages,
transforming message of Christ, it cannot used to show authority or to claim social
ascendancy. Lisu as the trade language
fail to convince and convict.
is widely known superficially, and is
The Social Significance of Language used for most practical purposes in inter
tribal

We learn in pedagogy that the teach

ing process should start with the student
where he is and lead him on from there,

building up and

projecting

outward

from a solid foundation on the student's

apperceptive bases," or backgroxmd of

familiar and assimilated knowledge. In
most foreign fields, where there seems
to be too little about Christianity which
is familiar anyway, it is most important
that at least the Gospel message be in

the mother tongue, as the one familiar

element. In our experience the strength
and spiritual vitality of the indigenous
chihch is in* direct proportion to the
amount of Christian teaching, literature,
and theological concepts expressed in
the native or mother tongue.
Perhaps most of us are not aware of
the significance which may be attached
to our choice of language. Actually in
a part of the world where there are so
many himdreds of languages, and any

given area is likely to have three to four

relations.

Use of it indicates a

willingness to meet the other fellow on

familiar middle ground. Rawang, or
one of the other lesser languages, spoken
as the mother tongue, indicates belonging
to the inner circle. It may be used in
the presence of outsiders either delibera
tely to exclude them, or conversely to show
acceptance and confidence.

The Rawangs of North Burma had

heard the Gospel some twenty years when
we first got acquainted with them, but
Christianity had made no impact because
it had been brought to them only in one
of the "prestige languages." Consequently
converts were limited to a few " educated "

members

of the tribe, and even these

lacked the conviction of their beliefs.

As

more and more of the tribe got a bit bf

education, and social standing became

attached to use of the state. language"

used by the preachers, niore arid tnigre

became nominal members, Christians witK

no concept of the religion except that it
gave them added prestige. In this way

ability, but by the language which^ he

really started, inasmuch as we find this used Tn reply to the sellerI! Certainly
group the most difficult to really convert, he should reply in the same language??

we can be defeating ourselves before we've

or to deal with in the indigenoUs church.

Not at all.

If he chooses the trade langu

age, he will pay a, middle price for his

Thus, although any of four or five gold, and only if he chooses and can speak
languages may be used in any given situa in the native tongue of the seller, indicating
tion, it is advisable to give^ thought to his assumption of " inner circle " status,
just which language one wishes to say will he get the lowest price bargain.
certain things. A very interesting situa
Christianity is not meant to be cither
tion which is the result of this use of lan

guage occurs in the area of the North a cloak of prestige or a; foothold for fami

Burma gold mines. There we find that

liarity, but a regenerating, transforming

there are actually three selling prices for

power which belongs to thbse of the inner

one of the prestige languages, it is most

its initial impact on the individual convert

where.

So the seller will approach a

Gk)spel message, " Are we in tune with

sale will be determined, at this crucial

moment, hot by the buyer's bargaining

attachments by our choice of language so

as to make a transfohning impact?"'.

{Continued from page 2)

{Continued from page 12)

sure to go. '^

III. The Holy Spirit is interested,

Jn. 14:26; 16:7 ff.; I Pet. 1:10-12; Heb.

gold. If bought and bargained for in circle. The language in which it riiakes

expensive. Under no circumstances will is of crucial importance. We need to ask

the price come below the* top price any ourselves as we attempt to transmit the
prospective buyer, and make his offer in the 'inner circle' of the hearers? Are
the prestige language. The price of the we reaching to the seat of their emotional

Promises supply arguments for pre

cepts. Precepts naturally grow out of

promises. The Corinthians were address
ed as " dearly beloved." The duty to
which the Corinthians are here exhorted

4:7, 8; Rev. 22:17.

IV.

Angels are interested, Lk. 15:7-

10; Heb. 1:14; Ps. 34:7; Lk. 16:22.

V.

The apostles are interested, II

is expressed by the apostle Paul not in Cor. 12:15; Acts 5 :41; Eph. 3:4. They
the second person, but in the first person,
"let us cleanse ourselves."

The same

exhortation that he gives them also applies

to us.

Want other faithful men and women to

teach, II Tim. 2:2; II Cor. 5:11 and

18-20.

VI.

