THE INDIA

Challenger
Published in the interest of the work of.the Lord in South India by
THE SOUTH INDIA CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

NOVEMBER, 1955

FAREWELL ADDRESS PRESENTED TO S. L C. C. MISSIONARIES ARTHUR MORRIS

AND RUTH MORRIS AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN BY THE S. L C. C. PREACHERS, TEACHERS AND CONGREGATION FROM THE DISTRICTS OF CHITTOOR, MADRAS,
CHINGLEPUT AND COIMBATORE.
Our Most Respected Brother and Sister in Christ,
It Is with deep sorrow that we have gathered here to bid you
farewell to-day and on this oc
casion our hearts are one and we

God were always with us in all

our endeavours.

speak with one voice in bidding you farewell though your sepa ration from us is only for a short period. But the wishes and pray ers of all our 85 preachers, 90
leaders and 5375 members of the

We are deeply moved and de pressed as we could never forget you both or your endeavours for the Spiritual uplift of the poor masses at all times. It is really an astonishing factor to find you both undergoing heavy Sacrific
es, unmindful of hunger or thirst,

sending serious patients to Ma dras Kalyani and General Hospi tals, and also for your spiritual treat through gathering of our folks at many times when you
were pleased to distribute sweets etc., to our children and various

dresses to the workers, and last ly for your loving and tender
care as a spiritual mother over

us for these 5 years.

while

traveling

in

jungles in

and Our dear sister, our gratitude

goes to you for your practical ef

far off lands with your wonderful

congregation who are deeply in debted to you and the Sister, for
your untiring efforts to promote

missionary.
the teachings
in

Zeal
of

preaching
to the

Christ
name of

forts
small

to

teach

our

young
and

men
also

people and the .Surprising results

achieved the Christ

industrial

works

the spiritual needs of the public,

to make them understand Christ

will

ever

remain

fresh

in

the

for your kind and sympathetic actions and helps rendered to the
newly wedded couples.

and his teachings, to embrace Him spiritually, go with you both and we most earnestly pray that God may protect you well

hearts of all the members of our

Congregation. We could never forget your Cheerful and smiling faces, on those days, when as a result of a break down in your jeep, with out minding your personal con veniences, you acted as a me

We could never forget your in

valuable assistances rendered to

throughout your journey and bring you back in our midst soon,
to continue your sacred mission ary work here, with continued

vigour and with the blessings of

God.

those who were taken suddenly ill and your motherly care and timely assistance Is deeply felt by us and is an example to us to follow in your footsteps in your
absence. From the bottom of

Your Spiritual work in these parts with the help of our local
preachers and other members of

chanic and a driver in getting the Jeep repaired on the way and drove us cheerfully to continue our missionary work in far off
places.

our Hearts, we offer to you our

sincere gratitude.

our church, for the past 5 years have brought into our army of

We, your preachers, teachers and the congregation most re

Words
itual

fail

us to express our
to all our mis

Christ, a vast congregation who feel deeply moved on this occa sion for your separation from our midst for a short period. We
are proud to state that under

heartfelt gratitude for your Spir

education

sionary workers men and women through your Bible Classes and

preachings and your very

able efforts to make

valu
be

your Spiritual guidance. Mission

ary work has assumed such a vast proportion within so short a

them

spectfully pray that you may be pleased to accept our farewell address which is given today with all our hearts, our love, our affection and our prayers, may the lord Jesus Christ protect you and Bless you and your family. Yours in Christ Jesus,
85 preachers 90 leaders

come true disciples of Christ and

thus the

make them worthy of real congregation.

period,

as

to

make

other

Mis

spiritual leaders and teachers to

sions feel that our Mission has turned out the work of a 50 years period.

and 5375 congregation, Our most beloved sister, kind ly permit us to express our deep ly felt gratitude for your most
untiring and earnest efforts to
from the districts of

The S. I. C. C. Mission is for tunate in having your Spiritual guidance for the past 5 years. The Preachers, Teachers and the Congregation feel the immense

Chingleput, Chittoor,
Coimbatore and Madras.
S. I. C. C. Mission.

teach us English for 2 years, for

your most beneficial acts such as

Spiritual benefits derived during this period and the blessings of

opening of a store, a dispensary to attend to oui- medical needs, your extremely valuable help in

Madarpakkam S. I. C. C. Mission Compound.

Dated 4-3-1955.

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THE INDIA CHALLENGER

NOVEMBER, 1955

CHRISTIAN TRADE SCHOOL

We enjoyed camp so much just

like we did in India. David at

The plans are materializing ra

pidly for the new Christian Trade

School. The Bible classes are

planned and assigned.

