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MR. AND MRS.

ROBERT HOWE MORSE EMBARK ON A LONG JOURNEY

FIRST 1949 NEWS LETTER


New Members of the Morse Family.
To China in Inflation Times
A Letter from Drema.

Latest Messages.
TIBETAN-LISULAND CHURCHES OF CHRIST

"Where China, Tibet and Burma Meet." The J. Russell Morse Family and Associates
"A Co-operative Association of Un-denominational Direct-Support Missionaries." "Where thou goest, I will go.** Ruth 1:16.

NEW MEMBERS OF THE MORSE FAMILY

(Robert reporting)

As all of our friends have doubtless read or heard, brother Eugene was married on June 20th at Terre Haute, Indiana, after an unusual courtship of several weeks, to one of the sweetest and best qualified missionary recruits to be foimd anywhere, Miss Helen C.
Myers, a graduate nurse.

They had a very beautiful wedding, performed by Mr. A. L. Althaus of the Maple Avenue Christian Church in Terre Haute. It was attended by several hundred friends and relatives. Their wed ding trip was made in Eugene's car to the West Coast by way of

Yellowstone Park, Seattle, and along the Oregon Coast and the Cali
fornia redwoods to Compton, his Living Link church. Arrived in California they were immediately involved in a whirl of busy preparations for their life for the next six years on an iso lated, primitive mission field far to the west of China. Tliey were greatly helped and much thrilled by the several showers which va rious mission groups gave them, and by the loving consideration
shown them.

During August, Eugene and Helen made a last trip back to In diana to bid Helen's parents goodbye. They stopped in Tulsa for our grandmother's blessings. (Mrs. Ruth Morse had been unable to at tend their wedding.) Again on the coast Eugene and Helen continued to make such purchases as any missionary wife would need when preparing for several years' stay in western China. May God bless and keep them.

Robert and Betty Meriwether Morse left their

wedding finery behind them as they began the


long journey which will take them to their re mote mission-field. They will work among the Burmese-Lisu people living west of the Salween
river along the Tibetan border. (Photo:
cinnati, Nov. 11, 1948).

Cin

(LaVeme reporting)

Friends of the Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Missions will be pleased


to know of a new addition to the missionary force and to the Morse family. On November eleventh, Robert married Miss Betty Sue Meri wether, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who had been a student at the Ozark Bible College and for the past two years at the Cincinnati

Bible Seminary. Robert and Betty had been engaged since last sum mer, but the decision to mairy in November was made becaiise of the imsettled conditions in China and the probability that Robert couldn't get back in two years as at first planned. The wedding took place in the chapel of the Cincinnati Bible
Seminary at five o'clock November eleventh. Our dear friend Prof.

Rouge, and then they returned to Long Beach, Robert's home church

Rupert L. Foster officiated. Just as I had stood with Eugene, I now stood with Robert. Teachers, classmates, kinfolk, aiid friends filled the chapel, and they were most kind to the newly-wed. Betty's fa ther was unable to attend the wedding so she now brouj^t her young husband to make his acquaintance in the Meriwether home at Baton

Betty has been interested in missionary work for several, years, but most definitely in China for the past three. However, she was
not neglectfid of Home Missions for whenever she was at home she
worked in the French missions of Louisiana under the direction of

Bro. Hollins Duhon. She taught in the daily Vacation Bible Schools and in summer cainps. She has also had much training as a song evangelist. Her talent in that line will be very useful and much ap
preciated in Lisuland.

This past summer Betty was one of the group of four taking the. missionary training courses offered by the Wycliffe Bible Translators'

group at &e University of Oklahoma. Imogene Williams, Lora Banks, Robert and Betty all showed decided aptitude for languages in the
post-graduate linguistic courses taken tiiere. Thus she will be able to

help with the BibjLe translating work whi^ Robert plai^ to under take for the imreached tribes near the present mission field. Robert and Betty had little time to prepare for their new home ^d Betty did not have the backing of any: Living Link churdh but
tiiey decided to go ahead On faith. Two churches have asked to

perhaps could not assume full time support, also to assiune partial
responsibilities.. An5nyay, in record time, jxist a month to &e day,

share, in her. partial support. May the Lord lead other groups, who

Betty and Robert were sailing away for China, on the frei^ter.
Flying Dragon.

We feel sure that as they look to the Lord and proceed by faith,
the Lord through His faithful stewards in the homeland will continue

to supply their essential needs.. Certainly they ^ould have the earn
head out into the troubled ^e^ of China and the Tibetan border.

est prayers of the Lord's Own, ifor theirs will be no ea^ t\sk as they
(Helen Morse Reporting)

Dearest Grandmother Morse:

There is one bit of news that I think it's time you knew. You are going to have a great-grand-child after next April. Of course Eugene and ! are thrilled and happy over the prospect of being Mama

and Daddyit adds to our sense of importance, you know. Seriously


though, we are deli^ted beyond words because it's what we both wanted so ihuch! . We have prayed about the matterthat if it were

the Lord's will we might tear a child in His work and for His work. And now God has heard our prayer. Blessed by the name of the
Lord!Amen.

Imogene and Lora,


with Helen and Betty,

help

the

Morse

boys

make packing boxes for


the missionary supplies.
California, 1948.

TO CHINA m

INFLATION TIMES.

(A story for stay-at-homes, taken from the letters of missionary J. Russell Morse and his beloved wife, Gertrude Morse.) L.M.W. editor. Back of every U.S.A. soldier who fought in World War II were ten who worked to keep him at the front; back of each Christian missionary who carries the Gospel to far-off lands must be many others who work and pray to keep him in the field: prayer-groups, rope-holders, co-workers. To all such there come moments of relaxa tion and time to share the lighter side of a missionary's experiences. If the reader now has such a bit of leisure, he may enjoy some of the travel experiences of the J. Russell Morse family and their associates as they journey toward the Yunnan-Tibetan Christian mis sion stations, out "where China, Tibet, and Burma meet," just this
side of the roof of the world.

Why not go along, in spirit an arm-chair traveller? Doubtless you already know the misisonary Morse family. For J. Russell and Gertrude Morse and their son, Eugene, this was the fourth sailing for China. It is the third return for Robert, the second for Ruth Margaret, and the first for Drema, who studied English and Music while in America. Then there are the two new Morses, Mrs. Eugene (Helen Myers Morse) and Mrs, Robert (Betty Meriwether

Morse) whose brief honeymoons have been cluttered with hurried preparations; getting supplies, making boxes, packing them, securing passports, visas, and ship reservations. With the party also are Miss
Imogene Williams and Miss Lora Banks who have been diligently preparing for the specialized kind of work they expect to do in China.

Have you ever thou^t of getting a passport for foreign travel?


It isn't so easy anymore.

You must make application at your County Coiurt House, filling in an extensive questionnaire and filing a passport picture which has been made under certain specifications. Some one who has known you for at least two years has to vouch for your identity and Ae truth of all your statements. Then the Federal State Depacrtment in vestigates, considers, and. sometimes asks for more informiation. One needs patience. Russell Morse's passport was renewed after a six weeks interval Imogene and Lora were under suspense for more
than five months. On the other hand, Robert wrote such an urgent

letter about Betty's passport that it came through in only two weeks. One's passport in a foreign coimtry is more vital to his safely than
money.

secured, before the journey begins, from the Consul of each coymtry
one wishes to enter. Requirements for such a permit are certificates of successful vacination against Small-pox, cholera, and the Oriental fevers. One must show proof that he will not become a dependant upon the government of the foreign coimtry. Drema, being a Chinese citizen, secured her passport from that govemmrat, and her vise from the United States. She was requured to report her whereabouts in
America each three months, to tiiis Immigration Service. Her permit
to travel in U.SA. ceased when she embarked on the return voyage

A visa is a permit to travel in a foreign coimtry and one must be

hence she was barred from landing at Subic Bay, P.I. because ,that
was a naval base of our forces.

Another instance. Tliere are now many Commimistic uprisings and disturbances in Burma and the new native government is not

well established, so it is practically impossible for new American missionaries to get these permits to travel through that country. The Burmese government would not allow the C. W. Calloway family to proceed to Upper Burma, where they had planned to work, so they came to Kunming instead and are now stajnng in the Christian Home bou^t by Mr. Morse to shelter Christian missionaries while they are
in Kunming.

One advantage of arm-chair travelling is that it costs no more

than similar journeys did ten years ago. It costs double the planned budget if tiie journey is real. Slowly, over the years of saving and preparation for this return, the Morse family had built up what had seemed like a generous fund for equipment and travel-expense for the ei^t people in their party. Yet, when the last ticket was paid for, oidy $47 remained in the General Fund! Extra costs began in the homeland with every service used, every item of equipmrait pur
chased.

The chaotic financial condition of China's money inflation and

attempted regulation is almost past our understandhig. IVfrs. Ger trude Morse wrote: "When people get Chinese currency they rush to the markets to exchange it for commodities. Money depreciates, but the price of goods, under this system, gets higher and Mgher. . . Shopkeepers actually hide their goods or contrive to sell them on the black m^ket. People could sta^e who came int6 China witiiout their
own supplies."

The traveller has to consider ways and means of cuttmg such costs. Mr. Morse faced the problem of getting the 10,000 Lisu hymn als through customs and by air-frei^t from Hong Kong to Kunming.

With the other equipment and supplies the total weight w^ armmH 24)000 pounds. He wrote from Hong Kong, "It requires a loit of going aroimd and enquiring and negotiating to get into China these days.
There are hopeful prospects for us, but it will cost an awful sunoimt of money, probably $5,000 for bur twelve tons of freight. We were lucky to contact Quentin Roosevelt, vice-president of the China Na

tional Aviation Corporation. I had a personal interview with him


while he was down here from Shanghai yesterday, and he promised to confer with his business department to get us the very best dis
count possible."

After arriving in Kxmming, Mrs. Morse explained how they saved


a lot of passenger fare on that trip. "We arrived here October 8 with

bur seventeen siiitcases and small things. The China National Avia tion Corporation let all of us come by weight as freight, instead of as passenger fare, to save money, since we were shipping more than,
three air cargoes with them. BUT, BECAUSE THE PLANE WAS
FOR FREIGHT, THERE WAS NEITHER HEAT NOR OXYGEN

ON IT, AND WE ALL HAD SEVERE HEADACHES. Coming from the great heat of Hong Kong through the &eezing air above th6 coast-" al mountains, we suffered greatly from the intense cold. We surely needed Qur overcoats, but had only two blankets. We haven't felt

very well since getting here, probably because of our expensive way
of saving money."

Customs charges present a further great item of expense. Again Mr, Morse's acquaintance with Chinese officials enabled him to get the missionary supplies through the customs "wdth all the advantage a non-profit ii^titution could be granted,
He vhrote:

340 Shang Hsipa, Kunming, Yunnan, China. November 2,1948


Our dear sons, and other homefolk:

Although it took me about two weeks to get the more than three

plane-loads through customs here, it wasn't because of any lack of kindly consideration on the part of the officials. Go about your cus^
toms clearance this way. Be very patient, frank and friendly. Pro mote the acquaintjance and good will of the officers. I first inter

viewed the lefa^g Chinese offici^. t told them ^ about our situa tion and about our war-work, even showing them letters of approba-

tion from Generals Arnold, George and Stratemeyer. I also found out howto make Import Applications and Declarations in the simplest

way to save them a lot of "paper work" and to give them leeway to

charging the least possible customs for non-profit items.

pass the boxes throu^ by opening a minimum of them and also of

Praise the Lord! They passed, duty free, not only all the hsrmn

books, but also the phonograph records. Then through special help
from Dr. A. C. Miao, with whom I became acquainted during my several visits to the,Rotary Club here in Kimming last year, and who is now Commissioner of the Provincial Public Health Admbustration,

all the medical supplies were passed DUTY ITEIEE, a saving of about

down" (ware-house) across the city south of here."


With love ^d prayers for all of you.
Your Daddy,
J. RUSSELL MORSE.

but temporarily I had to store all Aat shipment of hynm^, ^ress, pap^, and the phonographs and records in the Bank of China's "go-

(U.S.) $1500 on that alone. Now I have all the boxes of medical sup plies and personal effects stored here at our p^ce in Shang Ibipa,

In a post script, Mr. Morse continued, "I now have before me the really gigantic task of cutting our boxes down to the size and wei^t for tatog up-country (between forty and fifty pounds per. box for horse-loa<^). All the hjnimak, medicines, and person^ ef
fects that sure to go to the Salween must be repacked and rewei^ed

Please do pray for us and forgive us when letters are hot \^tten."
As there are no hotels, in the American sense, in China the trav eller must seek shelter with private parties or in some of the Chris tian "hostels," The Lee Memorial House in Calcutta is famous the world over for that service. So also is the Basel Lesion, at 58 Taipoo

Road, Shamashuipo, Hong Kong, China. IWfrs. Morse describe^ Iheir


accommodations there: "The Fleetwood stopped out in the harbor of

Hong Kong. A man from the Basel Mission came aboard to mieet us, and to help us with oxir luggage. We went ashore in a little ^blinepowered boat with a sampan boat behind loaded with our luggage. We came by bus to this place where we have two rooms aind a nice enclosed porch. The large room may be 30 by 15 feet. In it we have
a wash stand, or "cQmmode", furnished with the utensils common in a country where bathrooms are uncommon. There is a chest of drawiers, a wordrobe with full-length mirror, three tables for writing
and four chairs. Our bieds are as hard as the floor, just no "give" to the springs. Tbe mattress is of straw, but we are grateful for a good

mosquito netting. The weather is very hot and himiid. All the win dows are covered with iron bars to keep out the thieves. Food is nice

the fellowship is excellent. We have arranged for the rest of you to stay here when you come through Hong Kong."
Many missionaries profit from the help and advice of Mr. Oscar

Zinmierman, of Berkeley, California, in making ship reservations. Diuing the long West Coast maritime strike, Mr. Zimmerman noti fied Eugene Mbrse that ^e Norwegisoi frei^ter, the Skauhe, had room for two passengers! Thus on Thanksgiving eve. Miss Imogene Willisims and Miss Lora Bsmks left Los Angeles for Vancouver there to begin iheir long journey across the Pacific. They will wait for the Eug^e ,Morse party in Hong Kong and go on from there with them
to Kunming. Mr. Zimmerman also assisted in the sailing of Eugene

and Robert with their wives, from San Francisco on the freighter, Flying Dragon, that left San PVancisco on December eleventh, just a month after Robert and Betty were married. Their complete travel
stories remain to be told.

Perhaps an arm-chair traveller can avoid the two great complica tions that have hindered these out-going missionaries; the shipping strike and the civil war still raging in China. Lnogene and Lora, Eugene ^d his group, were all booked to sail early in September. The strike was called Sept. 2 and thus their sailing was delayed twelve weeks. If any good comes from that delay it must be because during that time Robert and Betty decided not to wait the two years
&ey ' at first planned before marrying. No one can foresee what

ch^ges the new governmental set-up in China may cause, nor how

fqrei^ers may fare, but Betty was willing to face them with R:obert.
1^. Rii^ell Morse voiced the feeling of the fanlily in a letter dated Sept. 17: "Dearest Ones. God has been very good to us so far,
but .from hepe on, the difficulties will be immensely greater, and the problems filled with much more uncertainty as we enter and try to
cross China. It is in such change and turmoil as to seem almost cha

otic. We can only go forwafd as good soldiers of the Cross, trusting Him who has never failed us even in the extremity of wartime^'*
Can we who hold up their hands, the prayer bands and co-work ers in this great missionaiy undertaking, do less? "Tnist Him Who
Ha^Never Failed Us!"

