CPIKI8TIAN MISSIONS IN

WARTIIVIE
LISULAND. WEST CHINA

January 13 to Augusi- 7, 1942 Messages from:

J. RUSSELL MORSE

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GERTRUDE MORSE

EUGENE MORSE
ROBERT MORSE

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Mailed by
MRS. RUTH MORSE I 14 South Denver

TULSA. OKLAHOMA
Sec. 562 P. L & R.

tNDUSTRr AORICUmJRE

J. RUSSELL MORSE and FAMILY

Ta-Bolo.

1939

'The harvest truly is great but the laborers are few'

Pray ye, therefore. {Luke 10:2)

September 25. 1942.

I 14 South Denver Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma MRS. RUTH MORSE TO YOU

Dear Co-Workers in Christ's Kingdom:

The last letter which you received from me with news of the J. Russell Morse family, missionaries along the ChineseTibetan border, (Lisuland), told that money had been cabled
to them in care of the American Consul at Kunming, West

China. I have just had an air-mail letter from Robert H. Morse, the nineteen-year-old second son, that the amount of
the first draft, $1,500, was "now safe In the Bank of China

in Chinese currency, subject to my order for the mission pur chases. The exchange was less favorable than formerly but still 1 can make this amount go a long way. A gold dollar (U. S.) is worth 27 Chinese dollars. Here are some items 1 have bought with Chinese money: 2 tins of kerosene, I gal lon each, $225; 11 bars of soap, $80; 3 bottles of quinine,
300 grains each, $150."

Getting this assurance that funds sent six weeks ago had gone safely to our missionaries was like seeing sunshine through

a rift of fog. All airmail and cable get into China by way of Bombay on the west side of India. As we study the German advance toward India, and realize that Japan holds
Burma, the country on the east of India, we feel that now

if ever Is the time to send messages to this steadfast family. They are not contemplating leaving fheir expanding respon

sibilities, as you will see from excerpts from letters sent by J. Russell Morse to his son, Robert, who was in his third year
in the Chinese college, "Hua Chung", and who acts as business

agent for the mission. To get glasses and dentistry, Robert had to go to Kunming, now the second city in importance in Free China. (Capital of Yunnan Province). While waiting for funds Robert found a "job" teaching English for $30 a month. He will conduct his "caravan" of supplies to the
mission station before returning to college.
So many people have asked me for data about the Morse

work and family that 1put the following summary in this letter: Justin Russell Morse, 44, graduated at Phillips University.
He went with Dr. Ueroy Shelton to Batang, West China, in the fall of 1921. There he studied languages and methods of work. First furlough in 1927. Studied Oriental diseases and ele-

mentary medicine in Los Angeles. Through friends made on

speaking fours, Mr. Morse formed the first bond of "rope

holders," Christians pledged to pray regularly for the mission work and to support it on a voluntary basis, thus allowing him
to make such moves as seemed' best when he was on the

foreign field.

Mr. Morse has never made a direct appeal

for financial help and he has shunned what he calls "overpromotion", yet his needs have been met in spite of loss by flood and the loss of his reserve funds in the banks at Hong
Kong and at Rangoon. On his return to the Tibetan border in 1929, God opened a way for His work at Yea Chi in the Mekong .valley not far from the great Lisu people among
whom the mission workers have since made thousands of con

verts and established many congregations. Prayer and faithful nursing brought Mr. Morse through a typhoid attack. He has suffered many trials, particularly in the death or illness or removal of his beloved co-workers, yet today he faces war and isolation with the courage of one who has unreservedly given his life to His Father's work. "As for the danger of

Japanese invasion from Burma, that is theoretically quite pos sible, but practically improbable, as this region is so primitive
and hard to reach. We are willing to take the chance, holding the fort as Christian soldiers. Pray for us." Gertrude Howe Morse, 44, graduate from Oklahoma Uni

versity and graduate student at Phillips after her marriage. Does full missionary work, teaches, writes, cares for her family and two orphan girls, Anzie and Drema whose mother had
Ueen her cook and helper for many years.

Eugene Russell Morse, 21, six feet tall and strong, has been doing full mission work for two years. Natural evangelist, planner, builder, scientist. Great mechanical ability. Called "the smiling Mr. Morse" by natives when he was a little boy. Schooled by Calvert system, part high school in U. S. and by correspondence. Religious education by his parents; mission

ary method and languages by experience on the field. Born

in Oklahoma.

Robert Howe Morse, 19, linguist, musicion, tcocher and

personal and evangelistic worker.

Born in Batang, China.

'I think 1can nov/ go any

where in China understanding and making myself understood."

Business agent.

Russgll-taVerne-Morse, born in Los Angeles on his grand

mother Morse's birthday, January 4, 1927, is strong physically and spiritually. His father says of him, LaVerne has the
making of a great missionary."
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' Ruth Margaret Morse, the "longed-for-daughter" was

born in Hong Kong, as the family made the 1935 trip to America. She and LaVerne were students in Miss Joy's school for English children but now have to study at home.

Miss Isabel Maxey continues her work for the mission through speaking and writing. She fiew to Hong Kong in the summer of 1941. thence by boat to San Francisco. Mr. Morse wrote of her "no person who has helped us has done more to cheer us and to reach the native people than has Miss Maxey." She is the "beloved sister" of the Morse family. She can be reached through the Christian Standard.
To be nearer their great field in Lisuland. the Morse

family removed from the Mekong valley, across high moun tains to the upper Salwln valley. Here living conditions are primitive beyond, anything we can understand for the Morses
know that missionaries cannot live too far above the common

level without exciting envy and distrust. They can be reached by air mail care of Mr. Troy L. Perkins, U. S. Consulate,
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, for J. Russell Morse, P. O.

Ai-Wa N. W. Yunan, West China (via Likiang). Small amounts of money or checks should never, be sent

directly to the mission workers. When collected by The Christian Standard, Cincinnati, Ohio, or by Mrs. W. K. Cham berlain. 227 N. H. Herbert, Los Angeles, California, or by
Mrs. Ruth Morse, I 14 South Denver Avenue. Tulsa, Oklahoma,

Into larger amounts the cost of sending by cable is not too much. Personal mail may also be sent in care of Robert H.
Morse, Central China College at Hsi Chow, via Tali, Yunnan

West China. (Air mail all the way.} These letters may take from six weeks to two months for delivery.
EXCERPTS: '

J. Russell Morse to Robert Morse.

January [3, 1942.

Son, mother and I are tired when It comes time to write

letters more because we keep trying to make each-day count

for as much as possible for Christ's kingdom rather than thai'
we are in actual ill-health. Surely we feel that hundreds of
prayershere and In the homelandhave been answered this past year. We have faced one dilemma after another but

God s grace has never failed us. Robert, the work up here is simply tremendous and growing all the time. This past
year's story is a miracle In modern missions by Sod's grace.

Really, we are too close to these things to appreciate their greatness. We pass so much by as common place. Despite snow and rain and many uncertainties the Christmas Conven tions were very encouragingabout 160 at Asch-wuli, (Mekong
River): 250 at Gota, 500 at Tada (Salwln River) and 250 at Akhyang (Burma) conventions. Mrs. Gertrude Morse to Miss Isabel Maxey Jan. 15, 1942

(After telling Miss Maxey about the Christmas conferences spoken of in Mr. Morse's letter and which congregations were

the individual responsibility of members of the Morse family,

Mrs. Morse said): "Five boxes arrived by way of the Irriwaddi river on December 15. They came from Mother Morse and contained medicines, boots and shoes, underwear and a variety of useful and more than welcome things. My, it was wonder ful getting those things. I wonder where the Christmas boxes are". (Probably any parcels sent during 1941 were lost In
Burma, for the boxes received on Dec. 15 had been started a

year and a half before). "It is very cold here again and I count the months until springI wrote you several months ago about a constant pain in my left ear and neck. That is gone now, but 1 am still not as strong as 1 should be. I can't understand why I should be so nervous""I am so anxious tohear again from you and to know about your visits to our
mothers and friends. Tell them that our work here marches

on very wonderfully and that God is blessing us abundantly. We have specialized in teaching Christians, strengthening the foundations of their faith this year. 161 new Christians have been baptized and more than that number are now studying and preparing for baptism. 14 of our preachers went to a
three months Bible School held by the undenominational Christian Inland Mission south of us along the Burmese border.

Their progress was excellent and the teachers wrote us that they were greatly impressed by the ability to learn and the spiritual earnestness of our Lisu preachers. Many soldiers for
the Chinese army have been taken from this area." Lafer"Your letter of October iSth just received. May
God bless and guide you.

Always and ever your sister and friend, GERTRUDE."

MR. MORSE to ROBERT:

Beloved Son

March 15

We praise God for a multitude of blessings far beyond what we had thought, to pray for. We must do the work of Him who sent us while It is day for night cometh. Our Bible

School and Worker's Conference begins tomorrow and lasts

a week. Then comes the Easter Convention after which will be another school conference for the advanced student teach

ers. You would be happy to see how the work has grown in

every way and the greatly Increased spiritual effectiveness of many of our Lisu workers. We had an attendance of 180 at church today and last Sunday at Tada there were 250 without any effort on our part to bring them to worship.
We have a radio, working fine, thanks to Eugene, so we

hear the news. We feel that. Japan must lose in the end although that end may be two or three years hence with some very terrible warfare between. We are preparing as best we
know how to hold the fort for The Cause here In the upper

Salwin river valley. Of course mother and I are noticeably growing older, but I thank God that so far our health In
general has been good. Only God knows when, if ever, any
Meanwhile we can of us will be able to return to U. S. A.

well thank Sod for such a great field of service out here.

Robert, everyone here is looking forward to your retyrn for we all realize that NONE of us can do the peculiar work for which you are trained, so well as you can do It. We want you to take charge of the educational work not only In LIsu but also in Chinese. Also you can be of especial help In the development of LaVerne and Ruth Margaret who are on tip toe all the time to learn and to do things, but neither Mother nor I have time or strength enough to give them the attention they need. LaVerne Is a great student but he needs a leader-companion to help him plan and carry out his study
Interests.

Mrs. Morse and Drema went down to Madi and Gota and

stayed for the Southern Easter Convention. They were very

busy teaching and visiting as many new "enquirers" were
turning to the Lord. About 600 were In attendance at thai

meeting. After being satisfactorily examined as to repentance and faith, 22 were baptized at Gota. Many more are now studying for baptism at a later date. Mother was away from

here about three weeks but it was a most important under taking for our work among the women and girls of this region
does not begin to equal what we have been able to do for the men. We believe this trip lays the foundation for a series

of short term "schools" for the more literate women and girls. While Mrs. Morse and D'rema were In the south, Eugene
and LaVerne went north to the Tada Convention. I have had

no letters from them but some of the native workers re-

turning have told me of an attendance of about 900 with meetings of great spiritual refreshment and reconsecration.

I cannot tell you how highly I value Eugene's ability as a

[ellow worker.

The crying need is for trained spiritual leadership, but thank God, we have material on the Salwin of much higher qjality than we ever had in the Mekong valley. So far we haven't found the Salwin climate nearly so bad as we expected,
yet we are never free from perplexities and real difficulties. If our health keeps upRobert, Mother's health should be a constant source of prayer by all of us as she has some

peculiar Internal conditions which cause her much pain and headache. She has never been free from malaria. In years
we are not so old4^1but the intense pressure of this work
agss one, and you know, we can't take our old bodies to the

repair shops as often as those who live near good hospitals can.
As now, with this war situation, there is no telling when

v/e can get back to America, seemingly we rhust stay here for two or maybe three years more at best.' (We have no place else'to.go and probably wouldn't want to go even If
wo could). Will you tell the folks In the United States that v/o shall try to be good soldiers of Jesus Christ and that we
want them to remain faithful and steadfast on the home front.

The spiritual and cultural gains of past effort must not be

lost now.

