roland william jean 1953 india
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INDIA
CHRISTIAN
Vo l um e VII
MAY 1953
Rolands
Plan
Return
to India
IT
HAS BEEN
near ly a year
and
a
half now
s ince
we
re tu rned to
the
S ta te s f or a
gurlough. As
a resu l t of fervent prayers on his
behalf ,
and by th e Grace of
God,
William h as n ot yet had to
have
an opera
tion.
At
the las t ch eck up th e doctor expressed hope that th e cys t
would
e it he r r ema in
dormant or clear
i tself
up .
It is not
giving much
t r oub l e
now
so
he
f ee ls t ha t
su r
gery
w ill n ot
be necessa ry . Sin
cere
th an ks to
each
of you who
has
remembered us in
prayer in
this regard.
Thank
you, too, fo r
you r f in an ci al
help, which
has
taken
care
of
allmedical
expense
s o f a r .
Since
l a s t
Sep tember Wil l i am
has
been t ak ing
g raduat e wo rk a t
L i n c o l n
B ib l e I n s t i t u t e .
W e
are
now making plans
to re turn to
India
as
soon
as possible
af ter
school
is
ou t in May. As
yet we
have
no t app li ed
for our
visa, so
we
c a n n o t se t
a de f i n i t e
d a t e .
W e
are planning, however , f o r a
summer o r ear ly fall sail ing.
Each weekend
we
t ry
to
v i si t v a r
i o u s
c h u r c h e s
in t he L i n co ln area
At th e presen t t ime
we
have
1685
pledged t oward our livinglink sup-
p o r t.
Another
1415 is
needed
p e r
yea r . B es id es th is we wil l
need
t ravel
funds
and
money for
supplies, and
500
in
pledges for
genera l
school
expenses .
Befo re we
l ef t
Ind ia s eve ra l
o f th e Ch u r c h o f Ch r i s t m i s s i o n
a r i e s were maki ng p la ns fo r
o r
ganizing
a
Bible
uollege t h a t
w ou ld b e a b l e to s e r v e th e
n e e d s
o f th e w ork in
I nd i a
better t h a n
smaller
i n d i v i d u a l
efforts re
a b le to do .
Several
ofus h a v e d e
c ided to jo in
in
su ch an e f fo r t to
b e
c a l l e d t h e entral
I n d i a
B i b l e
Seminary .
We
have recent ly re
c e i v e d
a n
i n v i t a t i o n
to t e a c h
in a n d
superv i se
the
worko f t h i s school .
I n a smu c h a s
we
do n ot in te nd to
cont inue th e
Ragau l
Bible
Sem i n
ary,
we
have
decided
to accept
th is c al l . At
the
presen t t ime
the
school
will be held a t Bilaspur,
India . When poss ib le
we
w i l l
change
th e
locat ion to
a more cen
t r a l p lace so i t will be access ib le
to
t h e c h u r c h e s of the Un i t ed
Provinces as
we l l
as
t h o s e o f
th e
entral Provinces
We
ask tha t
you
pray
for us
as we
make p la ns
to continue the
training of Indian young people
f o r
th e s e r v i c e
of
the
Lord
P l e a s e do no t f o rg e t o u r f i nanc i a l
needs.
Can
you,
the
church where
you a t t end , o r one of the church
groups make a
pledge
toward
our
l ivinglink support? If y ou c an no t
assume continual suppor tmay the
L or d la y
it upon
your
hea r t to
send
a love offering
today
Above
all
pray
for our cont inued physi
cal and sp i r itua l s t rength .
Pickerings Resign From Mission
AFTER a wait ing
period
of
al
most
five mon th s s in ce
our ap
plicat ion
last
November
th e
governmen t of India has
a t
l a s t
seen
fi t
to
not if y u s
t h a tt h ey s t i ll
d o n o t f e el t h a t
w e are
n e e d e d
in
In di a a nd
thus
th ey c ann ot grant
our visas
In Feb rua ry Dr.
