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6' For years f had wished I might have a ride in an aeroplane. When H

would get enthusiastic about it and talk on the subject, my dear wifee, who o f en has more "horse sense" than her husband would "put the brakes on" and I would promise to wait till it would come about "in the Lord's will." And sure enough, "it came to pass."

Some of you who are readers of THE INDIA ALLIANCE, will have heard of our voyage to India by air and of our long waits by the way. From the time we left Pasadena, California, until we reached Bombay it was almost four months and a very long four months at that I The American soldiers sometimes describe their trslvel caQs as, "Hurry up and wait 1'' That is how we travelled to India. We travelled with a rush at times-literally flew f&ster tban birds fIy, over two hundred miles per hour, and then, at other times, waited so long that we learned well the meaning of the proverb, "Hope deferred maketh the ,heart sick."

Through it all we can trace the hand of our heavenly Father. We can now say with deeper understanding, "Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies" (Ps. 36: 5 R.v.). Two or three times on the way we were made con- scious that death might be near' Once our pdot raced the plane along the lanes of the air-port, preparatory to rising and then slowed down, stopped and taxied back to the starting point, where we were asked to leave the plane while something in the mechanism was made right. On one other occasion we had ascended some hundreds of feet-the starting point is the most dangerous point in flying-and then the pilot turned back, descended to the port lanq, and we went back to our quarters while adjustments were made. On still another occasion when we were about to Ipd-landing, too, is a special.danger-point in plane travel-we noticed that our pilot seemed baffled and moved'the plane above the port to every point of the compass before coming down. While he was doing !his the big red fire-.truck and ambulanqe, which we could see from the air, were moved out to the landing lanes. In our hearts we did some earnest ejaculatory praying about that time! What

-was wrong we did not learn but we had heatd of such a thing as wheels lock- ing and causing wrecks and surmised what might be the cause for all this. But, anyway, our plane landed safely and the fire-truck and ambulance went back to cover. Our Father's faithfulness was there.

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2 . T@e l zdk Alliance The officers were all fine fellows and how we wished for them Cod's salvatiofi.

Some of them no doubt were Christians. The big thrill of the long voyage for me-I mean the thrill of the joiwney, as such, for God has thrills for His children which are as far above all e a ~ h l y experiences as the heavens are higher than the earth-the thrill of the plane travel was when the pilot who took us across the Atlantic, invited me to sit in the co-pilot's seat beside the pilot. This was right in the nose of the big four-motored plane, each engine of 1,400 horse-power. I coda look straight b1owme at the ocean twcr miles down, and stratght ahead through blue sky with scattered fleecy douds, whiter than wool, in the sun. Back of me I could see the two big engines on my side with their swiftly whirling propellor blades and hear their rapid and regular roar as they pullled us through the air at more khan 225 miles p g J ~ ~ _ u r , We were carrying agross weight of 65,000 pounds! The pilot told me that we were under this weight by just five pounds at the start. They know the exact weight of the plane, the cargo, each passenger, luggage, fuel, etc, What a load .to move up into the heights above the earth and then onward s8rapidly! But, then, I remembered that each engine had 1 PO0 horse-power and that meant that the 5,&0 "horses" pulling through tlae air had less than 12 pounds each to pull, including their own weight. No wonder they could go so fast! The pilot showed me the wonderful dials of the instrument board, and what a lot of them there wdrel Most of these were in duplicate, so that the co-pilot always has them in front of him the same as the pilot. The most fascinating of all these was the newly-invented air compass, called by some, the brains" of the plane. This compass when set by the pilot to point to the latitude and longitude 'of the port we had left a few hours before, pointed straight behind us, and when set like- wise for the latitude and longitude of the port to which we wanted to go, pointed straight ahead, This showed that we were flying "as the crow flies" straight from our last port to the next one, on the east side of the Atlantic. By this compass there is no need of what sailors in earlier days called "dead reckoning," for it works in any kind of weather, and needs not the sun or the stars to show the position of the plane.

