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IND I H R IST I N
G o ye into al l th e
tcorlil an d
pr<*fic/i th e f ioapel to every creature. (Murk 16:15)
Vol. H I
THIS IS A SHOPPIN
Wil l iam
The center of every village is t
bazaar. In the smaller places it
consisjts
of simply one street two or three blocks
long. The villages and towns may have
a .square block devoted to the bazaar
or one long street with smaller streets
running off from the
main
one.
One
always knows when he is approaching
tliis section, because of the large crowds
of people and animals.
The
people are
c rowded so thickly
that
it is a
horn
blowing and pu.shing ordeal to get
through in a car.
It is be tter to park,
always being sure to leave someone to
watch the car,
and
go on foot with a
shopping bag.
The
shops are usually one room with
some sort of porch in front. The floor
of the shop is built about waist high so
cus tomers can
s ta nd o n
the outs ide
and
examine the supplies.
The
larger places
are .sometimes arranged so the custo
mer can go in aiid sit while he shops.
Sometimes the front portion is made
so it can be closed in at night to protect
t he me rc h and is e. The
stores are b uilt
very close togethe r depending on how
much the storekeeper has to .sell bu t
they can get enough in a small room to
furnish a good sized s tore in America.
Tiiere is
not much attempt made
at
arranging things and hardly anything
done to clean them. The storekeeper
will sit cross- legged in t he middle of
the porch with his wares laid around
him so he can hand them to pro.spective
buyers. He will have his son or
another
boy
around
to go
into
the store for any
thing he doesn t have handy. Besides
these
permanent
shops
there
arc the
merchants who sit cross-legged by the
side of the street, in fr ont
of
the shops,
with their wares spread ai ound them.
These merchants are most plent iful on
JANUARY, 1948
VmjER IN
INDIA
..l baz_aar days which
come
twice a week,
in
Maudaha
on Tuesdays
and
Satur
days.
First let us go to the provisions store
and get
what
we need.
Here
we see
the owner sitting in the midst of piles
and piles of supplies.
The
wheat looks
pretty good except for the stones
and
dirt mixed with it to add to the weight.
It will take quite a bit of this since no
flour
is
available and we
have to
us e
ground whole wheat exclusively.
If
they
would charge a little more and leave
the
dirt out,
it
would
be
much better
be
cause all the wheat has to be cleaned by
hand, grain by grain, before it is taken
to the mill for grinding. Asit is, though,
1 guess 8c a pound is enough for it.
We won t need so
much
of the rice,
which is 16c a pound, because it
.swells
up and goes much far ther than wheat.
This
man
also has the sugar, so we will
get all ou r rat ions will allow. Because
we
l ive in
a r ur al a re a
we are allow ed
2 pounds per month per person. Vil
lage folk get 1 pound. This sugar would
hardly be recognized as such by the
average American.
It
is coarse grained
and very-dark, sort of a gray color. This
is partly due to dirt
and
partly because
it isn t refined well. When we get home
and
start to
ca t
some, we always think
of the big pile of sugar with flies and
bees helping themselves and.the mer
chant
us ing his toes to assist in measur
ing it, paying no attention to his dirty
children running through the pile as
they play. And then he charges 10c a
pound. Besides the things
that
we buy,
this
man
also has piles of cream of
wheat and native grains, one of which
is dal, something like the yellow split
pea in America.
(Continued on page fou r)
No. 1
MISSION
IR
At
this
Yuletide we would like to
send our Christian greetings to our
fellow-workers the w orld around . We
pray that the fruits of your Gospel
labors may ever increase, and that you
may have health and happiness for your
selves.
To
those
o f ou r
f ri en ds who are
not in the fold of Christ, we would
remind you that we are still praying
for the salvation of your souls.
The
October issue
o f
th e
INDI
CHRISTIAN found your missionaries
of t he Chr is ti an Mission
to
India to
gether at the hill station. Now we have
all returned to Ragaul. Dr. Rothermcl
returned first,
the Rolands and Mr.
Hartcr .second, and Miss Hunt last.
Each succeeding journey became more
difficult,
but
the
Lord
was with us.
Mrs.
Roland
intends
to
write an
account
of these and other Indian journeys in
the April issue.
On October 5th an Anopheles mos
quito got Mr. Roland s range, which
sent him to bed ten days later with an
attack of malaria. Thanks to prayer
and
the new remedy Paludrine he made
a quick recovery.
When informed
that
baggage had
arrived at Bombay, Mrs. Roland made
a hurried trip;
bu t
because of disorder
and confusion prevailing there she had
to return home with many pieces miss
ing.
Later
the American Express located
the missing pieces,
and
on November
4 th Dr. Rothermel
wen t
fo r
them.
Other journeys include three trips by
the jeep to Clawnpore,
and
a business
trip to
jhansi
by Dr. Rothermel.
Mary Esther Roland has found many
playmates here and is learning the lan
guage rapidly. She now asks for a
chummuch
instead of a spoon.
Miss
Hunt
successfully completed
her e xamin atio ns o n October
22nd.
She celebrated by t reat ing
he r
fellow-
missionaries to candied popcorn and a
table game. But wc tire easily and the
party
broke
up
before
nine.
Mr. Har ter
treated well o ve r th re e
hundred patients during October. These
have included such things as malaria,
dy.scntery, pneumonia, boils, ulcers, the
itch, conjunctivitis,
granular
lids, sup
purating ears, colds, and the extraction
o f teeth. He has
extracted five
teeth
here, which raises his
grand
total to
twenty.
The
meat situation has been helped
by our hunters, commandeered by Mr.
Roland, who have supplied us with
such delicacies as a peacock
and
a quail.
A peacock, we find, is
just
like turkey.
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THE
I ND IA CHR ISTIAN
Published Quarterly
by
t he Chr is ti an
Mission
to India,
Inc.
Address Abroad: Ragau^, Dist. Hamirpur,
U.