Rothermel
wen t
to
s e e the Dis t r i c t Mag i s
trate
a n d h e
stated that
h e n a d
sen t
in a repor t that the
miss ion
w as
s u ff er in g b e ca u se
o f i n a d e
quate he lp . Thus
we were
re
jec ted
by some of the h i g h e r
authorities b e c a u s e o f reasons
unknown to us. The only explan
ation
tha t
w as given
to
us was
that
we had not satisfactori ly
p roved tha t we
were
needed .
Because of th es e fa cts we
a re r e si gn ing f rom
work with the
Chr i s t i a n M i s s io n to I nd i a a n d a s k
th at a ll
finances
and
l ivinglink
be
discontinued.
Money
in
our pos
s e s s i o n
wi l l be t u r n e d o v e r to
th e
C e n t r a l Ac c o u n t to be
u se d fo r
the
fur ther ing
of
the Gospel
in
that
land
unless , within thirty
days we rece ive
not ice t h a tmon
ey i s
des i red
to be re tu rned .
We are especial ly thankfulfor
the wonder fu l suppo r twe r ece iv ed
(see RESIGN on page four)
Number
MRS.
ROTHERMEL an d
MISS
GLADYS HOP
at Ragaul India. MissHoppe is wearing the l
dian
garment, called a Sari.
From The Field
REM I N I S C ENCE S
From
D r . Ro t h e rm e l
On
January
22nd, i t
was 3
yea rs
since my
husband.
Ster l in
Rothermel
and
I landed on th
shores o f In d i a.
A s
o n e t h i n k s
the
yea rs
which have passed on
wonde rs j us t wha t
has been ac
compl ished .
S om e t i m e s we f e e lm u c h d i s
couraged
tha t
the re is
so
l i t t
frui t . We re joice howeve r ov
t h o s e
who have b ee n r e d e eme
f o r
w e
know that
e a c h
s o u l
i
wo r t h mu c h .
O u r
L o r d coun t ed n
cos t to o
grea t
to redeem each
us
N ew onverts
Recent ly
we have had thre
conver t s . One was a sen ior hig
school boy f rom a Christ ian
fam
i ly. His
fa ther
and
grandfa th
were
converts
during our
f i r
yea rs
in In di a. T he f a the r B.
Wal t e r i s one o f
th e
mis s i o
evangel i s t s
now.
T h e
s e c o n d
was
a R om a
Cathol ic who
was
t au gh t t he wa
of the Lord more perActly by
layman i nHami rpur . The layma
is t h e s o n o f o n e o f
our
first
c o n
verts
(see
FROM THE
FIELD,
page
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FROM
THE
F IELD
(began on page one)
The t h i r d was an
o l d e rm a n
o f
th e highestcaste ofthe Hindusa
Br a hman .
Th i s rrian
s a i d
he
had
never hea rd of
Chr i s t before ,
but,
after being
t aught for
three days
of God's love and the Gospelmes-
sage, he was ready to accept
H im
a s
Lo r d and
S av io r. T his
meant a r ea l change in
h is
life
from living a
life
of
idol
worship
to
worshipping
th e Living
God;
from
making
a
living
as a beggar
to
working a t a respectable
job.
Previous ly
he
had l ived
with h is
bro the r and family, who own ed
a
s m a l l
store. Whe n
th e
brother s
wife t r ied
to
poison
him
he left
this home
a nd b eg an
the life of a
beggar, a thing A^ichmany Bra-
mans
do, posing as holy men and
playing
on the r el ig iou s s uper
s t i t ions of the
people .
When
he
be c ame a Chr i s t i an ,
howeve r ,
he
was w illin g a nd
ready to
work a t
a ny jo b
tha t would enable
him to
make a
l iving.
While
he bought
and s old v eg et ab le s f or a sho r t
time
the
Maudaha
Church helped
financially to
supplement
his in
come . Now he has
found
a
job
in
a
M o s le m restaurnat.
Fortunate
ly he i s able
to
r ead , s o h e spends
m uc h tim e each
day
r ea din g h is
New Te st amen t, s tr iv i ng to
grow
in g ra ce and know l edge.
We hope
and pray each
one of
these
n ew
converts will continue
t o b e f a i t h f u l
f o l l owe r s
o f
t h e
Lord
Jesu s Chris t. P lease p ray for
them.
Other Results
When I
l oo k a bo u t,
I s e e
r e
su l t s
of the
work
of
pa s t
yea r s
also.
