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A NAGAR BRAHMAN COMES TO VISIT GbeJnbia ZLLiance Field Chairman: E. F. EICHER,Akola. - Editor: PAULC. -HAA~EN,~bandhuk'. THBIN~XA &LIA~CB is ?&bli7hqdi $ thglnilia Miyion of the C. & M.A. far the purpose qs~licltingprayer and inspiring interest in missionary work jy Indih , --5 The ppe; iq partiall; &ppon~dby #re-H 'dim+ohs. A11 correspondefice should be addressed 't&il Th;? d)ti$ird;Mission ~ouse,hkola, ~arar,&adk@ k+udeih8~$l&i;or to &eEditQ;Mission HOU&, Dhandhuka>~hia&l~~~~&i&t;~dniba$ Prksiderky, Tndia. '! ' " . %..k ' J '3 ' . ': . "' 1" ' , I- JUILY, 1850 ' ' ' .i , . ,.$*, ': :$." 8 ,! .I i I x. 6' ' , ,h i' & *)', 'I HAST THOU SEEN THE CRUCIFIED? By NARAYANWAMAN TILAK Indian Poet (Marathi) Hast thou ever seen the Lord, Christ the Crucified? Hast thou seen thosf younded.han&? ,Hast+thouseen His side? ,' ../,.. ? 'el, ' Hast thou see$ th$.~@d+d$j ywep fql. Fri, cr~wh?. Hast thou, &stfhoq stkeit ~Q~@oo$$,. , drop?iog,"ddo$pibg down? Hast thou ren;,wk@thirton. L. whkhiar hudHbn so? , Hast thou seem the simnqr+qwse of.alI*Biswoe? ' ' Ha&-tho~sedn li&*~e;td,s&b, s~ffep,,thubAd'dies? Hast thou sen o? w~oxh'fi!,Idoh *%h Hid lhbgeyes? i'i 3'8 I' Hast thou ev&,,~w~9e&q$+e/$%at fl&s like t@? . Hast thou .givw ?IS,tby: lik who&, $pbe His 2 ; .: ;. , , , i ". ;:;< :,.f ;,>.jY!p. " aw~oRi~,... x, , ! ;I r , , ' \\ 7 I , . , . Myth Time k~&s?' ', ' Wherever missionaries gather in our consciousness. The feeling conference or in private conversa- seems universal that India cannot tion, this question is invariably long remain without war. If war reflected in some form in their comes the missionary must go. discourse. We are aware as never HOWoften have we heard such before that the time is short. The words1 Is not God saying to us: mounting waves of public discon- What ye do, do pick&? tent break again and again upon It is, however, essential that in 2 THE INDIA ALLIANCE our haste we do not became history of the world and He insti- panicky nor disquieted in our own tutes these changes according t~ souls. God is still on the throne, the predetermined will of God as and He is a rewarder of them that found in the book of Divine deligently seek Him. When evil History. It was not Hitler who men have done their worst they ushered in a new regime at Munich. will only have succeeded in fulfil- It was not Gandhi nor Nehru, ling His foreordained plan. Let nor Cripps who brought the new us not forget: Our God is the God era to India. It is Christ's hand of History. that breaks the seals. We, and our "God . hath in these last times, are in His hands. He Him- days spoken unto us by His Son, self has said: "All that the Father whom He hath appointed heir of giveth me 'shall come to me" all things, by whom also He made (Jn. 6: 37). This word "all" is in the worlds" fHebrews 1: 1 and 2). the neuter gender in the, original Christ is the framer of the ages. and therefore has a very broad The man who has found Christ as sense. Not only all individuals, his own Saviour, holds the key but all kingdoms, all ages, yes, that unlocks the meaning of history. "All that the Father giveth me shall Christ sheds more light on current come to me." events than all the commentators, The above is true because of the combined. We cannot know Him greatest fact of history. What is in His fulness until that day when the greatest event of history? Un- we see Him face to face, but we do questionably, the event which took know that out of His eternal place on Golgotha's Hill. Only as bosom flows the stream of history. we understand the meaning of this History proceeds from Christ ; it is greatest event of history can we directed by Him; it will have its rightly understand the history of ultimate fulfilment in Him. any period including our own. In Rev. 5: 1-7 a momentous What is the significance of that question is asked: "Who is worthy event? What was the purpose of to open the book and to loose the Calvary? The gathering out of a seals thereof?" What book is this? people for His name. All history, The book of Divine History. The however irrelevant it may seem, is book containing the foreordained to this end. will of God. Who is fit to open The question for you and for me that book and to usher in the ne.w is this: Am I in harmony with the epochs therein determined? After Divine Purpose of History? Do