MR. MORSE to ROBERT:

April 15

Our beloved old Swami-pa, our teacher and first evan gelist, has died. He has been as a pillar of strength all these years. His heavenly reward must be sweet indeed for the Lord has raised up a battalion of witnesses which is greatly multiplying Swami-pa's work in these regions. It would do your hoart good to be here working with them as I hope you will ba as soon as your college year closes.

We.were very happy In the one week Bible School and

Worker's Conference which closed over two weeks ago., at

tended by eiders and deacons and other, "lay" workers from every congregation on the Salwin.68 enrolled for classes. Eugene's -class was in, Acts, studying the New Testament Churches of Christ.- My groups studied Christian Qualifica
tions and the work of elders and deacons. Your mother had

a class In the Parables of Jesus.

In addition we spent con

siderable general discussion each day in practical problems

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and projects. Each evening we took up some less arduous phase of study and worship. So:'), God's Holy Spirit has been steadily working to bear His fruits In fhe lives of all
these Christians. The spirit of unity and mutual helpfulness is a joy to behold.
MR. MORSE to ROBERT: April 18.

Eugene and LaVerne are safely home from their Con ference, brimming over with enthusiasm for Tada as a center for Christian effort. LaVerne has the making of a grand

missionary! At our Convention here all preachers and ad vanced students of this locality met for a two weeks' study. At least 35 publicly confessed their sins and asked the churches to pray for them. This started by an outstanding backslider whom we had publicly reproved and disfellowshiped rising to make confession and to ask for forgiveness. Truly, Sod's
Word and Holy Spirit are working everywhere. There has never been more readiness to hear the Gospel message or eagerness to be taught than we meet this year.

Some time ago Eugene bought a.printing press from a

departing missionary. He finds that by Inverting some of the

tetters he can print in the Lisu langya.ge. He is getting out a booklet of hymns for beginners. Of course we can't buy new books or tracts, but If we can get paper we can make them.
We thank God, that on the whole our Lisu Christians are as

well supplied with books as any other congregations In the interior. We recently made a list of all who have New Testa ments so we might ration their use and especially be able to
put the Word of God In the hands of new converts.

We are waiting the time when each one of our precious

family will again be under the home roof. May God guide
you and keep you. my son.
Your Father. J. Russell Morse.
MR. MORSE:

Dear Christian Fellow-workers In America: July 7, 1942. Within tv/o weeks' |ourney. of us in any direction, all American or British missionaries have evacuated, yet we feel that even the sacrifice of our own lives would not be too high
a price to pay for the privilege of holding this outpost. For one thing, the Tibetans of the upper Salwin do not threaten an invasion as those in the upper Mekong did when the Burmese turned traitors. We have recently held conversations

with over two hundred "Inquirers" who want to turn to the

Christian way of life. The fact that our country and China are allies gives American missionaries an advantage which I fear might be Irreparably lost If we leave now. Please by all means pray God on your behalf for we stand In a place where mere human strength could only fall. We daily pray
for you. Do not lose faith in Sod's promises.
Yours in witness for Christ, J. Russell Morse.

May 29. 1942.

EUGENE to ROBERT from Washilongl on the Mekong River:

Ali our friends on the Mekong and the Salwin Rivers look

forward impatiently to your return as soon as your vacation starts. They feel the need of your help acutely, missing
especially your music and your good fellowship.
The Mekong congregations have suffered much from persecution by the lamas and their non-Christian neighbors. I believe our services and counsel gave them new courage.

They are jittery, afraid of everythingthe war, the persecu

tions and most curious of all, an epidemic of intestinal worms which caused the death of many animals and possibly of some people. The superstitious natives believed that a woman "witch-doctor" had brought on the plague. Things like this have to be met somehow by a missionary so I told them what we did-when our dogs had worms. Now I'm wondering if you can't bring up some strong medicine for intestinal worms. Our missionary family has certainly been busy all this winter and i can see that the congregations have developed spiritually. Each of the Salwin congregations is now on a self

supporting basis, that is, each has a local leader or teacher. We send out the supervising native teachers or preachers and
then we visit the stations ourselves to direct the central confrences and bible schools. Father does most of the medical

work although I am being asked for help everywhere 1 go.

I need to know so much more than i have had a chance

to learn, so 1 am very careful. I wish I had more type to go with the printing press I bought from Mr. Andrews. 1 have just printed an edition of 500 scripture readings and hymns. We must have paper, so buy a lot of strong but cheap print-stock for my next venture In publishing.

The possibilities and needs of this work are unlinnited. There is all of the Tibetan work up north on the Salwin; all

the Lisu work from Ahkong to the Taron valley and so on into Tibet. We shall have a responsibility toward those north

Burmese congregations whose white leaders have been forced

out. Our opportunities are unique. Tremendous!
We need school teachers. Come on up and train native

teachers and preachers for this great work.

Mother and

Father aren't what they used to be, physically, and it is up

to you and me to help carry the load. Soon LaVerne will

be ready to help. In fact, he does a lot now. Robert, lets dare to face everything, no matter how rough or tough, to
carry the Gospel.

It you have to go to Kunming for glasses and to get

your teeth fixed, make it snappy! Your loving brother. EUGENE MORSE.
ROBERT MORSE wrote from Kunming Aug. 7, 1942.

How 1wish 1knew, dear Grandmother, if you were getting the letters I send you. I keep repeating, like a braodcaster does, in the hope that at least one of my messages might reach you. Probably all the letters and Christmas gifts you sent us last year were lost in Burma. The way things look
"right now, I wish we might send mother and the two younger children out by plane. Facing danger doesn't bother me, but I can't think of them. We could borrow money from
the U. S. Consulate if we had to, for most of the other

families got out that way. I hope you will tell the folks in the homeland that we are depending more and more on prayer and God's guidance to know what is the best thing to do.

finish the purchasing, packing and assembling of my supplies for the mission. I'd like to have the caravan on the way by
September. It will take us six to eight weeks with the best of luck. Along the way, there are plenty of hungry, desperate and non-Christian people. If anyone ever went forward with fear and trembling It Is I. "I'm standing In the need of prayer", sure enough. Seriously, I hope father and the boys

I am quite busy now with my teaching, but I hope to

will meet me at Likiang, for those mountain passes beyond

you to listen on Saturday and Sundays over the radio for

are terrible. I feel your prayer-thought for us all.

Your missionary grandson, or one of them.

Did I tell

the 'China Mall Bag" pogram. I might broadcast sometime.

ROBERT MORSE.
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114 South Denver -^ve.jTulsa,

February 4, 1942,
To All Our Friends In God*s Service -

Oklahoma

This is my son's birthday.

The accompanying letter seemed like a per

sonal message from Russell, although it was written by Gertrude Morse

to her own mother, V/hile it contains no startling news it is so full of comfort to those who have anxiously waited for news from the fsr

away Tibetan border that I am sending you this copy, X feel sure that other letters have merely been delayed by war difficulties. You will
recall that the last letter which I shared with you was dated June 30,

so you will understand the feeling of relief with which I received

this word from our dear ones.

You TJill remember from the last news letter that Gertrude and Eugene

had gone down to Yu-nan for dental work and supplies.

The war situation complicates all one's plans, Mr, Morse has or had a bank account at Hong Kong and another one at Rangoon, Burma so that ho might order supplies from either place. With Hong Kong in the hands of the Japanese and Rangoon endangered there is no telling what may have happened to these small but important accounts. For that reason
I have not tried to send money or materials to the Morses since Decem
have in their names here,

ber 7,

When it is safe, or upoifi their request,_I can cable money from

the account I

I thank each of you for your faithfulness to this- our joint effort

for Christ's kingdom- and for your kindly messages to me. A month ago I celebrated my eighty-first birthday, with a candle for each year
and flowers from my beloved Sunday School class,

writing letters about the Tibetan mission for twenty-one years and I have come to love those of the small but faithful band who have 'held the ropes" for the Morse missionary family, I believe that your prayers

I have now been

have given me strength to carry on m^. this work. I am glad that so many of you speak about the personal blessing experienced be
cause you too are co-workers.

Faithfully your sister in Christ's service,

-- Mrs," Hu^fhTM^sei ^ ^

Copied from a letter to Mrs. Howe from Gertrude Howe Morse.

Sept, 16, 1941

AI-WA, Yunnan, China

My Precious Rtother, Sister and All:

Your good letter of July 17 was received here only yesterday although
it was sent across the Pacific by air. It was such a joy and comfort

missionary friends have gone, and our family is so scattered with Robert and the two little ones, LaVerne and Ruth Margaret, in school at Tali. They are such precious ohildreni Please pray for their
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wish you might send some kodak pictures of yourselves for we lost every picture in the flood. How X would enjoy being with you. We get terribly lonesome this year, for Isabel and so many of our other

to hear from you again that I broke down and cried when I saw your dear handwriting. This makes the fifth letter I have had from you since the flood and I keep and treasure and reread each one. I do so

At Pugeleh- our Salwen River station,

October 8, 1941

I was writing this letter while I waited for Eugene to come to Ai-wa
About thirty of our Christians helped with our luggage, supplies, tc, on that terribly hard five day's trip. It rained for a day and a half as we were crossing the pass. For hours we waded through water and slush over our shoe tops, most of the time either climbing up the mountain side or climbing down only to have to climb again, fte spent
but the Lord kept back the rains that night for which we were so very thankful. Only the Lord knows the hardships of these mountain jour neys, but He fiives us of His strength.
with the carriers. Now X am at home. You see, Ai-vja is the place where we leave the horse trail, cross the Mekong river, and make up our caravans for the last long pull over the mountains to Pugeleh.

one night on the top of the pass with a piece of canvas stretched un der a tree as our shelter. It was quite cold and our clothes were wet

We arrived at Pugeleh about four on the afternoon of the fifth day, havine been helped down the last steep descent by the Christians and

preachers who came to meet us. You know our mountain-side is so steep

that we can look from our roof right into the yard of our neighbors

who live about a block avjay but higher up on the mountain^ Both of my heels Y/ere bleeding, so as soon as v/e got in I bathed my feet in hot water. Then I changed to dry clothing. My, hon good it seemed to be home once morel Russell is in better condition than he has been at any time since his terrible illness. You see, we have two covjs and a

big flock of chickens.

With the garden, Russell and Pushi have had

plenty to eat and Anzie is a good cook.

Russell and Pushi have been

so lonesome they say they never want to live again like they have this

to say, for Anzie had a Tibetan woman helper and. there was a Lisu boy
who herded the coi^s up and dov;n the mountain.

summer.

Please donH think my men folks had to "batch it" as we used

vYith all the sunshine of Oklahoma I suspect that you can*t imagine the
work we have in this wet climate to keep things from moulding and

mildewing. We had to dry all our loads, as well as the bedding and winter clothing which I stored before I went to Yunnan, I had sewed the woolen things in bags; now I aired and brushed them. If you know

any way to keep clothes and shoes from moulding please tell me.

As soon as we had a three day rest Russell arranged for the preachers

for the church), and for the Bible School, were set and other problems meetings. It was so^ good to see all those precious, evangelists, preachers and elders again! Really, these Lisu elders are so earnest
that they take the responsibility of shepherding the flocks in a won
derful way. Do pray for all of them.

to come for a one day conference. About sixty five (65) came. The dates for the harvest meeting (when they bring their tithes and gifts discussed.

Many other preachers were out holding teaching or revival

This past summer Russell sent about fourteen of the preachers down this river valley (the Salwen) to Lu-da, where the China Inland Mission people were holding a three month's Bible School for the Lisu, Our preachers generally made good grades and liked the work very much. The C.M.I, teachers sent back a good report of our group. This was a fine opportunity to let our Lisu learn more about the Bible, When the
time comes for-iis_-ta_leav,e here^-vje. shall-feel _that_ t^ey are_that.inuch
better able to shepherd the flocks.

Mother dear, I am so very homesick to see you, to love you and to read to you- yes, and to care for you when you are ill. Yet it seems that
we cannot lea've these "little flocks" of ours for there are so many
in the Lord's work until it is right for us to leave here.