Many of
our
workers have
been
won directly
from heathen
worship,
others have been taught
the way more perfect ly. Mos t en
couraging a re
the
young
people
whom
we h av e h el pe d
to
educate .
At l eas t
s ix
of
our
young
men
and
three
young women
are now
in
f u l l t im e Chr i s t i a n work in
other Ch u r c h o f Christ missions
nea r by .
We take
hea r t
and thank
the Lord we
have
had a
smallpart
inprepar ing workers
for His
field
of l abo r ,
e ls ew h ere a s we l l
a s
h e r e . So w e c o n ti n ue t o t e a c h a n d
t ry to
t ra in
others so they will
know
an d desire to
do H is
wi l l .
S c h o o l
Our pr imary school also
con
tinues
to
serve.
W e
lookforward
to
t 1
Hoppy
can take o v er t hi s
work . At
p r e s e n t
she
is doing
a
marve lous
-
ly fine job of language study. A t
Chr i s tmas - t ime s h e su rp r i s ed
and del ighted a l l the Chr is t i ans
here
by
presen t ing a f lannelgraph
s tory of Jesus going to th e temple
when 12 year s old. She h as m as
tered
H i nd i s o w e l l
t h u s far that
she
made no t one
mis take
inpro-
nunciation.
NOTES FROM
GLADYS
HOP P E
Day By
Day
The
other
day
I
saw
a
moun
tain
goat fall part way down a
r ocky , s te ep mountain side. When
he r es c ue d i t,
th e
shepherd
put i t
on
h i s
s h o u l d e r
a n d
carried
back up t he mount ai n, because i t
w a s h u r t too muc h to wa lk .
D u r
ing the
rains
th e favorite
shelter
for the goats is th e church build
ing.
The
ra iny season
br ings out
the
beauty of
the Indian m oun
t a i n s .
Beau t i f u l
l i t t l e
blue
o r ch i d s
grow wild over the hillsides.
They
don' t las t l ong , t hough , af ter they
a re
picked.
Visitors
A
few
days ago we had
th e
Rempels, who
are
missionaries
a t Kulpahar, as our
guests
for
d i nne r . Mr s .
Ro t h e rm e l
r o a s t e d
a le g of mutton in her
pressure
cooker . I made a black
r a spbe r ry
ups ide-down cake, which,
sur
prisingly, turned out good
after
being
baked
almost
two
hours
in
a
l i t t le
oven
on
top
of
th e
l i t t le
ke r o s ene
s tov e. I t
w as
ma d e
o f
self - r is ing
flour the only
kind
we ca n g et here .
Mrs . Rothermel and
I
enjoyed
a t r ea t
at the
Kwality the
other
day. This is a
c lean
r es tauran t in
Mussoorie. Besides a
d e l i c i o u s
sundae, with plenty
of
fruit ,
I had
two
Indian
Samosas
(ground mut
t on w ith
cur ry
powder, baked in
a
thin pie-l ike crus t) ;
t hey we re
good
Funeral
One
day
I
saw and
heard
a
s trange procession coming down
t h e
street. I t turned o u t t o
b e
a
funera l .
The corpse was
wrap
ped in red
cloth , lay in g
on a
mat -bed
ca r r i ed by
four
men .
Several
people
followed, chant
in g together the words Ram,
R am i s true. R am is
o n e
o f t h e
Hindu god s
who
is
worshipped by
most a ll o f th e H indu s .
Hindu
Holidays
One
of
t he H in du hol idays is
called
Magh M ela. At
this mela
(fair) s ome holy men
l ie on
sharp beds of thorns or
pegs
of
i r on . Actually the spot
>^ere
they l ie is smooth , unseen ,
o f
cour se , by the
obse r ve r s .
They
do
such
things
to get
money
f rom
th e
p oo r, i gn or an t
people.
O n
March
1-3 another o f
the
m a n y
fes t ivals
i s ce leb ra t ed .
Thi s one
i s
ca l l ed Ho l i ,
bu t i t
is
far
from being holy. I
was
in Al l ahabad a t th i s t ime , and we
miss ionar i e s were
s t rongly
ad
v is ed n ot to go
o uts id e th e
m is
s ion compound dur ing
the
t h ree
days.