The mutual exhortation is for one

another. There must be faithfulness in

22:17.

private prayer. -This is the thermometer

soul?

of the soul. There must be gladness

in service. Then, finally, watchfulness

against everything which is Opposed to

the smallest whisper of conscience. We

must shield the flame with watchfulness

which we kindle by prayer.

The church is interested. Rev.

Conclusion: Are you interested in your

OOTSTANBING WOMEN OF THE

Miriam

Miss H. Kaveri Bat, Hyderabad, India

this brief sketch of Miriam's life.

Sinai

Moses went up to the mountain top The tabernacle and the sacrifices
The mountain was still smoking,
still thundering and still resounding with
t.When Moses came down again after
its lightnings ^d trumpet blares. Hei rece;iving the ten conunandments a second
received the ten commandments again on time, Miriam could not see; his face for
again.

a second set of stone tablets.

its brightness and none else could do so

Millions of people today are being

deceived by false teachers of the Sabbath

either, ^so that he had to cover it with

commandment.

The

law

and

the

commandments were given only to the

children of Israel who were encamped
before Sinai, on their way to Canaan
from Egypt, when God made a covenant
with them. God did not bring out of
Egypt, from the house of bondage, under
the hand of Moses, any Gentile ha.tion.
Nor did He make a cbvenatit with any
Gentile nation: not even with the Israelite

ancestors of those to whom Moses gave

the law and the commandments.

With

special feference to the Sabbath commzmdment, God's Word says, " And remember
that thou wast a servant in the land of

Egypt and that the Lord thy God brought

thee out thence through a mighty haiid

and by a stretched out aim: Therefore,
the Lord thy God. commanded thee to
keep the Sabbath day." (Dt/ 5:15).
The

Sabbath

commandment

does

not

apply even to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob or

their descendants, till that generation
who were brought out of Egypt from a
grievous bondage, arid with' whom Grod
had made the covenant with the sprink
ling of the blood. Moses himself says,
" The Lord made not this covenant with

our fathers, but with us, who are all of ui

alive this diy." (Dt. 5:2). More cannot

be said about the deceitful preaching of
those who wrest this Sabbath teaching in

a veil., He repeated all God's command

ments and. instructions and called: for

willing contributions of gold and silver

and other precious metals, precious
stones, blue and purple and scarlet,
skins of goats, rams and badgers, wood,
oil

and

other

materials.

These

were

for the tabernacle -that was going to be

built according to the pattern Moses
said Gk)d had shown him on the mount,

and for all the furnishings of that taber

nacle and for all its services, besides
the robes and paraphernalia of the High
Priest and all the other priests. The
contributions simply poured in and; were
in excess over and above the requirements.
A host of volunteers came forward offer

ing their services for the colossal, under

taking. Miriam with the other women
took up the job of spinning purple, blue,
scarlet, fine linen, and goats hair for the
various purposes for which these were
required.
Then came the day when the taber
nacle stood before them a vision of glory
dazzling the eyes of the people who had

never seen anything like it before. With

awe and fear they all learned that God's
shekinah glory dwelled between the cheru
bim on the mercy seat above the arkj
God in their very midst! And what was

Miriam's pride when she beheld her own

brother A^on with his fine face and fault-

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less perfection of body even at eightythree, attired in the gorgeous robes of the
High Priest and the glittering ornaments
with the jewelled crown on his head!
The other priests, who were her own

nephews,
But the
glory of
sacrifices

were also splendidly-, robed.

High Priest was the crowning
them iall. Then followed the
and offerings, all according

to the most minute requirements of the

law, of which Moses kept reminding the

people aigain and again. The entire

tabernacle was so constructed with sepa
rate parts that whenever the Israelites
were on the move, the component pieces

could be taken apart and packed into

convenient loads to be carried by the
Levites, and set up again wherever they
next halted 'and encamped. The Ark
of the Covenant where Moses kept the
two tables of stone, an omer of manna and
Aaron's rod, and the various vessels

and pieces of furniture were made

portable too so that the Levites could
transport them from place to place.
Miriam had further cause for rejoicing
that God had selected the. Levites for all

the temple services. Wherever the

Israelites pitched their tents at a halting
place it was arranged that the Levites'
camp surround the tabernacle and lay
between it and the tents of the other tribes.

