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GOD.

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CREATION, NOT EVO
LUTION

"WEALTH GOTTEN BY VANITY SHALL

BE DIMINISHED; BUT HE THAT GATH

ER ETH BY LABOR SH.ALL HAVE

IN

CREASE. "Proverbs 13:11

A woman from the Himalayan foothills dis

plays the ornaments in which all her wealth
is invested.

Vol XI, No. 1

January

1965

February

Kanpur, India

Indian Press Gleanings

By F. R.

A mass initiation of babies into the

through the lure of money and other

Catholic faith by the rite of "baptism" temptations". The vice president of the

marked the third day of the Eucharistic

Mahasabha offered it as his opinion that

Congress in Bombay. Over 5000 weze the Pope's visit to the slum areas of
later "confirmed through the sacrament Bombay to distribute charity was "an
insult to Indian poverty".
Indian Catholics welcomed the Pope's
The former Indian Finance Minister,

of confirmation".

proclamation that the "Virgin Mary" Mr. Morarji Desai, meanwhile offered it
has been awarded a new title : that of

as his conviction that politics should be

"Mother of the Church". Mariolatry based on religion, as religion taught

is a very popular facet of Roman Catho

lic idolatry in India.

Incident to the Eucharistic Congress

truthfulness, selflessness, and service to

mankind.

The babel of tongues that is India

was the display of the remains of Francis

was highlighted at the All-India Con

church in Goa.

resolution on the international situation

was presented in English, commended in

Xavier,^ which ordinarily are kept in a gress Committee session recently. A

The exhibition excited

mass enthusiasm among Catholics. The

body of the Catholic saint is said still to

Urdu, and seconded in Telegu. In the

be recognizable, and intact save for the debate that followed, members used Eng
big toe of one foot, which had earlier lish Hindi and Telegu. Earlier the pre
been bitten off by an over-zealous woman sident Mr. Kamraj, had made his open
devotee.

ing remarks in Tamil.

The President of India, Dr. Radhakrishnan, had the good sense to hestitate

In the eternal search for someone to

Pope, while the latter was on his visit to

M.P. from Andhra Pradesh. She said

that in her opinion wives were the most

blame. Eve was again singled out, this

to accept a drink offered to him by the time by a sister, Mrs. Rajea. a Congress

Bombay. When the Pope urged him :

*'Plfase do take it," the President count
ered with: "What is it ?" When in

formed by Cardinal Gracias that it was

a soft drink, he took it.

to blame for the corruption in India.

Men indulged in it because of their wives'

expensive habits, which led them to live

far beyond their means. She urged wo

men in the country "Not to go mad

Others in India had their doubts
about Catholic intentions in the holding after riches but to take pride in good
of the Congress and the Pope's visit. By character of their husbands and child
the Hindu Mahasabha it was regarded ren."
as a "well-planned offensive for convert
ing non-Christians to the Christian faith

( Continued on page 15 )

SCIENCE

DISCOVERS
GOD
F. Rempel

This article wasfirsi presented as a lecture before a group of Kanpur Christians^

at a monthly fellowship and study function. A good deal of interest was excited, and the
suggestion has come that it may be profitable topresent the material, in a slightly expanded
form, for reading.
The author makes no claim to being more than a casual reader of scientific

articles. In thispresentation I have depended heavily upon a book entitled "Science Returns
to God", by Dr. James H. Jauncey. My deficiency in the matter of scientific knowledge
is more than compensated for by the accomplishments of this distinguished engineer and
scientist, who is now a minister of Christ. Dr. Jauncey holds ten earned academic degrees,
covering thehighest levels of achievement in science, psychology, history and divinity.
I hope readers of CHRISTASIAN will offer their comments on the article.

INeration,
these years,
within our own gen
there has been what is des

sea or hast thou walked in the recesses of

cribed as a "tremendous explosion in

scientific knowledge." Spurred on by

revealed unto thee or hast thou seen the

human necessity, but particularly by the

demands of war, things (hat twenty-five
years ago were only dreams have become
realities more fantastic than the dreams
were.

With words like "Telstar" and "Syncom" having become a part of common
speech and with instruments like "Bathascaphe", and "Laser Ray" and the elect

ronic computer as tools for furthering

knowledge, science is on the march. One
wonders whether scientists and scientific

engineers will not soon be able to answer

in the affirmative, some of the intriguing

questions that are put in Job, the thirty
eighth chapter. As a sampling of these:

"Hast thou entered into the springs of the

the deep? Have the gates of death been

gates of the shadow of death....?"(vs. 16,17)

This does not mean that there is any
prospect of men, in their knowledge of
the earth, becoming "as God" (Gen. 3:5).
As the scientists themselves will admit,
only some beginnings have been made.
There have, however, been enough of
these to convince us all that if we are to

open this Pandora's box we had better

look in advance for some means of con

taining the forces that may be released.

When this scientific day dawned it did
so with some turbulence.

Men assumed
that there was a definite conflict between

science and religion, and that therefore,

religion being founded on superstition

and science on fact, religion was "on the

way out". That was the day when it was
considered smart to be an agnostic or
even an atheist. Such a hostility toward
religion developed among men of

God created the heavens and the earth."

(Gen. .1:1)

science that it was assumed that "unless

able differences that there seemed to be

a young man abandoned religious super

stitions, he could not hope to progress in

scientific achievement".!

Who is to blame?

For at least a part of the responsibility

for this opposition to religious thought
we may look to the dogmatism and un
enlightened zeal of many theologians.
These, equally as rigid as the scientist in
the belief that the knowledge they poss
essed was final and complete, made them
selves vulnerable to all kinds of attacks

on their positions. Particularly irreconciliable was the assigning of a definite

date of the creation of the universe. One

of these theologians, an Irish Archbishop

by the name oi Ussher in the 17th century
calculated the creation to

have taken

place in 4004 B. C. This date was accept

ed without question in the subsequent
period by most theologians: largely, it
now seems, on the basis of the assumption
that so respected^ man could scarcely
have been wrong. The writer can him
self remember placing full confidence, in
his student days, on the reliability of this
"date of creation". The date appeared
in the margins of many Bibles.
Insistence on this or similar dates be

came a stumbling block to many when

new geological discoveries were made and
better methods of dating revealed how
wrong this calculation was.
The point of the matter to be noted is
that the conflict was seen to

be

not

between the Bible and science, but bet

ween theologian and scientist. The Bible

sets no such date for the creation of the

universe. It says,, with wondrous clarity

and simplicity, "In the be,ginning
1

Science returns to God Jas. H. Jauncey P. 7

Zondervan Press, 1961.

An immature attitude on the part of

men of science had also very much to do
with creating the apparently irreconcilibetween science and religion. Perhaps
even more so than the theologians, they
were rigid in many of their conclusions,
some of which were nothing more than
plausible (and as now proven, not so

plausible) theories. The assumption that

they had gained the farthest limits of

knowledge in many fields lent many of

them a cocksureness tliat we now know

was quite unwarranted, and must surely

have blocked to a great extent their own

onward progress to greater knowledge.

The publication, in 1859, of "Origin
of the Species", by Charles Darwin, in
which Darwin expounded his theory that
the natural world began from a few piimary forms and then "evoliited" to the

present advanced state is the important

event in the relationships of science
and religion. What followed is the classic

example of assuming theory to be fact

and then building on it. The "Theory

of Evolution" was, quickly seized upon by

the enemies of religion as the ultimate
weapon in their war on religion. Although
Darwin

himself was no

atheist

and

actually stated his belief that the Creator

had breathed life into the primary forms

of his assumptions, biologists tailored the
theory to suit their own arguments, and
stretched it far beyond credible limits in
an effort to explain the ultimate source
of all of life itself. Their treatment of an

unproven theory (one that to this day

remains unproven) as an established fact
was in itself most unscientific and of
course drew the lines of battle even more

rigidly.
A Truce Declared

Today we can state categorically that

whatever may have been the state of war
between" an immature science and an

imperfect theology, there is ho conflict course^ of conversation, the question of'

between science and Christianity. Points the Bible came up. One outstanding

of great diSerence are of course still

apparent but at the very least an attitude
of "co-existence" has been achieved on

the part of both parties. . Mr. James

Jauncey makes a clear case of it:

"Both

scientist made the remark that he had

learned not to sell the Bible short..

Among that group of men there was rib

negative criticism at all.

As a matter of

fact, they seemed to consider scepticism

science and revelation in the long run rather stupid."3

come from the same God. Consequently
Christians need not be disturbed by
incre^ing accuracy in thought and dis today's
differences between science and
covery must increasingly show that they
are one. The problems of the past are religion. Nor need they worry about what
due largely to incomplete knowledge. the future may bring, "God. has laid a
Science is changing all the time as it foundation and it stands firm, with this
seeks to adjust itself to deeper and more inscription, 'The Lord knows His own*
accurate laws. Alsoin the case of religion, and, 'Everyone who takes the Lord's
especially the Bible, research in the origi name upon his lips must forsake wicked
nal languages and the light that has been ness.' " (2 Tim. 2:19 NEB)
AT LEAST THREE CONTRIB
brought to bear by archeology have help
ed toward a better interpretation of the
truth."2

Mr. Jauncey goes on to say that the

points of difference between science and
religion are no longer any greater than
the contradictions existing between the

UTING FACTORS

What is it that has brought about so

great a reconciliation ? Without making
any claim to comprehensiveness, I can
assign at least three reasons.
THERE IS, FIRST OF ALL, A >

various sciences themselves. There it is GREAT AND PERFECTLY JUSTIFI

assumed tha,t increasing knowledge will ABLE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
indicate which is wrong and where the AND APPARENTLY UNCONTROL- .
adjustment will have to be made in order LABE FORCES THAT HAVE BEEN
to bring about unity of thought and sound RELEASED FROM THEIR AGE
conclusions. Similarly, a great deal of LONG PRISON, IN OUR DAY. This
open-minded is to be found among scien has brought into very clear focus man

tists with regard to the Bible, the claims kind's inescapable need for God.
of Christianity, and the nature of God.'
'-'Scientists, throughout the world," says
To quote Mr. Jauncey further: "Now
the situation is entirely different. The Jauncey, "are largely frightened men...,"
atheist or hostile agnostic, even in scien "to the scientist of today, scientific dis
tific circles, is becoming a rare bird covery is like a vehicle of tremendous
indeed. For a number of years I have proportions which without brakes or
been receiving invitations to speak on other Controls, has started on its journey
science and religion on many campuses down an incline. Even if we wanted to,
throughout the land. The general atti and we don't, we could do nothing to
tude is always sympathetic and often stop its gathering momentum. But it is
very devout. This extends not only to obvious that disaster lies ahead imless
belief in God but also to belief in the mankind gets into the driver's seat and
Bible
A couple of years ago I had gets things under control."4
occasion to make a trip with a number of
Who can control it ?
missile engineers and scientists. In the
Which of the two, the scientist who
2

Ibid. P72i

Ibid. P. 17

Ibid. P. 5

deals in cold facts, or the religionist who one unit of mass is ihultiplied nine times
thinks in terms of ethical behaviour, is one hundred billlion billion, in producing
qualified for this job ?
nuclear energy. This means, simply, that
, It is obvious to me that the control a very small amount of mass can produce
lies not in the realm of material science, an enormous quantity of energy. When
but in the field of morality. Unless this transference of mass into energy is
conscience intervenes, the evil that is in uncontrolled, it happens in the fraction
men will see to it that scientific discovery

of micro-second (a millionth of a second)

is used for destruction. If the machine

is to be turned aside from disastercatas

and in so doing creates an enorrnous

the physicist; IT MUST

disappeared entirely

explosion ..Some idea of the power of

trophe that will engulf us allit must be this fearful explosion is shown by the fact
guided by the man who thinks in terms that in the U.S. Pacific experiments, an
of right human behaviour. It cannot be island three miles long by one mile wide
BE

THE

There are fear

ful evidences of danger. They tell us that

To appreciate the fear that drives us at the time of this writing, one B-52

MORALIST!

to" this conclusion we must try to under

stand something of the magnitude of the
forces that have beeii unchained by
scientific discovery. In the minds of all
of us this is represented in the discovery

arid release of nuclear energy.

I do not

pretend to understand of this on my

own: I quote here a scientist who is seek

ing to put the problem in terms that we

ordinary people can grasp. "In most
people's tiiinds nuclear energy is largely
related to the development of atomic and
of hydrogeh bombs, but to the scientist it
means the unlocking of power in quanti^
ti^ never before available on the earth.

"Until how,

apart from

natural

power, the most significant source of

power has Come from chemical means,

\^dIich is finally dependent on the motion

of electrons; Nuclear power, on the
other hand, comes from the very heart
of the atom and is infinitely greater than
chemical power.
' "Nuclear power becomes available
because of a curious freak of nature.

It

bomber can bring about more destruction

on one mission than has been brought
about so far by all the war planes in the
history of the world. But even this is
nothing compared with the fearful wea
pons now on the drawing boards."6

Man by himsielf found inade

quate
The fear is, of course, that man's

sense of cultural, ethical and spiritual

values will.not be adequate for the task

of^bringing the monster under control.
Scientists are wise enough to realize that
more than brains and a knowledge of the
physical universe, no matter how accurate

or extensive, is heeded, and they are

turning toward God. Their general
willingness to concede that there is a God

is becoming specific in many cases, and

some have come to the realization that

the ^kind of spiritual regeneration that

Christ came to bring is not only impor
tant, it is an absolute essential. Without
it mankindcivilizationcannot survive.

just so happens that when you smash the

Does it not seem strange that it should

nucleus of a heavy atom, like that of

uranium, the total mass of the part is
less than the mass of the original. Since

now be said of scientists what was at one

mass cannot be lost it is transferred into

energy.

By another curious fact, the

rnultiplying factor when this occurs is

infinitely large. In the metric system.

time said of the Apvstle Paul, that

they "who once persecuted us now preach
the faith of which they once made havoc!
51bid. P.7

{J'he next issue will have the remainder of this

article.)

. eA Seneticist teits
" WHY I BELIEVE IN CREATION,
NOT EVOLUTION "
By WALTER E. LAMMERTS, Ph. D.

'

Dr. Walter E. Lammerts, Ph.D, was a genetics major in the University

of California, Berkeley, in 1930. For over thirty years he has worked as a plant
hybridizer, and he is the founder of the Dept. of Ornamental Horticulture
at: his Alma Mater at Berkeley.

We take pleasure in reproducing, in support of the article, "Science

Discovers God" the interview Dr. Lammerts gave to Mr. Richard H. Utt of
"Signs of the Times", and which appears in the September 1964 issue of that
magazine.

The "Creation Research Society's" annual year book mentioned by Dr.

Lammerts, will be greatly welcomed by believers in the Bible.

We urge readers to take note and study carefully the Society's findings.

Dr. Lammerts, wouldyou please describe

your work ?

I spend about 60 percent of my time

breeding garden roses and 40 percent

breeding hothouse roses, under the terms

of a contract between Germains, Inc.,

fortunate if one in 10,000 seedlings has the

combination of characteristics we hope
and plan for.

What hybrid roses haveyou developed ?

Some of my best-known varieties- are

What are "hothouse roses^*?

the Charlotte Armstrong, Mirandy,

Sierra Glow,Sweet Sixteen, China Doll,
Chrysler Imperial, Golden Showers,

Most rosebushes "sleep" in the winter,

Pink.

and Amling-DeVor Nurseries.

even if kept in a warmed and lighted

greenhouse. A hothouse rose does not
"sleep", but bears flowers the year around. Obviously, this is more profitable
for both nurseryman and florist.

Howdo you go about hybridising roses?

By cross-pollinating varieties, with
the idea of combining the best features
of each in the resulting hybrid. We are

Queen Elizabeth, Star Fire and Tickled

One of my new roses, to be intro

duced next year, is called "Fragrance".

It combines the old-fashioned rose per
fume with a sweet clove fragrance. One
or two flowers will scent an entire room.

Have you also worked withflowers other

than roses ?

Yes, I developed new varieties of

mountain lilacs, called "Sierra Blue" -

Evolutionists say that new varieties canarise

and "Mountain Haze," and a lilac, "La
vender Lady," which is the only lilac from the radiation pwcess,so that in timeyou
that will flower following southern Oali-- would get an evolution of completely new species.
fornia's warm winters. I will soon intro

duce a white lilac having the same short

chilling requirement. Other plants in
clude a series of New Zealand tea plant
hybrids such as

the "Risd Daimask;"

rustproof snapdragons ("rust" is a plant

disease); and four varieties of combina

tion fruiting and flowering peaches.

I undmtandyou are planning a trip around
the Pacific. Will you be studying plant life
on this trip ?

Is this correct ?

Evolutionists hope this is so,' but they

know it is not. They have never demon
strated it, nor can they. Take, for example,
my Queen Elizabeth rose. The muta
tions produced by radiation result in
stunted or sterile roses, but none of them
would be mistaken for any other variety
of rose than Queen Elizabeth. This is
contrary to the claims of evolutionists

that the mutation process is a random

affair, capable of crossing varietal lines

I expect to be away for four months.

and creating new kinds.

First I have been invited to teach a course

Tou talk like a creationist. Areyou one ?

of ten lessons in rose breeding to the

staff of the Keisei Rose Nurseries Inc., of

Japan. I also plan to gather seeds, especi

ally those of lilacs and camellias, and
make arrangements to obtain the four
species of yellow camellias, three of which

Yes, I am. I believe that all basic

types of living things, including man,

were created by God during the creation
week, as described in Genesis.

are in the Tonkin province of Indochina

and one in India.

In all your years as a geneticisty have you

not seen numerous evidences of evolutionary prO'

In New Zealand we

plan to study and gather seeds of subalpine plants.

cesses at work ?

On the contrary, I find that evolu

Will exposure of plants to atomic radiation tionism is the product of a lively imagi
causegenetic changes that can create new varie- nation, and nothing more.
ties ?

This is amazing. For decades we have

been told that only ignoramuses believe in the
Genesis record as literalfact. Do you have to
*'play down" your disbelief in evolution in the

No, if by varieties you mean viriations which could survive under natural

conditions. A couple of miles from here

is the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory,
and I

have on several occasions

company of other scientists ?

had

negative buds or dormant "eyes" of rose

Not at all, I have made no effort to

varieties subjected to neutron radiaton.

hide my convictions, not even when I

was a student working for my degree. I
have had some lively debates with evolu
tionists, but they know my views and
respect them. I have spoken on my
reasons for believing in creation, not
evolution, before scientists and science
students at the University of California

The result of the radiation is either a

dwarf plant, i.e., a plant with reduced

vigor, or a partially sterile or completely

sterile plant. Often a plant is reduced
in both vigor and fertility. We also get
color changes, increase or decrease in
petal number, and changes in bud and
leafform and size.

at Davis, Berkeley, and Los Angeles, and

also at San Diego State College.

If introduced, these

would be called horticultural varieties.

8

And these university scientists dorCt ^ve eges, especially in the ^^Bible belt"?

you a lot ofopposition ?

We have more trouble with theologi

ans than with scientists.

However I am

trying to help the theologians, too. Re

cently I addressed a conference of 300

No, some are heads of science departmerits in large state universities and

institutions such as Michigan State,

Queen's College, Texas Western, and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. One is

ministers in San Francisco on my reasons in charge of nuclear research in one of

for beinga creationist, and they expressed the nation's large chemical companies.
great interest.
Among our members are a geophysicist,
a hydraulics engineer, the chief scientist
in a United States government electronics
research and development activity, biolo

Jhis is certainly turning the tables. Imagine

a scientist working to convert preachers to the
Bible ! Are you one of a mere handful of
scientists in the country who believe in the Bible

gists, chemists, geologists, geneticists, and

doctors of medicine. Actually only a

creation record ?

few are from

By no means. Last November I joined

with nine other scientists to form a new

organization which we call the "Creation

Research Society." We invited scientists

with the M.S., Ph.D., D.Sc., Ed., or M.D.
degree to join.

Within six months we

had 120 members, and the organization

is still growing.
Whati specifically^ do these men believe ?

In order to join our society, applicants

must subscribe to the following four
points: (1) The Bible is the written
Word of God, inspired throughout, and
historically and scientifically true in all
the original autographs. (2) All basic
types of living things, including man, were
made by creative acts of God. Biological
changes that occurred since creation week
have accomplished only changes within

the original created kinds. (3) The Flood

described in

Genesis

was a

historical

event, worldwide in extent. (4) As Chris

tian men of science, we accept Jesus
Christ as our Lord and Saviour. The
fall of Adam and Eve into sin is the basis
for our belief in a Saviour for all man

kind. Salvation can come only through

accepting Jesus Christ as our Saviour.

small

church-endowed

colleges.

Is membership limited to scientists ?

Our regular membership is open only

to scientists; but educators, ministers, and
others may join as sustaining members.*
What does the Creation Research Society
hope to accomplish ?

Our tasks are many. Creationists

have too long been merely negative in
their thrust, indicating the weaknesses
of evolutionary concepts, but offering
little in their place. The world shows
such clear evidence of degeneration and
catastrophe that one marvels how so
many of our scientific colleagues have
been blinded. Our aim is a rather auda
cious oneto reevaluate science from the

theistic viewpoint. Beginning this year

we are publishing an annual yearbook
of articles by members of the Society.
Eventually we hope to publish textbooks
with creation concepts for high school
and college use. We may not achieve all
our goals in one lifetime, but we are
beginning. The Creation Research So
ciety represents that beginning.
Membership dues are 5.00 per year.
Those
interested may secure application blanks by

Pardon my skepticism^ but arerCt most of writing to the treasurer, Wilbert Ruscb, Sr.,

these men teachers in smalls church-related coll

4090 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, Mibhigan..

Sermm OuMne6 for Barefoot l^reae^ier^.

AS GOD HATH DEALT TO

stewardship are to be dir

EACH MAN
Rome 12:3,6

ected toward a

task

of

God's choosing

Introduction

1 This text deals with the stewardship 1. None of us dares challenge God's
right to use our abilities for His own

of the abilities which each of us has

been given by God.

This stewardship is clarified in the

purpose.

2.

pariable of the "talents", Matt. 24:14

the salient points of which are :

(a) Talents were allotted according to
ability of the recipient

This Paul's attitude: 2 Cor. 5:1Iff.

"All things are of God"
"Ministry of reconciliation"

"As though God were entreating by

us".

(b) The servants were to "occupy till in. My

abilities which

are

most useful to God.

the Lord comes"

Proper Christian attitude toward the

stewardship of my abilities is express

1. The

physical

talents commonly

thought of: music; speech; hands;

ed by Paul:
wisdom in councelling, etc.
Rom. 1:15 "As much as in me is"
Acts 20:24 "I hold not my life of 2. Others, more intangible, therefore
often overlooked; biit which are essen
any account, as dear to myself."
tial to our stewardship of abilities:
2 Cor. 6:3-4 "That our ministra
(a) My WILL- It remains my own so
tion be not blamed."
long as I live, and must DAILY

PROPOSITION

be surrendered and made subser

Now to analyze more specifically my

vient to His will.

use of God-given abilities.

(b) My COMMON SENSE.

I. Motivation provided in the

fact of my indebtedness to
man

talent. Most necessary, when God

{Rom. hl4)

directed, in searching the script

ures, dealing with the unsaved, etc.

(c) In matters like PATIENCE, FOR
BEARANCE, and other virtues.

1. Note: not an indebtedness to God, but

- to man.

, (a) What God gives _He gives as a

free gift. Nothing I can do can

These must be cultivated as they

personally profit God. His is a

purely altruistic interest in us.
(b) Not so ray relationship to fellows.
Here I am "a debtor".

do not come automatically to the

Chnstian. When developed, they

become tools for God's use in his

While

work.