DREMA ESTHER MORSE GIVES HER IMPRESSIONS


OF THE VOYAGE

(Drema Esther is the younger of two Chinese-Tih,etan girls whose Christian parents died when the children were fairly young. Rather
than leave the girls to non-Chj'istian relatives

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asked that Drema and her sister, Anzie Ruth, be


brought up by the J. Russell Morse jamily. They
have thus grown up as members of the mission station and are often referred to as the Chinese-

who might sell them into slavery, the parents

f %
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Tibetan adopted daughters of Mr. and Mrs.


Morse. Anzie, now 27 years old, stayed to be the

K' -

helper and companion of Miss Dorothy Sterling, R.N., now in charge of the Pugeleh station on the Salween mission field. Drema came to the States with the Morses in 1947. Besides doing the first year's work in piano, she covered the work of the first three school grades in English. Both girls have been great helpers in the mission work,
and are truly recognized as such both as translators and as teachers.

Drema made the Pacific crossing on the freighter Fleetwood with Ruth Margaret and her parents. Drema is twenty-two years^oid and speaks three Oriental languages.
Hong Kong, China.

September 30, 1948.

Dear Grandmother, Aunt Louise, and Aunt Eva: We arrived safely nearly three weeks ago. We left the States

from San Francisco. Our first stop was Manilla, 17 days out at sea. Our trip was fine except that I was sea-sick for a couple of days. Ruth brought my food to me and helped me. After I got used to the ship I liked it very much. A big shipment of boxed onions was kept
on deck, and fruit below in the cooler.

As there were only eight passengers we were lonesome at first but later we made some good friends. We all ate with the officers who were very friendly toward us. Several members of the crew took us up on the bridge where we played and had lots of fun.

There had been a typhoon just as we came into the harbor of


Manilla and the ship could not dock so we went ashore in a motor-

boat. One of our missionaries came out to our ship to meet us. He took us to their home where we stayed for four days. (The Allisons.) I do not like Manilla very much because it was so hard to get
used to it. It was very windy, rainy, and the streets were stiU flooded

with water about a foot deep. We went to church there on Sunday but we could not understand a word they said. (Spanish.. Before

the chiirch service we were taken to visit ten churches iiround the

city, but the floods were so bad that most of the people couldn't get

fpiagA- Wednesday afternoon we went to a ladies' meeting in the


ch^ch. About thirty were there and they were very friendly to us although they could speak very little,in English. After the meeting
we had cocoanut-milk ice cream and c^e. We left about midmght

to their ^urches. It will seem good to go where we know the lan-

^day evening. Next morning, we arrived at another island called Subic Bay whic^ is under the control of the American government. Everyone could get off the ship there except Chinese people. The island looked
so much like China that I wanted to get off an(i see the place. .After ilirmer Mr. Morse and Mrs. Morse ^d Ruth and I had permission to

go around the bay and see some American Navy men. They were happy to see \is and to talk with tis about the States. We left there
at midnight and reached Hong Kong on Saturday. Tell eve^one Hello ^or me and that I miss them. God bless you and keep you is my prayer. We are praying for you every night. I
will come back and see you sometime. Lovingly,
DREMA.

LATEST MESSAGES

J. Russell Morse, pec. 24, from Kunming, China, to his hpmefolks "We must not be scared out by wild tales of war-talk! If there are prospects for missionsuries continuing ahjnvhere in China, the
chances are best in Ytmnan. Alliiough there is Some banditry in the

southwestern part of the province, no missionaries have been mis treated there. Nor is there any marked anti-foreign or anti-American or anti-missionary spirit in this section. Moreover, in all our years in
China we have never before know the people as a whole to be so

open-minded and friendly toward Clu*istian missionaries as tihiey are


now. The work we can do for the Lord seems limited only by the
workers and the facilities.

Viewing the whole situation, I have felt it advisable to remain in KunmingUntil the rest of the party arrives here. After that I want

to get our hymnals, medicine^, and most needed other supplies upcountry before the monsoon riains set in. Meanwhile, here in Kimihing, ev^ day is as busy as we can make it.
I have been trying to rent another house, or at least some rooms, to shelter our overflow family when they all arrive but have not yet

found anything suitable. The city is crowded with well-to-do refugees


from the northern part of China, and many

sure this could be ^one for albout t!f.S. fSOOCl to j|30QQ,.^t t


the Lord's will and available^luads;' "*

coming. Really we shoidd^ut^p a two-story building on.the itbnt of the property, the^i^er floor to serve as a chapel and tt6 iipp Storage aSd/i^gtal work^ooin^ place to studjr and write. I feel

until Eugene is'hefe fo supervise Ae project. All thlS depi&ding on

.. Faithfuily and lovingfy


OMEOHSE.

Eugene and Helen Morse 1, id49 We arrived in ManiUa ThuSsday, January 30, md imagine our

siurpme when we saw Imogene WiUiams and ttora Banks on the pier
with the Allisons and Wolfes who came to welcome us and takd tu^

to their honl^. The freighter on which the ^Is sailed ftpin Vtocouver four weeks ago had engine-trouble at sea h^de iheir delay They isire to leave tomorrow but as their ship wiH spend th^ee-^yS at Iliolo tod as it will then take four and a half days to readi Hong

Kong, we shall be there before them. ( It is quite as well, fof we have had word f^om the Basel Mi^iofi
in Hong Kong that they shall be imable to accommodate our party and so we can make reservations elsewhere for the girls. That mi^t be difficult for two foreign young women alone in a strange city. leave this evening and go directly to Hong Kong. Too much cannot be said about the kin^esses shown to us and to all missionaries enroute through Manilla our resident mission
aries here. Mr. and Mrs. Allison and Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe. .We went;

with them last night to the New Year's Eve services at fhe c^peL We couldn't understand a word, for the services are all m Tagalog,

the native dialect, but we did sense the reverent spuit of worship,
and we enjoyed the fine singing, especially by the yoiiag folks* choi^j which is the equal of many we have heard iii the StateSi A
man with a very beautiful voice sang a solo. Robert and Bettie are well, and much rested and benefitted by the sea voyage. In fact, we are all well. We new workers are thrilled by this so-different part of the world and sometimes almost scared by being face-to-face with the responsibilities we have assimied. It
is a comfort to remember that we are but the tools in God's hands.

We need your prayer-support. Keep the letters coming. We love you ill, and pray for you daily. Mizpah.
HELEN AND EUGENE MORSE.

Jan. 20.Safe arrival! Kunming, China.

A BVSimSS EXPLANATION

Mrs. Ruth Morse, mother of J. Russell Morse, and Forwarding Agent for the
Morse Family workers in the Tibetan-Yunnan Mission, now has regained vision

in one eye, thanks to a wonderful operation performed at the Chmtian Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. She is thus able to carry on part of the secretarial work she has been doing for the Mission for many years. Funds intended for that General Fund, or for the Living Link and personal accounts of J. Russell Morse, or of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse should be sent to Mrs. Ruth Morse at 144 South

Denver Ave., Tulsa 3, Oklahoma. She uiill also forward funds directed for other

members of the Morse missionary family to their business representatives. LaVeme Morse, now in his second year at the College of the Bible, 1507 S.E. University Avenue, is the only field representative. He prepares financial re
purely volunteer plan. Miss Helen Howe, sister of Rus-

ports and forward^ig funds entrusted to higz. Support of the mission is on a


Morse, cares for her Living Link

funds and Ruth Margaret's P^^f^X aXV>'^^lice. Address' 1315 No. McKinley
Avenue, Oklahoma City, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morses personal finances and Living Link accounts are cared for by Helen's mother, Mrs. Oscar Myers, 2024 N. 14th St., Terre Haute,
Indiana.

fu^ pays for transportation, equipment, housing, mission supplies, medicines,

Each individual of the Morse families puts any money received oboue the Living Link support into the General Fund of the close of their fiscal year. This

Morse group have their i^ividual business arrajigements. They cooperate with
the Morse group but are entirely free to -use their own judgment and initiative. Forwarding Agents are repaid solely by their happiness in serving this great and needy missionary field and the pleasure of letter-contacts with those others who also help through their prayers, gifts and interest. We are workers all!

natj^ helpers ond emergencies. Other mission workers associated with the

Sec. 562, P.L.&R.


From Mrs. Ruth Morse

114 So. Denver Ave,

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Tulsa 3, Okla.
Forwarding Agent
Yimnan-Tibetan Christian Mission

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IwiU make all my mouKtains a way...


...Isaiah 49'.na)

TBIE

TIBETAN MIS^fflONARY
Vol. 3

March, 1

No. 6

ENCOURAGEMENT >ERS CONFESSIONS AND BAPTISMS In the short time that we have Probably the s of the moment That for which we have prayed been here, (a little more than four is that we ha two lepers taking months when this was written) we treatment h^e. They came from for years has at last come to Ba tang. We are experiencing a real have really accomplished much. that villag^ sever " ys journey prayed down, heaven sent revival. Since we have the lease, it shows across the border, say there Wfe have had twenty-three who what can be done when one can go are from thirty forty lepers in unhampered. The work of the Lord that community. We sent word for have openly confessed faith in has progressed in a wonderful way. them not to c^jme iHstil we had re Christ in the past two weeks. We The Holy Spirit truly is convicting ceived some of the new leprosy did not try to "hold a Revival." the sinner; the Christian is search medicine from America^,-bttt-some There was no special effort, except in prayer. There has been no sen church service. Our little chapel is 'the CimA' Dr. Baker is working on sationalism, but there has been full the two evenings a week and the matter of getting some of this real searching in heart among both Christians and enquirers. I wish all the Christians attend our Sat new medicine jto us. of you people could have the urday night prayer service. There ^We had no plac^^ for them, so some privilege of attending one of the is much to praise the Lord for and^'trected a tent in a sheltered corner. prayer meetings which are being to rejoice over those who have con We have the Chaulmoogra oil, and held each night this week. Prayers fessed Christand more are com Mr. Shao is experienced in giving are being ofiered up with strong ing. these shots. We understand it is ad cryings and tears, and sins are Yo Say says the students used to visable to give a course of Chaul being confessed. It is truly the work say "Oh, you belong to the for moogra oil before giving the Dia- of the Holy Spirit, and we praise eigners' religion," which is often sone. We hppe they will show some God for it. held in contempt. But now he says improvement and not get discour I will mention some of the things more of the students say, "We are aged before the Diasone arrives.
going to attend church, and next One of these lepers is a Lama and year be baptized." Two of the boys if we can help him, it may be the from the Normal School were bap means of getting into their com tized last Sunday.^Mabel Nichols. munity to start a work among the lepers. Another possibility is that of es MR. SHAO tablishing a leper colony on the December 16, 1948: tract of land across the Batang I just heard that Mr. Shao is re river. This land is fairly good, but signing from his Government posi people have been afraid to live

ing his heart. Many more attend

which led up to and have con tributed to the success of this effort.

First, the acquisition of the proper


ty has given us a freer hand. The work has been re-organized so that
our younger evangelists have a greater part in it. We now have separate services for Chinese and Tibetan with a common Commun

ion Service. The Wednesday eve

how I was going to keep up. Yes make part of their living. -Tttts-is a class in doctrine for our Christian workers. They have been studying terday, besides other treatmients, I 'of Acts, and we feel that this has been gave twenty-three injections, intra the-Awork-te-^ray~aboutr of much value. Mrs. Nichols, with muscular and intravenous. The in ^Edgar Nichols. tramuscular are not so bad, but I Joseph as interpreter, has been feel shaky all over after giving an teaching a class of Junior High CHRISTIAN OPPORTUNITIES Boys on "What it Means to be intravenous. Please put a plea in As the Central Government weak Saved" the paper for support for Brother each Sunday afternoon. ens, the government medical and Probably the most important factor Shao. educational facilities are folding was that three weeks previous to January 20, 1949: We were surely pleased to get up. It means an unprecedented op October 24 we resumed a former your letter with the good news that portunity for Christian Missions. In practice of calling the Christians Brother Shao's support had been international politics, whenever a together on Saturday evening for provided. We had put him on the vacuum is created, there is always prayer. pay-roll beginning the first of the some power ready to move in and From the first the blessing and year. Then to get a letter soon take over. The Church should be power of the Holy Spirit was in evi equally alive to its opportunities. after, saying support was provided, dence, as the necessity for saving ^Edgar Nichols. seemed like a confirmation that it souls now, snatching them "as was of God. He is very good help in brands from the burning" seemed the Clinic and is able to give good DR. MA to be laid upon the hearts of all. messages in our preaching services. Some time ago a picture was On Sunday morning, October 24, Edgar Nichols published in the Tibetan Mission the sermon subject was "Redemp ary of Dr. Ma, a young Chinese tion or Judgment." It was a simple Doctor, who wishes to come to the message, but the fact was pressed HOSPITAL home that each one is traveling the When we arrived, the Hospital United States and take special road to Heaven or. the road to Hell. building was an empty shell, win training in goiter work so that he The invitation was given, but there dows and doors gone and roof be may join the mission force at Paan. was no response. Few of these peo ing carried away piece by piece. We This disease is very prevalent there. ple had ever witnessed the taking repaired it and made it habitable. Miss Schwake is desirous that he be of a confession in a public meetNow by virtue of our lease, we have allowed to do this and would like and did not know what was the opportunity to make it a real to see him started on this training mi^nt. The invitation was repeated means of blessing to the people of before she returns to the field next and mdxe fully explained. The first spring. Then she could return and this community. one to come was Mr, Wang, the Please tell our people about Dr. feel we could be working on open young man who had been delivered Ma and the necessity for his sup ing the old hospital or establishing the curse of opium by the port while getting further training a new one elsewhere. Following are from power of prayer. Then others, one in the States, and also the need for excerpts of a letter she received here, two or three there, until at more Doctors and Nurses so that from Dr. Ma. "Contrary to what you think, I last there were thirteen who stood we can train native medical work (Continued on page 3) ContinuefJ on jj. 3, col. 2 ers.^Edgar Nichols.

tion and is coming back to Paan. there on account of robbers. It ning evangelistic service in the I feel God is sending him to help would seem almost an ideal place, street chapel has been resumed. out here, for I have been wondering where the lepers could work and Brother Ellis Back has been holding

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THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY EditorMrs. Arthur H. Schaal, 6709

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY


A TYPICAL DAY
November 8, 1947

THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK


"Doth not He see my ways, and number all my steps'!"Job 31:4.

Plymouth Ave., University City


Nichols, Paan (Batang), Sikang,
West China.

(This was written by Melba Palmer Rees


while she was at Batang just before return
For some time I have been

14, Missouri. ing to Kunming as Miss Schwake returned MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar to the United States.) .
thinking it

My steps are all numbered by Him;


He sees every move that I make;

would be interesting to people at home to

Missionary on Furlough Miss Gladys F. Schwake, R.N., c/o Mrs.

get a real glimpse into the life of a mis

Though sometimes the path may be dim,


I'll follow along for His sake.
He loves with a love ever He gives me the best that The way may seem weary I know some good purpose strong; there is; and long; is His.

sionary on a piumitive iield like this, so


thev could better appreciate the reason why

so little time for letter writing, Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale Ave., we'have reports, etc. Gladys has been trying for Buffalo 13, New York. months to get at her bookkeeping to make Former MissionariesDr. and Mrs. out financial reports to send home, and even

business letters that have to be Norton H. Bare, Drawer 56, Box important written if she is to have money here to meet Melba Palmer Bees 204, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. expenses. She usually writes about two or For Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols three A.M. after they have been postponed to up in his chair in the kitchen, where it is the very limit. Forwarding Secretaries in order to give you such a glimpse, warm and there are people around to keep Mrs. Arthur H. Schaal, 6709 Ply I So. want to write a detailed account of him interested. Then Gwei Yin (Naomi's sis

mouth Ave., University City 14, Gladys' activities for one day. Any day

Missouri.

might be considered typical, for they are very much alike so far as keeping her For Gladys F. Schwake, R.N. all on the go. Most of the time I am unable to Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Park- keep track of her as she flies from one thing

ter, who helps in the dispensary and around the house) brought her youngest boy; Stephen, for Gladys to discipline and put
down for a nap. These natives are unable to handle their own children, so welcome help from the foreigners.

dale Ave., Buffalo 13, New York.


