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I N D I C H R I S T I N
June
1946
Go ye into all the •world an d preach
ihe Gospel to the whole creation.
V o l . I
IN IN D I
Six montlis have
passed
since Mrs.
Rothermel, Miss
Hunt
and Mr. and Mrs.
Rash landed in Karachi, having spent
three
weeks on tlie same ship, the Santa Paula,
without setting foot on land. Although
we stopped a few hours at Port Said and
could see the place at ratlier close range,
still we were
no t
permitted to go ashore,
as permission to proceed thni the Suez
Canal was granted very soon. While the
first of our trip was stormy all proved
pretty good sailors. One day the engines
stopped in mid-.sea for repairs for about
an hour or so, and we were
tossed
by th e
wind
and waves but tliis
did not disturb
ou r
peace
of mind.
Each
Lord's
Da y
we
gathered in the Rashes' cabin to remember
Our
Lord
around His
table and each
evening we
ha d
Bible reading an d prayer
together. *
Upon arrival in Karachi an d
after
getting
through the Customs wc found
that the only available hotel was
Hindu.
Beds were clean enough
but
Oh the food
W e older missionaries could
scarcely eat
so
w e re a m a z e d
h o w
the n e w
folks
managed.
T he y th ou gh t that if they ha d
to leam to
ea t
such food they might as
well begin. We only stayed
there
for
ou r first day's food, then
found
a good
Chinese
restaurant fo r t he o th er days. There
w e r e
n o a c c o m m o d a t i o n s to b e h ad o n
the
trains for several
days
as 10 000 Moslems
had
just landed
from
their pilgrimage
to
Mecca
the
day before
and
taken every
available space.
Upon reaching Cawnpore I left th e trio
there
and
went home so I could get the
house
ready but upon
a rr iv al f ou nd a lm os t
everything in its
place
an d most of th e
rooms ha d been
white-washed.
So I
just
had the rest done
and
returned fo r
m y
trio.
While
in
Cawnpore
they had the
N o 2
opportunity of getting in touch with the
head of th e language school who gave,
them
the names of good
pandits
who might be
available. In order to get
home
with all
of ou r baggage, we ha d to hire a
whole
lorry an d how thrilled we all were, to be
nearing our long journey's end. The trio
were .so delighted at reaching Ragaul —
thrilled that
th e
last lap of
their
long
journey from N. W. Canada, just half way
around the
world was ending and
their
ne w liome in sight. The C hr is ti ans w e re
ready to help carry in baggage an d wel
come us although it was
Saturday
night,
Dec. 22nd.
On
Su nd ay there
were
th e
usual services an d on Monday th e very
special welcome service w it h s pe ec he s and
garlands
of f lowers fo r around the neck of
e a c h o f
us.
A t this
service
th e Christians
brought their gifts of Thanksgiving —chick
ens, eggs, grain, money, all sorts of tilings
— in gratitude for th e safe arrival of new
missionaries and of their Mama Ji, Mrs.
Rothermel.
W h e n
C h ri st m as w as
ove r with
the usual services we started finding places
for all th e things which four of us
ha d
brought,
an d
this was no small task for
our one godown was full of things
be -
longing
to
three
other missionaries.
A pandit
wa s secured
and the trio
began their language study, which kept
them busy every day, five days a week.
Mrs. Rothermel
kept busy
with mission
affairs and securing food fo r all. Witli
s om e t hin gs rationed
and many things no t
a \ a il ab le t hi s
was some work.
Then for
over
a
month
Bubonic Plague kept our
village .shops closed so nothing could be
purchased except for a few vegetables.
Fortunately we ha d some things in our
g ar de n w hi ch
the
Indians
had
made before
our
return. Plague interfered
with our
Bible, women going to nearby villages but
th e evangelists went to villages farther
away
an d stayed for about two months in
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camp. Several people seemed very near the
ingdom
but were turned away by the
threats of the higher castes. If India gets
ier
independence as she surely will very
soon we trust that even the lowest of
the village people may be free also to
accept Christ without oppression. This
should
be
true in a free land
but
depends
as now on the Indians themselves.
OUR NEW MISSIONARIES
About the
middle
of April Miss Hunt
and Mr. and Mrs.
Rash went
to
the
hills
to continue their language study in the
school where they are still very busy and
doing well. They grew to love the Indian
Christians at Ragaul and tell me they miss
them more
than
some
f riends in the home
land. If that feeling continues
there
is
little doubt of them being unusually good
missionaries for
they have the
true message
and with love for the people and the Lord
they must succeed.