God does not expect us to repay

Him, He does expect us to reci
procate to those who can benefit.
Rom: 13:8 "Owe no man any

Cone.Hardly needs repetition that

our obligation is toward the USE of our

abilities, and NOT toward the results

they produce. Refer to 1 Cor. 4:1,2 "Re

thing save to love one another"

quired in a steward that he be found

n.. The aim and purpose of

-

This is

too often considered an unusable

faithful."
10

SOME

OUTSTANDING
WOMEN

OF THE BIBLE
By H. Kaveri Bai

"ENCE, under the Lord's leading the

of Gilead.

elders of Israel humbled themselves

'and came to Tob in search ofjephthah. Many of these elders werejephthah's own brothers. With what face,

because the Lord had forbidden Israel to

do so, on the basis of their being kindred

people. Gilead had been taken from the
Ammorites, of whose territory it had been
a part. Jephthah told the king of
Ammon to keep what his god Chemosh
had given him, and Israel would keep
what the Lord God had given them.
But this reasoning was not acceptable
to the enemy. Jephthah was forced to
resort to armed force to push him out of

taunted Jepthah, had they now come to

him in their distress, after having expell

ed him from his father's house? Courag
eously they answered that for this ill
treatment alone they were prepared to

to be his servants and do his bidding.

Thus Jephthah returned to Gilead.
With him went his entire household and
all his men. Asenath liked her uncles
who showed a real affection for the fair

young niece.

He denied that any territory

had been taken from the Ammonites,

Gilead.

A Thoughtless Vow

How glad she was to go

Under the direction of God's Spirit,

and live in her own homeland !

Jephthah moved his forces to face the

army of Ammon. In the face bf the im
pending conflict, he vowed an awful vow,

Negotiations for Peace

As Governor of the land of Gilead

and captain of the army, Jephthah now

initialed negotiations with the king of

and said: "If Thou wilt without fail deliv

the Ammonites, to ask for the cause of

hands, then it shall be that whatsoever

his aggression against Israel. The enemy

replied with a plausible sounding, but
contrived grievance. He referred Jeph
thah to the time of Moses, three hundred
years ago, and said that the Israelites
had seized Gilead from the king of
Ammon and occupied it unlawfully. Jeph

cometh forth out of the doors of my house

to meet me, when I return in peace from

thah asked him, in effect, what he had

Lovely Asenath was enchanted with

been doing all the three hundred years

that the Israelites had been in possession

her new home in Mizpeh and had spent

the time Jephthah was away praying for

er

the children of Ammon

into my

the children of Ammon, shall surely be

the Lord's and I will offer it up for a
burnt offering."

A God-given victory

11

her father's victory. Her's had been a

All sounds of merriment and rejoicing

stronger and more simple faith in the

ceased. For the first time Asenath learned

God of her fathers than Jephthah's. Now of her father's terrible vow, which, as the
that the Lord had delivered the Ammon

circumstances had decreed, was to bring

ites into the hand? of Jcphthah, who tragedy to her own life. In a flash she
had thoroughly routed them with a great took it all in. But being a woman of
slaughter and utterly subdued them, he strong faith in the Lord, God was to her
despatched a messenger to Mizpeh with first and foremost, and all else next. She
the tidings of victory. Then he trium must comfort her father's heart! So,
phantly followed with his conquering keeping her own feelings, in the back
army..
ground, she answered Jephthah, "My
The news thrilled Asenath, not only father, if thou hast opened thy mouth
for the triumph Ofher father's arms but unto the Lord, do according to that
chiefly at the> faithfulness of God in keep for as much as the Lord hath taken ven
ing his promise. She also rejoiced at the geance on thine enemies. Let this thing
thought of how God had exalted the poor be done for me: let me along two months,
m^, whose life had been so bitter ^to that I may go up and down upon the
him. From being the leader of a band mountains and bewail my virginity, .1
of roughs he had become the governor and my fellows." With a tortured heart
of his own homeland and the captain of Jephthah permitted her to exile her
Asenath

self on the mountains with her maidens.

collected her maidens and the company

No human burnt offering is permitted

to be made, by the Lord, but the first

thp host that went to battle.

of women went forth to meet and wel

come the hero, with timbrels in the theiir born is to be redeemed by the offering of
hands, with music, singing and dancing.. ,a lamb according to the law God gave

An Unexpected Consequence

iby Moses.

In this case, Asenath must

;be completely dedicated to the Lord.

Flushed with victory and gratefully She must remain a virgin all her life:
conscious that it was the Lord who had
Jephthah did not know that God had
foiigh't for his people, the proiid warrior symbolically
slain His own only begotten
marched home from the battle-field. But
Son from the foundation of the world, for
whom should he see, first coming but of the sins of mankind. The actual sacrifice
the door of his house to meet him, but would take place 1,175 years later on
his fair yoimg daughter, his oply child,
the apple of his eye !-His heart sank and Calvary's hill. But he knew that God
his joy turned to mourning. He tore his had asked Abraham his ancestor to sacri
garments and uttered a loud cry, saying: fice hiis Only son Isaac, and when Abraharh Was in the act of slaying Isaac, God
"Alas, my daughter......you ha,ve drown had
prevented the knife from falling on
ed me in the depths of sorrow. I have the victim. He knew also that this act
made my vow to the Lord. Hov^ can I
break it now?" In tears he explained to of obedience had endeared the patriarch
her the vow he had made. His hopes for to the Lord so much that He had called
Abraham His friend. Jephthah's old
Asenath and Machir had been dashed to
the ground. He had doomed his lovely miother, still unable to reconcile herself
child to perpetual maidenhood. Since to the nonfulfillment of the soothsayer's
the Lord was against human isaCrifice, he prophecy, secretly wept for her darling's
would provide the offering of an animal wanderings on the mountains. Machir,
as a substitute,. but Asenath would have

( Continued on page 14 )

to remain "dedicated to the Lord."

12

WESWTARD HO TIMES
Ralph R, Harter

^HE flight from Lahore to Karachi,

connection at Beirut airport. The plane

-L being a night flight, was very boring. I was to have flown from Beirut to Jeru

It was the cheapest flight of Pakistan air salem in was already in Jerusalem. But
lines and refreshments had to be paid for once again Pan American Airways was
good to us. While we sipped coflee
but the prices were cheap.
provided by the company, theyran around
It was nearing midnight when we and got the necessary signatiues that
reached Karachi, and the onward flight allowed us to fly toJerusalem on a flight
by Pan American airways was only six of the Royal Jordanian airlines.

hours away. I didn't feel that it would be

This was a very interesting flight be

worth-while to go to a hotel, so I intend

ed to doze somewhere in the airport
lounge; but that was not to be.

cause we were now flying over "holy"

At the Karachi airport, I went direct

interesting of all was the bird's eye view

land; We flew over the city ofDamascus,

and then the city of Amman. But most

ly to the Pan American desk to report

my presence. The clerk took one look at
my ticket and announced that the in
coming plane was an hour-and-a-half
late. So, he said, he was sending me to
a hotel at the airline's expense. The air
line's taxi took me to the luxury hotel
and brought me back free of charge. The

of the RiverJordan twisting its way from

the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea.

The Jerusalem airport, as you might

expect, was in a rather desolate area.

Before gettingoffthe plane, I had already

decided that I would take the bus into

the city; but the taxi drivers had other

ideas. I was coerced along until my

suitcase
and I were being taxied city
facilities. In the morning, tea was
room was air conditioned with all modern

brought to my room, also free. They

were out to impress me that Pan Ameri
can treats you better than any other

ward.

airline.

the taxi's city office, the driver announc

ed that it would cost us again as much to
take us to the Y.M.G.A. We didn't know,

But their airliner was two hours late

when it finally arrived. (It was now

Monday morning Sept. 7th). However
it was a beautiful trip when we finally
got into the air. A sumptuous breakfast
was served to us at a height of ,000 feet.
But it was impossible to make up lost
time, with the result that I missed my

In the end, the fare into the city was

reasonable enough. But having reached

when we agreed to this, that the Y.M.G.A

was just around the corner. These Arab

taxi drivers didn't get another chance at

my wallet.

Jerusalem
The new and modern Gapitolina Hotel

of the Y.M.G.A. was a very delight13

ful place to stay, and the price was right.

It worked out best for me to eat all of my
meals in the hotel's spotless dining room.
I was never too far away from the hotel
that I couldn't get back for lunch and
supper. Before leaving the place three
days later, I was happy to take out a
membership in the Jerusalem Y.M.C.A.
That morning I had had bed tea in
Karachi, breakfast over Iran, coffee in
Lebanon; "elevenses" over Syria and
now lunch in Jerusalem.
The Y.M.C.A. on this Jordanian
(Arab) side of the city of Jerusalem
borders on "No Man's Land" with its

back dbor opening out onto the Mandelbaum gate. This is very convenient for
tourists who intend to visit the Israeli

(that is, the Jewish) side of the border

after completing their visit of the Arab
side. Having once crossed over into

I spent the first afternoon mostly

getting my bearings. After buying a
map, I walked out past the Garden of
Gethsemane on the Jericho Road. I
strolled about the brook Kidron, paying
particular attention to Absalom's tomb.

Then entering into the ancient walled

city by St. Stephen's gate, I would have
proceeded to visit the temple area, but,
I found that it had closed for the day.
Going down the Via Dolorosa, I passed
places that I would visit later. Leaving
the walled city by the Damascus gate,
I would have visited the Garden tomb,

but it had also closed for the night. It

was only left for me to return to the

Y.M.C.A. for supper and a good night's

sleep. I was ready for both.
(To be continued)

Israel, it is not legally possible to return.

For three days I was to enjoy the Jordan
ian side of the boundary before patroniz
ing the Gate.

By the time I had had my lunch, a

nap, and a shower, I was ready to begin
my tour ofJerusalem. Having sworn off
taxi drivers, I set out on foot.
' It is not difficult for people who like
to walk to cover Jerusalem on foot. But
no matter how one intends to tour Jeru
salem, the tourist should first buy a late
map of the city.

( Continued from page 12 )

in his steadfast loyalty to God, bore his
disappointment in a manly way.
The daughters of Israel, however,

observed Asenaih's sacrifice and exile by

making a pilgrimage to the mountain's
for four days every year. Jephthah judg
ed Israel till his death six years later.
THE END

Iand if persistently followed may cause

( Continued from page 2 )

mouth cancer.

Karim Bux, a fifty year old devotee

of
a
Muslim "saint", has made a seven
difficulties that beset him during his
hundred
mile pilgrimage to do homage
student days, when he was forced to live
to
his
patron,
by bicycle. He did this
on Rs. 2.50 (about 50 cents) for his food
Mr. Lai Bahadur Shastri recalled the

in the hope of "spiritual uplift."

habits of today in frequenting restaurants
A return to Hinduism, from the

for a month.

He frowned on the student

and coffee houses, which added to the

hardship of the parents.

A Kashmir minister considers his bi

cycle a faithful friend, not to be deserted.

His two-wheeler, he says, has stood by

him in fair and foul weather, whereas

the motors alloted to ministers may not

be for long.

A laborer in a cement factory in

Bombay has been awarded Rs. 5000 for
not having taken a single day of "sick
leave" in forty-five years of service.
A bus conductor in Lucknow

Mohammedan fold, ofa Kanpur resident

has been observed with the proper rites.
The women, who had borne a son while
among the Muslims, has given him a

typically Hindu name in preference to

his Mohammedan one.

Mr. V. Agarwal, member of a spon

soring committee of a World Hindu
Convention, claims to have enlisted

support for the meeting from the princes

of rhailand, the Dalai Lama, King of

Nepal, heads of various Hindu sects, and

the Akali Dal, a Sikh organization.

Invitations have gone around' the world.

sur

prised many people, and made the head

During the month of December, a

lines, when he returned to its owner a

wallet that had been dropped in his bus.

The wallet contained Rs. 64 in cash,
besides other valuable papers.
Stopping to remove a thorn from his

ceremonial sacrifice offive thousand water

buffaloes

was

held

in an

ancient

temple in western Nepal, to placate the

"Goddess of War". The object of the
sacrifice is particularly to protect the

bare foot cost a lorry driver in South

India his life. He was fleeing before a

thousands of Gurkha troops serving

with British forces in Malaysia and

wild elephant when he did so.

Hong Kong and with Indian forces

in India, in the event of nuclear war.

Kanpur police have arrested five per

sons in connection with a case of alleged
human sacrifice. Advised by a Muslim
'faqir', a women is said to have butchered
a nine year old daughter of a neighbor in
order to ensure that her own next child
would be a son who would survive.

The number of betel nut "chews"

Bete! chewers come, in the main, from

the Sindhi, Bengali and Muslim comm
Health authorities warn

take part in the ceremonies, to which the

King of Nepal has contributed a hundred
buffaloes himself. .After the sacrifice the

buffalo meat was distributed among the

poor people of Nepal.

A New Delhi magistrate has received

a letter from a "Superintendent of

Dacoits" (Bandits) asking him to take
action against alleged police mistreat

sold in Kanpur has risen, in two year's

time, from 125,000 to cOO.OOO per day.
unities.

Some 50,000 Nepalese were expected to

ment of a prisoner in a murder case.

Fellow "Superintendents" in other areas

of north India were sent copies of the

that

the habit is very detrimental to health

letter, the writer said.

15

The Last word

We acknowledge indebtedness and

offer our thanks to the following:

Zondervan Publishing House, Grand

Rapids, Michigan, for their kind permis

of appreciation, is:
"Hebron", Mushirabad

Hyderabad2, India

Mr. Harter, our publisher, who is

currently on leave to the U.S.A.

His

sion to quote from the book, "Science inimitable style of writing is finding ex

Returns to God", in our article onpage pression in the travel articles he sends us,
three.

^ The Pacific Press Publishing Associa

tion for permission to reprint the inter

the material for which must surely be

piling up sky high. He reports a fine
time at home and among friends, but we
wish he was back in Kanpur.

view that appears on page seven.

"Langru", the publisher's dog, is re

Miss H. Kaveri Bai, indefatigable ported missing in action and must be

contributor of articles on some of the
outstanding women of the Bible. Miss

presumed lost.

He departed on one of

his numerous field trips shortly after his

Kaveri Bai's address, in case readers owner went on furlough, and has not
would like to write her a personal note been heard from since.
THE CHRISTASIAN

Editor: Frank Rempel

7/131, Swarupnagar, Kanpur, 2,
Ass^t. Editor: William Gulick

Christ Nagar
Ennore, Madras
Registered with the Press
Registrar of India
Regd. No. 4534/57

Subscriptions may he sent to

BIBLE BOOK STORE

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Kanpur, 2, U. P.
Annual Subscription Rates

1 Copy Rs. 1.56 (or 3 years for Rs. 3 );

5 Copies Rs. 6; 10 Copies Rs. 10; 25
Copies Rs. 20.

The subscription rate in the U. S. and

Canada is 1.00 for one year or ^2 for

three years.

CHRISTASIAN . MAGAZINE is pub

lished for your spiritual enrichment, pre
senting the claims of NEW TESTA
MENT CHRISTIANITY.

Forwarding Agent for Mr. Rempel:

Central Christian Church
1848 S. E.-39th Ave.

Portland 14, Oregon.

Jesus said: "Go forth to every part of the
world, and proclaim the Good News to
the whole creation.

Those who believe

and receive baptism will find salvation;

those who do not believe will be con

demned."

Mk. 16:15-16 (NEB)

Published by Mr. Ralph Harter and printed by Mr Frank Rempel

at Service Printing and Publishing Press, 7/131, Swaroopnagar, K.\.\PUR, U.P. INDIA

News of H^lp]l H. Harter, _Jr. , Kisuionary to Kanpur, India

Presently on Furlough at Box 144,

Clinton, Ohio, 44216

January 23, 196^

W H I

It seems like

year ago

(instead of fqur months ago)

that I arrived Stateside, I.
enjoy to the utmost each new

day as it co/;ies; but it

.makes me dizsy to think of
the miles

that

are

THINGS

that some people there had

died from the cold,
but
Frank
wrote
in January,
r/eather

behind

and the ones that are yet to

positively wonder

ful - not
at
all
cold and
raw like sometimos,"

David

(the welder)

was

happilj' married on schedule.

come. Happily,^ the Lord does

He

not reruire us

tinuing faithfully

in their

church attendance.

The mar

to live more

than a day at a time.

row

and

then

letter

comes from India to sharpen

anticipation of getting
back
on
the field: the New
'Testament Publications Ass'n

has

long

since had its an

nual business meeting; Frank

Pempel

is

almost

finished

with the printing of C,J,

ohc.rp*s "Ten Teachable Les
sons

on

the Plan of Salva

tion;" and the annual busi

ness meeting of the church
in Swarupnagar has trans
pired in its typical way,
Andriyas

wrote

in December

and

-his

bride are con

riage plans of manga1 Singh

have been cancelled again
with the rosult
that llangal
got very badly beaten up by
the brother-in-law

that was

tp have been. There has been

no further a.'ord
the wadding plans

regarding
of Samuel

the electrician.
For those
of
our friends
who are anxious

to

increase

the missionary outreach of

the church, we are offering

a free copy of, "Triumphant

luissionary Ministry in the

(page four, please)

^ " 'I,'

5. C

C4. i;

ro

FINANCIAL

COISPTRIBUIIONS R3CNIV2D IN ITOmiBSR

hM) B3F0H3 CHHIbTLiAS, 1964

Arkansas;

Piggott First Christian

Illinois;
Fairfisld ICY Glass
Paxton V/omen*s Council
Ferris Christian Church

$10.00

Fast Chicago Oh, of Christ

SUMACT OF FIN/ANCIAL REPORT

Balance, Nov. 16

y753.30

Contributions Received

1213.59

Total Receipts

1966.89
595.08

$1351.81

40.00
20.00

Balance, January 20th

70.40

As indicated, some of this bal

ance has already been expended by
Brother Rempel in India,

Indiana:

Hammond South Side Church

South Side C.E.

REPORT

Less Disbursed

Stronghurst Christian Church 50.00

Red 'Quarry Christian Church
The ICenneth Fades family

f.i '..:ii>j o, rn o

50.00
10.00
47.66
5.75
50.00

Miss Florence Douglas

serving

as

our

has

been

forwarding agent

for .almost eleven years..Please

continue to send your contribu
tions

to

her

at 419 IT. Main St.

Flora, Illinois, 62639.

Kansas:

Lir, & Mrs, R,1Y. Dunahugh

Mother Dunahugh

70.00
10.00
Nortonville Christian Church 32.00
Derby Junior Choir
7.G7
Kentucky:
Mt. Zion Missionary
38.87

Grange City Christian Church 90.00

Powersville Christian Church 20.00
Mt. Cnrmel Christian Church
46.46

Evelyn Beckett

5.00

PROPOSED SPF.'UaNG FNG.vGi;i;MF-^S

Some
letters may
lost in the mail.
written

us

and

have become
If you have

have received no

answer,
please write again. Requests for apeaking dates
had
best
be
sent
to
me at Box 144,
Clinton, Ohio, 44216.
Proposed
appointments for
the
next three

Minnesota:
Fairmont Church of Christ
Missouri:
Fast Side Church of Christ
lAarceline Church of Christ
Donald F. Peel

21.00

January 24th, Bright, Indiana;

26th-28th, Garrett, Ind.; 31st at

50.00
23.50
25.00

Jennings

Keeper Church

20.00

months are as follows:

Kevtf York:
Ts

Tr

T->

r/?

in

St. Louis, Mo.,

the evening of
Flora, Illinois.

the

and

same day at

February 1-3, Flora, 111.; 4th,

Kokoiao, Indi; 5th-7th, V/ebber St.,

S./ a .

v...

Ohio;

Church,

Orrville Church of Christ

20.00
Clinton Church of Christ
120.00
Iv'iarLchGStQr Church of Christ 19.61
Sahina Jr. IV Class
12.86
Sabina Jr. VI Class
38.48

Liarshalltown, la.;

Old Stone Sunday School

20.00

Branch Hill Church of Christ 25.00

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

30.00

Llr.

10.00

and Ivlrs. P.M. Hawkins

Rittnsn Church of Christ

Brin]:haven Church of Christ

10.00
27.14

Columbus,

0.;

16th

at

17th, Hampton,

la.; 18th & 19th, Minnesota Bible

College;
21st at Riverlawn and
Derby in V/ichita, leans.; 24th at
3. -Hutchinson, Kans.; 28th at Ken
tucky Christian College.
Marcji lst-2nd, Kentucky Chris

tian College;
3rd-4th, Cincinnati
Bible Seminary;
6th-7th, Morris
Crossroads,

Pa.,

and

Follansbee

, 1213.5,9

W.Va.; 8th-9th,. East Palestine ;

14th, .Richmond Hts. and Kenmore,

FROM NOVEI.'IBBR 17th, 1964

TO JidUAHY 19th, 1965

Ky.;
23rd, Louisville Bible Col
lege;
27th-28th, Blanchester and

TOTAL COl'TTRIBUTID

Salary for 2 months

Stateside Travel

280.00
192,60

newsletter (Postage on two

issues and supplies for
several issues)
Correspondence
Telephone Calls
Passport Renewal

Projector Bulb
TOTidL 3PBIIT

81.90
18.50
11.28
5.80

0.;

21st, English and Horse Gave,

Moscow', Ohio.
April 4th,

'Ine following

been
are

This list of expenditures does

not include expenditures made on
our behalf by Frank Rempel in In
dia. V/ith our permission, he sends
us his report at his convenience.
He is very busy these days, and so
his report is not yet here.

camp dates

definitely
awaiting

others.

595.08

Perry Chur-ch in Can

ton, 0.; 6th, Hew Ross, Ind.; 11th

at Osgood, Ind. and Harrison, 0.
have

promised, and we

confirxiBtion on one

July ISth to 24th,

Round Lake, 0.; August 2nd-7thi

V/inena A'eek of Missions, Oregon;
August 15th-21st, Round Lake, 0.;
2crd2Bth, Camp Black, Zanes
ville, Ohio.

The approximate date

for my de

parture from Hew York for India is

now September 8th.

Local Church,
by ITorman
Lev)is
V/rite for i t today
while
you are thinking of
it.

Hoan

Another

free

suitable for

and

. give-away

bulletin boards

basements

is

a photo

graph of yours truly,

memories

since

the following

of

our

sending

neViisletter:

travels

out our last

The

enthusiasm

of
the
young people at
Ha^raond "Who "want to help us
bu7 a ne\^ Hindi typewriter;
projector troubles at IDast
Chicago;
the verge of car
sickness desp'ite the careful
driving
of
Steve V.'illis;
Larry Calhoun^s great enthu
siasm for missions;
rugged
weather

Kelly
table;

at

ilittiiian;

I.jrs,

Story*s -overloaded
mj?" occasional chauf

feur, John Clary; inspecting

mi sales with kelvin Sparks
and Dr, V/illiam liayfield;
sating at the Blue G-oose
LIr.

and

Ivirs. V/, Irio

Dance; wading and fishing in

the

Gulf

of iiexico with my

sister and her family;

ting
hound
and

Sr.;

visi

in the Knoxvills Grey

Bus
i.Irs,

Station with Ivir,

David

Mountain

in Tennessee

by kindness of Leon Hendrix;

thavjed

wedding

cake in the

Harmon home; meeting the (>50

champion Dennis the Menace;
visiting the Edgar Tweddles
after about 18 years; the ex

im:.OKL'S

v/e, treasure

with

tree;
leaving home on New
Year*s' night with a miser
able cold;
frosted trees on

Barber,

celebrating Llrs, Hoth-

ermel's 82nd birthday; prea

ching in manohester's new

church
building;
Cousin
Ivan*s dangerous Christmas

pert

drivii^ of Verna Lake.; '

the
oonvivd-lity at Heath;
Joyce iiorrical*3 sickness at

Portland, Ind,; the shock of

Jir.

and

Mrs.

