News From Hamirpur

News of the missionary labors of Balph and LaVon Harter

With good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men. Euh. 6:7
SPBINd, 1952 .

OHUEOH OF OHEIST, HAMIRPUB, U. P. INDIA

Where Art Thou?

NEWS LBTTEE NO. 7

Where There

By LaVon Harter
"Where art thou?" Adam's reply to
God was "I hid mysell'". Geuesis 3:9.
Adam had sinned and knew it.

Is No Love

He tried

to hide and escape from God.

Even
though God knew where Adam was hid
ing He asked the question, "Where- art
thou?" it brought lorth an answer - a
true answer, "I hid myself."

When we ask ^'Why did Adam hide

himself", or "What was he hiding for?"
we know it was because he had sinned.

Who was he hiding from? Or who was

he TRYING to hide from? God, But we
find here that Adam did not succeed, be
cause there is no one who can hide from

God. no matter how hard he tries.

Some pi-eachers are sometimes guUty

of this. After preaching on Sunday they
try to hide from God during the week.
But God still knows and asks, "Where
art thou?"

Of elders who take their office lightly

and who shrink from their duty by guid
ing the flock only on Sunday, God asks,
"Whei'e art thou?"

Miss Ivy Roberts and Mrs. LaVon Harter

Likewise of deacons

who do not try to live righteously during

the week, but find themselves hiding
from the minister and

members of

the

Miss Roberts was baptised in October,

1951 at the Women's Christian Service
Camp. She is 21 years of age, a college
graduate, and speaks English fluently

church, God knows, and asks "Where art

besides

They begin to wander from the Lord's

her

native

Hindi.

She

is the

second language teacher to become a

Christian Only and to work at the Mission
at Hamirpur.

The Church
Marches On
1950Sixteen baptisms and one transfer
from denominational church.

1951Twenty-five baptisms some in

Kanpur, following a meeting there.
1952New church planted in the city of
Kanpur, with 8 more baptisms in

January.

Membership February 1

was thirty.
1952Officers chosen for the church at

Hamirpur.

Chairman of Business meetings,

Mr.- Negi; Adult Bible School
Teacher, Mr. Harter: Teacher of
children, Miss Ivy Roberts: Treas
urer of Bible School and Church,
Miss Ivy Roberts; Song Leader
for Bible School, Mrs. Harter.
As stated in the summer, 1951 issue of
News from Hamirpur, we have not since
.Inly. 1950 been connected with the Chris

tian Mission to India, but are working

independently, to the iDest of our ability,
deeply appreciative of the Interest, faith,
and prayers of" our friends and contribu
tors.

Ihou?"

Many Christians think that now they

are Christians that is all that matters.
table

and to miss other services

quite

frequently for unnecessary reasons. God

knows and asks, "Where art thou?"
Some young folk try to hide from
Christian fellowship.
They hide to
smoke, attend movies and dances. God
knows. Remember, he asks you, "Where

By LaVon E. Harttr
My Christian name Is Amos,

And I am four years old,

Our mother died two years ago,
.And father's love was cold.

My brother Paul is six years old

-And a very smart lad Is be,
Just name a Bible story,
He'll soon have it told, you see.

Sl.ster Queenie is now eight,

She sings most all the time,
She tells her Hindu teacher.
Of God

and His love divine.

Our mother died of while plague

And left six children you see,

ait thou?"
We missionaries on the field too must

To a father with no sign of love.

For Paul, for-Queenie, or me.

be ever watchful that we do not neglect

our work of preaching and teaching in an

We were often cruelly beaten,

Some days we had nothing to eat,
Our clothes were In rags and shreds.
Our father could have kept us neat.

effort to win souls for

Christ.

We too

must remember that God knows and asks,

"Where art thou"?

If you and I were asked by God, "Where

art thou?" what would our answer be?
Would it be as Adam's was, "I hid my

self?" If 80, then it is time to get out of

that hiding place, ask God's forgiveness
and put on the clothes of righteousness
and

March

On.

But

what

about

the

Christian who is slipping, and hiding,

and does not hear the voice of God ask
ing, "Where art thou?" It is our bless
ed privilege to be the one to step to that

person's side and speak to him so that

he may hear God when He asks. "Where
art thou'?" Many have not come to the
place where they would admit that they
arc hiding from God, or that they are In
the hands of Satan.

Often it Is because

we stand with folded hands waiting for

opportunities. Instead of going forward

to meet them.

See

Tn the meantime brethren

'WHERE ART THOU?" - Page 3

Father tried for two long months

To get Harters to take us In,
They tried first to teach him to love.
And to keep our home from sin.
It's not that our father Is poor,

He has a job with good pay,

But he had no love for anyone,
So he Just sent us away.

We now live with the Hartera,

And call them mama and dad.

We have gained in weight you see,

.And are happy in the love of God.

The

three

Had

to

older

leave

children

father's

cottage

too.

But they found new Christian homes.

And a chance to live and grow.

Some thought we should have stayed,

With our father, perhaps to die,
-But here we're growing In Christian love,

Learning to lead others to

Christ.

News From Hamirpur

Published

In

the

tTnited

States

People We Know

Our Sincere Thanks

for

Church of Christ Hamirpur, U. P. India

To each one who has given to our

mission funds, personally or through a

Ralph and LaVon Harter.

Christian group.
To the Church of Christ at Buchanan,

Michigan. Pledging $200 per year for

LaVon's L/L fund, they have added to
that for general funds and last year went
way "over the top" by giving $1023.52.

Mailing address of
RALPH ANU LAVON HARTER
is

It can be done!

CHURCH OF CHRIST

HAMIRPUR, U. P. INDIA

WHERE

TO

SEND

To the Church of Christ, East Rochest

er, New York, for a pledge of $5 per
month for child care.

CONTRIBUTIONS

To Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Condon, Nor-

Banking and forwarding of funds Is

taken care of by Ralph's mother, Mrs.
Louise Harter, Box Hi, Clinton, Ohio.
All gifts promptly -acknowledged.

walk, for a pledge of $5 per month.

To Mrs. Beulah Mae Ray, Mendon,
Michigan, for making a pledge of $5 per
month.

Packages weighing up to ^
potmds
sent. Please mark them '' un

may be

To Mr. and Mrs. Glen Morrical, Port

Govind Negl

land, Indiana, for a pledge of $5 to help

solicited gift - no commercial value." Or

one of the boys.

By Ralph R. Harter

write Box 14i, Clinton, Ohio for lists and

packing instructions.

In our last Issue of "News From Hamir

pur" we printed a letter from our lang

Fifteen Minutes From

uage teacher, Mr. G. S. Negi, under the

title,

"Letter

From Govind."

We

feel

that Mr. Negl has proven himself even

more worthy of mention than when we

Home, But It Took

wrote of him last.

You will remember that Brother Negi

was about to return to his home to wit

ness to his Hindu family. He requested

our prayers in that effort. During his

On Monday in February we left for a

village fifteen miles away, to do some
preaching and teaching. It took a full
day to get there and get our tents set up.

visit at home his family put forth every

Many

effort to get him to return to Hinduism

and to marry a Hindu wife, but he stout
ly refused all of it. They had seen to it
that a Hindu idol was put in his room,

came to hear the Gospel. Our evangelist,

Mr. Negi, talked and used the film of
the Life of Christ, and Ralph taught with

the end of his visit his younger sister

died which made things all the more

We had a wonderful week there.

the use of the flannel board.

The attend

ance ran from 60 to 135, and they were

very attentive. It is our hope to go back
to this village again later, for many were
Interested.

Saturday

morning

at

9:00

we were

ready for our return trip to Hamirpur,

in order to be there for the Sunday ser
vices. After many delays we made it
by 5:00 P. M., tired from the undependttble bus service, one bus having broken

down twice.

Finally Miss Ivy and myself

changed our mode of travel and rode In

an ekka for eight miles of the way. A

Jeep would have made this trip In half

an hour. It is our prayer that we may
have a Jeep when we come back to India
after our furlough in 1953. A fund for
this purpose has been started and we
hope many of our friends will give to it.

