THE TIBETAN CHRISTIANNews Organ of Christian Mission Work for Tibetans

VOL. VIII LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — MARCH, 1941 No. 2

Scores of Millions Have NotYet Heard of the Savior

Newlands and Carlsons SailFor the Philippine Islands

Nearly A Hundred Brave Storm to Bid FarewellTo Departing Missionaries

Young Christian Volunteers Needed to CarryMessage to Many Yet in Darkness

Scores of millions of people in greatheathen, idol-worshiping lands of the worldwill probably never hear the name of theSavior in this world.

Scores of millions yet wait to hear Hisname for the first time, with little chancethat they will ever hear, unless somethingvolcanic happens among the people whoknow of Him.

This has been the burden of the messagesof Mr. Newland in his many visits aboutthe country prior to his sailing on February21 for the Philippines.

"It is a very conservative thing," says Mr.Newland, "to say that at least one hundredmillions of the people of China have neveryet once heard mentioned the name of JesusChrist. Another two hundred millions know

of Him only as the "foreigner's God" andhave heard of Him in that way only throughignorant and prejudiced lips.

"Our work at Atuntze," continues Mr. New-land. "has been in a finger of the provincecf Yunnan, where China's military hold extends up among the Tibetans. I have traveledclear across this g^eat province from theextreme southeast to the extreme northwest.It is a journey of some seven weeks. I knowconditions in Yunnan. It has approximately thirty-five millions of people, of whom

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A TYPICAL TIBETANThis is what a

full-blooded Tibetan looks like.A typical Tibetandresses in high-topped leatherand woolen cloth

boots and wears

heavy woolenclothing of redwool. Prayerbeads are an essential also.

The Tibetans ars

a large, husky,likeable brown

race of peoplewho have lived in

the darkness of

the demon- andnature-worship ofLamaism for

many centuries.

MRS. OGDEN WAITS

One of the large group who went to thedock to bid farewell to the Newlands and

Carlsons was Mrs. Minnie Ogden. She hadhoped to be sailing with them, with Batangas their destination. Of course we are allaware that the State Department refusedpassports for this venture. So Mrs. Ogdenremains in America, in readiness to join theNewlands and Carlsons in a ministry atBatang at the earliest possible moment thegovernment will permit.

ABOUT THE PHILIPPINEISLANDS

Magellan discovered the Philippine Islandsin 1521 and they were conquered by Spainin 1565. Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, May 1, 1898 and Major Gen. Merrit captured the city of Manila,Aug. 13, 1898. It was on Dec. 10, 1898 that

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

PBOBUhon---He. Cf 70U

the Philippine Islands were ceded to theUnited States by the Treaty of Paris. Ofthe 7,083 islands, only 462 have an area ofone square mile or more. There are 20volcanoes on the islands which are more orless active. Between the mountains storedwith minerals, and the sea lie great fertile,well-watered plains. The average temperatures are: four winter months, 78 degrees F.,three hot months, April to June, 84 degrees,and the rest of the months about 80 degrees.

There are eight distinct languages and 87dialects used in the Islands. About 35 percent or IVu million of the children attendpublic schools.

English is the official language in all theschools. About 4 million on the Islands readand understand English. Two-thirds of theini'iabitants are Roman Catholics: about 4million belong to the Independent CatholicChurch; about 500,000 are Moslems and about500,000 are Pagans.—J. M. A.

THIS IS ENCOURAGING

From Washington comes this fine word"The Church of Christ in Sedro Woolleygives one-tenth of all money that comesinto its Sunday School and church treasuryto missions."—Kenneth A. Edwards, Minister

By J. Merle AppelgateMany will believe that the going of the

Newlands and Carlsons to the Philippinesis no mere accident. They will recall Acts16:6 and 7 which relates Paul's change ofplans under the leadership of the Holy Spii-it.While the evil forces of men fence off Tibetin order to fight a war, God will lead theNewlands and Carlsons to carry on His battlein the American-controlled Philippine Islands.

It was as stormy a day as California couldproduce when about a hundred faithfulChristians from the Inglewood and FigueroaChurches gathered in the dock shed at pier188 in Wilmington, along side of which laythe heavily loaded M. S. Pleasantville. Therewere some ministers and missionaries fromother churches there also. Amidst the noiseof trucks and tractors the little group gathered and sang some grand old hymns of faith,hope and courage. Prayers were offered infervent devotion. Then one by one the missionaries who were sailing stood up on freighttrucks and with faces aglow with the lightof heaven, spoke words oi encoui'agement tothose who remain at home to hold the ropes.No storm outside could shade the brillianceof that light on their faces; no thunderousroar could subdue their voices of hope; andno clamor of machines could disturb theirpeace within.

They sailed away with a grim determinationto fulfill their ministry. Their ultimate goalis still Tibet. But like the first-century missionaries, they are driven by the "must" ofthe Gospel so beautifully set forth in Dr.Remfry Hunt's letter found elsewhere in thisissue. Whether their stay in the Philippinesbe long or short, we may rest assured theywill airange for the Christian work theybegin to be carried on permanently andeffectively.

Harry Schaefer Sails for India

Perhaps the brotherhood has placed nogreater confidence in any one of the youngeigeneration of missionaries than it has iryoung Harry Schaefer, Jr. of India. Everyone has a strong feeling that Harry wil!make good as a foreign missionary. He hassecured passage aboard the Pres. Coolidge fora sailing from San Francisco on March 17.In India he will join his parents and sisterin the work of the Central Provinces Indiamission.

We were glad to receive the following wordfrom Harry recently: "May I congratulateyou on your choice to go to the PhilippinesYou have helped the cause of Missions agreat deal by the added confidnnce that thepublic will place in the missionary. Mayyou have the best of success in those islandsand may the way soon open for you toreturn to Batang."

Mr. and Mi-s. M. B. Madden are now com

fortably installed in their new "FigueroaCottage" at Tui-ner Memorial Home, TurnerOregon.

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WHEN SENDING GIFTS:

For the Carlsons, send toMrs. E. S. Carlson

4446 Kasson, Chicago, III., orThe Forwarding Secretary

The Tibetan Christian Mission:455 W. S7th St., Los Angeles

For the Newlands, send toMrs, Neal Lovell

(Mr. Ncwland's sister)1105 E. Randolph, Enid, Okla., or

The Forwarding SecretaryTibetan Christian Mission

455 W. 57th St., Los Angeles

WE MUST BE MORE

DILIGENT

We scarcely need point out, with referenceto the "debate" appearing on another page,that the attitude and policy of the TibetanChristian are based whole-heartedly uponthe ideas and convictions expressed by Bro.ES-rett in his reply to Bro. Alber. It seemsmost evident to us that Bro. Alber, like manyanother, has never had, or lost, the visionthat inspired, and inspires, others in thecrusade to labor and endm*e that the peopleof God might someday be one in a restoration of first-century fellowship and teachings.We are sorry that some feel such a crusadeimpractical, or the price to be paid toomuch. It simply means that others of usmust be the more diligent and earnest in thisGodgiven task.

NOTICE

The affairs of the Tibetan Christian Missionare carried on with the aid of an AdvisoryCouncil consisting of outstanding brethren,trusted leaders in the brotherhood. Anyonewho desires information about the activities,policies and plans of the mission should feelperfectly free to call upon any of the missionaries themselves or any of these brethren atany time. The policy of making all our mission work of such a character as to meritthe confidence of a large body of trustedbrotherhood leaders, will, we feel, make forstability and success, and serve to counteract irresponsible criticism occasionally indulged in by others.

THE TIBETAN CHRISTIAN

NO ABANDONMENT OFTIBET

Let no one assume that Tibet is droppedfrom the stage of interest merely becausethe Newlands and Carlsons have been temporarily refused passports. The Bares,Nichols and Miss Schwake still hold strategicposts. The Bares are now located at Tach-ienlu and Dr. Bare describes their journeyand future plans in a letter to Mi-s. Sippleas follows:

"We were on the road 25 days" (comingfrom Batang) "all but three or four of whichwere rainy, and we encountered snow twice.The mountain streams were greatly swollenby the rain, and twice in fording them, themules and riding horses, as well as the packcattle (yak) had to swim them. We had toraise our feet high to k'eep from gettingthem soaked in the rushing streams. . . .

"I plan to make itinerating trips out amongthe Tibetan villages, carrying some medicinesfor the treatment of the sick, and with Tibetan Gospels and tracts for use in that type ofevangelism.

"We find living here at Tachienlu somewhat less comfortable and far more expensive than it was at Batang, but we think wesee that 'a great door and effectual is openedunto us and there are many adversaries' —I Cor. 16:9.

"Through the kindness of some of theS. D. A. missionaries, we hear some of theradio news."

The following excerpt from a letter to Mrs.Sipple gives us interesting information ofMiss Schwake:

"I am staying at the C. I. M. (in Tachienlu) on my return. I have my teacher withme, who will take me into some good hardstudy this winter while we wait here for thepasses to clear. Being released from nursing obligations, I am hoping to progressmuch more rapidly than I have been ableto do for some time because of duties andtravel interruptions."—Gladys Schwake.

Prom Batang, Mrs. Sipple received thisword:

"The Nichols family and Edgar Bare arenow the only foreignresidents of Batang.Our time is so welloccupied with school,Tibetan study, andthe mission routinethat we hardly havetime to get lonesome.Our radio is a greatblessing, especiallynow that mail is soslow and uncertain.

"Last Sunday evening while twirling thedial, I chanced uponthe 'Old Fashioned

Mr. and M,s. Nicholsbroadcast by one of

the Manila stations. How thrilled we werelistening to the soul satisfying music andan inspiring gospel message. Imagine nothaving heard a real sermon in your ownlanguage for months and you will realizesomething of what we felt.

"We are glad to say that since the American consul at Yunnanfu has gotten behindour mail, we have received several packages,some of which were addressed to Yen Chinand mailed over a year ago."—Edgar Nichols.

NEWLAND SENDS PARTINGMESSAGE FROM SHIPBOARD

Aboard M. S. PleasantvilleLos Angeles HarborFeb. 22, 1941

Christian ChurchMedicine Lodge, KansasDear Friends:

The writing of this finds us aboard shipapparently within a few hoiu^s of sailing.This is a large freighter and men are busyloading the last part of the cargo beforewe head out for the 25 or 26 days of crossingthe broad Pacific. This ship is heavily loadedwith lumber from Vancouver, piled highupon most of the lower deck surface. Cannedgoods and old rubber tires seem to be thechief cargo from this port.

The 26 days of crossing will probably bewithout a stop and without sign of any landunless the captain orders the boat to goclose enough to see two or three huge rocksthat stick up out of the Pacific along ourgeneral route. Of course, our "big circle"course (up around the small part of theglobe) takes us quite far north of the Hawaiian Islands and not south of them as youmight suppose by looking at a flat map.