P. ,
India
Forw ard ing Secretary for Dr. Rothermel,
Mr.
and Mrs. Wil li am H.
Roland, Mr.
Ralph
Bar t e r :
Mrs. Grayce
S.
Ensign
90 6 W. 33rd
Street
Laton ia
Stat ion
Covington,
Ky.
Forward ing Sec re ta ry for Miss
Edna
Hunt:
Mr. E. E. Breakenridgc
1910 6 th N. W.
Calgary, Alberta
Canad a
BUSY
DAYS
FOR
ALL
Zoeiiii
S. Rothermel
It
iswith pleasure that I report that all
of our new missionaries have been very
busy helping in many ways since their
arrival. Miss Hunt has also done her
sh re
in helping teach our older boys
for they need it, attending a secular
school as they do.
Last month our evangelists
and
Bible
women were called in f rom th e out
stations and are being taught by Miss
Hunt and Jean each day in the after
noon. Mornings they go to the villages
to proclaim Christ. Jean also has a
class for the older boys once a week, as
Miss
Hun t does. This is besides their
Sunday School cl ss It was thought
best to give thc se classes to the evan
gelists as it has been some years since
they have had any special classes or
study. Then, Ralph
Harter
has been
doing most of the medical work, except
as
he
desires to call
on me
fo r
a
b it
of
advice occasionally. Each day they take
two hours of language with their pandit
so you can know that with the necessary
study they are kept
bu sy
They have
l so helped out on trying to solve all
the problems which arise in the schools
and
elsewhere in
our
work, things which
lake plenty of my time always.
It is good to have a man around who
can mend things, make things, and look
after
various
outside work; and so I
appreciate William s help in many ways
for he has made himself very useful
even though he cannot speak much
Hindi as yet.
Many
hours have been spent in stand
ing outside offices trying to get iron,
which is rationed, in
order
that we
might proceed with ou r much needed
schoolhouse.
After many
days
and
hours
of such waiting we have at last received
the iron rods necessary.
Cement
also
had
to be secured
through
the rat ion
office.
In
November I had to
make anothe r
trip to Bombay to get the freight which
had
been delayed in reach ing Bombay
for ou r new missionaries. On my re
turn journey I was met
part
way home
by Miss
Hunt
and
Jean
(Mrs. Roland)
INDIA
CHRIST IAN
THIS
IS
DAISGER IN
INDIA
Jean
Roland
No doubt you are wondering what
th e a ctu al
r io t cond it ion s
are
here
in
Ind ia . W e sometimes wond er t he same
thing, for even here the newspaper re
ports are not always accurate.
Many
false
rumors
ar e circu la ted, whi le some
times facts arc kept from the public.
I shall try to distingui.sh between eye
witness reports
and
rumors to the best
of my ability in
what
I say now.
It is impossible to tell who actually
s ta rt ed t he trouble,
bu t most of it is
lx;ing carried on by the Sikhs
and
the
Moslems. They burn a nd destroy homes
and
stores.
They
kill,
and
in
many
cases
instead of killing outright, they wound
the person in
such
a way that death
will be prolonged in agony. In Pakhis-
tan the Moslems
drive out
th e
Sikhs
and
Hindus,
and
throughout Hindustan
wherever
the Sikhs go
they
seek revenge
by destroying whole Moslem villages or
sections of villages.
A Methodist missionary, who came to
India on the Marine
Adder
with us,
recently wrote, Our district evangelists
have not been able to go
out
much,
bu t
have been helping in refugee camps.
. . .
About 5000
refugees
have
come to
Brindaban from the Punjab. Many have
lost all of their goods homes, shops, etc.,
and a good many have witnessed stab-
bings and killings of members of their
own families.
The
things they tell are
that
we together might attend the wed
ding of one of our splendid young men,
Samuel
Nath.
His f at li cr
had
been
ou r
cook at the time Jean was born. About
that
time
he
was married, an d Samuel
is his oldest son. We arc sorry to lose
Samuel in
our Church
work
and in th e
community for he was one of our few
independent Christians who worked in
a
Government
.school which our
older
boys attend, and he was a help in keep
ing track of their progress and of them.
Although he has not had any special
training, he has been hired by Mr. O.
D. johnson as an evangelist. With train
ing he .should make a very good evan
gelist. We had hoped he might stay
here and take training for personal
work and remain independent. We wish
him well and trust he will some day be
as good if not even a bet ter soul-winner
than
his
father
has been, for
he
is now
one of
our
mo.st trusted evangelists.
Since
our last
INDIA
CHRISTIAN
went ou t there have been three persons
in one of
ou r outstations
who
were
taught the way of the Lord more per-
pectly and were obedient to Him in
baptism. In Madras four more Hindu
people have accepted Christ through
the teaching of Brother Manuel Jacobs.
Please
remember
them all an d us in
you r prayers .
terrible. So many here are facing the
winter with no
warm
clothes, bedding,
etc.,
and
already some have not enough
food to eat .
Recently a missionary in Delhi saw
a girl stabbed outside his gate, so he
went to see if she were dead, or if he
could help her. A Sikh, standing near,
saw him
and
warned the mi.ssionary
that
if he went
near
the girl the mis
sionary s life would also be taken.
They
do not
want any
help given to those
whom they
hami.
It is reported
that
in
some cases hospitals have been
warned
not to give help to the wounded, or they
too would be in danger,
and
the refugee
camps have to be heavily guarded to
protect the refugees from those who
seek revenge.
In
October , when Mi.ss
Edna
Hunt
was coming from the hills, the train
stopped
soon
after
it left. There
were
many Gurka troops on the train, and
they
made
a thorough search outside
and
under
t he t ra in for any h idden ex
plosives,
and
then they
entered
every
compartment and searched the baggage
of every native, looking for weapons
and
explosives.
One
missionary who had a
firearm was told to keep it handy,
and
if any trouble start ed to shoot to kill.
