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NICHOLS NEWS LETTER

V o l u m e 1

N u m b e r

1

J A N U A R Y 1952

P r e a c h

i n g

D U R I N G

T H E M O N T H S o f O c to be r a n d

tensive

campaigh

of

evangelism in

these

months the

rainfall

begins

to

let

tendance a t public meetings

i s bet ter .

Fa

irhrotners

VTelcomea To

Assam,

India

AND THE LORD, He

i t is that

doth

go

before

thee; He

will

be with

thee.

He wil l

not

fai l thee nor

forsake

thee;

fear

not ,

nei ther be dismayed.

T H E P A S SE N GE R S

o f

th e M . S . S l a m a t

had

their f i rs t

glimpse

o f India

through

atorrentof

rain Sunday

morn

ing,

November 18th,

as the snip tied

up to a p ie r in

Madras.

They

received

a be tte r impres sion of the

country

two

days

later

from the

little

harbor

of

Vizakhapatam.

At 8

o clock Friday

morning

th e

f i rs t pilot

boarded

the ship to s t a r t

h er

up the r ive r .

Twice the ship had

to

a n c h o r

to w a i t f o r th e

t ide so i t

w as

11 o clock

Saturday

morning, Novem

b e r

24th,

when she

f inally

docked

a t

Calcutta. ..There a t

the

p ie r t o we lcome

th e

F a i r b r o t h e r s

to In dia w e r e

Mrs

Edgar Nichols and

Harry and

Marian

S c m i e f e r . T h e c h i e f s t e w a r d i n v i t e d

friends

of the

passengers to share

their las t

meal

on the ship.-

Thanks to Mr. Schaefer s knowledge

of the

language and his

experience in

such

mat te r s

the Fa i rb ro t h e r s w ere

through customs in a short time, and

t h e i r last

t i e w i t h th e h o m e l a nd w a s

broken as they

left

the

Slamat behind.

W h i l e

A r c h i e

r e m a i n e d at

C a l c u t t a

to

a w a i t th e arrival o f th e rest o f th e

supplies

which had

been shipped from

(see WELCOMED on page five

T h e

W o r d

November we carr ied out quite an in

Mawlai

and

nearby vi ll ages .

As during

up,

one

can

travel more

readily

and

at-

The ma in emphas is was upon visitation

i n th e

h o m e s P a s to r

M a n i c k

a n d

th e

s tudent s bear ing the brunt of the work.

Visitation to

these

people

doesn t

mean going to

a

home once and

inviting

people

to

come

to

church;

it

means

go

ing to the

same

home day after day,

teaching f rom the

Bible

the way

of

sa l

vation, and press ing

for a deci si on for

Chr i s t .

A s

a r e s u l t

of

th is e ffo rt we

baptized

54 persons

in Mawlai during

t h e s e tw o m o n t h s .

On

N o v e mb e r

3r d Br o t he r s K h a r

kongor,

Bedly,

Sumarhill,

Mabel , Reu

ben,

and

I

journeyed

to

Waijaijer, our

newes t

field.

We

held preacning

se r

vices Saturday

evening, Sunday

after

noon,

and Simday night, each t ime in a

different

cottage. Baptismal services,

the

first

in

this

village,

were

held Sun

day morn ing, and in mis

service

seven

adul ts w ere

uni ted

to

Ch r i s t

in

the

r i te

of Chri st ian Baptism. One of these was

Brother Harrington,

formerly a

Pres

byterian deacon, a n d

th e

so n of a

deacon,

and

a

man

highly

respected

byall

the community. Following the

after

noon

serv ice

in which I spoke upon the

subject of Unity using

Ephesians 4:4^,

s e v e r a l r e m a i n e d a f t e r t i ie

s e r v i c e to

ask

questions.

One of

these

was a

Ro

m a n

Catho l i c .

T h i s m a n a t t e n d e d

the

evening service also, after which he

told Pastor Kharkongor that

he

was

satisfied that our teaming

was true to

the B ib le, an d he wished to

be

baptized.

We do hope

tiiat

we may be able to go

back soon to baptize this m an

and

sev

e ra l others

who should be

ready af ter

a

little mo re

teaching.

Now

that

Archie

has

come we will be able to get out in

these villages w here teaching of

the

pure Gos gl is so badly neieded

On

tEemllowing weekend.

Brother

Chyne

and I went to Nongwar.

Here

we

held a cottage meet ing on

Friday

liight,

walked to.A^wstoh, a nearby village,

for the

Saturday night

service,-and back

to Nongdrar

for three services on the

Lord s day. We have one family in

(see PREACHING THE WORD

on

page 4


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News Org an o f the

A s s a m I n d i a M i s s i o n C h u r c h e s o f hrist

The Ass am Mess enge r

is published

in

t h e interest o f t h e

c a u s e o f hrist i n

A s sa m P r o v in c e I n d i a f o r A s s a m I n d i a

Mis sio n C hu rc he s o f C h r is t b yH a rr ol d

M c F a r l a n d M i s s i o n

M a n o r W i l l e r n i e

M i n n e s o t a . Printed i n t h e

U . S . A .

MISSIONARIES

ON THE

FIELD

Edgar and Mabel

Nichols

Archie and Marguer i te

F a i r b r o t h e r

Mawla i, S hillo ng ,

A s s a m

India

FORWARDING AGENT FOR

THE

NICHOLS

R o b e r t and Kathryn B y r n s

216

P a r k B o u l e v a r d

P a i n e s v i l l e O h i o

FORWARDING

AGENT

FOR T H E FAIRBROTHERS

Mrs E . D .

M c K i t r ic k

2437 E . M if f l i n

S t .

M a d i s o n

4

W i s .

P R E A C H T H E

W O R D

Be

urgent in

season,

out

of

season;

r e p r o v e rebuke , e x h o r t with a l l long-

suffering

and

teaching.

I I Timothy 4:2

NEW NAME FOR OUR PUBLICATION

Our pub li ca ti on

was formerly cal

led The

Tibetan Missionary while

we

were serving

God

in Batang, and then

w a s

r e n a m e d N i c h o l s

N e w s

L e t t e r

w h e n w e

c a m e to

A s s a m . Now

t h a t

t h e

Archie

F a i r b r o t h e r s have joined

us,

we

have

changed

the

name to make

it

more

descriptive

of

our

pla ce of

service and

expanded

i t

to

include

t h e m .

GET

A

MISSIONARY

PRAYER

CALENDAR

Harrold McFarland, who prepared The Auam Mes

senger, and publishes

AMONG

OURSELVES a digest of

ibe current independent missions story, hasjustpublished

The Missionary PrayerCalendar for 1952 with pictures-

on-their-birthdays of the missionaries and their families.

You can get a copy for 75^ from

MUsi D

Manor, Wil

le rnie , Minnesota. U . S . A .

A N A P P E A L

D O R O T H Y

N I C H O L S h a s w r i t t e n t h a t

she

has

had

to

give

up

the

p a r t - t i m e

w o r k she

was doing i n a hospital

b e c a u s e

of

the

s t r a i n caused

by the

combination

of that and a heavy

course

of special

study a t the

P l a t t e

Valley Bible College .

I t would

help

great ly if some

c h u r c h o r

g r o u p would

a s s u m e

t h e c o s to f h e r tu i

t i o n a n d

a n o t h e r h e r rent or f o o d . S h e

would then g e t some l ig h t e r w o r k to

help

w ith the balance of h e r e x p e n s e s .

T H E T I B E T A N

C H U R C H O F

C H R I S T

SS ON

Y O U R A T T E N T I O N

i s

c a l l e d t o

t h e i t e m

i n t h e

f i n a n c i a l

s t a t e m e n t

f o r t h e first

s i x months of

1951,

publ i shed in the

l a s t

i ssue

of

Nichols ' News

L e t t e r

which

showed the amount 1270 t r a n s f e r r e d

to the miss ion a t Batang. It should be

e x p l a i n e d

t h a t t h is a m o un t

w a s

f o r

c a r

rying

on the

work during

the

year

1950.

We have not

yet found

a

way, nor is

i t

l ikely t h a t we wil l in the n e a r f u t u r e to

forward funds for carrying on

the

work

there

now. I t i s d is ti nc tl y the

policy of

the Communis t g o v e r n m e n t

of

China to

d i s c o u r a g e the r e c e i p t of funds

f r o m

any foreign source. We s incerely

thank

those

who

have

given,

and

will hold

funds given for specific purpose for a

c e r t a i n length of t i m e then the

donors

will

be

consul ted a s to their

disposal .

May

we s u g g e s t t h a t

f o r m e r

donors s u r

vey the many

needy

fields,

not

forget

ting

Assam

of

course ,

and give

as

they

f e e l l e d .

On November

29th

Garland and Dorothy

Bare arrived

in

Bangkok, Siam

and

were

m e t by

C,

W. Cal laway J r .

O n D e c e m -

ber 10th they finally reached Chiengkam

which

i s

to be their

home

as they labor

for

the Lord

together

with

Mr. and Mrs.