Plan now to attend the Fifth National

Missionary

Convention at Dodge City,

Kansas, September 24-28th. 1952.

WANTED Ohio Tax Stamps, proceeds

to be used for Jeep fund.
Harter, Clinton, Ohio.

Send to "Louise

Thanks to the church of Christ, Oxford,

Indiana, for their special gift of $159.58,
making it possible for us to get a much
needed storing cabinet; and furniture
for the printing office and church office
at Kanpur.

All Day To Get Trerel

By LaVon Harter

And thanks to the Liberty Christiaa

Council, Cairo, Missouri, pledging $5 for
child support.

but he made them remove

it.

difficult, but his faith won through.

He
son

responsibilities

all are a truly wonderful help in extend

ing the Gospel in India. If group after
group would collect and send funds to

various missions In this way what a

wealth of help and work would result.

Toward

continues

his

We feel these groups are all happy In

sending these amounts each month, and

as

by sending them money each month, and

he continues to hope and pray that some
day they might be saved.
Because Mr. Negi was a teacher of the
Landaur Language School, we were only
able to hire him for the winter months.

Last week, however, Mr. Negl announced

that he would prefer to work for us pei--

Here we want to also thank those who

have given or sent money to Mother Eagley to apply on a Jeep Fhind, so that we
may have transportation upon our arrival
in the states, (possibly in the summer
of 1953), and to be brought back here
later. Funds for the car may be sent to
Mother Harter, Clinton, Ohio, or to
Mrs. Ervin Eagley,
407 N. Portage,
Buchanan, Michigan

nianently even if the salary were less.

In Christian Love,

This was one of the really bright spots

Ralph and LaVon Harter

in our life In India.

Mr. Negi has given us a tremendous

amount of help in the publication of our
Hindi Christian magazine JIWITA PANI.

At present he bears the title of "Lang

uage Editor," but we hope to gradually
work him in as Editor-in-Chief.

He works

very hard at his job, many hours above

what is required of him in his contract.

winter would have been quite lame with

out the help of Mr. Negi.
But the story of Ramadhar is some
thing else again. You will remember
that Ramadhar was once our most trust

ed servant, but he has since followed

after the things of this world. He has

Then, as mentioned in my other article,

have the company of Mr. Negi on
preaching trips. As a former Hindu, Mr.
Negi preaches very effectively to the vil
lagers. In the mornings we use the pic
ture rolls as our visual aid, and in the
evenings we use the projector with film
strips on the Life of Christ. In the even
ing meetings, Brother Negl explains the
pictures, while I give a short talk near

stolen, lied, cheated, and backblted until

the conclusion of the roll.

turn again.

Our work this

the members of the church in Hamirpur

are about to disfellowship him by a vote

of the congregation. We have been very
grieved to see this man drift slowly down
the stream away from the Heavenly
Shores. We have adopted three of his
children saving them from the environ
ment of a wretched father. We pray
that he might yet recognize his state and

The Story Of
Beautiful Feet
By Ralph R. Harter
"How beautiful are the feet of them

that preach the gospel of peace, and

bring glad tidings of good things." Rom.

10:15; Isa. 52:7.

This morning as Mr. Negl and I cycled

to the village of Mylapur to preach in
it's streets, it was impressed upon me
that the gospel is NEWSthe latest
news. We like to sing, "Tell Me the Old,
Old Story," but the Indian villagers con

tinue to listen to the Gospel as though

Christ arose from the dead only yester

day. The amazement which we read on

their faces as we tell them of the Lord

Jesus Is^pne of the greatest rewards we

have as we preach in this land.
"Brethren," we begin, "We want you
to remember three things this morning:
(1) Jesus died; (2) He was buried; and

(3) on the third day He rose again."

We

then give out two or three rewards of

"Primary Bible Story" leaflets (Std. Pub.
Co.) to the villagers who first memorize
the three points. Then we go on to em
phasize these points using the big pic
ture roll, which we also receive from the
Standard Publishing Company. We con
clude by selling them copies of the Gos
pels and by distributing tracts.

The work in the villages continue to

he a work of sowing seeds. We have not
yet seen the village work bear fruit,
BUT WE KNOW IT WILL.

Picture taken during the First Annual Christian Service Camp for Women, in

October, 1951. Miss Ivy Roberts (one of the three baptised that week), Mrs. Joan
Getter, Mrs. LaVon Harter, Mrs. Marie Remple and Mrs. Leota Rash.

On the ground are religious plaques which were painted by the campers as one
of the projects.

Many ask what our Needs are. Yes,

Will you

thank you, we have many.

help?

Where Are Thou?

(Continued From Page 1)

slip and hide in the arms of Satan.

It makes no difference what city, state

The work in the City of Kanpur is a

work of reaping where others had sown.
Our meetings there in the past three
months have so far resulted in twentytwo baptisms, and the new congregation
there now has a membership of thirty.
The last eight baptisms took place during
a meeting which was led by Brother Tom
Rash of Kulpahar and Brother Maclean
Luther, an Indian evangelist. Most of
these who- were baptised were formerly

or country we are in, but it does make a

members of the Presbyterian and Metho

Are we trying to hide from God?

dist denominations.

We have

rented

building in Kanpur for meetings and liv

ing quarters, and our evangelist, Fred
Joseph, has moved there to work with

I never want to hide from God,

It seems a waste of time to miss

One hour of His love and care

And blessing of sweet fellowship.

What is our answer to be. dear_frlend8,_

Or will we answer by working hard.
Before souls slip away from God?
Awake!

that new congregation.

The other day a resident of the village

of Ghbatampur stopped and asked me

when we were once again coming into his

village. "That time you preached in our
village," he said, "something stuck in my
heart. I want to hear you preach again."
As a result of what he said, we are going

to spend the whole of next week living

and teaching in his village. What this
man said is perhaps true of many villag
ers who have heard us preach the gospel
in the past few years. Pray that they
might be brought to an obedient faith.
We are also developing evangelism
through the printed word. We had been

printing from time to time a small paper

called, "Jiwita Pani," or translated mean

ing, "Living Water."

difference if we are hiding from God.

From the first of

this year, however, we began publishing

Arise!

Go forth and serve!

Ye soldiers of the cross.

There is no time to try and hide,

If in His Grace you would abide.

it on a regular monthly basis.

We have

been very happy to receive the enthusi

astic support in this venture of all of our

1. Wanted a congregation to take the

support of our Evangelist, Fred Jo

seph, who now has charge of the new
church in Kanpur. $25.00 a month is
necessary.

2. A congregatim to take the support of

Mr. S. G. Negi, one of our best preach
ers and evangelists, and who is also
in charge of getting out the Hindu
periodical mentioned in this news
letter.

3. A congregation to pledge the support

of Miss Ivy Roberts, $30.00 per month.
She is housemother for the children.
and_aIso teachea_f)ur or five_ hours

each day. Only 21, she Is a college

graduate, and had been LaVon's lang
uage teacher in the hills.

4. We need Rope Holders for the Hindi

Christian paper we are putting out
monthly. Any amount appreciated.
Total needed $20.00 per month.
5. Funds are needed to purchase a Hindi
typewriter, costing $210.00. Also an
English Portable typewriter.

6. We need your prayers in All Things.

Especially for these larger projects we
like to receive help from the church as a

It is still a small

whole, for we feel It is the duty of the

paper, eight pages sized

and at
present has only a circulation of 700.

congregation to work together to accom

But as yet it is only an infant, and as an

infant it is somewhat of a prodigy. We

sionaries know what would happen to

missionaries In India.

are also publishing tracts, and are work

ing on Bible lessons for Bible schools
and Correspondence Courses. We feel
that this is an important development in
the work of the Lord In India, and that
it deserves your interest and prayers.

plish things for the Lord.

But all mis

their support and funds if gifts were not

received from faithful individuals and
groups of consecrated women. Because
in many instances the congregation falls
to promote missions, we are thankful for
those who have picked up the cross alone
and made it possible to March On.

