Harter Ralph 1967 India

7/21/2019 Harter Ralph 1967 India

1/78

Written, Mimeographed,

and

Mailed by

Ralph

R.

Harter,

Jr.

at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, KANPUR2, U. P. INDIA

{Kanpur sometimes spelled

awnpore

^

January

9 ^^

H A P P Y T P A Y S

The happ ie s t even t o f

th e Yule t i d e j u s t pa s t was

th e wedding of

onr Sani

M,

Masih

w t ICulpahar s

Ros ie Ram.

They

have now

r e t u r ned to Kanpur and a re

l iv ing

in

an

apartment of

t h e I n d i a B i h l e

nstitute

This apar tment was

f ome r -

ly occupied by Andriyas

who

ha s

now

r e t u r n e d

t o

o u r

address

Chr is tmas

Day was

spen t

a t

Ragaul v/here Mrs. Roth-

en a e l

s e rved

fo r a lmos t

f i f t y years . Since

-Mrs .

Rothermel^s depar tu r e ,

th e

people

there

have

heen on

t h e i r own. I am happy to

repor t tha t almost a l l

of

them a re

do i r ^ ve ry

we l l

by

themselves .

Only

one

family

seems

mental ly

in

capable of l iv ing an inde

pendent life I n my sermon

I unwrapped

some Chr i s t

mas P r e s e n t s f rom G od .

Af t e r th e wedding

a t

Kulpahar on the

28th,

I

v/ent

on

th e

29 th t o

nea rby

Howgong

and

v i s i t ed

a

fo r

mer ward, Esra

M,

La i ,

who

v /as

ma r r i e d

last sumi ae r .

On

the 30th,

I -vis i ted

the

famous

tomplos at Kh^^;iara~

ho,

then

spent

the n igh t

w i t h some Ohio F r i e n d s in

Chhatarpur. On the 31s t , I

was back i n

Kulpahar

t o

preach

on,

Renew

My

Joy

in their New Ye a r s morn

ing serv ice . Late tha t

night , I was back in the

s t r i ke -bound

c i t y o f Kan-

pur

The

ma in strike now in

progress i s tha t

of

State

Government

employees v/hich

i nc ludes bus employees fo r

both

c i ty

and

in tex--c i ty

busses

Frank and Mar i e Rempe l

are

expected

to arr ive in

Nev^

Delh i on

January

12 th .

Should

not I have regard for Nineveh; that great c ity,

wherein

are more than sixscore

thousand persons that

cannot

discern between their right hand

and

their left hand;

and

also

much

cattle

? Jonah

4:11


2/78

The Lord wi l l i ng I wi l l

he on

hs-nd

to g r e e t them

a t th e a i r p o r t .

Prom

New

Delh i

I

wi l l

go di rec t ly to the annual

meeting

of the

New Testa

ment Pub l i c a t i o n s Ass n .

wh i ch

w i l l

mee t

in

Al l ah a

b ad

on t h e

14 t ho

Ha r r i s Makunda

is

a new

comer

to our

Boys* Dormi

tory .

He i s

from Ragaul

and

i s

studying Welding in

Kanpur s Industr ia l Train

ing

Ins t i tu te .

He

has

a

part-t ime job with Bro ther

R a s h .

Yoe l

Alb e r t

has

been

do

ing

well in his

job of

d i s t r ibu t ing gospels door

t o door . He d i s t r i bu t e d

479 copies

in

October, 445

copies in November .

and

458

copies

in December.

However, our campaign to

s e l l

Bib l es th rough th e

ma i l

has

so

f a r

been

a

d i sm a l failure

The year

19^6

v/as a ban

ner year for. the book

s to re . t

was

our

f i r s t

f u l l

ca le nd ar y ear s ince I

re tu rned

from fu r lough

and we d id 6235

rupees

wor th

o f

bus i ne s s . Taking

i n t o

accoun t th e

deva lua

t i on

of th e

rupee

l a s t

June, th is amounts to

970s

189

Bibles

were

sold

98

w

Testaments

and

449

Gospels. Gospels

dis t r i

buted f ree a re not

inc lud

ed

i n t h i s r eckon ing .

M i s si o n f u n d s we r e made

available to M r.

an d

Mrs.^

V .N . Bh im a in

a

vain at

tempt

to

save the

life

o f

t h e i r

n ine

yea r

o ld daugh

ter who

was s u f f e r i n g f rom

cirrhosis

o f t h e

liven

She

l o v e d J e s u s

a n d

we n t

to

b e

w i t h Him o n D ecem ber 1 0 t h .

My b icyc le has become

i n c r ea s i ng ly

inadequa te

fo r my mul t i t ud ious

du t i e s

in t h e

f o u r

c om e r s o f

th e

c i t y and so

I am plac ing

my order

fo r

a sm all motor

cyc le . The

dea l e r t e l l s me

t h a t I shou ld

expec t

t o

wait

li

years

fo r

del ivery

o f the

vehicle

Three

parce l s ar r ived

f rom

t h e

U.S .

t o add

t o

th e happiness

o f

the

Ch r i s tma s s e a s o n . Gene r ou s

g i f t s of

cash

were also

r e ce ived .

We

have

no t y e t

spent the cash , bu t some

o f

it

wi l l

go

f o r

a

new

suit

When I complained thatt.

my too ls were always d is

appearing,

one of

the

Peace Gorp

workers

advised

t h a t th e t o o l s be hung on

th e wa l l w ith th e

ou t l i n e s

o f

th e t oo l s

pa in t ed

on

th e w al l . Andriyas brought

a

la rge

mirror

frame

with

red and gold borde r then

he

painted the backing

green.

