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Dear itiends in Christ:

Never in the 24 years that we have "been here, ha^ it "been so "bad...not even in the awful times of 1966-67, ' The shops are all empty or closed, and people are searching for any kind of food. Long ago they gave up on getting rice, and are now eating the grains that used to he fed to the .animals. Then they started eating roots, or anything they coiild get.
The Collector of our District, and Church World Service has

asked if I wo\ild help. No food from jftmerica is possible, "but v/e may "be ahle to get some from Germany, if we can raise the funds. 99$^ of the food cost will he underwritten, if I can raise the remaining You helped us "before vfhen we fed 75|000 meals per day for almost 2-g- years AND NOW IVE COME TO YOU jflG-AIN.
The situation is desperate, and many will surely die unless we help. We may not be able to save everyone, but we will
certainly do our best.

My friends, you.c^ feed a person in India for ONE IVEEK on v;hat it costs .us for just ONE MBAL in America, Would you be v/illing to give up ONE MEAL A WEEK,'and

send that money to India Famine Belief 7 With "ttiat little amount of money,
Will you do it ?
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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Evangelistically speaking, this was the "best year ever for What a great year at S.A.C.C,
Three finished the three

the Lord, in India.

^ Our Evangelistic Crusade

concluded with the establishing 'af 22 new Churches, and the

year Degree course. Four teen finished the two year Diploma course, Tv/elve more finished the two year Diploma course at Madrapakkam in the
locair language" of "Tamil .

/addition of 896 new names in

the Lamh^s Book of Life,

The task of trainii^ workers

We hope that 1975 will he _ an even greater year. It can "be, "because the Lord is leading us. Please remember us in your prayers.
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^3 given top priority, be

cause it is essential to the

continued growth of the

lord's work.

Plans for our 1975 Crusade are already under way, with the Revival Fires Evangelistic Team, Would you be interested

in working ? Write Revival Fires for information.

iilready we have more appli

cations for next term than we have room for students.

construction
I am happy to report to you that the hospital is in use, although it is not completed. Funds have Just not been coming
in as they' should, and this has slowed con struction. We are goii^ to ma^ a strong push during. !^y to raise the necessary
amount to finish the building, and to_ have

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Would you, or your Bible School class like to adopt a boy ? For only 7.00 a monldi you can pay for his room
and board at the Hostel,
Illinois.

everything finished by August.

For further

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Our new lady Doctor is doing a tremen-

information, write: Tom Haney, Oden,

' dous "wbrlc with the maternity patients, and the women and children. We are so grateful

Used clothing can always be used.

~~fo r'lie r. WitlT'se ve r"^"' me'h""takihg~''TeTre she r courses", our staff is very capable.

Pack up a box today, and send it.

South India Church of Christ Mission

P, 0, Box 215

Non-profit Organizatioi
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Danville, Illinois

61832

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PUBLISHED BY

South India Church of Christ Mission

MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR MORRIS, FOUNDERS
MISSIONARIES

FORWARDING AGENT

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morris

D. Eugene Houpt
P.O. Box 215

AUGUST 1974

Madrapakkam R.M.S. Madras, South India

Danville, Illinois 61832

HOSPITAL

DEDICATED

OCTOBER

It was a happy day on October 2, 1973 (the birthday of Mahatmi Gandhi) when Judge Milford Anness handed over the keys of the newly built Christian Hospital to the Indian Church. This first ward unit has in it 8 wards and bathroom, verandha and bed space for 50 leper patients.
It will also house the Physiotherapy Department and Leprosy Outpatient Departments as well. Just think how

all the cement factories. Not even a spoon full of cement

could be bought for 4 long months. Some of the masons

and others did not like to live in the villages and then now in the end a big Government project is taking our material. Really it has been a test of faith. Our well would not supply
enough water so we went to our neighbors and borrowed

all the water they had. It took 5 wells to make the job
possible.

wonderful it will be to get our leprosy patients out of those huts which always fall down in the monsoon and into good
clean new wards. We can control the weather and make

them to get well so much faster this way.