Some in

structors in trades have been ap

proached and are willing to come. Over 50 students have already

asked to come when school opens

tended one Junior Camp at Won der Valley, and all of us enjoyed the many friends at each camp. It is school time now, and Da vid is in school. We, Patty and Joe, really have fun with Mom my. We go out with Daddy as
much as we can to visit with

know, there was so much perse cution at Sri Rawapuram. We asked you to pray, and the Chris tians in India prayed. Today
there is work for the Christians

and

peace and happiness. The Hindu man who would not stop persecuting the Christians suf
God's rebuke and lost his

fered

in September, 1956.

Please pray that this first large scale venture to have sell
supporting preachers may suc
ceed in South India. Remember

our goal is to have 500 preachers

trained in five years.
REmiEMBER BIBLES
FOR INDIA

many of you friends. We enjoy this a lot. We like being Ameri cans, too! Goodbye for this time. Your friends from India, David, Patty and Joe.
MORRIS CODE

lands, his workshops, and busi nesses. Today he Is sick in bed. How dangerous to work against God, and how powerful is our
God.

In Christ,
Art.

"Dedicated to our many friends

in Christ"

GIRLS' HOSTEL

Bibles are still needed In In dia. The American Bible Society

We want to thank you one and

all for your gifts and prayers to

renders

very

helpful

service.

All you have to do is to tell the Society to send Testaments In Tamil or Telegu to the South In
dia Church of Christ Mission, Madrapakkam Village, Via Gum-

bring us safely home again.

It

is almost 10,000 miles from Ma dras, but the Lord looked after us and brought us safely home.

We are awfully proud of our girls' hostel this year. Even though we have come to America for a year's leave, yet this hostel Is carried on by one of the gradu
ates of the South India Christian

mudipondl P. O., ^outh India.

full Bible is $1.00 and a
Testament is 25 cents.

New

FISHERS OF MEN TRAILER

STILL NEEDED

We were privileged to attend six camps after we arrived home. We have only to regret that we had to refuse those requests that came too late. We are sorry, but maybe we can be with you in
1956.

College Mrs. Doral Raj. She acts as mother to these girls and
lives with them and sends them

to school. Rajammal, or Mrs. Dorai Raj, already has a family of five children, and now she is like an adopted mother to fifteen more children. I imagine if you
were asked to take fifteen chil

The

Lord

wonderfully

looks

Will any church or group help us get this trailer in order that our family will be able to go out for more village evangelism? Please pray for it. The cost is about $500.00. Pull details of

after His own, and this has been

demonstrated so well. We need

ed a car to travel from place to

place to visit you folk, and a mo

vie machine to show the film of

India.

The Lord heard our pray May

this project were carried

earlier issue.

in an

ers and moved the hearts of those

dren and send them to school, it would be more than you might be able to manage. Yet these girls are from our own Churches of Christ, and they need and de serve the right of educationa thing that would be impossible
to them without this hostel.

who provided these things.

God bless you.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

by David, Patty and Joe

Dear Friends:

Sometimes we don't pray enough. If we would pray more, the Lord would do more. As you

It has been a long time since we have written to you, and now
we are back in America for one

THE INDIA CHALLENGER

year.

We had fun on our ship,

the S. S. City of Bristol, and did not get sick like Daddy and Mommy when the waves were so rough. We got to go ashore in Aden
and a saw chocolate Did we ice have cream on fun! where It we stick.

Published quarterly by South

India Church of Christ Mission
MISSIONARIES: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morris and Mr. and Mrs. William B. Gullck.

From the house each morning they leave and go to a public school, and each evening they have Bible classes when they re turn. They have also planted a garden and are caring for it, and they help to take care of their clothes and of the house they live in. We have great plans for
them, and I would like to intro

duce you to a few. Since we have no room in this issue of the

ADDRESS:
South EDITOR

Madrapakkam Vil

lage, via Gummudipond Post,

India. and FORWARDING

was
life

the first
outside

time we
of India

ever saw

could buy real things. We got presents a watch for David, a doll for Patty, and an airplane
for Joe. Did we have fun!

AGENT for ARTHUR MOR

RIS Family D. Eugene Houpt, R.F.D. 2, Danville,

Illinois.

We really enjoyed the Suez Canal, and my how funny those

camels looked on the banks! We

ADDRESS

got into Port Said at night, so we

of Arthur Morris, while on furlough: 5424 Eastwood Drive, Cincinnati 27, Ohio. Telephone Cincin
nati, Bramble 16762.

couldn't get off the ship. Boston was really a surprise, and are we enjoying the United States! Here the cars go so fast and what big houses and huge church buildings. It seems so
strange
floor.

FORWARDING AGENT for MR. and MRS. GULICK:

Dorothy M. Schmale, Box 34, Price Hill, Cincinnati 5, 0.

that

no

one sits on

the

PRINTED AT POTOMAC.

ILLINOIS!