Some of tlie troops returned, (probably
to assist in searching
other
trains , while
a good number continued on the train
as guards. Before this method was
adopted
trains
had
been stopped
out
in
the jungle, where there were
armed
Sikhs or Hindus who pulled off
and
killed every Moslem on the train.
In some
cities where
there
h as been
rioting the trouble is now reported to
have subsided. We suspect
that
the
reason there are no more incidents is
that
all the Moslems
of
the community
have fled o r
been kil led.
Thus fa r
th e
Sikhs have not
come
into
our
district,
and
we hope they will
not , f or that would mean trouble. Our
nearest city, Cawnpore , which is in the
next district, has in years past been a
source of repeated riots
between
Hindus
and
Moslems,
bu t
such rigid laws have
been
made
there that the city has been
calm fo r several years.
It
is said to be
the key city of the United Provinces,
so the au thor it ies are doing all they can
to keep trouble down.
They
know
that
if it breaks there it will probably spread
throughout the
United
Provinces.
At prc.scnt there is practically no
per
sonal danger for the missionary. The
riots
and hard
feelings are between the
Sikhs and Moslems mainly,
and
the
Hindus
to .some extent. The political
leaders, who would be th e ones to
ac t
against tlie missionaries, are too busy
with
other
problems to worry
about
the
missionary.
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INDI HRISTI N
Joseph,
Mary,
t he c radl ed Jesiis, and the
Wis e M en
in
an
Indian
Christmas
pageant.
TH IS IS CHRISTMAS IN INDI
Miss
Edn a
Hu n t
To icll of Christmas
in
India I must
tell
of
th e
activities
of
Christmas
1946.
I am sorry we could not tell of this
year
with
our
new missionaries bu t this
must
get to
the
press long before
that
if you arc to read of it before May.
We have been trying to tell the peo
ple here just
what our
Christmas is like,
aud
they can t imagine it as being fun.
We have gifts to share with our family
and
friends, an d then we eat . It sounds
stupid and dull to these people. I hope
you can enjoy this Christmas with us
and
won t think their holiday too dull.
It
is hard to say jus t when Chr istmas
really starts,
bu t
for the small children
(5-8) it started the middle of Novem
ber when they started to work on a
play. They memorized the story of the
birth of Christ as recorded by Luke.
They
learned many of the carols; and
these were worked into a play with
Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, wise men
and
angels. The play was lovely, for
it was so filled with scripture
and
was
done so nicely for such small chi ldren.
Hou.sc cleaning is the thing that keeps
the women busy, bu t as most of them
iiave only one room it is no t such a job.
I sat in the sun one day trying to get
warm
(it is cold in
India
in December
and
January)
and
enjoyed watching all
the people. One woman was washing
he r hair, an d another was bathing her
children. One was wa.shing he r clothes,
and another was lepoing her floor.
Many
of the homes have earthen floors,
and
to keep the house from being a
dirty dust hole they plaster the floor
with a
mix tu re
of cow manure
and
water. When this is dry it leaves a
hard crust all over an d is rea lly c lean.
Mos t
of
the women s
work is clone out
in
the yard for
it is so much warmer in
the sun than inside the house.
During
the cold months these
people
live
out-
•side except at nights. They cat, cook,
work
and
study in the sun.
Here they call Christmas Big Day
and it is true in many ways. Christmas
real ly star ts on the eve of the 24th. Our
evening services arc usually held be
tween four and five p. m. so people can
get home before dark. The program on
this occasion started a little l ate r th an
usual when
eighty
to ninety crowded
into our living-dining room.
After
a
short devotion
and
a play by the boys
the gifts were given out. Each year the
mission gives clothes to every worker—
a .shirt for the men, dresses for girls,
and
blouses for women. This year there may
be enough old clothes sent from home
to go around, and warm clothes, old or
new, are appreciated. About mid-night
the men start to run about to get things
ready to sing carols.
The
one who plays
the dru ms sits
in
the ox c art an d th e
others walk all through the village. When
they come to the hou.se of a friend, they
may be asked in for tea and sweets. Some
even have a meal prepared for them.
They
return to the bungalow about
6 :30 a.
m.
and close with a final carol
and prayer. It is a thrill to hear
them
sing
of
the
King
of Kings
and
is a
testimony and message to the unbe
lievers.
Christmas day begins with a good
many sleepy people getting their best
clothes on to go to
church
at 9 a. m.
The
women wear their brightest sarics
and some of the children even
wear
shoes.
One
little girl walked to church
with shoes that must have been bought
for
her
the year before,
and
you could
see
that
it was painful for
her
to walk
in th em ; bu t wea r them she mus t for
this was Big Day . The next meeting
was to be at 2 p. m. so there was just
enough time between the two fo r a
quick lunch. This meeting is for all
the people of the village and it was
at
this time that the children gave their
play.
They
did well
and
it was a fine
message for all. The play was fol
lowed by a sermon to unbelievers.
Then
grain was given out to the poor who
c me
By the time the afternoon meeting-
was over we
had
all
decided t ha t
the
celebrating of two Christma-ses in one
day
was too much. We were all tired
enough to go to bed,
but
the dinner
was
ready
— so we made one last
brave
attempt to look alive
and
gathered for
an hours fellowship together. You will
want to
know
what we had, so I will
hurriedly mention some of the things.
We had wild peacock to take the place
of turkey, and we all like it just as well.
We had carro t .salad, sweet potatoes,
Irish potatoes and gravy.
Then
from
parcels from home we had saved cran
berry sauce, fruit cake, fruit, candy and
nuts. I don t think we missed anything
usually considered necc ss ry to this great
feast.
The
candles
on
t he t ab le
and
th e
gifts in the corner made it veiy much
like home.
Friday was sports day and from
9 a. m. till dark they ran race.s, had con
tests and played games. Saturday was
a rest and we were all ready for it.
Sunday the regular meetings were held,
but with all
th e visitors
hom e it made
it a special day. Early Monday morning
things started again.