The
Hindus,
supposed ly in
a
j oy fu l a nd
friendly
way, th row
co lo re d wa t er o r powder
on
each
other.
S om e w om en across th e
road
were
wea rin g c le an
white
s a r ees that
looked new unti l
they
became spa t te r ed
w ith the
col
ored water
being thrown by
every
one.
Tradi t ional ly
this is a
t ime
of
f r iendl iness , visit ing, and
for
giveness
among Hindus ,
butof ten
i t is quite the
opposite .
Of t e n
curs ing
and abusing of each
other
leads
to fighting.
A Taste
of
Miss ionary
Work
Soon
af ter
l eav ing A l lahabad
f o r Christmas v a c a t i o n I
met
a
few
children
o n th e street
w ho
a sk ed , I s t h a t a Bib l e ?
r e f e r -
ing to the book in my hand.
I
re
plied,
Yes , it
is a
New
Testa
me n t .
T h e
children
w an te d to
hear something about Jesus . They
were evident ly Hindu o r Moham
medan for they said they did no t
go to church. My
Hindi
didn't
come to me so eas i ly then
as I
wou l d
h av e l i k e dhow
I w i s h e d I
could h a v e
k n ow n more
I
star
t e d
to
r e a d to th em f ro m Luke ,
but soon c a m e across letters
wh i c h were unfamiliar
t o
me. I
asked
the
t a l les t
gir l ,
who
was
about
12
years old, what theword
was .
She
comple ted
the
reading
of th e p ag e. By this
t ime
there
were about
20 ch il dr en ga th e red
there.
It
sur e doesn 't take
long
to get
a crowd
in
India I c losed
by praying the
Lord's
Prayer,
a n d
t h e
children
said Amen.
At the Chr is tmas
Eve
pro
gram a t Ragaul this year I had
th e
oppor tuni ty
of
tel l ing the
flan
nelgraph
story about Jesus in the
temple
at 12 years of
age.
I
spoke
very slowly in Hindi, but
the
peo
ple
l iked
i t and
said
they
could
u n d e r s t a n d .
O n C h r i st m a s a f te r
n oo n, f ol lowi ng t he
public
mee t
ing,
port ions
of
swee t
potatoes
were
given to about 50 poor peo
ple
who
had
gathered.
While
I
was
taking
pic tures
of the
group
some of the
village
boys
took an
i n t e r e s t in my camer a . I
found,
too,
that they were
in te r es ted to
he a r abou t J e s u s ,
so
I
t o ld
t hem
to go up on
the porch
where I
told
them the flannelgraph story I
had
told the Chris t ians
th e n ig ht
be
fore .
Soon
they
got so they could
say,
Jesus is the
Son of G od.
Some
said, Jesus is
th e
only
begotten
Son
of
God.
They
came
to
unders tand tha t
J es us i s
d i f f e r e n t f r om o th e r m e n
in
that He
is Holy.
I
quoted John
3 :1 6-2 1 to t h em
and one o f th e
Ch r is ti a n ch il dr e n h e lp edme t e ll
t h em why Jesus
had
com e to
ear th .
I also explained t ha t Jesus
is
the L ight of the World and
tha t
He t aught
that
p eo ple sh ou ld
do
good
to
one
another ; a ls o th at He
had com e to take the
punishment
of
our
s ins
in our
place.
I twas
a
joy to see how
eager ly and
at ten
t ively
they
l i s tened
SIXTH NATIONAL MISSIONARY
CONVENTION
Lincoln, Il linois,
September
23-27, 1953
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Visiting in Maudaha and Ragaul
Paul Ma s i h
is o n e o f t h e e va n
gelist sons
of
Masih Charan
to
whom
we in t roduced you
in
the
las t issue of India
Christian) . Paul
was
jus t
an ord inary Indian
boy,
who enjoyed
hunting with his
s l ing - sho t
and
pla yin g w ith
the
l i t t le Missionary M i ss Sahib
(Jean Rothermel) as the o t h e r
chi ldren d i d .
Qu i t e ear ly he
showed
abil i ty
for a r twork .