The tools have

been

a t t a ched and ou t l i ned -

on

this When

a t o o l

is

t a k en

off ,

it

i s obvious at

a

back page,

please)


3/78

CONTRIBUTIONS EECEIVEa) I N

OCTOBER

NOVHCBSE 1966

Illinoisg

lOY

C l a s s , P a i r f i e l d 40,00

I n d . i f \ n a g

G a r r e t t

2 0 , 0 0

Haiomond South . S i d e 5 , 0 0

The

C o l e s t o c k s 7 , 0 0

K a n s a s

g

The Dunahughs 30,00

Mother

Dunahugh

10.00

K e n t u c k y

g

Unity

Christ ian 20,00

M i s s o u r i g

Keeper Church 10,00

L i b e r t y

Biblei

Cls ,

3474

New

Y o r k g

Bii^hamton 46,45

O h i o g

C l i n t o n 120

Bladensburg

L . L . s 20

M a n c h e s t e r

22

M o t h e r Flint 1 0

The

\ 7 a r r e h

S t e i n e r s 5

Sebring 48

Chase

Avenue

(D,S,)

10

L i n d e n Women s G u i l d 25

The

P , M , H a w k i n s 1 5

Old S t o n e 20

B r a n c h Hill

20

No, 2985

50

Perry

C h r i s t i a n 20

Sabina J r s ,

IV

8

Sabina J r s , VI 56

S a b i n a

Church

65

The H a n d v / e r k s

:5

Tennessee g

E m b r e e v i l l e 1 0 0 , 0 0

W e s t Virginiag

F o l l a n s b e e Jr

B e r e a n s 4 7 , 4 9

TOTAL

EECEIVEL

.891,76

. 0 0

00

. 1 8

00

00

00

00

, 0 0

, 0 0

, 0 0

00

00

00

. 7 7

, 6 8

, 4 5

00

EXPENDED

IN

NOVESOER AND

DECEMBER 1966

Salary

Nov. 1 s t and

Dec, 1 s t 300.00

Benevolence 272,18

Hindi

P u b l i c a t i o n s 293,10

P r i n t

Shop

5-95

O f f i c e 19-47

Housing 30,08

Book Store, Library 80,45

C h r i s t a s i a n , H a r t e r

Throbs, Publicity.105-66

Church

39,77

Kalimpong

40,19

B i b le S o c i e t y -

Transportation

33.62

TOTAL EXPENDED 11234,16

. SUMMARY OF REPORT

Balance Forward

2876,18

Contributed 891,76

Total

Receipts 3767,94

Less Expended 1234,16

Balance, Jan, 1 2533-78

Less

Reserve

Fund-

1500,00

Cash i n

Hand

10

33- 78

It

i s very

n o t i c e a b l e

t h a t some o f

o u r

f r i e n d s

i n c r e a s e d

t h e s i z e o f

t h e i r

c o n t r i b u t i o n s

d u r i n g

October and

November, V/e

pray

that t h i s

indiea,tes

t h e

L o r d s

a b u n d a n t

b l e s s

i n g s

on

them,-

We

e n t e r

1967 w i t h

good

health,

a

balance,

i n

the

bank, and

a,

d a i l y p:^^ye

f o r wisdom

t o

e f f e c t i v e l y

and e f f i c i e n t l y

use t h e

funds e n t r u s t e d \ t o

us^


4/78

FORWARDING

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

JOPLIN, MO.,

640i

glance what

too l

i s miss-

ing* t i s so a r t i s t i c

t h a t

I

have capt ioned it

Queen

Vic to r i a , commem

ora t ing

Her Majesty s fa s

t i d i ou snes s

i n keep ing all

o f th e c on te n t s o f Windso r

Pa l a c e in their

p r o p e r

p laces^

Two o the r new acqu i s i t

i o n s in the hou s e a r e a

new washbowl, and a

buzzer

on the, roof so I can hear

^the db

orb

e l l

ring

when I

sleep up

there

a t night .

Andriyas

i s

a

very help ^

f i i l

k id

bu t .

he is still

unemployed.

What annoys

me

is

t h a t ,

he is se ldom em

ployed in . looking fo r

em

ployment. in the meajitime,

we mis s h is

s e r v i c e s

i n .

th e books to re .

James , who

replaced

Andriyas

in

the

s tore , does the l ibrary

par t

of

the work

fa i r ly

w e ll b u t

he

does no t know

enough ari thmetic to. be a

succe s s

i n th e

s a l e s de

partment.

I t would no

doub t

be

t o ou r

advan t age

to have Andriyas back in

th e

books to re

bu t

it

is

i n

h is

b e s t i n t e r e s t s t h a t he

f ind a - permanent job in

some f a c t o r y .

Andriyas has

become a

shu t t e r -bug wi th a

camera

sen t me

l a s t

year

by the

Jun i o r s

o f

Sab ina , Ohio. .

He t ake s

much

b e t t e r p ic

tures t h a n I d o . I

suffer

f rom t h e f am i l i a r weak

ne s s

o f

no t

be ing ,

ab le

to

f inish up a reel oif film.

I tcike a few

p i c tu re s

t hen

l e a v e

th e f i lm in t h e cam

era

un t i l it

i s ruine(^.

The army

of mice

that-

had

been

pester ing me has

now been rou ted . , ..The . c o l

ony was pre t ty well wiped

ou t

wi th

some

poison

so ld

to me by a

fe llow miss ion

ary .

.Some t raps- hate now

a r r i v e d

f rom th e U.S .

which wi l l

t a ke ca re o f

the s t r agg le r s .

On

the

.o ther

hand, v/e

have found

th e musk ra t s

to

be

a lmos t

i n d e s t r u c t i b l e . Everyone

says tha t they are harm

l e s s

and

t h a t

I

shou ld

no t

, try to k i l l them. So now I

am concen t r a t i ng on l e a r n

ing

to love the squeaks

. they make as. they tour my

rob i iL .