The
women were
ou t in the back
yard
to clean the rice
and prepare the feast. I spent as much
time helping as I could for I wanted to
know how this food was cooked. They
rented two large brass pots from the
village to cook the food in. It reminded
me of the pictures we see of the pots
tb(; cannibals use to boil the missionary.
The
rice was cooked in one pot, and
the meat and potatoes in the other.
The mea t
dish is much like our stew
without the
thickening,
and
made so
ho t
with peppers we can hardly
ea t
it. When
these people
cut
up an animal for food
they don t waste any meat. I tried to
close my eyes when eat ing
it ;
for it is
best not to know what
part
of the animal
you
are
eating.
bout
fou r
in the af te rnoon the
food was
ready and
one of the boys
was sent to call everyone to
the
feast.
This is still
done
in this
land as
in the
days of Christ. No
one
offered excuses
for they were all ready to enjoy the
food. They all came with
t he ir p la te
and cup and sat on the floor of the big
tent.
The
huge pots were brought in
and
the rice was served in large basins
and
the
meat
in pails.
They servo
no
extras so everyone fills up on rice.
Tue.sday we went about
our
work
as usual and at about 10:30 that night
the bell s tar ted to r ing to call the people
together for the watch-night service.
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THESE
ARE TH E SOUNDS
O F INDIA
Ralph R. Harler
India is the soundingcst nation in the
world. I do not say noisiest because
noise annoys, while sounds astound.
(My own definition.)
There is
never
a
time here
when
things arc completely silent, although it
is quietest just before dawn. Whenever
we awake in the middle of the night
there is plenty to entertain us.
The
drums which were beating when we
went to sleep may still be beating. The
bats arc swooshing; the rats arc chew
ing ; the jackals are screaming; and the
crickets are cracking.
During the day the air is constantly
filled
with
th e
sound of
bird
calls.
Be
sides many of the birds we have at
home, most prominently the dove, there
are a hundred birds
we
have never
heard.
With them wc hear th e cows
and the dogs.
The
road past the mission compound
is no Lincoln Highway, but mcthinks it
ca n
boast of more sounds. There
ar c
the o.x-carts with their big iron-rimmed
wheels grinding on the hard-mud road.
There is the sound of a pack of donkeys
laden with bricks. Then occasionally
there
is a motor vehicle with
th e
driver
leaning on the
horn
—
and
these horns
are ferocious almost beyond description.
The losest we have come to a descrip
tion is that they
are
a mixture between
a cow and Donald Duck . At T imes
of Parting the departing guest can be
heard walking along the road wailing
his sweet sorrow. Other times the pedes
trians entertain themselves by singing,
and we think, The Dormitory was
never
like
this.
There
ar e tw o
bells which
are com
mon to ou r ears, th e d in ner bell an d
the
Hindu
Temple Bell; but there are
plenty of clangs. Some cows wear bells,
but more often it is just a couple pieces
of tin. The
metal
anklets
and
bracelets
of th e heathen women
remind
us of
th e
Georgia chain gangs. Every morning we
are
awakened an d summoned
to
m o r n
ing devotions by a clanging of metal,
and
just such an apparatus calls us to
the
Lord's
Day
Sewiccs
and
to
Wcd-
esday night prayer meeting. At the
T H E CHRISTIAN MISSION T O
INDIA
c o MRS. G RAY CE S.
ENSIGN
9 0 6 W 33r d St r e e t
Latoniu
Sta t ion
Covm|;ton,
Kentucky
I N D I A
C H R I S T I A N
Tahsil (Tax Collectors Headquarters)
the time is banged out every hour, but
no t on the
hour .
T he Mohammedan s
are not rung to prayer, bu t we can hear
their vocalist every morning and eve
ning.
It seems
that
one can always hear
voices. There may not be a person in
sight,
bu t
voices can be
heard
from
every side. As one nears the bazaar the
d in
becomes as
voluminous
as the
beach
at
Coney
Island
on a
hot summer aft er
noon.
It
appears
that
there are so many
people here that they must all talk loud
in order to be heard
T h ere a rc o th er sounds w hic h c an be
heard
in ru ra l
areas al l
o ve r th e world:
clashing of buckets, chopping of wood,
chickens, roosters, closing of screen
doors, and the breeze rustling the leaves
of the
trees.
Last but not least arc the joyful sound
of the native brethren at worship —
the singing, the praying, and the preach
ing. And on week-days we enjoy hear
ing the children studying aloud in their
school.
In the evening wc are thrilled to hear ,
This
is the Voice of America (Amer
ican Government Broadcast) ;
and
on
some afternoons it is the postman who
delights us with his,
Here
is a let ter for
you .
T H I S IS
A S H O P P I N G
C E N T E R IN I N D U
(Continued from page
one)
By this time one usually gets hungry,
but it doesn t do us any good to turn
to t he r es ta u ra n t . I t loo ks like th e
other places except for a wide plank
counter across
the fron t over which
things are served. The food isn t pre
pared in a kitchen and then served, but
it is .seen cooking there behind or on
the counter .
To
those who buy, the
food, always Indian of course, is served
on large tree leaves usually along with
tea. These places also sei ve
Indian
sweets
of
various
.sorts. I f we
se e
them
made, wc .sometimes indulge; bu t not
knowing how dirty the food is
and
see
ing
flies
standing all over, we never try
to satisfy our hunger at an
Indian
res
taurant.
In
the cities, however , there
are restaurants
much
like
European
one.s,
which
can
be rel ied
upon.
It won't take us long at the clothing
store. To buy our ration of cloth doesn t
take long The cheapercottonmaterials,
on which the natives
are
dependent, are
all rationed.
If
we
had
plenty of money,
which we don t, we could buy all the
more expensive cloth we need. We
are certa inly thankful we are able to
bring clothing and considerable yard
goods with us.
Now it is time to go to the fruit
and
vegetable section
and
finish
our
shop
ping. Here wc find a big disappoint
ment, especially in the village bazaars.