NOTICE

to another; but today she entered into the

spirit of it and gave me reports from time

a great deal during the remainder


of her furlough on speaking en gagements and her forwarding sec

Please note the change of ad or stopped in my room. This happens to be one of my days to dress for Miss Gladys Schwake, rest, hence my freedom to jot these things R.N. She will be_ going out of town down as she told me, or we. would_nover

could remember theui, whei)^ she went through and four plates for the table in his room,

to time of her activities, as nearly as she oflf mentally, demanded a pretty tablecloth
so Gladys looked up the prettiest cloth she had and got him some plates while a rela tive, who Was visiting him, was clamoring for her to write a radiogram to send-4o

About that time the patient, who is a bit

either of us be able to remember all.-Tiven Shanghai for some special medicine for him. so, I am sure a few things have been for Meanwhile, because this is Saturday. gotten. My resting seems to make little dif

I as much as I am able, and she the same handle her mail for her. Even per as usual. This is not a day for clinic or ser wool pants, etc. In this state of mind she sonal mail should be sent to this vices in the chapel, so that eliminates two sat down to type the radiogram, with two or three people running after her asking address, and Mrs. Watson will see time-consuming items. what to cook for dinner, where to put Gladys had wanted to stay up and write something, that Miss Schwake receives it. etc.

retary, Mrs. Wilma Watson, will

mind has been busy %vith thoughts ference, for when,J[, an^ ^]le to be up and Gladys' help a little, we fife both kept on the go of unpacking winter clothes for the children

to wear tomorrow, washing Ho Du Bow's

baths; and she fixed a clean dressing for write her as soon as possible so up early this morning and write. About 1:30 him to put on the wound after bathing. When little Nathaniel (Donnie) woke her, and she

Anyone wishing her to speak to congregation or group should

some letters last night that she has been

trying to get to. but had a stomach upset

Next a school boy with an

infected leg
the

so went to bed sick instead, resolving to get

came to ask whether he could go to

that she can include it in her itin

erary. Present plans are that she old lioaz cried, about 2 A.M. After caring Bow's clean underwear so he could go to will spend April in the Northeast, for him, while she was wide awake, she sat the baths. long enough to write one letter, then She next took a feeding in to her patient May through July in the Midwest, up went back to bed about four, and to sleep. and was interrupted by a call from Pastor
(which will include the Lake James

had just gone back to bed when six month

that was done, she had to unpack Ho Du

Conference) August in Oregon, and return home by way of the South.


Little Donnie will accompany her. She asks that her thanks be given to our people for their fine coopera

About 5:00 or 5:15 some neighborhood cats woke her and she got no more sleep, so
about 5:45 she rose to have her devotions

Lee. After he left, she discovered she had

not given the patient his milk, so went back


to do that. Then the children came in from school and she gave them their dinner and

and start the day. About 6:15, before she had time to dress, Synom (our servant) ar
rived and she went to the kitchen to direct
her.

fed the baby.

(That is, she got his milk ready and brought him in to me to feed.)

tion in helping Donnie and her to


get rested.

NATIVE CHILDREN We thought we had done pretty well to raise a family of four of our own. Now we have acquired anoth er family, four homeless children, cows and goats, etc.-^in exchange for thoir food and clothes, came for their food for all boys. breakfast. The eldest, Yo Say, you know After that, Gladys cleaned up the baby about for he stayed a while with and fed him, and then got herself dressed for the day. The patipnt's daughter came, Miss Schwake. His mother died bringing his goats* milk, so that had to be

We have a very sick patient in the house home, a thing she got plenty sick on before, who is on a sipoie diet (two oz. goats milk so she was disciplined and sent to bed. every half hour) and requires much atten Mi Mi is Ho Du Bow's little sister, who is tion. He had had a bad night, so Gladys' staying with us so she will not have so far next duty was to look after him and give to walk to school. him medicine. Then Phoebe and Mi Mi, our Another tin had to be found to put the two little girls, had to have their hair remains of the honey in. About that time combed before going to school, and after the baby, after taking part of his milk, that two poor women who do a little work vomited it up all over himself and some on aroundcarrying water, taking car of the me; so again he had to be cleaned up and

Mi Jli had eaten hard raw corn on her way

completely changed. The children had to go back to school, so Gladys fixed some medi
the baby.

cine for Phoebe to take to her mother (Dzon

Drema) first. Then she cooked an egg for

when he was quite young and he has-been handed about among rel atives since. He speaks Chinese, Tibetan and Jong, and has some knowledge of Lisu and English. He is now studying at home with Gigen Ah Tring as his Tibetan
teacher and Mrs. Nichols instruct

taken care of. Then Synom and Ahye. our about the patient's medicine; but finally d^
sprvants, were directed "to go heln distribute

to her typewriter ^o type that radiogi-am

All tins time she had been trying to get

the harvest tithes and offerings given by the


'Christians, to the poor.
T do not remember what time it was when

cided it was no use so gave up and set the typewriter aside. She fed the baby, put away some eggs brought by a patient, then
went to give her patient his enema.

I do not know what she may have done after that before coming back to my room. We had not had our dinner, but I knew she tionsservants wanting instructions, babies was very tired, so insisted on her resting
Gladvs and T sat down to eat our breakfast, nossibly nine or nin^ thirty as usual: but we never eat a meal without constant interrup or patients calling for attention, people com ing to visit or sell something, etc. I have forgotten what the interruptions were this morning. After breakfast Gladys had planned to give the patient an enema and a bath, but
in the meantime two relatives came and

ing him in English. Next is Shamba or James, 16 years of age. This is the boy our carriers picked up when they were bringing our generator from Atuntze. One of the carriers planned to take him into his own home, but
his wife objected and he was

awhile. _ Usually I get nowhere with that suggestion for there are always so many things clamoring to be done; but she really
consented this time. First she tried to insure

visited with him until his pulse was so ex


hausted she could not do it. She went over

herself fifteen.minutes uninterrupted by going to ask Gwei Yin if she needed anything and giving her insti-uctions. She also got Stephen up from his nap in her bedroom and gave
him to his mother.

brought to us. He is a very willing


worker. He is studying Tibetan in a class in the village.

I was greatly relieved when she really to the chapel (in the old hospital building) to supervise the distribution of produce, laid down about 3:15, with the idea of rest then upstairs to see about repairs on the ing fifteen minutes. In about five or ten Backs' apartment and on .Toseph's rooms, for minutes, when she was almost asleep, the
he is being moved
While there,

to make

room for

the

Barks.

she found Dzon Drema

servants came back to be given their work to do, so that was the end of her rest. A

years old. His father is from Tsakalo and has known of the work of

her way over to the hospital building but third in point of age, is eleven sheOn had met two women with honey to sell,
and sent them here to our kitchen to wait

Andrew, our latest acquisition,

sick and stopped to see her.

gift of eggs came from a patient and after putting these away, she had Ahye set our
table so we could eat^but it was no use.

A friend of Ho Du Bow's came to get her


to give him an English lesson. She sent him after Ho Du Bow so she could teach the two

for her; so when she returned she directed

He wrote us about three mosiths ago


from Tsakalo, asking us to take the boy. He said he (the father) was going blind and could no longer make a living. He was planning on going to a place near the Indian

the missionaries for many y^s.

the measuring of the honey and then the boiling and, straining of it. Since sugar of any Icind can seldom be bought here, we buy honey when we can. As it is full of wax, hairs, dirt and germs, it must be

together. While he was gone, she cleaned up

Continued on p. 4, col. 3

and found him very weak, so dashed to her room for a stimulant to give him. The baby was fretting and had to have a complete change of clothing, after which she sat him

the baby who had vomited again, then said she would give the two boys a half hour les son. Due to interruptions, it took about an hour to do so. She stopped once to disci boiled and strained to be safe for use. pline Stephen again and bring him into my Prom this. Gladys went to her patient room, once to get out rice for Synom to
cook so she could give the baby some gruel, and another time to get clothes and things

Continued on p. 4, col. 1

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY


before their fellow men and con
fessed Christ as their Saviour.

Page 3

Dr. Ma (Continued)
have not been discouraged or dis

How happy we were you can well appointed, for I trust in Him. Suc
imagine, and what happiness cess or failure of anything and an among our Christians, many of accomplishment of prayer is to be
whom saw friends converted. We are

sinner who is converted, so what appointed, be more ceaselessly in

dominated by God, the Almighty. Should we fail to get our intention, there is joy in heaven over one we should, instead of being disand relatives assured that

joy there must have been over these prayer; so that our prayer and pethirteen. The following Sunday six tition will be pleasing to Him. more came forward, and in our "Excuse me, please, I don't like week day meetings, four more, so to write directly to the editor, but I
that there has been a total of rather hope you will

Km

twenty-three who confessed Christ opinion to her. I am a man who SB wants to express myself by act, not SB in two weeks' time. On Sunday afternoon, November by saying or statements. Now I 7, eighteen persons were baptized shall set forth my opinion before
into their Lord and Saviour, Jesus you and I hope you will express Christ. On account of the weather, this to her or even bring this letter old-fashioned "under the floor bap of another church and worked in tistries." So, though the ceremony that mission; but now I have no may not have been beautiful, it connection with them" nor do I at was impressive. Through song, tend their churches. This is be prayer, scripture reading, and the cause His fullness has come into

express my

BB

the baptizing took place in the vil to her. Will you? "Three years ago I was a member lage church, which has one of those

HO DU BOW

actual ceremony of immersion, wit

my soul and His truth leads me

ness was born of the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Pastor Lee, Mr.

Nichols, Mr. Back and Joseph Wang in the regulations -and interpreta- cal evangelist. all took part in the baptizing. Wang tions of the Bible. I began to read NATIVE WORKERS Ming Deh led the singing, while literature other than of that church.
Mrs. Nichols played the accom-

I have found many contradictions traming so that he may be a med


Regarding my Hodubow, that

Tonda'ge. and is desirous of taking

Ho Du Bow is attending school

ery grave, the traditional "Happy and my mind became somewhat school- but still will only cover
Day" was sung.

panyment on her violin. As each from a missionary and a booklet 535 50 is a direct answer to prayer needs of his next term in convert was raised from the wat from you. My eyes were lightened

Thank God I read many books lent

It is interesting to note here the report which Yo Say brought home sister, I was awakened. By your
from the Normal School. On Mon

agitated. Finally through frequent communications with you, my dear ^ advice I read in quite a different at-

Galatians. Then I got out of day all the students were singing titude, the snare and am living a more or humming "O Happy Day." The spiritual life, according to New
music teacher remarked, "That is

patterns. I like and ada very pretty tune; but where did Testament your mode of living and apyou learn it, and how does it hap mire deeply your effort and pen all at once everybody is sing predate works in Sikang. So I have come ing it?" He was quite surprised out of that church and have joined
when he learned the source.

^ay prices have gone Yes I am responsible for the 'students' supportHo Du Wang Hang, and now Wha nurse to be. This all (.Qj^eg from my receipts, plus such phoebe and her mother, Donnie,
me over a period

Tring Sing, the boy Ellis and j^^therine took on for me. Naomi
. years- but she gave in return j^ore' to the work, because, she unselfishly and with no anything in return other

longer in a dilemma and my determinations can never be changed. than the joy of serving the Master. sion of faith. Na Wha, wife of our "Your young brother, by His igiggsed will be the church that unJoseph, who was sprinkled as a ..n Ayr A/Ta dertakes herlikewise support. child, decided that she should be L. M. Ma. " S j g^y for our Joseph.
fully obedient unto her Lord's com mand by being buried with him in
baptism.

Of the eighteen who were bap tized, seventeen were upon profes

your ranks. Believe me, I am no

UCTT TTC CHITT HELP US SAVt

He Is been oxxe precious lad and and grateful has always so humble
for the opportunities Dr. and Mrs. Bare gave him. He will go far now that Edgar has been given control

It is the desire of the missionaries A life sketch of each one of the and those directly connected with converts would be interesting, I am work on the field that this sure, but we do not have space for the paper be published regularly so it. There is Ho Yat Sen, brother of Naomi and Guayen, and father of that our friends may know the needs of the field and share with Ho Du Bow and Ho Dun Si. He was us the ioy of the conversions there, practically brought up by the early We know it is the only means of missionaries, has heard the gospel
to the Lord. There is A Ben, who first heard the gospel many years

of the property. He will have more

all his life, but only now has turned mission. However the cost of print- will be enough with five children,

contact many of you have with the pledged, but I can't see how that

opportunity to preach on Sundays, as it should be. God be praised lOr the oneness of things now. Brother Shao has $25.00 monthly

ago when the Bares were at Atunze. The story of her life is not a pretty one, but we believe she has turned
to the Lord with all her heart. On the other hand is Ameen, who first

ing and mailing it is considerable. Lack of proper support took nim Expenses of the last issue were from us once before. May our peo$158.25 for the publishing and pie not fall down this time.

$48.59 for the mailing. We would Joseph Wang, with his wife and appreciate knowing how you feel children, should have at least
about the paper. Will you fill out $100.00 a month.

heard the gospel when she entered our employ a few months ago, but
who has born witness in her own

the accompanying ballot and return to us?


We can use
We are receiving
be continued.

people.Gladys Schwake.

Keep all our wor^kers before our

home of the saving power of Jesus Christ. There are three who might be said to be from the "upper class." Ma Tai Tai, wife of a minor official; Wu Shen Se, teacher in the

more copies than we are now receiving.


more copies than we can use.

We feel that the Tibetan Missionary (SHOULD) or (SHOULD NOT)


(Cross out one.)

public school; and Mr. Lee, clerk


in the magistrates office. We know
that there is no difference in the

Lord's sight. All are equally dear


to him. However from a standpoint

Enclosed is $ Signed^
Address^

_to to help with its expenses.

of witnessing to the world, it does help that many of these had noth ing to gain materially and seem ingly everything to lose in coming
to Christ.Edgar Nichols.

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and
tions

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to bathe the chifdreD, boys to a job finish

Synoiii 4:30
supper
of

Glntiys usually <iocs herself.

Gladys

left the

Border where he had relatives, but could not take the boy with him. If
he left him with relatives in Tsa-

thuir own lesson und we sat down to dinner

combined
Phoebe

(stewed
came in

tomatoes,
and we

muffins, walnuts, and milk), with interrup


course.

tried on sonic

clothes

she is needing.