IVomeit's Missionary Soc., $5.00; Throe

Church of Christ, 6 times,
$52.00*; Mrs. Edwin DeSonia, $10,U0;

Financial Report

Oaks

RECEIPTd

Mrs. Erwin Eagley, $5.00; Mrs. Beulab

M. Ray, $20.00*: Mrs. Mabel Gould,
$1.00.

JULY 1 to DECEMBER Slst, 1951

CAUFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Peel.

5 timea, $25.00*; Mrs. Laura Uammon,

$10.00; Elbert Holland. $5.00.

MISSOURI Cairo Liberty Christian

Church, $13.75; Miss Thelma Colestack

$6.00.
COLORADO Mary E. Tource, $5.00.
OEORGIA Balnbrldge First Christ

NEBRASKA Central City Christian

Church Missionary Soc., $7.50.

ian Church. L. E. Groseclose, $5.00.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lair and Family,

$5.00; Sadie Brown, $2.00; Miss Dore-

thea Snider, 6 times, $66.00*;

Mrs.

" Martha Wright, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. R,

W. Gillam, $75.00.

OKLAHOMA Dewey First Christian

Church, Women's Council $5.00.

TENNESSEE Johnson City Central

Church of Christ, 2 times, $8.55; Knox-ville Miss Jessie Parmalee, $1.00.
WEST VIRGINIA Pollansbee

lansbee Christian
Miss. Soc., $20.00.

Church,

Pol-

Women's

NEW YORKEast Rochester Church

ILLINOIS Mrs. George E. Robertson.

$9.50.

W. Wilson, $30.00*; Mr. and Mrs. W.

INDIANAAttica Christian Church,

$20.00; R6. Bedford Leatberwuod
Christian Church, V.B.S.. $8.86; Bur
lington Church of Christ, Missionary
Society. $5.00; Leisure Harmony
Christian Church. V.B.S., $25.21; Port
land Church of Christ. Children's
Summer
Christmas
Tree,
$15.00;
Church of Christ, Busy Beavers Class,
$80.00; Poseyville Old Union Church.
$6.00; A Friend In Christ, 2 times,
$l-i5.00*; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Colestack, $5.00; Kenneth and Helen Bade,
$5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. McCullough,
5 times, $25.00*: Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Morrical, $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Reas, 6 times, $100.00*; Mr. Homer
Shaffer, $5.00; Mrs. Earl Stahl, 5 times,

$5o.OO*: Mrs. Henry Weicker, $5.00.

IOWA Hampton Missionary Church
uf Christ, 2 times, $40.00.
KE.NTUCICY Altou Station

Christian Church, $25.00;

Corinth

Carlisle

East Union Church, $38.13*; Christian

Church, designated by Individuals,
$6.00; Covington, Latonla Cbristlan
Church, $60.ii0*;
Lawrenceburg
Gleuaboro Christian Church, $100.00*;
Moorefleld Mt. ZIon Church of Christ

2 times, $22.92; Mt. Eden Christian

Church. $35.92*;

Mt. Olivet Christ

ian Church Missionary Soc., $10.00;

New Corinth Christian Church, $5.00;
Willlsburg

Christian
Church.
$121.19*; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth StepheiiRon. $9.88; Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne
Taylor. $10.00.
MICHIGAN

Berkley

Church

of

Christ. Bonnie Acre Missionary Group,

$15.00*; Buchanan Church of Christ,
$510.80*: Mendon Eagley Family Re
union. $6.00; Nlles Church of Christ,

MAILED

of Christ, $60.00*; Mr. and Mrs. George

BY

MRS.

LOUISE

G. Karr, $5.00.
NORTH CAROLINA Athens Chapel
Church of Christ, Harter Missionary

Soc., $35.00*: Church of Christ, $25.00*;

Roanoke Rapids First Christian
Church Circle 2, $20.00*; Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Harris, $10.00.
SOUTH DAKOTA Carthage Carth
age Church of Christ, $13.50.
OHIO Bladensburg Church of Christ
6 times, $60.00*; Belleville Church
of Christ, Primary Class, $20.00; Church
of Christ Loyal Women's Class, $10.00;
Centerburg First Milford Church of
Christ, $50.00; Clinton Proceeds
from Tux Staiaps, $23.82; Church of
Christ, $50.00*; Ironton Central
Church of Christ, Missionary Soc.,
$13.60; Loveland Branch HUl Church
of Christ. $10.00; Millersburg Ch.
of Christ, 6 times, $210.00*; Norwalk
Church of Christ, Home-makers Class,

6 times, $35.00*; Orrville Church of

Christ. $375.00*; Church of Christ. V.

B. S. Primary Class, $17.96; Church of

Christ, V.B.S., beginners. $13.63; Cb.
of Christ, V.B.S., juniors. $12.01; Church
of Christ. Junior Christian Ehideavor.

$11.30; Rocky Fork Church of Christ

Ladies Aid and Missionary Soc. $50.00;
St. Louisville Eden Church of Christ

$179.00*: Utica Bell Church of Christ

The Willing Workers. $10,00; Bell
Church of Christ, $60.00*; Wilmington,
Macedonia Church of Christ, Chlratlan Endeavor, 4 times, $35.00*; Mace
donia Church of Christ, a friend, $5.00;
Mrs. Mildred Fogle, 6 times, $60.00*;
a friend, $2.00; J. C. McMullen, $1.00;

VIRGINIA Jonathan D. Hunt, 3rd.,

$60.00.

WEST VIRGINIA Huntington Sixth

Avenue Church of Christ. Loyal Wom
en's Glass, 6 times, $90.00*.

Received from contributors

*

$3545.03

Received on pledges

On hand In India. July Ist.

Contributions July 1 to Jan. 1

$ 623.59
3545.03

Total
L/L funds for Ralph & LaVon

$4168.62
$1125.00

$3043.62
DISBURSEMENTS

Govm. tax in India

2.52

Literature
Christian Publications

18.33
34.92

Equipment and games ........

17.95

Language School

Medicines
Transportation

.....

21.59
106.73
135.47

Mission church at Kanpur

Inciuding furniture
Publications and postage
Camps. Evangelistic work . . . .

Child care
Salaries of workers
Labor and Material
Supplies sent from D. S.
Newsletter and postage In U. S.
Other postage and parcelpost ..

101.59
163.72
249.95

632.39
674.90
659.95
55.82
127.92
19.52
$2918.27

$3043.62
2918.27

$ 125.35

Balance in India.

HABTEB

BOX 144 CLINTON, OHIO

Sec. 31.60 P. L. & R.

U. S. POSTAGE
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MONTHLY LSTTEH FROM THE HARTERS

14/18

Cooper Allen Kc?.cl

Ovrdltoli. Il.-inpur
U<.

ly i4thf 1952
Dear Friends in Christ:

In America the nionth of Septoaiijei" finds all the children and the

College sti'-idents going dhcI-: to school out in India it is this monthq

dulye So we have heen "busy getting our ciiildren and your^ foll-cs.set
tled in school for the school teria^

Our iQission famly has gro'.m in the last few months by several 3r;-ri,
a:id we shall take this opportunity to get you acquainted with them ai:^Ir. Ra.ji, whose father died three years ago, is our ycimgest adopte-i
toy, and the one we have had the longest,. He is new three years W C'
:-Zid is at Kalpahar Kids' Homo3

.'J

2,

AmoS:, one of the three children we took about a year ago, after

their mother died?