Sheets

when

they thought I had come from

Portland, Oregon, instead of
Portland, Indiana;
that "was
the day and night and day
that -vjas

y.vhen I

fought the

blizzard
across Illinois,
Indiana, and Ohio;
discuss
ing old and now times v.ith
the Ha than Blacks;
a Go.dsent
opportunity at
the
South

Church

of

Christ in

Columbus;
not to mention
welcoming in the How Tear
with a devotional message by
Don Hickerson in the Kenmoro

church; a
copy of the Hew
aUaerican Standard Bible (Hew

Testament)

given

to

me by

Mrs, Ered Smith;

and
very
interesting reminiscing by
Fred Smith

of times when he

worked in Kanpur,
Mailing of this newsletter
may be delayed until arrival
of
the
India,

CHHIoTASX-^iNs

from

PLEASE

OE ADDRESS
"iSUPPLEivIENr TO THE JAMJAHY ISSUE OF HAP.TER THROBS
FEBRUi'^H^Y 12th, 1965
Our foi^varding'agent, Hiss
Flor'ence Douglas, is v e r y

house floor# The brethren at

soon leaving Flora, IllinoiSo

Bright are "very loving and

enthusiastiOo This year they

Therefore, from February 24th

onivards, please send y o u r

missionso

are

going

to

give

The

35^^ to

missionary

contributions to Hls.s_Dpagl.as
at 1111 IT:. Hain'Sto,
Joplin,

rallies

Hissouri.

good food, fellowship^

inscruotion and inspiratione I

64001 a

The mailing of our lana^e.xy nai^sletter vms delcj'-ed

because
of
the

of
the non-arrival,
OHRISTASI-ANS
from

at

Garrett:. Flora,

and Urbane

were f i l l e d with

enjoyed unexpected visits to

the Sto Louis Old Peoples'
Home

and

the church at St.,

Joseph^ Illo

It vjas good to

revisit

Tom HoGees

India# , Unless they arrive

while "we are preparing this
supplement, jrou will have to
do without
your copy of

Christ# i-irSw Schlieker drove

CHRI3TA3IAN for awhile#..

me

Since January 23rd I have

visited several very inter
esting places# On my way to

Louis

Bright,

Indiana,

I stopped

the

the

Jennings
very

Church

and

of

carefully from St#

to

Flora.-,

Kenneth

V/ashburn went Way out of his

way to help us, and it was a

real joy

to visit his homoc

for
an hour-s
visit
vjith
fellow
Clintonite
Russell

Frank Roas,

Liob#

town, Indiana, is in wery

poor health,
but his gener

Russell was busy wax

ing the Harrison

meet i n g

ful

our very faith

contributor

from Green-

osity is as healthy as ever#

N A K. 0

A I,

R 3

R T

CONTRIBUTIOITS RSCjSIVSU BEW3FN

OIIRISTI.iA.3 AIID JANUARY 31, 1905

FOR

Contributions Received

Total Keocipts

Mis's'Tcrilee Niokorson

Loss Disbursed

'

#1351.81
1222.69
2574.50
185.34

$2389.16

Balance, Feb. 9th

PROPOSED, speaking ETTGAGEhlEhTTS

Sau" "Gallie First Christian

Ft. Myers First Christian
Titusville First Christian

50.00
25,00
45.00

:^yino_isj_
FaiYfTeld J.O.Y. Class
Council

Waukegan Central Christian

Indiana:
Frank Heas

Portland Church of Christ

Hammond South Side

20.00
10.00
20.00
50.00
50.00

5.75

Kansas:

Mr. and l^.Irs. R.Vif, Dunohugh

Mother Uunahugh

35.00
5.00

Kentucky:

Sasl: Union Bible School

Unity Christian Church
Mr. and iirs. Thomas Omer
Missouri:

Keeper Church
Liberty Bible Classes
Mr.

$50.00

Helen Biddle
Florida:

Paxton V/omen* s

SOIvSiMiKY OF FimiTGIilL REPORT

Balance, January BOth

OaliforniCL;

In Memory of

'

JANUARY

and i>irs. Donald peel

31.14
121.71
10.00
10.00
19.13
25.00

12 t h-14 th,

GhuFch5'"Coluiibus, 0.;

Ind ia no la

17th, Hamp

ton, Icwa;
IGth-lGth, Minnesota
Bible College; 21st, Rivorlawn'and
Derby, Wichita, Kansas; 24th, S.

Hutchinsch, Kc.n',; 28th, Carter and

Iron Hill, Kentucky.
^r_Gh l3t-2nd, Kentucky" Christ-

ian 'CollegG;

3rd, Dry Run, Ports-

Xiiouth, 0.;
4th, Cincinnati Bible
Sorainary; ' 6th-7th, Morri.t' Cross
roads, pa, and Follansbee, Y/.Ta.;
6th-9th, East Palostine, 0.;"14th,
Richxaond Hts. and Kenmoro, 0.;
21st, English and Horse Cave, Ky,;
23rd, Louisville Bible College;
24th,
CollogG of the Scriptures;
27th-2eth, Blanchestor and Moscow,
Ohio; 30th, Lincoln Ciiristinn Col
lege, 111.
April;' 1st.

College, Mo.;
Ccanton.

0.:

St. Louis

4th,
6th.

Christian

Perry Church,

"New Ross.

Tnd.J

Mrs# L#B. Dalton

Ohio;

20,00

Clinton Church

60,00
4.0,00

Old Stone Sundr.y School

Lucille Ziegler

5,00

IBerry Christian Church

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

50,00
10,00
90,00
34,96
10.00
10,00

Orrvillo Church of Christ

Columbus South Church
Zanesville North Terrace

15,00
50.00
35,00

Heath Church of Christ

Branch Hill Church of Clirls'
Linden Home builders
Manchester Church of Christ

Tennossoe:

Johnson City Third Church o:

Christ Ladies* Aid
Embreoville Oh# of Christ
Church at Central
TOTAL C0NTRI3UTSD

11th, Osgood, Ind, and Harrison,

0,;' 14th, Black Oak Church, Gary,
Ind,; 25th, llillersburg, 0,
CAI.iP DATES

The follo^'Jing camp dates have

been definitely promised: "June 21

to 26th, Pearson's Mill, Ind,;

June 37th to July 3rd, near Hamp
ton, " lovja; July 18th-24th, Round
Lake, 0,; "July 25th-31st, "i/7h.itowater Canp, Ind,;
Aug. 2-7,
Camp
Vfinema, Oregon; Aug. "15-21, Round
Lake, 0.; Aug. 23-23, near Zanes
ville, 0.

10,00
100,00

10 0.0.0
1232.69

EZPEiroED FROM JAIUaRY 19th

Oorrespondonco regarding speak

ing dates
should"be sent to mo at

Box 144,

-Clinton,

Ohio,

44216,

TO FEBHa/:RY 9th, 1935

Salary for one month
140,00

Don't forget that after Feb

ruary 24th you should send your

Stateside Travel

contributions to

.45,54

TOT^a SJCPEIIDED

IsBTSi

Miss Florence Douglas

1111 K, Main St,

The list

of

expenditures

India has not yet arrived.

from

Joplin, Missouri
64801

Since

number
ashed

OUR SUPPORT
there
have

of
as

people
to

Embreeville, Tenn.
Mt# Carmel, Ky
Mto Zion, Ky.
Osgood, Ind.

been a

"who have

the amount of

support wo receive, wo are

listing it here; and "we hope
that we haven't forgotten
anybody. Amounts per month:

Clinton, Ohio

$50o00

Rollin Dunahugh
Mother Dunahugh

Mrs. Scott Niokerson

Linden W.G.S.G.

There are others who bless

us

with

their

"generosity

35.00
500

from time to time.

Although it
is true ^hat

Linden Homobuildcrs

30.00

wo

Flggott, Arkansas

10.00

times of "want, we have n<ivor

Paxton, Illinois

10.00

felt
that our work had ever
suffered from lack of funds.

20.00

Vdiile on furlough, our bal

ance gets built' up a bit.

Fairfiold, 111. {for

ICalimpong work)
Pranlc Roas

10.00

Uocpor, Missouri

10.00

Bladonsburg L.D.s

1000

Branch Hill, Ohio

Old Stone, Ohio

10.00
10,00

Mrs. Handvjork
ivlrso Flint

5.00
3.33

TOTAL P3R UOimi $220.53

The follo"Wir^ others also
give regularly and in size

able amounts,

but

size and

This lasts us

exporisnco

for a ytaar or

so after wo return to India,

Following the dissolution of

the balance, v^o soon find

ourselves spending
each
month what v;as jrecoived from

the U.S. the month before:

io. no funds are left over
from one month to the next.
The financial report servos
to keep you informed.

frequency vary.

Hammond, Indo, South Side

occasionally

This

may

help

you

to

Fast Union, Ky. "

Unity Church, Ey.

understand what I moan when

I
say that I
am not on a
fund raising tour but that I
novorthless appreciato all
contributions which are made

Liberty Sunday School

to the vjork.

The Donald Peels

The Konnoth Fades

to

The Colostocks

Derby, Kans., Senior Youth

I fool that
report

it is my duty

to

the ohurchos

Manches tor, Ohio

Brinkhavon, Ohio

mo.

Sabina JrS.

desire that I may bo of help

IV and VI

Oak Grove, Pa.

"
Church at Central, Tenn.
North Torraco, Zanosvillo

that

have
It

is

been

supporting

also my burning

to you in planting your foot

on higher ground.

MARCH

1965
MISSIONARY

REPORT

OF FRANK AND MARIE REMPEL

7/13I5 Swarupnagar, Kanpur2, U. P., India

Link to Life
The following is the text taken from the
brochure "Link to Life'^ available for World
Literature Sunday observance.
"IF I AM ELECTED PRESIDENT, ALL MISSIONARIES
WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY BY JULY."
- "BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF MISSIONARIES AGITATING

IN POLITICS, WE ARE ORDERING THEM OUT OF THE

COUNTRY

"

These threatening statements crackled in recent news headlines as

Christian missions faced the pressure of rising nationalistic ambitions
across the world. Some of the statements are, of course, exaggerated
and unreasonable and never will be carried out. But other such threats

have already been put into legislative action.

The world is changing .... People are changing

fanatic

nationalism on the one hand, religious fanaticism on the other, are

re-shaping geography and opportunity. And the missionaiy is pressed

mercilessly. In some places he senses his time for evangelizing is
running out like a short fuse, but everywhere he realizes an urgency
as never before to reach the masses.

In turbulent areas of the world, one thing is common: people are

looking. Not for any old straw to clutch that may blow away in the
violent winds of change

but desperately seeking some firm

footing, something that will hold them up, keep them from sinking,
from being swallowed up in the rip tides of political and national
conflict.

They are, indeed, looking for life.

What kind oflife ? It is that life that has meaning beyond the

sound of bugles and guns and political speeches. A life that carries

hope, cornfort, peace, security. It is that life which only One has
promised in history, the Son of God Himself.

But where do they find it? Where is the link to it? If the

missionary is there and can reach themyes. If the national pastor

and church is there and can reach themyes. But ifthe missionary
and the pastor are overwhelmed with responsibilities, what then ?

And what of the multitudes of people in other religions who cannot

go to church for fear of reprisal from government or nrighbors? What

of the pagan who has not yet begun to sense the significance of the
church to his own life ? What of the student who, proud of his

intellectualism, refuses to "listen" to the Gospel or relate himselfto

it for fear of ridicule of his fellow students or professors ?
Is there still a link when human contact is beyond reach or even

shurined becaitse of fear ? Is there still a link to spiritual life when the
missionary is not available and the church is by-passed ?
Thank God there is ! For there is still the Word. And there are
readers. One million new readers a week, more than 80 million a

year I And the Bible is there

the tract, pamphlet, magazine,
correspondence course. The "silent witness." Away from searching
eyes, from the probing investigations of the state, away from the

demands of entrenched religion, away from the critical intrusions of

friends or.even family
People can read
alone. If thev cannot

hear, they can read. And think. And wonder. And finally, thank

God, receive the offer of life in Christ.

Yes, literature is the link to life. While nations rock in their

political and even religious upheavals, while missionarifs spread

themselves thin over tlie batthfields and confess they cannot reach the
mushrooming masses in timethere is literatuie.

Tomorrow., perhaps, missionaries may have to leave rumbling

nations ..... but our witness can remain; in national Christians alivb

to their responsibility, and equipped to reach these masses who long

for hope beyond the darkening shadows of contemporary condition.
And in their hand.s they have the link- literature.

"When we had to leave the Sudan," a missionary from that area

to hang on to their Bibles and their books, as if they realized that these

said recently, "I noticed how much more the national Christians seemed
were more precious than ever, now that we had to leave

*'If I had known" said a missionary who had to leave rebel-torn

Kwilu Province in the Congo, "that my time was so short, I would
have gotten hold of every Christian book in the language, and left it
there,for the church."

Here, then, is the link. And it is this that the prophet in the Old
Testament had in mind when he said, "Write the vision and make it

plain that he may run that readelh it." (Habakkuk 2:2)

A LINK TO OUR FRIENDS

(9ur Jear friends:

The Rempels have been more than usually active in the matter of correspondence
and many of you have had letters from us. To many ofyou have gone grateful
acknowledgments of gifts received; some toward personal support, somefor general
mission (literature ) work, and some for our furlough fund. We say again:
''The Lord bless each one of you"!

Now, with only a matter of three months left before we are scheduled to leave
India, the details ofpreparing to do so arepressing upon us. Dale andDean are

packing to return to Woodstock for their final three months therenot just the
final semester of this year, but this time, the final three months, period I Dale is
' tograduate just before we leave; Dean will complete High School while we are
home on furlough. They have been going to Woodstock like this for twelve years
' now.

We arejust completing our sixteenth year in India. It seems a good lime to

reminUce a bit, especially as several requests have come recentlyfor some kind of
ccnrise, comprehensive report of our work over the years. We'llput it in the
thirdperson, to avoid excessive use of the first personal pronouns.
A WORD OF HISTORY

Frank and Marie Rempcl, Canadians, received their training for

Christian service in Alberta Bible College, Calgary, Alberta. After
serving for several years in Canadian churches, they came to India in
1949, to serve at Kulpahar, in the province of Uttar Pradesh (U. P.)
in northern India. They brought with them their two adopted sons,
Dale and Dean, who were then only two and a half years of age.
Language training, and their subsequent work in the India Bible
College occupied them for the next nine years. At the end of that
period, for reasons dictated by local conditions and changing national

circumstances,
terminated.

the Bible training program at

Kulpahar was

The Rempels turned their attention to the situation that had been

created by the unprecedented growth in the rate of literacy in India,

with the consequent creation of an entirely new reading public. They
saw.it as .a new means, Divinely provided, for putting the Word of the
Lord before the people of Indiaa new weapon in the struggle for
men's minds in the spiritual warfare.
IN KANPUR

This new work made a move from Kulpahar necessary. The great
city of Kanpur, with its adequate facilities for printing, and priming
supplies, became their headquarters. A house adequate for both
living and working was obtained. A small press, donated by Mrs. Z.
Rothermel, veteran missionary in the U.P., was put into action. Small
bits of necessary equipment have been added from time to time, but

this small press remains the basic unit of ou" printing facilities. A
team of two national workers complete the staff.

In cooperation with Brother Ralph Harter, also in Kanpur, a fairly

comprehensive printing ministry has been undertaken. Two periodicals,
one in Hindi and one in English, are published. The main concentra

tion has been on study materials, ranging from very basic, question
and answer work-books to more advanced systematic Bible study texts.
Bro. Harter operates a ''BIBLE BOOK STORE" in Kanpur, which is
a distribution centre for much of our literature. Many other publish
ing groups in India use our materials, as we do theirs whenever
possible. Tracts, both in Hindi and English, are printed as needed.

They consider one other phase of their work in Kanpur to be as

important as any otherwork in connection with the Bible Society of
India and Ceylon.

All of the missionaries are members of the Execu

tive Committee of the local branch of the Society and a good deal of
time is devoted to Bible Society aims and purposes. The distribution
of printed portionsGospels, usuallyreceives great emphasis in this
work. It is the aim of the distribution committee to see that every
home in Kanpur has at least one of these portions. This is of course
considered basic to local evangelism.
THE OTHER PART OF THE TEAM

The workers on the held are of course only a part of the effort.
Churches in Portland Oregon, Clovis, New Mexico, and Bluffton,
Ind.. provide personal support for the Rempels. The Central Christian
Church in Portland, in addition, performs the vital function of a
forwarding and financial agency. Large numbers of devoted Christians,
''roni many churches in the U. S and Canada uphold the work with
b i:- pravers and money. There has been, over the yars. a "fellowship
i I 'd G >'^pel'' that has been very gratifving to the Rempelswe trust
id n ir b i:; b-^-en -qually meaningful to the oth'^r part of 'he team.

Prinrcci l.>v F. Rempel at the Service Printing ,V- Publishing Press. 7/131 Swaruonagar,
K.\XPUR. U. P. INDIA

30 1965

Reg'd. No. 45^4/57

V\CT0R5

TESTIMONY

"No," rasped old Jonathan, "I don't agree

With any resurrection, neither mind
Body nor spirit, beast nor humankind;
That takes belief too credulous for me.

I'm a blunt man, who never put much

stock

In theories a person can't explain

All right and clearit goes against the
grain
To listen to this 'faith and wonders' talk."

He turned with one last sniff and dropped

a brown

Seed pellet in the loosely furrowed drillAnother and anothersquatted down

To rearrange the earth with loving skill.
"By June," he bragged, "I'll havenastursiums here

Biggcr'n the ones you raved about last

year."

(Florence Burrill Jacobs)

"As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive!" 1 Corinthians 16:22

Vol XI, No. 2

March

1965

April

Kanpur, India

Indian Press Gleanings

By F. R.

Four human eyes, flown to India

frpm the U. S. A, for purposes of corneal
trahsplants. at the Mission hospital at
Mungeli, M. P. arrived too late for the
pfi^sbns for whom they were intended.

scrambling for too few morsels of food,"

unless somehow the "boom in babies"
can be arrested. . In the decade 1941-51

mean birth rate per thousand was 399.

The corresponding figure for the follow
Tfte shipment had been arranged by Dr. ing decade is 417. The death rate, mean
Andrews of that hospital, with the help while, is steadily declining.
of lan aniateur radio, opperator in the
A U.S. expert has predicted that by
U.S.A. The eyes are not wasted, however, 1970 India (and other. Asian and African
but will be used for experiments other countries) may face its biggest famine in
tha:n cornekl tpansplahts, in chat famous history, unless food production can be
eye hosfiital.
'
substantially increased by. the use of
' In 'Gauhati, five hundred persons improved farming methods and fertiliz
were taken suddenly ill, following the ers. For three or four years now there
taking of "prasad"food offered to an has been no appreciable increase in pro
duction.
idol at a special "kirtan".
In Ahmedabad, six people were
In order to profit as much as possi
killed and about fifty injured while en ble from the current high prices of shortgaged in the dangerous sport of kite-fly supply food commodities, some dealers
ing. The occasion was the kite-flying are seriously adulterating the foods they
festival of Makar-Sankrati in Gujerat. sell. At least one tenth.of all food sold
Some of these were killed and injured in in Delhi is reported to be affected. The
falls from house-tops from where they Food and Agriculture Minister himself
were flying their air-borne toys; others in reported receiving a packet of sugar that
clashes with rival groups of kite flyers.
was found to be mixed with other sub
The practice of chewing "pan" stances.
. .
(betel) and tobacco, resulted in the rela
At
least
100,000
tons
of sugar is to
tively high frequency of oral cancer that
is recorded for the U. P. The Pathology be exported to the U.S.A. during the
Department of the S. N. Medical College current year. Exports to all countries
at Agra, which conducted extensive are to reach a total of 300,000 tons.
The India rupee, reports the Luckstudies, says that men are more severely
now Pioneer, is a niere shadow of its

affected than women.

The Punjab Government has order

ed that all distilleries of "country liquor"

(locally produced alcoholic beverages)

must print the advice: .-'Excessive use of
alchohol is deleterious to health'*

on

pre-independence self. The proof of it is

in the amount it will purchase. Whereas
in 1947 a nipee would buy four seers of
wheat, today one can get only one seer.
The Consumer

Price

Index for

Kan pur, working from a base of 100 in

August, 1939, reports a general rise in
the
cost of living to 725 points. This
"unenviable prospect of too many mouths

labels affixed to their products.

The State of U .P. is faced with the

includes a rise of 23 points in the month in Octbberj as 'Against only 2685 in

just'finished.' "Foo'd'p'rices registered the "September.
highest jump:36 points in th&JasVmonth.
During the current five year plan,
A village tailor of Kerala state 20 lakhs (2 million) children will enter
posted a parcel containing 50 grams of schools^ in U. P., the State Minster of
rice a small handful to the Food

Minister. This represented; all he was

able to get on his ration cardl A Woman

of the same place is reported to have

refused her ration, since the liny amount
would have been of no use to her family
of three.

Education discloses.

The disorders provoked by the

declaration of Hindi as India's official

languagehave resulted, so far, in around

60 deaths in South India. Protests have
taken extreme forms there, the ultimate
of which has been the self-immpliitioh of

10,575 persons. registered for jobs at least two men of Tamil-nad, But in

in Kanpur in October. There were

North India, four men are said to have-

nearly 15,000 applicants during the pre- gone on fast as a protest against the dis
ceding mpnth.' 2914.were placed in jobs ordersa sort of anti anti-Hiiidi protest.
"In the sleepless Atlantic, remote and alone

Is a rock, which the wild winds eternally beat.Its echoing bulwarks with sea drift are strewn.
And dark are the waters that roll at itsTeet.

"But though surges and breakers around it may sweep.

That hermit of ocean lives conquering on.
And the mariner sees it, still breasting the deep
As it filing back the surf in the years that are gone*
"All worn, but unshaken, that desolate rock,;

Fast-footed where islands and earthquakes ate born,

Looks fearlessly down on the breaker's rude shock

' ' And;laughs the vain forcie of the tempest to scorn,

"Oj thpu that reverest a Master above.

And sighest for glories, immortal and high.

Be strong in believing and steadfast in love,;
When passion is loud, and the tempter is nigh,.
"When infidels bid thee bp false to thy Lord,
When they laugh at the faith that ennobles and saves.
When they rail at His people and scoff at His Word,
Be thou to their wildness that rock in the wave.

"Aye, stand like that sea cliff, nor ask thoU to shun
The work of obedience, the care Or the cost.
There are treasures of infinite worth to be won.

There are treasures ofinfinite worth to be lost.

"With the wiles of the Tempter, his vengeance or mirth

Strive thou as the faithful of old oft have striven.
And the cares and the toils of thy warfare on earth
Shall be paid in the peace, and the rapture, of HEAVEN!"
(Selected )

y^rs a Sfianipion ef Creation , .y'

-

GEOLOGIST FOR GOD

story of George McCready Price, as?
told in an interview with "Richard H. TJtt.

It

is reprinted here'with permission of "Signs of

the "Tinies^' magazine.

"

^PRlCE^for hgw many years have How much geolo^al observation

you been studyifig and writing, on evolution and personally ?

haveyou done

creation?

I was bornin eastern Gariada,-and

For sixty years, since 1899.