A Government Minister opened the new unit and the local dignitaries spoke. The Consul General of the United States of America, Dr. John Eaves Jr. gave the main address and all in all it was quite a function.

The cornerstone was laid on January 31, 1972, and now

21 months later we can move into the new block. This

whole project was plagued with trouble and 1 do not think any building could have had more problems in getting built.

The task is not over, for we need the next block as soon as possible. The second block will have in it the dual operation theatre, and X ray room. Then in front will be the Outpatient block and Chapel and another 50 bed ward
for general patients. It will be tremendous once it is done.
Thanks to all who have cared and shared to make this

First we had about 9 months delay on the plans, getting

them drawn and approved and then there was too much

rain. When this ended we got the foundation poured and all
ready to start on the big work, when the power cut stopped

first unit possible.

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NEW TOOLS FOR A NEW AGE

Medicine has been tried and works. It works in Africa

and all over India. All the High Caste Converts we have
We now live in a time when if the tools that are available

ever had came this way. It is not Social Gospel, it is simply

using a tool or key to open the door of the heart. When a man is sick or scared, he is much more willing to listen to a new teaching than when he is rich, well off and healthy.

do not do the job efficently and easy, we simply design new tools. This is the rule of the day in Business, yet we do not follow it in the matter of soul winning.

We need new tools of soul winning on a world wide scale. Let us face the hard cold facts. We are not winning in the battle for the souls of the world. The non Christian popula tion is growing so much faster than the Christian population. Nationalism and factionalism has slowed the missionary emphasis down, until with the greatest education, greatest
transportation system and the greatest means of mass com

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munication, we do the very least for our Lord. The remain ing years of the 70's are the very crucial times in World History. They will determine if the world will be Christian
and Free or Communist and bound. Let us fashion new

tools that will do the job in this crucial decade.

1. Let the Scholars face the task that we do not have an

answer to the problems of how to win the a. Mohammedan, b. Buddhist, c. Hindu, d. Atheist and e. Animist. This is a
task so tremendous that if all of our educated men in the

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Art Morris with Indian Christians

Bible Colleges got together, we should come up with some

new ideas.

We do not want to make men Western, only Christian. We do not want to make them less Patriotic, but better citizens. We want them by the millions to see Jesus. 2. Many Mission stations have ceased from being out posts in the battle for the souls of the world, but instead have become caretakers of the peace. Many missionaries instead of being fishers of Men become caretakers of the

Famine Relief work is a good tool also. We distributed

over $3,000,000 worth of gift foods in a 14 year period. It opened countless doors and made an opportunity to
teach and witness for Christ. No one came to Christ because

he was fed, but it opened his eyes to see what kind of

people these Christians were who loved even the starving. After our helping the people like this in a famine the period
of great results came.

goldfish bowl, and the only task is swiping fish out of each others bowl. Many churches no longer plan on winning the city, but just to hold their own and not lose over S% a year.
Why have we become so lax?

Another method that is a sure fire solution to opening closed doors is to bring orphan children into your home or
a home and teach them the word of God, Children's hearts

If the old traditional methods of soul winning do not yield results, then let's start new methods. Let us explore until we find one or more methods that do yield results. For many years our missionaries have taught English to those who were becoming educated and needed to master this new language. Then let us teach English and use the Bible as a textbook. Many have workers in Adult Literacy, and as the person begins to read, he gets portions of the Bible. I know this works, for we taught 500 in one group and won over 300 of them. This method works, so let us
use it around the world.

are always much more willing to listen to new teachings than adults. Over 100 of the Boys who were in our boys home are now preaching every week and winning hundreds of souls. It is slow, but it is steady and sure.
Another way is to teach and train young men to be preachers. This can be in a regular Bible College or in special
training classes in your home. It works in India. When we

had so many training centers we had many additions all over India. When the schools stopped the additions stop
ped too. We have found that the new trainee will win ten

times as many as the old trained preacher. We train farmers,

shopkeepers, teachers, drivers and ordinary laborers. Our

BIBLES URGENTLY NEEDED

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Each and every year many of our churches use the American Bible Society daily scripture portions from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Then usually an offering is sent to the Bible Society. This is good and we have a way to make a good thing even better. Just carry on as usual, only make your offering a little larger and then tell them to credit this money to the Bible Society of India and send the
Bibles to us.