Pause for refreshment; a typical

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THE INDIA CHALLENGER

PAGE THREE

Challenger, in the next Issue we will give you the names and ages of these girls, and tell you some thing about their backgrounds. Many of these are from Hindu families, recently converted. And some have been Methodists, but now all have Joined in the cause of Christ in India, and are putting forth their efforts to make Christ really live in the dark cor ners of their villages.

tried

to

locate

these

centers

in

Dispensary
Since we have come home to America, the dispensary, or hos pital, as it is popularly called in ^outh India, has been closed

down, but one of the preachers has been given a good supply of medicine, and he is now giving this out to the people. His abili ty only reaches to headaches, dysentry, colds, and light diseases,
but just think of the comfort he

places that have high schools, so when the elementary school is finished, the boys can go directly into high school. In charge of each of these hostels is a preach er and his wife, and they take care of the food, and see that the boys get to school. The boys help the preacher, also, in teach ing Bible in the villages, going on evangelistic parties, and in general help in the Churches. Thus, when a boy is finished with school, he can go directly into Bible training and he will know how to help in Churches, and what is expected of him as a
Christian.

looks after general problems and the payroll. It is a big job, but
he is a big man for it.

Bro. Doraiswamy is in charge of our many Christian Day Schools as well as general evan

gelism in three areas. He is a trained Headmaster and gradu ate of the Bible College, so very capable for this important work. Bro. Bogannathan is in charge
of the
all the

visual aid
churches

work.
as well

He is
as at

showing slides and film strips in tending Bible College. We are taking back the movie projector, and religious films will be added
to
out

this
to

work
all

to

get

the

Gospel
are

the

lost.

There

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD

110,000,000 people in the area we are working, so our best is not enough for Him.
In A Nutshell

Work Is Going Fonvnrd In

India Under Native Staff

is able to give.

We hope to open

We felt it very keenly to bid

goodbye to for a year. our Indian friends There were tears

this dispensary when we return to India, and enlarge it to make

Madras City: Tamil and English churches growing. The Sunday Schools are doing great work. Khalastuil Area: Churches very strong. Hostel big boost to us.

it a real hospital, for it is very

badly needed in this area. To make it a real hospital will take

shed on both sides. They had a farewell party for us, and in the farewell meeting promised to do
all the work as usual until we came back.

a great deal of work, much pray er, and more money than we
have at present. But with the help of the Lord, we know this will all work out. Just before we left India, we tried, and tried

Sri

Rawapwam:

Peace

at

last.

Thank you for your prayers. Oothakotie: Churches growing, and new boys' hostel supplies needed leadership to us.

hard, to make this dispensary in

to a two-room dispensary, with

Bro. Yesudian Is taking my place as a teacher in the Bible College of which Brother Bill is in charge. Reports sound like another good year. He also looks after the reports, student letters
and letters to us in America as

Varthapalayam: Opening new vil lages for Christ. -Elavur: Over 100 people taught about Christ. being

beds for at least two patients. Most of our people, upon coming
to the dispensary, must lie down

well as regular preaching.

on the floor, or at the very most,

a thin mat spread upon the floor. This does not help the diseases to any degree, but we did not have the finances for this. We got the bed forms down there, but couldn't buy the rope that would string the beds. Since our re

Bro. Dorairaj is in charge of our evangelistic program and church building. It is a big job
because our field is around 600

Bhavani: Churches stronger. New hostel answer to our prayers. Erode: Great opportunities for
Christ.

miles long and 300

miles wide.

We are working in four lan guages besides English. He also

Bangalore: We are laboring to plant New Testament Churches in this great sin-ridden city.

turn, the roof has begun to leak, but has been repaired by the na tive people, so it will hold its shape until our return. Our sup plies are so low as to be almost none, and we need everything in
order to get started. We allow the people there to pay for their treatment, but the most they are

iiMrf)ni< Mr

"

able to give is approximately two cents per treatment, but they

bring their own bottles for their
medicine.

Boys' Hostels We are trying a new experi ment several boys' hostels.

Our areas of work are so separafe, and so far from one another, that we have opened up several boys' hostels so each boy can go
to a school in the area in which he lives. These are called hostel centers, and the boys from the Churches of Christ go to the cen ter nearest to them. We have

i
A Street Scene In Madras

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THE INDIA CHALLENGER

NOVEMBER, 1955

NEWS

FR OM
247
bet.

BILL

AND

ETHEL
alpha
Ethel

GULICK!

in learning to read and write the

letters of the Tamil

Then, too. the children love

has translated a number

to sing the Bible choruses.

Gulick

of her has her

choruses into Tamil during Tamil class. This, of course, been done with the help of teacher, who is Quite a Tamil
and understands their

musician

music

and

poetic

expressions.

"The Wise Man Built His House

Upon

the

Rock,"

"This

Little

Light of Mine." "One Door and Only One," and "Prayer Is the
Key," are some Rajammal of the choruses

July 3!),

liill in his birth

translated.