The accommodations are for 12 passengersonly and the full 12 are on board. The onlyother child, (except Marcia and Neal andMark Robin Carlson) is the Captain's littleboy of about 8 or 9. This is a Norwegianship, and flying the flag of a belligerent nation, hence all is equipped for sailing "blackout" at night. What a commentary on thefailure of Chi-istians to evangelize the world!These are days to obey the King, to "go"to dare, to suffer, if need be, for the sake ofscores of millions who do not know ChristI believe most of the world's trials andtroubles today, with all its bitterness, hateand death, are due to the failure of Christians to go as Christ commanded, and asthe early Christians set the example. Withso few to go, and with so many scores ofmillions in the Orient who have not evenheard the name of the Savior, it is our conviction that we ought to be at the post andthe task to which we have, by the grace ofGod, had the privilege of serving.

Best wishes in Christ to aU the church.Sincerely, on business for the King,

(Signed) Vernon M. NewlandP.S.—We are all quite well. Melvin should

be ending this afternoon his long train rideto Enid where Nellie and Neal will be awaiting him. We are happy to be sailing andparting from him is the only thing thatbrings an occasional tear to our eyes.

EVANGELICAL GROUP FINDSTHE TIBETAN CHRISTIAN HELPFUL

From Nebraska we received this encouraging note recently:Dear Mi'. Newland:

I enclose a gift to be used for the Tibetanwork as you see best. Please send me thepaper as I like it so much and we use Itin our Women's Missionary Society. Thoughwe are Evangelical people, each month atime is allotted to an article from its pages.

God bless you in your service whereveryou may be called.

Yours in His name.Mi-s. Myrtle M. Henry

WHEN SENDING GIFTS:

For Bares or Nichols, send toMr. C. W. Nichols

Box 391 Seminole, Okla.

For Miss Melba Palmer, send to1571 Lawrence St,, Eugene, Oregon

For Miss Gladys Schwake, send toMrs. Wilma Watson

157 Parkdale Ave., Buffalo, New York

"Your articles are very interesting andhave considerable value in the study ofmissions. Please increase our number orcopies."—W. A. B., St. Helens, Oregon.

Lunette Chapin's daddy, pastor, TulareCalif, wites us that Lynnette has a littlebaby sister, Carolyn May, who an*ived January 8. Best wishes to the Chapins.

THE TIBETAN CHRISTIANPAGE THREE

Want To Know MoreAbout Tibet?

CHRISTIAN SERVICE CAMPS V/HY IDOLS HAVE CLOSEDHAVE LARGE GROWTH MOUTHS

Our friends will recall that after survivingthree bandit attacks on Atuntze we temporarily sought more peaceful surroundingsfarther to the south. For three months,just prior to our furlough, we found shelterin the territory being evangelized by theMorses. Ml'. Taylor and Miss Maxey, in thelittle Chinese-Nashi village of Kang Pu. _Weendeavored to keep busy with evangelismduring our stay there. One evening, as wesat on tlie ground around a glowing woc^-fire after returning from a preaching servicein the village, a Kang Pu Christian, andformer idol-worshiper, told me the story ofhow it came about that idols now have closedmouths. I relate it now to you:

"A long time ago," he said, "all idols weremade with theii- mouths open. But onceupon a time a very large snake crawled intothe mouth of a large idol in a certam temple,and proceeded to make its home there. Almost immediately astonishment seized thevillagers as they began to notice that the^bowls of food placed before the idol eachmorning, were being eaten regularly. Careful watch proved conclusively that no dogor human being was stealing in and eatingthe food! The idol was unquestionably eating the food! The villagers were over-joyedand spread the report of this wonderfulidol far and wide, and soon its fame became very great.

"But the delusion came to an end in thismanner: One morning a certain vill^erbrot a bowl of very hot soup to placebefore the idol along with the offerings ofothers. And with the others he retiu-nedafter a while to reclaim the empty bowl.But to the embarrassment of this particularworshiper the idol had eaten all the otheibowls clean, but had not deigned to touchhis own. In great anger he seized the bowlof hot soup and pom'ed all its contentsright into the mouth of the idol. So greatwas the commotion immediately set upinside the idol that the villagers fled fromthe temple in great fright.

"Two or three days later a very bad odorbegan to fill the temple. It was soon discovered to be issuing from the idol itseii,and so frightful did it become that workmen poured in wet clay, and sealed up themouth completely. And thus it has beenwith all idols ever since."—V. M. N.

Friends frequently ask us to recommendsome good boolcs on Tibet. In reply wefrequently have to say that most of thebooks populai'ly sold dealing with Tibet seekto win sales on the basis of presenting Tibetand its priesthood as things of mysteryMost of the really worthwhile books areout of print. Books by Rockhill, Bell aregood. But we specially recommend the book,"Three Years in Tibet" by Ekai Kawaguchi;the Japanese Buddhist priest. This daringpriest had a most remarkable three years ii:Tibet, during which time he was actuallyreceived into the inner circles of the Lhasapriests and officials.

Kawaguchi's book was published in 1909and may be found in some of the larger citylibraries. He wrote of things as he foundthem and the outside world is indebted moreto this man than to any other for its knowledge of Tibetan life and customs. Followingare just a few of the very interesting chapters; Arrival in Lhasa, A Metropolis of Filth.Lamaism, The Government, Education andCastes Life in the Sera Monastei-y, TibetanWeddings and Wedded Life, Tibetan Punishments, A Grim Funeral, Foreign Explorersand the Policy of Seclusion, Tibetan WomenThe Tibetan Soldiery, The Festival of LightsMeeting With Tlie Incarnate BodhisattvaHoly Texts in a Slaughter-house, The Futureof Tibetan Diplomacy, A Supposed MpacleManners and Customs, Future of the TibetanReligions, and many others.

We have left one copy of this book' in thecare of the Figueroa Blvd. Christian Chm-ch455 W. 57th Street, Los Angeles. Our readers may secure the book for two weeks bywriting the librarian. We suggest that tencents in stamps be enclosed for postage.

The 1940 Mid-Columbia Christian ServiceCampers had an enthusiastic meeting amongthe firs and pines of Oregon. J. FrankCunningham, extreme right, serves as CampManager.

Christian Service Camps are proving increasingly popular. Last year 66 Camps enrolled more than 6,000 young people in allparts of the country. Each year witnessesthe organization of new ones, and presentprospects are that the "big poster" for 1941will list at least seventy. Camp leaders andfaculties az-e now busy everywhere planningthe 1941 schedules and programs.

The popularity of Christian Service Campsmay be attributed largely to certain distinctive features which may be classifiedunder the following five heads:

(1) A deep concern to inspire young peoplewith the beauty and grandeur of being "notthe only Christians, but Christians only.''We will either pass on to the next generationsome deep convictions about this importantmatter or witness a God-given task abandoned to others or swallowed up and lost inDisciple denominationalism.

(2) A large emphasis upon personal evangelism. Christian ServiceCamps are not merelygatherings for "leadership training." All earnest young people, whether Christian or not,desirous of entering intothe life of the Campfor a week are invitedSpecial evangelistic messages designed to helpyoung people make decisions for Christ andthe church usually closeeach Camp day. Confessions and baptismsare common at Christian Service Camps.

SCORES OF MILLIONS(Continued from Page 1 )

I know twenty to twenty-five millions havenever even heard that Jesus Christ everlived! . _ .

"Our gJ-eat neighboring provmce of Szech-wan is the most populous of all China'sprovinces. It alone has sixty millions ofpeople, of whom it is still a fact that fortyor forty-five millions have as yet learnednothing of the love of God, or that a Saviorwas ever born.

"And then there are the other great landswith their millions who have not heard:Japan. Burma, Fi-ench-Indo China, Siam,Malay States. India (with its great districtsin which no missionary has ever yet gone),Philippines, Nepal (almost as closed as Tibet),and Bhutan—not to mention the hundredsof inhabited islands of the South Seas.

"And just to the south of our _o-?ra landare other nations who need missionariesso very much. ^ , n. ..i.

"Many millions of the people of SouthAmerica live in terrible darkness becausethey do not know of the Savior. 9ur greatbrotherhood has only two small missions inthe entu-e continent. One nation alone(Brazil) has an area larger than the entireUnited States, and we haven't a soul tellingthe people of their Savior.

"And there is the great continent of Africawith gi-eat regions as yet mientered with the'good news' of Jesus Christ.

"Young Christian volunteers are needed.Our brotherhood can send them, and willsend them. Hundreds can and must be sentout. It requires only 250 people giving apenny a day to support a 'living-link'_ missionary by the plan of The Tibetan ChristianMission. We should be happy to hear fromconsecrated youne people who. more thananything else, wish to invest their lives forChrist, and millions who will never hear ofHim unless they are willing to go."

in Service camps. Mildred Welshimer(3) A large place foi

the Bible itself as a Camp textbook. Youngpeople will not develop deep interest in abook with which they have little acquaintance. Christian Service Camps are leadingthe way in centering the attention of ouryouth on the Word of God.

(4) A democratic program of teaching andmanagement planned and executed by cooperating churches and pastors. The teaching "slant" is, therefore, that of the churchesmost vitally concerned, and not that ofeastern denominational schools of thought.

(5) Low Cost. It has been demonstratedall over the nation that it is possible toconduct such youth camps with excellentaccommodations, food and equipment at acost much below that which is common mother types of camps. . .

Several new camps came into existenceonly last year. They were as follows:

CALIFORNIA: So. Calif. Jun. High BoysCamp, near San Bernardino. West Side OilFields Camp, at Taft. South San JoaqumChristian Youth Retreat, Lake Sequoia.

FLORIDA: Young Peoples' Conference,near Deland. _ *

IOWA: Camp Wildwood. Dolliver State

Park, near Port Dodge.KANSAS: Kansas Christian Service Camp,

at Camp Wa-Shun-Ga, near Junction City.Sun Springs Retreat, at Sun Springs.

KENTUCKY: White Mills Camp, WhiteMills.

MINNESOTA: Lake Itasca Camp, ItascaState Park.

OHIO: Four "C" Camp, Lake Allyn, nearBatavia.

OREGON: Willamette Valley ChristianService Camp, Fall Creek.

TEXAS: Bastrop Christian Retreat, StatePark, Bastrop.

Still other new Camps are to be launchedfor the first time this summer. We havelearned of the following:

INDIANA: Wilkinson Church ServiceCamp, Shakamak State Park, Jasonville.

OKLAHOMA: Boiling Springs ChristianService Camp, near Woodward.