This way you will help the American Bible Society to reach their goal and you will help us to have copies of the

Holy Scriptures to give out to the many who need to study.

We need 10,000 Bibles immediately. Each Bible is $1.50 now, as they are printed in India and not in London. Please

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Typical village church

remember us and give us the Gospel Ammunition. We call the Bibles our Bullets. We have all seen how costly it is to wage a war in some far off jungle and how impossible it is to win the war, even with Billions of dollars of expense.
There is an alternative. Take the Bible and teach them and make them Christians. Then we will be brothers and friends

goal is that every man must be a preacher and every woman a teacher. If you do this you are bound to have results.
One of the finest methods of today are Bible Clubs and Sunday Schools, along with the Correspondence courses for interested people. The Bible Club has many advantages over the other methods as it is a particularly good key. Here is how it is done. The preacher or volunteer come to a school where he

it is a well known fact that it costs only 1% as much to convert a man as to kill a man. No bombers, tanks or costly battleships, and so we save 99%. Yet those who labor in the Battle fields for Christ do not have any Gospel Ammunition. We need Bibles and urgently.
Every correspondence course student needs a Bible, also the new Christians and then the Sunday School children.

has made prior arrangement to meet just as soon as school

is out. While the children are still there he starts action

The battle is on for the heart and life of the people of India, Please help us.

chorus and songs. The children stop to see what is going on and in India, particularly, the people love music and will stay back and learn the new songs. Then comes the Bible Story and some will go, but many stay on. Then comes the closing prayer and games. Everyone loves this part and soon a card is given to each student proclaiming him as a Bible Club member. It works like magic. Doors that would never be open to the Christian message are now open. Then Sunday School is good once you break the ice and win their confidence. Then for the good ones comes the correspond ence lesson and finally a new soul born into the Kingdom. Evangelistic meetings have proved very successful for us. We have had such evangelists as Reggie Thomas, Dave Thomas, Joe Garmanand Glenn Bourne. With a good period of preparation and a good follow up this method is very
successful.

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Gene and Alice Houpt with Art Morris during a visit at the leper hospital at Madrapakkam.

We have used one and all of these methods and many

others too, but the result has been just about 1,000 souls

added to the Body of Christ every year. By June 3rd, 1974, we will have completed 25 years of service to India and then we should have crossed the25,000 addition line.
We want to be "all things to all men in the hope of winning some."

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CORRESPONDENCE LESSONS A GREAT SUCCESS

We are printing 20,000 correspondence lessons and already have thousands of them out in the villages. We do not have the people send them in by post as the people are too poor to pay the postage. We have volunteer teachers take the lessons and grade the papers and then give the next lessons. In this way we are preparing a great number of people to know Jesus Christ.

Gene and Alice Houpt with Art Morris standing by first section of wall built for new hospital.