In
Maudaha,
potatoes, the onlv
Euro
pean vegetable, are not always avail
able at this season. Some days oranges
and
bananas
that
are
not
very good arc
displayed. For these things wc have to
go to Cawnpore, 65 miles distance. Here
we find potatoes , cauliflower,
Indian
beans, turnips, onions, egg plant, etc.
Examining the cauliflower, wc find there
arc no heads larger than three inches
acro.s.s; all arc soft
and wilted;
and they
want
12c a head. Wc bargain with
them
and
they agree to sell us three
heads
at
8c, so we visualize
the
nice
big solid heads wc
u sed
to buy in Amer
ica and put three of these in our shop
ping bag. How much arc your pota
toes? 20c a
pound
No,
thank
you, not for those things the size of
walnuts
and
smal ler . W c
move on to
another stand, being careful not to
molest one of the
many cows waiting for
a chance to snatch a vegetable while
an owner is not looking. At this stand
potatoes are the same price
bu t
nice
loig ones, so we pick
out
a few that are
not sun burned. At another place wc
find a few egg-p lant that arc long like
long cucumbers
and
a few red turnips.
Witli these few supplies we must make
ruir way to the car
and
thcncc home
ward
Watching the many people constantly
coming and going in the bazaars, peo
ple bound by fear of idols and super-
••itition, I have oft en
wondered
if noth
ing is ever done to tell them of Christ.
To my joy I find that our evangelists
often go to the bazaar, especially on
bazaar days, to preach and to teach the
people as they pause from their buying
weekly supplies.
It
is one way of reach
ing these needy people with what they
need, and the evangelists are taking
advantage of it.
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I N D I C H R I S T I N
Go ye
i nt o a ll
th e
world
an d p reach t he gospel to
every
creature. Maik
16:15)
V o l
ll
Y O H U N FINDS A H O M E
E d n a H u n t
When one begins the day s work on
the
mission field,
one
never knows what
might
happen
before it is finished.
March 5, 1947, was just such a day.
Mrs. Rothermel went to Cawnpore for
the day, so I had the house to myself
with nothing to keep me from studying
Hindi.
In t he a ft er n oo n
I was c al le d
out by one of our women. With the
little Hindi I knew I just went hoping
I
would
be
able to unders tand
some
of
the excited chatter later. In front
of
this woman s home stood a group of
our
Christians looking
into
a large
basket that seemed filled with dirty
rags.
When
I came near, they lifted
some
of
the cloth, an d there
was a
thin, naked, starved baby three weeks
old. His body ^vas covered with sores,
and I could no t se e
how he
could live
or what I could possibly do to help him.
Then they explained that he was
without a home
and
they wanted me to
take him.
They
told how a sweeper
woman
had
gone
into the
house
and
found this
child
beside his
de a d
mother
They had planned to give him sufficient
opium to kill him, for there was nd one
to care for him. Someone .thought of
the mission and brought him to us. I
was
happy
to take the child and sent
for a few necessary things from Mrs.
Rash. About that time I was wishing
that Mrs. Rothermel were near to help,
but I managed to bathe the child and
get him into warm clothes. When
wrapped in soft, sweet smelling blankets
he looked very sweet, and within half
an
hour
he had won his way into my
hear t .
He had
been given
opium
before he
came, and the effects of it and of being
so nearly starved
made him
very hard
to c are for.
Since
I was not well
and
I
felt he n eed ed b etter care th an I was
able to give, we decided to take
him
to
a mission hospital
about
seventy-five
miles from here. One of
our
girls,
Naomi, was in training there at
the
time;
and
two others spent
their
holi
days there.
They
loved Yohun so
and
took such good care of him that he was
able to pull through the first
ho t
summer
OCTOBER,
1948
Yohun
and Naomi,
March,
1948.
picture of what love can do.
I
was
over
to se e Y o hu n w h en
he
was
just over a year old, and he is a lovely
boy now. He is not fat
bu t
is the pic
ture of health. He is well, bright, and
normal in every way. I
thank
God for
this.
There a re tw o
other b ab ie s i n th e
hospital with Yohun, and they are
separate from
the
sick.
They are
used
to teach the nurses the proper care of
children. A couple of years there will
give him a real start for life, and I am
thankful to be able to find such a good
place for him. The last word we have
had f rom t he re was a
le t ter
w r it te n t h e
last
of
July which reads as follows:
John is fine except for some malaria
which he has been having off and on
in spite of adequate treatment. He takes
three or four steps alone now but still
prefers to creep, going all over the place.
I found
him
sitting out in front of the
hospital, all alone, big as life the other
day and quite pleased with himself.
The Sisterhood group of the churches
in Calgary, Alberta
and
the Loyal
Daughters class of Yellow Grass, Sask.,
Canada, have t aken over his support;
and
we are
thankful
for their help .
Our
desire is that Yohun
may
grow
up
to
serve th e Lord . I f he is t o s er ve
his
own
people, he must live among them; so I
want to bring him home before he is
too old. I would love to keep him with
me, but we have seen too many children
become
misfits in their own
country
in
this way. I
want
him to live in a home
where
he will ea t th e same
kind of
food
a nd live in
the sam e
kind of house as
other
Indians.
I
am
looking
fo r
a good
home
for him, bu t those with large
families do
n o t w a n t a no th er t o c ar e for.
Pray for Yohun that he might grow up
to
be a
t rue
se rvant
of
th e
Master .
N o
4
MI SSI O N IR
T h e Lor d
h as c on ti nu ed
to shower
His blessings upon us, for which we
praise His Name. There was a bit of
sickness, but the Lord granted speedy
and complete recoveries. Mrs. Rother
mel was in the hospital five days with
an infected foot. Jean Roland followed
suit by spraining her ankle. Then Wil
liam Roland and his neighbor, Gemel
Getter of Bilaspur, were ill for a few
days about the same time.
Before th e monsoon, workmen were
busy rebuilding the retaining wall that
supports Zoar Cottage on the moun
tainside. But because they neither fol
lowed our directions nor completed their
job, the first heavy rain sent two-thirds
of
it
back
dow n the
mountainside.