WASHINGTON; Washington ChristianService Camp (site not yet reported).

One of the most popular young people'sworkers in the brotherhood is Miss MildredWelshimer. She wiites. "Everything pointsto 1941 being the greatest year in the Christian Service Camp movement. Churches thathave not sent their young people to campare seeing the good results in other churchesthat do, and they are becoming deeply interested."

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A Page for Our Young Missionary "Rope-Holders"You 'hold the ropes' when you pray and give."

'ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, IN HIS SERVICE" LITTLE MISSIONARIES GET LONG RIDESYoung people, we are endeavoring to make the spirit

of The Tibetan Christian Mission the spirit of thosewho are willing to go anywhere, anytime in the serviceof the King. For many this means service for Christm the homeland; for some it must mean a parting fromhome and friends for most of one's life. This is necessary today because we have not been earnest and zealous enough in the past.

We believe God wants us witnessing for Him outamong the millions upon millions who have never heard.They live in a darkness that is darker than night—andHe is the "Light of the world". This suggests to uswhy Jesus said, in his last and final moments amongHis followers, "Go into all the world," and "Lo, I amwith you even unto the end of the world."

We invite you to read again that last short meaningful chapter ofthegreatpioneer martyrfor Christ amongthe Tibetans, Dr. Albert Shelton. He wrote the following in his book, "Pioneering in Tibet", and thenwent back to Tibet, where he soon laid down his life:

Come On!The long fight for Tibet has continued for many dec

ades pd will be carried on and on until at last it is His.Lying there in the heart of Asia, self-satisfied, held

in bythe greatest mountains on earth, not knowing norwanting to know what is outside, the Tibetans haverested for hundreds of years in the firm belief thattheirs IS the country of perfection. They are now beginning to wake up to realize that other folk have contributions to make to their welfare.

The opportunity now is such as it has never beenbefore. The feeling toward Westerners is far more kindly than it has ever been.

opportunity for any young man to utilizeall the abilities with which he is blessed in meeting theproblems that he will have to solve; and he will finduse for others which he has not.

Let no young man think that it was a mistake thathe should bury his particularly fine abilities in missionwork m Asia; for it requires in the service of the Kingdom of God just as high an order of intelligence, justas great concentration, just as fine tact, and just asmuch punch" as are required to run any great businessconcern. Come, on, young men, and let's help to makethe last nation on earth a part of the Kingdom of ourLord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

(Printed by permission of the publishers.The Fleming H. Revell Co., New York)

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Melvin Merle Newland for the first time in hislife got a long ride on a trainwhen he went to Oklahoma tolive with his aunt, Mrs. Lov-ell. Gary Knoblock, a little boyfriend, bought a lower birth soMelvin Merle would have a bedto sleep on in the train. Mr. andMrs. Fromhold bought his ticket on the train. Then on Thursday night at 8:15, with a lot offriends at the Los Angeles depot, Melvin Merle with his mamma and papa, and "Aunt" Jennie Zinck went to the big carswhere goodbyes were said. Itwas pretty hard to say goodbye,but the Lord will protect everyone in this great missionary

Neal George Newland WOrk.Mark Robin Carlson looked

like a good sailor as his daddycarried him up the gangplankof the big freighter, the Pleas-antville. He will sleep, eat andplay (if he doesn't get seasick)for 26 days (6000 miles) onthat ship.

Marcia Mae and Neal GeorgeNewland are old timers on thesea and they will make goodplaymates for Mark Robin.

There were thirty cows andsome horses on the ship. Maybe the sailors will let the children help feed and water theseanimals.

—J. M. A.

DR. RUDISELL TELLS STORY OF CHECK

^ picture of one of our finest friends, Dr.Walter Scott Rudisell of Palm Springs, California. Dr, Rudisell is80 years of age andwe were frightenedat first to see thispicture of him riding such a wild''bronc", — until Dr.Rudisell told us itwas only a dummy!

The check whilewritten by his

Mark Robin Carlson

'rA- {)rHi47 daughter, was really the gift of Dr. Rudisell.He treasures it a groat deal, he tells us, forIt went through the bandit attacks inAtuntzewhen the Newlands were held prisoners. It was badly soiled and stained withred candle wax, for the bandits used theNewlands' house for a fort, and by the lightof their candles battled an attacking forceall night. Many were killed and woundedthat night, but the Newlands in the endwere not harmed in the least.

Thanks. Dr. Rudisell. for your part inwinning Tibetans to Christ—but you betterbe careful about riding "wild" animals.

This Is the Check That Went Through the Bandit Attacks.

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MUST WE BE DENOMINATIONALISTS?Here we try our hand at condensing. If you find this debate interesting, we suggest you read the articles in

full in the February 8 issue of the Christian Standard.—V.M.N.THIS IS MORE THAN FIDDLING

By Edwin R. ErrettEditor, The Christian Standard

We differ at two points that are closelyrelated. Brother Alber accepts the denomin-

FIDDLING WHILE THE WORLD BURNSBy John G. Alber

Secretary, Nebraska Christian Missionary SocietyMy position is illustrated by the following

diagram:

The large circle represents the ecumenicalor

circles representthe various re

ligious communions. One of

YOU WILL WANT THESEADDRESSES

„e iarge cuce Here is a list of the addresses ol mission- fI'douniversal church ot Christ. The smaller aries supported by our brnteh^d mthe Ctjrer Xr conSdeJs oSr bmther-seeTsuch acompiled list in'any other pub- Jood as one ot those denomlnato^^^^^^^ whereaslication, therefore it should prove helpful lefeience to Bio. Albei s cncles,to those who wish to correspond. Unless refuse to recognize any circle around us

these represents otherwise indicated, we believe all are atus, our move- their posts and may be reached by address-ment. We as- ing the Missions concerned.sume that there , ^may be Chris- Japan-lvGI'eatians in any ot YOTSUYA MISSION, G Naka Cho, Yotsuyaall of these cir- Tokyo.cles. This how- Mrs. W. D. Cunninghamever does not Mr. Owen W. Still

except the big one.

It is an issue of major importance involving the entire concept of our movement.

Our Plea for Union and Theirs

There is a fundamental difference in the

approach to unity as between our plea andthat of all union-minded denominationalists.

Theirs is union and envisions mergers and

Mrs. Owen W. Still (furlough). 254 N.Rose- combinations ofdenominations. Ours is unityand envisages elimination of the un-Scrip-tural sources of division even to the changeof the individual.

In Mr. Alber's editorial in the Nebraska

state paper, he says, "I believe in the ecumenical church. It includes the whole church

OSAKA CHRISTIAN MISSION, 678 Nakami- jn all its forms—all denominations—everyyacho, Asahiku, Osaka. expression of the Christian religion." How

Mr. Harold W. CJole _ can this mean anything else than a recog-Mrs. Harold W._Cole (£urlough), 621 Lime nition of the Roman hierarchy and the

doctrine of apostolic succession and theWestminster Confession and the practice of"infant baptism" and the persons who havehad nothing but "infant baptism" and Christian Science and mourners' bench—all as

part of the church universal?

I submit that Brother Alber's argument"commits him to an endorsement of thoi;e

items.

mead Blvd., Pico, Calif.Miss Alice HitchMr. and Mrs. Paul Nielson (furlough), 837

E. 3rd St., Pomona, Calif.

Japan

Ave., Long Beach, Calif.Grace Madden BraleyMr. and Mi-s. Ray Sawyer (appointees),

1763 E. 83rd St., Los Angeles.Mr. and Mi-s. M. B. Madden (retired)

Turner Memorial Home, Turner, Ore,Miss Dorothy Schemmel ^appointee), 957

Chateau, Cincinnati, Ohio.MABASHI CHURCH OF CHRIST, 4-485 Ma-

bashi. Suginaml, Tokyo.Miss Grace FarnhamMiss Ruth Schoonover

KoreaKOREAN CHRISTIAN MISSION, 32 Shoget-

sucho, SeouLMr. John T. Chase (on temporary visit to

Korea).

Mrs. John T. Chase (furlough), Bristol.Tenn.

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hill (furlough).

warrant any one to assume that this is anendorsement of the system of denomination-alism or of a divided church. It simply attempts to picture things as they are, andnothing more.

In no uncertain terms the New Testamentcondemns divisions and parties in the church.Severed relationships in the church are sinful and wrong, and doubly so for us whoplead for Christian unity on the New Testament basis.

On this point we are not blameless. Weneed to cast the telephone pole out of ourown eye so we may see clearly to cast themote out of our brother's eye. Too long wehave been drawing circles that left fellowChristians out. We need to draw circlesthat take them in.

Following the Dark Ages came the Renaissance. Following came the Reformation.While Tietsel sold indulgences in GermanyLuther discovered a Bible and a text, "Therighteous shall live by faith," and theLutheran Church came into being. Whenworldliness was rampant in the churchWesley pleaded for a deeper spirituality inreligion, and Methodism was bom. Whendenominational strife was turning men toinfidelity, our fathers began their advocacy ofChristian unity, not on a denominationalcompromise, but upon a divinely inspiredNew Testament, and here we are.

Can we trutMully claim PHILIPPINE MISSIO^OF CHURCHES OF fore, members of His church and opposed tole church of Christ, w® whnlp CHRIST, Box 2774, Manila, P. I. the erection of any barriers except those

We Are Christians OnlyI am troubled at the tacit admission in

Brother Alber's reasoning that no one canbe just an undenominational Ohx'istian; thatno one can occupy the space out there between the circles, so to speak; that everylittle baby that is born is "either a littleTory or a little Liberal". I maintain thatI am one of the beings that must be nondescript to Brother Alber's system. We refuse to be classified as anything but sincereChristians, disciples of Jesus Christ, there-

the

the title "the true church", and the wholeof it, perhaps we are a denomination, amost of the world insists. (This will stir thebrethren.) O Lord, how long, how long!While millions wait for the message of redemption, while the world burns, we fiddle(the discordant tune) "We are not a denomination."

In our relation to the Christian world wecan claim no more than that we are a movement within the universal church, with amighty plea for absolute and unconditionalloyalty to Christ in all things. If we expectto get anywhere, we must recognize it is poorpsychology as well as poor religion to let a"hoher than thou" attitude take the placeof brotherhood and fellowship with all thosewho accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. WolfeMr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. AllisonMr. and Mrs. J. Willis HaleMiss Edith ShimmelMiss Ethel Jones

West China-BurmaLISULAND CHURCHES OF CHRIST, Kang

Pu, Yunnan, West China (via Wei Hsi).Mr, and Mrs. J. Russell MorseEugene R. MorseRobert H. Morse

Miss Isabel Maxey

South ChinaMr. Harold Taylor, Tali, Yunnan.