SHARING WITH THE SOUTH INDIA CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

By Glenn H. Bourne It all began at Traders Point Christian Church in Indiana polis, Indiana when it was my privilege to share with Brother Art Morris in a Faith Promise Missionary Rally. He
sat down beside me and asked if I would come to India and

family is to be commended. The care they give to more than 300 boys and girls not only meets an important need but
becomes an effective area for challenging young men to

teach in the Southern Asia Christian College during the summer months. I immediately agreed without ever think

enter the Christian ministry. Many of the boys, raised in the mission hostels, enter Southern Asia Christian College. Students receiving their training in the Bible college then

ing I really could. However, details were soon worked out and the teaching trip became a reality.
On July 16th, following the North American Christian Convention, Brother Kenneth Starkey, elder in the Traders

accept the challenge to serve the many village churches and assist with the planting of new congregations in other villages. Their medical and leprosy work provides yet an
other wonderful way of reaching some with the Gospel who would probably never be reached otherwise. The printing ministry aids the total mission program. There were about forty men in Southern Asia Christian College for the term I was there. Five of these men came
from the area where Bernel Getter serves. It was a delight to share with all these students. It is my conviction that the work of this college is meeting a need that could never be

Point Christian Church, his wife Jeannie, my wife Carolyn and I flew from Indianapolis to Madras India, arriving on Wednesday afternoon. Brother and Sister Morris, their two daughters and two of the Indian Christians met us at the airport and welcomed us with garlands in the typical Indian fashion. We were then taken to the college where the teach ers and students were awaiting their opportunity to welcome us also. A formal service had been arranged at the college where I had my first opportunity to speak to the Indian
brethren.

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met by sending students from India to America for their education. The great expense involved in bringing students to America is avoided along with the temptations of an af fluent society awaiting the foreign student in the United States. When there is as much of a contrast in life styles and economy as there is between the villages of India and the cities of the United States, I thank God for schools like Southern Asia Christian College where adequate training is provided for the future growth of the church in India with out being so much dependent upon the American dollar. Several of the boys asked me if they could come to St. Louis Christian College. In my opinion, to have brought any of them to the States for Bible college would have been a mistake as long as they have adequate educational op portunities there.
Art and Ruth invited many guests into their home for

tea, thus giving us additional opportunities to learn of the Christian work in India. Some of the guests in the Morris home were David and Lois Rees, Leonard and Pam Thomp
son, and several of the Indian Christian leaders. We were

Southern Asia Christian College

The next morning I began my teaching schedule, teaching two hours each morning and one hour each evening, cover ing the books of I, II, III John and Revelation. Each Satur day and Sunday we had opportunities to visit the various village churches. During the three and a half weeks I was privileged to preach and share with twenty three different churches plus visiting other churches at a time when there was no service. Brother Art arranged for me to preach for an evangelistic meeting the last week in Madras. A semioutdoor facility was rented for this purpose. The mission printing press prepared the advertising and the college students assisted with the distribution of the posters. There
were responses to the invitation at every service. During our stay in India we witnessed more than sixty baptisms.

guests in the home of the Eldon Weisners and had an oppor tunity to visit the work he oversees. Because Jerry Lacson was in the process of moving to another area, our visit with him was very brief. If a person feels ill-at-ease around a busy man, then Art is a man to avoid. But I rejoice that he is willing to expend his energies for the Lord in this fruitful ministry.
The 500 colored slides that I brought home with me will

help me re-live this trip over and over again. Already I've had many opportunities to share these experiences with
local congregations.

The Indian Christians were very impressed and encour

aged with the visit of the Starkeys. To think that someone,

other than a preacher, was concerned enough to visit with them was a rewarding experience for them. I might add that the Starkeys are delightful travel companions and wonderful
Christians.

Visiting with a missionary family provides wonderful op portunities for learning and observing. It's a joy to share
these lessons and observations with others.

The Morris family were very gracious hosts. They ar ranged for every day to be filled with exciting experiences
that introduced us to Indian life and customs. Art and Ruth

Indian Christian hospitality is beautiful. For them to share with us in their poverty made me never want to com plain again as long as I live. We have so much and they have
so little.

are tireless workers, always busy in a constructive way. They both teach in the college in Madras in addition to their teaching responsibilities in Madrapakkam. But teach ing is only a part of their multiple ministry in India. The well-balanced missionary program of the Morris

In my opinion much is to be gained for the total cause of missions with this kind of exchange where we were privileged to visit with Art and Ruth. We received so many spiritual blessings in return for our teaching and preaching.
Our prayers continue to ascend on behalf of the Morris family and others who are serving Christ in India.