Although

some par ts

o

Ind i a

a re

be ing

bad ly

h i t

by famine,; there has

been

no food shor tage in Kanpu

t h i s

win te r . Muc'h of th e

v/heat so ld in Kanpur i s

,from the U.S.A. have

had smple ra ins - th is win

t e r ,

so

there

should

be

bumper harvest next Sprin

'Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words

I I

Cor . 9:15


5/78

Written Mimeographed and Mailed by Ralph R Hartcr Jr.

at 112/352 SWARUPNAGAR KANPUR2 U. P. INDIA

[Ratipur soviclimcs spelled Cawnpore

braary

15

19^7

TOW RDS

tr r i z a t i o n

In my l a s t news le t t e r , I

a nnounc e d

t h a t . I v e s

a p p l y -

ing

fo r

a

small

motor

cycle , According to the

i n s t r u c t i o n s

I tedl

r e ce ived

I

deposited

my money

with

a

dea l e r i n Hirzapur . He

r e tu rned my money y/i th

th e

r ema rk s t h a t Kanpur was no

l onger in h is t e r r i t o ry .

Next I

appl ied

fo r a Lam-

b r e t t a Suto-Cyc le , bu t th e

word came b a c k f rom Hew

De l h i

that

t h e s e a r e no

longer being manufactured.

One day as I was puf f ing

along

on

my

bicycle , the

day dream

came to me tha t

if I

were

t o r e c e i v e some

e x t r a

funds

unexpec t ed ly

and unso l i c i t ed , t h a t I

would buy

one

of

th e

more

expensive

motor

scooters .

Two days l a t e r

the

January

f i nanc i a l r epor t

ar r ived

showing tha t such funds

had

i ndeed

a r r i v ed . With

t h i s encouragement I

have

-now

wri t - t en t h e

Govenmen t

o f

I n d i a

t o

r e l e a s e

t o

me

a Vespa

Scooter

against

payment

in

American dol

lars

The re

is

no doub t

t h a t

my

ac t i v i t i e s

wi l l be revo

l u t ion i sed when I

f ina l ly

ge t motor ized .

In th e meant ime it i s

wonde r f u l t o

have

th e Hem

pels

back.

Dranlc

i s

most

generous

with h is automo

bile which 1 w i l l con t i nue

to enjoy even a f t e r I get

my

s coo t e r .

Mo t o r scooters are mor e

popular and pract ical

in

I nd i a t han

they a re i n

th e

Uni ted S t a t e s ,

I n d i a s

mild weather permits

t h e i r

use every day of the

year

and

they can

be kept in

s ide th e

hpuJe when no t in

u s e .

S c o t e r s

a l s o maneuve

. . -be t ter

in

the

crowds..

Sliouid nol I have regard for Nineveh;

tha t great

city wherein arc

more

than

.si. iscore

thousand persons that car;not discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also

much cattle ?

Jonah

4:11


6/78

On J a n u a r y 1 2 t h I was

in New

D e l h i to w e l c o m e

t h e

Rempels

bade

t o I n d i a

We t o u r ed Nev D e l h i t o g e

ther on

t h e 1 3 t h .

On t h e

14th

I

w a s in A l l a h a h a d to

a t t e n d

t h e

a n n u al m e et i n g

of the New

T e s t a m e n t

P u b

l i c a t i o n s Ass n . Once a g a i n

I

am

the Treasurer

of

the

A s s o c i a t i o n ; but

a c c o r d i n g

t o

t h e

c o n s t i t u t i o n I

w i l l n o t h e e l g i h l e

n e x t

y e a r . P r a n k Rempel w i l l no

d o u h t s u c c e e d m e . In

this

o r g a n i z a t i o n t h e

t r e a s u r e r

i s t h e man who g e t s caught

h o l d i n g

t h e

h a g : t h u s no

I n d i a n

c a r e s

f o r

t h e j o h .

On Peh, 1 s t I was feack

in A l l a h a h a d

for

the

a n n u a l

m e e t i n g o f t h e N o r t h I n d i a

A u x i l i a r y o f t h e B i h l e

S o c i e t y Once- a g a i n

I

have

h e e n elected

as a

m e m b e r

o f

t h e A u x i l i a r y

Committee

a n d

now also a s a m e m b e r

o f

the P i i i a n c e C o m m i t t e e

It v / i l l h e

my

p a r t i c u l a r

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o guard

a g a i n s t

c o r r u p t i o n was te

and e x t r a v a g a n c e i n t h e

N o r t h

I n d i a A u x i l i a r y

The hoys

who work i n t h e

l i b r a r y

have

n e v e r

h e e n

a b l e to m a i n t a i n t h e

b r a r y s r e c o r d s

i n e i t h e r

a l p h a b e t i c a l o r n u m e r i c a l

o r d e r . We hope

t h a t

we

have

now s o l v e d

t h i s p r o b

lem w it h t h e

p u r c h a s e o f a

Remington Rand C a r d e x f i l e

So f a r t h e boys have n o t

f o u n d a n y w e a k n e s s e s in

t h e new s e t - u p .