A
TRIP
TO
MADRAS
In February while a missionary friend
came to share the pandit for some help
with translation work Mrs. Rothermel
left
on a short trip to Madras to see about the
work there. Manuel
Jacobs was very
anxious
fo r her to make the visit before
th e
hot weather when
th ere would
not be
a missionary with whom she could stay.
Mrs.
Rothermel was in Madras
less
than
a
week
but
was away for almost two weeks
for it takes three days and two nights of
travel
each
way.
Manuel
had foimd
a
young man and his wife who are very
aiudous
to
be missionaries
to
their o\vn
people and as Manuel has always been
handicapped because he had no woman
worker
and cannot
teach
women
himself,
was
very anxious
fo r
Mrs. Rothermel s
approval although
she
feels him
quite
trustworthy
and
competent to do so. The
hurch
of
hrist
at
Ragaul
is
pajdng haff
the salary of this couple which will tend
to
increase
th eir in ter est in
that
work also.
Last
summer Manuel nearly
lost
one
leg because of an infection caused by an
injury and it
was then found that he
had
diabetes. Besides this
he had
another
affliction
which
he calls
his
thorn
in
th e
flesh which it truly is and so we are
asking your prayers for this earnest zealous
servant of Our Lord, who
continues h is
work faithfully
despite
all.
For years
our
Brother Manuel has
worked and continued to plead for help
in the
way
of a missionary couple
but
thus
far there has
been
no
one
to
answer this
crying need. Is there
not
one couple who
is wilhng to come and help in this great
need in South India? I am sure that
anyone
taking
up that work would find joy
in
such
service for Christ. If you
cannot
come you
can
tell
others of the need
and
you
can
pray tha t
some couple
hearing
of
th e
need of
harvesters
in
this
field
will
say,
H ere am I Lord, send
me.
Is there
anything better one can do than dedicate
the life to His
cause
in
a land of darkness?
Do not come if you still hold to the things
of this
world
as necessary to
pleasure
for
there
are too many such out here already.
But if Christ is all-sufficient for you and you
wish
to
take
up your cross
and
follow Him,
to give
your
life if need be, then I am
sure
He can
and will
use
you
for
His
honor and glory.
A
H LPIN HAND
Just
after my trio left for die hills
to continue their language
study
.a wire
came from Marian Schaefer asking for
immediate help on
account
of
her father s
critical condition,
so I left fo r Calcutta th e
next
day
arriving Apri l
26th, which was
the day before Mr. Schaefer passed away.
I did all I
could
to help prepare for the
funeral the following day securing
the
minister
whom they
wished;
and then
stay
ing
with
Mrs. Schaefer .while Marian went
back to Bilaspur to pack her things to sail
with her mother which she did on the
6th
of May. As
they were
expecting three
new missionaries, who arrived after
their
departure I was asked to go to
the
hills
and live with the two young women. Miss
D.
Chitwood,
and Mrs. L. Mosier
while
Mr.
O. D.
Johnson
was to take the rooms which
I was to have occupied
and
ge t his meals
with us.
This
is
what
I have done
trying
to do all I could for them to help get
started
in a n ew lan d whe re t he re is much
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to leam besides the language. I have tried
to do for them as
though
they were my own.
A WEAPONS CARRIER
Trave l has been
so
very
difficult in
our
district since we had no vehicle of any
kind, and since our railway has not
been
put
back
after
being
taken
out about six
years ago for war needs. Cars are scarce
and
not
available so
when
in
Calcutta
Mrs. Rothermel
found
that Army supplies
were
available to missions so she arranged
to
buy
a weapons carrier. Some said, What
a
thing
for a mission to
havel
But Mrs.
Rothermel replied that as we carry the
best
of all weapons —
The
Word
of God
which is the Sword of the Spirit we are
the very ones who should
have
such a
carrier.
It is
just
a
truck and
will
be
our
Gospel Motor in
which
wo shall go to
the villages and
preach,
taking a
load
of
the Christians with us, as well as Gospels
for sale.
N E W C O N V E R T S
Since
our return
to
India Brother
Manuel has baptized one young man who
was a
Hindu,
bu t who saw the
Light
of
Christ, His Saviour and
decided
to follow
H i m
At Hamirpur where
our
district jail is
located, one of our evangelists who lives
there
has, with the
help
of his wife who
is a
Bible
woman,
con\ erted
the woman
jailor,
who
has charge
of
the
women
prisioners, and her two daughters. He
recently baptized them and is quite hopeful
of
more of th e family soon. We should
pray
for
all
these
new converts
and those
near the point of decision.