The

patient called and wanted some pictures to look nt. The servants came wanting instruc tions. The patient's wood came and Ho Da Bow wanted to know where it should be put.
Then Gladys went out and called the children

kalo, they would make a Lama of him, which was not his wish. We replied that we could not take him

at that time, but perhaps next year


would be able to. However, about

in for tlicir supper. Wo finished eatin;:


went to see about
about 0:30 a

at

5:30 and
in the

Gladys
kitchen.

things

a month later he showed up here with the boy. They presented such
a pathetic spectacle, and the father was so evidently sincere in his de

While she wits civing the patient his bath


call came to an abnormal de

livery. The woman had been in pain for thr()<> days and a hand had been protruding for hours. She finished the patient's bath,
(favo him a back rub and his modieire.

gathered up her things, and was off about 7:00 P.M., asking me to pray for her but
not stay awake worrying. At 7:45 she was

back to get some more things to work with

and take Joseph to give an anesthetic be


cause the woman would not let her do

anything. Sunday, November 9th. About two o'clock this


but she was determined

sire to see the boy well placed, that we could not say no. In the paper giving the boy to us, the father said he wished the boy taught the Christian religion and would like to have him receive training either
as a Doctor or Preacher.

morning Gladys
to go back this

came home to get a few hours rest and let

her patient rest. The case seemed hopeless,


morning and stay as long as there was any hope left. We wtt't up about'suven o'clock, and after getting things organized here and

Our youngest, Rueben, five months old, bids fair to be the cen
ter around which this household re

volves. His older brothers are quite


taken with him, as are we all. His

started for the day and taking care of her


in-pntient, we had breakfast and she loft about 0:30. I took care of the baby through

the night and today, except that Gladys in sisted on bathing him this morning.
At noon Gladys returned. It seems she has done all she can anyway, and is worn out

trying, She iite a quick lunch and took some


blankets down into the orchard where she

could

have

un-interrupted

quiet

and

get

some sleep this afternoon. When we started this record, we had no

idea it would turn out quite like this; but it still is typical, for such things happen so
often thai they do not surprise us.
Besides these household duties and direc

tion day

of in

the whole mission, the late afternoon.

there

is chapel directs

service each Monday, Wednesday, and Fri


Joseph

these services and does most of the preach


ing, but at least one of us should be there

father, a Chinese soldier, ran away before he was born. His mother, a relative of Ho Shangs, died leaving five children. One day the oldest sister brought the baby, with a re quest for a nursing bottle. He won Mabel's heart, so that is how we acquired our youngest. A CHRISTIAN FAMILY Edgar Nichols Ho Shang, Ache holding Samuel, Edgar has told about our family Drote and Da Wa Drema. The first family won to Christ under our of four boys. ministry. Not long ago one of our outdoor workers wanted to give her eldest INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS seven year old boy to us, making We are very grateful to the In out papers that he would be ours.
ternational Red Cross for the medi
He is the same little fellow we had

each time to play the organ, lend our moral

BUpport and example, aud occasionally speak.


The ]>urpose of this little account is two fold: that you may better understand our

seeming neglect of you and be lenient, know


ing it is much against our wishes; and that

cines which they furnished for our when he was two years old. We use at Batang. Just before I left, just can not take more into our they had sent in fourteen boxes home, for we have not the bedding,

you may pray more effectively and fervently for us, realizing to some extent, a few of the problems that we are confronting.
Melba Palmer Rep",

with Ellis for me, so the dispensary etc., but we do give him his din was better equipped than at any ner and supper. I know we must
clothe him and his smaller brother.
Mabel Nichols

time while I was on the field.

Gladys Schwake.

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Postmaster If addressee has

moved and new address is known,

notify sender on form 3547, post


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June, 1949 give!

No. 7

MANY SEEKING CHRIST

A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
matter of form or com

Easter Day was golden, beauti ful, sunny and quiet. In that alone we could rejoice, for often a cold wind comes up which makes the baptism outside rather uncomfort able. In the morning, about the time the sun shone in the valley, many gathered in the chapel lor scripture reading and prayer. After that, it was time for the children's

When these people accept Christ


it is not a

There has never, never been any

ing into the church, but an abiding thing in this region like that which in Christ and Christ abiding in we are experiencing here in Paan
them. Much of our work is accom

at the present time.

Surely it is

plished by personal evangelism. "The Lord's doing, and it is mar The new converts are eager to bring vellous in our sight." Today a
their friends to church. Some of

splendid

young

man,

assistant

the students bring other students. magistrate of the village, stood up Tsong Drema couingeously speaks and confessed Christ. Not that we to every one who comes here about think he is more precious in our Bible School. You see we do not their souls' salvation. She has won Lord's sight than our poorest peas ant, but he is one v.'hc has every stop on the dot nor do people come many to Christ. on the dot. But you may be sur Friends, wouldn't you like to help thing to lose and nothing to gain from a worldly standpoint. He is prised that often the meetings and in this marvelous work? also in a position to influence the prayer service last three to four <Mabel Nichols others. He had long been inter hours and no one leaves. After the ested, but it was the change he saw church service in the village, the in the life of Mr. Lieu, his clerk, twenty-one new converts prepared after he had been converted which for baptism. Brother Shao and Pas was the deciding factor. Mr. Lieu tor Lee baptized these while Mr. YO SAY was among the thirteen who con Nichols took movies of them. fessed Christ five short months ago. Among this group were five teach February 7, 1949 We have never had such a demand ers and secretaries and seven stu
dents from the middle school.
others were from the town.

The

sending Yo

men were baptized. One, an offi Du Bow attends and also to Harold cial at the civil magistrate's office Taylor about high schools. Harold was so impressed by his clerk's life and Mel Byers teach the Bible in two
ing to church, studying the scrip tures, and asking questions. As a result his life was transformed by Christ and he entirely abandoned gambling, smoking, stealing, and
other vices. What testimonies he

A few days before this, two young sure.

We are planning somewhat on for the Scriptures and the interest Say to Kunming for in hearing the Gospel is greater high school and he is planning for than ever before.
I've written to the school Ho

Edgar Nichols

(who had become a Christian a few or three high schools and if Yo Say months before) that he began com could attend one of those and at

tend their chapel services all should

go well. Mel would be a companion


to him and Yo Say would be learn

THE NICHOLS' NATIVE

gave!

The ridicule of his former

friends did not disturb his faith,


but he was all the more determined
to live the Christian life.

What a pleased him. Of course one can joy to see the happy faces, the not make definite plans but that is peace of these who are now in feasible and may work out. Christ! Many undergo persecution May 1, 1949 from their family or their former Yo Say sent us a good letter from friends or fellow students, yet they tell us their faith is increased. They Likiang. He seems to have done

CHILDREN tionalism. I suggested he go three We have a family of boys. How years for high school is that long and then if Marguerite, Archie, Dor did we get them? All but the two othy and others are coming out, he oldest were brought to us. Yo Say, could bring them up here. That now in school in Kunming, James

ing our doctrine and not denomina-

(16 years old), Andrew (11 years

old) and Rueben (the baby) we told

you about in the last issue of The


Tibetan Missionary.

Amos' (6 years old) father left


him to wander and starve in the

have found Christ has something to offer they can take hold of which the religions about them fail to do. Since our arrival last July, fortythree have confessed Christ

some solid thinking as he observed village.

The father is now taking the pitiable state of the country the opium cure. On recovering we through which he and Lee Tsi Ming hope he will care for his son. Amos had been traveling some five weary prefers to live with us.
and weak. The last few weeks he

Several more have rather be one who could carry the and several stu light of Jesus into some of these dents have made request for bap dark places. His mother died when tism. These will be given more he was only three years old and he scripture teachings and prayer. The has truly become like a son to us; fact that so many are coming earn but we do not want him to make estly to Christ and are beginning such a decision to please usbut to realize His saving power and only if it is the response of his own that He only can save shows the faith to the loving Word of God. Spirit is working in the hearts of We do pray for the faithfulness of these people. the teachers to whom the boys are Last winter a young student, going.
confessed Christ whose home life was made miser

been baptized.

Yo Er (Joel) is a child no one weeks. He said he doesn't want to and become a rich official; but would loves. He was becoming cowardly

has shown improvement in that ho plays with the other children, at tends school regularly, and tries to be helpful about the house. Our little family is a joy preachers for Tibet some day or
workers in the Lord's vineyard. I wonder what picture you have in
mind of these children. All of ours

have Chinese, Tibetan and perhaps


some tribe like the Jong blood in All are fine looking and not only that, they are growing into
fine Christian characters. There is

able by a drinking father and step activity was merely to give them a mother, searched the scriptures to chance to dig in deeper, for now find peace. He observed how happy they have Nanking and threaten and different those lived who were Shanghai. It is rumored that ban-

It seems the lull in Communist them.

our home with his friend, Yo Say? meniDef the boys boys in your pipa in your pteyers.

in Christ. He spent rnuch time i&|^t^^erSUPPounding Kunming. Re- praise God for that. He has placed
and came to church, chapel, prayer China'^always baff robbers tltirking something good for the Lord. We service, and young people's Bible a'lpjjg lier caravan 5outfs..^ut in will try to get a picture taken of Class. When he accepted Christ, it troubled- times like 'theSC they the family that can be put in the was with all earnestness and faith gatFtet'^ gfeater'^fl!lBBglO Tibetan Missionary.
in our care such as can come to

more to raising boys than just feed ing them. We do have good ones,

in a living Christ. What a peace

came upon him as only Christ can

Mabel Nichols

Mabel Nichols

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THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

filled. The program started. Out EditorMrs. Arthur H. Schaal; 6709 Naomi Ho, Yohon and Ho Dunsi side the mob assembled. They Plymouth Ave., University City had breakfast with us on Christ shouted and screeched, pounded the 14, Missouri mas morning.We all enjoyed waffles door, threw stones, and finally broke MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar and U. S. bacon. After the chores the door and surged in. Pastor Lee Nichols, Paan (Batang), Sikang, were done, we gathered our crowd closed the service and the guests West China. into the chapel which Yo Say had left quickly. To discourage the in Missionary on Furlough Miss decorated with greenery and where vaders we took the petromax and Gladys F. Schwake, R.N., c/o Mrs. there was a tree. We sang a hymn, went home; but the boys elected to Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale Ave., had prayer, and distributed gifts. remain and guard the properties. Buffalo 13, New York. We had only simple things but by They were tired and discouraged Former MissionariesDr. and Mrs. adding nuts and apples it was when at last they reached home. Norton H. Bare, Drawer 56, Box enough. For Yo Say I had saved But we are thankful they got home 204, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. out a shirt and added other small unhurt. Forwarding Secretaries things. There is so large a bunch Good has come out of even this. For Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols: of youngsters now that it really Yo Say's chum is the son of the as Mrs. Arthur H. Schaal. takes something to provide for them sistant postmaster. He had a part For Gladys F. Schwake, R.N.: all. So I had looked ahead and in the play and had helped Yo Say Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale had Ache make shirts for the small copy parts for some of the other Ave., Buffalo 13, New York. boys last fall. players. He has been studying the
That part ended, we all went to Bible too. He told Yo Say that when saw how the crowd acted, in known, notify sender on form 3547, postage for which Is guar dinner. In the meantime the boys contrast with Christian conduct, he were continuing' to -prepare the decided he wants to be a Christian. anteed. stage and auditorium for the pro Yo Say is really a superior boy and gram. Such a busy day! Yo Say wa? stag*^ dirpctnr and properties we are thankful for his good in man. Even a simple play requires fluence. Please do not fail to re MAIL so many itemssheets, curtains, member these boys in your prayers.
the church where we were to have he ' Postmaster If Addressee has moved and new address is

CHRISTMAS 1948

The

auditorium

was

comfortably

Do not be disturbed if you do not


hear from us for a month or two.

stockings, hopan etc.!^

The mail service may be interrupted at any time. As long as the Lord continues to bless the work, we want you to continue to rejoice with ing confusion, wh ch they did so us, and not be anxious. successfully that the program could Edgar Nichols not be heard and only ;those fav Mail addressed to those at Batang orably seated could follow the ac is now being returned by the U. S. post office marked "Service Sus tion. Some asked that we give it pended." Temporarily we are send again, and it was decided since ing letters for the Nichols to Bill there is so good a message in it, to Rees, 139-1 Mi Li Szu, Kunming, try again and invite the guests so Yunnan, China and he is sending them on by whatever caravans or the doorkeepers need open the merchants he can. Naturally no doors only to those who had invi
estimate can be made of the time a

What a night! A crowd had gath ered long before the program was scheduled to start. It was a push ing, noisy crowd, many of them there for the sole purpose of caus

^Mabel Nichols

REASSURANCE

I am sure the people in the States


are more concerned about us than

they need be. Here life goes on as it has for the past two thousand or more years. There is unrest and travel is more dangerous than it has been at other times, but that is about the only difference we notice.

Of course this pertains only to this

tations. part of the country. We understand letter may take to reach them or Again what a night! The door that conditions are much worse in even whether or not it will finally keepers received the invited guests. the large cities.Edgar Nichols reach Batang.Nina Schaal

\J

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

Sec. 562, P. L. & R.

6709 Plymouth Avenue University City 14, Missouri

Postmaster If addressee has

moved and new address is known,

notify sender on form 3547, post


age for which is guaranteed.

ftelea tyonsj etb Christifin Staadard


20 E Gentrsl* Psrkmy
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iU tot Jroiof

Kunmincj's househoat-lined canal was revisited by LaVerne Morid


in June, 1949.

THIRD 1949 NEWS


By LaVerne Morse

LETTER

OPERATION RESCUE

YUNNAN-TIBETAN CHURCHES OF CHRIST

"Where China, Tibet and Burma Meet"


THE J. RUSSELL MORSE FAMILY AND ASSOCIATES

"A Cooperative Association of Undenominational


Direct-Support Missionaries"

"And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled."
Matt. 24:6

EXPLANATION: From Mrs. Ruth Morse, 114 So. Denver Avenue, Tulsa 3, Oklahoma. Forwarding Agent for the TibetanrYunnan Churches of Christ, Yun
nan Province, W. China.

October, 1949

bear Friendsin Christ's Service:


Ifliis sunune^s e^eriences of the J. Russell Morse missionary family and their~
^delates working in West China may be simmiarized as follows:

By Jtine, eleven missionaries from the States had reached Kunming: Mr. nrnl !VDrs. J. Russell Morse, their fourteen-year-old daughter, Ruth Margaret, and
wiv^, Helen and Betty. David Lowell Morse was bom to Eugene and Helen in April. Accompanying the party were Miss Lnogene Williams and Miss Lora Banks. LaVeme Morse, who spent the winter at The Minnesota College of the Bible, flew from Los Angeles to Kunming in June. (A complete accoimt of his Experiences and observations on the civil war in China was published in The Christian Stan<^d of August 13 and 20.) The Kunming Mission Center not only housed this large group but, at times, o&er missionary families enroute to
or from frontier areas of work.

their foster dau^ter, Drema. Hieir sons, Eugene and Robert, brou^t their

. the perils of a war in which the United States had backed the losing sulate for all IT. S. nationals to leave China as soon as possible were emphatic ally repeated. Ruth Margaret flew from Kunming to San Francisco in August
side began closing down on all foreigners in China. Orders from the U. S. con

Miss Williams went to Calcutte for advanced nurse'? training in Ori^tal diseases.

to begin her first year in High School. Miss Banks returned to the States and

had cared for mission affairs during the Morse family's furlough: Mrs. Isabel Maxey Dittemore and little Janet; ]K&. and Mrs. David Rees and young sons; Miss Jane Kinnett: Miss Dorothy Sterling and Anzie, the older of the Morse foster-daughters who had worked with Miss Sterling during the winter and spring in the upper Burma region. The Robert Morses made their headquarters at Dratsilo, a small village on the Mekong side of the moimteins. There they were joined by the David Reeses who had spent the winter at PUgdeh in the Salween valley. Communication has been practicfdly cut off from tiiese eleven people, but from David Rees's last letter, it seems they will get out over "the Hump road," via Ft. Hertz to Calcutta. IVo tremendous mountain ranges have to be climbed, but the road to Kunming is literally swarming with homeless Chinese, bandits, and enemy soldiers. Robert Morse ^ows &at trail into Burma

on by Eugene, reached Ai-Wa. The plan was to evacuate the missionaries who

Robert and Betty Morse were the first to reach the upper Mekong part of the mission field at Ai-Wa. Two caravans, witii 81 horse-loads of supplies sent

joiuney must have been delayed because Mrs. Morse's cMd was expected some
isolated group.

and can speak the dialect of the natives, many of whom are Christians. The time in September. We can only hope and pray for the safety of Ais brave and

As soon as possible after the birth of David Lowell Morse, Ehigene and Helen moved the bulk of mission supplies, medicines, and Lisu books by plane to Liakiang (Le John) some 200 miles on the journey to the Salween country. They had proceeded with their caravan, several days* journey toward Ai-Wa, when they were turned back by wild fighting along the road and the complete de struction of Yea Chi and Kang Pu, villages where the Morses lived (about 193740), before they made their headquarter at Pugeleh in the Salween valley. Again at Liakiang, they came under &e scrutiny, search, and seizure of soldiers

Along with the quiet courage of the writers, one feels the bitter disappointment

of the several "searching" parties was "borrowed." Their experiences and their rescue from the conquerors will be sketched in excerpts from recent letters.

cines, electrical equipment, cameras, Chinese money or whatever took the fancy
of the situation, the nlounting tension and anxiety caused by the breakdown of commimication and transportetion, the bewilderment of not knowing what to do

of the "Army of Liberation," the ones who wear red stara on their caps. Medi

next and the sorrow of leaving l^oved Chinese Christians. They entreat yotir
prayers and your help.