"wolves" in these days. Although I constantly look forward to a nottoo-far-distant home coming -or home-going- I am trying to be patient

Either Russell or else Anzie and I shall have to go over.the pass and about October 15, They have a vacation until January fifteenth,

down to Liaking t,o meet LaVerne and Ruth Margaret when they come back-

we have a large congregation. You know last spring after Easter we sent about six preachers over there to teach the people. For months since we have been getting calls for some of us to come and help them, so now ?v'e have sent a permanent pastor, Timothy, with his wife and

Eugene is planning on a preaching trip into the Irriwaddy valley where

child, over to minister to them. Another earnest preacher and a teach

ing companion are planning on going over for the winter months, Eueene there they will have quite an evangelistic force. You see the

Xrrawaddy region is one of the "mission fields to our Salwin valley congregations and they love to "carry the message. men that area becomes evangelized, we touch the Baptist Burmese mission field, un
need inore evangelists.
til then there is a vast unevangelized territory between us,

Please pray for us that this need may be fillea.

Robert intends to come here as soon as his college closes next spring. He will then have finished his two years in college and with those credits can enter any school as a junior. If we stay here Robert will take Eugene's place as preacher and teacher. Eugene will then his turn in the college. LaVerne and ^th Margaret are doing well in school, Drema, Anzie s younger sister, is with them to look after their clothes and to cere for them, VJhat a blessing our two orphan-

sisters, Anzie and Drema, have proved to bei

May the Lord richly bless and comfort your hearts.

Always your loving daughter and sister,
Gertrude Howe Morse

(Mrs. J. Russell Morse)

Ct)c 'Ciftrtan jHisgtonarj'

Vol. 1

iMaicli, 1942

No. 2

PRAYER NEEDS I can truly sing witii the Psalmist oE old, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea, I have a good ly heritage." Ps. 16: G. In looking over my last fall's and this spring's reports from my secre tary, which ineidently have just got ten to me because of the interrupted mall service, I find traces of the Lord's responses to my prayers hero. None of you will ever know my neces
sities but He knows them and at tlie

LAST EASTER AT BATANG

NURSING IN TIBET

We luid a full day Easter Sunday. Almost every letter from Miss Sunrise prayer meeting and regular Schwake reveals some of the com morning service at the chapel in town, mon problems confronted by the med
memorial service in the afternoon at

ical

missionary in Tibet.

Although

the foreign cemetery, Sunday School

for the children in the afternoon and

she was trained as a nurse, she must

now act as Doctor for a large terri

right time prompts some one at home to pray or give of their means to carry on the work. How I praise Him for all of you dear ones wlio have
been moved by tlie Holy Spirit to
assist in this work and to do it just

showing of slides depicting the life tory, even undertaking delicate sur gery at times in order to save lives. of Chirst in the evening in tlie hospi tal chapel. You will be glad to know Here are a few typical quotations that Dzon Drema made public con from some of her more recent letters, fession of Christ Easter morning. written last year. May 25We stayed in a little vil There were two others, elderly Chin ese, converts of Paster Lee, I be lage just out of Litang. Had to see several patients again. A Tibetan with lieve.Edgar Nichols. a dog bite. The lamas had been treat ing it. Enough said! He is a Batang
man and I ofl'ered to take him home
here if he would hire carriers. He

at the right time. It is a most heart-warming exper ience to know one does not need

was afraid

of the

lamas.

The

con-

publicity to carry on God's work but

a childlike faith in Him is all He asks.

stHiuences are he is bound to die. There was only one chance that I could save his leg with constant care. If not amputation at the knee would
bK the next move. It was fast grow ing gangrenous.

These

experiences

of

God's

watch

care humble a worker. We can only

cry out the message of Luke 17:1(1. "So likewise ye, when ye shall have
done all these things which are com

June 8The town has presented

me with three cases of anthrax. One

baby died from lama treatment. The

manded you say, We are unprofitable SoiiH^ Tilx'tan men for whom Christ other baby and a lady were doing nicely with serum treatment and local servants, we have done that which died.
was our duty to do."
but liecause it seemed not to heal at

There is so much misery of body

and soul in these dark lands that Inspired by Miss Schwake's letter some days we are almost overwhelm in the November 1st Christian Stan ed. How we praise Him for you all dard entitled "No Medicine Without that hold us up in prayer. One is re Scripture Lesson", Mr. and Mrs. Eu minded of the time when Moses had gene R. Palmer, of Vona, Colo., have to have his arms supported by Aaron sent eight dollars to start a Medical and Hur. Ex. 17:12. So it is with us, Fund for Tibet. This is to be a fund we need to be surrounded by your from which medical supplies can be prayers these days. In the event that purchased by or for our missionaries at any time we are cut off from to help care for this great demand communication, due to this world on their resources. If you wish to condition, you all continue to "stand

A MEDICAL FUND

once they returned to the lamas. God pity them and us if it is spread
around.

June 22What a Sunday it has been! Had three village calls in

afternoon. Have Lha She with a

bronchial cold or beginning whooping

cough. Hope not the latter, our Nich

ols children have not had it. Dzon

Drema just got over a feverish cold so it may be that. Synom and her baby are barking, too. Philip Shao
looks terrible after measles. Pastor

have a part in this new project send by" in prayer. We are quite safe in your offering to the editor of this Lee has a very bad cold from helping His keeping. Let us give Him ever paper with a note stating that it is to stem the tide of our wild river. Did I tell you I've given Bro. Shao lasting praise that this is so.
The special calls to prayer are these :-We have several young couples under conviction but the devil whis pers fear into their minds, fear of their fellowmen's scoffings. Oh, pray them through! Do!! Then there are our native evangelists, the Shao's, Naomi, Joseph, Mozong and our prec ious new convert, Dzon Drema. The latter has a weak body but is wit nessing every day in every possible way she has a chance. Our old teach er, Gigen Atring, has been teaching the missionaries for years and has
been under conviction but will not

for the Medical Fund.

the down-stairs dispensary for men

and I have the one where Mr. Fan

was for women. It is working much When the Bare family returned to better and gives my Naomi an outlet the States last summer Mrs. Bare for her teaching. . . . was not at all well and during the Today has been another of those past few months she has grown steadhectic affairs with a trip to the vil ly worse until it seemed necessary to lage and a baby run in here at 2 P.M.

MRS. BARE SICK

put her in a hospital. She will greatly with both feet chewed by a rat as enjoy letters from all her friends
and others who are interested, but

do

not

expect

answers

when

you

write, for she is a very sick woman. Above all, pray earnestly for her re

covery in order that she may be re stored to her family. "God is able." yield. Daily he reads the Word with Edgar Bare is suffering from a us so he is without excuse. broken leg, which has caused him to Pray for the evening meetings miss school for awhile. Dr. Bare has held nightly here in the hospital. opened an office in Verdigre, Neb., Then on Wednesday the women's and the other three children are en meeting and the native S.S. on Sun- joying their school work and their
(Continued on Page Two)

near as I could glean. It is such a sickly little thing suppose it could not defend itself. Probably lives in one of those dark hovels and is just iaid down in a corner. Oil. when will we be able to help them to better living. Pray much. July 14The past two weeks have been very heavy for me in that I have had two in patients. Mr. Shay's girl of nine has a T.B. pleurisy. I was not getting the co-operation that I needed
(ContiTvued on Page Three)

new home there.

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THE TIBETAN mSSIONABY

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

Issued Quai*terly EditorMiss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawr ence St., Eugene, Oregon MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols & Miss Gladys P. Schwake. R.N., Batang, Hsikang, "West China, via Chengtu & Kangting. On FurloughDr. and Mrs. Norton H. Bare, Verdigre, Nebraska. THANK YOU!
Will the many friends who sent beautiful cards and greetings at Christmas time please accept this as a personal thank you to each one. There were too many to answer each one individually, but I did appreci

is a quotation from Mr. Edgar Nich

ols' letter of last April:
"Think it is about time we were

THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK

"He is not here;
risen, even as He

for
said.

He

is

writing you again tho we haven't heard from you except thru Gladys. We aren't surprised as we are now getting letters mailed last Oct. and Nov. Some of my father's letters sent
'air mail in China' have come thru

Come,

see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell His disciples."
"He is risengo and tell";
Those who wish with Him to dwell

in two months so we are trying that

stunt also.

Wonder of wonders, we received

two packages from Mrs. Sipple mail

ed a year ago this March. The Cus

Must obey Him here below. "Come and see, and go and tell"; His commands we know full well; We have come, now let us go!

ate them all. Thank you. I wish also to thank in this public way all those who have continued to contribute to my personal expenses during these days of recuperation. My prayer is that I will some day be able to justify your faith in me. NOTICEIf my health continues to improve I hope before long to be actively engaged once more in speak ing in the interest of Tibet. I have a group of slides made from pictures I took, showing life in Tibet and some of our w^orkers there, also a Tibetan costume and a few curios. I am happy for any opportunity to speak on Tibet or missionary work In general. Please get your requests
to me well in advance so that I can

toms duty was only $102.00. I sup pose this was because it was grocer ies, luxuries such a cocoa, baking power, and candy. Boy did we go for those 'Best Pals'. I guess it is fortun ate in one way that parcels cannot be sent now." (Notedivide the amount stated by twenty to get the approximate amount in U.S. money.)

rest upon it so you can keep on pub

lishing it.Mrs. Geo. Tucker.
I think the first issue was fine and

I think the paper will be a success

from the start.C. W. Nichols.

We have received the

first copy

of the TIBETAN MISSIONARY and

are enthused about it.-Dorothy Melotz.

plan my schedule accordingly. You may address me at 8 Lawrence St., Eugene, Oregon.Melba Palmer.

MONEY FOR TIBET The contributions received recently for the Nichols family and Miss Schwake in Tibet, are being held while we make investigations to And out if there is any safe way to send them. As soon as a way can be found they will need every bit that we can

send, so do not lessen your offerings because of the present uncertainty. Unless we can get money to them soon I fear they will suffer want, so let us pray earnestly that a way may
be opened. We know that God can

provide for them even though we are unable to help, but our prayers

for them are greatly needed during

the days ahead. The post office has informed us

SIONARY sometime ago and like it Response to our first issue of the very much. It was interesting and so TIBETAN MISSIONARY has been easy to read. I hope you will be able very good. We are encouraged by to continue publishing it. Irene the many letters received such as Beran. those quoted on this page. Though Am glad you are publishing that more financial support will be needed paper. I read every bit and want to if we are to continue for any length help carry on the work. Wish some of time we have faith enough to try how we could get more people to see another issue or two on the strength and really do somethingMrs. Myrtle of what we have already received, Reaney. which is now nearly three-fourths We think the TIBETAN MISSION enough to pay for the first issue. As ARY is fine and hope It will stimulate long as we continue publication we support for our dear ones. They are want all who are interested to receive in a perilous position and yet In a it, so please help us to keep our mail strategic place and where I am sure ing list complete and up-to-date. the Lord wants and will use them. . . If you have not already indicated Everyone is praising the TIBETAN your wish to receive the paper regu MISSIONARY and if only we can larly do so immediately. Notify us keep in touch with the workers and promptly of any change of address the work we should go forward with or correction, if we have made a the Lord's blessing.Mrs. N. H. Bare. mistake. See that we have the names and correct addresses of all who wish Forwarding Secretaries to receive the TIBETAN MISSION For Miss Gladys Schwake: ARY. Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale Avenue, Buffalo, New York. If several people in a church or missionary group want it, you can For Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols: C. W. Nichols, ff Fi i iiilff^iy. save us postage by having the right Olilahoiiia City; OlLldhujmi. number mailed to one address for distribution. We thank you for your For both Miss Schwake and the support, co-oepration, and encourage Nichols: Miss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawrence ment. St., Eugene, Oregon.