And remember
those who are in government jobs and who
may be transferred any time, that
they
may
grow strong in th e Lord
and
in the power
of
His
might,
and tell others.
— : : —
Dear Friends
in
Christ:
The rains have
started
in earnest now
and
i t is
wonderful to sit in
a
nice warm
room and
write
letters while you listen to
the rain on the roof. We are having ten
days holiday from Language School now
so are able
at
last to ge t a few other things
done. It seems since coming to the Hills
the Middle of April all we have
had
time
for is
Hindi
and even then
the days are
not
long enough. The
language
has
proven
to
be
a full
time
job
for
us since
our
arrival.
The L ord has bles.sed us w ith som e of the
best pandits of the school who have made
the
language
a
thing
that can be unders tood
and mas te re d with much hard
work.
It is just a year this month that I
started
to visit the churches in
preparation
to my coming to India. At that time I
had many
doubts
and
fears
about
the
future.
I
wondered
if I
would
be
able
to
stand
all
th e
difficulties
and
lonely
times
tha t would come. N ow I know more of
His faithfulness and realize that Through
Him we are more than
Conquerers.
I am happy in the .service of the King.
I am
happy
as I look to the fields white
unto harvest to which He has guided me.
Tliis is my life, and God
being
willing,
I
want
to give my
time
to
th e needy
souls
of
this
land. It is easy to love thc.se people,
to love the unlovely as well as those who
have been
touched by the power of Christ.
The faithful Christians make it easy to go
on day
after
day, for you
can
then look,
at
the
lost souls in
the
villages and know
that those
who will
yield to His lo^ e
will
enjoy the same peace and calm.
I d id
not
come
to India
b ec au se o f
the
task or because of the great results, for
the
task
is hard and the
results are
so
very
few. I came because I
knew
of the thou-
-sands
in
need of a Savior
and
because I
knew
of
the only Saviour of th e
world,
th e
one
who could
satisfy every
desire
of
their hearts. God has
poured
out
His
blessings for us here in such a marvelous
way that th e
things
we had feared
have
been
made
easy for
us. The
thought now
and
the
prayer that
is
ever
on mv heart,
Wil l I be
able
to be faithful to
the
task
to which He has cal led? Pray for us that
we might be found faitliful s tewards of His
work in India .
Yours in Him,
E d n a Hunt
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To the Brethren:
As I write this
word
of greeting to
you from our l ii llside in th e foot hills
of
th e Himalayas, it
seems that
I
must
try
in vain to show you the true picture of
the mat ters of the Kingdom in this land.
How
easy
it is
for
us, at
home
or
abroad,
to slip into a routine attitude regarding
His work. It is a constant fight here to
prevent the missions idea of th e years
from making a false impression on our
minds
and
methods.
If the Son hath made
us free, we must be free indeed — free of
man s ideas, conceptions and changes in
the Divine Plan for
the redemption
of
th e w orld .
Brethren, we
cannot
but
think of
those
hundreds of young people at home whom we
met
that love the Lord s way and in think
ing of them, we pray for their steps to be
led to help us and
Him
in the task
that
is before us. Words lack tlie power with
which we pray the Lord will touch your
hearts
and cause you
to send or to
be
.sent
for Him here. It is a wonderful, glorious
and lifting experience —IF you live by the
spirit.
Finally,
brethren,
pray for us that the
word of the Lord may run and be glorified,
even as also it is witli you: and that
we
may
be delivered from unreasonab le
and
evil men: for all have
not
faith.
2 Thes .
3: 1-2.
Yours in the faitli,
Thomas
G. Rash
— o —
Dear
Co-laborers,
We rejoice in the Lord always, for He
has
set
our
feet on
higher ground and has
led us into a deeper joy and fuller under
standing of His will and way. May we
who have seen the light of the glory of
God ever
stand
fast,
and
hold the t radi tions
which ye were taught, whether by word
or by epistle of ours. These words of
Paul
to
the church a t
Thessalonica
were
meant for each
one of us
who
are a part
of the body
of
Christ. If His
children
the
world
over
would liold to the things that
are written,
and
would spread
the
message
on to others, His church would grow, not
orJy
in number, but above all in spirit and
in
t ruth.
W e
thank G od for
tlie
t ime of fellow
ship
which we have each Lord s Day around
His table. Though we are few in number,
He is ever present. When we first came to
the Hills in April, there were five of us
including Miss Hunt, two native Christians
{botli
of
whom
were led to th e Master thru
Bro. Rothormel some years ago), and Mr.
Rash and Myself who gathered together
for
this
memoria l
feast.
Later
th e n umbe r
grew
to
fourteen.