On Good Friday we were on the west coast of Africa. On Easter Sunday morning I had a wonderful "sun-rise prayer meeting" two miles above the Indian Ocean. And on Easter Sunday afternoon we placed our feet once more on "India's coral strand." Three days later, after a really harrowing drag of a journey by rail, through heat and dust and Indian scenes of poverty, we were in Bombay. How good the Lord has been! Now we are in dark, dusty India. The heat and'dust never hit us harder in our lives than now. Coming as we have from one of America's most favoured communities and landing in the midst of the hot season has made the contrast stand out most vividly. The contrast in the condition of the people is even mwe striking. Idolatry will degrade and destroy any people and India today is perhaps the world's greatest illustration or exarpple of this sad fact.

. But we are here for our heavenly Father and for our blessed Redeemer. He came-from Oh, what excellent glory!--to eai-th in order to save us. We are He has sent us to India to tell India's people of His love and grace. We have the message that will lift India out of the dust of the ages of sin and into the cleanness

, and light of heaven. Some will believe our message and they and we and who stand back of us in love and prayer and sacrifice, will spend eternal ages with our Lord Jesus Christ in His kingdom of light and low.

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$ L 3 R b i Q 3 81 i qtt c e the eminent statesman, NIP. Chakravarti

K . D. GARRISON, Field Claaivm~n, Akola Rajagopalachari, former Premier of

LAUIEEN R. CARNER, Editor, A,,jQngaon Madras Province, have asserted that Christians in an independent India

THE I N D ~ A ALLIANCE is a bi-monthly paper 'would not be denied those rights and published by the India Mission of the C. & M.A. for the purpose OE soliciting prayer .and privileges which the fathers of their inspiring interest m missionary work in Inha. Faith have defended with their blood. The paper is partially supported by freewill donations. All correspondence should be ad- Christian people everywhere should dressed to : Mission House, Akola,Berw. India. earnestly pray that the counsels of such

men will prevail and that the rulers of India shall recognize as did Gamaliel of

F r e ~ d o m of Reiigiow old, that Christianity cannot be over-

in Owd'aa thrown by earthly authority, "lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."

Inherent in the idealogy of de- mocracy is the principle of freedom of religion. Freedom of Religion, one of the Four Freedoms of the The annual iiiiarathi ~ ~ n o r b l convention of Atlantic Charter, includes the right the dJ. & M.A.I. was held at Anjangaon to worship God according to the from February 26th to March 4th This year &.ktes of individual cohscience the convention was characterized by an un-

usually full program which included the as well as the unrestricted privilege business session of the Marathi Synod to preach, teach and Propagate of the @. & M.A.I., the dedication of the one's religion. The Christian new Anjangaon Tabernacle, Alliance.Young democracies haye not only granted, People's Rally, two village Christian wed-

but have vigilantly safe-guarded, dings, farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schelander, as well as the usual spiritual life

freedom of religion for their &ti- . - ,d evangelistic services. The speakers were zens and even for the strangers Mr. K. D. Garrison;- Professor Satralkar, within their gates, regardless of Bible teacher; Mr. P. P- Philip, Syrian

race, creed or colour. Christian evzngelist ; Mr. Styant Ramteke, Christian Endeavour Union of India, Mr.

The question now arises as to Laxman Chaudhari, children's evangelist. whether or not a new nationalistic About 800 people attended the convention, India will this inalien-* and the expenses were fully met by free.wil1 able human ~h~~ far the offerings and the board fees of those

attending. portents point to a negative answer to this burning question. The new Anjangaon Tabernacle was com- Liberal Indian statesmen, to sag pleted jmt prior to the Synodal cohvention. nothizlg of the more fanatical The building mqkes an imposing view from

any direction, set as it is on a hill. With its political leaders, are apprehensive white walls and red tiled roof it entirely of the Christian missionary entes- dominates the scene. The auditorium can prise in its Christ-appointed corn- seat a thousand. (Remember we have no miss.on to evangelize the chairs; all sit on the Boor.) The acoustic

properties are splendid and the lighting and The Christian Church in India in ventilation are excellent. The Tabernacle

.its ever-increasing success in pro- will serve as a rallying centre for the village pagating the Faith has elicited Christians of the North Berar area-a place tbea&, protests and organbed where conventions, rallies, prayer conferences

and short term Bible schools will be convened. opposition from men of all shades of non-Christian opinion in this Mr. Bigenberg and Mr. Smith have both land. sdered severe illnesses during the hot season %

months. We praise the Lord for their re- covery, and request that you pray for their

+"restoration in the strength they will need for the heavy tasks of the coming months. IMr. and IMss. F. Schelasder atld family,

mr. and Mrs. T. Amstutz and family, I r . and Mrs. Gerald Cmer and family, Bliss Eilda Davies and Miss Elizabeth Lothian left for furlough in America at the beginning of the rains. - .. . - .- - -

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a. and Mis. L. E. Hartman had the privilege this hot season of a visit from their cousin Sergeant Viola Willeke serving with the U.S. Women's Army Corps somewhere in India.