How did you happen to get iriterested iri this
subject ?

tramped over large parts of new Bruns

wick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edwayd

Island. Geology was'm my blood ion,g

before I first saw a geolo'gy textbook, and

I was principal of a public school

in eastern Canada at the time and ^iny
chief interest was Greek, Latin and early
church history. One day an atheistic

ful opportunity to study geology, incliid-

doctor challenged me on" the matter of

visited all the.; major -museums in this

these travels by fo6t gave nie a wonder

Wg glftcial:phenomena at first hand. I've

origins. I had never given much thought .country and in Europe and buttonholed
to it, and determined to study into the dozens of"big".geologists. Until recently

history of evolution. The more I studied

traveled more- extensively
the more I saw the numerous Weakiiesseis; than most"geologists.
of the evolutionary theOry. ,

Why haveyou spent most of your life writing Haveypvi recdved any recognitionas a scientist?
and teaching a philosophy contrary to what the
majority believe ?
I foumd evolution's arguments vul
nerable at many points, arid felt thrit

For.abput forty yearis my name has

been^ listed in Who's Who in America, and
dlso in American Men ofScience.

these points should be exposed.; Jt Was

a job that had to be done. .1 fejt a r.e^L Is It.not true,that, many evolutionists believe in
call to do the job, as though someone J^ad, God? ; ;
tapped me on the shoulder ,?ind told,me
to do it.

, .

In this" country the great majority

profess to believe in a god of some sort.

How many bookr haveyou writteru since then? - 'Each one hak his Own particular form of

Twenty books, and about'twenty' belief.'^ Fifty or seVerity-five years ago

:there were more aitheisiic scientists than
pamphlets. Some jof the Ibooks are

New. Geology, The Phantom, of.OrganicEvctlU' now, but twd world wars have shaken
tion. Modern Discoveries xWhieh 'help Us'to' their faith in . man a bit. The first war
Believe, Genesis^ Vindicated,, and Common-Sense -was bad enough, but the second war

Geology^

threw the atheists back on their haunches

Is it not also true that many devout Christians doctrine of uniformity. By this standard
no resurrection would be possible, for it

believe in evolution ?

would be a reversal of natural law.

Comparatively few Christians stop

and think through the implications of What about Christ's second coming ?
belief in evolution, and many do not

really know their Bibles. If they did,

they would see that evolutionism and
Bible Christianity are mutually exclusive.
Why do yousay that ? Can't evolution beex
plained as God's method of accomplishing
creation ?

Evolution is a libel on God. A God

capable of making man would not make

him in so clumsy and cruel a fashion as
evolutionists teach. H. G. Wells believed

in a God, but his kind of God has his

hands tied. Many people have the idea
of a limited *'god", trying to do the best
he can with what he has at hand, some

thing like the old Greek gods with their

limitations. The moral arguments against
organic evolution have never been fully
developed.

Hoio, specificallyi is evolution incompatible with

the great truths of Christianity ?
One example would be the doctrine
of the fall of man.

The Bible says man

The Bible itself explains why most

evolutionists deny the second coming, if
they give it any thought. "There will be
in the last days scoffers,
saying,Where
is the promise of His coming? for since
the fathers fell asleep, all things continue
as they were from the beginning of the
creation." 2 Peter 3:3,4.

Their strong

belief in uniformitarianism-all things con

tinuing as they werecauses them to dis
count such a stupendous event as Christ's
coming.

Ifevolution is opposed to such articles of faith

as the virgin birth and the resurrectiouy I
suppose Roman Catholics oppose evolution.
What is their position?

George Barry O'Toole, a Jesuit

writer, followed my line ofthinking close
ly in his book. The Case Against Evolution
(The Macmillan Co., 1925), and quoted
many pages from my writings. Other
Catholic writers accept evolution, al
though the Catholic Church has always
f'esisted the idea that man's soul came by

Was perfect, then fell. According to evolution. Catholics

evolution, man is ascending. As^ Dr. on the subject.
Frank Marsh says, *'Christ didn't die for

blow hot and cold

a noble beast, but for a fallen man." It's

Asidefrom questions of Christian faithy what

though many have tried.

have to society in general ?

impossible to harmonize the two ideas, importance does theevolution-creation controvert

If in order to accept evolution you
Can evolution be reconciled with the doctrine of
scrap the Bible which so many have done,
Christ's virgin birth ?
you have no basis for morality, or at best
I do not see how. In fact, I believe a shaky basis.

that when theologians deny the divinity

of Christ, it's often because they have the

After studying the creation question for dxty

doctrine of evolution in the back of their yearSy wouldyou say creation is a provedfact ?
heads.

It depends on what you mean by

Can evolution be reconciled with the doctrine of proof. All other methods of accounting

the resurrection of Christ ?

No. Evolution teaches that natural

law has always prevailed. That's the

for man's origin have failed. Every

scheme of reasoning ever tried will get
{Continued onpage 14)

JERUSJUiEM

TIMES

By Ralph Harter

Eatly in the morning on the third of the Damascus Gate, not too far from
day of the week ( Tuesday ) I made my Pilate's Judgment Hall. Actually, the

S^ay' alone to Gordon's Garden Tomb.

Protestant Calvary, despite

teistanfs to be the true site of the burial of

closer to the Judgment Hall than is the

the fact

This place is considered by- many Pro- that it is outside of the walled city, is

Jesus. Nearby is "Gorjion's Calvary", Catholic Calvary which is inside of the

Which many Protestants consider to be

city.

flieir Own ^vell-knpwn shrines within the

walls of the old city.
' Which points oiit the crux of the

bit, he did find an: empty tomb near-by

which seems to be everything that the

the true site of the crucifixion of Jesus,

Having located the probable site of
i
The Catholics don't agree with the crucifixion, Gordon set about to lo
th'e^e two Protestant sites. They have cate the tomb. After digging around, a

matter. The Bible (Heb. 13:12 and John

19:17 for example) indicates that Christ

was crucified outside the city gates.

tomb of Christ ought to be.

This tomb is preserved today in a

quiet garden setting. One can sit and

meditate inside the empty tomb i.tself, or
one can sit and meditate upon one of the

Thus the iCatholic shrine, being inside

the city gates, is not scriptural.
garden benches which face the tomb.
The Catholics get around this by
Access to the garden h reached by
saying that at that time of Christ's cruci ringing a.bell at the gate. Some young
fixion, this shrine was outside the city. lady opened the gate for me. and then

THey hdve no prooffor this view, and the went back to her breakfast in her house
fclaim is'illogical and untenable.
nearby.- I was left to roam and medicate
' " If'the Catholic yiew were correct,

Wdtild have meant that the old city

Wail Was biiiit below, the top of the hill.

IThus; ^hy erieniy that woiild take the
trdiibie *to claim the hiil. coiild easily

in the garden for as long as I pleased.

No one else appeared for as long as I
was there, .

This is. in great contrast to theGafoolic shrine which I visited less than

bombard the city from the siimmit. Any

an hourdater.

pity, builder would have known to include

the top of the hill within the city's walls.
That is the way that the city wall is built
today,.and I think that, beyond a doubt.

the trappings of Catholicism, priests

celebrating mass, and pilgrims crossing

Wis Is the way that it was in Jesus' day.

It was crowded with all

themselves with the sign of the crpss. I

was requested to make an offering, but
L abstained.

But the Giathdlics must protect their pro-

While I was roaming around the

Btable ihxefests by some means 6.r other.

The site favored by Protestants was
located by a man named Gordon. He
was attracted to.the place by a hill that

garden at what I considered the true site

looks liks a .skull because of the caves

that appear, on its rpcky face. Today

ffiis Kill is hidden from view by the city
bus station, but it can still be seen by
those'who take the trouble to hunt it up.
- This Protestant Calvary is outside

of Christ's tomb, .1 investigated the

possibilty of going to the top of "the
place of the skull". But the top of this

hill is owned by a Catholic nunnery and

is thus not open to the public.

Visiting the Garden Tomb early
in the day was no doubt the most worth

while experience I had in the Holy

Land.

SCIENCE
DISCOVERS
GOD
By F. Rempel

The Jirsl part of this article appeared in the January issue

of CHRISTASIAN. It will help the reader if he will refer back
to that issue and so refresh his memory with regard to what has
gone before.
F. R.

THERE IS EVIDENT, SECONDLY,

AN INCREASING HUMILITY ON
THE PART OF PHYSICAL SCIENT
ISTS WHICH IS DUE TO A GROW
ING AWARENESS OF WHAT STILL

AMOUNTS

TO IGNORANCE. This

humility admits, not only a need for

God, but the possibility and even the
probability of the existence of God as an
intelligent creative and controlling force
in the universe.

The

realization

that

materialistic

science is as yet only on the fringes

of attaining to the knowledge of
the universe is upon them.
This
has not always been the case. There
was a time when science spoke out with
such force and with such seeming author
ity that no one dared to question the

finality of its conclusions. Sometimes

these conclusions had a devastating effect

on religious faith. "The standpoint of

science was that nature was a

'closed

universe'. This meant that everything

in the universe was governed by an un
varying sequence of cause and effect.
The universe was closed to any occurren
ces that deviated from this pattern. Two
and two always made four. The angles
at the base of an iscoceles triangle were
always equal. The law of gravitation
was universal. Whenever you had a
certain combination of factors operating
the result was always the same and could
not be different.

Miracles, on the other hand, could

not be fitted into this framework of cause

and effect.

In many cases they seemed

to act contrary to scientific law that had

been established. The theologians them

selves made no bones about this impasse.

A miracle was usually defined as a break-

ing, or an interruption of natural law. Even when a Biblical miracle assumes

Consequently the lines of conflict were a set of events which are in apparent
clearly drawn."l

contradiction to the best knowledge of

This closed universe idea is no longer

this universe of nature that the scientist

has been able to amass, he can say only,

considered valid. The universe of nature

.is proving far too complex to be resolved at best, 'I don't know'.
in such simple terms. In other words,
Here let us admit that old theological

advancing scientific knowledge has pro-,

ven that nature does not always conform
to the scientist's conclusions, no mailer
how dogmatically he may state them.
Mathematical truths are no longer consid
ered to be absolute in themselvesthey
are true, only within a certain known

frame of reference. So in physics. Where

definitions and interpretations can also

be wrong. Indeed, many are very obvi
ously so. I refer here specifically to that
definition of a miracle that says "It is
the breaking or interruption of natural
law." A better definition, in the light
of what we know now (or rather, of what
we do not know)would be that "a miracle

once the physicist'spoke of "unalterable

law", he may now speak of "the evidence

is an event, or series of events, operating

according to natural laws that are as yet

of probabilities". Atomic scientists have

actually discovered what they call the

unknown to us." It may have occurred

according to a perfectly natural law of

"principle of. uncertainty". This, says

Mr. Jauncey, would cause a 19th century
scientist to turn over in his gravel Scien
tists are constantly finding. their calcula

which we will never

tions upset b^^underlying factors that

they did not dre^ were present. These
newly discovered factors must then also
be taken into consideration^which

is

like'addirig-a new figure to the siim of a

cplumn of figures, .as the result of which
the sum changes. So does the scientific
conclusion change and with the addition
of each new factor, not a correct, but a

more
drawn.

nearly ; correct solution can be

But at no time is the scientist

sure that .new. factors won't turn up,

making it; necessary to scrap the old and
make still further modifications in his
ideas...
It can be seen that scientific men

cannot any lorigef, and in most cases do

not, make the categorical claim that
niiracles are incredible or unbelievable,

merely because they cannot fit them into

the framework of their present conclusions.
1 From the Book SCIENCE RETURN'S TO

" GOD, P. 37i by James H, Jauncey and publi. shed by Zondervan Publishing House. Used
. by permission.. \

know! In

other

words, a miracle is an exhibition, not of

broken laws, but an orderly application

of laws known only to God. It is an

exhibition of God's superior knowledge,

and shows with the greatest clarity how
ignorant men really stilhare. It indicates

too our need for the deepest humility in

the face of God's wisdom.
"It is the conviction of this author

that much of the diflficulty which we find

in regard to the miraculous is diie to our
dull and befogged sense of the presencei
of God. If we really believe in God, and
know that He is operating in the world,
we should have no problem in expecting
that tremendous things will occur which
defy our explanation."2

One of the first steps toward the

achievement of knowledge is the admis
sion that one does not have it as yet.
Difficult- as that may be for men, who
have so very obviously gathered together

a great fund of it, they are admitting' it.

"Change and revision are its (science's)
very life's breath", says Jauncey.3
"2 Ibid. P. 42
3

Ibid. p. 115 . . .

~~

John Cleveland Cochran,. mathemati

cian and scientist, says: "Lord Kelvin,
one of the world's greatest physicists, has
made the following significant state
ment: *If you think strongly enough you
will be forced by science to believe in
God.* I must declare myself in full
agreement with this statement."

THIRDLY,

GROWING

CERTAINIY IHAT THERE

IS

GOD, AND THAT THE BIBLE IS

HIS REVELATION OF HIMSELF
IS BEING , AWAKENED AS THE
RESULT OF THE MANY ADVANCES
SCIENCE HAS MADE.

It is axiomatic that a worker is

With all of these aids, the antiquity

of the universe is being slowly solved. At
least, if. we don't as yet have all the
answers, we have an ever-increasing
volume of evidence that the Bible record,
correctly interpreted, is completely
accurate and trustworthy.

It has been pointed out earlier that

the Bible itself does not set any date for
the beginning of the universe or of time.
It is quite properly within the sphere of
scientific research to attempt to find an
answer.

Several solutions to the mystery of

how old the universe is have already
suggested themselves to scientists.

If

limited, in his task, by the suitability and these are not accurate (and obviously riot
accuracy of his tools. The scientists of all of them are since they are contradic
the past lacked adequate tools for their tory of one another) at least they make it
exacting worktools which did not yield clear that science can no longer blithely
precise information. The nature of contradict the scriptural account.
scientific

research

demands

measure

As an example of one of these,

James
Jauncey explains the Edmund
register in terms of infinitisimal fractions Gosse "theory
of pre-history", which he.
of distance, time and weight. Researchers says deserves some consideration today in
have at their disposal today such instru view of the niodern ideas about the
ments as Were twenty-five years ago not
relativity of time. " Gosse argued
even dreamed of.
that although the acts of creation
One of these that has set this age were instantaneous, they necessarily
ments so accuriate that instruments must

apart from all preceding ones in this res presupposed a pre-history that didn't
pect has been advance in the field of really exist. Suppose that Adam was
electronics (Thomas Edison, the pioneer).
Electronics has come to the laboratories

created the equivalent of a thirty-year

old man. He would have in his body all
the ear-iharks of a previous thirty years
which never occurred, for each body is
the product of past physical change.
For instance he would have a navel, yet

of today in an ascending scale of refine

ment and accuracy: ordinary electricity;
radio; radar; and a host of other unintel
ligible (to the uninitiated) and exotic
machinery. Probably the most fascina there could have been no umbilical cord.
ting and the most directly responsible The same would be true if a tree were
for the speed at which .the various created intantaneously. It would contain
sciences are developing are the electronic annular rings which could not correspond

computers These have releasedscientists to any previous years. So on with all crea

ted things. When this reasoning is extend

ed to all the universe as a whole, you Have
in a few seconds what a team of skilled a universe which must show a pre-history
mathematicians would take rnonths- which did not actually occur. Geological
history, then, is as necessary as a resito do.

from the timc-comsuming drudgery of

endless mathematical calculations, doing

dual body would be to the creation of have been able to photograph stars so
man in the height of his powers.
distant that the light from them takes
Jauncey goes on to point out that 2000 million years to reach earth. If
the theory is analagous to the laws of one of these were to explode and annihi
reflection, "Physics says that the appar late itself at this moment we would not
ent distance of the image of an object laiowof it on earth for that length oftime.
behind a mirror is the same as that of

the object in front of it.

Yet the image

is-an illusion. The theory lost favor on

this point. It was objected that God
could not perpetrate so gigantic a lie.
Now that we no longer believe in the
absoluteness of time, this residual pre
history of instantaneous creation does not

have to be an illusion. It could really

have occurred, but in compressed time,
in the lightning flash that preceded the
finished worki That is, geologic history,
the fossil record, the ravages of erosion,
the radioactive rundown and all the
other factors that would in our time re

ference take millions of years, in another

time context could be momentary". 4
In any case science has been just a
little inexact in its estimates of the age
of the world, which range from 28
millions to 3000 millions of years for the
planet earth. Sir James Jeans calculated
the age of the sun at 7 million years, and
of the universe up to millions of millions.
The speed at which light travels,
something like 136,000 miles per second,
has given scientists a yardstick for fur
ther speculation. The universe is at
least as old, it is argued, as it takes light
to travel from the farthest star visible to

us. It takes eight minutes, for instance,

for light to travel from the sun to the
earth. To come from the earth's nearest

star neighbor it takes four years.

To

come from the nebulae of Andromeda it

takes 800,000 years. Obviously, the

age of the universe is at least that much.
But the largest telescopes which astrono
mers are using today keep probing far
ther and farther out into space. They
4

Ibid. p. 46, 47

And how are we to know that there

are not many stars in the beyond so dis

tant that the light they shed at the time
of their creation has not yet reached us ?

But what of the problem of the anti

quity of man? The nature of this problem

is quite different and it has been at this
point that the most severe clashesbetween

science and theology have occurred.

Here too we see great changes

taking place. Today there is a prolifera
tion of ideas which are in fact attempts
to harmonize science with the

Bible.

This reverses past procedure: it was

always the theologian who sought to
bring the Bible into line with scientific
conclusions before.

In the first place, it becomes very

clear that the "theory of evolution" as
such is not the answer to the question of
man's origin.

The claim that the so-

called "ape-men" and "men-apes" are

the ancestors of modern man is being
called in serious question.
The whole process of evolutionary
reasoning has always seemed a bit more

than the average person's gullibility

could digest.

How "scientific" is it to

discover a jawbone ( or a part of one )

and from imagination to reconstruct

from this an entire skull; from the skull

an entire ap?-man; and going on from

there to the even greater jump of assum

ing that that reconstructed bodywastypi

cal of its thousands of fellow-creatures ?

Assuming the remote possibility that the

evolutionist was accurate in his picture
building, how can we know that that

creature was not, in fact, an exception

10

to his race ? Suppose the grotesque,

misformed body "of a "freak" of today
were by accident to be the only body out
of all the people of Kanpur to be pre
served for study by posterity? How
wrong an idea could be formed !
Scientists are objecting that to label
such assumptions as facts and to try to
teach

evolution

as

science is in

admissible.

There can be no doubt that there

What it all boils down to is the fact

that faith, having in all tested points

been so completely vindicated, we may
with complete confidence expect that, as
our scientific knowledge grows, the things
that are still obscure in these matters of

antiquity will become clear. When they

do, we may expect that they will be ex
actly (not somewhat, or partially) as the
Scriptures have said!

will be further developments. Already

modern dating methods have completely

CONCLUSION

Although scientific explanations will

always have to be in material terms, the
man who deals in them no longer claims

discredited the earlier calendars. "At the

time, of writing there is considerable

excitement about *oxygen 18' research,

that that is all there is to the universe.

which gives an opportunity to determine

temperatures of the earth in ancient
times. Preliminary studies indicate the
*ice age' may have been far more recent
than has been assumed.

by using the latest C14 carbon method of

dating: 5270-4630 B.C." 6

The Soviet cosmonaut proved himself to

be something less than an> unbiased man
of science when he made" that facetious

comment about not seeing God while in

orbit around the earth. In fact the pre
vailing outlook appears to be away from
a purely, mechanistic conception of the
universe and toward a recognition that
there are powers and realities in existence
that are no less real for not being visible
to the senses of man,
"
Increasing knowledge has served only
to show that we are farther -awa,y than
ever from exhausting the secrets of the

Since many

estimates of human antiquity are: based

on ice age dating, this means that man's

Qt:igin- may have been far more recent
than we Jiave believed." 5

^'Quite recently, excavating on be

half of the Oriental Institute, Univer-

sity.of Chicago, at a place called.Jarmo

near Kirkuk in Mesopotamia, Prof, R.
Braidwood .laid bare the remains of what

he has been pleased to record as'the

earliest.village life of mankind in Asia..*
All the details paraded by him are
exactly those which any student with

world of nature.

It has made it more

vividly .clear than ever before-that to

account for things apart froin the recogr

nition and .acceptance of God is a hope

faith in >the Bible would expect.. iThe

less task;

professor is able to tell us that domestica

Are we Christians, who cling strongly

b.ones of youngsheep and goats. The site to the Bible, to fear these advances in
covers about three acres and has about knowledge, when they can only vindicate
eight levels. The upper levels contain Bible teaching? I am convinced that we
shreds of. early pottery, while the lower need have no such fears.
In the end," when all the. knowledge
two-thirds .were .'pre-ceramic' levels in
tion of animals is recognizable from the

is in, arid all the conclusions have been

which flints and sickle blades were abun

drawn, and all the secrets fully unlocked,

we will realize that the stamp of the
Divine architect is upon them all.

dant^ . Needless to say, Jarmo is situated

hear the area of two rivers mentioned in

the Bible's Blden story. Almost a sensation

has been created by the date arriyed at

THE END

6 p. 118-119 Creation's Amazing Architect

5 "Ibid, p."48
11

SOME
OUTSTANDING
WOMEN
OF THE BIBLE
By Miss H. Kaveri Bai

MANOAH'S WIFE
A Child is Promised

The Bible does not always mention

the names of women. How we would like
to know the name of Manoah's wife but

it is not given. It is perhaps disappoint

ing to us that the name of a prostitute,
Delilah, is given to us in the same
context.

We will, therefore, give our heroine

the name 'Bilhah'.

That this

woman

Those who were born and grew up

during such a time of peace, and had not
personally experienced the horrors of
slavery soon again departed from Him
and did evil in the sight of the Lord.
Sin, chastisement, repentance, deliver
ancethese are the chief features of the

history of the time of the Judges.

Manoah and his wife were Dan-ites,
and they were childless. They lived in
Zorah at a time when the people of Israel
were groaning under the Philistine yoke.
We can guess that Bilhah was about

thirty-five years of age and had been

married for perhaps twenty years. When

was very devout and in close touch with

God is evident in that it was to her, not
to her husband Manoah, that the angel
of the Lord appeared, (though Manoah

ed her household work and come out

was himself a good man).

The setting of the story is still the
time of the Judges, an era marked by the
repeated backslidings of Israel. Their

on with his agricultural labors.

Suddenly there stood before her a
strange visitor, whom she took for a man

apostacy and idolatry caused God again

and again to 'give them up'. He often
permitted their enemies to rule over them
in oppression. Yet, when they repented,
the Lord raised up a DELIVERER and

anyone who would denounce their sin

and call upon them to return to God.

saved them from their enemies, so that

they were able to enjoy a period

political peace.

of

this story opens, Bilhah must have finish

to sitand to prayon a stone in the

rockstrewn field, while her husband went

of God. Prophets were rare in those days.