A
second heavy downpour took the rest
of it
and
some of the yard.
This
.sent
Mr. Harter seeking safer ground at
2 :00 a. m. Since
then no
more damage
has befallen the property. Mrs. Roth
ermel is busy getting the work started
again.
Upon returning to the plains Mrs.
Rothermel and
Mr.
Harter will take up
residence in Hamirpur, twenty-one miles
from Ragaul. (Address; Christian Mis
sion, Hamirpur, U. P., India). Miss
Hunt and the
Rolands
will
continue
living at Ragaul. Mrs. Rothermel and
Mrs. Roland lived at Hamirpur some
years ago while the Fred Smiths were
in India . Three
native
Christian
fa m
ilies have been living there, including
one of
our
evangelists, Peter.
During the absence of the other mis
sionaries, Miss
Hunt
has very efficiently
carried on the work alone at Ragaul.
The day school which Miss Hunt super
intends reconvened in July.
Cha rle s W illi am a t three months
weighted ten pounds. He isgood look
ing like the rest of the family, says
M r
Har te r
Manuel
Jacobs,
ou r
evangelist in
Madras,
reports continued progress in
the work there.
Samuel,
the recent
convert pictured on page three, had
been
a nomina l Ch r is ti an of th e C.
M
S. mission ;
bu t
slid back into
Hinduism
for
business
advantage.
Through Man
uel s preaching he was brought to re-
pentcnce and a full acceptance of
Christ .
This m an a tt en de d t he
final
service
of our
inst i tute
a t Madras
in
February.
Manuel
is
expecting
a
mass
bapt ism in that district in the near
future
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INDIA CHRISTIAN
Published Quarterly by th e Christian
Mission
to
India, Inc.
Address Abroad:
Ragaul, Dist.
Hamirpur,
U. P., India
Forwarding Secre ta ry for
Dr .
Rothermel,
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W.
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fo r
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WITNESSING FOR CHRIST
Tjoena S. Rothermel
Women have far less opportunities of
speaking to men about their souls' wel
fare than do men, yet this pas t month I
had this privilege twice within just a
few days.
The
first was a group of
Hindu
young
men working in the office where I went
to reserve a seat on the lorry. They
ofl ered me the opportunity by asking
questions,
and
soon all were listening. A
few seemed quite interested, and one
followed
me
ou t
of
the
office, so I in
vited him to come to Ragaul to
leam
more. One's heart goes out to such
young men who know nothing of
the
love of
God for them
and
who
do no t
realize their
need of
a Saviour who
was
victorious
over sin and death
and
who
can give victory to those who have faith
and
ar e obedient
to
Him.
Three days later the young
man
who
was taking toll
at
the
Jamna
River,
which I was endeavoring to cross, hin
dered me so that I failed to make my
train tha t night and
had
to wait over
twenty-four hours in Kanpur. After
hindering my crossing, however, he be
gan asking questions which gave me a
wonderful opportunity to tell him of the
marvelous
Saviour.
He
was a Sikh and
new to
our
part of India, having come
from Pakastan; but we hope that we
may have the chance of seeing him
again and that his heart may be opened
to the truth. I think of all these young
I ND IA CHR IST IAN
LESSONS FROM LIZARDS
Ralph R. Harter
Although the name of Agur is prob
ably unknown to most of you, neverthe
less his wise sayings in the thirtieth
chapter of
roverlss
provide some of the
Bible's most interesting reading.
In
this
small
remnant
of his teachings we read
of the four things that are l it tle upon
the
earth
and yet
are
exceeding wise.
The fourth little thing he mentions is
the lizard, and he mentions it because:
T he lizard taketh hold with
her
hands, yet is she in king's palaces.
(Prov. 20:28)
The
l izard
is one o f th e mos t c ommon
animals in India, only here it is called
chhipkali. Because they are so plenti
fu l
and because
sh e t ak et h h ol d with
her
hands they
are
to be found almost
everywhere.
There
is no house built
men
and
pray for them, though I do not
even know their names; but I trust that
we may see the day when
many
shall
turn to Christ for their true liberty.
India
has
he r
freedom, it is
true; bu t
we long for the time when
her
young
men and
women,
and
older
ones also,
may have their liberty in Christ our
Lord, for then we know they shall be
free
indeed.
Recently Brother Manuel Jacobs
wrote telling of the baptism of another
young
man
who
had
been a member of
the Church of England.
He had
come
to Madras to get work
and had
been
passing as a
Hindu;
but upon hearing
the Gospel message he felt convicted of
his awful sin, repented, and asked for
immersion. Brother
Manuel
always
pleads for
our
prayers in his own behalf
and those who are laboring with him.
We should all remember this godly man
daily before
the
Throne
of
Grace. At
present he is laid low, having been at
death s
door with
cholera.
He
had
hi s
brother
write to tell us how wonderfully
the
Lord had
spared his life
and
how
grateful he is. Though very weak he was
gaining strength. How he has prayed
and pled for missionary help these past
several years We continue to pray
that his pleading and prayers may soon
be answered and that help
may
come
while he lives to assist them. Will you
join us in this prayer?
well enough to exclude them, and
usually at least one is to be found in
every room. They are often known to
fall from the ceiling, walls, windows,
and doors upon your head or shoulders;
or worse still to fall upon your dining
table while you are eating. Sometimes
they meet their end by fall ing into your
bath
water .
We
are
told the story of a dis
t inguished notable who, while visiting
India,
was entertained by one of the
British governors. This must be one of
the king's palaces to which Agur re
fers us. During the course of the
pompous banquet a lizard fell into the
distinguished visitor's soup.
We
never
kill t he se l iz ar ds because
they are both harmless
and
helpful.
They
perhaps have a greater terror for
m an than other common anima ls and
make all haste to get
out
of your way.
They
live mostly on insects, which is a
great boon to us.
