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Ready to
s ta r t
f or I nd ia
in
our
Red I nd ia n.
Work
Dai ly t he re
are
patients
with various
Som e days
and m onths there
re
many
coming
twice a day,
at
other
there are fewer.
The
diseases vary
th e t ime of
year , but
always there
re some
with colds , coughs,
and
fever.
of all are the
cases
with
ulcers,
and abscesses, some of whi ch a re so
errible that it truly takes th e grace of
od to care fo r
t h em
Many of
these
worst cases ar e littl e
and children.
They
come f rom
ar
and
n ea r. R ece nt ly
one
man
came
a chi ld
ten
miles .
Ano the r
m an had
him of our good medical care.
It
us
t he oppor tuni ty
to
tell
of
th e
Physician who came to cure
them
their
sins
if th ey will
but
believe and
Him.
But in these days so few
are
in anything but the flesh an d
t t h e sou l
Convention
Last
year
tw o
of th e men went to
Bilaspur
for
th e
Convention.
This year
in
October, Miriam an d Mrs. Rothermel
a t t e nded i t Mrs Ro t h e rme l
h ad
no t
been
in
Bilaspur
fo r a
good many years
so was happy to see th e
work
there.
Two
of ou r
boys
a re a tte nd in g
th e
Seminary there
an d
two
ar e
in th e
High
school. M rs.
Rothermel
was also
happy
to see
th e
wo rk
which h er chi ldren
a re
doing in teaching young people and
training
them
fo r
H is s ervice , a work
much
needed
today.
As
Bilaspur
is
four
hundred
m iles by
train
from
Ragaul, wit h t hr ee c ha nges o f
trains, taking two nights and a day or
two da ys
and
a night, y ou know w e sha ll
no t b e v isit in g ea ch other
often, but
we
are
al l happy
th at th e
Rolands
are back
in
I nd ia t ra in ing young people, th e
work
th ey a re be st
fitted to do Pray
fo r
them.
During
th e
two an d a half mon th s b e-
her marriage,
Miriam, ou r nurse,
Dr Rothermel by doing dressings such things thus relieving her This was
medicine into eyes
and
many greatly appreciated
Anniversary Letter
(C on ti nu ed f rom p ag e one)
w it h t he
Lord , h is so n
has become
a goo
preacher and
also teaches others
who a
preparing
fo r
th e Lord s work. A num
be r of ou r boys and girls are now wor
in g
fo r
th e Chur ch of Christ in vario
places,
as p re ache rs o r w ives of preac
The widow whom we h elp ed , a lo n
with her
six children (Som e
may r
member
he r as
th e girl
of
s ix teen yea
who
accepted
Christ and left her Hin
h u sb an d and ov e r whom th e r e w as
cou r t case and w ho a t th e t im e c au se d
much
anxiety) nev er ma rr ie d again u
ti l he r
husband
died e leven yea rs
late
a lt ho ug h h e
took another
wife at onc
She has always kept a good name an
reputation through the years and toda
is
still looked to as
a
very
good
Chri
t i a n When
he r h us ba nd d ie d a nd le ft h
penn il es s becaus e h is i ll ne ss h ad e ate n a
their
saving
a nd P ro vid en t
fund,
sh
wished to go to some Orphanage
an
work where sh e could
keep
t he c h il dr
together,
but
no orphanage
would
tak
th em . T hey w ou ld
take
th e
children, b
n ot t he mot he r. When her ba by girl w
bo rn abou t tw o m on th s a f t e r h e r hu
band s d ea th , s he hear d that I ha d
r
turned
to
India so she
wro te to
me,
an
we brought he r
here
to help
her.
H
children
ar e among
t he b righ te st in o
school,
and we still
feel
we did
right
help
such a good woman. We
believe
th
years will bring
more
Christ ian worke
from
that family.
After
my
husband d ied, s oon th e ban
in which
hi s
insurance was
placed,
clos
and
we never
r eceived any
of
t he fu n
in that bank, and
funds
promised
fo r
o
support s topped
becau se o f
the de pre
sion, bu t I went to sleep
eve ry n ig
knowing that though
al l
fa ile d me, th
Lord would not, an d He
never
did.
seemed
a t
t ime s th at w ha t
funds
the
were,
like
th e
Widow s
meal
as
she fe
th e
prophet,
were
bountiful.
We kno
that our Father in Heaven will nev
leave us without help if we
are
doin
Hi s
bidding.
CAR FUND
For
some
t ime
it has
com e to
my a
t en t ion tha t Dr. Rothe rme l is in need
a means of t ransportat ion s in ce s he ca
no
longer
ride her
bicycle.
She can purchase a small auto
f
about
on e
thousand
dollars, but does n
desire to use Mission money
fo r th is .
If
you
would like to h elp in a ca r fun
s end y ou r contributions to me, Lloy
Pickering,
La Monte Mo
labeled
Ca
Fu n d
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Charles, Paul an d
Dav id Rola nd
w
their Indian aya. She tries to keep
eye on
them
so they won t
fall
in to
well, or ge t bitten by a snake. Th
is a
contest
going on p re sent ly betwe
them,
as to whether s he will leam E
lish or
the boys will learn Hindi first .
Below: Wedding
bells
rang
r ec en tl y
two
of ou r
students,
now
Mr.
and
M
Ishwari Lai. Mrs. L ai is th e d au ghter
one of o ur r et ir ed evangelists.
Mr.
is on e of
our
senior
students.
H e is he
in g Mr.
Davis make our new library
su ess
L a s t s u m m e r w h i l e Mrs. R o t h e r m e l
was in th e hills, you may remember
that
ou r
daughter,
Miriam, the
nurse,
gave
away the bride in Mr s. Rothermel s place.
Now.
you w ill be
happy
f or Mir iam that
th e Lo rd h as sent a good Christian
man
ANOTHER WEDDING
1 to c l a i m
h e r
W e o f te n w on de r e d w h e re
t a man
cou d
be found ol d enough for
;
M iriam , if i t were th e Lord s will
fo r
he r
an d
she
wished to marry. Most men j
t over 26 years of ag e are already married,
1 so
we j u s t lef t i t in the
L ord s H an ds ;
where
we believed
it belongs. He sent
th e
mana p re ac he r
of th e
gospel
of
good report among the churches.
Through a young
friend
of ours
who
had
n e v e r
e v e n s e e n M i r i a m th i s
m a n
o f
thirty years heard of ou r good daughter
M r i a m H i s f at h er w ro te Mrs. R o t h e r
mel,
and a ft er
making plenty
of inquiry
an d feeling satisfied
that th e
man
was