BRANCH BIBLE COLLEGE VERY SUCCESSFUL

The branch of the Southern Asia Christian College in Madrapakkam is very successful this year. All classes here are in Tamil, while the classes in Madras are all in English.
The standard are lower, but some of the students are mar ried men and more capable, once they are taught.

Southern Asia Christian College

Graduating class of 1974. Faculty and Graduates pictured above.

We are using our preachers and also the Madras College staff to teach these fine young men. On Monday's Bro. Kadavelu a 1972 Bible College graduate is teaching. On Tuesday Ruth is taking the Classes. On Wednesday Bro. Balasunderam of the Madras College is teaching and on Thursday I do the teaching and on Friday, two 1971 grad uates are teaching, Bro. Sinderaj and Bro. Stephen. The
house father is Bro. Nesaraj also of the class of 1971 and

ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST

The newly formed Assoication of Churches has made

the Physiotherapist at the hospital. This is part of the plan to make every hospital worker also a preacher and have close fellowship between these departments. Then Bro. Maghiemadoss, one of our early graduates of 1954, is full time man at the college and teaches when someone fails to come on time. Each afternoon they go to preach and pass out tracts and teach Correspondence courses. Six young
men and sixteen married men are students here at

wonderful progress in getting the property deeds straight ened out and registering the church lands. This was only started in April. All the church properties were given to the Indian Church in a registered body to keep them in trust for the common good. Eleven officers were elected in April
and the final eleven were elected in October.

Madrapakkam.

We are so proud to see the church growing up and caring for this part of the ministry. This frees us from so many
tasks and saves literally hundreds of hours of our time. It is well said that the job of a missionary is to work himself out of a job. That is to have the job taken over by the new con verts. This association is really doing this. Because of this
relief we are now able to work on the Bible Clubs and Cor

respondence Courses and Sunday Schools.

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The Rostvit Twins, Reggie Thomas and Art Morris during one of the great evangelistic crusades.

Sunday Schools are growing up all over Madras City. Madras City is really a great mission field. It is about 30 miles on a side or 900 square miles. In this area are crammed and jammed around 4,000,000 people. In our District and

the city, that is about a 50 mile radius, there are 10,500,000 people. To these people we are really concentrating our new teaching program. We are now starting Sunday Schools.
Since June we have started 16 new schools. We have them

all over, in the Police quarters and the hutments and in the nice home areas. We have them in English, Tamil, Telegu

and Hindi. This is all being done by our faculty and students of the Southern Asia Christian College. When we started we had 5 to 10 children and several have grown fror* one
teacher to four teachers and to 100 to 130 children. We

have no buildings, so are using schools, the shade of trees

and verandhas of homes. The best of the students are now

on the Correspondence course and really learning about

God.

We are starting to print our own Sunday School papers and already need 10,000 a week. It is a simple paper in Tamil, with a Bible picture and the lesson story and a
memory verse.

We need English Sunday School papers. The 4 and 5 year old study papers are the best. Also we need Bible Picture Rolls for village Sunday School classes. We also need Primary Junior papers and even Straights.
A new English Church was started after the meeting of Bro. Glenn Bourne. The new English church that was formed is now meeting in Vepery and regular quarters are promised. We will give the address just as soon as the ar
rangements are final. Bro. David Matthew is the minister.

Robert Small baptizing a convert after his preaching during a visit to India.

YOUR DOLLARS HELP

SPREAD THE GOSPEL!

BOYS HOME ADDS NEW DEPARTMENT

Ruth is happy to announce that the Boys Home of India now has a new Department. Guess what? It is the Girls De partment. Now there are 30 homeless girls also being taken care of. There has been a need for a home for homeless girls. Many of you have questioned us why we did not care for girls, but we had no house and place suitable. Things worked out just right this time. We had an empty house and found a good teacher to be house mother. Of course, the girls were always there. Now you can have your choice of adopting either a boy or a girl, or both.