August
also teaches the

15,

India's

Inde-

day

dhoti
15.

and
D.

shirt,
John.

given
Other

hy
of

T.

stiident

(ho students gave chiekens, frnit, etc. OfHee bushes in background.

SIXTY STUDENTS I \ COLLEGE

children a Bible story and illus trates it with Bible pictures re

ceived from the States. The chil

pendcnce Ray. Ethel and Victoria Samuel, daughters of the Guliek's

dren love to repeat each sentence of the story aloud after her until they all know it by heart.

Tamil teacher, pictured with two of the SamiM'l gTundchildren. Ohapcl building is seen in the background.
TAMIL TEACHER AND THREE

lilBLK

The South India Christian Col

lege began its fifth year August

1, 1955, witli 60 students enroll

KII>I; RAPTTZES SEVEN RIBLE

COLLEGE STUDENTS

DAUGHTERS

BAPTIZED

ed for the new school year. Of these, 50 are able to study, teach
and preach because Christians in

The Lord's Day, September 11, will be a day long remem bered by those who witnessed
the baptism of seven students

WEDNESDAY, JL^A' 20
L. S. Samuel and his three

the States are helping them. Ten

are supporting themselves.

from

the

Bible

College.

Bill

Guliclc,

who

supervises

are

one

Hindu,

two

These Lutheran,

this work, is teaching two class es in Christian Doctrine, one In Old Testament, and one in New
Te'itament. Ethel Gulick is as

and four Methodist students who

have just completed six weeks of training and they have been
supporting themselves while at

sisting her husband iu this work

tending school.
except may one are

All of The South

now Christians. and for

and is teaching live hours a day. four days a week, in addition to

her other work.

India Christian College students

Please pray for this one that he

daughters were baptized into Christ at a special 8 a.m. service, Wednesday, July 20. Using John 3:1-16 as his text. Bill Gulick preached a sermon on "The New Birth," "Now I must obey the Lord in my last days." These were the words of L. S. Samuel, Bill and Ethel's Tamil teacher, as he indi cated his desire to be baptized.
He testified that he had been

Pray for this vital work training native leaders.

of

accept

the

truth

these

new

Christians

that

they

thinking and wrestling with the matter of baptism for the past
year, as he translated "those

may grow and remain faithful.

AVOMEN LKAKN TO

beautiful
UEAI) AXI> AVRITE

scholarly

writings."

Seven

weeks

before

school

G(>SPEL TEAMS ORGANIZER The men students of The

Bill had asked him to translate pertinent Scriptures and notes

taken in classes under Professors

started

this

year

Ethel

Gulick

South

India

Christian

College

R. C. Foster, G. M. Elliott, and

W. W. Winter of The Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Mr. Samuel was reared and

began teaching the illiterate wo men on the mission compound. By August 1 all of these women had a vocabulary of at least 200 Tamil words, which they could
read and write with ease. Now

have been divided into five teams

this year, and fiach

team has a

they have that point.

progressed beyond Some are experienc

ing for the first time the thrill of

night of the week when it goes to a village for preaching. They concentrate on one village for an entire week so that every week one of the villages is having a week's Gospel meetings. The men have a petromax
pressure kerosene lanternbor

educated a

Presbyterian, having

taught for the Madurai Mission, a Presbyterian work. He said that he had read for himself and studied with his family until

reading for themselves the truths

in God's Word.

they were convinced that they must get right with God despite
his background and forebears.

rowed from the boys' hostelto provide light for these night meetings. Each night there are
CHILDREN

One daughter had

tized last March. just baptized the

been

bap

PREACHERS'

at least three

sermons

in

addi

Of the three oldest is the

LEARX, TOO!

The 15 children of pre-school age among the preacher families attend the Christian Day ,St"hool
which is under the direction the of

T.

Rajammal.
widow,

T.

Rajammal, a
Bible

young

attends

tion to the singing and prayers. Each team is emphasizing some particular phase of the Gospel message, such as the Gospel it self, the way of salvation, Chris tian worship, faithful Christian living, and the New Testament
plan for the church. Thus far

housekeeper for the family. The next eldest, Victoria, recently re

ceived her B.A. degree and has received an appointment to teach

in Ethnaraj College, a college in Madras for women. The young

est daughter is at home with her

College in the afternoon and teaches these small children from

father. These all need your pray

ers that they remain faithful and

8;30 to 11:30 each morning.

They spend part of this time

meetings have been completed in the villages of Bhoomachigulam.

Achanaidu. Kandigai, Kathervadu.

use their influence for the Lord wherever they are.

THE INDIA

Challenger
Published in the Interest of the work of the Lord in South India by
THE SOUTH INDIA CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

NOVEMBER, 1955

SPECIAL
We bring are you happy this to spe

TRAVEL
^ ^ * f

ISSUE!
THE MORRISES
TRAVEL IX

cial issue of THE IN

DIA CHALLENGER.