Upper Salween and Irrawaddy Valley Report from The Chrtsttan Standard,
Sept. 3, 1949.

SALWEEN VALLEY

Baptisms
New Inquirers
Pull-time Preachers Others Able to Preach.

-52
22 ..29

Villages .......
Children's Bible Schools..

...60 or More 7

length, held by the lowd preacher.

With 116 children attending each school two or three we^ in


IRRAWADpY VALLEYOTPER BURMA
Very Large Area

Baptisms ;

New Inquirers
Full-time Preachers
.

...205
: 12

Let us give thankis unto the Lord for all His mercies.
' *

January, and regular Bible School has teen held and preaching in Chinese^ by the local pastor, or through an interpreter if the message is given by a mi^onary. who cannot yet speak Chinese fluently. Arrangements are bemg made to con^ue tUs work imder a native pastor if wmplete white evacuation is ordered.
UNDER THE

Hsipal Kxmming, in 1947, it was opened tp meetings of religious mqutters. A native preacher was secured and the' basis for the present con^egafaon established.: Twenty-four- persons, mostly adults, have been bapt^d ^ce 1^

Shortly after the purchase of the CJhristian Mission headquarters^at

Shang

(Mrs. Isftb.er Maa^ Dittemore from. Ai-Wa, July 10, to the Morses in Ku7yn(bing, tells of a private vengeance .war, not part of the civil war proper, hut just as dangerous to residents in the Mehong area.) 'border Tibetali; ruffians, hired by dead Wang Chao Lu*S fathCT
kiUed miany, many ipeop^

^d brotiier, have bjmied the village of Yea Chi to the ground ed

Si^ween VsJley tro started wiui the murder of two Si Keen meiL NbW he.has hired the h^rbreed Tibetans from the northern Sdween area ^ his" soldiers' and has come down the river to Latsu and even to the top of.the pass. Jane (Kinnett) had taken the Rees boys to Lolodi while David and Lois stayed on at Pugeleh as long as possible.

Kang Pu, also, is in their hands. The

After the burning of four villages no one stayed to se^ what haj)pened. These bandits even cut off the standing grain in the fields
buildings at Pugeleh or at Ta-Da." (Latest news; buildings not de
stroyed.)

with their knives. We do not know what happened to the mission

"We have been at a loss to know what to do. Nearly all our local
leaders were Yea CM Christians. I continue to feel more and more

run-down and so I plan to go to Kunming with Dorothy (Sterling)

Betty plans to stay ri^t here for the baby's birth. She is doing very
well and is studying Lisu diligently with Robert as teacher. Robert

when she comes down in the fall. There being .no other resource,

has been v/orking on toanslations of teaching materials which Jane,


native Christians from death has been a testimony which they are
using to win others. A heart full of love to you alL"
(Signed) Isabel
4e

had its advantages also. Hie way God has protected some of our

Betty and I compiled in English, so our having had to stay put has

m Liakiang.)

(RoheH Morse from Dratsilo, July 11, 1949, to Eugene and Helen

world. We are in the midst of a border war. For the first time in Chinese history, the beautiful Mekong valley around Yea Chi and

'"We are living more or less in a state of ignorance of the outside

point the invaders were only a few miles from Ai-Wa. (Read Matt. 24:6). When the conquerors passed throu^ Kang Pu they prac
r '"ur people went there to find out what had become of the care-

late and the entire population either driven south or killed. At one

Kang Pu, our former mission stations, has been laid absolutely deso

tically tore our station-building there to pieces, and later when one

iisab's articles carried off, and the place wre^ed with about 70sword cuts to a piece of wood, on an average. They amused themselves
< *- at was inside. Books, literature, tracts, etc., were strewn all over

ta'-ers faptiily they foimd that everythmg had been broken into,

tV-s> vnld Tibetansby hacking open any cans they found just to see

t^3 yard. Actually, our place got off easy, even though they did dig pU around underneath, looking for buried treasure, for Yea Chi, with'

yaUey. Now that we are in the midst of this trouble, we mi^t as well stay. So far the local representatives of the *^People's Party" are
quite friendly although they report that much is being saidagainst us. The Ai-Wa rope bridges are out, so we get things across the river
on a "Handbook of the New Testament" for the Lisu. Last we hewd

the exception of a few houses still standing, has been burned. A ter rible, terrible famine is inevitable this winter, even in &e Salween

by boat, a slow, dangerous and expensive process. We are working,


Things at Ta-Da and Pugeleh safe. Betty feeling well. All safe
(Signed) Robert H. Morse

from Dorothy she expected to stay in the Burma sector until Sep tember." (Latest news: "Eugene's caravan loads arrived safely.

here.")

(He^en Myers Morse from Likiang, AiLgust 1, to her family in


Terre Haute, Indiana.)

Vie are stillor rather, asainin Liakiang. This city and all the surrounding territory was "liberated" by the Communists on July 2. The evening we got into Shiku, three days along on our caravan iourney, three soldiers came to find out who we were, where we came fropri. an^d where we were going. Next mommg about twenty soldiers
insisted on inspecting all the loads, looking, they said, for munitions.
Eugene showed them the .22 rifle, but they wouldn't take his word

that that was all we had, and they examined everything in 30-odd boxes, our trunks, and some of the baskets. We were just worn out

from that ordeal, both physically and nervously. It was a terrific job to unpack, repack, and reband all the boxes in one day. We waited along the road two days with our carriers and horsemen ask ing "layover" pay. Finally we got back to Likiang about 1:30 Thurs day. Soldiers met us and took all our loads to the official headquar ters. Eugene was treated almost like a prisoner there until the head
man came in. They insisted on looking through everything agam, even though it had been checked by their folks at Shiku. They seem to'suspect us of "subversive activities." There is a rumor that our folks up-country had loaned money and had supplied guns and am munition to the invading Tibetans,, which of course , is completely false. They wondered why we would want to go up-country at all. By the time they had finished looking over everything, they had tak

ammunition, all the Yunnan silver from the various boxes and, ^y-

en out and set aside "for reconsideration" the radio (thought i| we h^d a radio we must surely have a transmitter), the .22 rifle 'and

thing else they took a fancy to. They set some thinss aside with the" comment, "we can use that." Tomorrow Eugene will go to headquar ters to see what's v/hat, hoping to get some definite; word about bur proceeding up country. They don't want anyone up there until all that region has been properly "liberated." We'll probably have to go back to Kunming, but how? We are all well, but very tired from
nervous strain."

(Signed). Helsn Morse


Aug. 2

^nk we plan to organize the Lisu against the new government, so


beware even in publications in U. S. for fear of repercussions here."
"I don't think I've told you what a wonderful comfort three of pur Lisu boys were on the trip to Shiku; I can't see how we could have done without them. They were as concerned as we about what wolild happen. And we had such precious fellowship with them in prayer, too. If all the Lisu people are like them, I am sure I can be very happy working with them. Incidentally, I have picked up a good deal of Lisu, probably more than I have of Chinese, so I can talk quite
freely with the boys.

. Warning from Helen: "Please be careful about wording of any, messages to us for everything is being censored. Apparently they

"We would certainly advise from what we have seen here, selling out the things in Kimming and moving wholesale to Burma. We def initely feel this isn't the time for Mother and Daddy to come upcountry, at least by this route." (Signed) Eugene, Helen and David Morse

(J. Russell Morse, working through the U. S. Consulate at Kun ming, investigated the possibility of reaching the mission field through
Burma. He wrote Eugene and Robert on August 2)

central area of Burma and that they block all overland commxmica-

seems that all these loosely combined rebel forces largely control the

which, it seems, in some ways collaborate with the Karen forces. It

upper hand in Lower Burma, and that most of the rebels in Upper Burma are non-Commimists l^gely fighting for an independent Karen state. However, there are considerable "Commimist" forces,

a smalkr scale, except that the Government still seems to have the

"The Burma situation is ahnost a duplication of that in China on

tions with the Kachin State which can now be reached only by the Burma Government planes flying from Rangoon to IVlyitkjdna.

all of you could go across into Burma without waiting for formal permission. Now that the American Embassy in Rangoon has been
ready to help as need arises. It is impossible to fly directly from Ran
goon to Ft. Hertz.

The American Consul here also advised me that in case of need,

mformed and alerted" they will be looking out for our interests,
Love and prayers,

(Signed) J. Russell Morse


* *

surrender of the Kunming Government to the Communists. Although ptoncs were not supposed to take off from the Kunming airfield at night, many did so on the eve of the "surrender," eva^ctiating the famuies of the C.N.A.C. personnel, suspending their other flights, and creating a trapped feeling in the minds of other "foreigners" Although Kunming was still in the hands of Nationalists and even coTisidered as a possible capital for the Nationalist state, Americans were still in ^nger as Kunming would become a military objective
St. Paul to Liaktang to evacuate them and the Colleys. LaVeme tells tftc st^ in an account written on September 7. In air-force style he calls the undertaking "Operatitm Rescue'\)
OPERATION RESCUE

(LaVerne Morse, at Kunming, August 8, vyrote about the supposed

not wocede up-country, it was decided to send the Lutheran plane,

in the struggle for Western China. Since Eugene and Helen could

The only planes coming onto this extensive airport yesterday were a C.N.A.C. cargo plane and the "St. Paul"the Lutheran plane wortog on a C.N.A.C. permit. We had chartered this plane for J^ight and passenger delivery to Liakiang earlier in the summer. This plane will be back here twice a week from Hong Kong to evac
barren of missionaries.

uate missionaries and then- belongmgs. China will soon be a country


Eugene, Helen and David Lowell, together with two other mis-

solicitmg a partial "pay-load" from Kunming to Liakiang; in asking

Eugene to let him know the situation internationally and here- in

siona^ families, were stranded in Liakiang, the last white people in the city. There was an enormous amoimt of detail work in wiring

for weather conditions at Liakiang, and in being reasonably sure that

the CoUeys and oiu: folks would be on the air-strip ready to load as soon as we got there, for I went along, listed as "engineer," to help unload and reload the plane at Liakiang. Mel Byers, an Americanlad of about my age, went with me aroimd Kxmming, on omr bicycles, making these arrangements. All was ready on the 24th of August. About 4:30 p.m. we sighted the plane which had been delayed in Canton by a tire blowout. The next morning the plane took off to

ward Chaotung to evacuate the Methodist missionari^ from that point. Althou^ there was mudi overcast, we took off in the after
noon, relying on our clearance permit from Liakiang and the fact that
there were breaks in the clouds over that airport. One of the crew

had spent six months in a Commimist prison camp and had no reli^ for repeating his experience. We talked about the situation so long
field might not get out at all, but we got away from Kunming (Chenault Field) at 1:53p.m. flj^g over the mountains beneath the clouds.
Mel Byers went along to help.

it seemed to me that oiur folks waiting there on the Liakiang air

In not more than ten minutes our two-engined plane had to dimb into the clouds and from there on we were flying "blind." When we were within about three minutes' flying time of the great moimtain

above a great lake. Our pilot headed down below the clouds and up a narrow valley looking for familiar landmarks. One could see the caravan trails winding around the mountain on one side and Ae houses in little clusters among the trees. Sometimes the rocky diffa
seemed uncomfortably close to the plane. Soon we came out over a
look like a great marsh.

wall, we flew into a break in the cloud-mass caused by the updraft

broad, thickly populated valley. Flooded rice fidds made the valley
At this point the flight-engineer came back to ask me if I knew where we were. EVom my memories of eight years ago, and a land
T.iglriang but tiie present valley was too long for that. Then I remem bered that the Chien Ch'uan valley was very similar to this one. Then

journey at that, I tiiought we might be over one of the valleys near


the engineer called me to talk with the pilot. I sorely felt the need of having gone over the route by air instead of only on a jolting cara
van mule. In addition, eight years since going over a region once is

not the best preparation for guiding an airplane over China! I pointed out on a map where I thought we might be, but the pilot said we

couldn't be that far west. Then there was only the Hoking valley towards Liakiang, of which I knew but had never traveled. If that were the case we should shortly come to a low ridge or pass at the head of the valley leading to the Liakiang plain. Sure enough, from the nose of the DC-3 plane we soon saw a range of low hills with a caravan trail winding over it, and then, the plain beyond. We skirted

the city and the pilot asked me where the mission compound was
and I told him as well as I could remember from my transient stay

there in 1941. Tben we sped on up a side valley to the natural air field at the base of 21,000 foot high snow peaks. We circled the land

ing strip just to see if the Communists had prepared a hot reception

for us, but as we saw no soldiers, the pilot lowered into the well-worn

lan(^g strip on the grassy plain. As it rolled by, we saw a pile of baggage, a crowd of people, and Eugene waving to us on that 8,500fpol: high air-strip in the midst ofRed-occupied China.
It wgs a relief not to be greeted by soldiers with red stars on their

c^^psv Eugene waraed us to. keep our cameras out of sight as the sol(jiers nught appear at ^y moment and might confiscate them. Meanbonding the 'planei They wanted to grab baggage of the incoming

wi^fej a mass of. unruly peasants practically had to be fought off from

^e^ into Liakiang. Then we started rushing the missionary baggage


into the plane.

hinese'passengers from Kunming in order to get pay for carrying

It was-good to see Eugene again for the first time since saying goodbye last fall in Los Angeles, and to see Helen and the baby all
doing very well except for nervous strain. I also got to felk in Lisu
to Jesse; one'of the Christians who had come down from the Salween

valley to help Eugene and Helen in their trip to that mission field.

It was my,first opportunity in six years to speak the language to a

Lisu. it .was almost like old times and certainly a heart-warming ex


perience for me.

Eugene and I arranged with Bill Dudding, the pilot, for the plane to make; another flight on Saturday to talce out the rest of the equiprheent; Helen, with five and a half months old David, finally went on to Kunming on this flight. It was their first separation, but Eugene had to,stay with the loads we couldn't take on this flight. Eugene
slipped a very heavy package into my coat pocket as we stood close together and I took very good care of it aU the way home for it con tained $750 in Yunnan silver coin and in gold dust which would have

heeen confiscated by the Hammer and Sickle men had they suspect
ed it.

On the way back we flew high over the mountains instead of through the valleys below, for we had radio guidance from the well

equipped Kunming air base. There was great welcoming from our

folks to the "rescued" from Liakiang. Mel Byers and I had the very
hard task of taking the loads to Chinese customs for clearance and

then home to our compound. It had certainly been a full day.