RESPONSE GOOD

received

THE

TIBETAN

MIS

that it is now possible to send pack

Congratulations on the fine paper

ages to Batang at our own risk. If you have edited THE TIBETAN you do try to send things be careful MISSIONARY. I think it a fine work to send only what would be most use ful to the missionaries because in the past two years China has placed large taxes on packages delivered

PRAYER NEEDS

{'Continued from Page One)

be well received everywhere, and may ragged and dirty but one can't help all who read it feel the urge to help but love them. They are so precious support the good work in Tibet. in the Lord's sight. Pray that their
Mrs. G. F. Lattin.

you have undertaken. May the paper day P. M. These little children are

through the mails and with the pres

ent financial limitations we do not
will not find useful.

Thank you for sending me a copy

want to overtax them for things they of THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY. I

young hearts may be touched before they fall into the awful sins of their fathers.Gladys Schwake.

enjoyed reading it so much and I For the latest book on our Tibetan Remember that it will take at least think it will appeal to everyone who Missionary work write to C. W. a year or two for the packages to is interested in missions and their Nichols, 3509 S. Broadway, Okla reach them if they are not lost on work.Martha Frost. homa City, Oklahoma. He will send

the way, so do not expect a quick

reply.

To clarify what we have said, here many thanks and may God's blessing postpaid.

I was so happy to get your good you "Tips From the Top or Tales of paper the TIBETAN MISSIONARY, the Tibetan Bares" for one dollar,

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JUNIOR
TIBETAN CHILDREN
The children are very much easier to reach with the gospel than their
parents. This letter, written ])y Mar

MISSIONARY
Nichols Children Tell oi Flood
June 22, 1941"It has been rain ing a long time and the water is
going into all the mills. The river was so high the millers were so afraid
that tlieir houses would fall so last

guerite Bare at Tachienlu (Kangting) before she came back to Amer ica, shows how some of them respond.
"Now the children come almost

night some of them went to Pastor

every day and demand service so we

have children's service every other

So

Lee and asked him to pray for them. he prayed and the water went

day. Do you remember those two down and then he went home and pretty little Tibetan girls that used the water began to rise so they had to come to our place? They were to call him again. We do not know ()iu> of th<> many graiii mills aloiij!: live and three years old. They both whether it went down and stayed the Uat4ing Riv<M', tuken from the learned to sing the chorus of 'Jesus down the next time but it was down
Loves Me' in Tibetan and they evi

Mission compound above Uatang.

dently understood what it meant be

cause we used to hear them tell each otlier and olliers tluit Jesus loved

SUPPORT FOR JOSEPH

Many of you have heard altout the young boy, Joseph, who received training from Dr. and Mrs. Bare for several years and showed unusual ability, efl'ectiveness, and courage as an evangelist. He is now in a Bible

further this morning when we went to see it. It is raining a lot today." Dorothy. "It has been raining very much
lately. The night before last we could

see the people moving around the mills. They were trying to stop the water from going in the ditches. Yes terday morning it was very bad, the water was going into one of the mills. PEOPLE OF TIBETAN BOARDER Thoy chopped a tree down and took Out on the Tibetan border on either School in West China. You will re it and put it in the river to change joice with us, I am sure, to learn that side of the border the country and the current. The river has gone down people are pretty much the same. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Everts of now and the mills are out of danger. There are nearly all Tibetans in the Dallas, Texas have undertaken his But it is raining now and the river villages along the border but in Ba- support. We feel that the most effec might go up again." John. tang there are many Chinese and tive way of bringing about the evan "Yesterday Lois and I were play Sino-Tibetans. Chinese soldiers and gelization of Tibet is by training na tives who can go out to preach to ing marbles. Then Dorothy came in,
merchants go up there and marry
Tibetan women. The Chinese officials

them. One day we heard crying and we found that the three year old had been sick a day and a half and had died early tliat morning."

sometimes

their own people with more freedom tb.an the foreigner. If only more wives and sometimes they just marry money were available, so much more could be accomplished. Our sincere Tibetan women.
take with them Chinese
On the The at other Inner side of Tibet are there

and

said,

'a

man

went

down

the

river'. We went up on the roof. We

saw the man going down the river. Some lama boys ran out. One had a
stick with a hook at the end. He

thanks to you, Mr. and Mrs. Everts,

are inner Tibetan

cials. were Inner

soldiers and

offi
from we

and

may many

others follow

your caught the man. Daddy called Aunt

Tibetans and

fine example.

Gladys and Mr. Shao and got them

Lhasa and Tsani Province. "When we

Hlam Dee Gartok

became acquainted with some of the

Tibetans. We made friends

with the children of the officials most

ly. I liked those children better than

the Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan chil

dren around called Kam

Batang. ba.

The Tibetans the Inner

around this part of the country are

Usually

Tibetans, Be Ba or Tsam ba are more

educated than the Kam ba. The dia
lect the Inner Tibetans use is about

like the book, while Kara ba talk is much different.Edgar Bare.

ISABEL MAXEY We get frequent reports from var

ious sources of the speaking activities of Miss Isabel Maxey, home on fur
lough from her work with J. Russell

To give you a little insight into Joseph's character we print here a part of one of his letters to the Bare children (written in English). "I have prayed for you on your journey and I trust that by this time you will almost be at your destina tion. You will be very pleased to see your relatives and old friends. This will not make you forget your old friends in China and I know you will continue to pray for me. "I frequently go to Kwanhsien (at the foot of the mountain) to preach in a street chapel and in prison. I am trying to have systematic study in my room every day and am also planning a certain hour of the day and a definite length of time for my private devotions."

ready to take care of the man. AKi went down to the river to ask who it
was. She came back and said it was

just some clothes. That was a funny joke on us." -Phyllis.

NURSING I \ TIBET (Continued From Page One)

on the case so have kept her In days and let them take her home at night. Then Naomi's nephew came in badly
mangled by one of these Tibetan

dogs. His ear lobe hanging, a piece gauged out of his cheek, a part of his gum torn away from the teeth.
July 26I am ashamed to admit I

am in bed again. This is my second

strep, infection in seven months. There is an epidemic on in the vil lage also of measles. A Ki is the

Morse and his family in West China. She needs rest badly, having recently undergone an operation, but seems
to be keeping busy. Her address is:

SHAOS IN SCHOOL
Latest word from the field is that

guilty one. She worked all through her measles and laughingly told Naomi about It afterward. They
thought it smart. Nature taught both a lesson. Naomi

1211 Ross Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. How thankful we are for tlie gift
of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Everts of Dallas

to Joseph's education. I pray the Lord may bless them and He will, and bless Joseph as He continues his preparation.Lois Bare.

Evangelist and Mrs. Shao have gone to Chengtu to enter the Bible Train ing School with Joseph and Timothy. Joseph reports a busy life with school work and preaching. Pray for these Christian Evangelists, that they may be able to withstand the persecu tions of their own people and lead many to Christ.

came down with a good dose of measles, which I nursed her through, the whole time fighting to keep her warm and in bed. Lecturing the mean time on the dangers of complica tions. As if the Lord were helping me
out in the matter He let A (Continued on Page Four) Ki have

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THE TIBETAX JDSSIONARY

othv Mi-lolz. ?2.00: Mrs. A. It. Hendrii-ks, .<.25. Toiiil; $37.75.

FURLOUGH
How does it feel to a missionary to

Paynii-tUs: printing, $36.25; outs. $10,58: Iiostage, misc., $.55. Total: $(i:5.50.
h'oli TIBIOT

be home on furlough? This question is asked by many people in various forms, such as "Doesn't it seem good to be home or back in America again?" It is a hard question to ans wer, but the following quotations and poem by Mrs. Bare may help some
to understand a little better.

IteceiiJts: Meadvllle, Pa. Miss. Soc,, $5,00; .\lr.s, W. G. Blodgett, $1.00; Medford

.lones,

$'1,00;

Miss,

l.ove

CMrc-le,

$10.00;

Gi'orge Alder, $5.00; Kate (lentry. $1.00: ,\i!irion H. iHuu-oii, $5.00; Mrs. A. R, Hen(Irifks. $.75. Total: $28.75, Payments: Miss .Sclnvake, $5.00. Halant-.': $23.75,
MfOLB.A PAI^MER

Ket'eiiits: Follaiisbee, W. Va. Church, $2:3.00: Moaclville, Pa. V.l^ See. $5.21; Mciulvillc ['rim. Dept., $1.50; IVK'Uiiville
lun-cii, $i:!.60: IHuffalo, N.V. Pilsrim I'hristian 'I'abernai'lf, $3!i.l.S: Buffalo CosI)el .Assemlily, $-<.:!5: Buffalo Bethlt-heni

"You and I took our hearts with us when we went and it seems we

have left them there. How would one go about it to recover a heart that
has been left in the forbidden laud?

"i.V.B.S., $-!.00: Buffalo (.'heney t'hiij, f5.00; Mr.s, Pliiliips, $4.00; Miss (Mara |)eVinney, $1.00; iOdith Wiik.-s, $5.00; .Mr.

knew

was leaving mine but I

THE n.AUl<: K.AMILY, reccMitly n-. tui'iu><l to Aniei-ii-a for fiii-lougli.

.Miti-holl, $1.00; Orrviile, i. Church. Kokonio, Ind. Soiitlisid^ Church. $5.00:

thought I could get along without it

better than I do."

"I guess you know that such por tion of my heart as is not back in Tibetan country is 'laid up' where my treasure is."

thrown things out by one hour. I must say she has done fairly well, however. I am running an in-patient

lOwins. iN'cti. Church, $1,50; Mrs. isester. $2.00; Mis.s Yera Atwood, $2,00; N.-IIkIi, Cluirch, $1,50: Rnrllng-ton, (^olo, ("hurc'li. $4.02; lOufii-ne, Dre. Ind. Miss. Study Croup, $14.00: Mrs. Matilda Hill. $7.00: Bridge, t)re, B.S., $-2.00: Mrs. Zua

llootoii, $2.00: ^ir. and Jfrs. Glen Hutton,

$2,110: .MiH.s ftfauclo l-rootoii, $:i.OO: Afrs, W. .), Smith. $1.00; .Salem, Ci'o. Court Si, rhurch, $1,00; Mrs. .A.. R, Kernen. $1.00;

Al Home
"Are you not glad to be at home

again?"
They ask of me who know not
to say.

clinic these days by force, not choice. First Ping Ann's baby went bad al i'errydale, (re. Cluirch, $13.;t5; Fall City, ')rc. Church. $10.00: Mrs, R, G. Hendricks, five weeks with disentery. They have >I,00: Zillah, Wash. Church, $8.08; ISfrs. lost two before this so I made up my i.iielia Kristow, $1.00; Miss Bornice Ruble, ?1,00. Total: $195.37, mind I'd try to save this for them. Payments: living cxpeiiscs, $00.14: traA whole week I've struggled with ^ll. $4H.:!I: po.stage, stationery, etc.. $25.5:!;
.ife and death. Then a woman came in with an absess. I liattled for sever "erings, $2:!.8;{; mis.-., $31.50.
.47.

ii')ctor ami medlcinf, $27.07; tithes and of-

This state, 'to be at home' what

is it then?

Total;

$223-

I have been long, too long I think, away. Surely to be at home one must begin With planning and with plant ing and must dream The comfort and the beauty, moving in
Does not reveal to me how home will seem. We have said 'Home' of house and native hut In this and in the other

al days to get by without lancing. Rei'civi-d for iOdgar Nichols: Chri.'^tinn Finally today I had to do it. Result: "iiurch. Stillwell. 111., $s.2(:: Friends of Brad.shaw. .Nob., $2.75; Miss Soc., first normal temperature in a week. I'll-et, lilitir, Xch,. $28,50: Mary Nichols, $20,00: If anyone had ever told me I would .Mrs, M. I.i-wis, $5,00; Mr, and Mrs. P. Kirsch. .^111.00; Church of Christ. .Slayton, attempt a job like that I would not Ore.. $12 00; Supiiorting Friends. Seattle.
have believed it. It is u delicate and the numerous blood vessels. So she Wash.. $5.00: ^fr. R. B. Vorse. $7.25; Mrs.
,r<>ffersonvi]le, Ky., $5.00; Mrs. Robert E.