At

t h e

moment

o f

w r i t i n g

m o s t of

the

strikes

a n d

a g i t a t i o n s

i n our p a r t

o f

t h e

c o u n t r y have b e e n

c a l l e d o f f . The

c i t y

and

i n t e r - c i t y

b u s s e s

a r e

b a c k

i n o p e r a t i o n a f t e r

more

than a

m o n t h of idleness

The

i m p a s s e

b e t w e e n

t h e

S t a t e G o v e r n m e n t

a n d

its

employees c e a s e d j u s t i n

t i m e for t h e

n a t i o n a l

e l e c t i o n s v/hich b e g i n t o

day and

v / i l l be p a r r i e d on

o v e r s e v e r a l

days.-

e r e g r e t t o

s a y

t h a t

Andr iyas is

still unem

ployed except

f o r

a few

c a r p e n t i y jobs he has done

for us

I h a v e

told h i m

t h a t he

w o n t g e t t o r i d e

t h e m o t o r

s c o o t e r until

h e

i s

employed. This c a r r o t

may

have more e f f e c t on

h i m after

the

scooter

h a s

arrived

A f t e r s i x v;-eeks o f

m a r

r i a g e

S a n i

and Rosie seem

v e r y

happy..

This i s a g r e a t

relief to me s i n c e

I

w a s

p a r t l y r e s p o n s i b l e

f o r t h e

match

My d u t i e s

i n

t h e l o c a l

c h u r c h h a v e b e e n i n c r e a s e d

nov/ that I h a v e b e e n

c h o s e n

a s e l d e r

a n d T r e a s u r e r .

I

had

h e l d t h e s e p o s i t i o n s

i n

some

previous

years

but

l a s t

year I had not held

any

p o s i t i o n .

The a n t i c i

pated

motor s c o o t e r

w i l l

be a g r e a t h e l p i n v i s i

tation

v / o r k .


7/78

COITTRIBUTIONS EECEIVKD IN

DEC. 66 AND

JAN.

6 ?

California:

Jorilee Nickerson

Illinois:

Mr. Mrs . Haynes

Eairfield

J . O .Y .

Indiana:

P r a n k

Re a s

Garrett

U niv . C hurch ,

Muncie

M r.

M rs . C o le stock

Kansas:

R i v e r l aw n Christian 200

Ken t u c k y ;

M r.

Mr s , Ome r

M t. Z i o n Chu r c h

M t. Y em e n Christian

Uni ty Chr i s t i an

Missouri:

S25 .00

5

40

60

15

75

6

15

16

30

20

Keeper

Church

30

Libe r ty B. Classes 32

Oh i o :

Clinton

C h u rc h 1 2 0

No r t h Te r r a c e

9

Man c h e s t e r

Chu r c h

1 0

Manches te r M'y.

Soc,

20

Bladensburg

L .B . s 20

Sebring Church 56

Mrs . Ze i g l e r 5

B r a n c h Hill

20

Mo t h e r Flint

1 0

Mr.

Mrs . S t e i n e r

10

Mr.

Mrs . Handwe rk

15

Sab ina

J r s , VI 68

Sabina

Church

68

Berry

Chr i s t i an 24

Highview

Chris t ian

196

Ei t tman

M'y. Guild

10

B r i n k h a v e n

Chu r c h 25

Mon t a n a ;

Dona l d P .

P e e l

1 0 . 0 0

O r e g o n :

West

Sea t t l e 18 .00

. 0 0

. 0 0

. 5 3

. 0 0

. 0 0 .

. 0 0

. 0 0

. 4 3

. 0 0

. 0 0

.6 5

.6 5

.4 0

. 0 0

2

Wes t V i r g i n i a :

. .. ,

P o ll a n s be e L a d ie s 45 . 0 0

TOTAL RECEITOD 1330.68

e k p en d ed mm

jan

ist

to

FEB. 14th , 1967

Salary

(Jan.

1;

(Dec. 1s t )

Benevolence

H i n d i Publications

Office

Hous ing-

Library , Book

Store 213.00

Chr i s t a s i an ,

Har t e r

Throbs , Pub l i c i t y

Ch u r c h

Kal impong

Bib l e

Soc i e t y

Tran spo r t a t i on _

TOTAL

EXPENDED

a n d

300 .00

120 . 8 8

104 . 7 3

6 .62

32.56

39 . 5 1

1 5 . 5 1

20 . 09

9.56

1 4 . 9 2

877.37

SUMMARY

OF REPORT

Balance

Forward

2533.78

Contr ibu t ions

1330.68

Refund-

on

d e po s i t

fo r s coo t e r 33.62

Total

Receipts 3898.08

Less

Expended 877.37

Balance,

Feb. 14 3020.71

Less Reserve Fund

1500 . 00

Cash i n Hand

1520 ,71

A

book le t

en t i t l e d ,

Kanpur;

OUr

Nineveh

on the

Ganges,

su i tab le

fo r

use

in

Daily

Vacation Bible

Schools ,

wi l l

reach you

about May. 15th . Anyone who

c anno t wa i t that l o n g ,

may

(af ter

March

15th)

obtain

a copy from Miss

Florence.

Douglas, 1111

Main

St . ,

Joplin, Mo., 64801.^


8/78

FORWARDING

AGENT

MISS FLORENCE DOUGI AS,

N. MAIN ST.

JOPLIN, MO., G i m

A

funny t h i n g happened a t

t h e

c e m e t e r y

t h e o t h e r

d a y .

When I

g o t

t h e r e ,

t h e r e

w a s n t

any

body

t h e r e .

You

c a n

r e a d t h a t a g a i n ;

t h e r e

w a s n t any

b o d y

t h e r e .

R o b i n rancis h a d

c o m e

at

1 2 : 5 0 p .m.

t o tell u s

t h a t

h i s

2

month o l d girl

had d i e d o f

s m a l l p ox a b ou t

a n

h o u r -

b e f o r e . A l t h o u g h

h e a n d his

w i f e c l a i m s o m e

s m a l l c o n n e c t i o n

w i t h

o u r

c h u r c h , t h e y a r e n o t

mem

bers h e r e . He

d e n i e d

t h e

r u m o r that h e w a s a

C a t h o

lic o r a

member

o f

a n y

o t h e r

c h u r c h .