Callaway,

Miss Imogene Will iams

and

Miss

Dorothy

Uhlig.

- Q C O -

M r .

a n d

M r s . N i c h o l s fi n a n c i a l s t a t e

ment

for

the last

half

of 1951 will

ap

p e a r

i n the n e x t i s s u e of The ASSAM

M E S S E N G E R .

F I R S T D A Y S I N

I N D I A

(Mama

speaks

for

Marilois)

Jewe l and I got u s e d to d a r k - s k i n

ned p eo ple whos e la ng ua ge

we

could not

under st and, b ecau se ,

on the ship,

our

w a i t e r s and c ab in

boys

w e r e Indonesian.

We had been told for a

long

t ime that

we

w e r e

going

to Ind ia

to l ive,

but

we

did

not

know

that mean t

living among

many people who do not look like Daddy

and M ama o r Uncle E d g a r and Aunt

M a b e l .

W he n w e w er e i n t h e S t a t e s w e t o l d

o u r f r i e n d s t h a t w e

w e r e

l i t t l e I n d i a n s

(see

FIRST DAYS

on

page four)

LEFT, BROTHER CHYNE. This young man needs sup

port 20) for himself and family that he may be free

topreachthcGospel.

RIGHT. The four Fairbrothers and

e v en Do 'n o t h e doll

T h e A S S A M M E S S E N G E R V o l u m e 1 . N u m b e r 1 J A N U A R Y

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They constrained Him saying. Abidewith us: for it is toward evening and

the day is far spent. And He went in to tarry with them. iik 24:29

It Is Toward Evening

by

ERNEST

HUNTER

WRAY

Minister The PflgramChristian Tabernacle Buffalo NewYorit

IN THE SUMMER of 1917 as a young

preacher ,

I

was

called

by

the YMCA

to

be

rel igious work helper in Camp

She rid an , A labama,

and

on

the

way to

camp a long with

other young

minis ters

we

sto pped o ff a t

Blue

Ridge,

North

Carol in a for t ra in ing.

On the last day

of our

training,

our

instructor

said

to

us, 1

know

how you

feelrather

afraid

as

you

think

of

this

new

work

among

s old ie rs . B u t,

he sa id , i f John R.

Mott o r

Rober t

E. Speer went witii you,

you

wouldn t be

afraid and youwouldn t

feel lonely. Well , he

went

on to say,

There

is one greater than anyone ot

these men, going w ith

you,

the Lord

Jesus

Chris t

Himself , and if you will

t rus t Him, He will see you through and

your

work am ong the so ld ie r s will be

a s u c c e s s .

1 thought

of

that many t imes in the

weary days and months that followed

and through all

the

long

years

that have

pas sed s ince

t hen ,

1 have

found

His

P re s en ce

r ea l , and

He

has

neve r

fai led

m

O u r

t e x t s tells a b ou t th e

c l o s e

o f

that f i rs t day

af ter

the

resurrec t ion ,

and

two lonely sad-hear ted disc iples

on the i r way home f rom Je rusa lem, and

J e s u s

H im s el f d re w

n e a r

a n d

wa l k e d

w i t h

t h em . A nd t h e w o rd s o f o u r

text

were

the

prayer o f th os e sad hearts

I t is toward

evening, and

the

day is

fa r spent ,

come

in and a bid e w ith us .

And

I wonder

if this

i sn t the prayer

that

we

al l ,

old an d

young

need

to

pray.

Tru ly , i t is

toward

evening

for a l l

the

world.

All thoughtful souls fe el th at

we

a re now in th e tw ilig ht

period

of

th is d ay

of grace,

and

there

i sn t

much

t ime

l e f t , and

wha t i s

to

be

done ,

both

on

the

mis s i on f ield and

a t

home ,

mu s t

be dpne

quickly. When 1 was a boy

a t

hom e on

the farm, we ate

our

evening

mea l

about 4

o c l ock ,

and th en in

t hose

coo l even ing

hours before

dark

we

did

our bes t

work. So, in

these

closing

days

of grace ,

may

we a ll do

our

bes t work

f o r

God .

The thought

of the approaching

night

when

no

man

c an work , ought to

inspire

t ho se

on

the mis s i on

f i e ld ,

a s

wel l

a s

those

of

us,

he rea thome , t op raymore ,

and

give

of our t ime and money

and en-?

e rg y mo re zealously

and

sacr i i ic ia l ly

than eve r , knowing, i t i s t oward

even

ing

and

the day i s

fa r

spent .

In

these trying days,

we

are apt

to

grow

weary

a n d

fain t-hearted ,

b u t

everywhere in the

Word

of God, we a re

exhorted to

Be not

weary

and

faint

not,

knowing in

due t ime ,

the re wil l be a

reaping time, and those who go forth

weeping, bearing precious seed,

shall

come again

rejoicing, bringing

in the

golden

sheaves .

That giving out

of

the Word of God

on the lonely mission field,

and here

at

home

by

broken-hear ted

miss ionar ies

and ministers ,

will not have been

in

vain, ^nd there will be many saved

souls in that day,

tha t

we never knew

about he re , who wil l be t h e r e ,

because

we were

faithful in

giving

out

God s

Word .

These

a re

the

d ay s t owar d

the end

of the

age

th at J esus

told u s aboutthe

days

of

sorrow. 1

have

seen

many pic

t u re s o f o ur so ld ie r

boys ou t

t h e r e

in

K orea , and s ev e ra l t im e s 1 have s een

them weeping

in

one another s

arms.

And isn t

it

meaningful for those of us

who know

Uie

scr ip tures ,

that

the

grea t

ba t t l e f r on t

sh o u ld b e c a l l e d H e a r t

break Ridge? Tru ly thi s is

heartbreak

t ime

for

this old

world and the day of

sorrows

for

God s people everywhere .

But

there is

one

grea t

thought

tha t

saves

the day for us al l ,

and th at is

that Grea t

Companion,

who bears the

pr in t of the nails in

His

hands, com es

along by the

side

of us.all, and He knows

a l l abou t o u r h e ar ta c he s, and he t r a

vels

with

us

every

s tep of our

journey.

On

every

lonely

mission

field as well

as

every hea rt or eak

r idge

fo r everyone

o f

u s

h e r e a t

h ome ,

th e s am e J es us who

walked

tha t

road

to

Emmau s

tha t day,

a n d w ho w e n t

i n

t iS ie i r i n v i t a t i o n to

a bid e w i th th em th at s me re t

O ne

walks with us al l , and i f

we

will

t ru s t

Him, He w ill m ake h imse l f r ea l . He

will make this

evening-time

brightwi th

His presence , and our

hear t s

wil l

be

made to bu rn wi th i n u s , a s He

wa l k s

with us and

opens

to

us

the Scr ip tures .

1 hope i t wil l be fo r

a ll

p fu s in these

c lo s ing days as i t

was

with

Ira D. San-

key, when, in his old agebliiid, bed

fast ,

aloneDr.

Wilbur Chapman

vis i t

ed with him, and,

as

he was

leaving.

Dr. Chapman said, Brother Sankey, is

Jesus

as

r ea l

to

you now as He was in

the

old

days,

when

you were

active?

Yes,

said Sankey, He is

more

r ea l

now, because in those days 1

was

so act ive, I d idn t

have t ime

much

to

spend in prayer . Now, he

said,

1

have more t ime

to spend

a lone wi th Km ,

The

ASSAM MESSENGER

Vo l ume 1 .

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JANUARY 1952

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4/33

see

FAIRBROTHERS WELCOMED on

page

one)

they do not convert themselves into

Christians because

the

fact

is, lack of

teaching and preaching.

But

I hope by

your

future help

they will

probably

con

vert

t h em s e l v e s

i n to

Ch r i s t i a n s .

I have no

more

news

to tel l you but

news

you will know when you visi t the

place.

May

God keep

you and

bless

you

all to eternity.

B.

Khongwir

L ET TE R O F

W ELCOM E FRO M SM IT

We give thanks to Almighty God that

you

have arrived

safely

to us by the

care of God, our Lord Jesus

Chris t .

When

f i r s t

we

heard

about your

coming

here

we had a special

prayer

meeting

that

God will take good care of

you

on

your journey, and the Lord has

answered

our prayers.

We

rejoice

in what God

nas

done

and H is wi l l be done .

So

we

from the

Chu rch o f

Chr i s t ,

Smit ,

though

we

a re

yet but

fewwe

live amidst the paganrequest you to

kindly

help us

in

all

things we

need for

the g lo ry o f

His

Name.

We

give

you

our

Khublei

(God be

with

you).

Brother

and

Sister

and

family.

Our Lord

J es us C hrist

be with

you

in al l

your

undertakings. Amen.