C. W. NICHOT.S

Wm. C. Scneker, $0.00; Cliri.stian Church, dangerous piece of work because of Seminole, Okla., $C7.00; Christian Church, is in tonight.
Hanson, $10,00: Draper Park ^riss. Coc., both arras and legs
Oklahoma Citv, $Sn.73: Christian R.S. Sedro Woolev, Wash., $10 50; East Side cnuirch, Lincoln, Neb., $*).;n: A. Faithful Iowa Friend, $5,00; Mr. and Mrs. H. T.

Three days ago this patient's sister

came in with

Hemispliere,
And are contented when the door is shut

And they are with us whom

we hold most dear; Yet are we weary for the lovely place
Of which we dream wherever
we may roam,

When we have seen our Savior

face to face

Then shall our souls rejoice

to be at home. Lois Nichols Bare. NUBSING IN TIBET f Continued from Page Three)

torn by a dog. Had to take eight sutures in the leg. Naturally she had to stay in. Then there have been two village calls, plus clinic. I can't let these women die, you know. It is giv ing Dzon Drema a wonderful oppor tunity to testify. She loves it, too. Aug. 22Last Sunday our poor Je Nga was badly beaten by the sol diers. Then yesterday Tsa Den came home from his daughter's all banged up. Esther has that same eye infection the children all had last year. Naomi's nephew that was so recently bitten, and in here for four weeks, is again here for this eye trouble.

Stewart. JIO.OO; Christian Cluircli, East Sparta. O., $17.00: ilrs. Russdl Hamhleton, (For Tibetan Missionarv) $1,00; Mrs.
Rowe Bennett. $!).50; Mr. Chas. Venard.

S2.00:

Louise Trotter $10,00: Miss Ethe!

Self $5,00: ivrr.s, Carrie Rosenbalm, $11.00; .A. E, Winzenried, $5.00; Bible School,
Clearwater. Xeb. $11.50.

Received for Bares: Christian S. S.. Wheatland, Wyo,. $3.1.'?: Miss. Soe. Van-

Wert, O., J-2.45; Ciiurch and Bible School, i'icthany, Neb., $14.10: Wade Awake Class.
Lincoln, Xeb., $10.00: Indianola Church of

Christ, Columbus. O.. ?-2a.00: Loyal Wom

en Workers. Oblong, III., $10.00; Mrs Rowe Bennett. $5.00; Loyal Women's Class, Huston, 'i'ex.. $10,00 Mrs, C, N

Wiedmaier, $1.00; ilarv Nichols, $20.00;

rheck from Bayard, Neb. for Morse and

C. Seneker, $4.00; Mr.s. Estelle Gordon, for r)aper, $.2.1: Christian Church, Jeffersontown, Ky.. $5.00; Women's Miss. Council

Rare, Jlrs. Ruth Morse, $10.00; Atrs. Wm.

Gould, $5.00; Christian Church, Seminole. Okla.. $41.00: Added by family, $10.72;
FINANCIAL REPORTS

Savannah.

Ga.,

$5.00;

JTrs.

Mabel

B.

July 1, 1941January 1, 1942

TIBETAX MISSIONARY

Dorothy Walker Guild. $10.00. Received for Miss Schwake; A Faithful Iowa Friend. $5.00: Mrs. Carrie Rosenbalm, $5.00.

a grand glandular upset and sore throat. I guess I was too tired again so managed to pick It up too. Aug. 18I am so tired tonite I can hardly see straight but must stay up to wait Ping Ann, Jr.'s feed ing time. His mother missed co-operating on the 2 P. M. feeding so has

Receipts: J. B. Ellis, $1.00; Myrtle Point,

Ore. Church, $10.00; Mrs. Carl S. Miles, $5.00: Mrs. R. G. Hendriclcs, $1.00; Mrs.

every gift received but If you detect an error in this report please notify me for

My practice is to send a receipt for

Its correction and every group or Individ

Fraiilt E. Jones, $1.00; A. S. I'alnutr, $1.00;

Sister Frieda Kaufman, SI.00: .Mi.ss Mar

ual contriiiuting regularly to the Bares.

Nichols, or Gladys Schwake Is entitled to

$.25; C. W. Xlchols, $7.00; Mrs. John Nor ton, $1.00: Miss Elizabeth Teager, $1.00; Zillah, Wash. Jr. C.E,, 81.00; Miss Dor-

a copv of the book "Tip.'j from the Top tha I'Yost, $-2r); Jlrs. Carrie U, Parker, or Tales of the Tibetan Bares". If you $1.00; Mrs. Geo. Tucker, $3.00; ftfr. and have not secured a copy drop me a card. Mrs. Glen Hutton, $1.00; Emma Gaddis, Tiie price to others is one dollar.
With grateful thanks for vour contin ued support in prayer.s and substance.
C. W. Nichols.

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

8 Lawrence Street

Sec. 562, P.L.&R.

Eugene, Oregon

114 South Denver Ave., Tulsa, Cfclahoma

April 7, 1942
Dear Fellow V/orkers and Friends:

Last week Brother and Sister Harold Taylor, on their way to California, spent a night in our home. They oajne do^vn from their mission station at Tali, West China, to Yunnan Fu, now Kunming. They flew to Hong Xong and there took passage on the President Pierce, an American ship. They docked at San Francisco, just a week be fore Pearl Harbor was bombed. Praise the Lord for their safe journeyj As they had
seen each member of the Morse family within a few months -Biey brought us much precious information about our dear ones. Brother Taylor was surprised and de lighted that we had received a letter from Robert Ivlorse just last week. It had been four months on the way- air mail- coming via India, Africa, and South America, My air mail letters to the Morses no longer cross the Pacific, and at long last they do reach my son. Brother Taylor confirmed our fears that money in the Hong Kong and Rangoon banks had been lost. In Hong Kong,the currency of Chinese, British
and American banks was dumped into the streets and no one dared touch it. Gold and

silver was confiscated. So long as vrestern China remains free and so long as plane
service can be maintained we can get funds to our missionaries through the banks at

Kunming^ but we shall wait for Russell Morse's request before we try to cable any
thing, Funds are safeguarded here until that time.

Sister Isabel Maxey is to bo in our home in Tulsa during part of April collecting
data and working on her book which deals with west China missions and particularly v/ith that in which she had a part with the Morse family, Isabel made a good recov ery from her appendicitis operation, Dr, Norton H, Bare, Ifrs, Bare and two of their chiBren stopped with us on their vray to Austin, Texas, v/here Dr, Bare has a post in the hospital of the State University, They forwarded a copy of a recent letter from Brother Edgar Nichols, who is still at the Batang mission. We are sharing parts of that letter and parts of Robert Morse's and his father's last letters vTith you, V/e shall send you nev/s as rapidly as v/e get it. Thank you once more for your loyal support and your
prayers in this time of crisis.

Your sister in Christ's service,

Mrs, Ruth Morse,

From Edgar Nichols' letter of January 7, 1942, sent from Kunming, West China. "Our trip of five days from Atuntze to Yea Chi was uneventful, arrived about noon and learned that Mr, Morse had gone to Liaking to bring back his younger children v;ho had been in school there, "VTe had just finished supper that evening

v/hen John (Nichols) exclaimed, 'V/hy, there is Mr, Morse and Lavernel
first 'foreigners' we had seen in over tv/o years,

They vrere the

Our caravan stayed over a day to sell salt and as ICr, Morse vms getting fruit trees and cuttings to take to the Salwen station, we made the most of our opportunity to have a good talk. The next day we all v;ent to Kann Pu, ivhere'Mr, Morse expected to find Eugene and carriers to take them to Pugeleh, but instead, Mrs, Morse had come with the carriers to meet us. She had vralked all of that three day's journey. No wonder her feet were blisteredl That day vms November 21, the new Thanksgiving, so six foreigners v/ho had come from three different directions sat down together

at Thanksgiving dinner. The menu was 'mien', then more 'mien', apples from Brother Morse's trees at Kang Pu, and some hard candy from our dear homeland but I doubt if anj*- dinner was ever more enjoyed or eaten v/ith a greater sense of thanksgiving.
Then we had a precious time of fellowship in the singing of hymns and prayer. This "Cime of Christian fellowship together meant so much to us that I couldn't but covet it for our folks left at Batang. We discussed the matter of closer cooperation in

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our work along the Tibetan border. I vfas seriously considering the idea of working out of Yea Chi but the new dsmgers caused by the war,- the really frightful increase in prices and the probability of being entirely cut off from America- changed our
plans. We are in full sympathy with the Morses and we think their work one of the finest we know anything about. They have suffered much for the Lord but are now reaping their reward in the'salvation of souls. Y^e shall not be at the expense of moving if we stay at Batang, nor of being at the mercy of a native landlord, so we are to continue at Batang".

Robert Morse v/rote from Hua Chung College, Hsi Cheo, (via Tali), Yunnan, V/est China,
under the date-- December 2, 1941. He assured his grandmother,that her letters had been received and answered, although many of his letters had not reached America, He reviewed the doings of the family during the summer- which are already known to you from our previous news-letters. He told about coming from Kunming to Tali in

August with a "convoy" of seasoned army men v/ho were travelling down the Burma Road, past Tali, the stopping point for Eugene and Robert, to bring back supplies for the army, "I worked as teaching assistant to Miss Jay in the American grade school in
Tali until the middle of September v;hen my college opened,"

Miss Jay flevf to Hong Kong with the Harold Taylors and they greatly fear that she
may have been caught in the bombing of Hong Kong for she intended to stay there over the holidays, Mr Morse commented on the improvement he noticed in La Vorne and Ruth when they came home from Miss Jay's school but because of "ttie exposed position of Tali a main city on the Burma Road- he had decided not to send the children * back after their holidays. Both Mr, and Mrs, Morse urged Robert to join them in the Salwen,feeling that he was in real danger of being in a raid if he stayed at the college, Robert decided to stay, however, in order to complete his second year of colloge work. Ho is living with the Chinese men at the dormitory, for Dr, Taylor, with vrhoin he stayed last year is now in America, Robert wrote that he ^ms listed in the "A group" after the examinations, that his only recreations were the extra-curricular societies of the college, and hikes and hunting in the country. He thought we v/ould be much amused at idle antique "pop-guns" the students carried when they went hunting, Robert described the "black markets"- or profiteering rings which took advantage of the

plight of foreigners boidi in buying supplies and in cashing "gold drafts", Robert had not cashed the last tiventyfive dollar draft sent to him from America, Probably
he has found the discount even higher novr that war has been declared on America by Japan for that puts "foreigners" even more at -tiie mercy of Chinese money changers,
Robert, quotes from his father*s notes to him:

"The trip across the pass was very hard for there v/as a constant drizzling rain, I find along the Mekong, an epidemic of gambling and the losers turn to thieving and highvray robbery. I have two horses in a caravan of eleven bound for Liaking which I expect to reach October 30, six days from now, V/e are escorted by three Thibetan muleteers vn.th rifles. I expect to be at Liaking about ttiree days and to return with the muleteers, so if you have anything urgent to tell me, wire it. Just now I have time only for this brief note for I must also v/rite the Consulate and Mother Morse, I love you much more than I have been able to show you# vVe pray over that you may not get out of God's will, I consider your mother's coimsels very sound; please d.o follo^v her advice."
Affectionately your father,
J. Russell Itorse

CI)E CtbEtan JEissionarp

Vol. 1

June, 1042

No. 3

MR. NICHOLS AND JOHN

VISIT MORSES
Our trip of five days from Atuntze
to Yea Chi was uneventful. We ar rived about noon and I learned that

MISS SCHWAKE ROBBED

Some time ago Miss Schwake
moved from the room she and Miss

AN AIR RAID IN YUNNANFU

On the Thursday after our arrival
John and I had flnished breakfast and

Mr. Morse had gone to Likiang to bring the children who had been in school at Tali. That evening we had just finished supper when John said, "Why, tliore's Mr. Morse!" La Verne was with him, the first foreigner we
had seen for over 2 years. Our cara

van stayed over a day to sell salt and as Mr. Morse was getting fruit trees and cuttings to take to the Salween, we made the most of our opportunity to have a good talk together. The next day all of us went to Kang Pu, where Mr. Morse expected to find Eugene and carriers to take them to Pugeleh but instead of Eugene it was Mrs.
Morse who had walked the whole

Palmer had occupied together in the old hospital building, to the house the Bare family lived in before com ing home for furlough. She left some of her things stored in the hospital room and left Tippy, her watchdog, there nights to guard them. In Tib etan country it is very necessary to have everything well locked and guarded, so a watchdog is a necessity, and Tippy is an especially good one.

devotions with Howard Osgood and Anita, when word came that the Red Ball was up. Howard told us to put everything breakable in our room
under the bed and come to the front
door.