After
f inishing h is schooling he
decided
to
take
a job
with
a
printing
com
pany in Kanpur , hoping to learn
drawing wo r k
connected w i t h
printing.
While
in
this
work,
un
de r the leading of Mrs. Roliier-
mel ,
he
decided
to give
his
life
t a l en t s to the L o r d s s e rv ic e .
For a
number of
years , he
pu t his
training
fo r printing
to
use
helping run th e
mission
press a t
Ragaul .
He
kept the
p r es s
i n
working orde r , and,
having
learn
ed English, was able to se t
the
ty pe fo r
the
printing.
One
of
the
main
things was the
prin t ing
of
t h e In d i a
hristian
PAUL MASIH an d FAMILY.
Paul
Is
one of
th e
Mission s c ap ab le e va ng el is ts . He
s er ve d a s a teacher a nd D ea n o f m e n i n t he
Ragaul Bible
Seminary.
It wasn t long before Paul de
cided to
be
an evangel is tand ca r
r y
t h e
Gospel message to his
people. With his knowledge
o f
Engl i sh he
has b ee n a bl e
to r ead
the Engl i sh Bib le and
o th e r Ch r is
t ian
books,
thus
acquir ing
more
knowledge than otherwise poss i
ble. His efforts
as
an
evangelist
h av e r e s u l t e d i n
s e v e r a l
c o nv e r t s
t o hrist H e also takes h i s turn
with the
o th e r ev ange l is t s p r each
ing
for the
Maudaha Church o f
Chris t . We are
always glad
to
hear Paul preach
because
h i s
The T aU O ne
is PUTTU
LAL. The others
ar e
his
mother and father,
a
si ster, and
tw o of h is sons.
s e rmon s a re
good
Gospel
mes
sages,
delivered in plain language
so
t ha t even
a
beginning miss ion
ary
can
unders tandmuchofthem.
Wh e n it w as
t im e
to start th e
Ragaul Bib le Seminary,
William
recognized Paul s teaching abili
t ies and gave
him
a place as a
regular teacher. He served as
Dean for
the
young
me n ,
an d
taught
New Tes tament courses ,
such
as
Gospels
and
Acts .
His
e a r n e s t n e s s an d de s i r e
to
t e a ch
th e W ord h av e
e n d e a r e d
h im to
the he a r t s o f
t h o s e
w ith w hom he
w o r k s .
When the
Seminary had
to
be
c losed
in 1951, P a ul r et ur ne d to
his
place
as afull time evangelist.
At th e presen t t ime he is teaching
in
th e Pr ima r y school during the
a b s e n c e
o f one
o f
th e
t e a c h e r s .
O n e
of P a u l s mo s t
r e c e n t
f ru i t s
of
evangel ism
i sPu t t uLa l .
Puttu w a s reared as a H i n d u in
th e
smal l
vil lage of Dalip N agar
20 miles north
of
Kanpur . A
na
tive evangel is t
of
a denominat ion
a l m is sio n in Kanpur o f ten visi ted
Puttu s village
to
sell
t racts
an d
talk
to
th e
p eo ple a bo ut
Chris t .
W he nP u t t u s f a t he r an d mo t h e r
s h ow e d
an interest
in
what h e
h a d
to say ,
the
evange l is t s p ent mo re
t ime
ta lking w ith t hem . E a c h
t ime he vis i ted Dalip
Nagar ,
Pu t
tu s father, Mullu, always
had
a
l i s t of ques t ions to
a sk
abou t
the
Bible,
or
a bou t t hin gs
that
the
evangel is t
had
told
them
on
prev
i o u s
visits
As
Put tu
grew o lder he
l ea rn
ed to r e a d an d wr i t e , w ith the
help of the evangelist, relatives,
and other
acquain tenances ,
s ince
he was a sweeper s
son
an d
not
permitted
to attend
th e
village
s choo l .
Anxious
to i nc r ea se h is
ability
to read,
he s pen t much
tim e r ea din g a
New
Testament.
He a sk
more
and
more quest ions
of his
evangelist
friend. Whenthe
evangelist could
n o t give
good
answers,
and t augh t t hi ng s that
were not according to the
New
Te st am e nt , P ut tu
and
h is f am ily
became
very dissat is f ied.