I g a v e him

2 t o h e l p

him w i t h

f u n e r a l

expenses., and

I

agreed t o

c o n d u c t the c o m m i t t a l

ser

v i c e

a t .6 p.m. But

v/hen

I

a r r i v e d

a t

t h e

c e m e t e r y ,

t h e r e

was no s i g n

o f t h e

b e r e a v e d ,

and t h e

c a r e t a k e r

further i n f o r m e d me

that

he had n o t r e c e i v e d any

i n

s t r u c t i o n s t o d i g

a

g r a v e .

The

n e x t

morningwe l e o r n e d

that

t h e

child v / a s

st ll

a l i v e ,

though b a r e l y s o .

Now t h e p a r e n t s d i d what

t h e y

should

have done

i n

t h e first

p l a c e : t h e y

t o o k

t h e

c h i l d

t o K a n p u r s e x

c e l l e n t

C h i l d r e n s H o s p i

tal

Hov/ever,

it was t o o

late

a n d t h e

c h i l d

e x p i r e d

t h e n e x t d a y .

W h e n

I r e a c h e d t h e c e m e

t e r y t h e second

t i m e , I was

s u r p r :

sed and

e m b a r r a s s e d

t o

f i n d t h a t t h e P r e s b y t e r

i a n

p r e a c h e r had a l s o a r

r i v e d t o

c o n d u c t

t h e

s e r

v i c e . Having r e a c h e d

t h e r e

ahead o f me, he had a l r e a d y

f i l l e d

out

t h e r e g i s t e r s .

t

turned

out

that

h e

h a d

also m a d e

a contribution

t o t h e f u n e r a l e x p e n s e s .

Anyway^ my

P r e s b y t e r i a n

f r i e n d r e q u e s t e d me t o

p r o c e e d . V/ith

h i s f a t h e r l y

h e l p , t h e

s e r v i c e was

con

summated.

a s

t h o u g h

n o t h i n g

w e r e a m i s s .

A f t e r t h e f u n e r a l , we

r e t u r n e d

t o f i n i s h

u p

some

d e t a i l s

i n

t h e r e g i s t e r s .

W h e n

the

father

w a s

a s k e d

t o

produce t h e . d e a t h c e r

t i f i c a t e , he

m i s t a k e n l y

- p u l l e d

out

a s l i p o f p a p e r

b e a r i n g -

t h e s i g n a t u r e o f

P r a n k

Rempel . When t h e

p a r e n t s had approached

F r a n k

f o r

money

f o r

medi

c i n e ,

Frank had g i v e n them

a

letter to t h e d o c t o r

gua.ra ,nteeing

t h a t

he

would

pay

all

e x p e n s e s .

T h i s

was

still i n h i s p o c k e t .

T h e d e a t h certificate

stated

that

t h e

child h a d

d i e d

o f p o s t s m a l l pox

e n c e p h a l i t i s ^

Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words

I I

Cor .

9:15


9/78

, 5

Written, Mimeographed, and

Mailed

by Ralph R. Harter,

Tr


{Kanp^j^mHmn spdlM Caivnpore .f.ct

JUL29W

^ r i l

29,

19^

INDIAN GOYDEmTKNI AILOTS SCOOTER

The I nd i an Government ,

has kind ly

granted

our

appl ica t ion and has given

u s

a p r io r i t y

to Duy

a

Vespa

Scooter .

This

me ns

t h a t inste .ad o f

having

to

wai t

seve r a l

yea r s

fo r

th e

scoo te r we can nc -v

hope

t o have ou rs n

s e v e r a l

weeks .

Th i s

p r i o r i t y

s

a v a i l a h l e

t o

t h o s e who con

Xjn y

in

foreign

funds (such

as

dollars) ,

v/ho

are

fcr-

eignei^s, and who promise

n o t t o s ll th e v eh i c l e

w i th in th re e y e a r s .

The

da.y

tha t

we

received

t h e

Governmoi i t 3 l tt r

a h o u t

t h e s c o o t e r was

a

day of news,

some of

t

sad .

ErarJc Rempel rece ived

word

of the po.ssing of h is

mothe r a f t e f a. long

ll

ness

a t the age of 88.

.Another message

informed

them t h a t t h e i r l ong

awaited

beggage was

on i t s

way up from the port of

Domhay. The same day, a

l e t t e r from Tom

Rash

to ld

us

t h a t

t h e i r

re tu rn to

India may be delayed. There-

i s

pJi advantage in

get t ing

:-ill of your news a,t once.

Ctheiwise,

l i f e

in

our

Nineveh goes on pret ty

much .as always. The metro

polis

has hardly been

affected

by

the ser ious

drought

conditions^

which

Ijrevail

n hundred miles

to

the east of us.

(The

church

in Kanpur

has sen t

more

than ha l f of i t s General

Fund to

aid

the drought

v ic t im s . So

f a r our sum

mer

has

been

quite comfor

ta ble. In fac t

due

to the

lack of

severe

heat , the

melons have

suffered;

but

hot te r days

l i e

ahead.

There has been

continu.al

improvement in the l i fe of

the

church.

The Sunda.y

Slioiild not I

have

regard

for

Ntncveh; that

great

city, wherein are

more than sixscore

tliousand

persons

that cannot discern

between

their

right

handand their left

hand;

and

also

much

cattle

? Jonah 4:11


10/78

m o r n i n g

w o r s h i p

s e r v i c e s

a r e v e r y

v / e l l

a t t e n d e d

and

late

c o m e r s

h a v e

a

h a r d

t i m e f i n d i n g a

s e a t .

h a v e

bee;-,

. i x b a p -

ti.-an_ . ij-i- ice o u r

. s t

i s s u e

o f

i ;

,701^3.