THE ST.4TES

The

Morris

family

We

are

not

printing

has done much trav eling since their ar

rival
States.

as many copies of this

issue In order to cut

in

the
Mrs.

United
Morris

down
we

on

costs,

but

and children have to remain in Cincinnati

most of the time since David is in school.

feel

that

the ma in the

terial this

contained issue is of

However Art is speak ing at some church almost every night.

The
next

nature peal to

that most
and

will of

ap our

furlough

time

will soon be over. By

July at the lat

readers

contribu-

est the Morris family

will be on their way

Mrs. Ruth Morris

back

to

India.

This

has written in a

very

brief
States

period
will

in
be

the
filled

interesting

style

all

to the brim. The Mor rises Madras to Boston. want to see as

many
ing

of
the

you
short

good
time

Most of us will never

folk as they can dur

have

the

opportunity

of such an interesting

SbBm wHHbB
^ I'ccent picture of tlie Morris family. Hero y)u
and Art with
soe Ruth

they

are here.

trip.

Therefore, we Sb|^H|
to

If ris (from left f) ri.iilit) David, Palty

you speak

would to

like
Mor

invite you to travel

with the Morris family.
way

have

Brother

your

Perhaps
you can

in

this

.
with them
XlOW ADDUFSS FOR MORRIS' FOKW.^UDIXG AGEXT

and Joe.
-

]jjg address in Cincinnati (see page two).

group, contact him at

share

We can not promise you that he will have any dates available,

the

many

experiences

of

this

The address of Eugene Houpt, forwarding agent for the Arthur Morris family, is now Rural Route

but there is the possibility that

you could work out a time when

The
sides
page

Morris
in
two

family

now
Ohio.
find

re
On
their

2, Danville, Illinois.

The address

Cincinnati,
you can

was formerly

Box

510,

Danville,

he will be in your area. he most happy to

He will the

Illinois.
when

Please note this change

contributions.

sending

present

address if you

and wish

telephone

number at

Write to the above addre-'s for

challenging story of the work in

South India if his schedule will

to contact them

additional copies nf this paper. We will try to i^cep a few back

for those who might want more.

any time.

permit.

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THE INDIA CHALLENGER

NOVEMBER, 1955

I am so happy that the Chal

lenger is going out at this time,

and that I can bring you news of the trip home our furlough, or leave of one year. There Is something about a ship trip
it sounds like one is going so far

Then we worked out a way for some of the preachers to carry on our plan of evangelism while
we are in America. We have

But to get back to our home coming you can see that we were very busy, and never more so than just before our return to

and ships are always intriguing. I know, too, that many of you
would like to know what it is

given them a very definite plan, and also a budget, which includes every item they will have to spend money for while we are
away. Thus, we can be assured

America. The last night of our stay on the Compound, we took

our gasoline generator down to

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gulick,

and recorded a short talk and

that things will go approximate

ly as there. they would if we were They are bound to make

like

to

come

home

to

America

some songs on the wire recorder, which we were to give to their

after five years away. I think I'll have to give you a little bit of background first, so you can bet
ter understand our wish that fur

mistakes, and we expect to en counter them when we return, but we have given them a chance
to see what it will be like to

forwarding agent. The last day, for the noon meal, they very
kindly invited us Into their home for the meal, an act of kindness

loughs did not come quite every five years.

really

have

the

"Indians

evan

gelize India."
When we first really realized that our trip home was due, we thought we would come home in March, and we had several good reasons for it, or so we thought. First, we would miss the terrible heat of the tropics, and secondly,
we could have the whole sum

Each month, we

are sending $600 to the Mission

greatly appreciated by us. How ever, we were pretty excited by this time, and as usual, with ex citement, I had an attack of gas

Field, to help carry out this vi

sion. We believe In these Indian

tritis, and could not really do

justice to the food. For the last year or so during our stay In In
dia, I found that this attack came with anything the least out of

brethren, and they have our full trust, and confidence. They are being led, not pushed, and thru
our encouragement, we are in

tending to build up a real Indian

"Church of Christ." The Church of Christ in India does not neces sarily represent an American

the ordinary. For instance, I went to Madras one day and had
some cupboards made for our

mer of Christian Service Camps, and could get gradually re-ac quainted with our homeland, and third, we could regain our health a little faster by being in Ameri
ca for some of the cool weather.

kitchen. They are quite ordinary

cupboards, but he promised to deliver them, then refused, then promised again, and again failed to come through with them. By the time they finally came, I was In bed with an attack. Another time the same thing happened, when we bought the Dodge car
we now have. It wasn't new

Church. I am sure you would feel "at home" in one of these,

because they have the Lord's

With this in mind, we went to the offices, and found that if we did not stay for the full five years, we might not get our "No Objection to Return" to India, a

Supper, but In some points, you

might feel a stranger. In most of the Churches, we sit on the

fioor the women on one side,

and the men on the other. The
women wear a part of their dress

thing that would crush us, so we changed our plans again, and
waited until June, just five years and some eighteen days since we
had landed in India. We went to the hill station and enrolled

over their heads, and there is a great deal of reverence, unless there are a number of children

but only about five or six years old, but we had to manage this
car on payments. Monthly pay
ments do not seem to be too diffi

present. If they are present, the

cult in America, but It is gener

ally not done in India. The whole

feeling of reverence might disap

pear for a while.