,., " == Mr. R. P. ~havkn~~eadmas te r &+UI Boys'

School in Akola and President of the C. & M. A. I. YO& People's Society of the Marathi area, was iuccessful in the exambation which qualses him for the Master of Arts degree to be conferred upon him by Nagpur University.

' SixAlliance young people attended the Youth Leaders' Class of the Berar Rhandesh Christian Council convened in the h'ill jungle village of Chikalda, April 19 to May 13th. The class carried to fruition the plan to bring together young people in a spirit of Christian unity, amidst pleasant. physical surroundings, where teaching in practical Christianitg'might be combined with wholesome recreational facili- ties. Six difFerept missions were represented. The general theme of the class was: Christ is My Leader. The teachers were Mr. S. Bhuzbal, Church ofthe Nazarene : Mr. Sumomt Ramteke, Christian Endeavour Union of India: and Mr. Lauren Carner, C. & M. A.

MP. and Xss. E. R. Gamer, Niss Hoore, and Miss Ransom returned to the field by air at the beghuhg of the hot season. and Nm. Elmore Eicher and son, and IVIiss Price are expected early in the rains.

Mr. and MM. PaulHaagen, new missionaries, and Mrs. E, R. Garner and son are detained in Africa en route to India. Pray that passages may soon lie maae available to them so that they may complete their journey.

Mr. Nagamao Jelaji, honoured pastor of the C. & M. A. I. Akola Church for fifteen years, was killed suddenly in an accident when alighting from a motor bus in Akola on the night of June 13th. Prqy for his bereaved family and theLaola Church.

As this pap& goes to press it is possible that momentous decisions are being made regarding the future of India. The Viceroy, Field Marshal Lord Wavell, has convened in Simh (the summer capital) a conference re- presentative of India's principal political parties to place before India's leaders a new offer of the British Government for the further development of India as an independent nation. If the offer is accepted the Viceroy's JEwecutive Council will be composed of

As this copy for the press is being typed the copious rains or" another monsoon season are falling. Our kind Heavenly Father in boundless mercy has again sent showers of physical blessing to this idolatrous land.. Pray that there may be good crops "for the sake of India's millions of poor people, and above all pray that there may be spiritual floods upon the dry ground that will result in a great harvest of souls.

One, of Christ's Lambs 1 . , 811 FAITH CUTLER, Amraoti

Zullakha was a little Mohammedan girl. We knew her from her birth. Her parents always were very friendfy. Her father held a good position as a mechanic and motor driver. Her mother loved to hear the gospel. The way of salvation through Jesus Christ always interested her. She encouraged her children to attend Sunday School and memorize Scfipmre texts.

As soon as .Zullakha could toddle she attended Sunday School and was a ready pupil. As she grew older her faith in Jesus Christ increased. Being of a quiet disposition she seldom spoke much, but dl who knew her were remarkably impressed by her model behaviour. * TWO years ago her mother died very suddenly. Zullakha went to live with her uncle's family: Partly through her influence, me feel sure, the aunt's heart opened to the gospel. She, like little Zullakha, was keen on memorizing pas- sages of Scripture.

Zullakha was also a good student at the secular school and always brought home good reports. Before going to

school each morning she would clean the house, wash her clothes and get herself ready so as to be all prepared to receive us on the days we held Sunday School.

Last hot season, she was stricken with fever. Later pneumonia set in. All the care that love and medical attention could afford was lavished on her. Fox days she hovered between life and death. Finally, one morning her loved ones, thinking she was dead, were gathered around her bed weeping when she moved, opened her eyes and said, "Why do you weep?" Then to her grief-. stricken father she said, " Father, do not weep any more for me. I am going to a beautiful place, all ready prepared for me. I want to go. I am not afraid. I shall be so happy there. Good-bye, Father. Think of me in a happy place." With a glow of inward joy on her face she closed her eyes and her little spirit departed.