Juin

Kharkongor

IF YOU

CAN

USE MORE COPIES OF THE NEWS LETTER, PLEASE

LET US KNOW

AND

WE

WILL BE-GLAD TO FORWARD THEM TO YOU

N I C H O L S

N EW S

L TT R

i

Robe r t

and

Ka th r

il

Park Bou l ev a r c

Painesv i l l e Ohio

mailed by Robert

a nd Ka th ryn

Byrns

216 Park Bou l e v a r d

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FIRST

DAYS (began on page two)

PREACHING

THE WORD

. . . (Began on Page One)

A lter o ur s ec on d d ay in

Calcut ta , I

de

cided we

are

not Indians because we do i;jawstoh, who have come to us

from

the

not

have dark

skin

and

black

hair and Church

of God.

There were

close

to 200

eyes. Everywhere we go people lookat persons

present

in the meeting house,

us and talk about

our

blue eyes and want including a sizable group from Nongwar.

to feel our blonde

hair.

Everyone is to the presence of the

latter

the

friendly, and they all want to hold us, singing was good, furnishing a good

but we think we will wait until we know bacTcground for the service. Againthere

them

better

before

we

go

to

them

were

many

interested

inq^uirers

who

At

fi rst we did not even

want

to talk

stayed

to

ask

questions.. On Sunday we

to

them because

we did

not

know what

gave

Lesson Sermons on Baptism, the

they

were

saying

to us,

but

now when

Lord s

supper, and

in the

evening an

we meet

any

of them we

say,

Khublei, evangelistic sermon to

an

attentive

and when

they

go we say i t

again, so

i t

audience.

The re were

ten who

obeyed

must mean

hello

and

goodbye.

their

Lord in Baptism

in

the morning

Mama

says

Shillong is our home, service.

We t h i nk i t

i s

n ic e to have

a

home . Ev

eryday

at lunch we have rice and curry.

For

the Lord s Day

November

18

Jewel e ats m ore

of i t t han ldo .

Wehave we were a t L yng ky rd em , w here

Bro

all

the oranges and bananas we want, ther Khongwir teaches and

preaches,

and sometimes we have other things Brothers Chyne and

Sumarhill,

Andrew,

with

names

like guavas, papayas Reuben and I went on

Friday,

and

Pas-

and pomeloes. One

day

we

had

a pine-

tor

Kharkongor,

Phillip

and Yohan

came

apple. I like papayas best, and Jewel on Saturday Mabel had gone to Calcutta

l ikes bananas . to

mee t

the Fa i rb ro the r

family

and

In the

week we have

been here

we bring Marguer i te and

the gir ls

back to

have been to church 7 t imes.

Some-

Shillong). The re were

several

persons

t imes i t

is

a t the churchand some times who were

se r ious ly

i l l for whom we

in

people s

homes. On Sunday morning

were

called to

pray,

we a l l went down to the r i v e r

and

had a

service there. Uncle Edgar preached, A woman, Twil Khongwir by name,

and then he and the

pastor

baptized five Lydia of Lyngkyrdem, was baptized

women and three men. Then we came o? t^e Lord s day. The Presbyterians

home fo r

d in ner. A fte r

dinner we went

dismissed

t he ir s er v ic es

to

a tt end th is

to

church to have

another

service.

The

ceremony.

So,

before

going

into th e

pe opl e like to s ing and sing. Jewel and water, I gave a short exposition on

1 try to

sing

with them, but we

can t

baptism, showing from the Bible it s

tell what they

are

singing so we sing purpose, design, consequences, and

whatever wg want to sing. I think we who are the proper s ub je ct s for bap

will

a l l

like i t when we can

unders tand

t i sm.

Before

we

left on

Monday

morn-

and talk to our

fr iends .

iri8>

we heard of

others

who were im

p res sed by th is

se rv i ce and expressed

the des i r e to be bap t ized .

and He is

more real

now and I love Him O the last Sunday of the month, we

more

than ever before.

were

at Mawkrih, which

being

closer

Some of us are growing old too, and home we have somewhat neglected

late-

for

us

it s

toward

evening.

Butwhether

At the

morning

service

four

were

young or old, may it be

our

prayer :

buried

with their Lord and raised to

Abide

with

me. fast

falls

th e

eventide

The darkness deepens. Lord with me abide.

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee

Help of the helpless, Oh, abide with me.

Svriftto its close, ebbs out life s little day

Earth s joysgrow dim, it s glories passaway.

Change and d ec ay , in all around 1 s ee

Oh, Thou whochangest not, abide with me.

These

were baptized

b u r i e d wi t h their L o r d a n d r ise to

wa l k

i n

n ew n e s s

o f l i f e .

In th e

fter

noon

we preached on Christ s Church

and

the unity of bel ievers . After p raye r s

with

two

very sick p erso ns h ere

we

re turned

to Mawlai. We^were t i red and

happy, our only

r eg re t

being

ou r inabil

i ty to stay longer

in

each of these

places

a nd he lp sat i sfy the evident hunger for

t h e

Wo r d

o f God .

Edga r Nichols

This

is

th e The Ten

In

th e

front

row.

in -

congtegatioR eluding the three youngmen

at

standing arc those who were

Nongwar baptized at Nongwar


6/33

W E L C O M E D

(see FAIRBROTH^RS WELCOMED

page

one)

New York, the

others

took the plane the

Mawlai

gate

to

meet us on

our

a r

for Gauhati. riva l, w ere

disappointed.

It

was after

dark when

we finally reached

Mawlai,

On

Tuesday

November

27th,

the

Ni-

but

there

were still

quite

a

number

chols jeep, accompanied

and

encour-

waiting

at

the

pastor s house to

receive

aged along by

Brothers

Kharkpngor, the

newcomers .

Manick,

and Bed ly , Sis ter

Risebon and

Brother Nichols made the long 75-mile The next

eveninc, the

congregation

trip

to

the

Ghauti Airdrome. assembled

in the church for

an

infor

m a l w e l c o m e to th e new a r r i v a l s a n d

Jus t as

they

arrived

a t

the

parkihg

to praise

God

for H is goodness

in send-

space,

the

Jeep

stopped. Mabel, look- ing them to us. After prayer and some

ing out

of

the

window of tiie Airdrome special music.

Brother

Bedly

gave the

Bus,

thought

that

looks

like our

jeep.

address

of

welcome.

Marguerite

had

When

she saw someone

get out to crank

just f inished responding to mis,

whena

it,

she knew i t was. So she, with Mar-

large

form filled the doorway in the

Suerite nd the two little

Fairsisters rear

of

the

auditorium

n the dim

light

ismounted f rom the Bus,

and

they, about

all

that could be dist inguished was

with

their

baggage

were

lo aded in to the

that

i t

wore

glasses . Marguerite

thought

jeep, not howeve r until Khubleis

and that

she was seeing things,

and

i t was

greetings had

been

exchanged. How Phillip who

f i rs t

recognized who i t was

good

i t was to

see

Marguerite

again, and

sent word

forward that

Archie had

and

to gree t for the f i r s t

t ime Mari

come,

l o is a nd J e w e l .

t

w a s u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t

A r c h i e

h a d

b e e n

d e t a i n e d

i n

C a l c u t t a .

A n d s o t h e F a i r b r o t h e r s c a m e to

Due

to unavoidable

delays ,

we

missed

Khasi- land , d so were your

p r a y e r s

the

u^gate

byminutes, and the many

and

our prayers, and the prayers of

Mawlai fr iehda,

who

had gathered a t the Khasi brethren answered.

L E T T E R O F WELCOME FRQM MAWLAI CHURCH

Dear

Sister

and

Family

in

Lord

Jesus Chr is t

(Archie not

present

yet):

1, on behalf of

the Church

Ox Christ , Mawlai,

wish

you a ver y s in ce re

w e l c o m e .

We ve

been

praying all the t ime for your safe

arrival,

and the Lord God

Almighty has

answered our

prayers. By

His

will

you

have

arrived safely

to us,

and only His will be

done.

Our

hearts

fill

with

joy

to

have

you

with

us:

you whom the Lord

has

chosen

to come from so far to

teach

and preach

us

the

commandments

of

the

Lord; to

live

with us; .to

share

many hardships

here;

to leave your-beloved

friends,

your

dear relat ives and you r dear home whom you

loved

so much;

just

for our s ake,

that we may

live

apd be saved. You who

have

devoted your

thoughts

to

heaven

and

your

actions

to works

of

kindness to mankind:

tending

the sick,

feeding

the

hungry,

and

relieving

the

distressed;

to

deny

oneself for

the

glory

of whom you

love

most;

to t rumpet His name throughout

the

world.

We have nothing

to

give

you, but what we have is yours. Our love and

re

membrance

to

you,

in Je su s Christ our

Lord,

wiir

linger

in

our

hearts

forever

and ever. Wewill

pray

to God Almighty for Brother who will be coming soon to

us,

to

be

in the Almighty s kePping.

May he who made both European and Indian, Christian

and

non-Christian

shower

down on you His

choicest blessings. Our

Khublei Godbe with you) we

give to you.

B.