Tibet- (Chinese Tibet)

He has erected. I believe that any one cantake that position, that if one can do it,two can and two hundred can and two

million can.

"Holier Than Thou" Attitude

No doubt, there are some who are guiltyof that "holier than thou" attitude, butsurely Brother Alber does not intend to imply that the non-denominational attitude is

•necessarily a "holier than thou" attitude. Ifthat is to be the argument, then why is it notto be applied to every one who renounceshuman creeds or to all who renounce theauthority of Rome or, for that matter,to all who refuse a proffered glass of liquor?We have our faults, we know; but we wouldlik-e to be thus far right, at least: That we

I am not concerned whether we are called TIBETAN CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION, go back to the simplicity of Christ and HisTachienlu, Hsikang. West China (via apostles, and ask others to do the same.Chengtu). We do not claim that the church of Christ

Dr. and Mrs. Norton H. Bare is coterminous with brethren in the Restora-Miss Gladys Schwake tion movement. The church of Christ ifMr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Nichols, Batang, evidently dispersed with many sincere Chris-

a movement, a religious body, a communionor a denomination. I admit that the latteris somewhat distasteful to me.

Well, I still believe in the church. I believe in the ecumenical church. I believein the Christian Church and its great pleasfor liberty, democracy and union, a pleathat can never be outgrown until its objectives have been reached or the milleniumhas been ushered in.

Hsikang, West China.TIBETAN CHRISTIAN MISSION, Atuntze,

Yunnan and Batang, Hsikang.Mr. and Mrs. Vernon M. Newland

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tians in the denominations. But, on theother hand, this does not mean that thechurch of Christ includes all of denomina-tionalism. The Lord knows who are His.and will one day disown all but His own,

PAGE SIX THE TIBETAN CHRISTIAN

Tibetans live in big fort'-like houses of high, thick walls and flatroofs, for theirs is a country of demon-worship, lamas and lawlessness.

LAST FAREWELLS New Advisory Council MembersProm the many letters, telegrams and mes

sages received by the departing missionaries,we have selectd two that our readers mightshare in the fellowship of rejoicing that camewhen the door to the Philippines opened,and our young missionaries answered soquickly and wholeheartedly.

Western Union Telegram:

Ml', and Mrs. Vernon Newland;Figueroa Blvd. Christian Church,Figueroa and 57th Street, Los Angeles

"Thinking and praying for you and Carlsons all the way."—Mildred Welshimer.

4224'/^ Degnan Blvd.Los Angeles, Calif.Feb. 21, 1941

Tibetan Christian Mission,Los Angeles:

It was a matter of extreme regret that wewere prevented from attending the farewellservices for our dear comrades Brother andSister Newland and Carlsons.

It has been fine to know them and to share

their faith and hope and love.We sent a wire to the ship. We knew it

would cheer their hearts.What a serious outlook in the world! How

the imperatives of the mighty "must" ofJesus, in this witnessing age press uponone:

"I must be about my Father's business.""I must work while it is day, etc.""Other sheep I must bring . . .Here is a copy of the telegram we sent:

"There hath not failed one word of all Hisgood Promises."

We hope they will receive it. We sent itoff Western Union at 10 A.M. this day.

Our united love.

Sincerely,

Wm. Remfry Hunt

MELBA PALMER WILL SPEAK

Mr. Daniel Zinck of the Figueroa Blvd.Christian Church, Mr. Winfield Tripp of theLatonia Christian Church, Covington, Kentucky and Mr. J. Andrew Williams of theFirst Chistian Church of Inglewood, California, have recently been approved as members of the Advisory Council of The TibetanChristian Mission.

WE ARE GLAD YOU WROTE

OHIO: "Thank you for your letter and 'TheTibetan Christian' which I am happy tohave in my possession."—Mrs. Tona A.Rhoads.

ILLINOIS: "I always enjoy reading thepaper very much."—Mrs. Lila Kuhlmann.

NEBRASKA: "I have enjoyed your paperso much. We pray for the work and workers."—Mrs. J. L. Martin.

MISSOURI: 'T am glad to send this. Thankyou for past favors."—Mrs. W. C. Buck.

WASHINGTON: "May He lead you in Hisown good time to the Tibetan border injust the spot of His choice."—Miss Fran-cese Franklin.

OREGON: "We thank you for the interestyou are showing in Northwest ChristianCcllege. There is an enrollment of twohundred seventeen very fine young peoplethis term."—K. E. Burke, Pres., NorthwestChristian College, Eugene.

CALIFORNIA: "We are in much prayerregarding all your future plans. What bworld! But the Kingdom of our Lord willprevail."—Annie and W. Remfry Hunt(Bro. and Sister Hunt are two of the finestservants of God it has ever been oui-privilege to know. They served in Chinafor many years, during the Boxer Rebellion too, under the United Society.—V. MN.).

You Will Want These Addresses(Continued from Page 5)

Mr. and Mrs. A. Ray Carlson.(Above two families in temporary ministry in Philippines. Until further notice address both in care of GeneralDelivery, Manila, P. I.)

IndiaCENTRAL PROVINCES MISSION, Kudn-

dand, Bilaspur, C. P.Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schaefer.Miss Marian E, Schaefer.Mr. Harry Schaefer, Jr. (sailing for India

this month).

ROTHERMEL MISSION.Dr. Zoena S. Rothermel. Ragaul, Hamir-

pur, U. P.SOUTH INDIA CHURCHES OF CHRIST,

56 Peters Road, Royapettah, Madras,S. India.

Johnson Edwards, Native Missionary.

MexicoMr. and Mrs. E. T. Westrup, Ave. Morelos

Ote, 132 (altos), Monterrey, N. L.

AlaskaMr. and Mrs. Franklin Smith, Ekwak.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawford, Anchorage.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Railsback, Ketchikan.Mr. and Mrs. Berl Thomas (present ad

dress not in our files).

South AfricaSOUTH AFRICAN MISSION. 438 Landella

St., Location 2, Kimberley.Mr, S. B. Sibenya, Native Evangelist.

BalkansMr. Frank Vass (furlough), 10512 S. Bud-

long Ave.. Los Angeles.

PolandMr. K. J. Jaroszewicz (furlough).

JamaicaLieut. C. Vincent Hall (present address not

in our files).Mr. and Mrs. Luke D. Elliott, %M. B. U.,

1507 University Ave., S. E., Minneapolis,Minn.

subscription to the "Tibetan Christian", fromFebruary. 1941. Send to the above address.Thank you.

—Alice Hinkle, Harrisburg, Pa.

Please send me the "Tibetan Christian"for one year. I have so enjoyed the paperin the past. Have read the January editionthrough. Hoping for a continuation of ourwork in Tibet. I have always thought thatthe most interesting and needed missionfield we have in our chui'ches. Could yousend me two extra Januai^ issues? Thankingyou sincerely,

—Mrs. N, D. Vail, Nampa, Idaho.

Latest word from Melba brings the goodnews that she is gaining strength steadily.Her physician advises continued care in herprogram in that it not be too strenuous.However, she is booking dates for speakingtours. Miss Palmer is in a position to giveup-to-date and first hand information ofconditions in West China. Chmxhes, classes,missionary groups may write her for datesat 1571 Lawrence St., Eugene, Oregon.

Neither pray I for these alone, but for themalso which shall believe on me through theii-word: That they all may be one; as thou.Father, art in me, and I in thee, that theyalso may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.—John 17:20-21.

I was appointed Missionary Chairman ofour Young People's Christian Endeavor thisyear. I recently read the "Tibetan Christian" and would appreciate getting thispaper as I believe the material would beuseful and interesting to our society. Wewere acquainted with the Newlands at Erie-side and would like to keep in touch withthem. Thank you.

—Jean Dusenberry, Clinton, Ohio.

I am enclosing fifty cents from the LoyalLadies' Bible Class of the College AvenueChurch of Christ for the "Tibetan Christian". We appreciate the paper and wishyou to continue sending us a number ofcopies whenever published. We are going tocontribute regularly.

—Mrs. Delia Stull, Des Moines, Iowa.

I feel very fine about your aiTangementswith the U. C. M. S. Think that this is agood step, and in the right direction.

—Guy Mayfield, Drumright, Okla.

If the weather is at all clear we shall tryto be at Pier 188 in Wilmington, at 3 P.M.tomorrow. It is great that Vernon's plansare carrying through and will be a joy tosee them off. If we fail to get there,assure them of our prayers and good wishes.

—Harold D. Combs. Arlington, Calif.

Please find enclosed 25c for one year's

My best wishes to you as you go to thePhilippines. May you be able to do a greatwork there. Sincerely,

—Melba Palmer, Eugene, Ore.

SALWIN VAim-. RJgELEH, APRIL 21. 1941

My bolt^ed^Mother and Sisters:

We are still alive, and God has blessed our ministry-^eyond all expecta^ons,but we never found it harder to plan for the^/uture than now. After (fa^ 15t^^the passes 'out of the Salwin were impasai^iig, until early in -^pril when two ofour Mekong Christians got through v/il^S^e mil fo||lr us. Even this was abouta month earlier than we had expecteja^ All our time has been taken with otherthings than letter writing.exceptM^ss Maxey has kept a diarypfjl left Tali &Robert Dec. 12, 1940. I traveled by a jAhagan carried by two men between twopole^^nd sometimes horseback and the last days afoot over the Mekong,Salwin divide. I reached the Salwin Valleyj^an) 8, 1941^ a day beforo asnow storm closeTlihe pass to carriers^ Gertrude and the throe children andMiss Maxey reached horoTDe^ 21i^ and wero campod in the small adobe fort onthis ridgo, which contlmed to shelter us until our house was built.

Eugene and I got busy at once on building, and soon Christian workors had rallied to us from every congregation in the Salwin leveling a building-sito onthe steep mountain side. We sent parties in every direction to cut buildingmaterial: Poles and various kinds of bamboo thatch-»grass» After a month of

, most intensive work^the roof was on and then just a day later came the big snow%li just a day after we had moved into our new quarters, the students began to ar

rive for our first Christian Workers^ School and soon wo had an enrollment of(^jpreachers, teachers,Riders and Deacons, etc.^studying day and night for ten

days. Over a dozen congregations dent carrier loads of grain to moke up anylack in the preachers* food.^Then for two weeks they went out by twos and threesto hold meetings in each of tiie(fl^salwin congregations, and then returned withnow hope for the future. They wore generously welcomed in ev-e-ry congregation.Only one coneregation h^ the'̂ flui opidemic.C^Then followed another week's Christian Workers'School. ^his timo with ovoi<5^studonts, nearly all being preachersand teachers.^Then r took a two weeks' preaching trip northward as far as theTada new station location. Never before have I seen the people hungrier forttee-j8Fospel preaching and Christian leadership. Then to climax all this, camethe Easter convention with attendance totaling at least 1,200 with the UpperBurma^J^^ngregations yet to. be hoard from. We estimate, the total number of Christians now, where China, Tibet and Burma meet, to bet^ 3,500.