That was Thursday, August 25th. The plane went back to Hong
Kong with the freight and passengers which Mel and I had solicited

for it. Again we worked making preparations for another flight to


Liakiang. Saturday afternoon we were out on the airfield from 3:20

p.m. until 4:30 p.m. The crew was willing to make the flight although

the round trip takes about three hours and the Kunming runway

might be in darkness on their return. So we arranged for a Jeep to shine its headlights on the runway if needed when we should get
back. We had been in the air about ten minutes when our pilot re ceived an order to return. "No night landing at Kunming. Wc left

the cargo inside the plane when we landed. (Some of it was heavy
silver packages for a merchant in Liakiang.)

Next morning we were all to meet at 7:30 in front of the Central Air Transport Corporation's hostel. Meanwhile several more Chinese had contacted me to go as passengers to Liakiang. Daddy hdped with weighing in the passengers and luggage and received payment for the loads going up on the last flight of the day. This time the
weeather was clear enough so Mel and I could enjoy the scenery.

In less than an hour we passed over country that would take mule
caravans ten days to cross.

We sensed the tension on the airstrip as we landed this time. While

Eugene and the Colley family with their three children were waiting for our plane the night before, Commumst soldiers had agam searched their baggage in detail. The "Liberation" regime had already grae through their houses and taken a large part of the food supplies.. Paper strips pasted over the openings of boves were to indicate that
such boxes had been examined and passed. However, some,boxes had been "re-considered" by new squads of soldiers who with un

controlled power in their hands, had taken whatever caught their fancy. These soldiers had gone for the night to a village about two , miles away but they rushed back before we had fmished loading. One large drum in particular Eugene tried to get stowed away but
the soldiers made us haul it out; Argument was useless. They looked

over every box to make sure the seals had not been removed or.
broken. Then the head soldier rechecked the nimiber of boxes. He then told me to lead him through the plane, at the same time pulling

out bis pistol and calling on other soldiers to follow him. He asked if anyone on the plane, or the crew, had guns and of course the an
swer was "No." I had to caution him not to touch any of the delicate instruments in the control compartment, but they peered into all the

little spaces where they may have expected to find stacks of madiinegims. Mrs. Colley and the children boarded the plane but Eugene
and Mr. Colley waited for the third and last flight. The entire group

of passengers was very nervous and relieved that they would not have to undergo any more searches and ccmfiscations from those
"Liberation'V soldiers. It took about an hour and fifteen- minutes to
make the Kunming field.

Again Mel Byers had a truck waiting to haul our boxes back to

tfce customs and our compound. The Chinese passengers for were r^ady, too, but at no time was our "pay load" equal to the cost
of the iplane trips, but it helped!

eeral pictures from the plane, using infra-red film which is especially
good for distant landscapes. Tension increased as we made this rim.

-' The sun was shining as the "St. Paul" took off from Chenault Fidd for its final run to Liaki^g on "Operation Rescue." I took sev-

ProbaMy several of our passengers were going up to join the liakiang gomm^ists. I was apprehensive lest the Red soldiers might consider,
^ good tune to "confiscate" the plane^ for scrap metal

else. They had known on the o&er trips that we would,be b^ck with Chinese merchants bringing fresh supplies for their much,
depleted, stores. V.

As the plane camie to a stop on the Ldakiang strip we noticed a


much larger crowd than ever before. Then, too, a row of soldiers with

ed closer for a moment and hone of the crew knew what w^ going to
l^appen next. To pur relief, they seemed friendlier than before. So

their, guns pointed right at us, stood in front of the crowd. As the Chinese passengers went the plane doors, the soldiers crowd

to m^e ^^other itr;^ in three or; four days and we didn't enlighten

we .^ed to keep ,then: favor by ^king them to. keep the peasants fl'om entermg the pl^e. We found that thesoldiers thought we were

h^,brought to the airfield,on.thaHast trip and again I had to take ^ v Thi time they ever^Jopked the plane befpre_ we were ^owed toof.the take OCT, throu^r&e.personal-suitc^es
crew. Then, they begged pur; pardon> for the trouble and retired tO'
the outside. . . .

laugh with us, but surly ^d; mthless .wh^' making searches and s^izures.^ Eugene had to undergo anpther such search of the. goods

^.in all, we foimd these soldiers friencily pn the surface, willing tp

them.' We tried to ^y one of their blue "Liberation" capswith the star^and they agrieed tp haye some fpr us on pur return trip,

the blue caps ready for us when we should come agam. He grinned
ture of the soldiers. Thus we left the fateful city of Liakiang in the hands of the fron Rule. The Red Curtain dropped behind us as we

When I said "goodbye" I reminded the officer to be sure to have

ahdsaid "Siure thing," or its equivdeht. As we turned around for the

takie-bff run, the pilot went slow past the crowd so I could take a pic^

flew along home. The plane seemed a bit proud of itself as it rolled slowly to a stop beside the Customs House. It has had a wonderful part in rescuing m^y missionary families, of many types and kinds, of organization, from the perils of war-torn China. We thank the
Lutheran church officials for this service.

The day had been so full of strain that it was only on the home ward flight, when Mr. CoUey shared some fruit with us, that I real
ized I had had neither breakfast nor lunch. Nor had Eugene real

ized that he looked pretty unkempt and haggard until Helen spotted him coming off the plane with three days' growth of whiskers on his chin. Hunger and whiskers are soon taken care ofand forgotten, in considering "What next?" The first phase of "Operation Rescue" was safely accomplished but we were still under the Red cloud. A minor happening of this last flight may help our imderstanding of the strange and dreadful "liberation" that is going on in China. As we had some extra room in the plane Mr. CoUey and Eugene al
lowed a Chinese father and mother with their two children to come

aboard and to go down to Kimming with us. They seemed a&aid for their lives, as though for some reason they were on the Communist black-list, or feared the vengeance of some personal enemy. So many scores are being settled these days under the cover of war! Even these natives had to stand "inspection." Their persons were searched and their meager baggage was opened and lifted up and shaken. Hidden in the woman's bed-roU the soldiers found fifty silver Yunnan dollars (about $14 U. S.), the family's sole means of liveli hood when they should debark in a strange and overcrowded city.
The finder came rimning with it to the head soldier who stood on

guard by the plane door. At first we all thought he was going to hand it to the poor woman, but then he hesitated and said that perhaps she had more money than she really needed. He proceeded to count out what he thought she might needperhaps a third of the whole, and kept the rest for himself. All the woman's beggings and pleadings
moved him not a bit. Then we argued for her that she needed it for her passage money. He said she could sell the gold ring she was.

wearing. We said that wasn't enougji to pay for the whole family and he seemed to soften slightly, although he was still reluctant. Then I said, "Oh, well, go ahead and give the money to the woman. We are all friends together, anyway." I didn't expect it, but he actually returned the money. We pulled the woman aboard about two sec onds before we flew down the runway. Last we saw of them in Kun ming, they still had the fifty dollars.
The action of this petty officer was to me a revealing example of the true Communist spirit under the guise of "liberation" and "nonaggression." J. Russell Morse rjorites from Kunming, September 12, 1949.

"Again just a brief note to say that we here in Kunming are not

only safe and well, but that we also have much higher hopes than we had even ten days ago. My purpose to stay on here and try to "hold the fort" is shared by Gertrude and Eugene and Helen, who never did want to leave anyway. When things looked their worst, 5 of Gertrude's small trunks were taken ahead to Japan by Harold Tay lor. Eugene's things were made ready to ship out by plane to Hong Kong on Friday. Now it seems they will stay awhile longer at least.
We are so relieved!

lenged here, preparing for a turnover to the Re^. However, the


also had a bomber squadron about an hour's flight south of Kun
ming, ready to go into action against the Reds in case of need. Per

'"The several weeks past were increasingly tense, jittery and dan gerous as the Commimist Fifth Column seemed going ahead unchal

agents who were counter-checking. We have just learned ^at they

Central Government also had strong military forces here, and secret

haps you know that General Lu, the Governor, flew to Chungking for a conference with Nationalist leaders. All was quiet for two days following his return, as he was preparing the purge, liien his forces launched into action, have closed all pro-Communist newspapers and

But it was surely best we got our folks out of there before such fight
ing started."

arrested about 500 Communist leaders. All Yunnan is to be cleared of Red guerilla forces, including Liakiang and even N. W. Yunnan

(Signed) J. Russell Morse

Sec.562,P.L.&R.
From

Mrs. Ruth Morse,

114 South D^ver Avenue,.;


Tulsa 3, Oklahoma Forwarding Agent for
The Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Missions

Return postage guaranteed.

J* Russrj.1 Morse

c/o Yunnan-Tibetan Chrir!tici;\ -^'.s^ion Home


Kunming, yur-n.- r. ."U China

3iiO Shang Kpior.,

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July 12,
l^inisi/er of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Office
rn-icn of Burma F^.go.n, Burma
Sir:

yyUrx.Ajc^ oua^ ^
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The officials of the northeast sector of the Kachin State in the region

east of Putao (Fort Hertz) have requested that members of the Yunnan-Tibetan
Christian Mission Trtio vdsh to continue work among the churches of the Mission there obtain Union of Burma permits for residence in that area*

During the many years past history of this Mission in N. E Burma, we were not required by the then-British Government to have either visas or special pemiits for the work there, so long as we kept the Putao government infonned of the status of all native workers of the Mission in the area# The region was considered as a specially backward area where the border with China had never been officially agreed upon, v^iere special circumstances justified special consideration of our

work.

Thus, for the many years past, the relationship with the British officials
Here in Kunming, I have recently conferred with Mr. Maung, Peh, Consul-

at Fort Hertz (Putao) and Myitkyina has been most satisfactory and harmonious.
General for the Union of Burma. Accor^' iGr to his advice, I am writing you directly

through our American Consulate-General nei-e, (1) to ask for OFFICIAL recognition of
the long-established work of this Mission in the northeast part of the Kachin State, in order to reassure the officials of that dist:'ic!;,j and (2) to ask for permanent "residence permits" for missionaries as TcMct^s: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Morse and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Morse and f^i-nily, Mr. R. LaVerne Morse, and Mr. J. Russell Morse, and (3) to ejqplain our situation, so that in case all our missionary
co-workers on the Chine side of the border must evacuate into Burma because of

Chinese Communist hostility, you will then be prepared to deal with the situation
understantingly.

Miss Dorothy Sterling (a Registered Nurse), a member of this Mission now

working in the Ahkyang-N'JJai (Nam Tamai) Valley sector, has also been in corres pondence with your Government through Putao (Ft. Hertz) regarding residence permits.
Thus you may already have from her some information concerning our situation. Also, several of the officials of the Kachin State government in Myitkyina are acquainted

with the progress of the people that has been made possible by the Mission and can
testify as to the work.
ential permits from you.

However, we realize that it is essential to obtain resid-*-

The Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Mission (Tibetan-Lisuland Churches of Christ) is a co-operative association of undenominational missionaries directly and indiv idually supported by congregations in the United States and Canada. The purpose of the Mission has always been, not only to teach Christianity and to give the oppor tunity to become Christians, but also to establish medical clinics, to raise living
standards by agricultural and maiiy other improvements, to teach the people how to

read and write, and to produce good literature for them.

Medically, several

tlinusand cases of sicknesses and diseases annually are treated by members of the Mifjsion. Despite the unsettled conditions of government during the pastand ttie present especially in Chinawe hope tc -?evelop the medical work more extensively ana according bo the best scientific mc., :;,s possible in the prevention and healing

cf diseases and. epidemics.

Agriculturally, over 80 different varieties of new im-

(?>
proved fruit trees have been introduced into tho areas of the Mission work, mostly in the Salween Valley New and better ki^^.d^ of vegetables and field crops have also

been introduced* Educationally, of the approxiiuatoly 8000 Christians of the Mission among the tribes of the Burma-China border, about 90% have been taught how to read and write* A project for the near future is development of a system of writing for the Rawang tribes east of "the Triangle" according to the latest researches of
scientific linguistics. All this work has long been urgently needed by the sadly underprivileged people of the region* Consequently, especially during the past six

years, we have had many urgent petitions by the leaders of the area to assist them further. We thus believe the program of the Mission has been and will continue to
be invaluable to the welfare of the people.

The Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Mission (Tibetan-Lisuland Churches of Christ)


was founded on the Tibet-Burma borders of China In 1930, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell

Morse and then-minor sons, vdio previously (since 1921) had been at Batang (now nam
ed Pa-an), Hsikang, West China. In 1933, the Mission work was emended into what has since become known as the northest part of the Kachin State. At that time ( nearly 17 years agoi)> churches were begun by the Mission in the HkawnglaimghpuAhkyang Valley sector, and a few years later were extended also to the extreme northern reaches of the N^Mai Hka, its tributary the Taron River, and across the

upper "Triangle" toward Fort Hertz.

By 19U6, vdien our Morse family returned to the

United States for a furlough after an unusually long term of TEN YEARS (1937-li6), there were altogether about 7,000 Christians in sixty-seven congregations (churches)
associated with the Yunnan-Tibetan Christian i^ission. About half of the Christians and 35 of the churches were in the reg? '>ns west of the Salween. The woi^c of our Mission does not conflict with any other missionary work

being done. (The work of J. Clifford" Morrison of the "Assemblies of God" lies to the south of ours, and we have an agreement-* The work of the American Baptist Mission is so far west and south of us that only seldom have we had contacts.)

Practically all converts are among the Lisu (Yawyin), Rawang, and Nung tribes. Be
cause of the comparatively unhealthful and i-ainy climate most of the year, no mem bers of the Mission have in the past been based year-around on the Burma side of our Mission's field of work. However, large numbers of the aforementioned tribes-

people have repeatedly requested that at least a part of the Mission personnel be permanently among them. So we hope that two families and two individuals can
establish residence at several locations over there.

As American Christian missionaries, of course, our policy is not to in terfere in political matters, but to co-operate with the Government to promote peace

and progress, to uphold law and order, and to develop a spirit of unity among the
various tribes within that part of the Union of Burma.

It was during the furlough of our Morse family in the United States from 19U6 to 19ii8 that the change of Government occurred in Burma resulting in the es
tablishment of the Union of Burma. It was only about two months ago that your

Consulate-General was opened in Kunming.

So you can understand why we have not

previously written you concerning permits for residence in the Kachin State.
many changes, all plans and procedure were uncertain.

Amid

During World War II, the Yminan-Tibetan Christian Mission received letters
of credential and commendation from Major-General George E. Stratemeyer, Commanding

General of Army Air Forces, India-Burma Sector, CBI Theatre; from Major-General H. I. George, Commanding General of the A?.r Transport Command, U. S. A.j and the greatest honor of all, from General H.. Arnold, Commanding General of ALL United
States Army Air Forces. These were for our widespread work in ground Search and Rescue of fliers crashinf? or parachuting out over "The Hun^," and in searching for and identifying planes that had crashed. We also did our best to co-operate with

the then-British Government of Burma to presence law and order during the turmoil

(3)

During all the war against Japanese aggr^;c-;sion, the Morse family were the only ^ssionaries in this area* So we feel t^at ci. Lni-u to recognition as an establ ished Mission is just and meritorious, and we .:'e,pec;tfully request that you make it official. For your reference, we enclose copios of the above-mentioned letters,
certified by the American Consulate in Kurmilng-

of the war years, vihen the Japanese wc.

rying to infiltrate the Putao district.

Also accompanying is a statement from the American Consulate of Kmuning


concerning the citizenship and reputable work of the Mission members for whom I am

now applying for residence permits, and also such photographs as are available. At present, Mr R, LaVerne Morse and I are the sole Mission representatives in Kunming

application is made, Mr, and Mrs, Eugene R. Morse and Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Morse,
are on the main part of the mission field on the border of northeast Kachin State

acicess to your Consulate-General.