One
day Mrs.
Roth
ermel heard tapping at her window, and
investigating she found a lizard busy
beating a scorpion to death. So you
can se e
that
this
cold-blooded creature
almost becomes l ovabl e.
Last
winter
one
l i za rd seemed
to
make
his home in my study. I named
him
Dave after my little nephew in Knox-
ville, Tennessee. At nights he slept on
the window screen—evidentally a fresh
air
f iend.
Another thing that God has given
them is speed. Standing at my door I
h av e n ev er
ceased
to be
amazed
as
I
watched them dash from tree to tree,
from tree to house, and back. They are
almost quicker than the eye.
I was spared one of the shocking
experiences with lizards that many new
arrivals in India suffer. When th e
new
arriva l sees his first
Indian
lizard, he
may desire to remove it and then grabs
it by the tail. The tail comes off and
it is a surprised individual indeed that
remains holding the tail as
the
lizard
escapes. Perhaps we
can
admire this
proficiency
at
details.
Agur
mentions
that the
lizard takes
hold with her hands to encourage his
readers
to
also
take hold with their
hands. It is a symbol of industriousness,
persistence, and determination.
You
must now be
somewhat
envious
of the fine qualities of the wise little
l izard.
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Fo r
the missionary who enjoys tramp
ing
and
crawling through the forest
shikar khalna is both an enjoyable
and profitable relaxation from his daily
duties. So
that
you
may
know
what
I
am talking about shikar khalna is a
Hindi phrase meaning to play the
prey —in other words, to go hunting.
Within
a
radius
of
twenty
miles from
Ragaul there are .several good places to
hunt. Throughout India
there are gov
ernment
reserve forests. Eighteen miles
from Ragaul there is quite a large one.
To
hunt
in these, one must have permis
sion from
the
District Magistrate. Be
sides the reserve
forests the re
arc numer
ous
smal le r f or es ts— la nd
t h a t is no t
cul t ivated. In mos t
cases th e
areas
are
left so
that
there will be grazing places
fo r th e cattle.
A
hunting
trip will usually
award
the
hunter
with the sight
of
several different
kinds of birds
and
animals.
The
game
birds are quails
and
peacocks. Quails
are not to o
numerous .
So fa r
I have
gotten only one. Peacocks are quite
numerous
and
are very destructive to
the crops. We have enjoyed the pleas
ure of eating several of these. They
arc
about
the .same size as a full grown
turkey. We think they
are better
than
turkey for eating, because the meat is
not so dry. In spite of the fact that the
peacock Is considered a sacred bird, the
people of many villages are glad for one
to kill them, provided one does not shoot
them
close to the village.
The
Hindu
thinks that those
which
roost in the
trees in or
near
his village are certainly
some dead relat ive
come
back
to
live
near
him.
One
morning early, I was
hunting, accompanied by two of our
high school boys. We were going along
th e bank of a
sma ll s tr eam .
On
th e
opposite side was a village. Near it
was a large tree with a peacock high up
in the top. I .said to one of the boys,
G o
over
under
the tree to get the bird,
and
I will shoot it. As he was going, I
shot. The bird fell; he picked it up
and
s tarted
back
to where we
wore.
Unfortunately another
boy was sitt ing
on
the
wall of
the
village.
He
im
mediately st arted yelling. In no time a
crowd
had
gathered, shouting to us
about
the evils of killing the peacock.
Needless to say, we
made
ourselves
scarce in a hurry .
I believe the male peacock is the most
beautiful bird I have seen. Dur ing the
winter months the long tail is shed.
Along in February a new one begins
to grow out. By the
end
of
March
it
has grown to its full length
of
about
three feet. A full feathered peacock sit
ting in the top of a leafless tree in the
INDIA HRISTI N
SHIK R
KHALNA
William H.
Roland
Manuel Jacobs, Christian evangelist
in Madras, is shown with a new con
vert, Samuel, at the baptismal cere
mony in the Saidapet River.
early morning is indeed a beautiful
sia:ht to r cward
the
hunter.
The
best animal for eat ing purposes
is the .blue-cow. It is given this name
by the Indians because of the bluish
color of
the
male. The dictionary refers
to it as a white footed antelope. The
male grows to the size of a small horse.
The female is a grayish color and a bit
smaller than
th e
male. L as t w in te r I
was able, with the help of
Mr.
Harter
watching the Jeep, to get two blue-cows.
It was during the Christmas season, and
it
made a fine
Christmas
treat fo r the
Christian
community.
There are two types of small deer
that are
often
seen. One is a small,
mouse co lo r ed aiumal
about th e size of a
veal calf.
Then
the spotted deer, for
which
India
is quite famous, is some
larger and is reddish brown with white
circular
spots
all over the body. The
male is a very beautiful animal, espe
cially when he has full grown antlers.
Another animal
that
we always look for
when hunting is the wild boar. I have
seen several bu t as
yet have no t been
able to
shoot any . In
the vicini ty of
Landour
there are wild goats
and wha t
are called
barking deer.
Last April, soon a fter we had gone
to Landour, I went hunting with an
Indian
gentleman who is a ret ired
Cap
tain
of
the army. We left early in the
morning and descended into one of the
valleys. As luck would have it we saw
nothing bu t two pheasants which we
were no t able to shoot. The Captain
blamed our
luck to
th e fact
tha t
Sikh
refugees
had
killed everything during
the winter. The hike was enjoyable ,
nevertheless,
and
on the way back he
started reminiscing
about
the good old
days when hunting around
Landour
was better.
He
told me, among others,
the following
story:
One
day my servant told me that
he
had
seen a
bear below the
grave
yard. Just below the lower fence of
the cemeteiy there is a cave. I de
cided to walk
past
the cave so sent
my servant
a round ano ther path
to
watch for the bear. Just as I passed
the cave I heard a deep throated
growl behind me. I turned, and
there at my side was a
big
she-bear,
standing on he r
hind
legs, ready to
hug
me. I quickly pushed the shot
gun against her chest and fired both
barrels. She fell to the
ground and
ro l led down the hill head over tail.