He is five and is beginning srd:.ool at Kulpahar

lots- Home.,

8-

Pauls brother of Amos^ is seven years old^

He has been resting i.n

for three monthsj on doctor^s orders,, to avert ToB^ wrOLi his inother died of.
But we rejoice that he has now recovered and -/v
"oe in
2r:..i gj^ade at Kilpaharc

i.
Gueenie# sister of the two boys above, is ten, and will be studyir-g
at Kuj.pcliar Kj-ds' Home in the Fourth classo She was baptized last year^
Snantllef age thirteen, is the oldest of the five children we have
adopted for the rhssion "with legal papers"# His mother and father are
b;:>. :*h'.vi:igw> Eu-c they had no love for him, and he would run away and
ii-..ss schoolj How he has settled down to be a fine boy that all speak
.li
cx\ He was baptized last year# Now studying at Kulpahar Kids'
. ,13 e

Go otaui.ey is a brother of Shantlle# He is sixteen and studying in

the S6Vt:,.th class at Schaefer Memorial High School at Bilaspur# This
i- 1-1.s l:;.d year there?
P:u-me Nathj brother of the two above, age nineteen is in the 8th
class at Bilaspxir, his second year there He had previously taken one
ytjao Bible collage#

c
Wilson, age eighteen is in Benares, his second year of learning
oarpenter tradOo He too had one year of Bible College?
9. Eric, age eighteen, is beginning his second year, learning mechanic
trade at Kanpur Eric had one year and three months in Bible Collage#

lOo

Cyril, age twenty-two is beginning his third year in Kulpahar Bi

ble GoU,ege,

11,

Esther, Cyril's wife, age nineteen,with husband at Kulpahar.

12o Baby bom to this couple March 22, 1951, and so he too became one
of our large familyo

Harry, age twenty eight, is beginning his third year in Kulpahar

Bible College,

14o Sharoia, Harry's wife,also with him all this time,> She is twenty
one

15c Shila, daughter of Harry and Sharoia, celebrated second birthday

in

June

16o Dewan, age twenty four, in

Bo home at Bilaspur^ After six
months there he is recovering, but must stay longer He was baptized
at Hamirpur and was our cooko

17,^ Govind Negi, age twenty three ^ siivgle, former language teacher
was a Hindu, but became a Christian and was baptized after coming with
us in 1950o He. is now editor of our Hindi ninthly Christi^an paper
Jiwati Pam, meaning "Living Water", published here at Kanpurc Circulation 1000 and giewing

.i6o Miss Ivy?, age twenty-three, former language teacher, came to us 1:

1^51 and was baptizedo fer job vras to teach the children^ but since

chey are now in school at Kulpahar, she is going this year to collage

at Lucknow to take teacher training, to help with mission worka

19o Freddy Joseph, our Evangelist, age twenty^two, came to us after

^ra.iuating from four year course at Bible Collegeo He is preacher of
newly planted Church of Christ in Kanpur, now having membership of
over fourty^

'0;. Doris^ Freddy's wife, age eighteen, came to us following their

2e.rriage In Juneo She has since been baptized, having been immersed
vJien a babyo

-:io

Dorcas, age twenty four, whose husband left her and baby four

.
-

agOo

She worked with us and the chtirch in Hamirpur,

Now train-

in Lucknow, to become a midwife

oiiireanp daughter of Dorcas, five years old, staying with her

ii].ulmother in Hamirpur, while iiK)ther is in trainings

Joseph, age eighteen, recently baptized at Kanpur, in school in

L -V laSp-iTo

T-4o

Benjamin Lai, age eighteen, beginning first year in Kulpahar Bi-

c.'.e Collegeo

2oo

Tuasir^j age seventeen, baptized in Kanpur, now vo rking for us

.in ICanpur

We are praying that he may soon take up some special

.. ^dining o

Yes, here are the twenty-five who are being supported that they

may now and later be Christian workers. This v/e are able to do only
Decause of you folk at home who give through us and make it aTiI pos

sible

How else could v;e support them and give them an opportunityS

Some of the above are supported by pledges from groups,classes and

individuals^* Eleven are not Will you pray with us that they too may
be taken by some group or congregationo For some a pledge of |5 is
enough 9 others need $30 per months Further information about this may

by received from mother Harter, or an airletter to us,

IXiring the extreme heat Miss Ivy and I spent a few weeks at Naini

Tal, in the hills c Much was accomplished on book-work ^ writing of ar

ticles, plans for the Womena' Christian Service Camp, and many letters

written in regard to the camp, and to the Homelande

Ralphf three college students and three of the boys spent a month

preaching on the Pilgrim Trail

See article, in next news-letter

The adopted children spent this time at the Kilpahar Kids Home.o

Then in June we were all at the Mission at Hamirpurj and what a haopy

place Though busy too with the(dersey)sewing on clothing for the

childreng and much planning and packing to get all the students away
tha

first of July to their colleges and schools

Now Ralph and I will be here in Kanpur the next few months,
we leave for furlough in February or Mnrcho The new congregation heie
.now has over fourty manbers Here it is we are publishing the months^
-vi'iristian paper, Jiwati Pani (Living Water), translating, printing and
distributing many tracts^

We pray that pledges and contributions will continue so that the

A'ork will be carried on here until we leave, and while we are in the
States

The prjuting of the paper and tracts will continue \tv-ar the

^^c.;tor, Gtovind Negi

Thanking you and May God Bless you is our prayer

Signed

Ralph and LaVon

The Harters.

; cided

for Travel
"
"

$1000
^^000

A.: tress

d-'yj Mrs^ Ralph Harter,

v>: jciSf Kanpur, U. P. India

. r; .y?.rdi^ Agent
.
Louise Harter,
icK 144, Clinton, Ohio

on hand
on hand

$56
$325

News of the missionary labors of Ralph and LaVon Harter.

'With good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men."

CHURCH OF CHRIST, KANPUR, U. P. INDIA

FALL, 1952

Twenty Days On The

Marches On
Pilgrim Trail

The Church

the churches of Christ was established

in the center of the city. About that
time it also became necessary for us to

shift our publication efforts to Kanpur

where better printing facilities are avail
able. These two things have gradually
drawn us into Kanpur, until we have few
activities left in Hamirpur. For the rec
ord it should be stated that neither Dr.
Rothermel nor the Rolands at any time
asked us to leave Hamirpur. We have
grown, however, to realize the disadvant

ages of continuing on in Hamirpur when

we are not members

of the

Mission to India, Inc.

Christian

Even then, we

hesitated to leave until the Lord showed

us that our talents better suited us to
work in Kanpur and that we would be
able to accomplish more for Him there.
The new congregation in Kanpur has
grown to a membership of forty-seven.

monthly

evangelistic

NEWS LETTER NO. 8

Thanks to each and every contributor.

What is done in Jesus's name here In

India is only possible through our friends

at home.

RALPH R. HARTER

Ten months ago the door of the city

of Kanpur opened to us. A building
was rented, and a new congregation of

Our

Eph. 6:7

The end of May found seven of us on a

missionary
journey
to
Rudraprayag.
There was Govind Negi, who has been
working with us at Hamirpnr and Kan-

pur, Cyril and Putu of Kulpuhar Bible

College, and the three boys. Stanley, Ben-

Thanks to LaVon's home church of

Buchanan, Michigan, who made it possi

ble for us to buy the much needed Hindi
typewriter.

Thanks to all who send letters and who

continue to remember us in their prayers.

Lai and Preme Nath. This has

been a journey under providence and we

OUR

have been conscious of the Lord's pres

ence during these few weeks in this cor

ner of the world. This is indeed a cor
ner of the world. The highest mount
ains in the world make this district the
end of the line. Only the skilled moun
tain climbers of Europe ever try to go

further. There are routes over the moun

tains to Tibet and Nepal, but not through
this particular area.

NEEDS

We have pledges for 14 of the 25 we

are supporting. Eleven have no pledged
support. We pray that some one will
take them at from $5 to ?25 per month
in order that education may continue.

Funds are needed for furlough travel.

Also a "jeep" fund has been started so
we can have a jeep to use while home
and to bring back to India.
Some have mentioned sending boxes.
These should be mailed by October 10th,

or contact Mrs. Louise Harter, Box 144,

Clinton, Ohio.

magazine,

JIWITA PANI (Living Water)

now
has a free circulation of one thousand

copies, and we

are publishing

Christian tracts and materials.

other

We are

supporting our five adopted Indian child

BY RALPH HARTER

ren at the Children's Home in Kulpahar.