David in the second grade and

he finished that there we had

day Art was in Madras working

on these problems, I again had the attack. And so it goes
but this last one was about the worst. While I say that I did not want to leave India, and I will

been teaching him by the Calvert System on the plains. Patty, too, was in school, and although she was only four at the time, they
allowed her to come into kinder

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ed the course. It Is a short kin

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never admit that I could be hap

py away from India yet I did have that much excitement. The last morning came, and I man aged to get out of bed for a few minutes and see about the final

dergarten,
full

but

very

lively

and

of interest.

Then we came

down to Madras during the last

part of May, but still had so
much hot weather we could hard

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ly stand it. Our packing, or a good part of it, was before us,
and we had all the last minute

packing. I had spent weeks go ing through things, and giving away that which was no longer
useful to me a thing you can easily understand If you have three growing children, and with an only girl who is growing like a weed. I did not give clothes away, but put them up In an auc tion. The total for that auction came to about $4.00 (four dol lars). (The total of which I have not yet collected). I am sure you are asking by now if I

things to finish up.

one who reads and

We set up
the
understands

an office for the preachers

RIS Family D. Eugene Houpt, R.F.D. 2, Danville,

Illinois.

English, and for the one who is

now working on showing slides

to all the villages, although he is

not
and

preacher,
in that

but a
office

student,
all the

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put

books we had collected in Ameri

ca that we thought they would be able to use. From reports we have had since, they have enjoy ed these books more than any
thing, and among them are R. C. Fosters, etc.

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couldn't have given away freely

those old things, and the answer

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and they like to feel they are not charity cases, and they are such sensitive people, -we thought It would be good for them.

counter

and

overcome.

This

Is

only
our

the
trials

beginning
and

of

some

of
if

Although we boarded the ship at 4 p.m. on the 21st, it did not pull
out of harbor until about 10 a.m.

difliculties

you want to read of others, you

will find them under the column

At last, we were In the Jeep and on our way to Madras. I went to bed for the day there, and that night at six, we got on the train to Cochin, the harbor from which we were leaving. Brother Yesudian, his wife and baby, Paul, went with us, for we still had quite a number of last minute instructions and "Things
To Do" before we left. At Co chin, we unloaded our boxes that

named "Ship Ahoy."

SHIP AHOY As we looked over the harbor

That night they loaded freight onto the ship, so sleep was Impossible, as we had a horrible scraping noise through out the night. Prom my diary, I can give a fairly accurate de scription of our days on ship. It
goes as follows:

on Wednesday.

of Cochin, and could see our ship, the "S. S. City of Bristol" through the misting rain, our hearts were pulled into two ways.

June 2lBt.

Boarded ship, then

Art went back on shore for a few

we were bringing home, and went

to a hotel, where for the five of

One way we could only think of the time we would land on good old American soil, and on the
other hand, we could only think

last minute things, mostly one last sari and a pair of Indian san dals that we had forgotten to buy
before. We found that we were

to

us, we had to pay ?10.00 a day. This included food, but we felt it was a terribly high price. How
ever, we were in the hands of the

of the year away from our dearly

beloved Indian friends. As Bro

on board, and our table seating ar

be

the

only

passengers

rangements were that we were to

ther

Bill

Gulick

mentioned

in

our farewell address on the com

agent.

The rain started

in Co

chin, and we were not prepared for it at all. Between us, we had
not one raincoat or overshoes, but we did have one sun umbrel la. We used this for the rain umbrella, but it was small, and not sufficient. We tried several times to get to the Mission Sta tion where Ruth Lincoln lives. We had planned this for some

pound, it will be even harder to say goodbye to our newly made

be guests of honor and eat at the Captain's table. On our trip, to India, although there was only one other family aboard, we had
been asked to eat at a smaller

American friends, and return to

our Indian friends for another
How term of service with them.

ever, we boarded the ship, went downstairs to our rooms, and we

were amazed at their cleanliness

table, which I was very glad to do, since I was so unfamiliar with all the silverware they used, as well as different terms of food,
etc.

time, but the agent simply refus ed to let us go. We had to go through customs, and they do
not wait for us, but the other
way around, and he wasn't sure

when he could come, and also,

the time the ship was to leave was undecided. So, in our place, we sent the Yesudian family, with minute instructions for getting to her place, and bringing the package she wanted to send with him. He was supposed to come
at 10 a.m. so the next morn ing he arrived. We asked him where the box was, and how Miss

and orderliness. How thrilling to see touches only the European will think of. We had three sep arate rooms one for Art, one for David, and one for myself and the two younger children, Patty and Joe. The ship had electricity and small fans from the ceiling, and a radio up in the lounge room. The dining room
was spacious, with beautiful

June

22nd.