The Levites were not to receive any in

heritance in Canaan.

But all that the

raising Him-from: the dead.

In the tabernacle not only ,was there
the burnt offering to be made, but there
was also the incense to be burnt on the

altar of incense. Elated for being honour

ed with the office of priests, Aaron's
two elder sons brought a litde fire from

sorhewhere and put it on the' altar to

bum incense.

But foe came dow/i from

the Lord and killed the presumptuous

priests. Oh, the heart of Aaron broke
and his two younger sons, Eliezer and
Ithams^ were grief-stricken. But the
bereaved father and brothers were not so

much as to shed a tear.

They were not

to embrace and kiss their dead.

The oil

of anointing \Vas on them and they could

hot touch a dead body. They were not
even to go out of the sanctuary and
follow the bodies to the place of burial.
"Our Gk)d is a consuming fire"
(Heb. 12:29).
Whether deliberately or in ignorance,
if a man touches a live wire, he is instan
taneously electrocuted. If the father
tries to pull the body aside, the father is

electrocuted. Thus it might happen to

a train of persons. This phenomenon
illustrates why we cannot play with God
Who is a consuming fire. The tragic
death of her nephews was a grievous
shock to Miriam.

" Why is the Lord so hard hearted and

people offered to God was theirs, except

cruel ?"

the portion that was burnt on the altar.

Miriam answered through her tears, " He

is not.

Nadab and Abihu

The priests were not to put any fire

on the altar of the burnt offerings. The
fire that consumed these offerings came
down from God and the people under-i

sobbed

the

breaved

mother.

You and I are witnesses of what

He has done for us. All along the Lord

has been giving strict instructions about
every minute detail through Moses. Moses
alone, is: the mediator between God and

the rest of us. Even A^ron, .who is older

than Moses, has to receiye orders from his

stood by this token that the Lord had younger brother. These lads (they were
signified His acceptance of the offering. still; lads to the old aunt), knew it all
When God superseded this Old Covenant very well. When Moses did not give
by the New Covenant, jsealed by the: them any specific commandment from
Blood of His Son, the Lamb of Calvary, God, why should; thes6 boys presume to
He/ signified/, the- acceptance of " that do things, according to;,their own .ideas;?''
sacrifice

and. atonement )for

oUr ."sins

made by our Lord Jesus- Christ," by

{Next Issue: Departure from Sinai)

11.
ij

Sertncm OiMi>nei for Ba/efod

Bill Gulick, ' Ennore, InDia

in thfe Bible are significant. From what

Jesus Ghrist-^Tke l^ght of

:tihe World

does Jesus deliver us?.

John d:12y 9A 3:19, l'John 1:5-7 :

I John 2:8. / '^

I. Froin the Law. " Cursed is every

one . that continueth not in all things
which are written in the book.of;the law;

to do them" (Gal, 3:10-12). j;esm ful

Introduction: The Light of the; world filled. the. law " which \yas agaipst iis."
is Jesus.',
by His sinless life and death on the cross.,
i I. Light dispels darkn^s..
Matt. 5:17; Coi: 2:H.:
II.. Light prdvides nutrients necessaiy
for life, well-being ^d growth.
Ill: Light is revealing:V

II. From the guilt of sin. " Christ

died for our sfns,"Gal-. 3;22;JRom. 3:23;

IV, Light destroys by the focus of its

III. From the power of death. Rom.

6:23; John 14:19; I Cor.'15:20-23.
' IV. From . ourselves.. The basic,
prime sin of man has been that every
riian has turned to his ownway. Isa. 53:6;

rays.'"

^y..

Cf^nclusion: "Come to the.Light,'' 'Tis

shining for thee, "

The Proinijse of
'

Gahi2:20.!;

Coming :

'

Conclusion: Jesus aloiie caii- deliver

us from the Law, the guilt.' of' sin', the

;II Peter 3:lrl8

power of death and from ourselves.

Introduction; " Where -is the promise of

his coming?" II Peter 3:4

I. The Words' eP J^tisv '-I will

come again," John 14:3.

I Pet. 1:18-20; 2:H.

" I go away,

and come again imto you," John 14:28.