O n

F e b .

1 9 t h

a ii:.:-

y o u n g m an

named R a j u i l e t i r o t r a

w as

baptized.

(On Ap r i l 6 th he

married

o n e of o u r n o n

r e s i d e n t m e m b e rs .) One o f

t h o s e who a t t e n d e d Rao u * s

ba ptism was

so

i mpres s ed

t h a t

s h e

d e c i d e d

t o b e

b a p t i z e d t h e n e x t S u n d a y .

T h u s , Shalaintala Sewak was

b ap t i zed on Feb. 26th. She

e n t e r e d t r a in in g t o b e c o m e

a N u r s e s

A s s i s t a n t

t h e

n e x t

d a y . These tv/o bap

t i s m s

w e r e

a d m i n i s t e r e d b y

forcrjer xâstor C, L o y a l^

T h e r e w e r e f o u r

b a p t i s m s

on

E a s t e r S\m da y. One Airs .

R o b i n

F r a n c i s

w a s

a

c o n

v e r t e d C a t h o l i c .

We

r e p o r

t e d

t h e d e a t h a n d b u r i a l

o f

h e r i n f a n t d a u g h t e r

i n

o u r l a s t

n e v r s l e t t e r . Tv/o

v e r y f i n e

t e e n - e g e g i r l s

f r o m o n e

o f

o u r

c h u r c h

f s o n i l i e s

a l s o

c h o s e

t h i s

o c c a s i o n

t o

o b e y t h e i r

L o r d . T h e f o u r t h

p e r s o n

t o

be b a p t i z e d was a

Hindu

young

man named Rharat who

i s f u l l y d e d i c a t e d t o th e

L o r d s w i l l

a n d

w ho come

t o J.esiis d e s p i t e m u c h

o p p o s i t i o n

from

h i s f a m i l y .

He d o e s

n o t r e a d

v e r y w e l l

b u t

h e r e m e m b e r s

w h a t

h e

reads-, and

he t r i e s h a r d .

He w a s o r i g i n a l l y

a t t r a < > -

t e d

t o

C h r i s t b y t h e

r e

c e n t v e r s i o n o f KING OF

K I N G S w h i c h h e s a w in a

K a n p u r c i n e m a .

The

E a s t e r

d a y

b a p t i s m s

w e r e to h a v e b e e n

a d m i n i

s t e r e d b y a

g u e s t e v a n g e l

ist b u t he

s u d d e n l y

t o o k

s i c k w h i l e

vre v^-ere s i n g i n g

t h e p r e l i m i n a r y hymn. A

c ha nge

o f c l o t h e s w a s

Quickly br ought and

I

sup

p l i e d i n t h e

e m e r g e n c y .

T h u s

I

g o t t o i n a u g u r a t e

t h e

new

b a p t i s t r y

w h i c h

h ad

j u s t

bee-n c o m p l e t e d

b y

F r a n k an d I Ta r ie Rempel i n

t h e i r

g a r d e n .

T h e r e w e r e

a l s o

a n u m b e r

o f a d d i t i o n s

to

t h e c o n

g r e g a t io n s membership

b y

t r a n s f e r o f

m e m b e r s h i p .

T h e r e s e e m e d

to b e

m o r e

t h a n t h e u s u a l

s i c l o i e s s

t h i s Spring but except

f o r th e Frances baby) every

o n e s u r v i v e d . M a r i e

H e m p e l

i s

r e c o v e r i n g n i c e l y from

a n a i l m e n t . 1 hesitate t o y

r e v e a l that I h a d to

b e

t r e a t e d f o r v/orms, b u t t h e

w o r m s

lost

It

ga.ve m e so m e

empathy

w i t h King H ero d s

difficulties in

A c t s

1 2 : 2 3 .

I w as rlBO b a d l y h i t w i t h

t h e f l u a l o n g vîth a l m o s t

e v e r y o n e e l s e .

The Rempels and I

a r e

planning

t o

spend June

i n

t h e

h i l l s

a t S p r i n g v i e w ;

Landaur, Mîôorioj: U.P.,;

India


11/78

CONTEIBOTIONS

EECEIVBD IN

STEBEP HY

Airo I HCH 196?

I l l i no i s ;

^

J.O.y., Bairfield 40.00

Indiana

Garret t

(Vincents)

15.00

The

Coles tocks

7.00

New Ross 60.00

The Linns

10 .00

Ka n s a s ;

The

Rol l in

Bunahughs

45-00

15 . 0 0

3 .00

2 0 . 0 0

25 .00

Mother

Bunahugh

Mrs . Temple ton

K e n t u c k y ;

Unity Chr i s t i an

Ke l l i e

&

Ro.th

S to ry

Mt.

Carniel Chr is t i an

30.00

35.

Union Chr i s t i an

M i s so u r i ;

Keep er Church

Mon t an a ; .

Bon a l d I . P e e l

OtVLOg

C l i n t o n

Chu rch

L i nd en

Homehu i l d e r s

Linden Wc.ymakers

L i n d e n

Gu i l d

B-ladenshurg

L.B . s

The Steiners

Mo t h e r lint

The Handwe r k s

B r a n c h

Hill

O ld S t o n e

Manche s t e r Chu rch

Sehr ing

Church

Br i n kh av en

Chu rch

Ba l e l i e ade

Rece ip t Ho.

171.