"And David longed, and said, 'Oh that

one would give me drink of the water of
the well of Bethlehem which is by the

Three boys are at the Schaefer Memorial

High School in Bilaspur, four are in
other schools. We have one boy in the
Tuberculosis Sanitorium at Pendra Road.

gate'." During this past summer "Beth

lehem water" became a by-word for us.

In Kanpur we have Evangelist Fred

Joseph, and Editor Govind Negi with us,
and are renting three living quarters.

This is our work up-to-date, and In a

nut-shell. We daily thank God for you

in the States who have made this

possible.

Ralph and Prem Nath on Pilgrim Trail.

Yes, that is Ralph with the beard.

Our opportunities here have surpassed

Quj. expectations. The people are most
friendly and hungry for the truth. Narain Singh, the richest merchant here,
seemed very indifferent as he showed us
the new rooms he had for rent. When

Waiting!

we told him we thought the rent of 75

- , , , cents a uay tuo muuu, lu our surprise iie

Millions still are bound and helpless,
rooms free of
Bodies wrecked and souls betrayed, charge. Govind Negi explained to him
Satan's grip Is overwhelmingthat we were Christians,
Christians, thinking
thinking that

Early in April the well in front of the

bungalow went dry. We were able to
get a little from it for drinking, but water
for washing, etc., had to be brought from
another well further away. The little

water we did get from our well for drinking soon proved to be too poIlul:ed to
drink. Then they brought us drinkiug
water from the other well - the foulest
water I have ever tasted. Then we
ed asking for water from other

some of them were dry also, and others

too far away. In the end we began to

boil the water from our own well, which
meant we were drinking warm water
most of the time. The cook,
cook, however,
however,

These for whom the price was paid, might prohibit us, but he answered that happened to have in his own house an
Waiting for the Christ, their Savior,
Waiting for His "Peace be still",
. for the Gospel
. story,
..
Waiting

'No hone!

No hope!

Waiting

still.

^Betty Donner

Fifth National Missionary Convention,

September 24-2S, Dodge City, Kansas.

It didn't make an ounce of difference to

especially good water container, wnicn

him. We felt very keenly the presence

of Divine Providence. A free room over-

succeeded in getting quite cool. He said

he had bought it "in the winter" and

of Hindu pilgrims passed each day.

became our "Bethlehem water". Wlien

same building. Cold drinking water from

a mountain spring near by, and a clean
mountain stream for bathing and launderi'ng. By God's wonderful grace, we

forget "Bethlehem water". We could

get water from two sources - a water
pipe and a spring. The spring water
was ice cold, and so this became our
^'Bethlehem water". We are still using

looking the bus station where hundreds

fT\>. .

lacked nothing.
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that was why it worked so good! This

^

+<-,

fVio

Wd

this phrase several times a day.

nwl

lint

News From Kanpur

Published

in

the

United

States

for

Ralph and LaVon Harter.

Mailing address in India
MR. AND MRS. RALPH HARTER
CHURCH OF CHRIST

14/18 H. COOPER ALLEN ROAD

GWALTOLI, KANPUR
U. P. INDIA

appreciate the words of Christ, "Come all

ye who are weary and heavy laden and I
will give you rest."
Teaching the Sadhus the Way of Salva
tion was our obsession.

TO SEND CONTRIBUTIONS
Mrs. Louise Harter
Box 144

While most walked along swiftly, these

Sadhus came more slowly and were will
ing to listen to what we had to say.
They were making the trip strictly for

All gifts and requests for information

promptly answered.

Pilgrim iroil
(Continued From Proceeding Page)
As soon as I stepped into our room I
knew it was something different. As I
walked across the floor, the whole room
I warned the boys to

walk carefully, to which Govind, a native

of that region, laughed quite heartily.
He explained to us how the room was
made and that we need have no fear of
falling through the floor. Whereas on

the plains we are used to cement floors,

this floor was made

of wood like our

American homes, but the lumber used is

rough hewn.

On top of

this wooden

floor several inches of mud is plastered.

We were therefore able, and did, burn
wastepaper on the floor.
But every
time someone walked across the floor my

stomach jumped as the floor gave up and

down. This was especially distressing
when I was lying on the floor to sleep.
We did not, incidentally, have any beds.

So our twenty days on the Pilgrim Trail

included 21 nights on the floor. There
was a small porch for sleeping, but the
seven of us used the one room for cook
ing and eating.
Our main activity was to talk with the
Hindu pilgrims about the Lord Jesus
Christ. We usually sat by the side of
the trail and called to the pilgrims to

stop for a moment of rest. Half of them

did, and would listen to the Gospel story.

These pilgrims remind one of the Prodi

gal Son. They go up the trail very gay,
but come back very weary. Some have
walked between 100 and 150 miles. They
have climbed from an altitude of 2000
feet to more than two miles above sea
level. The trails are not only high, but

very steep, narrow, stony, and treacher

ous. But year after year the thousands
make the journey; aged women (one I
saw was walking with two canes), who
couldn't walk upstairs in America:
women carrying babies, small children;
heavy women being carried by six men,
with extra men for replacements; the

sick, the well, just everybody!

This was the soil on

which we cast most of our seed.

We cast our "nets" all over the "lake"

but we had two good fishing points.

Clinton, Ohio ^

seemed to shake.

Sadhu is a

holy man of the Hindus. While most

pilgrims came this far on busses, the Sad
hus made their entire journey on foot.

devotional reasons.
WHERE

Some do

not bring any money with them, others

are robbed of what they did bring. Upon

returning here some have not eaten for

two or three weeks.

And why have they dgne all this ?

They say the body is evil and therefore
they must punish it. But they have
found no peace, no salvation. So you
can begin to understand why they stop
in the shade to hear us. and why they

We

are talking about fishing for men, and

the lake was the pilgrim trail. In the

mornings we were usually found on the

Trail to the West. This was the place
where the famous English hunter, Jim
Corbett, killed a famous man-eater. You
may remember his book, "The Man Eat
ing Leopard of Rudraprayag", in which
be recorded this experience.
Among
those to whom we preached were the fam

eaten for three weeks.

Wo decided to visit some of the vil

lages on the hillside. At the first vil

lage we found only one man and he was

sick. As we taught him the parable of
the Prodigal Son, he interrupted us to
offer us money.

This we refused.

After

wards we asked him about his illnes.s.

He said tnat his family was trying to got

him to sacrifice a goat to the gods, and
thus appease them and become cured.
We told him that the name of Jesus was

more powerful and that, it he wished, we

would pray for him. He agreed, and

when we had finished he said he felt
better already. He went on to say that
he was willing to do anything we said,
even to leaving his home. Later that
day he came with his brother and we
tanght him the blessed story of Jesus.
He did not accept Christ during our stay
there, but we pray that the Word of God
Is working in his heart.

ilies of some of the 300 who had been

killed by the leopard.

We had our pic

tures taken under the tree where the leo

pard was killed.

In the late afternoon, after naps and
bathing, we took our stock of Bibles to
the bridge that crosses one of the tribu
taries of the River Ganges. There, per
haps, we taught the greatest number of

>1

people and sold the most portions ot

Scripture. One morning as we sat rath
er

discouragedly

without

Sadhu

in

sight I mentioned to Govind that the

fishing was not very good. To this he
said, "Why don't you cast your net?"
So, still without a person in sight,
I

unrolled

the

picture

picture of the crucifixion.

roll

at

the

Then I asked,

"On which side should I cast my net?"

He replied, "In the middle, then you will

get fish coming from bcth directions."

So this I did. Within five minutes we
were teaching three of the most interest
ed Sadhus we met on the entire journey.
On another occasion as we sat singing

by the roadside, two school boys came

along. When they heard us singing ol
Christ's love, they stopped and listened.
Then I unrolled the picture roll and
taught them how Christ, in love, gave His
life for theirs. Just at this point a wom
an Sadhu from Calcutta came into sight.
When she saw the picture of Christ on
the cross she began weeping and prais

ing God.

We had never seen anything

like this. Govind gave the boys some

tracts and they went on, while we seated
the woman on a stone and talked to her.
This was difficult however, since she
talked Bengali and we spoke Hindi.