No parents, no food now m our Boys Home.

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RISING PRICES

I imagine that the slogan of rising prices is not a new one to anyone, but we are facing a terrible food shortage. India

is buying several million tons of wheat, com and milo from America and other countries just to keep the people from starving. This is raising the prices daily. Food prices are almost double what they were just 5 or 6 months ago. Now
to make ends meet and not starve the children we are forced

to raise the price for support for a child from $5.00 a month

to $7.00 a month. This is not much and is absolutely neces

sary to see that the child has decent food in these hard times.

New elementary school at Mission compound. First one ever recognized, operated by Mission for Boys Home.

If you are supporting a child and can not give the extra $2.00 a month, then send what you can, but if you can raise it, please do. For all new parents please remember $7,00 a month. I think this is still the very cheapest sponsorship in the world, for we use all the money for the children. In many of the big name Funds that sponsor children around the world, you have to pay about half of the money for the big offices in America. With Boys Home you do not pay a cent, so this is why we can still do it so cheap. Bro. Tom Haney and his staff and Mrs. Lela McElravey donate their services to make this all possible. Would you
like to have a son or daughter in India? If so just write them at Boys Home of India c/o Christian Church, Odon, Indiana.

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YOUR DOLLARS HELP HOMELESS CHILDREN!

Site of a new Boys Home. Building is going on now.

JUDGE MILFORD AND MRS. ANNESS COME TO INDIA

On September 30, 1973 Milford and Marie Anness came to India to represent F.A.M.E. at the dedication of the

Hospital. A lawyer by profession, Milford is also a wonder ful Gospel Preacher. He held several crusades in the different areas, as well as speaking for the Quarterly Association

Meeting and Southern Asia Christian College. Milford has preached all over Africa in Europe and even Russia, as well
as in many churches and on many conventions in America.
We were glad to have them.
COMING GUESTS

In January we are looking forward to Bro. Dave Thomas of "Person To Person Evangelism". Dave is a tremendous soul winner and the kingdom will be a lot better after his
coming.

In February we will have Prof. Conley Silsby and 15 American College Students who are enrolled in his Traveling Bible College. They will study and preach and teach and
hold a city wide Crusade.

Nurse giving out food.

In March we are expecting our old friend and co-worker Bro. Reggie Thomas. Reggie has been here for 2 great cru sades in the past and will be coming mainly to work in new
areas where we have never gone. He will work in Kerala and
a new part of Andhra.
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Please pray for these who come to preach and teach His
Word.
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BRO. GLENN BOURNE GAVE VALUABLE LESSONS

ON REVELATION

We want to thank Brother and Sister Glenn Bourne for

coming out to India and teaching the Madras Bible College

students and their guests the books of Revelation and II and

III John. Not only did Bro. Bourne teach these hard books, but he also found time to hold a really wonderful Evangel istic Meeting in Madras City. They arrived on July 18 and
were able to stay up to August II. With the Bournes were

their friends Mr. and Mrs. Ken Starkey of Traders Point Christian Church, Indianapolis, Indiana. Bro. Ken is a farmer

and used his very practical knowledge in many ways. We

thank these good friends for coming. May God bless them.

Ruth giving food to poor women.

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FAMINE STRIKES AGAIN

Many of you have already received copies of the appeal

for help that Art Morris sent out recently. But in event you have not become aware of the problem, we are printing his letter here in full. Many are even now responding to this urgent call for help, but the need is so very great. All we will be able to do will only amount to a trickle, but we

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must respond to at least help relieve the suffering of some

of the children and expectant mothers. Any help you can give will certainly be appreciated. Here is the letter; "Greetings from the land of the blazing desert. We have been here for the last 24 years, and never has it

been so bad, even in the awful time of 1966 and 1967.