The most of the people had little use for

Only a few, scattered, God-fearing people

rejoiced to meet a man of God.
Bilhah was struck by the looks of

this man and trembled with fear, ' for

12

his countenance was like the countenance the visitor to be ah ordinary man, thbtigh
of an angel of God, very terrible." She perhaps a seer, besought him not to.leave
was still more amazed and speechless till he had had refreshment set before
when he told her, ."Behold now, thou art him. But the other said, "Thou shall
barren and bearest not: but thou shalt not detain me, I willnot eat of ihy bread,
conceive and bear a son. Now therefore and if thou wilt oflfer a biirht offering
beware, I pray thee, and drink not wirie thou must offer it unto the Lord." ^
nor strong drink and eat not any unclean
Manoah and his wife must .have,
thing; for lo, thou shalt conceive and wondered that a man'' with a journey
bear a son, and no razor shall come upon ahead of him should refuse their .hospital
his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite ity. However, Manoah said," What is
unto God from the womb; and he shall thy name, that when the sayings come to

begin to deliver Israel out of the hand

pass we may *do thee honor? Manoah

of the Philistines,"

and his wife forgot that, though a man,

Then the. stranger was gone! He God's messenger would accept for himself
had not revealed his name, and she had no credit or honor that might be due to
been too dazed and frightened to ask God, but would speak only as God had
him who he was. Bilhah ran to her hus

commanded him to speak. Many who

claim to be God's servants haye an eye
only for human rewards and praisesthey

band excitedly and told him all the news

in detail. Man ah, in the prime of life
and longing for a son, was thrilled. He
wished that he had also seen the strange
visitor and heard the message from his
lips. He recognized at once that it was
the Lord. who had sent the messenger.
Being a man .of faith, "he entreated the
Lord and said, 'O my Lord; let the man
of God whom thou didst send come again

are not the ones whom God can use

The visitor's answer mystified the

couple, for" he said: "Why askest thou

after my name, seeing it is secret ?" Bpt

still, "Manoah took a kid with a meat

offering and offered it upon a rock unto

the Lord;"
.
With bated breatb ManohH and bis

unto us, and teach ul what we shall do

wife watched" a wonder take,place. ,;

the flames from. the altar rose toward

unto the child that shall be born, " '

heaven, the a,hgel of the' Lord ascen.died

in it. Overcome with fear and aw,e,
God honoured the simple faith of Manoah and Bilhah fell trembling to the
Manoah, and answered his prayer. On earth. This had been rip mere rhan, but
another day, while Manoah worked near an angelic messenger, identified with Gojd
by, Bilhah came and sat again on her Himselif I Terrified, Manoah said', "We,
stone. The arigel appeared to her once shall surdy die because we have seen.
again. Without a word to the visitor the God."
\

woman ran quickly to her husband to

"There shall'no man see. Megapel
call him and they both quickly returned ive", says God in' Exodus 33:2Q. The
to the stranger. "Art thou the man that
spakest unto the woman?" he asked in
excited tones.

"I am," was the answer.

Then Manoah asked for instruc

Bible also declares, ,."Np man hath seen

God at any time." (John 1:18) OfiHim

it says, f'whom no man hath seen nor .

can see." (1 Tim 6:16V
: Then who could this Divine visitor,

tions on how to bring up the promised

child. The angel repeated what he had

liave been?

already told Bilhah. Manoah, still taking

God," (Col. 1:15) He was the same who

Who else could ii have been

but "He who is the image of the invisible

13

said to Philip, "He that hath seen Me began to hammer the Philistines.
There came into Samson's life tliree
*Who said, ,"I am the Father are one."
women.
.^
( Continued next issue )
.
10:33) None, but the Christ of

.:hath6een the. Father.'-' (John H:8) and

God yVho yvhen theappointed time camei

{Continuedfroriipage 5)
'his
. wife's
Manoah's
fearsanswer:
were set
rest by yoti up against a sitone wall or,mske you
reassuring
"IfattheLord
believe things far more inciedible than
wer pleased to kill us. He would not the creation story. 1 herefore I would
_'haVe received a meat offering at our say that creation is proved by a preponde

~,wd^ born as a man!

^hands, neither would he have showed us rance of evidence. Of course we must

always accept God by faith.

all of these things, nor would as at this

Hime have told us such things as these." Doyou think such things as the Piltdown hoax
In due process of time, Bilhah gave and the appearance of the coelacanth have made
birth to a son, whom she named Samson. evolutionists any more careful than they used

.'Whit a joy to the parents he must have to be ?

been ! As the. boy. grew up and the
Maybe so. It's time they did geta
.Lord blessed him, they remembered how
the Lord had promised that he would little careful with the facts. The coela
canth is just one of dozens of such dis
coveries. [The coelacanth is a fish evolu

begin to deliver Israel out of the hands

of the Philistines.

tionists formerly taught to have been

Perhaps naturally, they p'etted and extiiict
for 50,000,000 years, until living
pampered hun, though bringing him up specimens
were found off the east coast
in the knowledge of Gpd. Certainly
Africa, having undergone no evolu
Samson, whose life was a great of
disappointment, nevertheless never for- tionary change.]
How many Christians still believe in the crea

. upon God in trouble, and

when the^ final calamity overtook him as tion record^ as recorded in the Bible?
the result of his folly. Seventh-day Adventists, many Lu'
His, enornjqus strength and ppwer- theraiis, and various others scattered here
fdl physique, his fair face framed in a and there still believe in it.
^e^hh of blapk hair that fell pn. his What remits haveyou achievedfrom your sixty
shoulders and cascaded behind him, years ^orts in behalf of creationism.?
hold a. tremendous "sex

appeal''. Evidentally flattered at the

attentions women lavished o.ri him he

A few of the members of the Ameri-

can Scientific Affiliation are in harmony

thought much of himself and little of with my views. These are all science
God's purpose in endowing him with teachers, in recognized, schools. People
have written me from many parts of the
such"super"huthan strength and beauty.

The oppressive Philistine domina world, expressing agreement with our

tion of Israel must be broken I But how ?, stand for the Bible and creation. One

The people of God had been completely with Gpd is always a majority.
disarmed. Therefore the Lord raised lip Inyour opinion what is the future ofthe evoluSamson who with sheer muscular power tion-versus-crcation struggle ?
could deal the]enemy the blow of freedom.
I don't look for any widespread re
But. Samson gloried in his own strength
rather than in the God who gave it!
Still, "the Spirit of the Lord began
to move him at times in the camp of Dan
between Zorah and Eshtaol," where he

turn to creationism.

Evolutionism is a

part ofthe great modern apostasy, pre

dicted long ago ;in the Bible. And the

pfediciion has certainly come true.
END
14

Semcm OuUinei for Barefoot freaefer^.

By F. R.

4. A whole list ofothers who caught

SEEING WITH THE EYES OF

this vision given in Hebrews 11.

5. Accepting this challenge is
what the Bible calls having faith and

JESUS
Texts: 1 Peter 2:21, 4:1
Introduction:

1. "What would Jesus do?" (In a

given situation) and our emulation of
His action, is the subject for many ser
mons. If observed, such a course changes

presents us with the same sense of values

that Jesus and these ancients had,

n. An ability to see into

men's hearts

lives and remolds human behaviour.

2. First step to "doing" is "seeing"

(i.e. understanding) So the first question
we must ask: "How does Jesus see?"
Proportion : There are two chara
cteristics of Jesus that we should possess
which will make it possible for us to see
as He sees.

I. An ability to see beyond

the present
1.

Some New Testament referen

Mark

10:17-22.

2.

If only we could judge men in

truth and fairness

and see their

real

need ! Perhaps we could, if we were not

so much concerned with social implica
tions (what MEN will think of us) and if
we had men's spiritual, eternal good at
heart.

Reference here not to His pro

phetic vision. (Ability to foretell events)

2.

1.

ces: John 2:24-25; John 3:1-5;

Clue to meaning here in His

3. But most beneficial of all to us:

we would be able to see our own selves

as we are ! Blinding self-delusion would

temptation ( Matthew 4:8-10) where be eliminated. We would judge our own

Jesus refuses the immediate reward offered motives objectively and face the truth of
by Satan in favor of the greater, but

our own condition before God squarely

farther removed glory that He would and courageously.

inherit with God.

3. A young Hebrew named Paul

also caught this vision. Although of
great promise in his chosen profession
and training, he "counted it refuse".
(Phil. 3:4-11) He had more confidence
in the farther away reward than in the
present (2 Corinthains 5:1)

15

Conclusion : No greater challenge

than this could be proposed to Christian
young people, than that they should see
with the eyes ofJesus. This is what Paul
meant by "having the eyes of your heart
enlightened that you may know
"
(Eph. 1:17-20)

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Presently on Furlou^-at Box 144, Clinton, OBio, 44216
April 21, 1965^
SUMMER

CA M P S

One vjeek of Daily Vacation

BiUle School

and nine weeks

of snriDier camp

will precede

my departure for India on or

about Ausust 29th. The fol
lowing have been scheduled:

June 14-19,

Linden

in

D.V.B.S.

Columbus,

at

Ohio.

June 21-26, Pearson's Mill

Christian Assembly, Indiana.

June 28 to July 2, Camp
near Mason City, Iowa.

July 5-10, Howell's Mills,

Ona, Y/, Va.

July 12-17,

Pearson's

Mills,. Indiana,

July 18-24,

Round Lake

Chx-istian Assembly, Ohio.

July 26-31, Whitewater

Christian Assembly, Indiana.

August 1-7, Wi-We-IJa Vfeek
of Missions, Oregon.

August 10-14,

Camp

near

Zanesville, Ohio.

August 15-21, Round Lake

Cliristian Assembly, Ohio.

loom

ahead

Other speaking engagements

for April, May, and June are
as follows:

April 25,'

Millersburg, 0.

April 28,
April 29,

Clarence, IT.Y.
Tonawanda, B.Y.

May 2nd, Binghamton, K.Y.

May 5th, East Orange, N.J.
Possible visit to

Eastern

Ohr-istian College, Maryland,

May 9, Evening, Southwest
Church, Barberton, Ohio.
May 12, Sherman, Ohio.
May 15, Evening, Riverside
Church, iikron, Ohio.
Hay-18,
Morning,
Great
Lakes Bible College, Lansing
Michigan;
Evening, Central Christian

Church,

Battle Greek, Mich.

May 19,

Morning and Even

ing, Newtown, Michigan.

May 20,
Oakland
Drive,
Ealamazoo, Michigan.
May 22,

slides

at

Saturday

Milford

Oenterburg, Ohio.

night

Church,

iou, iviOrXixiig diZ iviiiiora

and Evening

at Orrville, 0.

May 27, Bellville, Ohio.

May 28, Batavia, Ohio, af
ter attending Gomnienoement
service at O.B.S.

May 30, Morning at East

Union .and Evening at Mt.

2iion, near Carlisle, Ky.

June- 6, Brinkhaven, Ohio.
Jane 13, Bladensborg, 0.
June 19,
Saturday night
slides
at
Ne^v Paris, Ohio.
lune 20, Morning at Mew
Paris, Ohio; Evening being

u u r luooo

x .t iOxejuu

rorwar

ding agent, Miss Florence

Douglas, has taken up her
new duties as bookkeeper at
Oznrk Bible College. Please
continue to send your con
tributions for

her

at

1111

our

work to

No. Main St.,

Joplin, Missouri, 64801.

CO NTPIBUTIO N3

HECEIYED IN

FEBHUiiiY AND :....HCH, 1965

arranged in Indiana.
June 27, ilorning at Mar shalltown, Iowa; Evening at

Pig'golft "Church

$40.00

V/ebber St., Urbnna

125.00

'Mason City, 'Iowa.*

Pairfiald JOT Class

paxton '/Vomen
Flora Church

is not all work.

Mrs. 'Robert V/clIcer

Your -syxapathy for - "the poor

-But

it

Church ot Joseph
Mississippi Valley
g.w.fI

missionaries o n furlough"
Would be disspGlled if you
could see me
of

ii3y

enjoying

leisure

some

monents. On

Mokomo

Church

Lg0 Vaugh

rael,

The Kenneth Eades

The Oolestocks

attended

'my

first

years. On April 37th, I eon

planning to attend a perform
Liance of the Metropolitan
Opera Co. in Cleveland, 0. I
may

even

get

-fco visit the

New York V/orlds Pair.

15.00

Red Qu/aTy Church

40.00
10.00
20.00
8.00
10.00

Auburn First" Church

20.00

Bright

53,73

Iowa:

Hampton Church

100.00

Kansas:

Mr. and Mrs. Dunahugh

Mother Dunahugh

V7e are still giving away

free copies of "Triumphant
Missionary Ministry in the
Local Church." V/rite

20.00
119.00
10.00
50.00

Indiana:

April 9th, \.ith Mrs'. Hothersymphony ecnoert in nineteen

40.00

'n askl

70.00
.10.00
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l!ir and Mrs. S. Small
5.00
Derby Church
65.00
Derby Jr. Choir
9.50

Riverlawn Choroh

125 00

"Kentucky:

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Jvlrs. V/,H. Berry through
Unity Chr. Ch,

20 .00

H,L McKinney

10 .00

Horse Cave Church

20 00

Kentucky Chr. College

75 00

Michigan:

Ethel Eerris

1.00

iviissour-i;
The Donald Peels

50 .00
20 .00
10 .00
50 .00

Keeper Church
ivirs. Selina Hulan

Jennings Church
Ohio:
Clinton Church

120 00
21 .50
53 .00

W,M,7. of C.B.S.
Manchester Church

The 1'/cltsr Hcndwerks

and

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Branch Hill
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Sabina Jrs. VI

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20 .00
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98 94

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100 00
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Suburban Chr. Ch.

Kenmore Church

'J .Vv. Green'wcy

5 .00
50 .00
50 .00
5 .00

kirs. Rosser

^>10.00

India;

B.ook Store receipts

less expenses

53.25

T0T.lL RECEIVED
ElP'EriDED FROM

$2185.38
FEBRU.iRY 10 th

TO APRIL 15th, 1965

Salary for two mo.
$280.00
Stateside Travel

217^43

Housing (India)

214.66

Lawrence Lazarus

148.93

Boys, Girls, & Gen.

- Benevolence

125.32

Kaliranong (on behalf

of Fairfield JOY)

100.00

Christasian (Postage
in India)

36.59

Coi''r9si3ondenoe

18.70

Telephone Calls

16.01

Projector Equipment
Advance on Hindi type

12.33

writer on behalf of

South Haromond young

people.

5.28

3anl:ing
5,00
Christian Hospital of
St. Louis for general
check-up.
98.95

TOTnL KCPEKDED

$127 9,40

Pennsylvania:
Oak G-rove Church
Tennessee:

Ladies nid of West

v/alnut St. Church

75.00

10 .00^

Virginia;
LiTs. Belle Burklew
West Virginia;
Hooverson Heights

Smai-iRY OF

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10 00
42 20

52389.16

Contributions

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Total Receipts
Less Expended
Balance, Apr. 15

4574.54
1279.40

$3295.14

I'll

youii^

peopxe

at txie

South
Christian

Hajuniond, Indiana,
Church, viith the

help

R.

of

Allan

Dunbar

vvAiuiii vo liwve

the

past eight

years,
writes
that
he
has

from Kanpur
passed his

course

most generously provided the

funds for the purchase of a
new Hindi typewriter for the

Training Institute# He will

now be assigned by the Em
ployment Exchange as a paid
apprentice in some factory.

Indian

editor

of our Hindi

By this time the new machine

is probably in the editor's

hands,

but

we

are without

In my
I

said

Andriyas also writes

that
the Library and Book Store
are doing well.

Since my last

India,

contribu

however, indi

cate that the times for this

are calling off

w'hen

Thus we

the special

conditions im

prove, much of our General

Fund will probably be used
for this purpose,
Frank and
Uarie

been

very

busy

Herapel
with

besides#
you.

friends

aff.ected#

they

Frank

are

writes

working

on

that

the

assumption that they will be

returning to Kanpur
lough's end#
Tom

and

postponed

at fur

Leota

Rash have

their

furloi^h.

bless

IJy journeyings

their preparations for their

begins this

God

a l l of

brought me

through some of
the areas
devastated by the palm Sun
day
tornadoes# Some of our

furlough "which
summer#

newsletter,

Iowa,
Minnesota,
Kansas,
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky,
V/est Virginia ,
Pennsylvania, and Ohio# It
Would take several pages to
tell
of all the helping
hands
that have provided
beds, meals, and transporta
tion, and many other things

all

are not propitious.

have

Industrial

December newsletter
that

drive#

the

I have visited many wonder

ful people and places in

tions in luly would go to

the Building Fund of the
church in Kanpur. Letters

frpra

at

that

definite
confirmation
this i s so#

"-to,

for

(nephew of lirs. Rempel) have

language paper, lEEVAN DSHP.

noy

raised

where

were

in

The

the areas

school house

Frank Reas

works was

heavily damaged;
and, at
this writing,
his telephone
i s s t i l l out

of

order,

Florence Douglas is get

ting along very vjell in her

new

position

as bookkeeper

This will be very convenient

at Ozark Bible College: 1111

to us, but we regret the in

North Main St., loplin, Mo#,

convenience to the Rashes#

64801.

Reg'd. No. 4584/57

"How shall the young secure their hearts

And guard their lives from sin ?
Thy Word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean !
'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light.

That guides us all the day.

And through the dangers of the night
A lamp to lead our way.

"Thy Word is ever-lasting truth,

How pure is every page !

That holy book shall guide our youth

And well support our age."

Isaac Walts

"My child, hear the instruction of thy father, and fo

not the law of thy mother; for they shall be a chaplct of grace

unto thy head and chains about thy neck."

Vol XI, No. 3

May

1965

June

Proverbs 1:8

Kanpur, India

Indian Press GleaningsBy F. R.

The Imam (priest) of a London

mosque, B. A. Rafique, has added some
comment to a non-Christian theory con

Hinduism) It is believed that there are

about two crores (20 millions, of Hindus

living outside of India. (Impossible! Ed.)

Christ (see the article on page 7). The
The All-India Bharat Sadhu Samaj,
cerning the death and resurrection of

theory holds that Jesus did not die on

the cross, but was in a state of coma

when He was taken down and laid in the

tomb. Following His appearances to the

a Hindu organization, asked the Union

Finance Minister to exempt from income

made to religious trusts

and organizations. At present no such

apostles and others in Palestine for forty e:^mpiions are allowed. It is not known
days, says the Imam, Jesus "went in what the minister's reply was.
search of the lost sheep of Israel" and
A solution is being sought to the
travelled through Iraq, Afghanistan,
and entered India. There he is sairl to ^current problem of an uncooperative
have died and been buried in the green Ganges River, which insists on
valleys of Kashmir.

taking its main current away from

Kanpur's large power house, where a

The Osmania Sanskrit University at vast amount ol water is used in its steam
Hyderabad is in possession of a rare turbines. The self-appointed solver of
palm-leaf manuscript which has been id such problems is a Gujarati Yogi who

entified as a portion of the Book of Gene

proposes to perform "mystic feats" in

inscribed on palm-leaf.

Assembly, which has switched tolCG%

sis (chapter 37) in Hebrew. It is believed

cajole the "Ganga Mata"
here that it was written byJews who (MothertoGanges)
into a more tractable
came to the Malabar coast 2000 years frame of mind.
ago. Scholars say that it is the only in
The Speaker of the House in the U.P.
stance where a Bible manuscript was
The Panjab government is said to

use of Hindi, has ruled that members

can use the English word "please" and

have granted special permission to the ^ill claim to be speaking pure Hindi.
Ihe word, thanks to Hindi's liberal
adoption of foreign terms, is now also a

Catholic Church in the State to manu

facture wine for "sacramental uses".

A World Hindu Conference will co

incide with the forthcoming Kumbh

Mela at Allahabad in January of 1966.

A thousand Hindu scholars from all over

Hindi one, he stated.

But a court summons sent from

Bombay to Calicut in Hindi, could not

be served and was returned to Bombay

the world are expected to attend. The lor translation because neither the court
conference aims at "Hindu solidarity" authorities there nor the police officials
and "Hindutva" (the preeminence of
(Continued on page 15)

COMMENTS ON SOME "ISMS

(Reprinted from 'Pacific Christian Chronicle* )

Sabbatarianism

(Heb. 9:9-10). The Lord desires to have

a holy peopleindividuals who will live

before Him every day ofevery week

The primitive Christians "continued rightly
in
every
thing and every wherenot some
steadfastly in the apostles' teaching." In holy things,
times and places.
not one passage ofallthis recorded teach
Those
who
will thus do the will of
ing can one find one admonition addiess-

ed to anyone to "keep holy" any one God revealed in the apostles' teaching,

dayseventh, sixth, first or any other wull enable His word to have free course
day of any week in any month of any and be glorified. They will help rid the
year ! Paul, a former Sabbatarian par worldof its ignorance ofspiritual matters.
excellence, declares that the sabbath day They will enable the confused populace

and other feast days were a shadow of the to believe that God sent Jesus, the Christ,
spiritual reality of which Christ the to free all men from the bondage of "the
substance. Sabbath keeping is shadow law of sin and death"see Numbers
chasing ! He advises his readers to not 15:32-36that they might enjoy the
allow others to decide for themin siich glorious liberty of "the law of the spirit
matters as meats and drinks, or " a of life in ChristJesus." (Rom. 8:1-2).

sabbath day." He advises them to "Let

C. H. Phillips

no man rob you of your prize" in these

Sundayism
things, however pressing such an one
maybe. He affirms thatsuch observan
Sunday as an obligatory religious
ces may have "a show of wisdom, but sabbath(cessation from ordinary activity)
fail to prevent one from falling heir to has never had any scriptural warrant

the weakness of the flesh sin. (Col.

Yvhatever. To make its observance a

2:16-23).

matter of religious ordinance is to rob

Liberty in the recognition of days, the individual of his liberty in Christ and

as in all other matters incidental to one s to replace grace with law. (Col. 2:16-18;

scriptural relation to God in Christ, is

Rom. 14:1-12; Gal. 5:4)

must be no carping criticism oi one

another. The one requirement is that
each shall be "fully assured in his own
mind," behaving in such matters "unto
the Lord," before whom "he stands or
falls." (Rom. 14:1-6). However, it is

nated by the early Christians as "The

granted to every individual saint; there

well to remember that God seeks to

men "worship Him inspirit and in truth,

not in the meticulous observance cu

The fii-st day of the week was desig

Lord's day," because of its unique asso

ciations with the person of Jesus (Rev.

1:10). In this the disciples had the

example of the Roman s "lord s day,

the first day of the month set aside to the

honor of Caesar.

On the first day of the week, Jesus

rose from the dead and first appeared to

temporary "carnal ordinances . . . which His disciples (Mark 16:2; John 20:19). On
could never makethe worshipperpertect.

the first day of the week, Jesus sent His of Christ. Sectarian Sundayism (one
Spirit as promised (Acts 2:1-4 Jo. 15:26; day a week religion) has no place in the
16:13). On that same first day of the plan of Christ.
week, Jesus was first publicly proclaimed
-C. H. Phillips
Lord and Christ, (Act2:?6). That same
Ritualism
day saw the factual emergence of the
assembly of the Lordthe church of
the first-born ones registered in heaven.
(Acts 2:41-42; Heb. 12:23.)
The first day of the week was chosen
by the disciples of the Lord for the
getting together to break bread in the
memory ofJesus(Acts20:7). Paul instruct
ed the churches of Galatia ind Corinth

to lay by in store on the first day of the

week offerings for the aid of needy saints

There is no institution so pure and

excellent which the corruption and folly
of men will not in time alter for the

worse, and load with additions foreign

to its nature and original design. Such
in a particular manner was the fate of

Christianity.

In the second century many un

necessary

rites

and

ceremonies were

advise that ordinary labour be avoided

added to Christian worship, the intro

duction of which wrs extremely offensive
to wise and good men. These changes,
while they destroyed the beautiful sim
plicity of the gospel, were naiuiaily
pleasing to the crass multitude, who are
more delighted with the pomp and

joy. Constantine (288-337) ended the

with the native charms of rational and

in Judea. (1 Cor. 16:1.) The apostolic

practice of this simple getting together
was continued in the following centuries
despite difficulties and persecution.
Tertullian (150-220) was the first lo

and the day devoted to celebration of ! splendor of external

persecution to which Christians had been

subjected and granted many legal rights

to the church. He enacted laws directing
that Sunday be hallowed and observed
appropriately; that juridicial and indus
trial activities be suspended on that day.
Succeeding Emperors added more com
prehensive and stringent laws regulating
Sunday observance. By the time of Char
lemagne ( 742-814 ) the strict Sunday
regulations were based on the Old Testa
ment command to keep the Sabbath
holy. Later centuries saw the Sabbath
idea generally accepted, resulting in all
labor on Sunday being prohibited by
law.