Watchnian, What of the Night ? J-

. ,

! Ezekiei 3:15-^1 s

"

, ;Inlrqdu{tion:..Ezekiel. was,, c.Qinppssipnr

II.; The Works of Jesus. "> If I do

not the worlB, of niy Father,, believe me
not. But if I do,"..... .believe, ..

ed tp preach to thejewsbf the^abylonian

paptivity whom he describes as, " ^ebellir

III. The Resurrection ;pf Jesus.

John 11:24; Acts 1:10, 11; I Corinthians

I. Personal Responsibility! "I ha^e

made thee a watchman " (Ezek. 3:17).
Each Christian is to " go.. . .preach.

(John 10:37,;38). '

ous, impudent, stiflfhearted, briers, thorns,

. scorpions" (Ezek. 2:6),
,
.!

15:17-25.

Conclusion: Does His coming again hold

promise for you?
, , . The

Deliverer

Romans 11:26,; PssJm 18:1, 2

......teach.... .baptize.,... .teach..,.!

observe all things" (Matt. 28:19r26;

II Tim. ,2:2). ,
: II. I Personal Preparation. . " There
fore hear the word of my mouth. . . . "
(Ezek* 3,; 17) We are accoimtable itd God
for what we know and for what we have,

j Introduction : Thib titles given to Jesus

the opportunity of knoivihgi II Tim..2'J5.

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III. Jesus' social life was not limited

III. Personal Obligation. " Give them
wamiilg from me " (Ezek. 2:17). I Cor. to a Certain social circle. The watch
8:11-13. The watchman or preacher of word of the Christian religion is love.
Our social life provides our single greatest
the gospel has an obligation toward:
A. The prospective penitent, Ezek. opportunity iii which to exhibit this one
supreme evidence of Jesus as a reality in
3:18.

B. The adamant impenitent, Ezek.

3:19.

C. The weak convert, Ezek. 3:20;

D. The consecrated, penitent believer,

our lives. Malachi 2:10; " Our Father, "

Matt. 6:9. Jesus visited His enemies,
Luke 7:36-50; crossed social lines, Luke

19:1-10; crossed racial barriers, John 4:4;

ministered to the physically repulsive,

Ezek. 3:21.

Mark 1:40-45.

Conclusion: " Preach the word; be

instant in season, out of season; reprove,

life. Jesus did not meet the preconceived

IV. Jesus must be master of lyiysocial

rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering notion His fellow Nazarenes had of Him.
Jesus did not accommodate Himself to the
and doctrine " (II Tim. 4:2).
abuses being made of.the temple. Jesuis
rebuked Simon the Pharisee even while a
Jesus and My Social Life
guest at his table. Jesus set the standard
John 2:1-11

in His social life.

Conclusion: How combine authority and

fimmess with true, unpretended humility?

Introduction: Jesus took part in the

harmless joys of social life. One's social How know when to rebuke and when to
life is necessary, important and legiti forgive? How be ready always to give
mate. Luke 5:29; 7:37; 10:40; 11:37;
19:5; 7:29; 34; Mark 2:15.

The wedding feast at Cana was the

occasion for the beginning of Jesus'

miracles.

There Jesus manifest^ His

glory. His disciples believed on Him.

I.

If Jesus is to be real to us in any

phase of life,. He must be real to us in

every phase of life. If He is real to us in
our professional, family and religious life
He must also be real to us in our social

life. Jesus cannot be confined to our

religious experience of Him at the Lord's
table, in Bible classes and meetings^ with
fellow Christians.

II.

IfJesus is to be real in our social

life, our social life must have purpose.

Luke 19:5, 8-10; John 4:6-30, 39-42.
The term social life need not be synony
mous with the idea of wasting time. Men

in professional life, business, government,

recognize the value of their social life.
Hospitality is one of the qualificatioris for
an elder.

We can use our social life to

help others and bring themi to Jesus.

answer to everyone who asks a reason for

the hope that lies within ? We must leam
ifJesus is to share in our social life. Our
eternal destiny, and perhaps that of others
as well, depends to a great extent on how
real Jesus really is in our social life.
Interested in Your Sonl

Matthew

16:26

Introduction: Who is interested in your

soul ? Many are interested in your body,
the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the
cosmetics you use, the pleasures in which
you indulge. Too often this interest is
basically self-interest. You are expected
to purchase their products.
I. God is interested iii your soul,
Ezek. 18:30-32; John 3:16; I Tim. 2:1-4;
II Peter 3:8, 9.
II. Christ is' interested, Lk. 19:10
and Matt. 20:28; Lk. 19:41, 42 and, Matt.