Before we reached it the second alarm had sounded and the third was

blowing.

People

were

running

by,

panic stricken. Howard said not to hurry, as the

In spite of these precautions, liowever, rol)bers managed to get in. Mrs.

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verse, "He that believeth shall not make haste," Isa. 28:16, had been given him for these times. We passed out through the East
Gate and could see the last of the

three days' journey, most of the time

with blisters on her feet. That day

was November 21, the new Thanks

shops and open country beyond. I heard a faint sound of the planes but did not look up, thinking they must be far away. I heard a faint crackle of machine gun fire and one or two ex plosions which might have been
heavy guns.

giving,

so

six

foreigners

who

had

come from three different directions

met and had Thanksgiving dinner to

gether. Tlie menu was mien (Chi nese noodles), apples from Batang, and candy from the U. S. A., but I
doubt if any dinner was more en

The crowd stopped rushing by. We lay down with our faces to the ground. We heard some more explo sions, slightly louder, but did not
shake the earth. All of us were pray

ing. Little Anita was very brave.

The crowds started surging by again. We got up and went on. We
noticed a faint haze of smoke or dust

joyed or eaten with more true feel ings of thankfulness. Then we had a precious time of fellowship in the singing of hymns and prayer. This time of Christian fellowship together
meant so much to me that I couldn't

near the end of the block of shops.

help but covet it for onr folks left at Batang. We discussed the matter of closer co-operation in our work along the Border. I was seriously consider ing a move to Yea Chi, with the idea of working the Tsarong region from there. However, the seriousness of
the situation since the start of the

I'Jvjuigelist and Mrs. Shao ami Hons, Jatnos, Andrew, and Philii).

MORE NURSING PROBLEMS

The medical work gives us oppor tunities daily to give out the Word. The dispensary is always opened with a message and prayer. Please keep praying for those who come and go here that they may be saved. There is such a tendency to the experiences of the apostles in their ministry of healing. These people have so long worshiped the creature rather than the creator that one has to give con stant warning that we are sinners saved by Grace and can do only that which the Lord permits us to do. A week ago a child was brought in,

war, the really frightful increase in prices and the possibility of being completely cut off from America have changed the situation a great deal.
It looks like circumstances will force

We walked perhaps two hundred yards, when we began to see the dead. Some were lying as if asleep, some in pools of blood, and some dismem bered. It seems so unreal yet that I can hardly believe yet that I saw what I did see that day. Ahead of us a stone culvert had been bombed and it was there worse, for it must have been crowded with people, rickshaws,
and animals.

We turned off, following the bank

of a canal. Howard had told Anita

us to remain in Batang for a time

so we will take it as the Lord's will
for us.

We are in full sympathy with the

Morses and we think their work one

to keep her eyes fixed on his bicycle, which he was wheeling, so she did not see the worst sights. We all praised God for our deliverance. If we had hurried we might easily have
been where the bombs fell. There

of the finest we know anything about.

They have suffered much for the Lord but are reaping their reward in
the salvation of souls.

age four, with his forehead split wide open. For three days they had taken
him to the so-called Chinese doctor. The fellows who so style themselves

were only six or eight bombs dropped, but more than one hundred people
were killed.

The Postmaster said the runners are attacked two or three times a

day, their tea and tsamba taken, and

the letters burned. That accounts for

so

much mail being lost between Tachienlu and Batang. We hope the Colonel will soon get busy and rout
them out.Mrs. Nichols.

up this way are nothing more than quacks. The father of the child grew concerned and brought him to me. I have begun to refuse tliese cases be cause they bring trouble to the mis sion instead of helping the work. The reason for this is that they usually
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We are surely grateful for your help and prayers. We hope all our friends will continue steadfastly in prayer for us. God knows our needs
and we are able to rest in Him. We

are impatient to get back to Batang and our work. We hope to see greater results in the future. Christian greet

ings and love to all who read this. Edgar Nichols.

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THE TroETAN mSSIONARY

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

Issued Quai'terly EditorMiss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawr ence St., Eugene, Oregon

MRS. BARE WRITES FROM TEXAS

Dear Ones Beloved in the Lord:

THE SCRIPTURES

SPEAK

MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols & Miss Gladys P. Schwake. R.N., Batang, Hsilcang, West China, via Chengtu & Kangting. On FurloughDr. and Mrs. Norton H. Bare, Box 1152, Austin, Texas.

So many of you have sent expres sions of your love and sympathy and have even been so kind as to say I need not answer, I wish to thank you here and in this semi-public way. I continue to grow stronger and am busy about the home again. Edgar was able to lay aside his crutches by April 1st, and is success MONEY FOR TIBET fully completing his Sophomore year The problem of getting money to in Austin High School. Lyrel Mar
serious one in

"The witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this
life is in His Son. He that hath the

Son hath the life; he that hath

not the Son of God hath not the

life." I John 5:11, 12.

Without the Life-

our missionaries is a

guerite and Garland have remained

Millions dying every day. Never knowing Christ, the Way; Shall we send them Light today, Or withhold its healthful ray While so many people stay
Without the Life?

these days and we should be much in Vei'digre until their school should

in prayer regarding it. We have been close. Both are on the honor roll and able by differeut means to cable some all of us look forward to an early
money to the Nichols and some to
reunion.

THANKS AGAIN!
To the many friends who have

Miss Schwalce. As we go to press ar Dr. Bare is a member of the med rangements are being made to send ical staff of the Austin State School
what we have on hand for the whole

and we are housed in one of the mod

group.

Since

prices

are

extremely ern apartments furnished for the fam

been so faithful in praying for my complete recovery I wish to express my deep-felt gratitude. My health
continues to improve and the doctors encourage me in planning to return

high in China and it is uncertain how ilies of physicians so we ask you to join with us in thanks to God for His provision to meet our pressing sum as possible. By the time this pa needs. per reaches yon this should be on Yours in Christ's sure keeping, its way. However, do not wait to liear MRS. N. H. BARE.
long we will be able to forward money, we want to send as large a
when more will be sent before mak

to Tibet when the way opens. With that goal in view my purpose shall be to keep on improving and do all
In my power to further the mission
ary cause while In the homeland. I

ing your contribution, for when the opportunity presents itself we should
have the funds on hand to take ad

know you will rejoice with me in

Encouragement

this prospect of returning to that

I am so glad you included me in needy field.

vantage of it immediately.

in this way. If you want to help pay him his family according to his faith this summer are Incomplete, but so for the paper send whatever you feel and the power of prayer, which is far include two Christian Service you can and designate it for that pur mighty to the pulling down of strong Camps, which I am anticipating with
pose. Above all, be sure that we have
correct address your name and on

ceived about half enough to meet ex Indeed, God will give the increase. and elsewhere. I expect to gradually penses. None of the money sent for I will not cease to pray for this man increase my activities along this line the missionaries on the field is used and his family. The Lord will give as my strength permits. My plans for

subscription price of the TIBETAN Saviour Jesus Christ. MISSIONARY. This paper is support How my heart was filled and over ed by free-will offerings sent for that flowing with praise and thanksgiving purpose and is free to all who request when I read of the man who came it as long as we are able to continue for the watering of the seed which publishing it. Thus far we have re had been planted seven years before!

"And we know that to them that your mailing list of the new maga zine. It is so well arranged and print love God all things work together for ed, and the articles are the things good, even to them that are called SUBSCRIPTIONS we long to hear aboutthat is, those according to His purpose." Romans Frequently someone asks me the things which glorify our Lord and 8:28. God certainly had a reason for bringing me home when He did. Per
haps my services for Tibet were need

ed more In the homeland during these dlERcult times. It has been a pleasure

to visit various churches and groups

in the interest of missions in Tibet

holds. It was such a blessed answer real joy.Melba Palmer.

our mailing list if you wish to re

ceive the paper regularly. A SAINT AT REST Mrs. Matilda Hill, a faithful sup
porter of missionary work in Tibet and elsewhere, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Glen Hutton, in Coquilie, Oregon, April 24th, at the age of 96 years. "Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of
His saints." Ps. 116:15.

and encouragement to my prayer, for I have prayed that the lamas might
also be converted and this man had once been a lama! Also Brother Nich ols' trip into Tibet and his kind re

TO FRIENDS OF MORSES
Mrs. Ruth Morse, mother of J. Rus

sell Morse of Yunnan Province, West

has asked that friends be warned not to send checks to the field, as they cannot be cashed there. If the money is sent to her she will

ception there in the woman's house, China,

humble as it was, and Brother Nich ols' kind word for those who had re ceived them; as Lydia did Paul and the disciples. I pray for the salvation of this good woman and her house, even as Lydia. Then, the Governor's kindness and interest, and the show ing of the Life of our Lord Jesus Christ! How the Lord did richly bless! And how we pray for the wa tering of all the seed sown in such

cable it as she has opportunity. Her address is 114 S. Denver Ave., Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

The Morses are doing a very fine

work in a very dangerous and difficult field. Let us pray for them constant

Forwarding Secretaries
For Miss Gladys Schwake: Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols: C. W. Nichols, 3509 S. Broadway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For both Miss Schwake and the
Nichols:

ly, and support them financially. Send Yova Name forget to send in

good ground and we know God giveth

the increase.Mrs. Dean Trickett.

Don't

your

name and address if you want the

If you like Mrs. Bare's poems, you TIBETAN MISSIONARY sent to you will find more good ones in "Tips regularly. We want everyone who is Prom the Top, or Tales of the Tib interested to have it, regardless of
etan Bares," which you can secure whether or not you are able to help

Miss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawrence from the author, C. W. Nichols, 3509 financially. If you send money re St., Eugene, Oregon. S. Broadway, Oklahoma City, Okla. member to designate what it is for.

JUNIOR
TIBETAN CHILDREN

MISSIONARY
FORWARD
PREMIER

Every spring about the time the Ps. 118:6 Did you ever stop to think that Tib etan children are just like American Jehovah is on my side, I will not fear, kernels form in the apricot seeds, children except for the color of their What can man do to me while He is flocks of wild parrots come down from the mountains. Often before day near? skin and the things they are taught?