SO far,thip year all our attention has been given to rallying the Jaith, Courageand^jylsion of those very widely scattered congregations and teaching leaders.Now we are about to campaign definitely for new converts. If our lives, arespared we expOct a great harvest of souls in 1941 which would colSfort our heartsafter i^he great loss of our station of Tabolo£|\Eugene R. Morse has proven himself to be a full-fledged missionary. It would be hard^indee^ to get alongwithout himj but wo feel that for the sake of the future work he had better joinRobert at Central China College for a v/hilo.^Amid all the uncertainties, dan-»gers^ and hardships we hear but one Voice, "If yp^ love mo feed ny sheep." ByHis gracei somehow, wo must continue to do thatThis field and work 4«^-strIm!-measurably greater than any other on the Tibetan Tjorder. If we forsake it, vdiatremains to the free "S^urchos of Christ out here? We have a dozen churches largerthan Batang eVor was* We expect to stay on through 1941 anyway.

Lovingly,J. Russell Morso

P. Si At daylight^next morning, April 2239*?, 1941.Since the Easter teonventioruwe have already launched two preaching expeditionsfor extension of t^e work in directions where no other Christians^Mission hasever worked—"Northward up the Salwi^cloar to the "border of Ihne?" TTbStrandanother across the divide west of Tada into the almost unknown valleys of the ^Taron and other streams flowing out of Inner Tibet, where wo already have anufliber of enquirers.

Just now wo are preparir^ two other parties to enter ^O-^Akhy^ang-and-ajacontvalleys in Upper Burma, just west, of the southern soctop^ our Salwii^work.Already we have six congregations over there with over.^SOfi^converts and a numberof new enquirers reported. The country is mostly jnountai^ious, iunglpj one of thefew remaining parts of th?, world practically unos^lored.^Sinco the flood, wefeel "the loss of all our medical supplies awfully and also so mucTT;i5"eratur6supplies in the nativo"Tan^agos whi'eh "vfe swept away and no\^because of"the warand our extremely isolate position, wo are having extreme difficulty getting newsupplies of anything from outside; but God^s grace has never failed us yet andwo look upon our extremely precarious position as just a more outstanding oppor-s^tunity to witness for our Redeemer. All our lives wo have had precious bless-

Him. Now wo rojoico.at thes^.opportunities to show our love and devo-enduring hardship for Him.

L

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4f^Ekith Ifcrgni^t hcs the whooping cough very badly, Eugene has^/requently sufferedexcruciating tooth-cche and Gertrude needs dental work doney Otherwise ourhealth is not bnd now, but we ivr.nt to mcke good use of the^ next eight laonthswhile thfe oasses tj the outside world are open.- Seems iikfe some one^probablyJ. R» M.,will have to stay by the station and work here while the rest go toTali where Robert is« Vie oust buy large amounts of new supplies for stayingon here, but: '̂Ihere? is the question. Our folks want tu reach Tali beforeJune, for the American Primary School term there.

Of course we lost all our records, so I want you to send me t- list of namesand addrefsses of our tried and true friends which you have. Lovingly your Son,

—1n Hifi ^orvlCQ»

Russell Morse

P, S« From Robert H. Morse.Hua C-ung College, Hsi Cheo, Yunn^.n, \7. China. (Via Tali)

Dear Grandma: Dr. Taylor is here now from Rangoon Burm^i. He had en accidentf.nd all the stuff he bought for the College and the new truck in v/hich it wasbeing carried,"wi^ll burned. That includes the ^25 worth of thingsthat I asked him to buy for me. So I have no new suit.

Lovingly, your grandson.

Robert H, Morse

Mr. i: "iSrs, J. Russell Morse Sons, MissionariesTIBETAN LISUUND CHURCHES OF CPIRIST

Pugeleh (near Latsa), Kongshan District, Upper Salvrin Valley,"T'There China, Tiliet, and Burma meet."

(ifeiled at Tali by Gertrude^ via P. 0. Address:- Kang Pu, N. Vf. Yunnan,air mail, July 18.) West China (Via Likiang &Wei Hsi,)

June 24, 1941,

Mrs, Ruth htorse, and family,114 South Denver Ave.,Tulsa, Oklahoma, U. S. A.

l*y precious toother, as I have just been re-reading a packet of your more recent letters, I have been thinking how the Grace of God in your heart has madeyou a channel of great blessing to all of us out here and to so many Christianfriends in the honela nd. So I want to write a letter JUST FOR YOU. Nowadays,vre cannot knovr vrhat letter may be the last. It seems the night comes on so quicklyand the storms are raging ever fiercer. Our lines of communication and supply havebeen becoming so difficult that vre \vonder when even the Air Hail will stop. T3utwhatever happens, vie aro going to count on the faithful prayers of our mothers andother prayer-helpers, and we shall keep on praying for you too. That's most important'.

IVhile the passes to the outside world were snowbound (and postal service down-the Salwin practically non-existent), I trust that Robert vn'ote you severaX timesfrom Central China College at Hsi Chow, passing on the nev/s of our situation afterthe flood. Certainly Robert has beon in a very advantageous position to act as ourlink with the outside v/orld while making up for some of his delayed education, Weall feel that in several v/ays he has been as great a help in the I'ission as Eugeneis, and that's saying a lot. Well, he forwarded several registered packcts vrithlots of letters te reach us after the pass to the Mekong -Valley opened, but thenwhen he figured vre would be leaving here for Tali, ho kept the later letters forMother and the others to road dovm there, so I haven't got to see any of the recentletters at all. Really, vre aro in a position of such unique difficulty that it'svery hard to explain and perhaps would be still herder for our American friends toimagine. Also, we don't have much time for lettcr-vn'iting anymore, and v;hon v/c dov/rite letters, v;o don't care to go into complicated explanations, TTearavhilc, wefeel that what matters is th^^t the PORT IS BSING HELD for Our Lord and His Work ofSalvation is going forvvard despite all the work of destruction that is abroad. AsJesus said, "Upon this ROCK I v/ill build my church, and the gates of Hades shallnot prevail against it," There have been various opinions about what Jesus mer.ntby the Rock, but of this wo are sure, that in such times as these HE is buildingHis Church and that our abiding in Him just as SOLID AKD STEADY AS A ROCK v/ill bo agreat factor for accoj^^jlishment of Kis Redemptive Purposes.

It is novr just a month since my Gertrude and the t\TO smaller children withl!iss Ifexey, and Eugene as the "man of the party," left me at Kang Pu and vrant dovm-to-Tali, several riding "hvra-kans" carried by men, but mostly on pony-back. Evenunder ordinary circumstances, that is a difficult and sometimes dangerous journeyof Y/eeks, but during vmr-timo v/e have hesitated more than ever before such an undertaking, However, all indications seemed to be that it is the Lord's will, so allthe congregations out here are praying and trusting the Lord to bring them safelyback again before some new out-burst of Satanic fury blocks the road for their return. Doubtless, they have already v/ritten you from Tali, so you v/ill really havemore recent news of them than I do. Since v/e came back to this field, four yearsago, Robert and I aro the only ones of our family Y;ho have gotten away for a vacation, Gertrude is not robust and it is mfirvellous how she has been stregthonodrepeatedly, but there is a limit and as toothaches and sick headaches became r:tt)rcfrequent, I had to insist on her trying to get some outside help, Eugene's toothaches v/ere bad too, both Laverne and Ruth needed so much to sec the outside worldand other foreign children and maybe be in school for av^hile,

_Later-Junc 25th. Wed. A., H. Great newsl The. Lisu Christian men v;ho v/ent oyer.the pass to Kang Pu v;ith Anzie last vrook just came in through drizzling rain, bringing several letters, and best of all a post card vrritten by my Gertrude herself, reporting their safe arrival at Likiang on Juno 3rd (the t/vclfth day after havingleft Kang Pu), and that they vrould leave on the 5th for Tali, so I expect theyreached Tali on Jime 9th or lOth. I v/as so interested to hear that our RuthI.Iargarot has a pony to ride by herself, that "she enjoys it a lot and sings allalong the road. She is rosy cheeked and seems v;ell." After her having had vrhoop-ing cough about ten Tveeks, that is good nev/s. Also, there vrcre three radio nev/sbulletins sent by Bro. J. H, Andrev.'s of Likiong, the latest being of Juno 8th,eighteen days ago, and a letter dated June 6th from the American Consulate atKunming in v/hich ho expresses regrets at not being able to help us more, duo tothe Consulate Staff having to work overtime to nako up for the time they have torun into hiding during Jap air-raids on Kunming, Japanese air-raids have againterribly devastated Chungking and Kunming.

l^other, THIS IS TliE E!JD OF AH AGE, and it finds your children stcmding on theLino of Duty for the Kingdom of God, so neither you nor v;e have any regrets forthat. But Gertrude and Eugene, and Robert, and I'iss I.'iC.xey too, v/ill have somemomentous decisions to make dovm there in Tali, and as they v/ill have first-handinformation, I can only leave the final decisions up to then, Kovravor concernedGertrude is for our children's education^ I incline to feel that, unless the vforld

I5rs. R, M, -2- June 24, 1941

situation has taken an immense turn for the bettor, allof thorn and maybo ovenUiss Haxoy too had bettor come back up here v/ithout delay beyond mid-July and improvise a school of our own for both our missionary children and for native Christian loaders. I sec probabilities of Japanese bombinp; being; extended soon to Taliand Likiang, and there might bo such a flood of paniclfy refugees out of those placcsthat our own people could hardly got transportation for themsolvos back here muchless the baggage and supplies v;hich they should bring. Our region being THE LEASTACCESSIBLE blSSION FIELD HT YUKNAN may ultimately prove to bo a blessing instead ofthe foolhardy sacrifice it first seemed, ospccially when vou remember that vre novrhave at least THREE THOUSAI'm CHRISTBRETIgRElI AHD SISTERS with us in this valley.At least, I doubt if any of us v/ill have to starve to death during this "siege,"although vro have plenty of other problems and difficulties. Truly, \ro are "thechurch in tho v/ildornessl" God has never failed us yet, so vro shall not doubt Himnov;. Just think hack over all tho dilemmas flo has led us through in years past,many times v/e might have quit, but if vie had done so there vrouldn't bo this precious fruitage today of over 4000 souls and over 30 congregations for Him. Now ourcomparitivoly defonsoless little "refugee" arny again stands on the shore of theRed Sea with tho pursuing hosts of Egjmt getting uncomfortably near. "Be still, andknovr that I am God."