It is a joy
indeed
to
meet in one of
the
homes each week
and
have scripture
and
prayer, a message
and
the
breaking
of bread. Missionaries
have
considered us non-cooperative
because
we
do not
attend
ser\ ices at
the
interdenomina
tional
church
where some 400 people meet
on Sundays.
But
how can
we a tt end these
services when His word has been made
clear
to us and we
know that
He has given
us a divine plan to follow. His
word
shall
stand through
fire and sword and more
insidious still, men s cunning ways should
try
to
crush
it out.
How can
we
lean
on
any one
bu t
Him,
how
can we
build
on
any other foundation than
that
which is
laid
which is Christ Jesus?
A servant in the field abroad,
(Mrs.)
Leota Rash.
SEN D
A LL
O FFER IN G S
F O R
Miss
Hunt or
Mr.
and Mrs. T. G.
Rash, To: E. E. Breakenridge,
1910 Sixth
Street,
N.
W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Offerings for Mrs. Rothermel should be sent to her Forwarding Agent,
Mrs. G. M.
Ensign,
1819 Car ro ll Avenue, Middle town, Ohio .
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I N D I HRISTI N
Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole creation.
Vol I
O N T H E F IE L D
D r
Z S Rothermel
Mr Thos Ra sh
M r s L«o ta Rash
Miss E d n a H u n t
October
1946
N o 3
R E C R U I T S
Mr Ralph
Harter
M r
W illia m R olan d
Mrs Jean Roland
Mary Esther Roland
Bom in Cincinnati Ohio January 21 1945
R O L N D S T O S IL
You may know that we had planned to remain in Cincinnati for another
year of study. Circumstances seemed to point to our leaving for India this
winter, and after much prayer we concluded that God was directing us to
this decision. We commenced making plans to that end, and have a trip
scheduled to visit many churches before we sail. We regret that time will
not permit us to visit many otiiers which we would like to visit. Please under
stand if we can not visit you, and please remember us in your prayers that we
may be guided aright. Our sailing date is not definite, but we hope to sail
for India in January. Upon arrival there we will study the Hindi language
at the language school in the Himalayan Mts. We will then return to the
plains and work in Hamirpur, about 20 miles from Mrs. Roland s Motlier, Dr.
Zoena Rothermel
Our Indian address will be; Ragaul, Hamirpur Dist.
U
P India
All personal letters will reach us tlirough this address.
The address of our forwarding agent is Mrs Grayce S. Ensign
1819
Carro l l
Ave
Middletown
Ohio.
Please send all money and business correspondence to this address,
making
checks and money orders payable to Mrs. Grayce S. Ensign.
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NEWS FROM INDIA
CAUSE
FOR REJOICING
Edna and the others will be surprised when they find out you are coming
so soon. I gave a thank offering at Sunday School right after I had your news.
So it was a surprise for every one. I had another reason for gratitude for
I killed a snake a few days ago —iny first, and Xdidn t know I had caught
it until the next day, after I had
put
my hand within an inch of where it was
pinned in
the
window,
but
it could not reach me.
The
Lord knew all
about
it,
of course, but I did not. Tlien, the
ne xt
day when I opened tlie window again
it turned and hissed and stuck out its tongue, but it could not get away, so
as it
turned
I closed
the
window again and thus killed it, for in a short time
when I told Yohosu he found it dead. It was a krite, about two feet long.
Don t be frightened for the Lord, I m sure had often protected when I did not
even know
of
the
danger
just
as
this time ZOENA
ROTHERMEL
PTISMS
In August the twenty year old son of the jailoress at Hamirpur took his
stand for Christ. Six new converts were recently baptized in Madras.
Manuel
Jacobs
and Convert s in Madras.
LIST OF THINGS NEEDED
British
gDvcrnnu iit
requires guarantoed support.
1. New car, preferably General Motors. 8. Stockings, an;
2. Big Ben Clock. 9. Mercerized oi
3. Two or more thermos bottles or jugs. 10. Christinas tre
4.
Voi l d resses ,
size.s 36 to 40 . 11 . Funeral
home
5. New or old quilts and comforters. 12. Candy, any k
6.
Old
coats
or woollen dresses.
13.
Childrens
clot
7. Electric transformer
and
electric 14. Carpenter am
power plant.
8. Stockings, any kind, sizes 9 /^ or 10.
9.
Mercer ized
o r
cot ton
tab le
cloths.
10. Christinas
tree
trimmings.
11.
Funeral
home advert is emen t fans.
12.
Candy, any
kind.
13. Childrens clothing, up to 8 yrs.
14. Carpenter
and
mechanic tools.