Oreg ron :

Mother

Allumhaugh

V / a s h i n g t o n ;

V/apato

Chr i s t i an

31.65

20 . 0 0

1 0 . 0 0

1 2 0 . 0 0

35 .00

55 .00

25 . 0 0

20 . 0 0

1 0 . 0 0

1 0 . 0 0

5 .00

2 0 . 0 0

2 0 . 0 0

48 .33

50 . 00

26 . 1 2

5 . 00

50 .00

20 . 0 0

Wes t

Virginiar '

Fo l l a n s h e e

Women

1 0 . 0 0

Mo t h e r Ro s s e r 2 0 . 0 0

TOTAL CONTRXBUTEB S885 .10

EXPENBEB

FROM

YEB, 15 t h

TO

APRIL 25, 1967

Salary (Mar. 1s t ond

Apri l 1s t

,

^300.00

Benevolence 196 .39

Book

Store, Library 136.65

H in d i

P uh l i c a t i o n s 115 . 1 3

Chr i s t a s i a n ,

Har t e r

Throbs ,

Pub l i c i t y

90.53

Housing

57.37

Kalimp

ong

40.19

Church 27 .94

Off i c e

24 .34

Bible Society 16,8 l

Transport 10.76

TOTAL EXPETOEB 1016 .11

SUIF;IARY OF REPORT

Balonce, Feb. 15 3020.71

Cont r ibu ted 885.10

Tota l

Receipts

3905.81

Less 35xpended 1016.11

Balance, Apr. 25 2889.70

Less Reserve

Fund

I5OO.OO

Cash i n Hand 1389.70

BOOK STORE SALES

V

olume B ib l e s H.T .

Jan .

117.40 28

Feb . 61 .72 7

Mar,

51.76

15

295 Portions

(Mt. , Mk.,

Lk. & Jn .

were so ld and

1395were

d is tr ib u te d fre e.

18

27

4 .

4..00 NUMBER

OF

PRAYERS?????


12/78

FORWARDING

AGENT MISS FLORENCE DOUGLAS N. MAIN

ST

JOPLIN, MO., 64c0i

love, MAESIAGE Am missionaeies

Love,

marriage

and mis

s ionar ies

go

toge ther l ike

a horse , carr iage

and

s tahlo boy. Miss ionar ies

may

f ight

against

it hut

in

the

end

they get invo l

ved

in arranging weddings.

Andriyas

has

involved

me

i n more

than the

usua l

concern because he

has

l i ved

under

my

roof

longe r

than

any other kid- Also,

Andriyas has

preferred

American

v/ays

of

courtship

to Indian

ways

which has

faced me w ith sev era l

new

and emharrass ing problems.

Andriya-S

i s the kind

of

a kind and

he lp fu l boy

th--^t helpless young

lad ies

enjoy h:.ving

help

thorn..

Befo re

X

Imew

wha t w^as go

ing on, ho was engaged,

American s t y l e ,

t o . a very

n i c e

young

nu r s e .

Ihe f a t h e r o f

the g i r l ^

l iving

250mile3

downstrerm,

v/as

even in more

b l i s s fu l

ignorance then myself.

Af te r harboring

the

i n f o r

mation fo r f ive months, I

f inally

decided

that i t

was t ime I met

the man and

broke

the

news to h:^.

I

t r av e l l ed

overn igh t

to

t he i r town, arriving

a t

4

a.m. Afte r two hours s leep

on a

cement bench

on

the

s t a t i o n

p la t fo rm,

I

went

looking fo r

a

be t t e r

place

to s tay .

As

Providence

would

have it one pe r son

I

engu-ired

from tuiTj.ed ou t

t o b e

th e

f a t h e r o f

t h e

g i r l , and

he

provided

me

w i t h

- f a r more comfo r t t h a n

I

had hoped f o r .

Af t e r b r e ak f a s t , I ap

pra ised him of the

s i t u a t

io n a s b e s t I cou l d , al

though

I

did

not

have

tl-xj

ne r v e t o tell him abou t

t h e

American-type

engagement.

While

I napped,

and

while

the

g i r l s mother taiight

school,

the

fa ther

cooked

a

very nice

lunch

for

a.ll

o f

u s .

Then 1 gave

them

some amall gifts which I

had

recej .ved

fo r

Chris*bmE.s,

p. bom

of candyV and two

Dlas t i c

mugs? and a

t i e .

After lunch, my host took

me to the sta . t ion. Wliile

we wa i t e d

we enjoyed

th e Wpper

ccme . a long

t o

K^^npir-

I h e

latest

is

that I have

g i r l s f--mily

my house nd

o n the

awa,y

in

for

s o m e

t h e

train

tea

Soon

I n d i a

Expr e s s

and I r e t u r ned

deve lopment

i n v i t e d th e

t o s t ay a

ke ep

nn eye

couple v/h ile

I am

th e

h i l l s Tune in

n e x t

mon t h

for

mor e

Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words

I I Cor .

9;15


13/78

ENTR L

HRIST I N

CHURCH -

MISS ION RY

REPORT

KMM

u i im

FRANK AND

MARIE REMPEL

7 131 Swarupnagar Kanpur-^i

U

P. India

July

1W7

Box

Clovis New

Mexico 88101

V

iT?


14/78

REPORTING ON INDIA

We are nofr in fact, Kalling from Kanpur

because

we are temporarily refugee

from the blistering heatof

the Gangetic plains

which ore our

usual

Indian

ha^Jitat

For

a

short while

we are in the Himalayan hill-stotion of

Mussoorie.

July firs

we expect to be back in Kanpur.

Atthis time of the year India, as we do, lives in expectancy. One sees items in th

newspapers, headed:

Monsoon

around the bendl

Following

a

pre-monsoon showe

onenewspaperreporternoted that monsoon or not, the

town

went Jubilant with people

casting

relievedglancesat the

heavens

and children

romping

frantically inthe

falling

rain. The fact that the summer rains

have

been inadequte or have failed altogether

for two

years

in a row has

put

a good deal of apprehension as

well

as

expectancy

int

those scannings of the heavens:

should

it

happen

a third time, India seems doomed.