God requires that Christiaji.s be a

holy people (I Pet. 1:16; 2 Cor. 7:1). The
legalistic desire to create holy places, holy
things and holy days of which He knows

nothing' is fast robbing the religion of

Christ of its essential "spirit of holiness."
It is time that "the sii-nplicity which is
unto Christ" be restored in the assemi)lies

institutions than

solid piety, and who generally give little

attention to any subjects but those which
strike the outward senses.

Many of these rites and ceremonies

were aded to facilitate the conversion of

heathens to Christianity. BothJews and

heathens were accustomed to a great
variety of pomp and ceremony in their
religious services. As they held that these
rites were an entire part of religion, it is

only natural that they should regard

with indifference and contempt the

simplicity of Christian worship which was
destitute of such idle ceremonies.

To

remove, then, this prejudice against

Christianity, the bishops thought it
necessary to increase the number of cere

monies, thus rendering public worship

more appealing to the outward senses.
As a result, the native luster of the
Gospel was obscured. In order to extend

its influence, it sacrificed its original

purity to gain popular esteem.
MoshcimChurch History

Corrective Church Discipline

iiif

By F. Rempel

Happy is the congregation of Chnst

He may discipline us directly, {hrofip;h

whose members have learned to live free

circumstances that may befall us. More

lessness in our church life is the goal

upon theChurch, through those mernbers

toward which we are striving, and must

continue to strive. The Lord seeks to

the love and mercy of God to work

a pure bride.
But we have to face the fact that sin

CHURCH DISCIPLINE.

from sin ! I suppose such a congregation often,however, He puts the responsibifity

does not really exist. Nevertheless, sin- for recalling His child from the ways of^in
who remain firm in the faith, and allow

build a pure kingdom; He will wed only throu-gh them. It is this that we are
calling, in this article, CORRECTIVE

is continually finding place in the midst

THE NATURE OF CHURCH

Among the members of each congreg

ation there are ( seemingly inevitably )

DISCIPLINE

oi our churches, and in our own hearts.

Church leaders must keep in mind

some persons who allow sin to enter into that discipline is to be administered not
as a poison, to kill, but as a medicine, TO
their lives and to dictate their actions.

Since this is so, what is the church to CURE 1 Neither poison nor medicine is
do in order to keep herself pure? Are pleasant to take, but what a difference
all those who sin to be cut off entirely ? there n ay be in the results !
If this were the case, I am afraid not

Discipline is administered, not for the

many ofus would be left in the church ! purpose of vengeance upon the wrong

doer, but for the purpose cf admonishirig

the offender and bringinghim back again
and knows that even His own blood- into the favor of God. (Hebrews 12:5-13)

. No, this is not the case, for God is aware

of the weakness of His human creatures,

bought children will sometimes fall into

Let the sinner also remember that all

disciplinary action, whether given direct

of restoration for us, within the church, ly by God or whether it is administered
when our wrong-doing cuts us cff from through the local church of which he is

sin. Therefore He has provided a means

the purity ofHis body. "If we confess a member, is an evidence of his relatioiiour sins, He is faithful and just to for ship with the Father, "for what son is
give us our sins, and to cleanse us from there whom the Father doth not
chasten?" Such purishment is an evi
all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)
The sad thing is that the erring child dence that God has not forsaken him: let
ofGodisnot always willing to confess him therefore submit in all humility,

his sin, nor to turn in repentance to God. giving thanks to a loving Father for His
Perhaps due to the deplorable lack of continuing grace and favor.
Christian knowledge that is found in the THE PURPOSE OF DISCIPLINE
churches, he does not even know that
Why is church discipline necessary?
He has broken the law of God. It is
then that the Father-hood of God is The Bible lists at least three reasons :
1) Jl is necessary in order to save the
manifested in His disciplinary action
transgressor, and turn him back from a
upon us.

course of action that will surely lead however indicate that the elders of each
him to destruction. (ICorinthians 5:5: congregation
should take leadership in

James 5:19-20)

Sin against God and against His

church may be regarded as a disease.
Punishment meted out by the Lord is like
an operation upon the body of a sick
person, without which he would surely

the matt^er, so that it may be handled

with all decency and order.

We must emphasize that disciplinary

action can be undertaken ONLY within

the local church upon one of its own

members.
Scriptural authority does not
die. As the Epistle to the Hebrews clearly extend further
than this.

states, it is not a pleasant thing, "but

afterward it yieldeth peacable fruit of

righteousness." (Hebrews 12:11) Without

it, in many cases, an erring soul would

eventually forsake the Kingdom of God

entirely and so be eternally lost.
2) It is necessary in order to protect the
church (I Corinthians 5:6-7)
We are the Body of Christ and seve

rally members one of another." (ICorin

thians^ 12:27.) In the physical bodv it
sometimes becomes necessaiy to amputate
a limb in order to arrest the spread of

disease. So, sometimes, it

the new testament way

What are the measures that may be

taken by the local church for the correc

tion of its sinning members. The New

Testament seems to authorize two steps:

')

Pirst, there should be a public rebuke

oejore the congregation.

.u
this canhas
be done,
it is assumed
that all possible
been attempted
to
bnng the guilty party to his senses.
Ihere will have been private conver

becomes sations with him to see ifhe may not

imperative that sinning members of the recopise his fault and so turn trom sin.
Body ofChrist should be separated from If this fails, he should be warned bv
.It, inorder that the wrong may not spread several persons together. Only after these
to other members.
measures have failed should a public
3) It is necessary as a warning to others, rebuke be administered before thechurch

so that others may not fall into the same

error. (I Timothy 5:20)

(Matthew I?'':15-I8; Galatians 6*1)

All of this is to be done in humility
This is a lesson that i.s taught not and deep Christian love, with the purpose

only to the one who has sinned, but to ofrestonng a Christian brother or sister
others in whom the same weakness mav to clean living before the Lord. No one
be resident. The knowledge that a lapse individual may take this responsibility
may bring consequences may warn such upon himself.
,

persons to strengthen themselves against

2) Then, separationfrom the fellowship
that particular attack by the evil one.
of the congregation. This is an extreme

BY WHOM IT IS TO BE
ADMINISTERED

By whom are corrective measures to

be administered in the local church?

measure and should be taken only as a

last resort. If it IS taken, however, the

separation should be complete, or it will

not be an effective part of church

discipline.

The New Testament speaks ofthe folFrom a study of I Corinthians, chapter

5, it would seem that the entire cong- lowing sins, for which excommunication
regation should have some responsibiliiy IS to be invoked, and this indicates the

in this. In this connection, read also

Galatians 6:1-2. Common sense would

serious nature of these offenses:

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Death And Resurrection

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tianity must collapse. However, it is

interesting to note that ever since the

HE death and resurrection of Jesus remarkable death and resurrection of

Christ not only stand as the best attested Jesus Christ, sceptics have been hammer
facts of history, but as the central fact ing away, at this historical truth and
of. Christianity. Christ did not die, as even yet this affirmation ofChrist's death
Socrates died, .a kind of martyr for truth. and resurrection remains unscarred.
He died a victim of sin.

The whole

Christian faith is built up upon the fact

of Christ's vicarious death and His tri

umph over the great enemy, Death. If

the actual death and resurrection of Jesus

Chrisixan be disproved, then Christianity

should be dissolved, for it has no purpose

for which to exist.

Whatever

points

Christianity may have in common with

other religions,- it has this point which is
unique.'"Christ died for our sinsthat
He was-buried and that He rose again
on the third day". These quoted words
are found in one of the oldest Christian

documents,; I Corinthians 15:3-1-, and

doubtless represented the ; earliest con

Hammer away, ye hostile hands,:

Your hammers break, this anvil stands !

Fossils of Thought
Men have exhausted their ingenuity
to discover some flaw in the record which

they may take to fabricate sOme hitherto

unthought-of explanation, but close scrut

iny over a period of nearly two thousand
years has failed to fihd any such new
explanation, so fossils of thought are
disinterred and attempts made to revita
lise them. A recent attempt has been
made to revive the 'swoon' or

'faint*

Gospel should direct their attack at this

central citadel
fi^i.th, for clever men

theory by a certain Dr. I. G. Bourne of

St. Thomas Hospital, London; but if;
should be' remembered that although^
this .good man may be an'eminent anes
thetist in rriodern medicine and surgery,

are aware that,.if this thing can be re

he could in-no wise act as a witness to

fession of faith of the Christian Church.

.

It is no wonder that enemies of the

moved, then the whole fabric of Chris

what happened at the supposed death of

Christ. In evidence, it is facts that count,

collapsed under the whipping and died

not suppositions.

before crucifixion,

Actually, we can rely upon only

Eye-Witness Accounts

extant historical records to ascertain the

An eye-witness account of Christ's

truth, or otherwise of the facts of Christ;

and fortunately documents authorized by

journey from the judgment hall to the

contemporaries, associates and others are place of crucifixion tells of how the ac
today extant. The value of a document companying soldiers laid hold of a stran
rests upon the reliability of its writer, ger, Simon by name, who dwelt usually
and questions such as the trustworthiness in the city of Cyrene, the capital of Libya
of the writer, together with the extent of (Tripoli) and compelled him to assist
his first-hand knowledge, take precedence Christ to bear His cross. It was a custom
The

among the Romans that a condemned

ancient Gospel records would be much

preferred as evidence in a court of law,
to the suppositions of even an eminent
man of a much later date. Usually, the
evidence of an unsophisticated, uninhib
ited witness is to be pciferred to that of
one who has a point to prove. There is
nothing essentially new in Dr. Bourne's
suppositions and really nobody takes any
notice of them seriously today, for it is
absolutely impossible for the good doctor
to prove his point: at best, his explana

culprit had to carry the instrument of

his death to the place of execution so it
was not an unusual sight to see a man
carrying his cross.

in the evolution of the document.

It appears that Christ was already so

weak from His sorrow and previous
suffering that He fell beneath the weight
of the cross; thus He required assistance
to complete the journey. It is easily
inferred from these two facts: the scourg
ing of Christ and His subsquent collapse
that He was in a very weakened stale

tion of the death and resurrection of

before the further tortures of the cross

Jesus Christ most remain as a finely-spun

wfre laid upon him. These two facts

considerably reduce the possibility that

iheory without factual evidence.

The evidence of the actual death and

His 'death' was but a faint or a swoon.

resurrection far outweighs any supposi

It is rather weak and unconvincing

to say, as does Dr. Bourne in echoing
voices of bygone days, that Jesus Christ's
death was not actual and that the soldiers
who reported the demise of Christ to the
Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, were
mistaken, not realising that the appaient
death of the victim was only a swoon or

tions that may be brought forward

against it. To suggest that Jesus Christ
merely swooned or fainted at the supposed
time of His death is to ignore several
important points of evidence occurring
in the record of the events pertaining to
the resurrrection. For example, previous
to the crucifixion Christ was scourged

faint.

according to the Roman method. The

Roman scourging whip consisted not of
a single thong, but of several, and
attached to each thong were lumps of

The soldiers who carried out the

execution were expf ri-nced men in their

task as crucifixion was not an uncommon

occurrence throughout the Roman world

lead or bone so that as the whio was laid

across the flesh these missiles cut into the

of Christ's time. Only slaves and for

eigners of the lowest order were crucified

flesh making gaping wounds from which

as a mark of shame and derision.

blood flowed freely. So severe were the

scourgings sometimes that the victims

condemned to death, met his end by

Roman citizen and

freeman,

The

if ever

Palestine was seething

ed beyond breaking point. The honest

with insurrection and rebellion about this

being beheaded.

mind seeking for truth bows before the

mystery of the Cross, feeling that the

time so crucifixion was a common sight:

in fact two such insurrectionists and
murderers were crucified with Christ

one on either side.

It goes without say

ing that these executioners who reported

the death of Christ to the Governor were

ingenuity of the interpretation borders on

sacrilege. So threadbare and puerile
has the agument become that perhaps it
is not worthwhile contradicting. It stands

experts in their task. They would be

to reason that the fact of the death and

resurrection of Christ is now a closed

most careful to make sure of the actual

death of the victims because of a Roman

extant which came as first-hand evidence

regulation which demanded the death of

question because of the historical evidence

ed to let the criminal committed to his

from those present on the occasion.

Further, it may be added, if Christ
did not die and rise again from the dead

charge escape.

and ascend

No Restoration

of His disciplesas recorded in the Gospels

the jailer or executioner if he happen

And yet a further fact has to be taken

into consideration. If the death ofJesus
Christ upon the cross was in actuality
only a swoon or faint as some would
assert then one would have to explain

how a scourged and wounded crucified

man, who was unable to carry his cross to
-the place of execution could revive in a
tomb after three days, during which he
would have to subsist without food or

drink!

A draught of cold water is most

helpful to a fainting person but neither

food nor water was at hand in the dark

rock-hewn tomb should a supposed-to-be

dead man revive. This argument gathers

strength as the moving of the stone which

into

heaven in full view

then when did He die and under what

circumstances? How did the Christian

religion built up on the fact of the death

and resurrection of Christ come into

being ?

Convincing Evidence
In conclusion the evidence of Jesus
Christ Himself cannot be bypassed.
Possibly this is the most convincing of
evidences. Jesus Christ was fully aware

of His impending death and spoke plain

ly concerning it on several occasi. ns just
prior to

the event

and it may

be

remarked that whenever He spoke of

His death He spoke also of His resurrec
tion. Upon one occasion when He men

covered the orifice of the tomb is consid

tioned His death

ered. A most reasonable question is:

how could this scourged and wounded

death was not to be the result of any

thing anybody might inflict upon Him

man who could not even carry his cross

because of weakness and who (according

but rather that

to some) had fainted on the cross revive

sufficient ly to move a stone weighing
several hundred pounds (perhaps up to a
half a ton) which covered the opening
of the rocktomb

where

he had been

interred? The imaginations which seek to

undermine the historical fact of the death

and subsequent resurrection

of Jesus

Christ are so unrealistically weiid and

fantastic that human credibility is stretch

He affirmed that His

His death should be a

voluntary sacrifice undertaken by him

self. He said, "No man takeih my life
from me, but I lay it down of myself. I
have power to lay it down and I have
power to take it up again". (St.John

10:18) Just at the hour of His expiring

(so we read in St. Luke 23:46), "When
Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He
said. 'Father, into Thy hands I com
mend My spirit'; and having said this
He gave up the ghost (spirit)" Because

He was God, verv God of very God,

it was impossible for death to overcome

Citadel Of Belief
When the death and resurrection of

Him. But rather He accepted death so

that engaging with it He rnight over Jesus Christ is attacked then the very
come it and.thus throw open;the-gaies of citadel,ofChristian belief is assaulted, so
eternal life to all men. Contemplating counter assault must be expected.' It is

this the Apostle Paul in a mood of exulta-

tion, cried, "O Death, where is thy

not the ethics ofJesus Christ which-com-

mends itself so much as the fact of His

victory? . .. .Thanks be unto God Who

vicarious death and triumphant resurrec

giyeth us the victory throughAOur Lord tion. Even if the death of Christ can be
Jesus,Christ". (1 Cor. 15:55 and 57).
established as a fact beyond all con
Finally

which

it is Christ's resurrection

gives us

troversy,

even this is not enough.

Then, His deathi would be of that same

hope, for Christ's noble class asthat of.Socratesthe'dying

for an ideal, but historic Christianity has
which His people will enjoy. 'Tf Christ never taught this: it h,as alwavs, in
is not raised your faith is vain; ye are in faithfulness to Christ Himself and the
resurrection is but a prototype of that

your sins.

They also which are fallen

asleep in Christ are perished". So writes

St. Paul in his great exposition of death
and resurrection in his first epistle of the

C Jrinlhians, of ancient Achaia or Greece.

first witnss of the Gospel, affirmed that

"we believe on Him (God) that raised

up Jesus our Lord from the dead:'who

was delivered for our offences arid was

The Greek philosophers taught of the raised- again-' for our 'justification'\

survival ofpnly.the identical spirit of man

after death, :but the Gospel affirms-not
only the survival of the spirit of man,

(Epistle to the Romans 4:2'i-25 ):

In-the cross of Christ Tglory, tower-

ing o'er, .the wrecks of time,
All-the light of sacred story gathers

but the renewal and resurrection, of his .

body in n state,commensurate with celes
tial habitation. It is the whole man that

round its head sublime.

shares in the salvation provided in Christ.

Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure

spirit which could exist in nebulous

indefiniteness,. buf the survival of the
personality. with all its, memories and

Peace,there is that knows no measure,

by the cross are sanctified,

There is not- only the .survival of the

joys-that through all time abide.

affections after all imperfection has been

removed.

AIT this is embodied in a

glorified body that death no Jonger can

destroy.

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OUTSTANDING
WOMEN

OF THE BIBLE
By Miss H. Kaveri Bai

MANOAH'S WIFE

THE FIRST WOMAN: The Timnite wife.

D,URING

one of his many

travels

Samson left his parents at Timnah

to go to the house of the girl first to

Samson went to Timnah and there saw

speak personally with her. Crossing a

will that by this means a blow for free

dom from Philistine rule should be

ing the carcass aside, walked on.

a beautiful Philistine girl. Falling in vineyard on the way, he was attacked by

love with her immediately, he decided a roaring young lion. In a mighty surge
that he must marry her. Although his of power granted to him from God he
parents did not know this, it was God's tore it asunder with his hands, and cast
struck.

Therefore, when he went home and

worried his parents to get her for him,

the idea of an alliance with an idolatress

greatly distressed them, and Manoah

asked him, "Is there never a woman

among the daughters of my brethren or

among all my people, that thou goest to

take a

wife

Philistines?"

of

the

uncircuracised

But having allowed him,

in the formative years of his childhood,

to have his own way, it was futile to

Samson spoke to the young woman

and found her willing to marry him. It
seems to have been some little while be

fore Samson returned to where he had

left his parents. Perhaps aware that he

went here and there as the Spirit moved

him, they had brought some provision

for their sojourn in Timnah. Finally on

his way back, Samson crossed the same

vineyard, and recollecting his adventure
with the lion, turned aside to see the car

cass. He saw that it was swarming with

bees, and found honey there. He took the

honeycomb and walked on, eating it.

So they meekly When he came to his parents he gave

expect to bend his will after he had

grown to manhood.

arose and followed him to ask for her

hand.
II

them also some of it and they ate it. But

his mother received no answer to her

The next day, the lasf'^day of the

enquiries as to where he had got the

feast, the men answered Samson's riddle

thus: "What is sweeter then honey, and what
is stronger than a lion ?" According to the
bet, it was Samson now who had to give
his companions the new clothing.
He understood immediately that his
wife had betrayed him. How was he to

honeycomb.
Samson took his father to the bride's

house for the wedding. Perhaps both

the parents had gone and settled the

marriage while he was away, and it is

also possible that the girl's parents visit
ed them in their tent.

As was the man

honor his pledge ? "And the Spirit of

ner, the bridegroom made a feast lasting

seven days. Also according to their
custom, the bride's party gave thirty
young men to be Samson's companions

the Lord came upon him and he went

down to Askelon and slew thirty men of

them." Taking their clothes from his

for the occasion. On the first day of the victims, he paid the bet. In great anger
feast, Manoah heard Samson put forth against his wife he returned to his
a riddle to his companions: "Out of the parents in Zorah. We can easily imagine
eater came forth meat, and out of the strong the conversation that took place.
"Where is your wife, Sanson ?" asks
came forth sweetness."
his mother. "She is at her father's house.

Manoah seems to have left the house,

I am not on speaking terms with her,"

he replies.
"Why, son?" his father wishes to
know, upon which Samson unfolds the
whole story of the lion and riddle
episode. "But son, you have married her
and you must not now forsake her," is

after the first day, to return to Zorah

with his wife. Samson's companions were
furious with his father-in-law for putting
them into the unenviable position of be

ing Samson's "best men", since they

could neither guess the riddle, nor were

they prepared to pay the wager of thirty

sheets and changes of raiment. So, under
the threat of doing great violence to her
and to her father's house, they set about
worrying Samson's bride to coax the an
swer from her husband and pass it on to

their advice.

Some lime later Samson, who was

obviously of a forgiving nature, went

back to Timnah, bearing a gift of recon
ciliation to his wife.

them.

Samson may have congratulated him

self for being the happiest man in the
world for obtaining his heart's desire,
but he soon discovered that reality does

not always square with anticipation in

these matters. He discovcied that he had
run a thorn into his side. Every night

his new wife wept and tormented him

with her reproaches for hiding the secret
from her.

She refused to believe

his

professions of love until he had told her.

Unable any longer to bear her impor
tunities, he finally gave her the answer,
which of course she immediately passed
on to his companions.
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When he tried to

go to her room, his father-in-law barred

the way, saying that she was now an
other man's wife. He explained that when
Samson had left they had thought he had
abandoned her, and so had given her to
his best companion. He offered his
younger daughter in her place.
Samson was frustrated and burning
with indignation. He ran into the fields,
caught three hundred foxes, tied two
and two together by their tails, and
insetting a firebrand in each knot, re
leased the animals. Madly they scamp
ered in every direction in the harvest
fields, setting fire to the shocks and stand{Conlimted on page 15)

TWO

BENJAMITE

SAULS

ByJ. Yafat, Allahabad

young men, and called at a lime of great

A,S God shall help me, I want to write

crisis.

thoughtfully and deliberately to a people

who are prepared to do God's will.
Here arc two epitaphs, self-written
by men called of God, called when young

the Church.

and at a time of crisis, called to a life

fought a good fight; I have run a success

ful race."

Three men, the dedicated servants of

Israel's King David, give us the perfect
example of what our dedication to Christ

faith."

Saul, son of Kish, what has happened

to you ? Your life is all but over. Twice
David has spared your life with that
wonderful largeness of spliit, when easily
and justifiably he could have killed you.
Now your life is almost finished. What
has happend to you ? "O", says that

should be.

the water of the well at Bethlehem!"

these three men made their way through

the standing harvest, through the host of

the surrounding Philistine enemies,
knowing that at any moment they might
die, to bring their lord the desire of his

I have made a great mistake!"

Now let us hear that other Saul: Saul

of Tarsusthat man who combined in

heart.

At this moment a far greater than

David stands by us and says: "I long

his own person such an amazing assem

blage of qualities: the tender, com

for the souls of men and women who are

passionate heart of a mother with all the

on their way to a Christless eternity. I

long for joy from those who are joyless,

He is a man who

would have done anything for the Lord,

and indeed he did it.

for trust from those who do not trust me,

for the service of those who are now

He has come now

to the end of his life and his sight is all

serving only the devil. Who will go and

bring me these things?"

but gone. In his last letter to that beloved

son in the faith, Timothy, he says: "Oh,
Timothy, I am going now. Am I sad ?
No, but rather Trejoice, for I have fought
the good fight, I have finished the course,
I have kept the faith. .Henceforth there
is awaiting me the crown which the
Lord shall give me."
What a contrast!

When David cried out: "O,

that someone would give me to drink of

poor miserable man, *T have played the

hardness of matihood.

Both are appointed young

menboth have equal promise. BUT:

"Looking back on my life, David, I see
I have played the game of life like a
fool"; "Timothy, I have the satisfaction
of knowing, as I look back, that I have

full of possibility. Listen to one who

says: "I have played the fool; I have
erred exeedingly". Listen to the other:
"I have fought the good fight; I have
finished the course; I have kept the

fool.

The crisis of one is a national

one, in the history of Israel; the other's

call is in the early and difficult days of

God needs Christians

who are sur

rendered like those men were. Saul of

Tarsus was one of them and God used
him.

Which of the two Saul's will you

copy: the one who lost his crown, or the

Both are called
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one who gained it?

iKnowing

God
By DEAN REMPEL

Have
you ever had adesire to run
away from God ? I hope so, because

far away from the place he was called to

as possible.