George

Manick

Siem

L E T T E R

O F W E L C O M E F R O M L Y N G K Y R D E M

I, on-behal f o f the Lyngkyrdem brethren,

want

to talk to you and I

am

very

glad to have you

all

join

our

small

cheerful

company. When1go back.to Lyngkyr

dem,

and

te l l the b re th re n th ere

of

your com ing here in

Mawlai,

1 cannot

imagine

how glad they ll be,

especially

when

they will

be

able

to see

you

all by

their own

eyes

and talk by tiieir own tongues.

Lyngkyrdem is not a

very

big place, but a place of hardship toward the

work.of

the

Lord . Most of them

a re

non Chr is t ian but quite a .numb.er

a re

in

cdntact

with our church.

As I

have experienced

myself

with

them

for

about

four

moifths now, I

could

proudly confess that they have

the

heartof a Christian, but

concluded en page six)

T h e A S S A M M E S S E N G E R

V o l u m e

1 . N u m b e r

1 -

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f o r m e r l y

NICHOLS

NEWS

L E T T E R

V o l u m e

1

A P R I L

Number 2

1952

rs Nichois

Returns

Area Evangelism

M R S .

E D G A R

N I C H O L S a r r i v e d

in

L o n d o n en rou tehome o n F eb

r u a r y

1 4 t h .

O n

the I5th she w it

nessed

th e

funeral

process ion

o f

the

late King

George

IV . On

the

19th

she

boarded

the

Queen

M a r y a nd

a r r i v e d in N e w Y o r k o n th e 24 th .

She

e n j o y e d b r i e f l y the

C h r i s t i a n

hospi ta l i ty o f th e E l m e r Kiles a n d

t h e n

en t ra ined

f o r Painesvi l le

Ohio

where she

had the

joy of

m e e t

in g a n d b eco m in g acquainted w ith

M r. a n d M r s . R o be rt B y rn s a n d

Be v e r l y . M r . a n d M r s . B y r n s h av e

b e e n the forwarding

a g e n t

for

the

Nichols

family s i n c e

Ap r i l

1951.

rs N ich o ls th en went t o

Youngstown Ohio

where she spent

a few

w ee k s w ith h e r r e la t iv e s a n d

c o w o r k e rs D r . and M r s . N . H .

B a r e .

During this

t i m e

she

at t en

ded

the

t r i s tate

r al l y a tEas tPa l

est i ne

Ohio and

spoke i n m o s t of

the N e w

T e s t a m e n t

c h u r c h e s in

th e

Youngstown area .

She is spending April with h er

daughter

M r s .

R ob ert M ills a t

Linco ln

I l l iho is .

T H E S E PEOPLE WAL KE D

F RO M T HE IR

V L L A G E S

9 12

MI L E S

IN

T H E HILLS T O

A T T E N D

T H E

A N N U A L

C O N V E N T I O N

A FT ER s e e in g

M r s . N i c h o l s s a f e l y

o f f

fo r

t h e Sta t e s

M r.

Nicho l s

ass i s ted by th e

K h a s i

e v a n g e l i s t s

a n d

w i t h th e

cooperat ion

o f th e

Fa i rb ro the rs b e g a n

a n

i n t e n s i v e

c am pa ig n o f visitation and e v a n g e l

ism

H e

h e l d

a

series o f services

a t N o n g talo h

a t r ip

t h a t i n v o l v e d

32

m i l e s of

jolting

on

th e

l o c a l

b u s

and

14

m i l e s

of walking t h r o u g h

th e

jungle.

It

is

i m p o r t a n t to c o m

plete t h i s p h a s e of th e j o u r n e y be

fore

d a r k because o f the

d a n g e r

f r o m m a n - e a t i n g t igers

an d

leo

p a r d s

which s t il l i n fe s tt h e region.

O u r

par ty

arr ived

w e l l a h e a d

o f

sunse t a n d a fte r r ic e

and

t ea and

a

b r i e f

res t w ord having

g r a p e -

vined a r o u n d th e v i l l a g e th e b e l i e v

ers a n d th e c u r i o u s a s s e m b l e d

f o r

service. T h a t n i g h t pictures of th e

l i fe o f

C h r i s t

w e r e s h o w n

bu t

the

evangel is t ic

par ty w a s

to o w eary

fo r

a

long s e r v i c e so the people

we r e

u r g e d

to r e t u r n for G o sp e l

p r e a c h i n g th e n e x t d a y .

see EVANGELISM on page 2

A -


8/33

fo rmt f ly

N ICH O L S N E W S

L E T T E R

N ew s

O r g a n

o f

th e

A s s a m I n d i a M i ss io n

C h u r c h e s o f

C h r i s t

T h e A s s a m M e s s e n g e r

is

p u b l i s h e d

in

t h e

interestof

th e c au se o f

C h r i s t

i n A s s a m

Prov inc e

I n d i a ,

for

A s s a m I n d i a

M i ss io n C h u r c h e s

o f

C h r i s t

a t

M i ss io n M a no r

Wil l e r

n i e

M i n n e s o t a .

P r i n t e d

in U . S . A .

MISSIONARIES ON

TH E

FIELD

E d g a r a n d

M a be l N ic ho ls

Mrs. Nichols is on furlough

A r ch ie a nd

M ar guer i t e

F a i r b r o t h e r

Mawlai,

Shillong, A s s a m , India

FORWARDING AGENT FOR THE NICHOLS

R o b e r t and Ka t h r y n By r n s

2 1 6 P a r k B o u l e v a rd

Pa ine s v i l l e O h i o

FORWARDING AGENT FOR THE FAIRBROTHERS

M r s . E . D . M c K i t r i c k

2 4 3 7 E . M i f f l i n

St ree t

Madison 4 , Wiscons in

EDGAR NICHOLS preaching at Mawlai

with interpreter.

E V A N G E L I S M

began

on page one)

arly S u n d ay m o r n i n g ,

M r .

N i c h o l s

t ook R e u b e n

a n d

t h r e e

c o m p a n i o n s a n d w a lk e d

t h r e e

miles

to B e r k u r i , o v e r

a

r o u g h a n d s l ip

ery

trail Here o

woman made

le good

confession

and was

bpp-

tized. They

r e t u r n e d t o N on gta lo h

in

t ime

f o r

M r .

N i c h o l s

to preach

a t t h e

mo r n i n g

s e r v i c e . The L o r d s

S u p p e r

w a s

observed

in

th e af te r

n o o n , a n d M r . Ch y n e preached .

In

th e e v e n i n g p i c t u r e s o f th e parab les

o f

our L o r t i were s h o w n a n d t h e

t ea c hi n g e x pl ai ne d ,

a n d

th ree

loca l

menwere

ordained

as

deacons

T h e

c h a r g e

to t h e m a n d to the c o n g r e

gation

w a s th e t h e m e o f th e

e v e n i n g

s r r r ion

A f t e r

a

few b u sy d a y s a t M aw

lai , M r . N i c h o l s , w i t h pas tors

K h o n g w ir a n d Chyne took th e t ra in

Fr iday

a f te r n oo n , f o r S i l c h a r . T h e y

w e n t

t h i r d c la s s

a nd h ad l i t t l e

R e u

b e n w i t h

t h e m . I t

i s

d if f ic u l t f or

o n e w h o

h a s n o t t r av e le d t h i r d c la s s

o n o n e

o f t h e s e t r a i n s to v i s u a l i z e

s u c h a t r i p . In the f i r s tp lace there

a re only enough of th e h a r d w o o d en

b e n c h e s to

accomodate perhaps half

o f th e

m a s s

o f

h u m a n i t y t ha t c rowds

a n d

pus he s in to th e ca r .

F ro m

G a u h a t i w h e re th e y b o a rd e d th e

t r a i n to

S i l ch a r t ak e s

a b o u t

15

h o u r s .

A f t e r

th e

first

f ive h o u r s

th e

bench

b e c o m e s

a t o r tu r e r a c k

and by this time all who ha d been

s t a n d i n g i n t h e b eg in ni ng , h av e se t

tled into e v e r y b it of floor s p a c e

a n d o n th e

l a p s o f a ll th e m eek or

d e f e n s e l e s s o c c u p a n t s

o f

b e n c h e s .

T he t ra in provides n o t

e v e n s o

m u c h as a drink

o f

water

S u mar h i l l one o f th e m i n i s t e r

i a l s tu d en t s m e t

th e

t r a i n a t

S il

c ha r and a f te r a

br i e f r e s t th e

par ty b o a r d e d a b u s f o r th e 20

miles

to Ba g p a h a r .

A t

Bagpahar

Sum a rh i l l t o o k

t h em

in to

h is h o m e and t h e r e t h a t

e v e n i n g ,

th e

n e i g h b o r h o o d

gathered

to

see

t h e

slides

o f t h e L i f e o f

C h r i s t

a n d to

hear th e G o s p e l .

The

p r o g r am

was

p r o g r essi n g

well

when

th e

k e r o s e n e

supply i n the l a n t e r n

used

fo r showing the

pic ture s

failed.

S ince the

evangelists

had not ha d

t h e i r

c lo thes off

n o r a c h a n c e to

lie

dow n, fo r

36

h o u r s ,

t he y c on cl u

d e d th e

s e r v i c e

w i t h a b r i e f e x h o r

see

EVANGELISM

on page 3

The ASSAM MESSENGER - Volume 1.

