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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



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



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



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 .



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.

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