After He realized that God

was omni-present, he turned back to

ward knowing God. There are three of Him. This is a good example of the
these steps that a person must take before second step.
he can really know God.
The only alternative to the second
The first step, as I've mentioned, is the step is to reject God completely. A per
desire toflee from God. It involves a two- son who did this would convince himself
part comparison. A person must recog
that he was not really running away
nize his own sin and worthlesseness in from anything. He would deny the
relation to God's perfection. After he existence of God. Many of the kings
has made this comparison he becomes of Israel and Judah tried to run away
so ashamed that he wants to run away from God, saying that there is no God.
and hide, something like Adam and Eve They all suffered severe consequences
did when they discovered how sinful because they so misled their people by
they were.
denying God.
The second step takesplacewhile theperson
The third step is THE ACCEPTANCE
is trying to run awayfrom God.
OF JESUS AS SAVIOUR. This brings
He soon discovers that he cannot escape
person to a personal relationship with
Him. He may then turn around and in aGod.
The personal knowlege of God is
desperation take another look at God. of course
only a beginning, but it is the
In Psalm 139 David acknowledged that
right foundation for life. After he has
he could not run away from God.
laid the foundHtion, he must build upon
"Whither shall 1 go from Thy Spirit ?
it. As he matures spiriiuallv, the per
that may be your first basic step to

Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ?

If I ascend to heaven, Thou art there I
If I make my bed in.Sheol, Thou art there

son SEES GOD MORE AND MORE

CLEARLY.

place. Jonah too found that he could

These are the three basic steps which

are necessary for a real knowledge of
God. They complete the foundation of

NOT RUN FROM GOD.

the Christian life.

He says that God is In every extreme

He went as
14

{Continuedfrom page 2)
could read Hindi, the country's official

for the conflagration. The Philistines

were furious at the Timnite, Samson's

father-in-law, for provoking the strong

Israelite's revenge, and quickly took their

language.

An Agra parent performed prodigious

own revenge.

feats of procurement on short notice in

In the burning of the

Timnite's house, not only Samson's

order to save his daughter's marriage. father-in-law but his wife also perished.
The groom's parents made an eleventh The poor young woman had only tem
hour demand for an elephant and a car porarily escaped this fate by eliciting

as a part of the bride's dowry ! Both

from Samson the answer to his riddle

and betraying him to his enemies.
Manoah and his wife heard these

were produced in time to avert a crisis-

the elephant at a cost Rs.5,500 (|U20).

things with grief. They heard also how

Samson had taken revenge on the

{Continuedfrom page 6)
(a) False teaching, quarrelsome be

Philistines for this crime by making a

haviour that causes unholy division. (2

John 10, 11; Titus ?:10; Romans 16:17)

great slaughter among them. Finding

things rather hot for himself,Samson had
escaped to a hill top of Etam in Judah.

(b) The sins of fornication,- covetousness, idolatry, railing, drunheness,

and extortion. { 1 Corinthians 5:11)
(c) Complete disobedience to and
disregard of the apostles' teaching. ( 2
Thessalonians 3:6,14)

The people of Judah, afraid of re

prisals against them by their Philistine

overlords, found Samson in his hideaway

and in a strangely submissive mood. They
bound him and delivered him to the
enemy, encamped at Lehi. Finding him
self in the midst of the hated Philistines

CONCLUSION

who were obviously intent on taking their

own revenge, Samson snapped the ropes
that bound him as though they were

It is the great responsibility of the

church to keep herself pure and unspot
ted from the world, so that she may be
presented to Christ as a "glorious church
not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, but that she should be holy

happened to be lying by. With this crude

and without blemish*

weapon he killed a thousand of the

Church

leaders

especially must be aware of this responsi

bility. They must take the greatest care
that they themselves set an example of
spiritual cleanliness and holy living be
fore the people of their congregatic ns.
Only in this way may they be able
to help their weaker brothers and sisters
in Christ.

{Continuedfrom page 12)

ing corn. The fire quickly spread to the
vineyards and olive groves and burned
them down too. The blaze brought the
owners rushing from everywhere but they
could save nothing.
Hasty enquiries revealed the cause

threads, andfor want of a better weapon,

picked up the jaw bone of an ass that

enemy.

When

Samson

returned

home

ag.ain, he recounted to his parents the

miracle that had taken place. Finding

himself, after the slaughter, perishing of

thirst, he had called upon God. The

Lord had split the jaw bone of the ass

and had caused water to gush out of it
so that he was able to drink and revive.
How glad the mother must have been

that at last the thoughts of this strange

son, who had been such a disappointment

to his parents, had been turned toward
God !

{Nex{ issue: Samson's further marital

experiences.)
15

of Bro. Harter, plus his boys, hostel, plus

The Last Word

The article, "Comments on some

brings our readers some of the penetrat

ing wisdom with which the Lord endowed
His servant Brother G. H. Philips, of
honored memory.
A

'first time contributor' is

Pastor

Isms" Barnard, of Lucknow, whose article

on the "Death and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ" was written first for the Sunday
Supplement of a Lucknow daily paper.
We welcome him and hope for some

more of these sound expositions of the

New Testament faith.

his Bible Book Store, plus the meeting

place of the Church of Christ, Swarup-

nagar) Bro. Yafat also contributes to

Christasian for the first time.

Dean Rempel's effort was stimulated,

in the first instance, by his scripture

Class in/ Woodstock School.

We hope

that Dean, who is eighteen, will work

hard at developing his writing ability.

The

circumstance

that

makes

it

necessary for both Bro. Rempel and Bro.

Harter to be away from Kanpur for some

time, forces a temporary suspension of

Brother Julius Yafat is the editor of CHRLSTIAblAN publishing-possibly for

the Hindi monthly 'Jeewan Deep' which only one issue. But be sure that Shriman
is also published horn 112/352, Swarup Harter, when he returns, will make up
nagar. (That address, in case some readers in the quality of the magazine what it
don't know, is the residence and office may have lost in quantity.

THE CHRISTASIAN

Editor: Frank Rempel

7/131, Swarupnagar, Kanpyr, 2.

Ass't. Editor: William Gulick

Christ Nagar
Ennore, Madras
Registered with the Press

Registrar of India
Regd. No. 4534/57
Subscriptions may he sent to
BIBLE BOOK STORE

112/352, Swarupnagar,

Kanpur, 2, U. P.
Annual Subscription Rates

The subscription rate in the U. S. and

Canada is $1.00 for one year or |2 for
three years.

CHRISTASIAN MAGAZINE is pub

lished for your spiritual enrichment, pre

senting the claims of NEW TESTA

MENT CHRISTIANITY.

Forwarding Agent for Mr. Rempel:

Central Christian Church
1848 S. E.-39th Ave.

Portland 14, Oregon.

Jesus said: "Go forth to every part of the

world, and proclaim the Good News to
the whole creation. Those who believe

1 Copy Rs. 1.50 ( or 3 years for Rs. 3 ); and receive baptism will find salvation;
5 Copies Rs. 6; ID Copies Rs. 10; 25 those who do not believe will be con
Copies Rs. 20.

demned."

Published by Mr. Ralph Harter and printed by

Mk. 16:15-16 (NEB)

TMntA

at Service Printing and Publishing Press. 7/131, Swaroopnagar, KANPUR, U.P. INDIA

Nevjs of Ralph R. Harter,

Missionary to ICanpurj^ India
Presently on Furlough at Bor lM7t^\Clinton, Ohio, 44216

^lune

TWELYE

August 30th

is

WEEK

the

date^

set for iny departure from

the U.S.A. The program for
the intervening weeks
is as
follows:

June 13th, Bladensburg, 0.

June 14-19,
D.Y.B.S. at
Linden, ColULibus, Ohio.
June 19,
Saturday night
slides at Hew Paris, 0.
June EG, Morning at Hew
Paris, 0.; Evening at Domestio, Geneva, Indiana.
June 31-26, Pearson*s Mill
Christian Assembly, Rt. 1,
Converse, Indiana.
June 27, Morning at Mar
sha lltown, la.; Evening at
Mason City, Iowa.
June 2e-July 2, Northeast
Iowa Christian Service Camp,
Bristow, Iowa.
July 4th, To be arranged.
July 5-10,

Howell's Mills

Christian Assembly,
West Virginia*

0 n a ,

1,96^1
^f-e^R E

July 11., Not yet arranged.

July 12-17,, Pearson's Mill

Christian

Assombly,.

Rte

Converse, Indiana.
July 18, Morning at Barberton,
Ohio_, First Church
of Christ.

July 19-24,
Round
Christian
Assembly,

Lake
P.,0'.

Box 8, Lakeville, Ohio.

July 25,

tian Church,

Latonia

Chris

Covington, K:y =

July 26-31, V/hitewa t e n

Christian Service Gamp near
Rising Sun, Indiana,
Aug. 1st, Southside Church
of Christ, Lebanon, Oregon.
Aug. 2-7, V/i-Ne-Ma Week of
Missions, Oregon.
Aug. 8, Evening at Riverlawn Christian Church, Wich
ita, Kansas.
Aug. 9, Possible visit to
Joplin, Mo.
Aug. 10-14,

Terrace

Church

Camp of North
of Christ,

Zanesville, Ohio.
Aug. 15 (Indian Independ
ence Day), Northeast Church
of Christ, Columbus, Ohio.
Aug. 16-21,
Round
Lake

CONTRIBUTIONS

RPCEim) IN

APRIL AND MAY,

1965

Arkansas:

Church in Piggott

Christian Assembly, P.O. Box

Illinois:

8, Lakeville, Ohio.
Aug. 22-29,
At home
Clinton, Ohio.

Women at Paxton

$20.00
20.00
40.00

in

lOY Class, Pairfield

reservations for my

Church at Bright
Young Adults, Bright

return
to
India
have been
confirmed as follows:

Garrett Pirst Church

South Hammond C.E.

Aug. 29, Leave Akron-Can

ton Airport by Plight LTo. tJA
706 at 3:40 p.m., Arrive New

165.00
25.00
New Ross D"7BS
25.00
New Ross Missionar.y
26.10
The Stanley Vincents
5.00
Black Oak Church
36.85
Hangii^ Rock Youth
15.00
Osgood Missionary
75.00
The Raymond Colestocks 7.00

Plane

York

City

Indiana;

(Newark Airport)

at 5:51 p.m.
Aug. 30,
Leave lohn P.
Kennedy International Air
port at 9:45 a.m.
by Pan
American
Plight No.
113;

Arrive

Paris,

Prance,

at

Sept. 1st, Leave Paris at

1:20 p.m.
by
Air Prance
Plight No. 614; Arrive in
Athens, Greece, 6:40 p.m.
Sept. 4, Leave Athens at
3:25 pm by Air Prance Plight
No. 184;
Arrive
Teheran,
Iran,
at 8:10 p.m.; I/eave
Teheran
by
Pan American
Plight No. 002 at 10:Q5 p.m.

Arrive New Delhi, India,

at
3:35 a.m.
on the morning of
September 5th.
The Lord willing

(for Hindi typawtr)

South Hammond C.S.

Mrs. Newell Richey

(for bldg. fund)

9:40 p.m.

in

all

things, I hops to be back in

Kanpur by late afternoon of
Sunday September 5th.

35.00
15.00
5.00

10.00

Iowa:

Loretta Hunting ton

10.00

Kansas:

The Rollin Dunahughs

Mother Dunahugh

50.00
10.00

Kentucky;

Highland Park Church

15.00
8.00
Church at Erglish
53.00
Unity Christian Church 40.00
Maryland:
Roiland A. Steever
5.00
Michigan:
ITevvtown Church
23.26
Minnesota;
Alfred Richardson

Mrs. Grace Nickerson

(Con* t)

35.00

Missouri:

The Donald Peels

$40 00

Keeper Church
Independence E Side
Liberty Bible School

20 .00
20 00
16 .00

ITew York;

Liverpool Church

15 .00

Clarence Church
Belmont Church
Tonawanda Church

23 .77
5 .50
55 .00

Binshamton Church

100 .00

E}3>SiIDED FROM

/PHIL 15th TO

JUKE 10th,

1965

Salary for two mo.

$280.00

Travel Stateside
Boys & Girls

99,87
12.21

Visa Application
Telephone Galls
Postage

3.60
15.74
25.50

Book Store
Newspaper mats

71.16
3.54

TOT/iX EJPEl^lDED

f511.83

Ohio:

Forrest Zeigler
Clinton First Church

Bladensburg L.D.s
Branch Hill Church
Old Stone S.S.
Manchester Church
Southwest Barberton
Sherman Church

Mrs. Earry p. Hall

Milford, Centerburg
V/esthill, Columbus

25 .00

Millersburg Christian
The Walter Handwerlcs
Lixs. Florence Flint
The Oliver Bees
Linden Homebuilders
Brinkhaven Church
IviCSGow Church

Perry Christian
Irjiia Sachs (for Vvorld

Book Enoyplopedias)
Blanchester Church
Harrison Church

Hill St, Marion

S0]Vl,ARy OF

FIKiH-TCIAL REPORT

3295.14

Balance, Apr. 15
/imt.

Contributed

1906.95
5202.09
511.62

Total Receipts
Less Expended
Balance, June 10th
In cur last

port
a

we

4690.47

financial re

erroneously listed

contribution

from

the

Barrett,
Ir-d.,
Church as
being
from
Auburn, Ind.
Please let us know when any
mistakes occur because we,
too, are human.
Wc are still willing to
send you a free copy of
'^Triumphant Missionary Mini
stry in the Lcrcal Church,*^if
you will write aud request

25 .00

it.

Please continue to send your

contributions to our

forvjarding

Tennessee:
Church a t Central

agent.

20 .00
1 .00

Miss Florence Douglas

$1905 95

Joplin, Mo., 64601

Clirissie Semple

TOTAL GOHTRIBUTED

50 .00
10 .00
10 .00
10 .00
90 .00
33 .50
65 .00
52 .50

27 00
15 .00
15 00
40 .80

East Palestine

Wash:

5 .00
120 .00
20 .00
20 .00
20 .00
24 06
16 .50
39 .38
1 .00
91 .73

1111 No. Main St.

FLORA. CHaRGH PAYS TRIBOTS TO FLORENCE DOUGI/.S

Wxen our forwarding agent
Salvation Army Welfare Fund.
moved to Joplin, Mo., the
In addition she has assisted
following appeared in the
in many city drives.
Flora, Illinois, news:
"On Wednesday evening Feb.

'liiss
Douglas
attended
grade school at Foster and
was graduated from
Flora
High School in 1924.
In the

24th, she was honored at a

farewell pEvty at F i r s t
Christian Church, where she

fall of that year

since January,

her

career

world
at

she began

in the business

as upper leather clerk

the

International

Company office.

Shoe

In 1928 she

accepted the position a s

office manager at Bowman's
Hardware Store, now known as

Burnett's Hardware,

and was

also a buyer for the store's

houseware

and

gift depart

ment.

has

been

an

active member

1 9 2 4 , at

which time

she

mcmborship

from

transferred

the

"Preceding
Miss

the

Douglas

program,

was

crovjned

'queen for the evening'

Mrs. Thelma McDaniel,
escorted

her

to

a special

presented a lovely corsage

of pink roses
by little
Bobby Smith, son of Blr,
tos. Richard Smith."

the Girl Scout Board

ding, and a skit.

chairman

troop leader
She

as fi

and

as

for two years.

charter member

of

b y
vjho

seat of honor. She then was

"Always interested in the

progress of Flora,
and the
development and education of
young people,
she served on
nance

North

Barter Christian Church.

The program
cial music,
"The
was a

featured spe

a dramatic rea

scene for
the skit
living room v/here a

committee meeting

was being

the Flora B and PVv Club, ha

ving served as president,

held for the purpose of try

secretary and treasurer

question,

and

on the State Board

as state
finance chairman in 1937 and

district chairman in 1935.

She was chairman of the Girl

Scout Troop

which

the club

sponsored for xaany years.

'Hiss Douglas was treasu
rer of the

Flora Centennial

executive board in 1954

and

ing to find an answer to the

'V/ho

is going to

f i l l Florence's shoe?

"After each in her ovm way

had told of the many, many
good works performed by Miss
Douglas, it was decided that

her shoe was too large to be

filled

by

any

and it -would- take

ing together, *
;7

one person,
all pull

'L>S

<
D
\

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News of the Work of

Ralph R. Harter, Jr., at

112/352, Swarupnagar, Kanpur 2, U.P., India

I

WONDERFUL

BEEN

The final week of my third

furlough is here and we will

soon be many
thousands of
miles apart.
I wish that I
could telephone a goodbye to
all of you, but this letter
will have

to suffice.

A wonderful summer climax

ed a wonderful year, and I

am taking many memories/back
to

India

with

me* I t is a

good thing that iiiemories are

weightless,
otherwise
I
would have to spend all of
my
money
for
the extra
baggage.

I felt'much rejuvenated by
the summer camps. The sun,
exercise, and youthful com

panionship

were

good

for.

body, soul and spirit.

At

Whitewater

Christian

Service Camp,
a juvenile of
delinquent tendencies named
Mark Scott

requested that I

baptize him, and I was happy

YEAR

to comply with his wishes.

.This was my first iuaerican
.baptism in
twenty years.
Mark needs your prayers.
Most enthusiastic response
of the year was to a sermon

preached

at

the

Week of Missions

Wi-Ne-Ma
in Oregon.

This prompted
James
Earl
Ladd, II, President of Puget
Sound College of the Bible,
to request a manuscript. We
do not know what he is going
to do with it, but after two

weeks of perspiration I have

dispatched it to him.
Largest offering of the
year was from the D.V.B.S
of the Linden Churcli
of
Christ in Columbus, Ohio.
Close to it was the offering
from John Selder's Juniors*
Week at Round Lake Christian
Assembly.

Throughout the year,

tributions

for

con

the work in

Kanpur were most generous

and far above expectations.
Now we n-.ed your prayers
that we might spend these
funds wisely
and that not a
single
cent will be wasted
in any way.
Except for a bad cold, the
year passed without any i l l
ness.
A missed appointment
at

the

St.

College

Louis Christian

vjas

the

only

appointment missed
in two
furloughs. Even then, I had
given them warning that com
plications might arise.
After
telling
everyone

CONTRIBUTIONS

RECEIVED IN

lUm, JULY,
AUGUST 20,

UP TO
1965

Arkansas;

Church in Piggott

$30.00

Illinois:
Paxton V/'s Council

20.00

JOY Class, Fairfield

40.00

Indiana:
The Colestocks
Church in Garrett
Domestic Youth

8.00
10.00
30.00

Pearsons Hill Camp

55.85

Frank Reas

70.00

Church in Aurora
Hammond South Side
Church in V/ilkinson
Joe SinMons
New Paris DVBS
Iowa:

25,00
5.00
25.00
5.00
86,00

i^ssembljT- had to cancel their

Northwest Camp
Church in Mason City

82.82
44.45

first
down,

Hillside Church

35.81

Kansas:

that

would not be

attend

ing the North ilmerican Chri

stian Convention in Tulsa, I
was
able
to go anyway when
Pearson's

Mill

Christian

week of camp. I went

as it were, secretly

to the feast;
and I enjoyed
it tremendously.
The visit
there was made more enjoy
able when our young friends

The Rollin Dunahughs

Mother Dunahugh

Christ (near Centerburg, 0.)

Kentucky:
East Union Church
Mt. Zion Church
Latonia Christian

won

from

the

Milford Church of

60,00
20.00
61.01
58.76
100.00

Unity Christian

40.00

Contest. On the way to Okla

i>irs.

10.00

homa,

I stopped for a day's

visit

to

Maryland:
Church in Rockville
Michigan:

the National Bible Bowl

the

Ozark

Bible

College in Joplin, Missouri.

Instead of speaking
at
Wichita, Kansas, on Aug. 8th
as announced,
I
made my
first
visit
to the Hoosier
town of Wilkinson.

Essel Barr

Central, Battle Creek

7.00

34,75

Missouri:
The Donald Peels

50.00

Neeper Church
Liberty Bible Classes

30,00
19,00

I-Jevv Jersey;

Central, East Orange

Ohio;
Churoh in Clinton
Sabina Jrs. VI
The V/alter Handwerks
Mrs. Florence Flint
Manchester Church

Round Lake (McDole)

$35.00
180.00
146.74
15.00
10.00
36.57

174,80

TOTiX COIH?RIBUTIONS

(list

ed in previous columns)
$8767.67
ECPE1D3D FROM JUNE l l t h TO

.UGUST 82nd,

1965

Salary for three mo. 420.00

Travel to India
Travel Stateside

636.81
355,39

Branch Hill Church

Church in Brinkhaven

30.00
50.00

Bladensburg L.D.s
Bladensburg Church
Bladensburg Youth

45.00
40.00
10.00

Bladensburg (Basket)

27,00

Old Stone
Hal Hudson

20.00
2,00

TOT..L Expended

Northeast, Coluiiibus

25.00

SUM/IARY OF

Perry Christian

26.00

Balance, lune 10th

Riverside, .,^J.cron

25.00

Plus Contributions

2767.67

Barberton First

40.00

Equals Receipts
Less Expended

7458,14
1531.99

Church in Sebring
Linden DVBS

Linden Ir. High

5,00
280.41

Book Store & Library

Newsletter Mailing
Hindi tags for carapers
Receipt Books
Telephone Charges
Mailing case (curios)

49,54
22.23
12.00
18,60
11.12
6.30

1531.99

FIILdTCIixL REPORT

Balance, Aug. 22

4690.47

5926.15

5.00

Linden Hoxaebuilders
Linden Yeomen^s Guild
'William Y/owra
Church in Bellville
Church in Orrville

90.00
37.50
5.00
25.00
41.41

Orrville Beginners

16.25

delivers the accounts.

One
of
our
contributors

35.00

this month is a very court

eous young lad, Joe Simiiions,
His gift is a ththe from his
nevi/spaper route.
In her thirteenth year
as
our forwarding agent is Miss
Florence Douglas, 1111 North
Main St., Joplin, Missouri,
64801.
God*s Blessings!

Oregon;

Mr So L.E. Allumba ugh

Pennsylvania:
Oak Grove Church
Oak Grove DVBS
Tennessee:

46.40
26.50

Church at Central
V'/. V'/alnut Ladies Aid

20.00
15.00

\'Vest Virginia:
Beverly Hills Church

Howe11s Mill Camp

31.64
66.00

Some of

this

"Balance*' has

been spent in India, but I

will not know
just how much
and in what vmy until I
reach Kanpur
and
Tom Rash

. One

erary

addition to the i t i n

doctor's advice

for

announced in the June

tended furlough

in

an ex

her na

newsletter

was the v i s i t on

tive

July

to the Church of

Two of our old friends,

Chester Eapfer
and
Hazel
Starkey of the Neeper Church

11th

Christ in Aurora, Indiana.

On the forthcoming Lord's
Day, i^.ugust 31st, there vjill
be one more addition

to the

itinerary when on the eve of

my departure from New York
City,
I
will speak at the
Church of Christ in Newark,
New Jersey.
Frank and Marie Rempel,
with sons Dale and Dean,
arrived

in

Canada

on

the

FRixITCOiTiA during the first

week of August.
They can be
reached at 3738 E. Spokane
Ave.,
Tacoma, Wash., 98404.
Frank will be
teaching at
Lincoln
Christian College
during the second semester.
Tom Rash is very capably
maintaining all of the work
in Kanpur until my return.
By this
time he will have
published
an
edition of
CHRISTASIAN Magazine. Later
in September he is planning
to spend some time with his
family in the hills.

Canada.

in Missouri

were

united in

marriage on Indian Independ

ence Day, August 15th. Hazel
was

widow

while Chester

was
a
bachelor of long
standing.
The community had
been watching on for the
past

year.