If you had Tibetan playmates you Jehovah will rescue me from every light they would wake me by squawk ing from the fruit trees. For a long wrong would find them just as much fun as those you have now, and especially So I will worship Him with prayer time we had wanted one of these par rots but we had never gotten any. and song. it their parents were Christians, be Jehovah will strengthen me against One warm sunny day I was walking cause the Christians treat their chil along the road with Joseph Wang the foe, dren more like children are treated and a few other boys who were go So till the victory's won forward I'll in America, where we have Christian Forward till life shall end, my jour ney done. Tibetan children are fun to play with.
influences Bare and all around us. Ask the Nichols children whether
go.

ing to school. When we were almost to the compound gate we heard some squawking and then we saw a small In this paper are the pictures of Pilgrim days left behind, Heaven be flock of parrots eating green pears. Joseph went and hid under a walnut gun. some they have played with. Esther tree. Then he picked up a small stone Chen is the daughter of Miss Then will my joy be great, I'll see and threw it into the pear tree. Seven His face! Schwake's Chinese cook and Tibetan woman servant, who are Christians. I'll see my loved ones, too, Oh praise parrots started flying away, but one dropped into a garden. Joseph jumped His grace! She has an older brother, John, and I Marguerite Bare. over the hedge and got It. The first a baby sister, Rhoda. Another picture day Premier did not eat, but the next shows the three sons of Evangelist day he was all right. At first we had and Mrs. Shao. him chained, but then he grew so While we are celebrating Chil tame we let him go. He would do a dren's Day here in America, let us re lot of tricks. He had green wings, member the children in Tibet and back, and tail, violet head, neck, and other countries where they do not breast, blue around his eyes, yellow have the opportunities we have. Let stripe on wing, red bill, gray feet, us pray for them, that they may learn and black line above the eyes. He to know Christ and serve Him. would eat out of my hand. One time in an accident his tail was pulled out LETTERS FROM TIBET and he pretended he could not fly, We girls gave Gwa Lan a doll some but later we let him out on the porch time ago. Once in a while she lets and he sailed away.Garland Bare. Lha She play with it. She is a lot smarter than we thought she would NEWS FROM MORSES be. She loves to go to Aunt Gladys Seventy - five Evangelists and at service time and crawls up on her Preachers came for a conference and lap. She pretends to play the organ. what a joy to see their faithfulness Sometimes she plays organ on a in the work. Some walked two days bench and sings, "Hallelujah, zi je to get here. Then the 14 preachers chi je." It sounds too cute. that Russell had sent to the Bible Esther and James still play to School held by the China Inland Mis Esthei' Chen gether most of the time. Little Philip sion gave their report which was ex is eating better again but still looks cellent. Some day they will be able very pale. Andrew and John are great I like him a lot. He seems to be al to carry on alone, if no one comes pals. They had two weeks' vacation ways smiling.Dorothy Nichols. to help in this great Harvest. The but are again back at school.Lois We are losing our chickens. Be head teacher in the China Inland Gail Nichols. fore we had 117, but this morning I Mission is the man that translated the New Testament into Llsu. We had some old dry batteries counted 63, but that is not all. Lha She and her mother can walk Our house is very open as the here that we took apart and melted the tar and put it on our roof to well. Now Lha She is laying down walls and floors are made of bam boo; although it is nice in the sum stop the leaks. It only leaks now when and is sleeping. If the children in America write mer, it is very cold in the winter. it rains hard. When the people here were har to me, I will answer them. Tell them Just now Anzie brought me a hot stone for my feet and a hot water vesting their wheat it was raining so to write.Phyllis Nichols. bottle for my hands. We have our much that the people got up early The TIBETAN MISSIONARY ar little heater in the dining room in the morning when it was still pitch dark with torches to cut the grain. rived this morning and we are de which is roofed with boards but it Mama and Aunt Gladys saw a lighted to receive It. Thank you for leaks so badly I prefer to stay in weasel in the garden the other day. keeping us on your mailing list. The our little study room which Is roofed We think some of our chicks were first copy was passed from one person with straw. It is a problem; however, caught by weasels.John Nichols. to another and when we wanted your the Lord has provided us with plenty We are having a vacation now address it had been mislaid. It is of warm clothes. We go through things out here but John and I are studying Latin. I good to have some news of Tibet and do not like it much. We are getting of the dear ones there. Our hearts which would astonish all of you at along very well with our Tibetan are still out there although war con home, but we have to do it so often ditions keep us here In the Homeland. that we get accustomed to it. So study. The Colonel has come back and In His time we will go back and in don't worry. Only pray for all of us. often comes up to listen to the radio. the meanwhile we will seek to glori The Lord protects and gives His grace There is an engineer that came up fy His name here.Winifred L. Col- to endure. May it be with joyfulness. Gertrude H. Morse. not long ago. He speaks good English. ley (England).

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Miss Schwake Robbed

{Continue<} From Paye One)

I THANK MY GOD
I Cor. 1:4.

get an infection at the other place and then, if things turn for the worse here, it is our fault. Somehow that suffering little face won the day. I went to work. It appears that the Lord is going to grant us a healing'
in this case.

Nichols and three girls were sleeping I thank my God always for you in another section of the hospital. That through Christ you were given
the grace Here is Miss Schwake's account of To do what was needful to do the robbery:

"I came near not having anything

to give for Christmas. How? Robbers

To restore me again to my place.

The story of the case is that a sol

dier visited the family mill to grind his grain. All people are supposed to bring their wood to parch their grain. ^ This fellow did not bring his and de manded that they furnish him with wood. When the request was refused, he picked up the nearest block of
wood with which to strike the child's

I thank God for the grace of heart, For the knowledge and care and skill, When my spirit had drawn apart And my body was helpless and still.
That moved you to bid me return

To the earth-life side of the gate, To lessons I yet may learn And the home where my children
wait.

gr^indmother and the child got in the way of the blow,'and this awful
wound was the result. The frontal

"It is better to be away,"

But not till the task is done

bone was fractured and the periostum

torn away.

Gladly my soul will stay

Till the crown of life is won.

There had been no intelligent help To you who strengthened the flesh. given and the wound was still gap And to you who prevailed in prayer ing with plenty of drainage, needless again in our section of the hospital. May God grant each day afresh to say, after rather unsanitary han
dling. Praise the Lord for answered
prayer in this case.

Yes, Tippy was there! We knew from

that it was someone

A joyous sense of his care.

that

familiar

Lois Nichols Bare.

with the place and dog. They must

With gratitude to the doctors, the

pect to harvest a crop they must put up rough cornstalk huts in their fields, and live in them until all their grain is in. They repair to the fields, family dog and all.

It is harvest time in this land of have fed her meat and tied her. Mabel nurses, the friends who called or sent too many thieves. If the natives ex (Mrs. Nichols) said she barked furi greetings, and most of all to those

ously. and different, too, but it was who upheld me in prayer.L.N.B.

so cold, and she often barked at rats.

IWhen
get up.

we

learned

they

were

all

drunk we were thankful she did not

FINANCIAL REPORTS

July 1 to December 31, 1941

Mrs. M. li. SIPPL.E

One such case was an old lady with her foster daughter. It seems one morning as she was cooking near yes, too nearthe hut, the sparks from her fire flew into the corn hut and it began to burn. Like so many of these natives, they had little of this world's goods and what they had was in the hut. The old lady decided to try to rescue some of the things. She did, but paid for it with her life. They brought her in here with a third degree burn and she died that night. I learned something the next day one is ever learning something new about the superstitions of these peo ple. While they were taking care of the body I was opening doors and windows. The daughter was constant ly running after me and closing them and I finally realized that I was dis tressing the poor soul, so desisted. On later inquiry I found that if the light, that is. daylight, gets to a corpse at

"Through Colonel Fu's prompt ac

-Mrs. G. Mrs.

Rei'tjived for

F.

Major,

Jidgjar Nichols:

$10.00; Meroed, $.5.00; Fowler,

Mr, and

Cal.

tion in the case we got most of the First Christian Church. $10.65; Mr. and

things back by 4 p.m. the following Triple Class. $5.00; Buc-hannan, Mich. B.S.
day.
and Mis.s. Soc.. $2.50; Mrs. W. J, Gibson

M,

D.

Miles,

Kan.

and Ooldle, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Spencer

"The guilty person was Trelay, the M. Leser. $25.00. Paid to Hong Kong Bank for Nichols: carpenter. You recall how Tippy al $50.00. Paid to C. W. Nichols for Edgar
ways hated him. I still wonder how
Xiehols:$'50.00.

Lattin, $5.00; Flora A. Wall hauser, $15.00; Orrville. O. Church of Christ Miss. Soc.. Tibetan ChrisUan Mission, L.A., "I fear the account books are lost, $7.75; Cal., $10-70; Stella Samuelson, $4,00; Rockhowever; I have been unable to find ford, III, Lincoln Park Church of Christ, them. They had taken everything that $17.50; Mrs. Louise C. Ely. $10.00; Friend, $1.00; Mrs, L. J. Schwendler, $2.00; Har would hinder the work here just as old Buckles, $5,00: Newton, Kan. Bethel Deaconess Inst., $3.00; Sister Hillegonda. if the devil himself had directed the $2.00; Mrs, Pearle MoOee. $5.00; W J work. They took the Montgomery Hastie, $10.00; Mrs. Richard Sie'g, Jo.OO;
Stowe. O. Church of Christ Mias. Soc,

she ever let them in. The only solu tion is that they fed her from her favorite window (second story) from which they tore the cloth to open the window. They carried out your two trunks, four boxes, two bags of wheat, and most of your box of books I'd brought up from Kangting. (This letter written to Miss Palmer.) Praise God most of the things are back.

Major, $10.00; Huntlnpton Beach. Cal. Church of Christ, $50.00; Streator. HI Church of Christ. $8.00; Buchanan, Mich. B.S. and Miss. Soc., $-2.50; Elmira. Ore.
Church of Christ and B.S., $4.00; Charles
Ungra, $2.00,

Received for Bares: Mr. and Mrs. G. F.

Paid to Dr. Bare; $700,00.

September 1, 1941 to February 28, 1942

MRS. M'lLMA WATSON

Ind. Southslde Chrl.stian Church, $00.00; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith, $22.00; Mrs.
Lucy Gallman, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. G. P.

Received for

Miss Schwake;

Kokomo.

that in the community there are those emptied the old box in which I had who are sure the recent frost which took the buckwheat is all my fault. all my sheets, five in all; only three

this time of year it is the sure sign order, S. S. materials, and hospital Legacy of Mrs. Homer Campbell. $50.00; Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Nickerson, $10.00; Mrs. of a failure of the fall crops. I know garments I brought from home. They \Vm. I>aiitz, $5.00; Herman A. Wiebe,

Poor,

benighted

for

their

pray have been returned. In great dismay enlightenment. Gladys I thought all my shoes were gone but soulsdo
later found them in another box."

Church of Christ (through Tib. Chr. Miss), $5.W: St. Luke's Evang. and Ref. S.S., Buffalo, N. Y., $o.OO: JIarle Bergman,
Glenn Dexter, $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Schwake, $1.00.

C. W. Ni<;hoIs), $5.00; Barberton, O. First Church of Christ, $50.00; Anton. la

$10.00; Mackeyvllle. Pa. Church of Christ, yO 00; Mrs. Carrie Rosenbalm (through

$a.OO; Mrs. Jones. $2.00; Mr.

and Mrs

Schwake.

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

8 Lawrence Street

Sec. 562, P.L.&R.

Eugene, Oregon

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Vol. 1

September, 1942

No. 4

NEWS FROM NICHOLS

Mrs. Lee is all right but not out
of danger. She is the wife of the

pastor yet a wicked woman.. We pray

ed that her life might be spared and she have another opportunity to re
pent and live a Christian life, and for the sake of Gladys' work. The Lord is patient and good.

A NEW CONVERT We had a very blessed holiday seas on. We were made doubly happy in that a young English-speaking Chin ese was converted. He had come up here on a geological survey and was eager to improve his English so came
daily to read with Mrs. Nichols. In

return for her kindness he taught

Dorothy arithmetic.

seem to be doing very well. May the this for him. Expenses are rising and rising. The Lord use them greatly. He had two companions with him cost of living is high. Bro. Nichols expects to place these who were not converted and we are Our girls carry on a lively conver young people this summer and he praying that they may come also. sation with their Tibetan teacher and hopes to man every station which has He was put to the test several times. with others. They like the conversa been held by our Brotherhood in the We saw him put up a terrific fight tion hour. Besides, they have their past few years. one day at a feast against this drink regular school work and Dorothy The Shaos are seniors in point of ing and gambling which is practiced takes Latin also. service with the Bares. They expect to by most of these officials They have We have spent a very pleasant win be back up here this summer. respect for us and do not indulge in ter. Spring has come early, the trees Then there is Mozong, who is at such at the tables which they prepare are in bloom, and most of the garden present with Bro. Nichols in the Yun for us. planted.Mabel Nichols. His testimony left a deep impres nan region. Mozong had a long ex perience with the lamas' bag of tricks. sion on the Judge, who was entertain When he finally saw through them ing that day. He later sent word to and became a Christian he was simp our Naomi that he wanted to know ANOTHER BAPTISM more of the teachings of Christ. In ly on fire for the Lord. How happy we are that our prec Young Joseph has been rated at the cidentally, she was dealing with his ious Naomi has had the pleasure of Bible School as being spiritually keen. wife for me as we called dally to seeing her sister, Gwayine, saved. She I am sure this will please the good care for her and the new baby. The was baptized Pentecost Sunday. Dzon brother down in Texas who has taken wife is of the old school and does not Drenia and Naomi have been doing a personal interest in him this past want to accept the Gospel. Do pray
fine personal work on her.
year.