Number

2 - Apr i l

1952

- 2


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eligious

wakening

IS T H E R E

o n e C h u r c h d e s c r i b e d

in

the New Testament? If

so,

why

do we, a

New

Testament people,

act like there is possibly another

way?

Some

of

our

own

peop le have

s a id t h a t C o r ne li u s a nd

h i s

h o u s e

hold

were saved before baptism

and

in the next

breath

quote Acts 2:38;

1 am not writing to

sett le

th e que s

tion 1 have jus t

brought

up, but to

reveal

a

way in which the church

shou ld

be

awakened . 1 do wan t

to

say that Cornelius

was

not saved

vintil

h i s

bap tism nor

was Pau l

s a v e d wh e n

h e

s aw

th e

v i s i o n

o n

r o a d

to

D a m a s c u s . T he

Lo r d

w a s

logical in His teaching

while

here

o n earth o r

rather through

His

Apost les .

We should take this log

ical teaching and use

i t

as

i t

is . If

t h e r e

i s

b u t

on e

C h u r c h

d e s c r i b e d

in

the New

Tes tamen t ,

and t he re i s ,

w e s hou l d

b e

c a r e f u l

in

o u r refer

ence to

a ll

re l igious

sec t s as

of

God , even

i f we have

f r i ends

in th e

d en om i n a t i o n s .

It ta ke s a lo t

of courage

to be

the only

ones to stand

for

the

t ru th

and preach even to those

who des

pise

i t .

The Gospel

of Jesus

Chr is t ,

being the

truth, has caused many

to give

up

the i r l ife

fo r

i t .

Stil l

there is one of two ways to go in

t h i s l i f e .

W e

c an d ie fo r th e c au s e

o f

t r u t i i

o r f o r th e c a u s e o f f a l s e

hood . W e m u s t c hoo s e wh i c h i s

mos t

pro fitab le for

ourse lves as

we l l as o t h e r s .

Th e m o v e m e n t o f

t h e New

T e s

t am e n t Chu r c h

in

A s s am i s on e o f

struggle and hear t-break. The lea

ders in this movemen t stru gg le d

fo r the

t ru th

in th e

face ,

of much

opposition by

the

denominations,

and

i t

was

hear t -breaking

to leave

o ld

f r i e nd s

a n d

r e l a t i o n s

f o r t h e

c a u s e o f Ch r i s t . W e

are t h a n k f u l

t h a t t h e r e

are t h o s e s t i l l

i n

t h e

world

who

are

willing

to face op

position of the devil for the

Truth

o f Ch r i s t .

It

is not

surprising

to find

a

man

f rom a

foreign

land,

who

has

come to

our

country, clinging to old

t radit ions and

teacnings

of his na-

(see

AWAKENING on page 4

V NG LISM

(began on

page

one)

ta t ion, a hymn, and the assurance

o f m o r e t om o r r ow .

The Lord s Day morning

ser

vice was held in

the open,

and was

well-a t tended, the people

l istened

at tent ively to

the

se rmon

on, One

Lord, One

Fai th, One Baptism,

and i t

seemed

that the

whole

village

turned out for the evening service,

a study of the parables of Jesus .

Monday

morning

the

evangel is ts

separated to

cover

more ter r i tory .

Take

your share of hardships

as a good sold ier

of

Chr i s t Jesus .

11 Timothy 2:3

W i l li ams T r an s l a t i o n

M r. Nichols with Reuben , wen t to

Dudhpat li ; Khongwi r and

Chyne, to

Laikpur .

The importance of

the

la t

t e r

i s t ha t

K has i , L ush ai

and Khuki s

c o m e

t h e r e

to

t r a d e .

T h e r e

w a s

good

in teres t

a t both villages. The

p ar ty re as semble d

a t S ilch ar for

the ordeal by t ra in tha t took them

to Gauhati,

from

which 60

miles

by

jeep got them home to Mawlai. The

t r am was mo r e c rowded , and l i t t le

except

bananas

was avai lable

a t the

way

s ta t ions so

you

may be

able

to

imagine

how

good

i t was

to

get home

t o

a

c o o k e d

meal a n d a c l e a n b e d

He went

about

through

ci t ies

and

villages, preaching and bring

ing good

tid in gs o f the

Kingdom of

God, and w ith Him , the

twelve .

Luk e

8 :1

The

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M E S S E N G E R

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H OM E

DID

YOU

ever hear

a young

child

say

I want to go

home?

Perhaps

i t was

the

f i rs t

day

a t school or

a

sudden

s ick

spel l o r an accident .

The child s f i rs t thought and a wise

one,

1

want

to go

home. Or

per

haps i t was

a

picnie o r

a day a t the

zo o or a

visit

to

G r a n dm a o u t

i n

t h e

coimtrythe

re su l t

i s the same

and

by

night-fal l

the t i red

l i t t le mind

and

body a re

surfei ted and the

feel

ing

is

there i f

not alw ays

expres

sed 1

want to

go home.

Some

years

ago,

my grand son,

Clayton,

asked

his

fa ther

i f

he

could

go with us on a drive quite a

dis

tance out

of

the city .

His

fa ther

consented.

On

arr iving

a t

our des

t ination,

Clayton

got

out

and played

with a youngster who happened to

b e

t h e r e wh i l e

h i s f a t h e r a t t e nd e d

to

business.

We were soon ready

to start back and Clayton climbed

in and said,

I m

cold. 1 ought not

to havQ

come.

Grandpa.

Take

me

on

your

lap and ge tme warm. And

you may be sure 1 did. The same

idea1 want to go

home.

The a lm o s t u n i v e r s a l de s i r e

and expectation

of

blooming young

people is

to

have a home

of the i r

own.

It is their abiding dream and

anticipat ion through

the drab years

of toil

and

preparation,

and being

natural

and proper , they

hold

f irm

ly

to i t, overcoming

delaying

dif

ficulties.

But

have you thought

about the

rapid

increase of

our

missionary

recruits, and the foggy

uncertainty,

about

a

home,

which

they enter , on following thei r Mas

te r

who had no place to

lay His

h ea d? T h ere i s s ome

s a t i sf a c t io n i n

th e adventure o f b e i n g

among

strange people of a

strange

lan

guage, ideas a n d

cus tom s, but

this is

but

a spoonful compared

with the full

cup

of sacr i f ice and

s e rv ic e r equ ir ed .

The t im e h as not

yet

oome when a

missionary

can

have tw o

hom es a hom e

a t

h om e

and one on the field, and

how

ap-

pealing_the

plea of

a child or

ami s -

sionary who can

say 1

want

to go

h om e - 1

have no home .

The r e

i s s ti ll ano the r c l a s s

and

much

nea r e r

to home-going, who

u s e d t o b e

c a l l e d

war horses o f th e

church who

a re ove r -ma tu r e r e

t i r ed and s t i l l

t i r ed

no t becau s e of

se rv ice but because they a re de-

Erived o

service

These w o

have

elped to achieve

t h e

progres s

made in

three

quar te rs

of

a

century

are loath to go. to

the

rea r when the

ba t t l e

is s o far f r om

won . L i k e

Paul, they cry

out

1 want to go

h ome bu t neve r t h e l e s s to ab ide

i n

th e

f l e s h is

mo r e

n e ed f u l f o r

you (Philippians

1:23-24). Thank

G od that

s u b s t i t u t e

h om e s

are

n ow

p ro vid ed fo r His

ch i ld ren

whe the r

l i t t le

ones

miss iona r i e s o r aged .

Whether

therefore

you eat or

dr ink , o r whatsoever you do, do a ll

to the Glory

of

God.

1 Co r i n t h i a n s

10 : 31

W KENING

(began on page 4)

t iv e lan d.

There fo re

i t i s no t too

surprising

to find that

a person

coming out of

the false

teaching,

disguised by the word Christian

ity,

still

clinging to some

forms

and

practices which

were ins ti ll ed

in him.

It

is true

that

the

religion

i s

s t i l l

f a l s e wh e n h um a n do c t r i n e s

a re there, but if

the

one

seeking

the t ruth really wishes

to

lea rn of

God s way i t can be taught. The

Chr i s t i an s those

I mm e r s e d in to

Chr i s twan t

to l e a r n a l l

o f

th e

T r u t h .

We

are happy here

because

the

Lord

has

recent ly convinced

the

p e op l e

t h a t

a

New

Testament

Chu r c h

i s d is tin c t f ro m

th e d en om

inations. They now

see

the

unique

stand

tha t i s ours

to

procla im

to

a l l

the

world.

They came

to

rea l ize

that there is

no place

fo r human

do c t r i n e s i n th e Chu r c h

o f

J e s u s

Chris t . The people want to

know

what

the

Bible says. They have

heard

a

lot

of

Theology already,

b u t now fo r

th e

T r u t h . 1 c a l l t h is

a

religiolis awakening

because they

see

the

inconsis tency

of

claiming

only

one

Church

r evea led in

the

New

Tes tament a n d then

saying

a l l

others

a re of

God. May the Lord

continue to guide

these

and others

who

are s eeking for

the

Truth .