The aunt and all those left bebind were much impressed and when telling of what had happened, the Aunt said, "She.went to be with ,God. She must have seen the Loid Jesus." We believe too that she is with Jesus tibout whom 3he loved to sing and read. '

Beyond our Elorders By A. I. GARRISON (OnFurlough)

The Spirit of God moveth where He ill, and some of the workings of His race have caused us to adore Ilim fresh. Many new contacts were made t Mahableshwar convention in the -hot eason resulting in invitations to parts

ndia where previously we had not any ministry. For evangelistic

ices, refresher courses for workers teaching the Word we visited the

owing centers : Pandharpur, Sunder- a1 Powar's Bible School in Poona,

ta ra , Shahapura, Urun-Islampur, d Sholapur. The ministry door

to groups ranging from decided ists and liberals and the State of Sweden to believers in the el.

The door opened to ministry with our brethren of the Poona and India Village Mission in their annual convention. The Lord operated by His Spirit and the results were exceeding abundantly above all that we asked or thought.

A, door opened at the big Hume Memorial Church in Byculla but there we found the Enemy strong and mightily entrenched and there were not many visible results. There was better res- ponse at the meetings in the Bowen Methodist Church in Bombay.

The Lord opened a door to teach with others (one of whom was our brother Sqmaitrao Ramteke) at a center where about thiry pastors, evangelists and teachers of the Presbyterian and Con- gr"egationa1 Missions gathered for two weeks. Some of them had no clear testimony of conversion. To them was given the message on repentance and the New Birth. In the mornings there was a series on "The Promise of the Father" to those who have become sons by the new birth. I t was a joy;to hear fnost of those present calling an the Lord to be filled with the Spirit before the fortnight ended. There were many humble confessions of sin. In the mjdst of much that is modernist we found . a few who stand firm for the whole truth.

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Fairbank invited us to speak for aweek at Shohpur. There we had a unique opportunity. We found Sholapur a very big and growing d l l . city. The big Christian community of Sholapur is Congrega- tional. The American Marathi Mission (Congregational) opened work there about a hundred years ago. Mr. Fair-

a bank was born there. The membership is very large and the third generation teems with young life. Many are well educated and have good jobs. Social service has its full reach of power there. A large welfare center and social service building has furnished games, social life, milk and medicine to the commun[ty. Pedigree goats and - big chickens are plentiful. But in spite of

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hard working missionaries and a good Working with God in pastor, the condition of the church has become an increasing burden. Prejudice,

Gujelrat pride and party politics have brought BY JESS and EDNA RINGEMBERG,

the church to a deplorable state. Ahmedabad

The message on repentance and the "We must work the works qf Him that sent New Birth which the Lord led US to me while it is day; the night cometh, when give was a new message %o almost the no man can -qrk."-John 9 : 4 R.V.

whole community in Shola~ur. The In answer to the disciples' questibn morning class Was arranged for our Lord took the opportunity of rallying workers and their wives from the district them to the great task to which .they had outstations, but hgrew numbers from been c!all&.-The w-k they were to do day to day as the people of the local was not theirs but the Father's, and church became interested, The after- required untiring diligence, for there was noon session was given to teaching the a limit to the tirne in which it could be Laubach method and singing- The night done. Tbe encouraging and assuring meeting opened in the Welfare Center a~pect~of this work was that Jesus Him- hall with a half hour of singing, con- self was to be their Partner-the Leader ducted by a bhajan band, the leader 'of Director and constant Helper in thii which is a village worker who is skilful mighty and spiritual. Following this an hour ~ ~ d i ~ ~ ~ increasing population which was given for my message. has now reached 400,000,000, presents a

The Spirit of the Lord worked in a vast field in which the Father has many way that I confess surpdsed me. Even "works" which He would do. The tre- the children sat quietly and the people mendous lack of truly saved, Spirit-filled crowded the hall in hundreds until the labourers to reflect the pure Light and to hall was filled to capacity (about 500), unselfishly undertake the work of God with many outside who could not get in. brings to our minds the prayer request Young men on night shift at the mills of our Master, "Pray ye therefore the asked for an hour's leave and came on Lord of the harvest that. I-Ie send forth cycles to the meetings, returning just labourers in$o His harvest." In the three before the hour wqs up. The Marathi districts-Ahmedabad, Viramgan-i and Girls' School students turned out in Sanand-assigned to us there is a popu- good numbers and there was a fair re- lation of ,over one and a half million presentation from the Zenana Mission souls. To work these districts we have Urdu School. only four missionaries, three pastors, five