The other members of the Mission for whom

about 20 days' journey (on horseback and afoot) away. Since R. LaVeme Morse and I
are hoping to start for there vdthin several weeks, and after arrival will have

extremely difficult or almost impossible communications with the "outside world," we shall greatly appreciate your expediting the issuance of residence permits to us before we leave Kunming. At the same time, please notify your Government's offi cials at both Myitkyina and Putao, so they will feel free to welcome us, as we are
sure they would like to do.

Passports for the applicants for permanent residence permits in our mis
sion area of the Upper Kachin State are as follows:

Kunming Consulate, renewed at San Francisco on July 30, l?l:3.

(1) Mr. Eugene R. Morse, U. S. Passport No, 39/FS 8ii872, issued August 28, 19U6,by
(2) Helen M. Morse,

H Morse, U. S. Passport No. Uo/FS 81iS73f issued August 28, 19i|6 by Kunming Con sulate, renewed at San Francisco August 2h, 19li8. (U) Mrs^ Betty M. Morse, U. S. Passport No. 286978, issued November 1 :'?U8, at Washington, D. C. (?) Mr. R. LaYeme Morse, U. S. Passport No. losued April 1?, 19U9, at Washington, D.C.

U. S. Passport No. 2U9732, issued July 13, 19i;8, at Washington, D. C. h) Mr. Robert

(6) Mr. Justin Russell Morse, U. S. Passport No. .182082, issued April 1, 19U8, at

Washington, D. C. A permanent residence permit fui' liiss Dorothy Sterling may not be
necessary at this time, because her furlough to the United States will be due next

ago about this, As co-worker accomparxying Miss Sterling, is Miss Anzie Ruth Morse, a Tibetan orphan girl whom the Morses adopted in childhood, whom the Putao district
officials also requested to get a Chinese passport and a Burma visa.
that she also be permitted to continue working with us there.

November.

However, she herself has alreadj'- written you separately several months As she has

proven to be an extremely valuable worker, proficient in five languages, we request

Four other missionary associates, now in the Upper Salween and Mekong valleys, will continue working on the China side unless worsening Chinese Communist hostilities and anti-religious persecution compel them to seek refuge with the
friendly peoples of Burma,

If the presence of either R. LaVeme Morse or me is necessary to expedite the securing of the residence permits, we shall be glad' to come personally to either Rangoon or Myitkyina in the immediate future, from here, or to Fort Hertz (Putao)
within several months by. the xjverland route to N, W. Yunnan and thence across the
-.ppa>-WTa:ian^.e"--

Respectfully yours,

J.yRussell Morse. Missionary-in*K:harge,


Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Mission

Russell Morse

3U0 Shang Hsipa,


Kunming, Yunnan, China

July 13, I9h9


Maung Peh,
Coiitul-Gficeral for the Union of Burma

Kuniiiing, Yimnan,
Sir:

S* W. China

With the help of your suggestions during our two conferences, I have prepared the accon^anying letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rmgcon As the members of this Mission are American citizens, I am presenting this letter throu^ the mediation of our American Consulate in Kunming. In this way, both your Consulate-General and your Government can be assured by our American author ities as to the standing of this Mission and of the individual missionaries concemed

Both our Mission and the poor people of the northeast Kachin State

shall be heartily grateful for your using your influence with the Government of Burma in Rangoon, to promptly obtain (1., an OFFICIAL recognition of our Mission

as a long-established welfare agency of proven usefulness, (2) permanent visas for at least myself and R. Laveme Morse (since we are now in Kunming, and our passports are available), (3) permanent residence permits for the six persons listed, and (U) assurance of welcome and co-operation in case increasing Commun ist hostilities in Yunnan con5)el ALL our China-side workers to move over into
the Kachin State of the Union of Buiroa.

Inasmuch as you yourself will be writing your Minister of Foreign Affairs on our behalf, I enclose two copies of our own letter to him, - one iriiich you may forward to him, and the other is for the reference file of your Con sulate-General# Also, we consider it 7ERY IMPORTANT that offices of the Kachin
State Government in both Myitkyina and Putao be informed by the Rangoon author
ities*

As for any photographs required, it seems that that matter had best await the favorable reply of your Foreign Office, after which all details of .credentials or certificates can likely be completed in K\mming by your ConsulateGeneral

reply, as it seems conditions in China will rapidly worsen, and so R. Laverne


Morse and I want to leave Kunming for our Burma-Yunnan-Tibet border field of
work, within the next several weeks# Gratefully and respectfully yourS;

We would greatly appreciate your advocating a prompt and favorable

J. Russell Morse, missionary-in-charge Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Mission, 3U0 t;hang Hsipa,

Kunming, Yunnan, S W China.

Russell Morse

3iiO Shang Hsipa^


Kunming, Yunnan, China
July 13, 19h9

American Consulate-General, Kuiiird.ig, Yunnan, China


Sirs:

On behalf of our co-workers in the Yunnan-Tibetan Christian Mission, I request your mediation, and that of our Ameri'^an Embassy in Burma, in transmitting the accompanying letter to the Bumese Minictry of Foreign Affairs, and in making

We also request that you contact the Burmese Consul-General in Kunming, with the
purf'OPe of enlisting his hearty support in promptly securing from the Government

such representations on our behalf as you consider most likely to be effective.

available), permanent residence permits for the six persons listed, and assurance of help and co-operation in case increasing Communist hostilities in Yunnan compel
ALL our China-side workers to move over into the Kachin State of Burma.

of Burma in Rangoon as OFFICIAL recognition of our Mission, visas as least for myself and R. Laverne Morse (since we are now in Kunming and our passports are

Consulate is doubtless aware of the seriousness and urgency of our situation, the

In view of recent political upheavals and turn-overs in N W. Yunnan, the

ability of Chinese Communist invasion, is tightening immigration laws and increasing


border guards. I am sure it will be VERY HELPFUL if the Consulate can assure them '

uncertainties and very dangerous possibilities in the face of vihxch we are trying to carry on. At the same time, the Burma Government evidently realizing the prob

that vre are the kind they should welcome, NOT the kind they want to keep out. For this purpose, we hope that you can support the letter which I have written, with one of your own to our Embassy in Rangoon and through them to the Foreign Office,
partly for his own information, also I anticipate he personally will want to for

I also enclose two copies for the Burmese Consul-General in Kunming,

ward a copy to his Foreign Office together with his recommendations after conferring
with you, and he vdll want one copy for nis file#

Affairs, and (2) the Chairman of the Kachin State Council, both hating offices in Rangoon, for their information. We request tliat one of them forward a copy to
Ministry in Rangoon.

In addition, I am providing one copy each for (1) the Minister of Kachin

Ifyitkyina for infonnation of the Kachin Stat? Government office there. We consider

it VERY IMPORTANT that both Myitkyina and Putao be informed, not merely the Foreign
Since writing this letter, I find that "jrfiotographs as available" for the

present must include only 3 passport photos each of R. Laveme Morse and myself, for
attaching to "residence permits". Perhaps, after a favorable reply from the Burmese Foreign Ji^inister, all can be finished in Kunming,

Should Kunming fr?.ll to the Communists in their projected Autumn drive, it


seems certain all our missn-or^i'ies in Nt. W, Yunnan would hav to abandon residence there o Then, the most adrvita^e move would be westward into the Kachin State

for- cji'7iate)c Then, thOL\7h son-^ of us would continue to -work there, it is likely
that thD nev/er miKsionaries vvhc have carried on during the furlough of the Morses

(Ncr-hward into Tibetan terrltcry is an alternative, but much less desirable except

woiilj. leave f jr i.he S, A, via R o With these probabilities in mind, our -'b.isrxcan Em bar^/ will be prepafeci. Gratefully and respectfully yours, J, R, MORSE.

340 iiiuuig, ilslpfiag

7
Addressed to Mrs.Clara Partridge, l2i,lwood. Calif.

^ept.SS,1949.

Kunnin^, Yunnan,

We hixYG GO much. appreci.ted tiie good letters v:hicL you Imve been writing. Please pardon us If mq do not uiisv/er them all. V^e hare been luiTinr: such a critical time, but Gk>d has ansv/ered pray in a marvolous way and delivered us. ^i-bout Sept.23, v;hen the sajid-but't fortifications around critical places in

munists any minute, and on the opposite side v/hen the ^nationalists bomber planes were all losded ready to cone here at a moments notice to bomb tliis

the City \7ere finished &aid everytliin^' v/as set for a turn-over to the Com

place flat if they turned Cornmunint, God intervened and v/orlced a v;onderfal
miracle. Our Gomnnmist &ovemor flev/ to Chung-IdLng, the nationalists head

quarters and alig^ied hinsolf v;ith CliianG-]sai-shelc. Then he flew bade here with the Couneilof Chang's son and others, ho has put six-hundred communists
into custody. i^ov.'' cTerytliinr'v seems quiet and peaceful again. Vie hope and trust it lasts, so tluit v/e may be able to f;:o ahead v/ith our v/or]c.(V*e surely ar iiappy to hear that the worl: there is goinf: forvmrd so

nicely. Crod j^less ycai all.) I suppose you Icuev/ that eugene and ^^elen and baby Divid, returned to

Kunming almost a m6nth ago.

'-i-'hey had a hard experience v.'ith the Communists


I'he Comniunists toolc about ;p2200,00

and it has been hard on their nerves.

worth of theirs and the i;dssion medicines.

Just a v;eek age v;e received a dear letter from iietty saying she felt so well and had almost too much energy, and v;as so very happy to be in ^Isu-land. liut she said iiobert liah had to go the tloree days joimey to ^a-da to ti^ to rescue some of our tilings there before the Tebitan robbers came to loot the i^ssion home. She said they hi-d looted th Catholic iiission already#, besides

they need our prayers. I do hope the Mssion homes and supplies are saved. laVeme and iael Byers left a ueelc ago for Cheng-tu of W.Chinav/here they

destroying Yea Chio and Kang ^ where v;e worlced some years ago.

Certainly

plan to go on to x.ating jmd then come doim into our Idsu country form the iliSSft north. It is a very round-about way of getting there and they toolc very littl with them. We do hope they can malce it for iiobert certainly needs help, but we hardly loiov wh;:Lt to thinJc v/ith these ilbetans coming dovm into Idsu-luiid
from the north. Please pray much for them.

Mr.and Urs. C,V/,Callaway, I-Ir.and Llrs. Wm.Rees, iora and Imogene iiave left. But only the Randolphs and Lora v/ent horae. ^-s we all had responsibilities

Unfortunately, many many Missionaries have left Kunming aiid the surro^din^ areas, Most of them plan on going to some other Mission field. i?rom our Churches of Christ, I^Ir and Mrs.H.i.Taylor, Ur.and Urs. Harry Randolph,

months, wo sujiposed they had all gone into i^urma. i^o when ijugene and Helen v/ere ready to go, wo had planned on leaving, but Praise the -^ord, He interve
ed and v.e did not go. ilowever, both iJugene and ourselves have sold quite i lot of supplies, but pei'haps tliat is best anyw/ay, for if the communists tor
over, it is not good to have too much.

for the co-v/orlcers and our sons in Lisu-land, we wew holdinf^^ on as long as v/e could. --ince v;e had had no letter from anirqin iisu-land for several

We are planning on doing a lot of evangelistic v/orlc now, working from . house to house in the several surrounding villages. number of our Ch?

ians, the evang-elists and ourselves have formed a number of Gospel teamr^
ue have Chinese trades to give out to those v:ho can read.

In our little Ghs;:)pel six times a weclc.

Please pray for this work a?.

We have se7

ewant a revival. The Chinese people ar so very dead spirituallyjji J ay the Iiord bless you every one in llis service.
Lovingly yours in Him,
Gertrude Morse.

J. Russall Morse9 3^0 Shang Hsipa|Kimming,Yunnn,SW.ChlnAy


October 17,1914-9.
Our beloved Mother, Sisters, and Ruth Margaret
Great-News 1

Just this P^*. we received aft-Hi?fNight Letter Telegram^ from


LaVerne, which not only relieved oiir anxiety about him but also

gave us much cause for rejoicing. It was sent probably last

night from Kangting (formerly Tatsienlu),capital of the province


of Hsikangjjust west of Szechwan and north of Yunnan,by radio. Here it is I-"October sixth completed eleven days walking YA-AN (to) Kangting,, Proceeding with your Gartok host. Hope reach Batang November, ac-sc/ad. Wire Batang advice proceed via Rima or Atuntze Chinatong. Need Tulsa funds care ABM Myitkyina. Praise God (for) official recognition. Genelen Godspeed,

Geraniums northside house shipp^ig possibly via Kangting, Yungning, Chienchuan, MOBY. "(The signature means '*Morse-Byer|
Evidently "Moby" had just finished a ten days stop for
further preparations for the much harder trip from Kangting to

Batang,which ordinarily is I8 caravan stages, and were about to depart. The sentence "proceeding with your Gartok host" gave
us all a thrill of pleasure and gratitude. He can have no other meauirig except that he has aet up with one of the brothers of the Bangdat Tsong, whose guests our family were in the fall f 1925 for a month inside the province of MarRham in Inner Tibet

^ STANDARD by installments). They are one of the most powerful


^

(the diary and various pictxires were printed in the CHRISTIAN

3 families in all Tibet,and one of the wealthiest,doing extensive

business in both West China and India- Sponsorship by them could

open the way for us to many places-inside Tibet, and whe--igEaoan guess what this renewing of an old friendship might mean in the near future. Certainly LaVerne and Mel could not be travelling with a safer caravan<and this is not only as far as Batang,but also doum to Atuntze and wherever Tibetans predominate,because the prestige and Influence of Bangdat Tsong in all these regions is that of a really powerful ruler. Even if one of the brothers does not accompany them to Atuntze in person, it will be quite
safe if they send a representative and a letter of introduction. The advice LaVerne requests be wire to Batang, will depend on what information we get of developments within the next two weeks, but I expect it will be better for him to travel to Atun tze,then cross; from the Mekong valley below Atuntze into the Salween Valley jusfc south of Inner Tibet,where in years past we

have had a small congregation at Chin-a-tong, 3 or Ij. days hard


travelling north from out Tada station. However^,if some of. our missionaries are atill at Al-Wa and Dratsilo then,it mig^t^be better for him to travel down the Mekong to there before cross

ing .^o the Salween (J'ugeleh station). Pnpm Ba^tang to Atuntze will

be 12 days.very rough travelling, then 17 or 8 days to Ai-Wa. I


feel sure they will be in Batang no less than 10"days,recuperat ing and preparing, Tbe- paint-always to. be kept in mind is that,

beginning any time after Christmas the pass.es east and west out "of the Salween Valley will become snowbound 3-J4. months. -^His
thanks to God for (Burma Govt) official recognition shows he received my radlogram^knows Eugene and Helen are preparing to fly to Putao Burma-side soon aS the granted "stay permits are received. --About sending any of hi-a-Tulaa funds care A,B*M.