We stood listening for some time as
she continued crashing down the
mountain,
breaking
off small trees
and
loosening rocks. We followed
her down, expecting to find her
lying dead, but instead found the
place where she had lain for a while.
We decided to follow her, thinking
that she couldn t have gone far with
two rifle slugs in
her
chest. Follow
ing the blood trail down the valley to
the stream, wc crossed it
and
went
up
th e
other side unti l
th e
b lo od e nd ed .
After looking around for some time
wc decided to give up the .search for
that day, as it was get ting late. That
section of the forest belonged to a
Jain, who lived here in Landour.
(Jain
is the
name
of
one
of the
religions.)
The
next morning
I went
to his house to get permission from
him t o s ea rc h
fo r
th e bear . When I
arrived, he greeted_me cordially; and
we
sa t
down
on the veranda
to talk.
Eventually I ventured to ask permis
s io n t o
.search f or th e b ea r.
The man
looked at me and thought for a little
while. Then
he
said, No I
can t
permit
you to
enter
my
property
to
s ea rc h f or th e bear .
She has
come
into mv l and for protection. I must
do all in
my
power to protect her
and
save
her
life. We Jains believe
in the transmigration of
the
soul.
Tha t
bear
is a
friend
or
relative
of
mine
w ho h as died.
She
knows that
T will protect her , so she has entered
my domain for protection. I will
give her
what
protection I can.
After seeing how he
felt
I didn t
press the question any more. As I
was l eaving, he
walked
to
the gate
with me. Looking up into a tree he
said, Sec those birds there?
We
be
lieve
that
all b irds ,
animals,
insects,
etc.,
th at a rc a ro und
us
are reincar
nated
relatives
and
friends.
They
have come to live
near
us while they
are in this
form.
He then
motioned
(Continued
on
page
4)
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AN ENJOYABLE
SUMMER
OF SERVICE
LaVon
Eagley
Many opportunities were opened this
past summer in which I tried, with the
help of Almighty God, to do all that I
could for Him.
It
was my aim to
pu t
into practice some of the things I had
learned while attending the Cincinnati
Bible Seminary
and
from studying His
Word. Although I did
not
get to
speak in as many churches as I would
like to have, I feel as though my sum
mer
was well spent.
This summ er th e
activities were
co n
fined to
Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio,
and
Michigan with speaking engagements in
each of these states. After spending the
first few weeks visiting various congre
gations in
behalf of
the
Christian Mis
sion to India, I returned to my home in
Buchanan, Michigan, where I taught in
the Deiily Vacation Bible School
and
also assisted in a revival being held at
the same time. Immediately
after that
I went to Angola, Indiana , where I was
house mother and taught Missions
during Junior Weekof camp. Returning
to Buchanan for a week, I was able to
star t a Daily Vacation Bible School in
the Negro section of the city. For the
two Junior weeks at Lake Region
Christian Assembly;
Cedar
Lake, Indi
ana, my
classes jvere Missions
and
The Life of Paul . At
Pioneer
Chris
tian Service Camp, Clermont County,
Ohio, I had some interesting experi
ences as Chapel Speaker. In August I
THE CHRISTIAN MISSION TO
INDIA
c o MRS. GRAYCE S . ENSIGN
100 Commonwe al th Ave nu e
Erlanger , Kentucky
INDIA
CHRIST IAN
attended Lake James Christian
ss m
bly
and
Lake Region Christian As
sembly dur ing their Missions Week.
Here I was able to display curios and
pictures from India which were of in
terest to those who s aw th em .
I
have
also supplied as teacher at the colored
mission
in Cincinnat i, Ohio. The re
maining weeks have been spent talking
to groups and congregations.
At the present time I am attending
the Cincinat i Bible Seminary
and
am
available for engagements
at
mid-week
services and
on
week-ends. I
have
a
projector and colored slides of India
.
and
those laboring there to use if people
desire. By filling every possible date
while attending the Seminary, I hope to
raise enough support so that I can go to
India after graduation in 1949, it if is
God's will. I thank God for guiding
me during this summer, and I pray
that
much good might have been done by
my humble efforts in His behalf.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
In
the future please send all corre
spondence and contributions for Dr.
Rothermel
and M r.
and Mrs.
William
H. Roland to Mrs. Grayce S. Ensign at
her new
address :
10 0
Commonwealth
Avenue
Erlanger, Kentucky
All personal letters for Dr. Rothermel
and Mr. and Mrs. Roland should be
sent directly to them in India unless they
contain a contribut ion also.
SHIKAR KHALNA
(Continued from
page 3)
toward
another
tree, where a man
was lying on a bed. He said, 'See
that man lying there. I pay him to
lie there for a while each day.
There
are bugs in that bed. They have
come to live with us so it is my duty
to feed them. That
man
is paid to
le t
them
suck his blood.
If
he desires,
he may push a bug loose and make
him move to another
place;
bu t if he
should kill one he doesn't get paid
for the day' .
Such is the story the Capta in told me
t ha t morning. You will probably say
that
I have strayed far from the subject.
That
I have, but
the
story illustrates
very well one of the beliefs
that
the
Christian has to refute in India. I
guess it isn't too far from the subject,
though, for it all came in the course of
a hunt ing trip.
The f if teenth of September we had
the first
part
of our language examina
tions. I decided
to celebrate
it s com
pletion by going hunting. I started
early, taking our servant boy, Stephen,
with me, hoping to get down into the
valley before the villagers came
out
to
cut wood
and grass. Shortly before
sunup we got down far enough and
found a place where I thought it would
be well to sit
and
wait
for something to
come along. The wrong thing came
along. We didn t do
much
celebrating.
We
turned
out to be the prey, because
I soon noticed leeches on my shoes
and
legs, drawing blood. I immediately lost
all interest in hunting and resolved not
to go hunting in Landour again during
the rainy
season.
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