I note this in your letter of Jan. 22nd, "You v:ill romeraber v/hen I had a presentiment that you should not go into tho Salwin alone. IVoll, I believe novr youshould comc out, or you will leave a grave there. I do not claim to be a prophetess,but something warns mo." Despite your warning, I have olected to stay by tho v/orkalone here this summer, for we have prayed and thought the thing through, and itseems to be mj'- Line of Duty. I believe that by the mercies of God, I shall survive.But, if the end of this summer or any other time should find my grave here, \vouldyou have cause for ought else but GL0RYII;G in the Cross of Christ, "the fclleivshipof His sufferings." Shall others count it a privilege to die for their dictators andI not much more rejoice to die with my boots on as a soldier of Christ? "Gladly Ilived and gladly I die, and I lay me dovm v.-ith a vdll," and it v^ill not have been invain. Not many Christian missionaries in this last decade have been privileged, asvre have, to bear the Christian witness into a region where the Gospel had not beenpreached, where there were no Christians or Churches of Christ, right on the veryiruDst primitive front lines of the Kingdom of God, and at the end of ten years to layat the feet of King Jesus such a trophy of over 4000 souls, TIIAHK GOD! After all,tho greatest grief on earth is to have lived a fruitless life. LST^S ALL REJOICEl

1,'Mother and Sisters, very dear, v/hatever happens to me, v;hcn my Gertrude comesback to America again, I just KNOTv that you v;ill all lovo and care for her as oneof your ovm children, just as if she v/ero your son Russell. Truly she has beenGod's ministering angel to me, and to your grandchildren, and to all the nativeChristians, During our more than 20 years together, God has given her a lovo likeHis ovm for mo, a lovo that I do not deserve, but it has melted and sanctified myheart afresh again and again. She is a wonderful comrade, and I need her so verymuch.

Don't get alarmed if not many of our letters get through to you in the yearahead, in fact, there may be months at a time without a letter from us. I expectthe U. S, A. v/ill be dravm into this war with all her forces, shoulder to shoulderwith Great Britain, China, and a host of small nations that hardly dare peep. If,in our isolated location, v;e can't send letters to you via Air Hail, we shall planto keep the follevying informed of our situation and maybe they can got word throughto you, (l) The American Consulate at Kinming or '.vherever it may have to move to,v/hich may be Tali or Likiang. (2) James K. ^indrev/s of the Pentecostal Ilission atLikiang. (3) Tiss Alice G. Hunter, or else the China Inland l.Iission dov/n-the-Salvfinat Pao Shan on the Burma Highvmy in S. vr, Yunnan. (4) American Baptist Mission at!'?yitkyina and Rangoon, Burma.

You asked why v;e moved _over to the Salvdn Valley instead of^doyQ3.,..tQ-!£"''there are uduuLLi::;iial facilities for our childrerT (but how long can they bo maintained there if Japanese and German aggression continues to make headv/ay?), after•the^^Xl-Q^d^at TobaJlo.J..a^t October. Before I hoard of tho decision reached by "Gt'rtrude and Eugene, rry recommendation v/as for moving dov/n to Tali for at least afe\T months. But nov^ I believe it v;as the Lord's willfor us to move into the Salwin,of course, only time will tell. But KOVED TO T}IE SAI77IN VALLSf^BECAU'SS'̂ TE-ARB--

.ELSE IK THE l/ORLD, For years the Devil has been trying hard to got us out of here. If he should succeed, I Imov^ of no one to take ourplace as shepherds of these infant Churches of Christ. As for the education andfuture career of our children, which vro regard seriouslv as part of our missionaryresponsibility, •what FUTURE is novr left for this "civilized" world anyway? Ihonestly believe that Eugene and Robert could have no greater future career than isassured to them RIGHT NOV/" if they stay on tho job with us out hero. Many youngpeople go through university and post-graduate courses too and after all, don'tattain a career, or life of service, that vdll comparc with vrhat our lads havebeen having out here. And they're getting education and traini'ig along vrith it,too. j'ultitudes of other young people are having their hoped-for education greatly interferrod vrith in these times, too. So maybe after all, our lads v/ill bearcomparison later. Right novr, I'm still more concerned for tho ^d^^ation of Laverneand Ruth I'argarot than for Eugene and Robert. But under the circumstances, I don'tsoe what better v/e can do about it. Tfe have "CROSSED ,TIiE. RUBICON." By..stay.in^^oi]„there, it has now become perhaps as dangerous trying^ to return to U. S. A. as to remain here. Yet tho thought of leaving Laverne and Ruth "avmy"do-im at'oTaTi v/hilo v;estay by the work up here is intolerable, for war conditions might force the closing

Mrs, R* M. ^3^ 24, 1941

of the little American Primary School there at any time, then who would help ourchildren travel away up here to us, especially if the passes were blocked by snow,TfTe must see it thru TOGETIIil^Rl

If you haven't heard of Hiss Maxoy's decision on course of action, I supposeyou soon will, I'll be much interested to hear, for she has been SUCH a good co-worker, in fact, I don't believe vre could have reasonably expected a better one.She would have made grand progress in the Chinese Language as well. There is agroat future for her in missionary vrork out here, in fact, she has always had a voryhelpful ministry in both the Mekong and Salwin Valleys, and the Christians vfillnever forgot her.

So far as I knov;, Kiss^Gladys Schvmkc atTachienlu, and I hear reports that the Bares have gone on furlough to- A^ Iconsider thorn all as among the truest soldiers of Jesus, Christ that over came to^theTlbeta"^ Bbrdor. The Bares work during this term past, if it could all be told,' " '"Wourd^Be "a story of pioneering that would compare favorably with the record ofDr. A. L. Shelton. But l*m"'Sorry to say that neither of the Bares arc either thestory-teller or the platform speaker that Dr. Shelton vms, and this nay be a handicap to them during furlough, especially as they vrill have to countoract whateverbad effects there may have been from that stab-in-the-back v/hispering campaign conducted all over the U. S. A.

Gertrude left me your big cake of date-nut candy to cat during the summer, andI take a very comforting dip into it once in a while when I get desperate for something REALLY DELICIOUS. The box took only nine months to roach us because broughtby riss Hunter to Rangoon, then forvmrded by the A. B. 11. lUssionary at l^yitkyina.Eugene vrare the new boots dovm to Tali, in fact, FOOr-'/EAR is one of our f:rcatestneeds nov/, besides ItEDICIKES. The ^500 U. S. money which you sent to the A. B. 1.,Treasurer in Rangoon is being used to buy^such" tHirigs for v/hich vre have sent himorder lists, but getting the things up hero next fall v;ill be a vory uncertainpioneering adventure, Everythin.':; costs so many ti^es ncro novf. But please NEVERmake any financial appeals on our behalf, God alone knov/s v/hat wo need, and insuch times as this, especially, only Ho can keep the supply lines open. Bettorkeep any funds there in special account until vrc ask for them. *'fe thank God formany faithful friends, v/e are trying to be vrorthy of thoir support. Hy love toKamie, Eva, Louise, all of whom v/rote us such precious letters.

Your Ambassador for Christ,J. Russell I!orso

A Post Script by Tirs. J. Russell HorseWritten at Tali-July 18, 1941 and sent by Air Hail

Dear J'other Itorso:How I v/ish vre could see you this A. H. We have boon so happy to get your good

letters by air mail, I have sent them on to Russell, Russell's last letter saidhe v/as well and getting along fine.

7?"c are intending to return soon. Laverno and Ruth like their school work vorymuch. Even Laverne had to have 14 fillinfr^s. Robert finished his school vj-ork ingood shape, making excellent grades. Robert is helping Hiss Gay in the school inTali now. Hiss Gay is very tired and ready for furlough, but no one comes to takeher place. Our teeth are not all fixed yet. They had been neglected too long,

'-Te love Isabel very much and believe she loves us. She can tell you the newshotter than I can vrrito it. I hope she arrives safely in the U, S. A. as she is onthe sea now. She is a precious friend to us. Vfe love her dearly, Tfo have bought8 horse loads of tea for exchange of money. Also some medicine. ?rc have orderedour necessary supplies from Rangoon Burma, Robert docs not want to give up hisschool this year and he has been a groat help the past year, forvrarding our mail andsome supplies, Eugeno should be in school. V/hat can vra do about it? VTo oxpcct toleave here for the Sahvin Valley August 1, Pray for us that wo may bo kept in Hiswill alvmys.

— - _ _ . With love to all,Gertrude H. ?'orso

114 So. Denver Ave.Tulsa, Oklahoma

„ , August 25, 1941Dear Friends Everyv^hero:

I just received this letter from my son, J, Russell Horse, in which there werethree out-dated checks. The Morses have not boon to a bank in over four years. Canyou inaginc traveling six vraoks to go to the bank? I buy a draft on the New YorkCity Bank, register it, and send it by Air Hail to the bank in Rangoon Burma toRussell Horse's checking account, then ho can chock on that bank, I send once amonth. It costs no more to send $50 than 05.00, and I vrill be glad to send for anyone that vfould like for me to do so.

Tho }tor5os arc too busy to vjrite personal letters is the reason I am sendingyou this copy of his last letter to mo, J. Russell writes to me once a month.Teaching, preaching and sending out tho native evangelists. Pray for the work andthe workers.

Your Sister in Christ's Service,Hrs. Ruth Horse

Ct)e CilJEtan jUtsstonarj'Vol. 1

TIBETAN BEGS GOSPEL

To anyone who knows liow alowTibetans are to respond to tlie Gospel, this is real news, and real causefor rejoicing. One Tibetan has actually asked to be taught concerningChrist. Here is Miss Sehwake's own

account of the incident, which happened on .her trip from Tachieulu toBatang last spring:

"We had a rather unique experience in one place. A Tibetan cameto our tent door (oh, yes, we hadto camp out mostly, cold or no cold).He asked for more Christian litera

ture and help as to how he mightapproach this God he had heard aboutseven years ago in Tachienlu. Hesaid he had waited all these yearsfor some more of those foreigners tocome his way.

"What a pity to have such a longwait! He was like a hungry wolf.He fairly devoured all that Naomitold him and kept asking for more.It is so rarely one finds a Tibetanoutside of a lama or an official whoreads that we asked him how hecame by his ability to read and Itdeveloped that he had once been alama. A crowd had gathered by thistime and before the day was overwe had held three separate meetings,reaching about thirty Tibetans. TheseTibetans stood or sat at our tent doorin a driving sleet storm. Where wouldwe find those in America who woulddo that?