Ar c h ie Fairbrother

Th e

ASSAM

MESSENGER

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11/33

A

R E C R U I T

F O R A S S A M

MISS

DOROTHY

NICHOLS, daugh

t e r of Mr.and Mr s .Edgar Nichols,

is prepar ing

to go to

Assam

with

her parents when

they return.

Dorothy

w a s

graduated

from

Lincoln

Bible Inst i tute i n June ,

1951

a n d

h a s

t a k e n f u r t h e r w o r k a t

Platte Valley Bib le College to pre

pare

her for evangelistic teaching

a n d

c h i l d r e n s w o rk w h e r e

s u c h a

mini stry i s

so

sorely needed among

the

Khasi and

Lushai

people

of

the

K h a s i H i l l s .

D u r i n g h e r undergraduate

y e a r s

Dorothy

spent s e v e r a l sum

m e r s in

the

cul inary

depar tment

at

Cedar

Lake, Indiana (Lake

Re

gion

Christian Assembly).

While

this

often involved

being cumbered

with much serving, she also

found

opportunit ies for choosin g th e b e t

ter

part, and

has

an

unusually

wide

acquaintance

among the m i n i s t e r s

m i s s i o n a r i e s a n d

c h u r c h

w o r k e r s

in generalwho have r e f r e s h e d

t h e i r

s o u l s

a t C e d a r L a k e .

S h e

h a s

a l s o

s p e n t

o n e

s u m m e r

i n New Y o r k

City evangel ism with the E l m e r

Kiles,

and has

had valuable exper

ience

teaching

i n

Daily Vaca tion

B i b l e s c h o o l s .

M i s s N i c h o l s c a n b e r e a c h e d f o r

appoin tments w i t h

c h u r c h e s or

camps ,

c / o Edgar B a r e 2012

Ave,

B, S c o t t s b l u f f N e b r a s k a o r Ro

ber t Byrns,

2l6

P a r k

Boulevard,

P a i n e s v i l l e

Ohio .

R O B E R T AND

P H Y L L IS M I L L S

M R . a n d M R S . R O B E R T M I L L S re

c a n d id a te s f o r

t h e v a s t

u n t o u c h e d

f i e l d i n t h e P r o v i n c e o f S o u t h W e s t

Africa. They plan to

go

f i r s t to

Windhoek (Vint-hook), the capitol

c i t y

and

c e n t e r

of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n of

t ha t p ro v in c e. It

i s

about 500 m i l e s

south

o f the equator ,

and

near ly 200

miles i n l a n d from elic n oint o n

t h e e st c o a s t .

M r . M i l l s

w a s o r d a i n e d t o

t h e

Chris t ian m i n i s t r y

by

the

Webber

S t r e e t C h u r c h

o f

C h r i s t U r b a n a

I l l inois

May 20, 1951. F o r n e a r l y

two

y e a r s

he h a s

m i n i s t e r e d to t h e

congregat ion a t

Dalton

City , Ill

inois and

s p e n t one

s u m m e r with

the

Go Ye Chapel evangelist ic

work

in New York

City.

P h y l l i s

i s

the daughter of the

v e t e r a n m i s s i o n a r i e s

M r .

nd

Mrs .

Edgar

Nichols. She spent five

y e a r s on

the T i b e t a n b o r d e r w i t h

h e r

p a r e n t s . She wel l r e m e m b e r s

the

hardships

and

privations the

m i s s i o n f i e l d o f f e r s b u t s h e a l s o

knows our Lord s divine

i m p e r a

t i v e and His s u s t a i n i n g g r a c e .

These young people w i l l

b e

a v a i l a b l e t h i s

s u m m e r

f o r

C h r i s

tian

Service

camps

and

to bring to

c h u r c h e s the

chal lenge

of t h i s Af

rican

field While t raveling this

s u m m e r th ey e xp ec t to use t h e i r

t r a i l e r .

They

hope

to have the

e s

s e n t i a l funds a n d the n e c e s s a r y

p a s s p o r t s and v i s a

for

a d e p a r t u r e

in

the e a r l y spring of 1953.

The

ASSAM

MESSENGER

Volumell.

Number

2 April 1952 5


12/33

u

jiiiekn

oyt

J O S E P H

WE BROUGHT w ith u s f r om T i b e t

to India four Kamba

(natives

of

Eastern

Tibet)Yosay

or

Joseph,

John,

Andrew and R euben.

Joseph

and John re

second-genera t ion

Chr i s t i ans

growing i n t o young

manhood , whom we

hoped to

save

from the damning

indoctr inat ions

of

Commun i sm

and

make

usefu l

wo r k e r s f o r th e L o r d . A n d re w a nd

Reuben we adopted in to our family.

We knew

th at J os ep h

was

unde r

suspicion,

but we thought that be

ing

removed

from the oppressive

a n d

c oe rc iv e e nv iro n m e n t

in

wh i c h

he

found

h imse l f

he would

follow

ou t

tha t purpose he

had

declared of

fitting himself

for the

Lord s

work.

Joseph

i s

gifted

in

l anguages ,

and

in the

abil i ty

to expres s himse l f .

He

had

also some ra th er g la r

ing faults . We

feel

deeply our sense

of failure in

not

having

been

able to

help him realize the best that was

i n h im .

T h e time me

wh e n w e

felt

w e h a d

t o sever ll c o n n e c t i o n s

with

him.

Jo sep h is

now

in

Kal im-

pong

and

mak ing h is own way work

ing

in

a

Shoe Store . We ask your

p raye r s for h im .

JOHN

John

has

now

spent

about 18

months l ea rning tai lo r ing . He can

n ow

m a k e

shirts a n d trousers f o r

the boys. He has yet to lea rn

cut

ting

and fitting, then

he will

be

a

fullfledged

tai lor .

John

is

a

good

boy,

but

he doesn t have the per

sonal i ty tha t

Phi l l ip

has .

When

he

/ / / C

returns t o T i b e t

h e

w i l l be ab l e to

make his

way

as a r espec ted mem

ber of the

community,

and we hope

will

prove

a living

witness to the

power

of the

gospel.

ANDR EW

Andrew is

a

good worker ; when

given a

job

he

sees i t through

to

the end. We have always cons idered

t h a t he would be one o f th e

fa i th fu l

plodding kind, but now,

a l l a tonce

he

h s

t ken a n ew interest

i n

studying. He has fi nis hed

the

f i rs t

book in A WayToEnglish and is

very proud

to

be read ing in

Book

Two.

We

a re very thankful to Mar

guer i te who takes a n h ou r f rom he r

busy

day

to

t each

h im.

R E U B E N

Reuben continues to be a great

joy

and

comfor t to

us.

He is

so

animated and happy that

he makes

friends

everywhere. One

problem

is

that

someone

is

always

offering

him

something

to eat ,

and he nev

er

r e f u s e s .

Th i s

s o m e t im e s c a us es

diges t ive

dis turbances

in

other

words tummyache.

He surely

has taken

to his

newly

found cou

s ins

Mari lo i s a n d Jewel .

They

real ly

have

good t imes

making

mud-

pies

toge the r . But the

other

morn -

ingduring

stretching time he an

nounced to me solemnly, Mar i lois

doesn t love you. Oh I

said,

She doesn t .

No,

only I love

you.

So,

i t

s e ems tha t even into

their

garden , a l-Utle

jealousy

h as e n te re d .

Edgar

Nichols

THE

CONGREGATION

AT MAWLA I -

CHURCH OF

CHRIST

SHILLONG AREA

The ASSAM MESSENGER -

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1 Number 2 - Apr i l 1952 - 6


13/33

MARILOIS

LETTER

WHEN

AUNT

MABEL

was getting

ready to go to America ,

I

wan

ted to go along. Uncle Ed and Reu

ben could stay and take care

o f

Daddy,

Mama

and Jewel. Mama

asked me where I would s tay if I

w en t ba ck to

Ame r i c a .

I

wou ld

l ike

to live on the farm with

my

Grand

pa

and

Grandma Fa i r

bro the r .

Jewel and I are happy here in

Mawlai , Shillong, but wish

we

had

some American neighbors. IfAxut

Mabel

would

bring my Grandpa and

Grandma Bare

back w ith

her they

could l ive by

us, and

then we

would

have

American

neighbors.

(see MARILOIS on

page

8)

FINANCIAL

EDGAR AND MABEL NICHOLS

FINANCIAL

REPORT

FROM

THE

FIELD

for July 1, 1951--December 31, 1951

Balance as of July 1, 1951 1248.00

General

Receipts

3114.25

Received from A.B.Stockhoff 97.50

Total

receipts

4459 75

DISBURSEMENTS

alary of Mr. Nichols 444.00

Salary of Mrs. Nichols 444.00

Salaries of Evangelists 417.00

Bible

School 106.25

Day Schools 183.90

Church building fund 68.00

Travel

296.45

Medical 95.75

Relief Fund 107.50

Church offerings and charity 66.75

Advance

rent 100.00

Loans 100.00

PhiUip

83.70

John 45.00

Miscellaneous, Postage,

etc.