Missouri's

Chester

is

teacher and

We

still

Hazel is one of
best cooks while

an expert Bible
leader.

have

some free

copies of "Triumphant Miss

ionary Ministry in the Local
Church," that we would like
to get rid of.
You can get
your free copy by writing my
mother,
liirs. R.R, Barter,
Box 144, Clinton, 0., 44216
My home church,
the First
Church of Christ in Clinton,
Ohio, and its pastor, John

R. Selders

(who is leaving

now liv

soon for East Prairie, Mo.)

have been extremely helpful
in putting out my newsletter
this past year. But this

ing in Canton, Ohio, and can

week John is on vacation and

be reached at 416 Vince Ave.

we had to rush
Richard McDole

Mrs. Rothermel is

N.W. ,

Canton, Ohio.

Bill and Ethel Gulick are

due

to

leave New York City

for

Madras

sometime

this

V/eaver at the First

Church

of Christ in Barberton, 0.
And

now

a , BIG BIG TKt.W:

YOU to all of you who helped

week,
Edna Hunt

for help to
and Dorothy

has

taken

her

make this

a wonderful year I

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

at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, ICANPUR2, U. P. INDIA
[Kanpur sometimes spelled Cawnpore)

"

IS 1^06

28, 1965^
I
HUT

Altbougb

get

back

to

must admit

vras eager to

due

my

Frank

there was

to

leave the

shores.

that I

work,

that

a reluctance
home

nr D

The fact

Is

had been thoroughly

spoiled.
The result was
that my first days in India
were very dismal. Only my
belief in the power of the

Gospel

to

save India sus

tained me. But now after

two months, as was so fitly

expressed by a friend, I am

once again in the rut.

Some of the ruts are old
ones.
Once again I
have
been elected Secretary of

the

Kanpur

Branch

of the

Bible Society.
Then there
is always the Bible Book
Store with its many demands
for

attention.

Also

am

back at my job as unofficial city

agent for the
missionaries at KulpahaT.
There are a few new ruts

HEW

to

the

and

absence

Marie

Hemp el.

Besides
having
to
take
over
the
editorship of
OHRISTASIAN, I am handling

Frank*s

accounts,

and

sharing
with
Tom Rash
other duties of oversight.
We are making
several

improvements

in the Boys'

Dormitory.
A new kitchen
is being built for them on

the roof, and a water pipe

has
been
installed up
there

for

their

conven

ience. Until now they have

had
to
carry their water
upstairs in buckets.
Andriyas has
finished
with his chicken and pig
eon raising,
and this has
resulted

in a

cleaner and

quieter neighborhood.
Although I
Was elected
to

be

the

Treasurer of the

local congregation, I have

not accepted the position.

"Should not 1 have regard for Nineveh; that great city, wherein are more than sixcore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also
much cattle ?" Jonah 4;11

ii change of mind is possibut

"at the moment I

"am abstaining from any po

sition on the Board.

OONTRIBUTIONS RBOBIiniD

from 4ug. 21st through

Sept., 1965

am

continuing visitation work ii Aykansas;

j
as well as takihg my turn
Church in Piggott
.#10,00
in preaching in the Hindi
Illinois;
and English language wor
JOY Class, Eairfield 26.00
ship services.
Paxton VTomen
10.00
Lawrence Lazarus contin

Indiana:

ues to be of immense help

Whitewater Camp
in publi shing the Hindi. _ The Vincents
magazine. He has relieved
Mrs.' Newell Richey

H2.00
5.00

me

of much of the work of

correcting Hindi articles,

proof-reading, maintaining
the
mailing
list,
and
mailing.
He
also does a

The Colestocks

Hammond South Side

The Morricals

Kansas;'
Virginia Templeton

lot.of visitation work for Mo ther Dunahugh

the

church.

is enjoying

Eight now he

a month* s va

contents were safe, but in

the interval, I had to buy
more clothing that I would,
not have needed otherwise,
How I
have
one
of
the

city*s fullest wardrobes.

One of the graduates of
our doimilajry, David Dinnu
the welder, who was mar
ried last winter, is now
the father, of a baby girl..

7.0

67.0

,25.60
3.00
5-.00

The Rollin Dunahughs 15.06

Mi ssouri;

cation in Bilaspur.
Heeper Church
My suitcase containing ; Ohio;
my
clothing arrived in
Clinton Church
Kanpur one month after I
Round Lake Camp
did.
The handle on i t r Receipt Ho. 2584
broke, and the tag attached 1 Bladensburg L. D.s
to i t was lost.
Thus
the
case went on to Tokyo snd
made other joumies before
reaching here.
Ill
the

25.66

Clinton Juniors
Manchester Church

10.00

60.00

262.13
40.00
10.00
17.00

10.84

Horth Terrace Church 98.28

Sebring Church
5.00
Sabina Jrs. VI
54.72
Penn Line Church
Branch Hill Church
Mrs. Hint
The Handwerks
Linden Homebuilders

50.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
90.00

Oregon;

Wi-He-Ma Missions

117.00

Hew Jersey;

Church in Hewark

15.85

Total Contributed |ll69,82

EXPENDED PROM

AUGUST 23rd

TO OCTOBER 21, 1965 and

including payments made in
India from April on my "belialf By Mssrs. Rempel and

Ra^u who was away in a

mission boarding
school.

We are now supporting Raju

so
that he
can continue
his education.

Rash.

Others receiving help in

Salary for one mo. |l40.00

Balance on Tra"V"el
75.24
Hindi Publications
Benevolence

607.11
297.28

Housing

Kalimpong

Office Equipment

95.51

their

education

ttoee

children . of

are

(l)
Qyril

Loyal; (2) Daniel Washing

ton,

teens;

boy

in his early

(3)

Daniel Pawar,

a Kanpur youngster in the

Kulpahar Kids
Home; and

Ohristasian

(4) Herald

Book Store, Library

Oburcb

69.85
23.41

Dass, a promising lad aged

Throbs & Promotion

19.30

Print Shop

Total E:^ended

9.i 50.

|l795.6l

SUMMARY OP REPORT

Balance, Aug 22

#5926,15

Total Contributed: 1169.82

Total Receipts
7095.97

ing stories behind the en

tries under the heading of
'^Benevolence."

from

one of the

members,

died

We also help some elder

people, Mrs. Pilemon,

one of the charter members

of
is
Mr,
are
are

the church in Kanpur,

now eighty years old,
and Mrs, Mangal Singh
not that old but they
much more frail.
With

is staying with her sister.

There are many interest--

Massey,

ly

operation while Mrs. Singh

BENEVOLENCE

On Sept, 15,

about twenty.

1795.61 our help, Mr. ^ngh has

5300.36 gone to Delhi for an eye

Less Expended
Balance, Oct. 22

church

(his spelling)

Hamilton

of

rabies

dog bite suffered

ij years ago. The Benevol

The
phrase,
"We are
helping," includes you, .
Por -the
time being at
least, Andriyas is not re
ceiving any help from the
Benevolence

P u n

d ,

His

training has been complet

ed and he is waiting for
the Snployment Exchange to
place him
as an apprent

ence Pund helped -with fun

eral arrangements and paid ice, In the meantime he i s
the travelling expenses of earning his way by working
Hamilton's 15 yr. old son in the Library and Book
Store,

FORWARDING AGENT, MISS FLORENCE DOUGLAS, 1111 N. MAIN ST.

JOPLIN, MO., 64801

WAES

The

RUMORS OP m s

Pan

:fliQ

Jet

that

brought me from Teheran to

Rew Delhi

was

one of the

ment should ever advise us

to leave, we have every

intention of heeding their
advice,

it the moment,

there^ is

last to fly over Pakistan,

no danger to the more than

Within a day or two, night

flights to New Delhi were
stopped, and the lights of
that city were out.

one hundred ^ e r i c a s

who

are living in Kanpur;

are we anticipating

nor
ahy

There
were
also
two
weeks of blackouts in the

city of Kanpur although no

enemy aircraft were repor
ted

in

our

area.

The

trouble.
There have
been a few
demonstrations
here
and

there in India (but not In

Kanpur) against the United

States

and

England, Some

threat was

serious enough

of

that

raid

are (l) Some uncompliment

ary
Press
reports; (2)

air

trenches

were dug, including one in

front of Rempels house.
Kanpur is a very strategic
target but Pakistan does
not appear to have the
striking force at
this
time to come so far. *

We know that many of you

were and still are praying
for

us

in these troubled

days. Your prayers avail

much,
and we appreciate
them greatly. The American
Goverimnent
that

has assured us

their vast resources

are poised for our protec

tion;
and your prayers
assure us that God's un
limited resources are also

at our disposal.
If

the ^erican Govern

the

reasons

for this

Maps that do not present

Kashmir
as an integral
part of India; (3) Rumors
that

imerica

wants

to

starve India into agreeing

with its political opin

ions; and (4) that the
U.S. and England do not
understand India's refusal
for a plebiscite in Kash
mir,

Personally,
I
believe
that
Kashmir rightfully
belongs to India, and that
holding a plebiscite in
Kashmir would be Just as
wrong as holding one in
any of the fifty states of
the U, S, A.
What would sibe
Lincoln think about that?

"Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words!"

II Cor. 9:15

furlough edition

DEC.

A MISSIONARY REPORT BY FRANK AI>ID MARIE REMPEL,

1965

KANPUR, U.P., INDIA

GREE TINGS
It seems strange to be greet
ing you
several

Christ

from this side of the

oceans that separate

this continen t from India, and

to be able to meet many of you
face to face. But here we are,
and God willing, we hope to be
able
to
have
fellowship in

transpired

since

issue of K.K. (away

the last

back wheni)

seems appropriate.

We left India on schedule,

on June 9th, and landed in Mont

real,

more of you

lough occasion, but in keen ant

icipation of the celebration of
the Lord's nativity, A HAPPY
CHRISTMAS TO YOU aLLJ

to d'-ite

up

A brief report pn all that

has

with many

before we return to Kanpur.

In
the meantime, we do give you our
"salams", not only on this fur

family

"church life"

in order.

The latter we did by placing

membership in the McKinley Park

Christian Church in Tacoma,.

which has received us graciously
and warmly.

Canada, after a wo^iUerful

air, road, and sea journey home,

on August 4th.

School, andPale has enrolled as

After spending about three

weeks at our homes in Alberta,
we came
where a

i s finishihg a Senior

High School year at Lincoln Hi^

to Tacoma, Wash.USA.
house to rent liad been

found for us, and where we spent

several subsequent weeks getting
settled in.This involved getting

a Freshman "at the Universil;y~6f

Puget Sound.
Youth Groups
entering

Both have joined

at

church and are

into their activities-

another new

experience among a

succession of hitherto unsampled

ones, for them. Both have given

the house in order,

getting
Dale's and Dean's school arsinge-

slide lectures and talks on sev

eral

occasions

meiits

that

they

made,

and

getting

the

and

have found

are fitting in quite

comfortably into the Christian

society of America.
finding that prop

erly

regulated medication works

wonders for her over-active thy

roid condition and is feeling
ever so much better. Keeping
house and participating in many
church activities, both of which
she did of course in India,
are
here in the nature of new exper
iences.
She adds to these many
weekend trips to nearby churches
with Frank on deputation work.

pleted. He had to rush back from

this trip to begin a week's spec

ial

meetings

with the McKinley

Park church, and to begin teach

ing a Mission Orientation Course

at the Puget Sound College of

the Bible,

in Seattle.

Two of our main supporting

churches have already been con
tacted,

have

and in both of them we

received

welcome.

. Christian
Ore.

heart-warming

They- are the Central

and

Church

in

Portland,

the "Central Christian

_|^gr^^^..,activities have been

varieT*'ST^rT)ne tour, which took

Church, in Clovis, New Mex. These

him as far as Joplin, Mo. to att

end the r.ational Missionary Con
vention, has already been com-

how much we have loved our fell

have been precious opportunities

for letting these churches know

owship with them and have app

reciated their wonderful support.

the 1966 wi nter program

Marie and the boys will, of

course,
keep the "home fires"
burning in Tacoma. If they dev
elop webbed feet due to the wet
winter climate here,
these may

come

in

handy

on

the Journey

back to IndiaI

''at

By Jam^y lOfch-JTrank wiU, be

Lincoln Christian College,

tjncoln, 111., where he is to do

some teaching in Missions during

Lter semester.The weekends

being free, he expects to util

ize this time for making contact
with''the several churches within
reach of Lincoln which have been
associated with us in our l i t e r

ature work in Kanpur.

Participation in at least

three Rallies and special gath

erings has already been arranged:
the "Fellowship Festival" at Al

berta Bible College, Calgary;

the"Georgia Christian Missionary
Rally",
Church;

at East Point Christian

and the "Toronto Area

Missionary Rally", Toronto, Ont.

- widely separated placesi
If

any

of

you would like

to make an arrangement
missionary presentation,

for a
write

either to the Tacoma addrfess,up

till the new year begins, or
after that, to Lincoln Christian

College. For pertinent addresses

see next page.

^ ADD H.'E S :6 E s/- \

TACOMA:

' .'

3727 il. Spokane St.

Tacoma, V/ash. ^8kOk
LINCOLN:

Lincoln Christian College

Box 178

Va

Lincoln, 111,

.Ife

62656

FQRVyAi^DING AGENT:

Mrs. G. Stavney,

Central Christian Church,

l8i^4 S.E..39th Ave.
Portland, Ore. 9721k

News from the field

Our main source of news from

India are the Tom Hash family

and Bro. Halph ^^arter, who live
in Kanpur,
According to their
most recent letters, conditions

have returned to nearly normal,

following

the somewhat'indecis

ive cease-fire to which the two

nations of India and Pakistan
subscribed.

Food stocks remain precar

iously low and strict ratioxiing

of basic
household

imposed.

food grains and other

commodities has been

This is not, however,

consequence of the war with Pak

istan but is a condition that

rises inevitably from a stale
mated war on poverty and a simi

larly ineffective program of pop

ulation
means

control.
can

Unless some

be found to overcome

the religious

predudices

that

nov/ hamper the economy, it is a

certainty that the situation in
this respect must deteriorate.
The work in our literature

field continues at full pace.

Bro. Mangal Singh

says that the

idea I had before we left India,

that the work load on him and
his helper in the workroom at

"SEHVICE" Pr -inting and Publish

ing Press would somehow become
lighter has not worl^ed out.
Be

tween Tom and Halph, thej are

keeping things going at.the us
ual pace.

Brother Barter cannot,

of

course, be expected to carry the

double load indefinitely. Gpeaking from our own experience, we

know that he is already think
ing

of the time v/hen he can re

turn a part of the burden of the

work to us.

HELP NEEDED.'
Our objectives in this fur
lough fall into two categories:

First,
pray that the Father's
will may be made clear to us in

that which we HAVE to do, and

that which we HOPE to accomplish.

touch with a

The first has to do with

LIVING LINK SUPPORT.
A church

that has supported us substan

tially for all the years we have
worked

in

this crisis. Secondly, put us in

India has decided to

discontinue that help. So vital

was the help we received
from
these friends that unless we can

local church about

which you may know that would

undertake regular living link
support. The total amount
we
must have pledged is ^^200 a month.

hopes

Beyond this we have high

of being able to take a

new OFFSET

to

tndia

PRINTING

with us.

PRESS, back

We estimate

find equivalent support else

where,
our return to the field
is out of the question!

and ii^'rt, would cost us xrovnd

We suggest two ways by which

^'share with you, we'll mention

you,

our friends,

tC A N P

U R

can help us*

K A L L

that the ,machine,

plus shirining

-When we have more details

this matter again.

N G

Sent out by;

MoKinley Park Christian Church
5739 East Spokane St.

Tacqma, Wash. 98^4

in the interests of i t s
INDIA MISSIONS

RETURN REQUESTED

Non-profit Organization
U.S. Postage Paid
Tacoma, Wash.
Permit No. 325

Mission Services

Box 968
Joliet, 111.

**

<. \mv

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

at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, KANPUR2, U. P. INDIA
{Kanpur soinelims spelled Cawnpore)

31> 19^5
P

Postage rates

G
for

R'~:Er'~T^ ?
for

eign bookpost are going up

from January 1st,
so we
are rushing
to beat the
deadline.

There is
an interesting
phenomenon here nowadays:
each missionary feels that
he
(or she) isn^t achiev
ing

as

much as the other

missionaries.

can

see

G i

authored the English orig

inals;
and also to Prank
Rempel who
is probably
more responsib, le than any
one else
for
expediting
the translations.
The
Christmas

rush

is

now over although without

Marie Rempel^s help in the
Card Department our sales
were

lower

than

in some

former years. Even then we

the
progress
others
are
making,
but I
don*t see
very much around my o^vn

managed

habitat.

vember

We did receive
a very
encouraging letter from an
American working with the

Bibles, l5 New Testaments,

and 1570 other portions of

Operation Mobilisation. He

says,

"l

find

that many

people want straight ans

wers on the Bible etc, and
your publications
are the

only ones I know of." This

is not only a tribute to
our translations, but
to
the late C.J. Sharp who.

worth

to
of

do $288.88

business

and

in No

December,

27

the Bible
were
sold. But
the more we s e l l
the more
we lose
since some of the

things we sell p-ospel por

tions for example) are sold
for
less
than we pay for
them. We use every entice
ment to get Christian l i t
erature

into

the people.

the hands of

These entice-

"Should not 1 have regard for Nineveh; that great city, wherein arc more than sixcore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also
much cattle ?** Jonah 4:11

are not

very

economical

pahar,

and

the children.

We received many

lovely

but they are effective.

*hon Christmas
itself
arrived, I v^ent to Kulpa-

Christmas. VJe will not be

har and preached two ser

mons. On Christmas morning

them.

I spoke on "Jesus Took the

Trouble to Como.^*

On

the

spoke

on,

"Christ*s Friendship,'

an

Lord^s Day,

exposition of John l5!l3f

The hospitality
har

was

at Kulpa-

very generous as

usual.

V^e are now supporting

four children at Kulpahar.
In our last newsletter, we

told you that we were pro

viding for Daniel Pawar.
liVe are also now providing
for the three children of

Pyare Lai r.'asih

who

vjere

sent to Kulpahsr on the

death of their mother. Vie

will

be

supporting these

children

until the ladles

at hulpshsr are
secure
regular

support

for

able to
pledged

them. If any

of our readers would-

to take any
children as

like

one of these
a project by

sending
^[^20
a
month,
please let us know and we
will put you in touch with
Leah Moshior. Your pledge
would be sent to Miss
Moshior and not to us, but
our funds would then be
released
for
something
else.
This would help us,
the . missionaries
in Kul

cards

gin
J.B.

and

to

try

But

and

v;g

for

answer

v;ould urge

not to try and write

poetry.
Doug

letters

am

glad

that

likes Russell's ser

mons;
so does everyone in
his homo church.
Our har-

terest congratulations to
tho Snsigns: maybe you'll'
meet LBJ down in Texas.

A quick (?) count in the

library shows that up to
Dec. 28th, only 5? books
had been borrowed from the

library in December, and

only 39. books wore at tho
moment

out

on

loan.

It

ought to be at loast twice

as much.
Wo have recently
increased our
hours
of

business by

day,

and

two

hours a

we are planning

other improvements.
Brother Tom Rash has be

gun

Bible

Discussion

Hour for the American com

munity.

This

is

hold at

the Rash home,

which is
two miles
from my house.
This has left mo with the

full responsibility of the

English service here which

is held

for

the English-

speaking Indian conmiunity,

I was not at all confident
that I

could maintain

interest and loyalty

(to back page)

the

of

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

EXPEITDSD DURING NOVEMBER

DURING OCT. & NOV., I965

AND DECMMBER, I965

Arksnsas:

Hindi Publications

Church at Piggott

Salary, two months $300,00

$20.00

Illinois:

Fairfleld JOY Class

I4.O.OO

Indiana:

Tho Vincents

Hairanond South Side

The Colestocks
Kansas:

,15.00
12.85
8.00

30.00

Book Store-Library
Benevolence

Kalimpong

59-|^8
11.26

Church

I8.I4.9

Print Shop

Derby 1st Christian

10.05

Bible Society

3.33

TOTAL EXPENDpaD

$17i|-2.2i|.

20.00

SUMiViARY OF REPORT

Missouri:
Church at Neoper

20.00

Balance Forward

Liberty Classes

21.17

Amt. Contributed
Total Receipts

Ohio:

Clinton Church
Manchester Church

Perry Church
Bladensburg L.D.s
Old Stone 3.S,
Branch Hill Church
The Handworks

Mrs. Flint
Suburban Church
Dale Meado
mm of CBS.
Linden Viomen
Oregon:

Lebanon Southside

120.00

21.91

i|.00
20.00
20.00
20.00

15.00
10.00

15-50
5.00
65.00
37.50

Amt. Spent
Balance, Jan. 1
Less aanount put
in Reserve Fund
Balance on hand

5300.36
610.98

5911.3[|-

I7IJ.2, 2ll
1j.i69.io
1500.00
.10

The Reserve Fund has been

invested in Ozark Bible

College Bonds drawing in
terest

time

and

at

tho

same

helping their Build

ing program.

These

bonds

will be encashed when

the

25.00

need arises.

25.00

continues
to forward our
funds from 1111 No, Main

Miss

Tennessee:

Church at Central
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

94-i-O

Throbs, Calendars li|.5.29

Housing
82.68

10.00

Church at Unity

[1.OI.I7
26i(..5l4-

Office Supplies
Christasian, Barter

The R.W, Dunahughs

Mother Dunahugh
Kentucky:

36I.9O

$610.98

St.,

Florence

Douglas

Joplxn, Mo,, 61p801.

Our new Hindi typGwriter> costing $170> tias finally

FORWARDING AGENT, MISS FLORENCE DOUGLAS, 1111 N. MAIN ST.

JOPLIN, MO., 64801

aucil a

heterogeneous con

gregation,

but

we

are

ed to

maintain membership

in two churches.

plicated

s t i l l afloat.

The Hindi language

con

bit

when the man died

gregation suffered quite, a

bit last year because of

Dec, 15th,

three former

the honors

ers

who

office bear

failed

to

get

elected in 1965* Confusion

continued because

mer secretary
turn

over

the

for

refused

to

the church re

cords to the newly chosen.

Now a

new election has

ta

ken place
with the ousted
officers s t i l l out. I t renains

or

to

be seen whether

not

196!^.
over

the

will
the

records

Secretary
result

of

o f

nothing

Secretary of

finally

has

turn
to

1966,

the

As .a

the fracas,
been .done

about building a church

building,
and no mission
aries
are serving on the

This com-^

matters a little

ional pastor and I

ment,

oh

The denominate
shareq

of his intern^

( So you can see

continue to perform man;

pastoral
duties despite
the lack of a title).

One of

o u r

dormitory

graduates, Sani the Tailoi

has contacted , T.B, Af te]
he began earning his o^
money

he

had , little us-

for the church "but an avi(

appetite for the things o3

the world.

Because he ha^

lost v/ages, and must spenc

much

oh

medicine, he di{

not have the wherewithal

for his sister's education
until we rushed to hii^
rescue,
have also giveA
him money for medicine and

Board of officers. But the

an X-Ray, The"prognosis is

worship

not very good,

services

and the

fellowship of most of the

membership has continued
undisturbed.

been

There

have

V^b Would

appreciate re^

ceiving any collections of

old Christmas cards. Be

no

recent baptisms,

fore wrapping,

however.

Brother Rash and

your local postofficefbr

packing Instructions and

myself

continue to preach

in the Hindi services v;hen

our turns come.
One of our older members

Mr, Yusuf, aged 75/ manag

inquire qt

the cheapest rates,

The memory of all of you

continues fresh and

and blessed.

Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words I'

II Cor. 9:15

happy