We

were

out

in

the Indian Ocean, and it began to get very rough. Our stomachs, not too good at that time, took a definite turn for the worse. June 23rd. Continued rough. Almost impossible to walk, im possible to eat, Children upset, morning juice begins our stom ach upheaval. June 24th. Up and down. Still in Indian Ocean. (In my diary, I notice the writing was up and down, too, and many days it was almost impossible to write the account of that day).

white linen tablecloths. The pan try, or small kitchen, adjoined.

In all, it seemed that we were

set for a very luxurious and won derful trip. This ship was quite expensive, as a freighter Is a higher priced ship, but it was the
only thing available when we re

Lincoln was, and he very sheep

ishly told us he able to get there. that if he went to wouldn't get back us off on the ship. had not been He was afraid her house, he in time to see It is true that

turned, unless we would wait for

maybe

year

for

another one.

June 25th. Saturday. 3till in Indian Ocean, said to be particu

larly rough at this time. We find

we can, if lying flat on our backs,

manage to eat some kind of saltless cracker.

Miss Lincoln lives in a very diffi

cult place to travel to, but we were truly disappointed, and could only think how hurt Miss
Lincoln must be.

June 26th. Had Sunday School after breakfast for the children,
and communion for us. The im

petigo has left Joe, but the prick ly heat continues worse. The
heat is terrible at this time.

However, those things happen,

as we had to realize, and our

ship, the S. S. "City of Bristol," arrived at 4 p.m. on the 21st day

of June. Brother Yesudian and his family were allowed on with

us for a few minutes, and they

were really thrilled.

June 27th. Finally, land and quiet. We landed in Aden, Africa, at 10 p.m. We couldn't go ashore that night, but they again loaded the ship with freight, and again we didn't sleep.
Rice Adds in In<1ia white unto We

So you can see why, although

June 28th. We went ashore in Aden, after breakfast. We went

a furlough is

needed and very

the liar\'est. This same picture is

true with the fleUI of souls.

down

the

long gangplank,

that

much appreciated, we do not look eagerly forward to them because of the hardships we must en

need your help to keep on brin^inf; in the harvest.

seems never to end, and got Into a launch which took us across the water to Aden. How won-

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THE INDIA CHALLENGER

NOVEMBER, 1955

derful

to

see

another

eastern-

type country. And what shops! What a lot of things to buy that we have been looking forward to with longing. But to find them
in Africa! We went into one

shop filled with toys. The kids just picked up handfuls of them "I want this, and this, and this!" We allowed them to pick out one each. We spent all the money that we took ashore, and
had to "hitch hike" a ride back

row in places, and we see camels on the side. At 11 p.m. we tied up at Port .Said, Egypt, and went ashore at 12:30 in the morning. Some of the shops were still open, and we were awfully tired of the ship. There is nothing

July 6th. Ship rolling through Mediterranean Sea. Very rough. The children take this ship roll ing very nicely I've gone to bed and Art is looking green. Impetigo reared its ugly head again, but we are getting it rout
ed out. Big black scabs on Joe.
We are all O.K. this

quite like an Oriental city at midnight. Or perhaps I just think so, but I also thought the
same of Madras. Then the dirt

July 7th.

and filth all disappears, and the

lights bring out all the best of

morning. We are to pass the Azores at 2 p.m. and the Rock of

Gibralter at 2 a.m. Nice cool weather, but not cold. We are

on an old beaten-up boat, which seemed very insecure, but they did not require money until we landed on the ship. On the evening of the the ship started up again. 28th,

the place. Here we were only 60 miles from Palestine, but there
is so much unrest and trouble right now that it would be im

getting very tired of this ship.

July 8th. Passed Gibralter at

possible for us to go there, even in the daytime. The Captain pac

ed the ship deck until we return ed. We assured him that the

11 p.m. on the 7th: early morn ing of the 8th we passed St. Vincente at Portugal and looked at

June 29 th. The kids played with their new toys. David bought a watch, because in Aden they come very, very cheap with no duty attached. Patty brought back a doll, which she still clings to, and Joe wanted an airplane that looks something like a jet.
June 30th. The Captain called

fight of the Egyptians was not with the Americans but only the English. However, the English
passenger had gone ashore with

our last view of Europe.

tic.

Now

we are going out into the Atlan

us, and she was very nervous. We had only very good service

July 9th, Sea rough. for the day, up about

couldn't keep food down.