As it is it has beena year of agony for Mother India, and the end is by no

meansin

view. Particularizing, a newspaper correspondent on a tour of famine areas notes

At

Kanakpur

village, with a

population

of about three hundred, six

people hove

died.

One of the vxis Roz Ali aged six. The child who hod been without food for

several days, had gone to a field to collect morabbo roots.

There

he collapsed from

weokness. His

parents

brought

him home - that was all they could do.

The

next da

Roz

Ali

died

Reporting from a

town

just on the fringe of the scarcity

area

the

same

observe

writes: Monendragarh hasoctoally to deal

with

the bock-wash of the drought.Apar

from tfie CARE feeding center,

some

of Its citizens have opened a free kitchen In th

town.

Hearing

of these,

parents

from

surrounding

areas

come

to the town,quietly

dump

their children there like

people

getting rid of kittens,

then

depart to

return

no

more

Unlike the kittens the children

moke

noattempt to get backhome. These children

hesays,are easily distinguished from the professional,comporitively well-maintaine

beggar

children one is so

accustomed

to seeing in every town in Hindustan.

There

ribsand cheekbones sticking out, they hove an aura of death and decay about

them

many among them

will

surely

die

before

long.

With

their air of not

belonging

the

form a peculiar tribe of orphans whose parents are still living.

Frustration over the failure to make heodway In the gigantic tasks of securing the

vast population against

mass

starvation often resloves itself into bureaucratic bicker

ings and

blame-fixing.

Efforts

to

meet

the

problems

involved head

onare

frequently

nullified by religious bias and by just plain self-interest on the part of great section

of the population.

Programs

for the curbing of population growth, despite the expen

diture of vast sums, have made practically no impression and at leatt so far as the

public notice is concerned hove ground to a

holt.

A well-informed friend estimates

that an amount equal to the total cost of the Third Five Year Plan is being drained

from the Indian economy within the same period, through graft and corruption. High

among India s youth in the first flush of independentnationhood, have Inmost instances

degenerated Into an

attitude

that says: Why should we sacrifice ourselves while

others engage openly In corrupt practices and reap the fruit of our sacrifices? We

might as welI get our share whlIe the getting is good.


15/78

feasible relief has taken fhe form of

vnork

p-oiects, so that in return for labor the

famine victims may procure c ration of grain.

Inevitably there has been

a response to

all of

these demonstrations

of Christlycom-

passlon in a definite increase in conversions in those areas. Such conversions to

Christianity

must be

viewed with some suspicion for the

obvious

reason that theymoy

well

be

from

ulterior

motives. Just

as

inevitably,

the

accusations

ore

already

being

levelled against Christian missionaries that they are taking

advantage

of the mis

fortune

of

Indian

people

to force them into ChrHttanity.

The

fact

is that

the onlyvwy

such

conversionscbu ld be

prevented would

be for Christian missions

torefrain entirely

from reliefwork. Most of the

workers disregard

the revilings they receive, and be

lieve strongly that a good percentage of

the

converts are sincere and their

change Is

genuine

Such eternal f ru it is well worth

the

effortl

We plead with Christian

people everywhere

to be fervent in

prayer

forthisdlstrubed

suffering

land

PRESS

PROJECT

REPORT

Repeated efforts

to

secure

an import license for the off-set

press which

we had

hoped

to odd to the facilities at S RVI

PRINTING AND

PUBLISHING

PR SS

at

Konpur,

hove met with

frustration

only. We have decided to wasteno more time running from

office to office and to

abandon

the project. Other ways of increasing oureffective

ness in

the

production

and distribution of

Christian

literature are being explored.-

The press

equipment, in the meantime, is in the care of the

West

Seattle Christian

Church,

which has

been

given

an

option

onthe

machinery.

If

they

decide

they

do

not wish to buy it from us, they will

act

as our agents in its

re^ le

P E R S O N L MATTERS

DaleandDean, pursuing educational goals in

Tacoma

and Seattle,Washington,are

quite naturallymuch

upon

our

hearts

and

thoughts.

We

thank God

that they

seem

to

be getting along very well indeed, though as parents we had not thought this was

possible. Could they have been more mature and self^eliant than we knew?

The financial load of keeping them in college is considerable, even though both

have

worked

at part-time and

summer

jobs

wherever

possible.

Designated

gifts to

ward their educational expenses would be very gratefully received. They

should

be

sent to our

forwarding

agents.

Central

Christian

Church

in Clovis, New

Mexico.

Weore frequentlyasked what we particularly and personally need. Wewant tomake

it clear that the

famine

conditions prevailing in partsof

India

do not directly affect

us at Konpur,

^scept

of course in the greatly enhanced prices we have to pay for

food.

But

since food parcels ore nowcoming through free of duty, if the total de

clared value is kept below 10.

We

would

welcome

a few of them. Packaged soups,

jello powders,

cocoa cake

mixes, tinned meats, etc are a real

treat

Another very hard to procure item is 35

mm

Kodachrome

film. This also is being

allowed In free of duty if only a single roll of film is included in a parcel. All par


16/78

FRANK AND MARIE REMPEL

AS THEY CELEBR TE THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

NOTICE; Some indlviduols have been sending their gifts to the

Central Christian Church in Portland

Oregon

Please make

all

checks payable

to;

CENTR L

CHRISTI N

CHURCH INDI

MISSION P

O Box

8 Clovis

New

Mexico 88101


17/78

Written, Mimeographed and Mailed

by

Ralph R.

Harter, Jr


Kanpur

somejhjie i spdled

Q^npore

Ju ly >2, 19

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Harter Ralph 1967 India