38.-20

Total

Disbursements

2596.50

Balance on hand

December

1, 1951

1863.25

esignated salary for purpose of income tax

REPATRIATION

Balance as of July 1, 1951

Received

500.00

No

disbursements

Balance as of December 31, 1951

TEACHER

FUND


Receipts 35.00

Added from General Fund

to

ba lance a ccount 154 .90

To ta l

in

account

Disbursed 183.90

Balance

as of

December

31, 1951

KHASI

RELIEF FUND


Total

receipts 284.75

T h e

A S S A M M E S S E N G E R

000 . 00

500.00

000 . 00

183 .90

000 . 00

000 . 00

Total

on hand

Disbursements

107 .50

Balance

as

of

December

31, 1951

PHILLIP

Balance as of July 1,1951

Receipts

85.50

Total on hand

Disbursements 83 .70

Balance as of December

31 ,

1951

JOHN


Receipts 4.00

Added from General

Fund

41.00

Total on hand

Disbursements

45.00

Balance

on

hand

December

31,

1951

284 .75

177,25

36 .00

121 .50

37 .80

000.00

45 .00

000.00

EDGAR AND MABEL NICHOLS

FUNDS RECEIVED AT PAINESVILLE, OHIO

July 1, 1951December31, 1951

By forwarding agents Robert and

Kathryn

Byrns

Balance as of July 1, 1951 3006.92

Received 4212.66

Total on

hand

7219.58

DISBURSEMENTS

Edgarand Mabel Nichols 2705.00

Lois Gai l

Nichols

150.00

Projector 63.43

Medicine and food supplement 126.00

Fairbrothers 23.00

Misc.(Bankcharges. Wes

tern Union, Magazine sub

scriptions, freight charges,

newsletters, postage, office

supplies.

236.16

Yo-Hon(John)

4.00

Ho-Du -Bow

(Plillip)

85.50

John Nichols (Designated) 225.00

Teachers

Salaries 35.00

Khasi

Relief Work 284 .75

Total Disbursements 3937.84

Balance

as

of

December 31 ,

1951

3281.74

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1952

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M RILOIS

(began

on page 7)

Reuben

plays

with

us

everyday.

He

doesn t

nave a Mama , now,

so

somet imes my Mama loves h im .

S ome t im e s we c a l l Unc l e

Ed

M a

ma

Ed and i t sounds funny. Ma-ma

me a n s u n c l e i nKh a s i .

When e v e r

we

go

anywhere

in the

jeep , Reu

ben

star ts singing

Tu r sha ka

jingjop

On to

victory), and

we

all

sing

with him. The song

Jewel and

I l i k e

b es t i s l a i d

L em Bad J i s u

(Walking With Jesus). Daddy t rans

l a t e d it i n to K h as i

a n d

all th e

Kh a s i

people

like i t .

Daddy goes

away every

morning

to

t e a c h s o m e m en

at th e c h u r c h . He

c ome s

home

fo r

lunch , bu t

s ome

t i m e s h e c om e s

h om e

l a t e . M a m a

teaches s om e women

on

Sunday

morning and on Sunday afternoon

after church. Jew el

and I

go to

the

children s

class in

the

morning.

Daddy t akes

us home

when

Mama

t e a c h e s

in t h e a f t e r n o o n .

S om e t i m e s

Daddy

goes to o th er p la ce s

on Sun

day. Then Phillip takes

care

of

us

while Mama is

teaching.

Leslie

comes

to

teach

Da.ddy

and

Mania to talk

Khasi. One

day

she,

brought Jewel and me each

a

ka khaw with a ka s t a r . The

ka

khaw is

a

basket

to

carry

things

on your

back,

and

the ka star is the

s t rap that the

basket

hangs

in

f rom

your head. The ones she broughtus

are little ones so we can t carry

wa t e r

l ik e th e

wa t e r

wom a n d o e s .

We

carry ourMolls in them.

Marilois, by

hej-

mother

PHILL IP

WE FEEL quite

proud

of Phillip,

though

certainly

to Miss Schwake

go e s mos t

of the

credit for

his

care and

training.

But he is one of

our Batang Boys, and naturallywe

are

happy in

any

and

a ll

of

these

who show promise as servants of

o u r Lo rd . Since o u r r em ov a l to

Maw lai, both Phil l ip and

John

have

t a ken

an

a c t i v e i n t e r e s t in

th e

Young People s

Meetings.

Phillip

has often been

asked

to

speak in

these meeti ngs,

speaking

in

Eng

l ish with a Khasi in terpreter . So

now we

have a

Tibetan miss ionary

to

the K hasi, using English

as the

medium

of

teaching. A t the

recent

assembly,

a t

Nongwar, and

a t

the

request of the Nongwar brel^ren,

Phill ip was asked

to

bring the mes

sage for the Young

People s

Meet

ing.

He

spoke on

The Call of Zac-

cheus

and

we

heard only

favor

able comments on

the

message he

brought.

When

Phillip

has finished his

medical training as a Compounder

he will probably enrol l

in

the Bible

College

under

Brother

Archie .

We

hope and pray

that someday

he

may

be

able

to go back to his

native-land

to evangelize,

but

we

are

very

hap

py that

his ta len ts

are

even now

devo ted

to

th e Lo r d s work .

Fund s

for

the

suppor t

of Phillip may

be

sen t

through

Mr. and Mrs .

Robe r t

By rn s ,

2 l6

P a r k

Boulevard,

Painesvi l le ,

Ohio, and designated

F o r

Phil l ip.

Edgar

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W

Vo lume

I Numb e r 3

JULY 1952

READY

TO

GO

Trip To Laitdom

DOROTHY MAY

NICHOLS,

daugh

te r of

Edgar

and Mabel

Nichols

in announcing

he r

r ead ines s

to go

to

Assam

to

work

with

her

pa r

ents says :

If God so wills and open s

the

door

for me, I plan to

go

to As

s am

to work with my

fo lks .

These

Khas i peop le in Assam

a re a t

p re

sen t

recept ive ;

t h e y wan t

th e

message of salvation; they want

to know the wil l

of

God mor e p e r

fectly. While we st i l l have the

opportunity

to bring them

the l i fe-

fiving

message

we

must work

or sometime

t h e d o o r

to I n d ia

may

be

c lased and our

ta sk wil l

not

b e d o n e .

While 1

was with

my pa ren t s

in W es t China and Tibe t , 1 l e a r n ed

to love the

Tibetan

people . 1 saw

how

desperately

t h ey needed

(see

READY TO GOf, page 7)

PIONEERING FOR

CHRIST

THE LAITDOM

TR IP

de s e r v e s a

space in

the

Messenger

because

i t

gives an idea of the

road,

and

the cond i t ions

und e r

wh i ch we

work

beyond

the highways.

The

15

miles of

roadway from

Ongap

to

La i t d om

is

a

pa r t

of one of the bridle paths con

structed by the British when

they

f i rs t came

to this

par t

of the

coun

t ry.

It

is narrow, and paved with

cobblestones a large par t of the

way.

During Wor ld War

II ,

i twas

made

into

a jeepable road by

Amer i c an

G.

l . s .

We s tar ted

out in

good spir

its

on a Saturday

morningBro

ther Chyne, Manik, two s i s te rs

from Mawprem, Reuben and I.

Th e r o ad b ra n ch es o f f f r om

Mawphang

road about

two miles

beyond Mawkhri. After about 15

minutes

o f jig glin g

and

joggling

ove r the

bou lde r s , 1

began

t o

wonde r

H ow much mo r e

o f

t h i s ?

In fac t

the re

were

only about 12

mi l e s mo r e . Af t e r o n e - a n d - a -

(see LAITDOM TRIP, page 4)

MISSION BUYS

PROPERTY

THE MISSION has purchased a 4-acre, im

proved property for 3160.

The

property

includes an

8-room

bungalow, outside

kitchen,

garage, cowbam with concrete floor, milk

house and servant's quarters. We plan to re

model

the

servant's quarters for the use of our

Bible College students, and the milk housein

to

a

class

room. .

.we need 1,000 immediate

ly and a total of 6,000 to build another resi

dence for missionaries and to add a water system

and light plant.


16/33

TYPICAL KHASI GRASS HOUSE BROTHERKHONGWIR MABEL AND R U N

CHURCH G IV ES SHOWER FOR NICHOLS

The Church

of C hris t in

Edon Ohio where Bro the r

and

Sister

Winzenried

minister

for

Christ

had a lovely

shower

of

use

ful th ing s fo r the Nichols

family

when Mrs . Nichols

visi ted

the

Winzenrieds last

May. There were

several

sheets and pillowcases

to fill

the

lack of

supplies

they have needed

since

leaving the Com

mun i s t country

and

set t led in India. There w ere some

bath towels

as

well

as some

tea

towels plastic glasses

a Dutch

oven

a can

nis te r

set an a rmy

blanket

two rayon

dresses

and one cotton

dress

for

Mrs.