23:37y Matt. 11:28-30; Rev. 3:20.

[Continued

13

INDIAN PRESS GLEANINGS

Ralph R. Harter,- Kanpur, India

A police officer who was the head of the mother who fell into a swoon and did
a police station near Agra, died of shock, not regain consciousness.
while being chased by some villagers.
Salvaging experts of the Lucknow fire

The officer had gone to the village to brigade were recently called upon to
investigate a kidnapping case. The villa fescue a camel from a well. The camel,
gers refused to give any information to which belonged to some sadhus, accident
the officer. When the officer persisted, ally fellinto the well when it was eating lea
the villagers came out armed with sticks ves from a tree. The sadhus first tried to
and spears to assault him.
extricate the camel with the help of ap
According to Dr^ K. G. S* GUiokerj,
a noted opthaln&ologist, forty per

cent of the blind people in the world

live in India.

elephant, but they failed. It was ^only

after great difficulty that the fire brigade

finally succeeded.
The Government of ^India have
decided that no alcoholic drlfihs

A tragedy involving the death of should ke displayed in any eadiibitidn

three childfen and their mother is report

or fair ih wld<^they are participating.'

ed from a village near Moradabad. The This will ^so apply to

tri^e
trouble began when a farmer sold a buffalo showrooms organized bythd Govern-'
which was loved by his wife.

When he

gave his wife Rs. 500 in currency notes

(the price of the animal) for safe keeping,

the wife threw the bimdle away and told

her husband to throw it in the oven.

Promising to get a better buffalo, the

husband left the house.

The wife also

got, busy with other things, leaving the

money where it lay. A child coming in
threw the bundle into the fire for, sheer
fun. When the husbaud returned. and

^ked for the money, his wife said that it

was where she had thrown it.

Ultimately

the money was traced to the oven burnt

nient in foreign countries.

Two persons trying to smuggle liqUor

into Kanpur were recently ch^enged by

the police. In a bid to escape, they
both jumped into the Ganges. One of
them escaped, but the other drowned:
It would have been better had he j umped'
on the iwater wagon.

A donkey rCcently held up a pa^sengei'

train for' a half-hour near JullundUf.

The animal-was lying on the track and^

tefused to moye despite blowing of the

whisde by the engineer. My impresisiofi

anger and gave the boy a severe beating. is that the railway staff was being kinder
to ashes.

The farmer flew into a fit of

This scared the other three children of the

to the donkey than they were to the

family. They fled to a desCrted hut from passengers. I am sure that there are
whiere they were recovered later bitten to qiucker ways to get donkeys offof railway
death by a snake. This was too much for tracks, although I have never tried.

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INDIAN RAIEWAY TIMES

Part Three .

RaLph R. Harter, Kanpur, India

Not being particularly fond of some

kinds of South Indian food, things became

more arid more difficult as we neared

Madras.

Tea was not available and I

had to drink coffee. Refusing the freshly

prepared
I subdued my himger
with soirie istale stuffs toted down from

on the Bay of Bengal.

While the Gulicks

looked on, I bounced in the waves and

buried myself in the sand. Litde did I

realise that I would be shedding salt and

sand for the next two days.
Sitting in the car, we paid our final
respects to the Gulicks' chicken; then we

North India. Arriving at Madras 1^ topped it with some ice cream at a restau
hours late, I was thoroughly famished rant near Egmore Station. Suddenly it
and fully convinced that the catering was train time. '
arrangements on the Southern Railway
are among the worst in the world.

Happily, .1 was quickly rescued-at the

Madras Central Station by Mr: ^nd Mrs.

Oulick andan Indianbroker-who brought

tidings

from

Mr.

Art

Morris. .The

Gulicks whisked me off in their new

station wagon to' a Chinese restaurant

Making our way through, the very

busy station, we finally located the
compartment in which I was to travel.