Af t e r Pu t tu
mar r i e d ,
he and
his family
moved
to
Kanpur
where
h e s e c u r e d w o rk w ith a n I nd i a n
Christian gentleman
who
had
a
prominent jo b in
on e of
th e
Kanpur
mi l l s . While he l ived t he r e ,
a
young Chris t ian
f ri en d u rg ed
our
evangel is ts to visi t him. During
t h e i r vaca t i on , one s umme r ,
P a u l
and
Mas ih P r a s a dwen t to
Kanpur
t o
t a l k
wi t h
P ut t u . O th er visits
f ol lowed and they
answered many
questions
of Puttu,
wheneverpos -
sible
let t ing
Pu t tu r ead
the
ans
wers
from
t h e
New Testament
In
this
way Put tu was taugh t abou t
Chr is t
and show n the way of sa l
va t i on .
Whe n h i s
doub t s we r e
r e
moved ,
h is
f i r s t
des i r e
was
to
go
immediately and
talk
to
his
par
ents and
bro ther . They , too, be
l ieved
and were
baptizedPuttu
and h is
wife ,
h is mothe r
and fa
t h e r , h is b r o t h e r and s i s t e r - i n -
l aw .
A very
impor tan t
par t of the
w ork o f th e mi s s i o n h a s b e e n t h a t
of car ing f or o rp ha ns and
de se r
ted
chi ldren .
Lack
of
adequate
help
and
funds h av e m ad e i t im -
ossible
tohave
anorphanage
but
r om
time
to
time
c h i l d r e n h a v e
been cared
fo r and
helped by
the
m i s s i o n . O ne o f t h e se c h i ld r e n
is
Miriam . M i ri am
was b ro ug ht
to
Mrs .
Rothermel
b y a
mar r i ed
bro ther .
She w as a bo ut tw o year s
old,
and
both her parents
were
d e a d . A sister
w ho
h a d b e e n l i v
ing
with
them was about to
be
ma r r i e d ,
a n d cou ld
no t
be
ex
pec ted to care for the
infant
s is
t e r any longer . The bro ther and
(see
VISITING
on
back
page)
~
P ut tu s b ro th er , JUGA NU. and h is
family.
Juganu s wife was illiterate and very shy.
Since becoming a Christian, she has shown
much
growth spiritually
and
mentally.
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4/4
F INANC IAL SUMMARY
Clyde P . Roland,
Central Agent
702
Adams Stree t , S tu rg is,Ky .
Detai led
repor t
avai lable on
re
ques t to above add re s s .
Total Receipts
8388.70
Expendi tures
Office
expense,
pr int
ing, and
general
304.
47
To Clyde P . Roland,
Repayment of loan 100.
00
To
Ind ia
338 .
62
To
Wil l i am
R oland , on
debt , med i c a l , ex
pense s , on
s a l a r y 741 . 84
TOTAL 1484. 93
In
Cent ra l
bank account 6903.
77
RES IGN
(began on page one
from
everyone. We
were
verily
ready
to proceed excepting this
o n e
grea t
obs tac le .
Let
us re
m em b e r
t h e wo r d s
And w e know
that
all t hi ng s work together
for
good to
them
t ha t, l ov e
God, to
t h em
who
are
th e c a l l e d
accord
ing to His purpose. Romans 8:28.
Our p r e sen t plans
a r e t ha twe
should
take
pos tgraduate
school
ing
and i t may be tha t a t
some
f ut ur e d at e the Lord
may
d i rec t
our pa ths
to
India.
However , we
shal l
not a g ai n
enter
the mission
un t i l
we
are assured t h a t
w e
w i l l
b e a l l ow e d to enter I nd i a .
There is m u c h
t o
b e d o n e a l l
over
th e wo r l d .
S e r v i c e
fo r th e
Lord
a t
h om e can
b e tt er p r ep a re
for
a
grea ter service in
t ime to
come
Yield yourse l f
comple te ly to
the Lord , become
as
clay in
His
hands ,
and tho ugh
one may
not
unders tand
why,
we knowtha t the
c u lm i n a t i o n o f a ll e ve n t s
c a n
o n
ly work for the
best .