Nichols.

The

Nichols

are

grateful

to

these f riends

for the many needed things .

Many

have

been added to His

Church th is

spring in the Khasi

Hills

churches

who

a re

witnessing for Chr is t and

a re active

with

God in

His work I thank all

those

who have sustained me given their

best

and

opened their homes.

May God bless

them bountifully

Ma b e l

N i c h o l s

THE ASSAM MESSENGER is published

in

the in teres t o f th e cause

of Chr i s t

in As s am

Prov i nce India

fo r As s am India Miss ion Chur

ches of

Chr i s t

by Mission Services Inc. Miss ion Manor Wi l l

e r n i e

Minne so t a

P r i n t e d in The Un ited S ta t e s o f Ame r i c a

THE

ASSAM

INDIA

MISSION

CHURCHES

O F

CHRIST

MI S S I ONAR I E S

ON

TH E F I E LD

Edgar

and

Mabel

Nichols

Archie

and

Marguer i te

Fa i rb ro the r

Mawlai Shi l long Assam India

R ec ru it: M iss Dorothy May

Nichols

FORWARD ING

AG EN T S

For Nichols: Robert and Kathryn Byrns 216 Park Blvd PalnesvUIe Ohio

For Fairbrothers: Mn. E D McKitrick 2437 E

Mifflin

St. Madbon 4 Wls


17/33

One of die meaningsof the word surrender is

to give one s self into the power of anodier.

I

Surrender

All

A . E . WINZENRIED

MINISTER, CHURCH OF CHRIST,

EDON,

OHIO

JESUS said, Wha t

king,

as

he

goe th to encounter another

king

in

war

wil l no t

s i t

down f i r s t and

t a k e

c ou nse l w h e th e r

h e

is

a b l e

wi th

t e n

t h o u s an d to

m e e t

h im t h a t

cometh

against

him with

twenty-

t housand? O r

e l s e whi le the

other

is

yet

a great way off, he

sendeth

an embas sa ge , and ask-

e th conditions o f

p e a c e .

So^

the re fore whosoever he be

of

you

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

n o t

a l l

t h a t

h e

h a t h

cannot be my disciple.

Lu k e 14 : 3 1 - 3 3

In t h i s i ll u s t r a ti on f ro m - the

l ips

of Jesus He shows

tha t

one

a rmy was twice as strong as the

o-ther, and -that

taking

-this into

considera-tion and

seeMng t e rms

of peace , showed wisdom on the

pa r t of -the king

whose a rmy

was

-the weaker .

Let

the

king

with the

twen ty thousand

soldiers repre

s e n t J e su s ; -Qie one wi-th th e

ten

thousand re p re sen t w e

we a k

mortal

beings.

It

is sheer

folly

for we human beings to even-thinK

tha t we

can

wage a winning bat

tle

against

the One to whom

a l l

authori-ty in h eaven and onear-th

has been g iven .

It is

wisdom

in

deed

for

us to

make

our peace

wi th

H im . I t

is w i s e

to

s u r r e n d e r

a l l .

T h e surren er is

n o t

u n c o n

d i t iona l bu t

the

Lo rd

has made

terms

o f

s u r r e n d e r . O n em u s t

be

l i eve

on J e s u s th e Chr i s t the

Son of ie

living

God

(John

3:16;

Acts 16:31); repent of his or her

sins (Acts 3:19);

confess Him

be

fore men (Matthew

10:32)

Ro

mans

10:9,

10); be

baptized

into

Him

(Acts 2:38)

and

live a

holy

life (I Peter 1:15;

2:9). And

one

should do these things

because

he

loves Him (Matthew 22:37; John

14:15, 23).

Even

-though

this

surrender

is

no t

an

uncond i t iona l s u r r e nd e r i t

mu s t be a fu l l s u r r e n d e r

so

-therefore

whosoever

he be

of

you

t h a t

re nounce th no t

a l l t h a t he

hath, he

cannot

be my disciple.

One

must -take up

his

cross

daily

and

follow

Him

(Luke 9:23). One

mu s t l ove H im mo r e t h an

he

l ove s

h is

c lo s e st r e la tiv e s.

He

s a id

H e

t h a t

l ove th f a t h e r

o r

mo t h e r

more

-Uian-me

i s- no t-wo r- thy o f

me;

and

h e t ha t love th son o r

daughter

more

than me

is not

wor-thy of me (Mat-thew 9:37).

We

find

a

blessed examp le o f lov

ing

Him more than one s relatives

in th e m i s s i o n a r i e s

who

l e a v e

homeland, fa the rs m othe rs bro -

-Uiers, s is te rs -and

even-their

own

chi ldren

to take

His message

to

those in

faraway

lands. The s e r -

vice w e

r e n d e r to H im mu s t ho l d

priori ty

over

-the

ser-vice we

ren

d e r to ou r c a r n a l l oved

one s . And

another of His disciples

said

unto

Him, Lord,

suffer me

f i rs t to go

and bury my father .

But

Jesus

sai-th

unto h im .

Fol low

me;

and

leave -the dead -to bury the ir own

dead (Matthew 8:21, 22). The

paradox

of

i t a ll is that when we

give

Him

f i rs t

place

in our love

and f i rs t place in

our

service we

love

our parents , our children,

our

bre-thren and

humanity in

gen

er l with a f r m o r e v i t a l a n d

genuine love.

The only thing we

have

to lose

i n

-this

s u r re n de r i s o u r s i n s

a n d

our sinful nature. And now why

(see

I

SURRENDER

ALL, page 6)


18/33

THE L IT OM TRIP

T H E L A I T D O M

T R I P

(began

on

page

one)

hal f h o u r s we

s topped

a t a

t e a

shop to

r e f r e s h

ourse lves ,

and

to

see i f the jeep was

s t i l l

in

one

piece. On

this

end of the road

were t hr ee ha irpin curves no

I th ink bobbypin curves would

mo re a cc ura te ly d es cr ib e them.

Even a jeep

could not mak e them

without back ing . Negotia ting one

of these, the wheels spun in the

gravel ,

and

there we were cross

wise of the ro ad . For tunat el y,

i t

was in a place

where

we

could

go

out

across

country.

Reluctant

/ we were forced to re turn to

t h e r o a d w h e n a s t o r m l o o m e d

a h e a d .

The bridges w e r e

made

of

planks laid on two 3x6 stringers,

a n d w e r e

a t l e a s t

f o u r i n c h e s w i

d e r

than

the t r e a d o f the

jeep .

T h a t was

n o t so

bad, but

a l l of

the

approaches

were

on

curves. It

made

r a t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g specula

t ion

a s

to what

would

nappen

i f

you would hitwith the

front

wheels

out m i s s

with

tiie r e a r . I t

gave

one a rather erie feeling offlying

in

crossing

one

of

these b rid ges

t o

s e e

nothing

but th in a i r on

e i t h e r s i d e . I n f a c t t h e a c t i o n o f

the

jeep,

in

being able

to

go for

ward , oackward a n d s ideways ,

was s i m i l a r

to

t h a t of a

Helicop

t e r

bu t one

did wish r a t h e r f e r

vently

for

the

ability

to

ascend

vertically,

if

the

suppor t unde r

neath gave

way.

After

about three

hours of this s o r t of thing we a r

r ived a t M a i r a n g . Descending r a

t h e r shakily, we gave

the

jeep a

loving

pat, however a t

this

mo

ment

w e

would

willingly

h a v e

t r a d e d i t f o r t h e

f r e e - w h e e l i n g

mule we had

parted

companywith

b a c k o n

t h e

T i b e t a n - I n d i a

b o r d e r .

T H E T H R E E - M I L E

H I K E

t o

L a i t -

dom was

a

picnic

a f t e r

what

we

had been through. Brother Manik

shouldered o u r bedding and Bro

t h e r Chyne

the

projector; the two

women took

th e bedding and

food

of the rest of the

party.

I

recalled

t h a t

i n

T i b e t i t would be th e wo

m e n w h o s h o u l d e r e d t h e

h e a v i e r

b u r d e n s while h e r e i t was j u s t

the r e v e r s e . R e u b e n s t a r t e d o u t

bravely, and made i t on foot for

about a mile . Then, he began to

t i r e and I lifted him to

my

shoul

d e r

t o

r e s t

h i m

a

b i t .

B u t t h e w om e n

w o u l d

n o t a l

low

t h i s

and soon

he

was

being

c a r r i e d o n t h e b a c k o f one

o f

t h e m

i n

t r u e O r i e n t a l f a s h i o n .

I

m u s t

say th at the apparent

reluctance

on my part to put him in their

care

was

pure

hyporisy.

Our stay

a t

Laitdom

was a s

rewarding as the journey had been

difficult.

In

the evening

I

showed

pictures of

the

parables Jesus

Nichols Edgar Mabel 1952 India

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