I much vain searching and distress, live and work in the victory of the "He-the Lion of the Tribe of world's greatest battle? Am I Juda, the Root of David-came whole-heatedly devoting myself and took the book out of the right to the proclamation of this great hand of Him that sat upon the event? This is our task, this our throne." This, to my mind, is the mission. high point of the Book of Revela- How much time remains? I tion. From this point on we have cannot tell you in months and the speedy inauguration by Christ years. For me it is sufficient that of the historic will of the divine ". the times and the seasons archives. Not man, but Christ is . the Father hath put in His the initiator of new epochs in the own power" (Acts 1: 7). Whatever THE INDIA ALLIANCE 3- time He has o rd a i n e d , yet known to us: "Go ye therefore, remains. Let us use every moment and teach all nations, . lo, I am of it in proclaiming the Good News with you alway, even unto the end + of salvation through Christ for of the world (age)" (Matthew whosoever will believe in Him; for 28 : 19 and 20). His command and promise are well h ITINERARY OF THE FIELD f ~III:IIIIIU~WIHIIIIHLIUIIIIIIIU~IIIIIIIIIIIII~PWIIIIII~~IIIII~III~IIIUIIIIIIII~ Come with me and 1 will take " *- you for a personally conducted tour " of the various mission stations in 1 The words of the mis- 1 both our Marathi and Gujarati sionaries in this imagin- 2 language areas. We will drop in at ary tour are largely their B each main station and hear a little owngleanedfrom reports, about the work there from the letters, and personal con- missionary in charge. I versation. Although the P &et us begin our tour from the I itinerary is an imaginary 1 far eastern extremity of our re- one, there is nothing un- 5 sponsibility at Chandur and work real about the facts our way west on the G.I.P. Rail- e herein presented. p =- way to Jalgaon, western extremity I = of the Marathi section. We will *~IIIIIIIIII~III~~III~II~IIIII~IIIII~III~ then board train for Gujarat by way of the Tapti valley changing interesting to you? It will be' a trains at Surat for Mehmedabad, hard, tiresome journey but this our first station in Gujarat (cf. map paper route is the easiest I know. on cover page 3). Does that sound Well, here we are at our first stop. , Chandur REV.AND MRS.T. AMSTUTZ. REV. AND MRS. D. W. CARTMEL "Brother Amstutz, what do you spiritual from us. They now dis- consider most necessary in mis- cern the motive of our coming and sionary work today ?" the purpose of our preaching. " Today the success of the mis- One man speaking for a group said : sionary largely depends on the 'We have heard many lecturers, brave co-workers the Lord has but none who give God all the given us. In these days we could glory as you folks do.' At another do little single-handed, but much place where a few years ago the can be done if we but fill in our inhabitants had burned alive a part to make the Gospel known in Sub-Inspector of police, it was our our districts." privilege to preach the Gospel in "I take it that you spend most the public square. There was no . of your time in evangelistic work in opposition but the encouraging the district. Tell us something comment: 'We want to hear more about it. Are you well received?" about this way.'" "Yes. In some ways we have a "I understood the Cartmels were better opportunity now than for- stationed with you. Where are merly. Now they expect something they?" THE INDIA ALLIANCE "They are stationed with us, we must keep to schedule. But tell that is, their things are here, but me, how do the Cartmels go about they are living in a tent at Arvi their work?" and doing evangelistic work in that "They have been making much section." use of the flannel board. They "~rvi! Where and what is go to the public schools and hold hi?" meetings in the compounds at the "Arvi is the taluka (county) east close of school. Just recently of Chandur Taluka." twenty-five to thirty young men "Do we have a station there? followed them to their camp on Have we been working that the edge of town for more instruc- taluka ? " tion." "No, we have no property there. "What are the prospects of In the past scouting expeditions securing property there and open- have been made through the terri- ing up a permanent station ?" tory, but no resident work has been " Repeated attempts have been done.