When we spoke to her about the Way of

Salvation, she broke into uproarous
laughter. Somehow we managed to ex
plain a little to her and she went shout

ing down the road.

One night at the bridge we met a
young Sadhu, about 16 years of ago.
The boy seemed to have a hungry heart
and listened to all we had to say. When
we learned that he had not eaten

for

three days, we invited him to eat with us.

But he was too deeply rooted in Hinduism
to accept our invitation. We hope he
was able to get food elsewhere. Another
Sadhu did accept our food, but he hadn't

Negi and Cyril showing Bible BoU on

the Pilgrim Trail.
The people of one village became es
pecially interested. After we showed
the film strip of the life of Christ, the
hoys reported to me that the villagers
were almost ready to become Christians.
The next day or so, one of three who was
the most interested suddenly became ill
and died of cholera. At this the village
pretty much broke up for a few days.
Later two young men from the village
came to us in our room to learn more of
Jesus.

Cryil and Govind decided to hike furth

er up the trail. In three days they came

back, reporting that the trail was too
treacherous, food too hard to find, and
the opportunity to teach too little to
make the trip profitable. Later Putu
and two of the boys went up, so that they
might get a good look at the snows, from
a distance, being gone two days. Then I
decided to make the trip with the third
boy. Putu was quite worried that where

they had made the trip in two days it

would take me three, and was willing to
go a second time In order to protect me.
'This challenged me to give them a sur
prise. We returned not In two days, bnt
in one. We walked thirty miles that day
and would have reached home that night
had not darkness overtaken us.

We ar

rived home the next morning before the

time we had set out the morning before.

We had a hard time convincing them

that we nad made the entire trip.
We had little opposition during our
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Pilgrim Trail

/#

... But God That Giveth The Increase

(Continued From Proceeding Page)

BY LaVOH E. HABTEB

The first of April found Miss Ivy Rob

I profited much myself in this study, and

was able to give him 26 verses on the
Baptism of Water, six on the Holy Spirit
and only two on the Baptism of Fire. I
gave him six verses which said as soon
as they heard they were baptised. I
rejoiced in his reply that my work was
not in vain and had helped him much.

R.S.S. tried to break up our meeting.

But we held our peace. Jesus said,

erts and myself at Naini Tal in the hills.

The temperature had been steadily over
ninety on the plains and climbing toward
it's high of 120 or more. Ralph was gone
for the month, and he thought it best that
Ivy ana I continue our work in a cooler
climate. There was much to be done;
plans to be made for the Women's Christ
ian Service Camp, articles to be written
for our Hindi paper Jiwita Pani (Living
Water) which is published in Kanpur,
articles and letters for the Homeland,
book-work for the mission, and myself

"Bless those who persecute you" and

this Govind did. They went away rathei

cause it was cooler we were able to ac

tour. On our way to Rudraprayag we

stopped for tea at a town named Pauri.
There a Hindu official got rather heated
in a discussion with Cyril. He warned
that he would not allow us to preach any
where in Garhwal.

We did not see him

again, and on our return trip we spent

three days at 'Pauri where we were so

graciously received that we were invited

to show our film strips of the Life of
Christ in the hotel restaurant.

In Rud

raprayag one night some men of the

puzzled.

It was a member of the R.S.S.

who killed Mahatma

Gandhi.

Another

time after coming in contact with one oi

the men of the R.S.S. I was described to

Putu, as "the American Missionary who

was a communist and was making every
one Christian". Putu hastily explained

tp. him that it was the Americans who

were trying to save the world from Com
munism. When he recognized that Putu
was also a Christian he turned on his
heels and left.

In our teaching and preaching we did

not force ourselves upon people, nor did
we make ourselves a public nuisance.
It was not our plan to preach at the bus
station since we felt it would do more

harm than good.

But

one night

the

police sargeant in charge of the station

stopped us and asked to see the picture
roll. So we opened it and taught it from
beginning to end to a large crowd that
soon gathered about us. The inn where
the pilgrims spent the night was also
avoided.

But on two occasions as we

passed by we were stopped and requested

to show the picture roll. We believe
some good resulted from these occasions.
One young man asked us what we

thought about evil spirits. He said that

the evil spirits were giving him a great
deal of trouble. We explained that if
there were evil spirits they never come
around Christians. Govind, who was

raised a Hindu in these parts, has much

to say about how the evil spirits and de

mons and gods molest his family. He
once began an article on this subject,
but it grew too complicated. He may,
however, some time complete it.
It is difficult to say just how much

good this trip has done. We do not ex

pect to know until we have an opportun
ity to read the Book of Life. We know
that

the

Seed

wtas

sown

and

that

there was no fault with the Seed.

The

Soil also seemed very good to us.

trying to study Hindi in between.

Be

complish far more.

God is good and gave us many oppor

tunities to witness for Him. We passed
out more than 4000 tracts, which had
been translated and printed in Hindi - in
front of the Catholic church, Methodist

church, and on the highways. We found

many who were interested, some giving
their address and wanting to continue

to receive any other religious papers and

tracts that we might print. Especially

We are the Church

Who follow Him

Lifting a lantern
Where faith is dim;

Shining a light
Where darkness palls.
Forgetting self.
When duty calls.
Mayme Garner Miller

With these letters backed up with prayer

the following letter camie.

"Dear Mrs. Harter:

Thank you very

much indeed for the letter and inclosed

Scripture verses which I had last Wed
nesday. ' I read them all from the Bible.
I am glad to know that you gave all the
verses from the Bible, you did not dis
cuss the subject by your own words. I
think and believe it is the best way to
understand and solve the difficulties and

problems. We are limited and heavenly

jthings never the less the Spirit of God
helps us to understand ,the depth of the
Word of God. Again I started to medi
tate the Word of God with prayer.
Please remember me in your daily pray

interested were the Methodist minister

er that God may open my eyes and mind

and his wife. He was quite surprised to

learn that there was such a church as the
Church of Christ. We talked to him

to understand the truth and keep me

and enjoyed trying to answer his many

questions on "What Do You Believe?"

Another man who was very interested
was Mr. Greenwood, who was in a gov

ernment Job. He asked us to please send

him our monthly paper; that he wanted
to learn more.

And then there was Alex Joshua.

Alex

is a young man about thirty-five years

of age and a language teacher at the
Language School at Mussoorie. He came
to Naini Tal because of an interest in
Miss Ivy,, but we can't overlook the fact
that he did want to talk about baptism.
About eight years ago Pat Johnson start
ed to talk to Alex about the New Testa
ment Church of Christ. He was at that
time a Presbyterian. Since then other
missionaries had worked with him, in

cluding Dolly CJhitwood, Leah Mosier,

Tom and Leota Rash, and Frank and
Marie Rempel.

We talked for several hours but did

not get too far, for he had been taught

the doctrines of men. We decided to
meet the following day with scriptures
written down for each other. That night

away from all sorts of worldly knowledge

which

hinders.

How

is Ivy?

Please

remember me to her. Once more 1

thank you for all your help which you
sent me and grateful to you to know that

you care so much for me. Today it is

raining. This afternoon we had hail
storm. The nights are cooler. There
the 250 students in the school. Majority
are newcomers. When you write please
remember me to Mr. Harter".
Brother in Christ,

(Signed) Alex R. Joshua

Soon after this we left Naini Tal, and

stopped off at Mussoorie in order to visit

the

new

missionaries;

Miss

Gladys

Hoppe, and also the Walkers, whom 1

went to school with in the Seminary at
Cincinnati. I also met for the first
time Mrs. Harry Schasfer and the two
children.

How happy I was when Alex came to

tell me that he was going to be baptized
on June 8th, by Frank Remple, near the
water falls about four miles away. He

again gave me his thanks and asked

Miss Ivy and I to attend, which we did
by walking that distance with the others.

I admired his courage to follow his de

it was past mid-night when Ivy awoae

and asked me when I was going to bed.
For five hours I had been writing scrip

sire, in spite of many teachers and stud

tures and did not notice the time.

which God has commanded?