F I NANC I A L R E P O R T
January 1, 1952March 31, 1953
IN OME
1951
Ba l a n c e
T o t a l I n c ome
Jeep
Fund
T O T A L
1118.32
5040 .
48
65 .
DO
6223.80
EX P END I TU R E S
Livinglink
(l yr. 3 mo.) 3382. 15
Travel 545 . 37
J ee p I ns u ra n ce
93.
94
Postage 32 .03
Phon e
5 .
92
M i s c el la n e o u s 8 5
Paid on Jeep 850. 00
Slide
Pro jec to r 100. 00
S en t to Ce n t r a l Ac c o u n t 1 20 6. 1 4
TOTAL 6223.
80
Lloyd and
Marian Picker ing
MIEUAM
an d
MRS.ROTHERMEL.
Miriam
was given to Mrs. Rotbermel when she was
about two years old. Herparentswere dead
and her relatives did not
care
to keep
her.
Sh e
is
now
a
nurse.
VISITING
(began
on last
page)
his
wife
had
the i r
own
fami ly
re s
ponsibi l i t ies,
a nd cou ld
not
con
t i nue
to ca re fo r
he r . So ,
Mr s .
Ro th e rme l took Mir i am an d g ave
her loving Chr is t ia n c a re .
O nce , so on
a f t e r
M i r iam had
s t a r t ed
to
sch oo l, sh e
w as
a s k ed
to sing a song for on e o f th e
Christmas
p rog r ams .
She stood
up
an d sa ng her song, then with
ou t
a
pause , star ted another , and
another ,
unti l
she had sung
a ll
h er Ch ri stm as songs s h e Imew.
Probab ly
e ve ry p ar en t h a s
t imes of misgivings ,
wondering
how
the i r
child
i s
going to
turn
out . As Miriam grew older , we
were
pleased
to see
tha t
she
as
s umed r e sp o ns ib il it y,
and
took
upon
herse l f t he dut y
of
mo the r
ing
th e
younger orphans
who
came
l a t e r . By
the t ime
she fin
i shed
eighth
grade
she had dec ided
t o
become a
nurse
F IRST CH R IS TIA N CHURCH
Sturgis , Kentucky
It
i s a la rm i ng to see th e
in
c reas ing
number
of Christian
nurses who flunk
their
exa^ns
giv
en by non -Ch r is ti an examine rs
WhenMiriam was among th e num
be r
to fai l , the doc to r and hea
nurse of
the
hospital , where
she
was
taking her t ra in ing, urged
her to try again. They
wrote
to
us also,
urging
us
to
encourage
her
to co ntin ue. T hey said
tha
she was
fai thful
in
her
work , an
had
s a v e d
th e l i f e o f a t l e as t
on
patient
by
tender
loving
c a r e
wh ich
mo s t o f th e o t h e r
n u r s e
would
not bother to give. The
insis ted
tha t
her
prac t ica l wor
was
above
reproach. Sh e finally
decided to take midwifery
t ra in
ing.
We
have
not heard the
re
su l t s of th is
l a s t
e f fo r t , but w
are
c o n f i d e n t t h a t sh e w il l be
grea t
help
to
those who a re
sic
wherever she
is .
She
has
alread
proved her
love
o f
service by
spending
much of her vacatio
t ime
render ing
medica l
servic
to
th o se in
need of i t , bo th
to
Ch r i s t i a n
an d
n o n -Ch r i s t i a n . An
we pray tha t her
humble
witnes
for
Chris t
may
be
far - reaching
as
s h e
c o n t i n u e s t o serve
in
H i
N am e .
INDI HRISTI N
is published by
HRISTI N
MISSIONTO INDIA Clyde P. Roland Centra
Agent 702 Adams Street, Stiugls Kentucky
and printed in the
U.S.A.
by Mission Service
Willemie , Minnesota .
MISSIONARIES
Zoena
S.
Rothermel, M.D.
Miss Mildred Haas Forwarding Agent
507 Renkert Building Canton 2 Ohio
Miss Gladys
Hoppe
Mrs. Walter Hoppe Forwarding Agent
Route
2,
St . Charles,
Minnesota
William and Jean Roland
Clyde P. Roland Forwarding Agent
702 Adams
Street,
Sturgis Kentucky