On the last three week nights from a evangelists,one colporteur and two Bible- dozen to fifty stopped behind after the women. service for prayer-there were humble Our hearts have rejoiced in the indi- confessions of sin. There were few old genous efforts of the young men of the men among this number but most of Ahmedabad citychurches. They go out them were young boys and girls whose in groups for street meetings where they

@ confessions and prayers showed that witness for Christ and sell Bible portions. they had apprehended the message. At They also meet. in various homes for the closing service in the church on weekly Bible study arid prayer. I t is not Sunday there must have between 700 uncommon to see tears streaming down and 800 people present. The Pastor their faces as they wait upon God. said that he had never realized before A leader of these groups is a mature that it is wrong to baptize people (adults) young man employed as a bank clerk. unless they have repented, but that now He is well educated, has a keen mind he saw that truth. To the Lord be all the and knows the Lord in a definite way. glory ! Although a church member for years,

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gelist for about two pastor has commendably with all the Christians that

they had learned and remembered. They kept asking, "Have you come to stay? "

These districts represent a great challenge.. The people of many towns continue on in darkness. The gospel has been proclaimed to them but few are responding. Among those professing His name there are many resources still undeveloped because unyielded. There is a host of individdals who could be used to win others to Christ if they could but catch the vision of the harvest. Perhaps the most imperative need' not only of these districts but of the whole of Gujerat, is that consecrated young men might come forward to fill up the

I ranks of our. depleted pastoral and evangelistic staff. May the Lord lay upoh your hearts this challenge that the "works of God" in Gujerat may be accomplished before the "night corneth when no man can work."

Tidings from Ghandur By TlLflAN AMSTUT2 (On Furlough)

"Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters." -Isaiah 32: 20-

"In the morning sow thy seed, and in the men- ing withhold not thine hand; fop thoh knowest not whethw shall prosper, either this or that, m whethep they shall alike 6e good." , . -~cclesiast~s 11 : 6.

Great opportunities have come to us for sowing the precious seed of the . gospel. First we .rejoiced to see it come to fruition in the hearts of our own children when two more followed the Lord in baptism together with six of India's millions. They all seem to be going on with the Lord. .One is in Bible School. .One young couple spent several moaths with a godly sister's family where they were taught to pray, hold family worship and observe other im- portant items of practical Christian living. The result is that they are now well grounded in the truth. They never neglect family prayers morning and even- ing. One morning when it was time to

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rise 1 called the young man but got no Amstutz, "Please read out of your Bible answer after shouting several t imes . to my two daughters. They cannot Finally, his wife came to the door and. read, and I want them to learn to know explained tha t her husband was more about God." What a privilege it praying. was to be invited to read the blessed

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Chirodi where a dinner was served School the Christians by one of the inquirers. The Vanjari tribesmen, a number of By L. E. MARTB'FB*IAN, drnraoti

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- evezing, gave a generous amount of - inpt55e Tainy season% the conducting of short grain as an offering. This went later _ term Bible schools. K7e here giwe a brief to help pay for the expenses of some of report on one szlch school. our delegates in attending the ,annual Last rainy season in accordance with Synodal convention. the plans previously formulated by our

During the hot season we made seve- Executive Committee, a short term ral camps in places where inquirers had Bible school was convened in Arnraoti. invited us. At Palvardi we found an Thinking we could accommodate inquirer who for several years had been twenty or more students we told the reading his Bible daily. He had previ- missionaries in charge of vari"ous districts ously received a Bible from Brother that each one could send a stated num- Fletcher and in reading it became bur- ber of students, but as the time for the dened for his own soul. After these school to open drew near we realized it many years the Holy Spirit through the would be impossible to accommodate so Word had been doing His missionary many. The reason was that the build- work. Now wonderful to think that" ing upon which we depend for the all this was going on when we kneq housing of most of the students is only nothing about it. Perhaps if God rolled an open shed with an earih floor and back the curtain we would see much that had become a mud floor due to the being accomplished through the work- excessive rains. We could see that it ings of His Spirit that we little would not dry in time for it to be used dreamed of. . . for the school this year.