The shops are all empty or closed and people are searching for any kind of food. Long ago they gave up on getting rice and now are eating the grains that used to be fed to the animals. Then they started eat
ing roots and anything that they could get. "The collector of our district has asked me to try

Men leper patients at mealtime

and help the people, and Church World Service has also asked me to try and keep these people alive. There is no food from America possible now, but
some may come from Germany.

"You helped us before when we fed 75,000 meals

a day for almost Vh. years, and now we come to you

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again. Before this program can be set up and food arrives from Germany, we must try to open some thing like bread lines or soup kitchens at the hostels
and hospitals and in our village churches.

"The situation is desperate and many many will surely die unless we help. Would you miss a meal so that a child could eat for a week??? We may not be able to save everyone, but let us try to help the children and expectant mothers. THIS IS MOST URGENT. If you CARE, will you SHARE. Please send whatever you can SPARE to Bro. Houpt, marked 'Famine Relief immediately".
In the name of Christ we ask it.
Art and Ruth ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CRUSADE

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Women leper patients at mealtime

The Reggie Thomas team has just completed another

great meeting in South India. During this most recent

campaign (spring 1974) there were 896 baptized into Christ. Reggie Thomas has been to India three times. He has taught classes and held evangelistic campaigns in the continuing effort to spread the Good News. Reggie reports that he has seen the converts from his first meeting attend the second and third meetings, and converts from the
second meeting attend the third meeting. This is encourag ing. It shows that the work of conservation is continuing after these campaigns are held. We of the South India Church of Christ Mission are very grateful for the contri bution of the Revival Fires Overseas Evangelism Depart ment. Thanks be to God for great victories in His name.

YOUR DOLLARS HELP FEED THE HUNGRYI

IVo food and no water and still a smilel

All drinking water must be carried over a mile.

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The r$ijis. have "begun now, so we plant the rice fields again and
harvest the new crop. personally visit each one of you
and read this newsletter as i t

Since we cannot

for your wonderful st5)port.

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OUR HOSPITAL HAS WHEELS

'So answer your immediate question-

Uo, we did not Jack i?) the hospital

help those vho are imable to come to the hospital itself.

and put wheels under i1; Nothing of the sort... But we did the next "best thing We got som^ ""Wheels" , in the form Ojf a rysw ambulance van, so we can

We are indebted

to the wonderful friends of the Kingdom Builders of Southern Indiana, for raising the money to allow us to purchase the van, v

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Boys* Homes. First the "bad news The Boys* Homes have "been hit very hard "by the famine, suid the rations of rice dropped to once a day, instead of the uiual three times. We have h^ to ti^ten our belts a co^ij^le of notches-, but with your con tinued support, and prayers, and by the help of our great God,
will get along just fine. Now for the good news~ Our new

Boys* Home at Kalamanaidt^et is almost completed, and ready for occT:5)ation. It has been a real struggle to get .this building completed, because the money is so hard to come by, But praise the Lord, we have been able to do it.
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At the September meeting of the Board of Trustees, jhe Don Jl^rs family was accepted
as missionaries to the South India Mission. If you would be interested in having the Myers family visit your congregation and present the work of South India, and more

specifically, the work they are planning on doing, you may contact them at the following
Traders Po^t Christian Ghiircdi

7860 Layfayette Boad

Indianapolis, Indiana

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Ve are in the midst of preparations for o-ur January Crusade with the Hevival Fires team. We are looking forward to great things Iseing accoioplished for the Lord. At present, we have

nine teams out working, and laying the groundwork.

Since July

we have had 300 additions, and 118 last month alone. So you can see why our hopes are lii^. ' Inflation over here has driven costs sky-high, lor the printing ministry of the Crusoe alone, we e^ect the total

cost to "be close to $5000.00Our printing account is down to $200,00- If you could see your^ clear to help us in this area, any offering, large or small^ would he greatly appreciated,
Please pray for our .Crusade... Be tter yetcome and help,

WHO'S THAT

NEW DOCTOR ?