The next day came and our long dis

We Are The Church

The second letter I wrote was about how

a man's conscience could be seared.

cussion ended. I am of the opinion thai

these men who try and get away from

ents at the school calling him a fool.

But what can they say againsst that
This has taught us missionaries sever

al things. First, what is Time? What

matters if it takes years of working with

obeying God's word take one verse here

a person if the outcome is victorious in

and another there, not using the verses

Christ our Lord. We have found that

one worker may plant the word of God

before and after, and thus try to make

the Bible fit their doctrine.

in a person's heart, another with his

Before Alex left a few days later he

asked me several more questions and I
told him I would write him on each sub

tinue to water it, until a soul for Christ

is harvested. This being made possible

ject as to what
say. The first
on the Baptism
the Holy Spirit

"I have planted, Apollos watered:

BUT GOD THAT GIVETH THE IN

I found the Scriptures to

letter I wrote him was
of Water, the Baptism of
and the Baptism of Fire.

teaching may water it, and others con

through Jesus Christ.

CREASE" 1 Cor. 3:6.

M. Ray, $60.00*; Mrs. Arthur Hallam,

$5.00; Miss Mabel Gould, $1.00; Miss

Financial Report

Ethel Good, $25.00.

MISSOURI Cairo Liberty Christian
Church, Women's Council, $30.00*;
Cairo Liberty Christian Church,

SEMI-ANNUAL

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Mission Fund, $35.23.

CONTRIBUTIONS

NORTH CAROLINA Athens Chapel,

Harter Missionary Soc. $70.00*.

RECEIPTS

JANUARY 1st TO JUNE 30th, 1952

CALIFORNIA

Mrs, Laura Hammon,

?10.00.
COLORADO Mr. and Mrs. Don Peel,
$20.00*.
ILLINOIS Great Lakes D. J. Parr,

Jr. $11.00; Paxton Church of Christ,

V.B.S., $77.00; Mrs. George A. Robert
son, $25.00.

NEW YORK East Rochester

Church of Christ, $30.00*; Mr. and

Mrs. George W. Wilson, $30.00*.

OHIO Akron Noble Ave., Church of

Christ, Miss. Disb. Cab. $25.00; Bladensburg Church of Christ, $60.00*;

Clinton Church of Christ, $100.00*;
Clinton, Tax Stamps, $75.96; Ken
sington Christian Church, $15.00;

INDIANA Elwood (Leisure) Har

mony Christian Cuhrch Mission Group
(Mrs. Estel Frazier, $21.00; Mr. and

Loveland Branch Hill Church of

Christ, $20.00; Millershurg Christian

Mrs. Frank Reas, $40.00) $61.00*; Fort

Christ, Ladies Aid, $10.00; Norwalk

Home-makers Class, $60.00*; Norwalk

Wayne Church of Christ, $30.00; OsChristian Church Mission Soc.,

$25.00*; Oxford Church of Christ,
$159.38; Portland Future Builder's
Class, $25.00; Homer Shaffer, $5.00;
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mills, $40.00*; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Reas, $20.00*; Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Wunderlick, $25.00; Miss
Mary Burris, $3.00; Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Allison, $10.00; Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Colestack, $5.00; Mr. and
good

Mrs. Glen Morrical, $30.00*; Mrs. Earl

Stahl, $60.00*.

Missionary Church of Christ, $15.00;

Mrs.
Clarence Huntington, $20.00;
Mrs. Luella Hendricksou, $10.00.
Carlisle

East Union

Church, $27.90*; Flemingsburg Mt.

Carmel Christian Church, $25.00; Germantown Christian Church, $50.00;

Mt. Eden Christian Church, $75.32*;
Moorefield

$ 13.75

Relief work

63.87

Postage and Publicity

72.27

Hindi Monthly paper.

Pub. 6 times
Medicine and dispensary

119.00
208.50
280.21
346.03

Rent and furniture at Kanpur

Camping and Travel

Child care and students
Salaries of Evangelists and
Workers

371.72
799.58

Postage and parcel post-states Photos and cuts

Supplies used and sent
Newsletter and postage

18.52
13.75
31.07
131.49

Mailing permit for 1952

KF.OO
$2479.76

Balance In India and enroute

$ 515.04

Church,$210.00*; Moscow Church of

Mrs. R. M. Condon, $5.00; Orrville
Church of Christ, $937.50*; Orrville

A Friend, $25.00; Rushsylvania

Church of Christ, Mission Soc. $10.00;
Sebring Church of Christ, Loyal Bereans, $10.00; Toboso Old Stone

Church, $50.00; Wilmington Mace

donia

Christian

Endeavor,

$25.00*;

Miss Sadie Brown, $2.00; Mrs. Mildred

Fogle, $60.00*; Mr. and Mrs. William
B. Gulick, $5.00; Jason Peterson, $5.00;
Mrs. Carl Williams, $5.00; Mrs. Martha

IOWA Clarion Church of Christ,

Mission Fund, $10.00;
Hampton

KENTUCKY

DISBURSEMENTS

Building repair

Mt.

Zion

Church

of

Christ, $54.09*; Willisburg Christian

Church, $122.87*; Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Omer, $15.00; Mrs. H. O. Sims, $5.00.
MICHIGAN Berkley Church of
Christ, Bonnie Acre Group, $15.00*;
BuchananChurch of Christ, $331.78*;
Niles Church of Christ, $250.00*;
Three Oaks
Church of Christ,
$54.00*; Mrs. Edwin DeSonia, $10.00;
Mrs. Irwin Eagley, $60.00; Mrs. Beulah

Wright, $5.00; Miss Dorethea Snider,

$75.00*.

PENNSYLVANIA Scottdale Church

of Christ, $16.58.
TENNESSEE Johnson City Cen
tral Church of Christ, $10.84,

Mission Bungalow at Hamirpur, in 1949

WEST VIRGINIA Huntington Sixth

Avenue Church of Christ, Loyal Wom
en's Class, $93.00*.
Received from contributors
$3994.45
Received on pledges
On hand, January 1st, 1952
125.35
$4119.80
Living Link, Ralph and LaVon $1125.00

Mission Bungalow two years later

$2994.80

after repairs were

made.

MAILED BY MRS. LOUISE HARTEE

BOX 144 . CLINTON, OHIO

Sec. 34.65 (e) P. L. & R.

U. S. POSTAGE
PAID

CLINTON,

OHIO

PERMIT NO. 5

IN THE HEART OF IISfDlA

News of the mMonary labors of Ralph and L^yoo^ Harter
'*WithGood willdoing service as unto the Lord, andndt tiato xnexii'* Eph. 6-7

WINTER 1952

CHURCH OF CHRIST, KANPUR, U. P., INDtA

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NEWS LETTER NO. 9

C)i y.l -t

There GameAVisemen From the East

The other day as we went to market we could not help but notice a man sitting bty the side of the road.

Over his head Was a large banher reading,''Jyotishi". When I saw this man I knew at ohce X would write ypii;
about him for Christmas. **Jyotishi". you see, is the Hindi word for''Wisemcn"

**Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came
Jyotishi fTom the east.'.

You are probably-anxious to know what that naan was doing there by the side of the road. For a fee,

he was telling the'ifeople what fUturethe starS indicated for theih. Thbthe'tf words', he was an astrol^er. Whether or
not the'ipebple

from the money whichfHeyigayefto him. we did not stop tp^eetj^ -a i'Jtp .i.n T ' 11 i

11 -'Oncb^npon aAinoie^ sobie 1950 years ago, somewhere in the great East, there were some Jyotishi telling folk
the meaning ofthe stars. There are so many important things that we do not know about these friends of the
haby-Jesus, What were their names? from what country did they come? just exactly how many wcr? there?
What didthey tell after they returned to their homes? Oh that the archaeologists would unearth some mformation
about these interesting pilgrims.