Myitkyina (American Baptist Mission),better wait a few weeks


( rttrmi* ^

t1

untAl-I-hav investigated aad made arrangeraent3V~CBrtainly


-v44ently useful for me to be at the Kunming Mission Home to
take care of such matters. --"^--J^aV^rneJ-a-^TStr^enTence^Trt^

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this ia one-of these phss5#~the whole work where it Tsecomes


puzzled Bugene, but we finally agreed it is a code way of
telling us that the Communist armies which have taken over

KansU province to the north of Szechwan are probably on the


verge of a southward thrust toward Yimnan through Hsikang Provlnce,~tSeii^iiEi--beliig_to*cut through"to the now
d^spwately beleaguered Communists-in N.ff. Yunnan u?ound

JJJtiang^and Hoking and GHMICHtlAH# probably in unison with simultaneous drives of other Red armies.; Woll,lt will-be a
hardly believe it> -but- it- i^ TToll- 'to~beforewarned.

very^fl^iiat and-^dang.erQUs^_thing_foE ioDi tc^try-^juid- X can


Must close and take this to the C,plo.
Lovingly,
Ruas ea/lr^dors^T--

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THE

TIBETAN MISSIONARY
December/ 1949

NICHOLS TO STAY IN CHINA As it is now, China is more un settled than ever before, with the youth rising up not knowing what they want, and the older Chinese feeling as if everything is hopeless. We expect to stay here unless actu ally driven out.

Money is very difficult to get through, since so much of the mail is stopped and the money so diffi cult to exchange. This week we re ceived a radiogram from Bill Rees telling us that Mrs. Schaal had sent more money to us. This will be the last he can help with if the Rees's decide to leave. After this we hope to get money by way of India. A
head Lama came the other day and said that we need not fear, for we

could get money from India through the Lamas. He said that we
are all the same as far as Com
munism is concerned. So far we

Donnie

have been getting along very well and always have had plenty of ru pees on hand to pay our workers.

Gladys Schwake

DONNIE

We have had a hard time getting money to Yo Say, but now since Bill Rees has some, we have instructed him to help Yo Say. Miss Schwake
wrote for Ho Du Bow to return here

With government schools closed or closing, things are working more for him. It is not safe to travel now for and more both to impel and to en the roads are destroyed to Hsia able us to start a Bible-centered Now our problem lies with get Kuan, and the bandits are sur high school up here. Our life re ting at least a three month exten rounding Kunming and Chengtu. cruit candidates can no longer get sion more for him. November 5th is Wai She has been overtaken by training down country, and govern

Donnie is doing most wonderfully well! God has again been so gra cious to us! No wonder, with folks half way around the world praying

from Kunming if all the mission aries leave, for then she could not send him money there.

MISSION SCHOOL

the deadline and here it is October bandits and the roads are full of ment schools are being forced either 27th and no word. Well, the Lord them. We feel safe here, but re to close or to teach Communism. has been sufficient unto all these member to always pray for us. things and I'm sure He will con There are several good prospec Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols tinue for as long as we need. The tive teachers among our Christians.

possibilities are we will only get

the three months more so it is like

Timothy Shao, Joseph Wang and


Naomi Ho are capable teachers. The

ly I'll be preparing to return to the field by February. We will be con tinuing in prayer and ask the pray
ers of our supporters.

room our daughters formerly had is


CONFESSIONS AND BAPTISMS
available as a school room for a

We baptized nine more converts

beginning.

If our Christians are going to be return from America, over fifty per scattered, surely we must first so sons have been baptized. Two Chin ground them in the Word of God escent days with their cards and ese who worked in the Magistrate's greetings. He has one and a half office and were skeptics have made that when they go, they will go like
Please thank all of our churches recently. In the last year, since our

that have cheered Bonnie's conval

scrapbooks full of cards; and how


he loves to pour over and them! They will be even more pre

their confessions in Christ. Some the early believers did, preaching over others are interested and come to the Word. "Teaching them to ob

church. The postmaster, a Moham serve all things whatsoever I have medan, comes to Church quite regu commanded you" is still part of the cious to him up there where so few larly. We have had to have more great commission. such things get through.
seats made for the church.Mr. and

Gladys Schwake

Mrs. Edgar Nichols.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols

Page 2
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MAIL

CAROLS AND CANDLES

EditorMrs. Arthur H. Schaal, 6709 The mail has been robbed nine There will be no Christmas candles Plymouth Ave., University City times lately between Chengtu and On the dark Tibetan border 14, Missouri. Kangting, so we undoubtedly lost Save as missionaries light them MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar several letters. Please pass the news That the darkness may have Nichols, Paan (Batang), Sikang, on to others and do not worry about light; West China.
Missionary on Furlough Miss Telling of the Saviour's coming Gladys F. Schwake, R.N., c/o Mrs. are not going to Litang or Likiang because the government has Save as Christians teach the chil Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale Ave.,
Buffalo 13, New York.
Former Missionaries^Dr. and Mrs.

us. Also the regular mail runners There will be no Christmas carols

Norton H. Bare, Drawer 56, Box 204, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.


Forwarding SecretariesFor Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols:
Mrs. Arthur H. Schaal.

For Gladys F, Schwake, R.N.: Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale Ave., Buffalo 13, New York.

dren stopped paying them. A runner is Hymns of Jesus' natal night. hired about once a month, but none so far have gone to Litang yet. There's a dearth of Christmas There was a runner who brought candles mail in from Litang, but most of it Where the nations sit in darkness. was from Kunming. We miss the There's a dearth of Christmas carols mail from our children. We hope Where the millions wait to hear; some or all of it in time will get There's a plethora of carnage through, and also that the boxes And of suffering and sorrow will arrive; but have little hope for

some of them.

There's a
age

dearth of Christian cour

Yesterday we received our first In a world that's sick with fear. U.S. mail for a long time. The let ters were mailed in March, April, If you have a Christmas candle and June. We were surprised and NATIVE CHILDREN Let it shine for Christ your pleased to get this mail, not know Saviour, We have been busy taking care ing mail would or could reach us If you have a Christmas Carol of our native children, especially again until China was more settled. Let it ring out sweet and clear. the baby, Reuben, of whom we have
friends about boxes they have sent for some time and will soon walk. us, but which have not come. We The little fellow knows no other
-we

entire charge. He has been creeping

We have had several letters from

For this dark world needs his shin

ing. Needs the hope of his returning have received one from Mrs. Lake Light your candle, sing your carol.
He will come, ana ne is nere:
Lois Nichols Bare

give him and is growing up, we

ofXmcoln, 111. In it were two lovely


towels, wash cloths, notions, and some candy. We are so thankful for these things, and we surely hope we may get the others that have been sent. Please pass on our thanks, as

hope, in gentleness and kindness. We now have quite a family, two more being added lately. They are a girl ten years old and her little brother, age three, who can not all mail is uncertain. walk by himself. He was sick, but ^Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols. has improved in health and is now learning to walk. We have named
them Miriam and Lazarus.

ELECTRIC PLANT

Putting up the electric plant was lots of work and there were many
difficulties.

Andrew Shao has improved much.


He looks and acts like a Christian.

The other boys are growing and


we have had much life this sum
mer.

THANKS FOR SUPPORT

Edgar tried out the lights and they worked with a steady glow, no flickering. Many people came to see the wheels turn, but I thought the water spurting out like foun
tains was more fantastic.

wooden trough to the power house gram this reference: Genesis 49:22- tions or I don't know what I would near the old brick kiln. There was 23. Please look this up. You will have done for my students. such force to the water that it broke open the first troughs. The carpen know what he thinks of Yosay and I'm so thankful God has given me ter is having to rebuild it with something of what the situation strength to carry my speaking ap heavy planks.

Do, by all means, thank the Joseph can play the cornet we churches who have stood by me brought out quite well and he usu through this furlough. There were ally leads the singing. He does very only four of my regulars that hung well in all his work. on. How I praise God for them! Harold Taylor sent us as a radio They took care of my field obliga

There may be a question of get ting enough water at times. The water comes through the baptismal reservoir. There is a gate to open and close as needed, then the water goes down a ditch that has been cemented, then through an enclosed

was for believers at Kunming when he sent the message. So our boys and Wha Dren are coming home. Wha Dren, you may remember, went down for nurses' training to prepare for that aspect of the work up here. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols.

We do not have the lights in use yet, but we know they will work. Tell our people I'll be holding We are eager to try the radio and the recorder. Edgar planned it all forth in Ohio and Illinois during the and did lots of the work on it him winter and likely a few down south, self, and there was lots of work. He for I must get down there to learn wired practically all of this build more about the leper work and ing (Dr. Shelton's Hospital). treatment, etc.Gladys Schwake. Mabel Nichols
and me.

pointments so as to support Donnie

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY YOUTH CAMP


July 20, 1949 LEPERS FROM TIBET
July 20, 1949

August. It will be at Sileh Nong


across the river and about

Tsong Drema has a plan to go to We are making plans for a Youth Camp to be held the first week in a village in Tibet where there are
a number of lepers. She wants to two take Hun Tse Nuing, one of our

miles above the bridge. We will workers, and Wang Sho Dan, who invite the young Christians, both was cured of opium smoking and

Chinese and Tibetans. Classes will was recently baptized. She wishes be held in both languages and we to get a place ready and then we will follow our American Youth would go there later. Some of the Camps as closely as possible. We lepers are here for treatment, but are hoping it does not rain too the townspeople object to them coming to Paan. More of them wish much.
to come, but we have sent them

ful opportunity and pray that it We have asked permission to go may be a time of real blessing for to this village and lepers are trying
almost beyond belief. We would not say it will be some time before the have thought it possible a year ago necessary permission can be re

We thank God for such a wonder

word not to.

all. What has happened here seems their best to get us there, but they

to have held such a camp. To God ceived. Tibet is still so closed!


be the glory.Edgar Nichols.

Tsong Drema had this planned


long ago. Her body is frail but she

August 12, 1949

is the one who does most of the per


sonal work. Most of the high class Dorothy Uhlig

our dreams, was the successful ac interested in working with these complishment of our first Bible lepers. Camp. More than forty young peo Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols.

here, and the fulfillment of one of i were won by her. We are very much
ple attended, and several working

One of the high lights of the work people who have confessed Christ

men walked the two miles to Sileh

The Tibetans

have

sent

all

Nong for the morning sessions and Chinese officials out of Hlasa and back to town for their afternoon other parts of Tibet. They sent them into India instead of letting them work. We believe God is going to con through part of Tibet into We followed the general program come their own country. Also recently a tinue to bless this work among of Christian service camps as they French priest, who disguised him Tibetan lepers. We know He will if are conducted at home as nearly as we could. We had early morning devotions, four classes and chapel in the morning, recreation in the afternoon, and hymn singing, de votions, and a message every eve ning. There was a faculty of six teachers and preachers. Four of the
have since expressed a
become missionaries.

the in our next issue).

(A new recruit for this field, about whom we wMl have a report

self as a Tibetan, was brought back we do our part.Edgar Nichols. and shot. Yet some of the Tibetans August 12, 1949 We have finished drying the apri and a Lama are trying to get per mission and protection for Edgar cots and are drying apples now. to come in and heal the sick, es Edgar wants to take a supply with him when he goes into Tibet. Vegpecially where the lepers live.
Mabel Nichols

tables and fruit are not available

students confessed Christ and two July 27, 1949

I hope by the time you are read ing this I will be in Tibetan terri tables are raised. It does not seem Last Thursday morning we had tory at Tsa Sheh, which is about as though Edgar can stand it there baptismal services for two of these one day's journey north-east of Gar- very long. KEEP PRAYING. He is students and for a leper who had tok. An influential Lama who is making preparations to leave soon, confessed his faith. (He, like the receiving treatment here says there possibly within the next two weeks. one we wrote about before, had to is no question but that I can go He expects to be gone three or even buy himself free from lamaism, and stay several months. four months, but to be back here for only this one had to pay even We have already garnered the Christmas.Mabel Nichols. more.) first fruits of our labor among the I planned the meals and admin lepers. A few weeks ago we bap istered the supplies for the camp. tized Tsong Den, a leper and former We had four cooks, all of whom Lama. He is one of the two who gave us good cooperation: and the first came for treatment. He took an HARVEST TIME conduct of the students was above interest in the Gospel from the first, reproach. These victories assure us and avidly read every thing we Harvest time is here. We will get that many of you are praying for gave him. Tsong Drema taught him quite a lot of grain this summer, for this work. Keep on faithfully, for it faithfully, telling him he would we have charge of all the fields on is for the glory of the Lord. Oh how have to renounce his lama office the mission, Do Rah, and across the wonderfully He has been meeting before he could become a Christian. river. This may be our living if con our needs! After about two months, he wished ditions get so bad we can not get One of the young men who con to return home and get his young any money. The apricots are getting fessed Christ at camp and who was sister, who was to be our goat-herd. ripe, but we hope they will not be immersed on Thursday had to leave He planned to be back in about ten as sour as last year. The dried ones with a party bound for Bai-ye the days; but when the weeks grew were impossible to eat even with following day. Because he goes as into months, we just about gave up the only Christian in the party up hope of his return. Then one day he lots of sugar. We hope all these into that notoriously bad robber showed up with a happy smile on fields and work will not keep us country, and himself but a new his face. He told us that he had too busy and prevent us from do born babe in Christ, we ask that bought himself free from the lam you pray for him very specially and asery for 300 "gommu," and was ing the Lord's work.Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols. faithfully.Mabel Nichols. now ready to be baptized.

desire to

where he is going. The leper village is so high and cold that the grow ing season is short and no vege

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

WORKING WITH OPIUM


SMOKERS

Several weeks ago the Magistrate of Paan put a ban on the selling and smoking of opium. The opium traffic has always been carried on openly here, so it was a compara tively easy matter to round up the addicts and order the opium shops

stuff. In general the Tibetans con skeptical, then called in those who sider it a "Chinese vice," and it is wished to be released. Of fourteen quite disgraceful to be known as a tested, twelve were proven to be liars; but not one protested the val user. idity of the test. There were several After the "round up," Magistrate who, after seeing it performed on Chiang delivered a very stern mes others, admitted using a little and sage to the addicts. He is not a thought best to stay a few days Christian but the surprising thing closed. This is the first sincere at was that he strongly emphasized longer. Pastor Lee preached at a special tempt that we know of in these that they must repent, that it parts to really put a stop to this wasn't his business to preach, but convocation service every morning
terrible curse.

do not have them here. Nearly all scribed as very sensitive. I prepared samples from a confessed user and the Tibetans disavowed using the from a non-user to exhibit to the

Magistrate Chiang made arrange


ments with us to have the smokers

it was the business of Pastor Lee and Mr. Nichols, and they were to
say.

at ten outside under a

tent. The

patients were also free to attend the regular services held on the listen carefully to what we had to compound. Seven of the patients
said that they would like to become
Christians.

come here for a cure. They were rounded up and those who refused, were forced to come. We appreciate very much Magistrate Chiang's ef forts, and of course were glad to cooperate with him. We appreciate
also the confidence he showed in

the Mission in intrusting us with


this task. You know we have neith
er Doctor nor Nurse here. We do

have Brother Shao and Tsong Drema; and truly we would not comfortable I felt under such re know what to do without them. sponsibility. Mr. Shao said that in

The Magistrate said that all would have to stay at least three days and I was to determine if they were free of the habit. There would be no appeal from my ver dictif I said stay, they would have to stay; and if I made any com plaint about anyone being un cooperative, the culprit would be beaten. You can imagine how un

There will be some illicit traffic

of course, but I shops are gone will be a great really desire to

am sure the open for good and that help to those who stop. Edgar Nichols

SUPPLIES NEEDED

In all there were 44 patients. It the large hospitals they tested the Please remind our people we will was somewhat of a surprise to us urine of suspects. He knew of no need medical supplies, which are mar rh^re" "were aimost as* inauy way and i couid fnrd ncr descrip not cheap, and otner equipTnent;TVe" Tibetans as Chinese. One reason is tion of such a test in any of the will travel with minimum equip that the Military Official promised medical books at hand. I found a ment but there are some things to take care of his soldiers, so we test for Morphine which was de very essential.Gladys Schwake.

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