"We Invited into the tent as manyas could safely crowd in, the restwas an overflow meeting and no loudspeaker. The horsemen finally grewInterested, too, and began to come.What a glorious Sunday it was. Wehad to stay at this place over Sundaybecause of the terrible storm. Wewere at the foot of a pass. Thesepasses are very dangerous at best

and wlien snow-bound are impassable."Another interesting fact about this

Tibetan who was so eager for moreInstruction was that he asked prayerfor his family. He said though hebelieved, they did not, still he kepttrue with what little he knew. Byall means let us sustain this goodman in prayer."

We are surely thankful for the

radio these days. Some evenings we

can hear K.G.E.I. San Francisco, real

plain. Manila now broadcasts "The

Old Fashioned Revival Hour" by

transcription and we certainly enjoy

It.

—Edgar Nichols.

December, 1941

VICTORY

Last spring there were three baptisms at Batang. To many this willsound like little was being accomplished, but to us who know Tibetansit is a real victory. One of the three,Dzon Drema, many of you have heardabout. We will let Mr. Nichols tell

the story of lier life:"Belonging to an Influential fam

ily, marrie'd to a minor Chinese official, she formerly taught in the mission school here, but with all this

Christian influence she turned herback upon Christ and closed her earsto the call of the Spirit. After thedeath of her husband she fell intoevil ways and became an opium addictfalling into the depths of sin anddegradation. Abandoned by her family she married a Chinese soldier whoabandoned her and their Infantdaughter when she became paralyzed.He tried to kill the baby by throwingit to the floor several times. I wishyou could see her now. She almostdoubled her weight and can walkand talk a little. The mother can

get about on crutches and testifiesthat God, through Christ, has savedand healed her. We believe Mrs. Shao

was Instrumental in helping her overcome the opium habit."

Miss Schwake tells how she foundher on her return to Batang lastSpring after eight months away:

"This Is the little woman that Mrs.Bare and I were called to see lastfall and found her half starved, alsoher two girls. The baby, of two years,weighed nine pounds. The twelveyear old child was not so bad as she

was able to beg when it got too bad.Dzon Drema was paralyzed from herwaist down due to lack of properdiet. Imagine my joy when she cameto the gate to meet me without hercrutches with which I had left her.Oh, do praise God for these manyanswers to prayers. The baby, LhaShe is walking and talking, too,something I was not so sure shewould do as her little body hadsuffered so. I feared for the brain.Praise God He says the battle is His,not ours."

Forwarding SecretariesFor Miss Gladys Schwake:

Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 ParkdaleAvenue, Buffalo, New York.

For Mr, and Mrs. Edgar Nichols:C. W. Nichols, 3509 S. Broadway,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.For both Miss Schwake and the

Nichols:

Miss Melba Palmer, 8 LawrenceSt., Eugene, Oregon.

No. 1

THE NICHOI^ FAi>nLY, serving inBatang oi» very meager funds. Theyneed our prayers and liiiaitcial

support.

EDGAR NICHOL'S TRIP

TO GATOK LAST SPRING

I have recently returned from ashort trip within Tibet. Mr. Shao,evangelist. Ping Ann, cook, and myself made up the company. We expected to go as far as the YangtseRiver the first day, but upon ourarrival we found our Oolah waitingacross the river. We quickly finishedour lunch of tea and go-quay andthen crossed over in the little skin

boats. Darkness closed in before wehad climbed more than half way toour destination. This was the villageof Sho Song Gong, Tibetan frontierpost, situated on a fiat promentoryabout two thousand feet above theriver.

The next day was spent in restingand getting acquainted with the localofficials. These are a military officialwith about twenty soldiers, and alsoa tax officer. They seemed to be pleased to have a visitor from "outside".Life in these out-of-the-way spotsmust become very monotonous. In theevening we showed stereoptican slidesof the life of Christ. We had a largeand enthusiastic crowd and Mr. Shaowas able to drive home many goodpoints. We believe this to be a veryfine means for getting a hearing andfor Impressing the message upon theminds of those who see and hear.

Our journey the following day tookus thru some of the most desolatecounti'y I have yet seen. There is acertain wild beauty about this section that is truly awe-Inspiring; thevast snow fields, the rumbling of Iceimprisoned streams which suddenlyburst forth from icy caverns, gray

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THE TIBETAN MISSIONARYIssmnl Quartoi'ly

Editor—Miss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawrence St., Eugene, Oregon

Missionaries—Mr. and Mrs. EdgarNichols & Miss Gladys F. Schwake,11.N., Batang, Hsikaug, West China,via Cliengtu & Kangting.

On Furlougli—Dr. and Mrs. NortonII. Bare, Royal, Nebraska.

SHALL WE CONTINUE?

There has been a great demand fora newspaijer telling of our missionary work on the Tibetan Border. Wefeel that such a paper is needed tokeep our brethren informed of whatis being done and the needs there,since the missionaries cannot take

time from the work to write personal letters to all who are interested.However, most of you know thatprinting and mailing costs considerable and our missionaries are not

receiving enough support to undertake that added expense. We do notwant to charge for subscriptions because we realize that many cannotpay, and we want all who are inter

ested to receive this paper. So inorder to continue it we are askingeach one to pay what he or she cantoward the expense involved.

The TIBETAN MISSIONARY is

costing about five cents per copy forprinting and mailing, which is probably less than the same amount ofmaterial would cost if sent out in

mimeographed form. Then by havingit printed we can send two or threepictures as well, which tell so muchmore than words can possibly express.

We believe that if the TIBETANMISSIONARY answers a felt needin churches and missionary groupsfor more information from the fieldthere are those who will be willingand ready to support it financially.If you want to have a part in thisproject send your contributions to theeditor. When sending money be sureto designate how you want it used:for this paper, sent to Nichols orMiss Schwake, etc.

This issue is an experiment. Weare sending it to all who we thinkmight want it. We do not want towaste any copies on anyone who isnot interested, so if you want us tocontinue sending it, please write usa card to that effect, whether or notyou can give anything toward itssupport.

PLEASE NOTE: The mailing listfor this paper will be made up hereafter of those when send some contribution to the editor either for theTIBETAN MISSIONARY or for oneof the missionaries, OR who send aletter or post card requesting thatthe paper be sent. Be sure to giveyour correct address plainly. Thefact that you have received the paperthis time means nothing as far as thefuture mailing list is concerned, forwe want assurance that you really are

TMK TIBRTAX MISSIONARY

POSTAL SERVICE

Now is the time to send yourChristmas gilts to our missionarieson the Tibetan Border, if it was possible to send them, since most packages take a full year to reach Batang,sometimes much longer. For sometime now the post office has refusedany packages for that part of theworld except printed matter. So ifyou want to send them anything larger than can be enclosed in a letter

it will have to be a book or magazine.It is too late to send even a card for

this Christmas. However, if it is sentright away an Easter greeting mayreach them in time, Most people donot realize how long it takes theirletters to reach the field, so we will

give a few suggestions here.In ordinary times it takes about

three months by regular mail for aletter to go to Batang. Now it takesall the way from four to six monthsor longer and many never reach theirdestination. The letter rate for regular mail is five cents per ounce. Addto this nineteen cents for each halfounce and mark the envelope plainly "air mail in China" and your letterwill usually be delivered in about twomonths from the time it Is mailed.The quickest way to send a letter isby Clipper and air mail in China,which takes about six weeks if allgoes well, and costs seventy cents perhalf ounce for Clipper postage, plusthe nineteen cents for air mail inChina.

If these suggestions are kept inmind and plans made well in advancewe need not miss sending greetingsto our missionaries for all the holidays and their birthdays. There willbe times, in spite of all we can do,when they will arrive late, or not atall, but I am sure if friends couldrealize just how much they meanwhen they do arrive, regardless ofwhen that may be, they would tryharder to maintain that contact.

Even more valued are the personal letters and notes from friends. Inorder to save postage and get moreletters to the missionaries for their

encouragement we make you an offer.Brief notes written on thin paper andsent to the editor of the TIBETANMISSIONARY will be sent on toBatang via air mail in China.

DO NOT send money to Batang inany form. If it ever gets there afterseveral months on the road it mustbe returned to the Bank before themissionaries can get it in a form thatthey can use. If sent to one of the forwarding secretaries it is placed directly in the HongKong Bank and canbe drawn from when needed. Thesesecretaries do not subtract a cent fortheir efforts or expense.

interested and are reading it.We have one more request to make.

If you are getting the TIBETAN MISSIONARY, please pass it around toyour friends so that as many as possible may read each copy.

The Scriptures Speak

"And they came into the houseand saw the young child with Maryhis mother; and they fell downand worshipped him; and openingtheir treasures they offered untohim gifts, gold and frankincenseand myrrh." Matt. 2:11.

Let us not forget the Christ-childAs we bring our gifts today;

It is He that we should honor.For it's His, not our birthday.

Send His Message to the manyWho have never heard Hia

Name;Make Him Known among the

nations

And salvation thus proclaim.

NAMES YOU WILL HEAR

Timothy Shao, Evangelist and medical assistant for the mission.

Mrs. Shao, his wife, worker withwomen and children.

Andrew Shao, nearly eleven years old.James Shao, nearly five.Philip Shao, about two and a half.Pastor Lee, Pastor left by former

mission in Batang for the churchthere.

Naomi, Tibetan teacher and Biblewoman, assistant to Miss Schwake.

Joseph and Timothy, young evangelists in training in a Bible School,in West China.

Mozong, a faithful witness who has

been nearly blind for many years,vision greatly improved by operation at Chengtu Mission Hospital.

Dzon Drema, found starving, healedand converted, now a Bible woman.

Gwa Lan, Dzon Drema's thirteen-year-old daughter.

Lha She, Dzon Drema's baby who wasalso starving, weighed nine poundsat two years, now three years oldand developing nicely.

Chengo, Miss Schwake's Chinese cook,a Christian.

Synom, Chengo's Tibetan wife, MissSchwake's general servant, also aChristian.

John Chen, about seven years old.

Esther Chen, about four.

Rhoda Chen, about one.

Tsa Den, Miss Schwake's gardener,not a Christian.

Je Nga, a servant woman hired atvarious times by the missionaries,a Christian.

Ping Ann, cook for the Nichols family, not a Christian.

A Ki, Nichols' general servant woman, not a Christian.

Ndewa Drema, four years old, A Kl'sdaughter.

Drao Den, one year, A Kl's baby.

Keep this list. You may want torefer to it when you read about thesepeople in later issues of this paper.