Tt'Caine to pass as these Jyotishi plied their trade.that they nbticed one night inthe clear night sky, the bright
est star they had ever seen. Whether or not they had been deceiving the people previous to this time, we do not
know. But God revealed to them the meaning ofthis star. This Star was shining because the King of Kipgi had
been bom on earth. History's greatest moment had arrived. Unto us was bom a Savior who is Christ the Lord.
V

TheJyotishi were 80 positive of the meanipg of the star, and so impressed with its Divine in^ortance,

that ^ey left every thing to follow, ^a^ter it,-And they persisted; in vtheir/journey when, most oiherSj^MjpuldB^y^:
returncfd,!' Wo Ichow not how many hundreds or thousands ofmiles they may have travelled over the hot burning
desert, but in any sense, it was a journey of such great difficulty that-it would in.ly have been undertaken by men
who knew beyond a doubt what they were after. It may; be that they returned to ; their home completely
penniless, but the trip was well worth it, wasn't it? ^
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'

Or don't you think it was worth it? After tfav(Slling so far and spending so much they could have
said, All we saw was a baby in a house." But they were not disappointed, for they knew by many undeniable
proofs that this was no ordinary baby. This was the So of God,
!

Do you have a faith like the. Wisemen ^ad?^. Hpw far are you willing to travel for the Lord? How much
are you willing to spend? Are you willing to giye up everything to geta gBtiipfe'of^ lhe Lord Jesus?
jiaiv/

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SHANTIEL QUEENIE PAUL
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was

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he stayed until July. From the latter date h
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April,H951.:i Mter he-baai!unawSy<TfBm home lor

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decided tltliS'heaS^Sre^ceship^motw

inJulyj.lSSO, and received, the highest:ljyith<thecoll^_

imaris .for that

from adi^e^S.^*^';;;:^

'an^d,wi, teptised .in March. 19dO,n;Wiisdw cawe

soon be self supporting.

class

sp9ond year %t this and should

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'mykvm /Sbat in piactical wirk, Wilson is first in his

graduate with Cyril in igss!"

we-first w^nt to .fJamirpur, Harry took interest in our Bible

through the

and was baptised on June 2nd, 1940. He studied

classes and in TuW^^Q^n h"

iQiii j

College. ;Harryiis now preaching half-time at Hamirpur,and will-

Lewis:Sharola and Harry were marrid^ in the summer of 1949 Sharola was horn TitUrin

hufba'nd arKnter'^"""'

^bo stud^d ,^rd5gh tbe^cycnth .Grade dV'sTnciTTt^i^eTwt^''iel

11. Shila Lewis:Shi la was born June 8th, 195^

12. Selina Lewis;Selina was bom August 5th, 1952.

than ayeartatef, R^fwasslS'aad^we'lkly'^ncuii^^^ "xpellXiuiie^llhis^

supported him in a Hospital, saving his life. A few davs before PhVUrmnc lonn d *>

i.

signed the boy over to us. In March, 1952, he

"^''a '!J

joined
our famil^with tot^'w^'Clhe^'S 3 Amos'toJ^yf'lis? ^hcTmofh^'
h^d'dfed "'^t' b^"'19"'?
the father seemed to have little love for his children/ FT#. Jcnsi,i
moaner had died of tuberculosis, and

the Kulpahar Kids Home in February, 1952. where she is now studying in the Foird, SJ'^e"'''

<2.nie entered

mostofthe'Le^S^celf/carjwufBorn Dec^ ,7th. 1945. Paul has been under special medical care
and is now'swdyt^Tn the FfrrcT^r'
j"^ ^is sister in Kulpahar in March, 1952
' 'jiftont,the.^.)ls
'f?'dP^hP;^SbtoBiwanwaaljont
Septeantoili5j'1328'taiia> Was'babtised WtfflUi'M TtK loiti r>came
,p beo,ur cook likSepbeiv.M9i.

mbprwlpsUv.
Qne.^sanamrturn
refpsedihhn, wiith.p,:'<He:isioo.to adyaicedtfd'iS
^91.
the matttyompnths
we..treatedbim.inHamirpuc;i.and''ithanks'itb
fhe'- nraiVet^i

ISro-

- -patieSt. 'by

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18. Benjamin Motilal:Benji was born onOctober 18th, 1933 and was baptised in Jhansi in 1951. After
Diwan became ill, Benji helped us as a part-time cook, accompanying us up the Pilgriin Trail in June, 1952. The next
month heentered Kulpahar Bible College where he plans tostudy for two years. After that he wishes to apprentice
as a motor mechanic.

19. Miss Ivy Roberts:Miss Ivy was born* July 12th, 1928 and was baptised, at the Women*s Chri.stian
Service Camp on October 21st, 1951 When we became acquainted with her, she was a teacher in the Landaur

Language School where LaVon was studying. In November, 1951, she became a member of our salaried staff when
she became matron of our Children's Home.

As the Children went to Kulpahar and this work decreased, she once

again took up tutoring Mrs. Barter in the Hindi language. In July, 1952 she entered teachers training in Lucknow
The question of the hour seems to be who is going to win Miss Ivy's hand in marriage?
GROUP TWO PART SUPPORT.

We have assumed only part support of the following.

20. Joseph Johnson:.Joseph is a cousin of Prem, Stanley, and ShantielNath Joseph was born on May 24th
1937, Joseph is the only surviving of six children. He also suffered the tragedy oflosing his rnolher who, when he was
very young, lefthome and married a Mohamedan. The mother has since had eight other children, but refuses to sec
Joseph. Joseph's father brought his son t" Kanpur where he was sprinkled in the Methodist Church. On June 29th,
1952 he was baptised into Christ. He is now studying in the 9th, Grade at Schaeffer Memorial High School in

Bilaspur. Mr. Johnson agreed to pav 2 dollars a month for Joseph's food. Failing to do this, he has instead helped us
with odd jobs in Kanpur as part-payment.

21. Stephen Samuel:Stephen was born on January 24th, 1938, and was baptised on September 15th,
1952. We first met Stephen and his brothers, Stanley and Horatius, at the funeral of their brother. Their mother had
died just a month before. The father was in much distress for his children and had already lodged the five youngest

with the Roman Catholics. The father has agreed to pay 3 dollars and 12 cenes a month for the support of Stephen

Stanley and Horatius. They were accepted at Schaeffer Memorial High School in September, 1952, Stephen is now
studying in the Sixth Grade.

22. Stanley Samuel:Stanley was born on December 9th, 1940, He is studying in the Fourth Grade.
23. Horatius Samuel:Horatius was born on September 6th, 1942, and is studying in the Third Grade.
GROUP THREE;SALARIED STAFF. Mr, Negi and Mr. Joseph are employed by the mission, and
therefore we count them and Mrs. Joseph as part of our family.

24. Govind Singh Negi:Govind was born June 10th, 1923 and was baptised from Hinduism in
November, 1950. We first met Govind in Landaur where he was l.aVori's language teacher In September, 1950, he

Joined us in Hamirpur as language tutor, returning to the language school the next summer. In October, 1951
he returned to Hamirpur again, this time to tutor the children as well as ourselves. Since that time he worked
permanently with us and isnow the editor of our Hindi magazine. He is now ill with tuberculosis.

25. Fred W. Joseph:Fred was born on November 5th, 1930, and was baptised on May 26th, l'^46.

He is of Disciple cxcraction, but entered Jhansi Bible Institute where he graduated, in May, 1951. He. worked first

with us in Hamirpur and then accepted the call to be the minister of the church of Christ in Kanpur,
27 Doris Joseph:Doris and Fred were married onJune 5th, 1952. She was born on September 9lh,
1933, was baptised on ,June 29th, 1952.

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You are cordially invited tospend Christmas with tra and otir family at Allahabad this yeflf. Not all ofthe

iwenty-five children and young people will be there, but we can promise that you will not have a chance to get
fonesome. The map above shows how Allahabad is somewhat in the center of the places where the members of out

family are sludyir^ and working. Brother P. S Bhelwa is planning a special evangelistic caffipaign irl Allahabad

atihe time of our visit, and thus the talents of the family shall be utilized for the Lord, So come and join us, will you?