At Telegaon Dashera we had night When here in h r a o t i we make the meetings and classes far inquirers. A contemplated~move to the new property, little girl who had heard the story of we hope to re-build this shed in such a Christ in the Akola Sunday School way asuto avoid such a situation in the when she had visited there, asked if we future, but since we are now living in a were the people who would speak of rented place we dared not build walls Jesus. She h e w one story well. It around it because it would in such case was the story of the woman and the lost become the property of the landlord coin. What if the Sunday School and we could not have it moyed. teacher had not been well prepared that When we saw that it would be im- day? Perhaps she little realized that one possible to use the shed this year we pupil would be a missionary to take the began praying that God would only gospel to a village a hundred miles away. allow as many students to come as we

One day when the Pastor's wi{e and could accommodate, with the result that Mrs.Amstutz were returning from calling we had only thirteen for the whole time on a Brahmin family, the wife of the cook and fifteen for a part of the time. at the Government rest house called to The students came from wid&y us to come and sit down for a while. separated areas so we felt as we wer After we were seated she said to Mrs. teaching them that we were touching a

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.Among other things, we have all taken our turns at the English services in the local Methodist Church, and we have been able to resurrect a Maratq Sun- day morning service which seems much appreciated. '

I was recently invited to assist in a convention at Miraj in the Southern Marathi country. It was the annual convention of the Rolhapur Church, Council, comprised of twenty-five or-

. ganized churches. What a change it was for me to minister the Word to that educated and cultured audi'ence after nearly ten years of preaching to illiterate villagers 1 The Miraj-Sangli area is, next to Poona, the centre of learning in Maharashtra. The various medical in- stitutions of the Presby'cerian Mission alone, in the Miraj area, house hundreds of college graduates. It seemed that almost any member of the congregation could speak English.

I feel God sent me to Miraj for this, in all probability, my last convention in India (this term), in order to give me a .clearer view of the importance of Christian education in our missionary program. The Presbyterian Mission there has drawn its converts, as we have ours in Berar, from the "depressed classes" in the villages. But they pro- vided educational facilities for the children of their villa&e converts and we have not. Today they have a Christian community that is respected by the non-Christian intelligentsia and capable of no small spiritual impact upon them. At the same time they have increased their hold upon the depressed classes themselves. Our Christian community, on the other hand, is still very much the laughing stock of non-Christians, and the large number of lapses we have seen is proof that our appeal to even the depressed classes .is none too secure.

A whole generation has passed since God began to give us converts on "group movementyy scale in the villages of Berar. Year by year we have baptized scores and even hundreds of adults and dedi- cated their children., But the proportion

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of such dedicated children who have teaching staff prevent. our putting such a , ' '^ been themselves baptized later, on attain- program into effect immediately. (See ' ing maturity, has been alarmingly lok. THE INDIA ALLIANCE, March 1945, for

The o~erwhelming majority of Christian the propo4e.d teaching scheme of the childrh have been sucked "back into C. & M.A. in India.) A commission, heathenism by the sheer force of their composed of representatives of all the heathen environment. The occasional missions working in Berar province, is^ .. - visit of the itinerant p'ei-ichr has failea considering the establishing of a Union

A ' .. to counteract the multiple and ever- Christian High School, though nothing present influences of custom and caste. tangible has yet materialized.

In the war against the long-intrenched From such a school we would soon -a. < a powers of s p i r i ~ l d a r h e s s , surely God , get the teachers &ed fo r the -inter:

expects us to use every possible weapon. mediate and primary schools. Who Christian education is good, not evil, It cannot do more with a sharp axe than is only knowledge without love, without with a blunt one? God has done remark- Christ, that " puffeth up." We are to add able things through ignorant village men to virtue knowledge., A vast net-work of and women whom we have taught to Christian-village primary schools, several read a little and thrust into service. But strong " central intermediate boarding will He not do much greater things schools, and a Christian High School . through sharper irtstruments? How we would, under God, ga far to prevent the value the few intelleetaally sharpened next generation of village Christian chil- workers God has given us! As I leave dren from slipping through our fingers, India I think the greatest s k l e desire as this last one has done. Also, a of my heart is to see the Berar Union more adequate and capable Christian High School functioning before I return leadership-evangelists, teachers, again. Bnd the second greatest is like pastors and laymen-would surely be unto it: namely, to see the recently pro- forthcoming. posed Anjangaon Village Boys' School

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