The train was certainly different from

anything I had ever travelled in before;
and the differences were not for the better.
The accommodations were ancient and

where I had more than enough to qat. At cramped. My opinion of the Southern
the same time, with the proprietor looking Railway deteriorated some more.
But the occasion was brightened by
somewhat askance, the Gidicks satisfied
their own hunger with a chicken they had the arrival of a fine group of young people
brought from home.

Then we sat there

for another hour and discussed all sorts of

news and views.

From ^ere we went to the Egmore

]^ilway Station to see if I had been
successful in getting a reservation on the
night train for Kodaikanal Road. Mr.
G^ick drove us from Point A to Point B
by way of Points T, Z and G. At first I

thought that he didn't know his way

around the. city; but later, it dawned on
me that, he was showing ine the-sights.

from orie of the churches in Madras.

I don't know what Mr. Morris had told

them to bring them out, but it was a joy

to visit with them.

I was smrprised to see automobiles

and t^s driving up and down beside the
platform; but the local citizens assured

me that it was still difficult to get out of

the station without a ticket.

Mr. Morris, who wasdue to accompany

ftie on this last part of the journey, did

not arriye rintil the very last minuted

He had riot been able to get a reservadon

'( "When we eventually arid eventfuUy in
the sanie dornpariment as myself^; but

arrived at Egmore Station, I was asstired

that my, reservation had been procured.

We spent the rest of the day at the

we were able to visit together for an hour

or so until it was time to go to sleep.

*' Marina, " Madras's famous front porch.

(To be Continued)

15

NEW ENGLISH SERVICE IN SHILLONG

Peter Rama Rau

Mawlai, Shillong, Assam

This year, on the 30th of June, when

leaving Madras to enroll in the India
Bible College of Churches of Christ, I

The opening service on the 3rd of

September was a successful beginning.

The sermon preached by Mr. Victor

Walter, a professor in India Bible College,
I would try to start an English service was a convincing message of the Gospel
wherever possible.
of Christ. The attendance of about thirty
I arrived in Shillong on the 23rd of persons was above expectation.
July as a result of the India Bible College
The program or order of the service
being shifted from Bilaspur in Madhya varies slightly every week. For example,
Pradesh. While still in Bilaspur I suggest when the message is omitted it is replaced
ed the prospect to the principal of the col by Bible study of problems presented by
assured some fellow Christians there that

lege, Brother Archie Fairbrother. Later,

in Shillong, Mrs. David Rees advised me
as to how I should approach the Khasi
Christians with the idea. Opportunity
presented itself on the 3rd of August when
I was able to meet and discuss the plan
for the English service with other interest
ed persons. Mr. Bnasan Uriah welcomed
the idea and through his efforts we were
able to smooth out many obstacles that
came in the way.
Mr. Uriah announced the aim and

purpose to the Khasi congregation at

Garikhana on the 6th of August. At that
same time Apstar Diengdoh mentioned it
to the Mawlai congregation. People from
both places welcomed the suggestion and
preparations followed.

the congregation. The program always

includes the Lord's Supper.
Shillong is a highly cosmopolitan area.
The object of the English services is to
reach those tribes that do not use

the

Khasi language. Among these people are

many students, professors and office
workers who can all be reached by the
English medium.

The scripture from Matthew 28:18-20

is the epitome of our purpose. The
opportunities are unlimited, depending
upon the dedication and witness of our
workers.

The group earnestly requests your

prayers for God's guidance and wisdom
in the future.

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looks

like

hundred

thousand

other

places in India.
Editor Gulick's article on Conversion

is clear enough that even I can under

stand it; and I'll bite the leg of the lirst
person who says it isn't.
Best wishes to Peter Rama Rau and

his English services. With the Reeses and

Fairbrothers almost all things are possible.
It is taking Harter a long time to
tell about his trip to south India. It
will be summer again before he finishes
telling about last summer. Dogs lives

By Langru, the dog

Again, on our front page, we have the

joy of another picture of our beloved
Kanpur. (Surely there must be pictures
available of other places in India). The

are so uncertain that I don't know whether

I will live that long. Besides that,

Editor Rempel will soon be back in India
and will probably give me the bounce.

pictureshows Aryanagar Bazar, its English

signs, its cows, and its pedestrians who
are afraid to walk on the sidewalk.

Caninedly yours,
Langru

It

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