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JUNIOR MISSIONARYA TRIP IN TIBET

This is not news, because it happened nearly two years ago and Garland is now in America, but wethought you would be interested ina trip made by two boys with no otherwhite people with them. GarlandBare, who was ten years old at the

time and had to do the talking forboth of them since John could not

speak Tibetan, tells the story as follows:

"It was on the 31st of December

that we left Gartok. Gartok is a

Tibetan village nestled in the mountains about twelve thousand feet

above sea level. It is cool there in thesummer and bitterly cold in the winter. My cousin, John Nichols, thenthirteen years old, and I were theonly white people in the company.With us were my Tibetan teacher,and Mozong who was one of our helpers, and about half a dozen horse

men.

"The sun was not up yet when westarted. We mounted our mules andwere on our way by six o'clock. TheGartok plateau was dotted with poolsnow covered with thick ice. Soon we

came to the river, a torrent rushingunder ice. We crossed it on an oldwooden bridge that swayed back andforth under the hooves of the mules.

"As we got to the edge of the openwe entered the village of Lashi. Bythat time the sun was up and so werethe villagers, who gathered aroundus because it was the first time theyhad seen white boys. Some of themwere afraid of us.

"Later we started up the pass. Itwas very steep and the trail in some

parts too narrow for mules to pass.When we were near the top we meta yak caravan and we had to get offthe road to let them pass and mymule almost fell over the edge of thecliff.

"We reached the top all right andspent the rest of the day ascendingand descending snow-topped mountains.

"Toward evening we passed someblack tents or yurts of the nomadsand found ourselves in a long winding river valley. This led to thevillage of Jokaw where we were received cordially but when we entered(he house where we were to stay forthe night the children began cryingbecause they had never seen peoplewith white skin before. They thoughtwe were spirits. We warmed ourselves by the fire and they gave ussome supper."

The boys had several such days onthe road. Can you Imagine how theirmothers felt while they were on thattrip? Garland celebrated his birthdayon the road, and here is what hismother wrote for him:

Christmas in Hbet

It is time to begin thinking aboutChristmas again. Christmas in Tibetis very different from Christmas inAmerica because very few peoplethere know anything about it. Wouldyou like to know how our missionarychildren celebrate? It is a very simplecelebration because they have nostores where they can go to buy giftsfor one another, nor do they havemuch material with which to makegifts. The most important thing isto tell the Tibetan people about thebaby Jesus who was born so manyyears ago because God loves allpeople, brown and white alike. Youcan help to send Christmas to the

Tibetans by sending money out tohelp the missionaries.

You will be interested in PhyllisNichols' letter written last December14th, telling about some of the otherthings they were doing at Chrlstjnastime,

"I am making some Christmaspresents and decorations. Saturday aweek from today we are going to getsome Christmas trees. We are goingto have a tree in the service room

and up here. On Monday and Tuesdaywe are going to decorate the trees.The next day is Christmas so I do nothave to tell you about it. We aregoing to pop corn and make balls togive to the natives for Christmas."

January Seventh

"My little son is far from home,today,

He and his cousin on the bittertrail

That conquers mountain men andmakes them quail,

They face the cruel cold uponthe way

And take a journey they will notforget

Among the frozen mountains ofTibet

And one of them Is ten years oldtoday.

"In fact earth has no home forhim today,

For word has come again tostrike the trail

And they have taken first thedreaded way

With mighty courage though theflesh be frail.

May God hold back the snow and

sheild them yet

From all the fearsome dangersof Tibet

My little son Is ten years oldtoday."

—Lois Nichols Bare.

A NEW LAND

The Bare children are in Americanow, finding out what their homecountry is like and how it feels to goto school with other white children.

Everything here is quite new to themsince they have lived most of theirlives in West China and Tibet. Edgaris the only one who was born in America and he went to Tibet when onlya few months old. Maribel was justa baby the last time they were home,so she couldn't remember a thingabout this country. She found manynew and interesting things. Her reaction is sunjmed up in these words,written shortly after her arrival inthe States. "I like America betterthan I thought I would." Later shewrote this account of the trip toAmerica:

"We left Bating for Kangting onthe tenth of September. We had toride mules or horses because thereare no cars in that part of the country. That part of the trip took twenty-three days. We stayed at Kangting six months before we started onto Yachow. Then we got on a truckthat took us to Chengtu. We stayedthere about two weeks. Then a RedCross truck took us to Chungking,China's war time capital. Wp werethere eight days. Then at 9:00 P. M.on Friday night May IG, we got onthe plane that took us to Hongkong.We arrived there at 2 A. M, At Hongkong we rode on ferry boats, rickshas, the Peak tram, street cars,busses and automobiles.

"On the afternoon of June 9tli weboarded the President Cleveland. Ittook us three weeks to cross to LosAngeles. There we met some of ourgood friends and had some happytimes.

"Daddy bought a used car In whichhe drove us to Semlnole, Oklahoma,where Grandpa, Uncle Paul, AuntEthel, and some of the cousins live.After a delightful visit there we droveup here to see Grandma Bare, andhere entered school. It was a grandtrip, happily ended."—Maribel Bare.

Birthdays ol Missionaries

Miss Gladys P. Schwake, April 5.Mr. Edgar Nichols, August 27.Mrs. Nichols, August 2.John Nichols, March 11, 1926.Dorothy Nichols, April 17, 1928.Phyllis Nichols, April 13. 1930.Lois Gail Nichols, January 12, 1934.Dr. Norton H. Bare, December IG.Mrs. Bare, January 5.Edgar Bare, September 17, 1925.Marguerite Bare, January 2G, 1928.Garland Bare, January 7, 1930.Maribel Bare, July 21, 1932.

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EDGAR XICHOL'S TRIP(Continued Fium Page One)

lime stone crags which rear theirheads above the green of the forests.

We met no one, nor did me seesigns of any human habitation untilnearly night fall. There in a clearingstood three log cabins by the sideof a mountain stream.

There was no smoke arising fromauy of the cabins and the silence, aswe approached, was somewhat ominous. Sure enough, the cabins weredeserted. In fact they seemed neverto have been inhabited but to havebeen used merely as a camp. I couldsee that my two companions wereconsiderably worried about the situation, but It was some time before Icould get the straight of things. Itproved to be what I had suspected,herely a horse camp, and neither thehorsemen or his horses were any-were in sight.

According to our horsemen, it wasalso used by the Song-en robbers, whowere extremely "bad medicine". Wecould do as we pleased, but as forthem, they would not even stay overnight. There seemed not much elsefor us to do but go with our horsemen. Being considerably refreshedby a hot supper, we started out onthe return journey. We had not traveled far until we turned off the trail

and up a side canyon and made campwith out starting a flre. We were upwith the first streaks of dawn andoOuii T» %.re gelling ihe kluko ou«, ofour backs and legs around a roaringfire. We made the return journeywithout event and four days afterstarting, found ourselves still withinsight of Batang.

We decided to go down the river,across Balra-a-tang and by way ofHlamdee, a much longer but saferroute. We showed slides at Dag-a-dene and Hlamdee. At both of theseplaces we were pleased with our kindreception and the interest shown inthe gospel message. At Hlamdee,where the Bares and Mr. Shao hadspent some months, a group of children gathered around Mr. Shao singing some of the gospel songs whichthey had remembered.

Gartok presents a very squalid appearance to the traveler. The soldiers'

barracks, governor's quarters, andthe Laraasary are about the onlysubstantial buildings. The Lamasary,of course, makes the finest appearance with its gold covered spires. Thevillagers live In houses of rubble andmud; whether dug half way into theground or so surrounded by rubbishas to be half-way buried, it was impossible to tell. As we came unexpectedly and no preparations for our "en-

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MISS GLADYS F. SCHWAKE, R. N.,who is the only good doi^tov in a wide

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tertainment" had been made, we accepted the invitation of a kindly disposed woman to lodge In her house,which led to a somewhat humorous

incident.

The Governor, upon learning wherewe were staying expressed concernthat the place was not clean enough.We replied that it was all right—forwe had slept in dirtier quarters. Later, after ^ve had linished supper animportant looking fellow came bursting in and began to soundly berateour hosts. Taking a que from his actions and from a word now and thenwhich I could understand, I realizedthat they were being scolded for notproviding a suitable place for theirguests. 1 told Mr. Shao to tell theofficial that these people had beenvery kind to us and the place wasentirely satisfactory. I fear they musthave thought our standards of cleanliness not very high, but I could notsit silent and see these people punished for their intended kindness.In the morning It was noticable thatthe place had received such a cleaning as it had not known for manya day.

We were received by the Governorwith great formality. As we wereushered into his august presence, hewas sitting on a raised dias, crosslegged as is their fashion. He wasdressed in a richly figured, yellowsilk gown. His hair was done up ina knot on the top of his head, topped with a large turquoise brooch.We bowed, and were shown to lowseats, covered with beautiful leopard skins. Conversation, of course,

was carried on thru Mr. Shao, andconsisted of our answering questionsconcerning our nationality, religion,purpose in coming and proposedlength of stay. We were served IndiaTea with sugar, indicating his familiarity with foreign ways. After indicating that he would call us againtomorrow we were dismissed.

In subsequent interviews he relaxed from his stiff formality andwas quite cordial. He was much in

terested in the war news and wasvery sympathetic towards the British.He and his wife were much Interestedin the tracts given them and askedmany searching questions concerningChristianity. These two seemed toenjoy a comraderie, a wholesomefamily relationship rarely seen amongTibetans. We gave a private showingof the slides for the Governor, hisfamily and officers. Tho they werecareful to inform us that they hadseen moving pictures in Lhassa, nevertheless they were pleased with ourpictures of the life of Christ. Uponour departure he gave us a very nicegift and expressed approval of ourwork among the Tibetans. Later inthe summer he would invite us backto stay a longer time.

A messenger having come fromBatang, with the message that EdgarBare had to leave to join his folksat Tachienlu, we decided to returnat once in the hopes of seeing himbefore he left for the States. TheGovernor sent his reprcaenltilivealong, who arranged for "oolah" andescort where necessary. By this meanswe were able to return by the shortroute, safely and quickly. We wereable to show the pictures at two othervillages, villages in which the Gospelmessage has seldom been heard, andcertainly not for many years.

Truly we were encouraged by theresults of this trip. Tho it cannot besaid as yet that Tibet is open forthe proclamation of the Gospel message, we believe that the day is fastapproaching. When we see the vast-ness of the task before us we arealmost terrified. But then we realizethat we have the resources of anAlmighty God to fall back upon. Wepray that God may soon raise upothers and enable them to come outto this needy field, that none of thesewho have made a start on the rightway will needs go shepherdless.

—Edgar Nichols.

" 'But we must have this treasureIn earthen vessels.' Indeed we arehumbled when we think of the greatresponsibility and privilege whichare ours. We pray dally that we maybe 'vessels' fit for the Masters' use."

Sec. 562, P.L.&R.