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I*m glad you asked that questioni

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He's our new leperollfcgist (ain* t that a fancy word?). He will "be taking charge of
the leprosy work in Tamilnadu and Andhra, Presently he is completing his training at

This is the best year ever for teaching our young people. Even with cramped quarters, things are going

the Geverment Center at Chingleput;; ; Along with Dr, John Thomas, and our lady
doctor, Dr. Vijaya, we now have three of the
hest doctors'available.

(We have the Telegu College on our

house veranda) .

We are in the midst of negotiating

for a new college building that will ,

Another "bit of good news is that'i^ are

now huy^g our medicine directly from the wholesale companies, and getting much better prices and service.

give us all the spacd we need

Our

attorney is attempting to finalize th^

contract, as you read this. Perhaps by the next printing of the Indianotes, we will be able to tell you about our new college building.
Please remember our students in your
prayers.

(Now tiien if you're wondering why I

told you all about the new doctor, and did not include his name-^ the answer is simple.
-ART DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE LBTTEH. So don't write me .write Art,

South India Church of Christ Mission P. 0,. Box 215

Non-profit Organization
U.S. Postage-Paid Akron, Ohio
Permit: No. 189

Danville, Illinois

61832

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24,1974

THE BAY CITY TIMES

500 People Per Day Starving in India

NEW DELHI (UPI) In mud huts

or in concrete slums, in hospital beds

or on grimy sidewalks, around 500

people died from hunger today in In

dia.

About another 500 people died yes

terday, and 500 more will die tomor*
row.

"By our best estimates about ?00 people die per day of straight out-andout starvation," said one Western food
expert. "Another 300 or 400 succumb

As refugees stream into the towns looking for something to eat, urban folk panic and lock their houses. Re ports of looting and food riots are be coming more frequent. India has always had difficulty feed ing its burgeoning population. But this year an erratic monsoon, prolonged drought and the energy crisis have left
it with 10 million tons less food then

what economists estimate is the bare

minimum needed to keep the popula

tion alive.

of the population lives in the edg

nothing. The lO-million-toa shortfa

The oil shortage left irrigation

pumps idle just when they were need ed most to combat the drought.

just tipping a lot of them over

edge.

"It doesn't take very much to tip the

scales between mere survival and stai*vation," said a Western econo

*Tndia will get some food here some food there," the econo^st s
starving to death,"

"But it won't be enough and it w

mist, "In the best of times 80 per cent

stop a hell of a lot of people f

to colds or diarrhea simply because

they are too weak,from malnutrition to
combat those diseases."

Caught in a famine which could equal the great Bengal famine of 1343

w^

when nearly 4 million people starved to death, the Indian government can find no solution to the crisis wiiich it
publicly denies exists at all.

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"There has not even been one death

in India because of famine," former foreign minister Swaran Singh stated

flatly during a recent visit to the Unit
ed States.

"Of course they know their own peo

ple are starving," said a Western economist. "They're just too proud to
admit it to the rest of the world

especially since there isn't enough food in the rest of the world this year to help them much anyway."
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The government's decision to stone wall queries about starvation deaths has given rise to a series of callous jokes in the capital.

"Some nerve," quipped one humo

rist on being told that 2,000 people

eled to the Bangladesh capiU^ in. search of food. Famine has struck
wire areas of the country. A]^

relief camp set up in Dacca to^feed landless peasants who have trav

RELIEF CAMP FOOD

laps up fond from his plate at a

starved to death in the eastern state of Assam last month. "A direct violation

of government policy. Have they no

national pride?" Judging from the harrowing talcs trickling into New Delhi, nine of India's

21 states seem to be suffering from

starvation conditions.

In eastern India, the government has set up gruel kitchens. But many of
the villagers who trek miles to reach them die along (he route and others die as they wait tlieir turn to eat in the
long lines.