In bed 4 p.m.,

there, and several of the Egyp tians escorted us from shop to shop. We bought nothing, of
course, but it was a relief from the ship.

to us and spent some time show

ing us the area generally believ ed to be Mt. Sinai. It could very well be. There is a range of fair

sized
some

mountains,
I
mountains

all
that

seemingly
look bar

July 3rd. We spent our time now anticipating America, and writing letters, and helping to

July 10th. Sunday, and again we have Sunday School lessons, communion, and then spend the day in resting and reading our Bibles. What a lot of interesting
material it offers!

barren.

can't be sure because

celebrate the Captain's birthday

in our own quiet way.

ren, upon close investigation, will have trees and other growth on them. But from the ship, they appear barren. We were really thrilled, for anything connected with our Holy Bible leaves us
breathless.

July 11th. For some reason or other, this day was left com pletely blank. I wonder if the
sea was too rough?

July 4th. A day we try and keep as a holiday, even in India. The English naturally kidded us quite a bit, but they are good-na
tured. Cur celebration was a bit

July 12th. Lots of fog and the fog horn has to give a big blast under every two minutes,
according to first officer. It is

At Aden, we took on another passenger, an English actress, who was coming to America to visit a friend and buy some
clothes.

limited, but we dressed up extranice, and called it a day.

We were so amused at this

holding the ship back a lot, but our guess for landing is Friday
night. We heard our first Am

erican program in five years on the radio today. Arthur Godfrey!

July 13th. Sea is rough and
I'm in

ship.
The ship has calmed down a little, and we can begin to move around again. When the new passenger came, during her first night on board, we retired very early to bed for we still had not gotten over the roughness of the Ocean. She thought no one else
was on board.

Art

brought

along

with

him from India no full suits be

cause they were worn out in In

Art is looking terrible.

bed again, children are playing.

July 14th. This morning filled out declaration papers, had kids
examined by doctor, to see if
they are allowed ashore.. I iron

dia,
black

but he did have a

pants and a

pair of
coat

white

made

just in case he had to

have it.

At lunch our first day

sports shirt and

out, he wore a

nice pants, but not a

suit, and

ed and washed and tried to get clothes ready for landing.

July 15th. We made it
early clock too! in We landed on
old Boston's shores around 5

the Captain took him aside and

July 1st. During the night we stopped at the Suez and unload ed cargo. During this day, we
saw where the children of Israel

asked him to dress for his meals

that

is,

long sleeved shirts,

and
dear
o'

tie, and black pants and jacket.

crossed the Red Sea, or the idea the Captain has of that place. It must be the approximate place. Not too smooth again. July 2nd. All day in the Suez Canal. The Canal is very nar

They

are

very

conventional,

which is so hard for we Ameri

cans to realize.

the evening,

and

from

here we went to Washington, D.

C., for one day, then on to Indi
More

July

5th.

Sea smooth.

ana to start our wonderful year

in America.

letters to answer.

eace on

"arth ,.
r^

i.

MRRY CHEISTIifAS AMD HAPFI NEl'i YEAE

Dear Co-laborers of Christ in South India,

of ^ndia, -we are indeed mindful of all the many things that you have
done to build His Church in South India. We are already homesick

As the Christmas hreezfis are blCiW-ng over the Tropic shores

for our Indian home and Brethren^ and we -wish that we could sail

tomorrow^ but vm know that we can sail on July 28thj 1956.

miles in presenting the work of South India Missions. We look back at the happy times we have had with you, and think of the pleasant times
we shall have in the future in renewing friendships. In 1955 there have

ffe have been home for 5 months, and have traveled over 22,000

been almost 500 souls baptised into Christ, and many more could have been won if we could have more preachers and church buildings. Today with almost 100 churches, and 75 Christian Village Schools, 120 Sunday Schools and 6 boardings for Indian Boys and Girls, along with the Bible College
you can get an idea of what your offerings have done in India# Xou

helped to bijild this work from 2 small churches in Madras City until . now spreads out 500 miles long, and into 1; States, and li language n-e/i?'.

and grinding out 500 preachers, and establishing over

nbji-cVies in all states of South India.

The Beginning of the New Year reminds us to look to the futu-.*^ and our plans for our next term of service include a goal of training

i^npporting

^lOre to doj for orjly about 1 out of every 50 people in India are ai^T

Much has been done in the past 54" years, but there is so much

match for His Word. Today India stands on the Crossroads of History, so as we t-liank you for what you have done, we humbly ask you to continue
to pray and snpiX'Vt
r.OUlf? 5-1!. XiuH.a*

to destroy the Spirit of Chrdstmas in I^-^dia, but these evils are no

o

kiiid of professing Chidstians* Communism, and Hinduism are ti'ying

find Wiiniiiig

Your Co-laborers in Christ,

?a'j.r

Morrfs

J)u\fhc<L.

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