Using the Bible for a textbook, Mrs. Nichols was able to bring him to the light. He gave his testimony on Josepli, Young Evangelist. Christmas Eve after our chapel meet ing, and how we did rejoice! He had to leave the next day. He means to OUR NATIVE WORKERS will indeed be Heaven to them after obey his Lord in baptism when he what they have gone through, and Continue to pray for our young we will rejoice to have them back people down at Bible School. They all gets down country and we have ask ed a missionary friend there to do with us.
Edgar and John may be back near the end of this month (March) or first part of next month, making six mouths absence from Batang. Home

with us for such.

Praise God for these dear girls. They have been perfectly marvelous to me in this financial crisis, taking cuts in wages and adding burdens of other work such as gardening so I could let Tsa Den go, and cooking so Chengo could be let out. I only have
Synom now, you know.

Naomi, Dzon Drema and I will re

main here until such time as Mr.

Naomi and I continue our daily spiritual and physicial ministry In the

Newland can get here with his party. dispensary. At times the work seems so slow and one would feel discour It seems to take the presence of a for eigner to keep the buildings in any aged if it were not for the promises of God. We remember that God said, kind of living condition. I think I "My Word shall not return unto me told you I was living in Dr. Shelton's old home and enjoying it very much. void but shall accomplish that whereunto I sent it."

key), as I could not afford a wood would have been in so much better warmed by the progress of one of our
man, so followed Naomi's advice and traded him in for a cow. Milk was too condition today.

Oh, yes, this will interest you. I He surely built well. If only the was getting no use of Billy (the don property had not been deserted it

We have recently had our hearts

How we long for some tar to close

in the roof. Mr. Nichols took some

regular patients, Yudreh by name. She is the wife of a soldier and very
poor, as most are. They augment the pittance they receive by stealing from the gardens round about.

expensive, as the rupee has jumped to up a few more of these leaking places
$7.00 paper. She has been called Bet

sy. She is black with a long brown stripe down her back bone. She gives two quarts of milk a day. We expect a calf next February.

old batteries apart and repaired the hospital roof as far as it would go. We dread the rainy season on that account, but we must have rain or The Nichols also are getting rid of we do not eat.Gladys Schwake. their animals, as it is too expensive to buy feed for them. I am gradually We are sorry this issue of the Tibe killing off my chickens, as they get tan Missionary does not contain more into everybody's garden around here. news from the Nichols family. For May keep three or four just to have some reason their letters have failed a few eggs for myself when they are to reach us. We hope to have more scarce.Gladys Schwake. news from them next time.

She informed her husband recently

that he was to stop this. She told him that God had healed her body and that she would not want Him to be angry with them or He might send some thing worse upon her. She began at once to turn her sister's family's at tention to this new found joy. It is interesting the way the Holy Spirit
deals with these "babes in the faith".

Dzon Drema is developing a strong("Oontinued on Page TtooJ

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THE TIBETAN mSSIONARY

best. One does not want to burden

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

Issued Quai-tci'ly EditorMiss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawr ence St., Eugene, Oregon MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols & Miss Gladys P. Schwake.

THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK

"Bretheren. pray for us."
I Thess. 5:25

the mails because of the difficulties

of transport,
to get mail!

but oh, how we love

Pray'twill give the missionary

might;

Our radio needs new tubes so we

R.N., Batang, Hsikang, West China,

via Chengtu & Kangting.

On FurloughDr. and Mrs. Norton H. Bare, Box 1152, Austin, Texas.

KEEP THEM GOING!

"Cable
Nichols."

Pray'twill help the heathen see the light; Pray'tis more effective than to fight; Prayfor then will might give way to right. Pray that blinded souls may get their sight; Pray that God will end their lengthened night; Prayer will make the devil turn
to flight;

get anything till Colonel Pu gets back, if he brings them. Mr. Jen, our nice Christian Postmaster, has written and asked him to bring some tubes. This young man has been a great blessing to us. He gets our
money
have to

can't

up

for

us so
other

we no longer
missionaries.

funds

to

Central

Bank

trouble

Chungking Gladys SchwakeEdgar This cablegram was received in July and we quickly gathered up

June letter from Miss Schwake.

"We have not received a copy of 'Tips from the Top, or Tales of the
Tibetan Bares'. Please send me a

$500.00 to send. A letter which fol

lowed the cable mentioned that they

Prayer will free some souls of sin's

copy. We do earnestly pray for God's

were very short of funds. Figure for

dark plight.
Prayfor prayer is always good and right; Pray .

yourself how long you think $500.00

should last for three adults and four children besides several native

preachers and teachers and their children, with prices extremely high
due to war in China.

With so few missionaries on the field we ought surely to be able to give good support to those who are carrying on under such difficult con ditions. How soon shall we send them

more money for their support and the

work they are doing? Send your ans wer in the form of contributions for the work to one of the forwarding secretaries. Do not try to mail money to the field. It will likely never reach
them. Whenever we have enough we

will send It by cable as long as that

means is still open to us.

Remember, "The laborer is worthy

of his hire." I Tim. 5:18. Let us not

fail these servants of God in this time of special need.

Forwarding Secretaries

For Miss Gladys Schwake: We watch eagerly for our paper Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale here. The mails are getting slower Avenue, Buffalo, New York. and slower, less and less. I do hope For Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols: folks will keep on writing, however, as we need every bit of encourage nty, nirl-ihnmn I. For both Miss Schwake and the ment we can get. The devil is put ting up an awful fight. Nichols: Regarding the funds at HongKong, Miss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawrence St., Eugene, Oregon. with the conditions as they are we may have lost all that yet remained there. January letter from Miss "RETURN TO TIBET' FUND With an offering of $31.24 the lit Schwake. tle church at Athena, Oregon, has Sunday we got the first big Amer started a fund for Miss Palmer's re turn to Tibet. Thank you, Athena! ican mail we had since March and We are looking forward with a great those letters were all October mail. deal of anticipation to the time when These were December. It was the that fund can be used. Only God first word I had from Mother since knows when that will be, but in His last fall. Guess you will all kind of have to own good time He will open the way. May we be prepared when the time share things in case my letters do not all get through. comes. What do you think! Finally, after In the meantime let us continue our support of those who are on the two years, one of Mother's boxes got field, carrying on amid trials and through. I wish you could have seen discouragements of all kinds. Pray the condition of it, and yet every that their every need may be supplied item was there and some such as and that many Tibetans and Chinese toilet soap and batteries which I may come to know our Lord and Sav needed badly. Writing these days is so scarce at ior.

prompt help in the matter of transfer ring my funds from HongKong to the protection of their mission at that war was declared on America. Chungking. We felt so lost. How glad we were They are an extremely busy mis to have the radio operator here fin sion, as you may know by the hun ally and get it fixed. There has, how ever, been so little wind that we get dreds of missionaries they have, yet very little power. Tlie government they take the time to assist mission aries of other missions. Praise God men want to hear the news so we have to save what power there is for for such fellowship. This was a life-saver for me, be that purpose. Since the Philippines have been at cause my funds had gotten very low war we have to miss bur precious up here. Had they not notified me in Sunday night program which we were time it would have been a case of my enjoying so much, namely, the Fuller being without funds for some time "Old Fashioned Revival Hour." It did until arrangements could be made from home for direct transfer of refresh us so much.
funds to free China.

MAIL AND NEWS With conditions as they are, I feel it the part of wisdom that I send my letters air-mail all the way. This means that I must confine my writ ing to you who are nearest to me and let you all relay the news. Our radio went bad the same day

watchful care over the Edgar Nichols family each day. We are enclosing check for $6.00."Anna Powell. Note: If you wish a copy of this book, write to C. W. Nichols, 3509 S. Broadway, Oklahoma City, Okla homa. The price is one dollar. A FRIEND IN NEED
I want to call yaur attention to the fact that we are deeply Indebted to
the China Inland Mission for their

Our mission surely needs a good business manager down country so that we need not be taking the time of other missionaries for these things. Pray about that matter also.Gladys
Schwake.
^Continued from Page One>

er constitution. She now makes trips to the village in follow-up work for
me. She is not yet able to climb the hill so some of our faithful Christian

help go down and carry her up. At

present we are dealing with one nam ed Lee Su Su, a Chinese woman with cancer of the breast. She is lamaistic

in worship. She found, however, that

they are more interested in the dol

lars you can produce than in truly

helping you, and she finally came to
us in desperation.

We told her there was nothing we

could do except to keep the wound clean and relieve the pain with what

drugs we had. We have nothing pow

erful enough for her case anymore. It seems that the woman wants to
turn to the Lord and has asked for

prayer. We are hoping that she. may be saved.Gladys Schwake.

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Page 3

JUNIOR
THE HARVEST IS READY
It is harvest time. "The harvest in

MISSIONARY
THE TIBETAN HOUSES WEATHER IN BATANG
well
In the winter snow falls on the

The

Tibetan

houses

are

all

deed is plenteous, but the laborers built

of

mud.

They

take

dirt

and

are few: pray ye therefore the Lord pack solid between boards, then re where we live. We skate on the ice of the harvest, that He send forth move the boards and have a hard wide in our yard. The winters are not laborers into His harvest." Luke wall. The floor is sometimes wood very cold, but we have fun. There 10:2. When the wheat and barley is but usually it is earth. The roof is are steps in the orchard that had ice ripe women go to the fields with held up by poles the size of a tele on them and we would slide down short handled sickles. Some cut the phone pole and smaller poles are on it and get bumps. grain, others tie it in bundles. Then laid across. On top of that is placed It Is very beautiful in the spring. some carry it on their backs and take small brush and on that earth which Then the dandelions come out In a is pounded smooth and hard. These It to their houses on the flat roofs. yellow dress. The trees are pretty The neighbors gather together and houses usually are two stroies. The with pink blossoms. In summer it thrash the grain with flails. They sing down stairs is for the cattle and ani rains. Sometimes it is awfully hot. and chant while they work. The straw mals, the second floor is where the It rains in the fall, but it is nice is put aside and the grain is slowly people live, and the third, if there is weather. We have frost by Thanks dropped from one basket to another, a room, is where the grain is stored. giving time. When it thunders the The windows are very small and letting the chaff blow away. When Tibetans say the dragon is roaring. there is no wind then the natives blocked up with stones. Some use In the winter there is no thunder whistle for the wind, but it doesn't paper or cloth to cover the windows. and the people say that the dragon There is always an opening in the always come.Phyllis Nichols. is sleeping.Lois Gail Nichols. roof above the fire place. The smoke must go some place and it will go up. A TIBETAN TRADITION The steps are often just a pole notch Down by the big Batang River AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE ed out. We are clumsy getting up and about a mile and a half from the com Once I had an interesting experi the Tibetans laugh at us. pound is a pleasant place where we The flat roofs are suitable for ence while we were in Tibet. I had have had a number of picnics. The thrashing the grain. When we live in been sick and when I was almost ruins of an old Chinese temple offer one of these houses we have more well my mother told me she was plan a bit of shelter. There are several windows and doors made and more ning on sending me down country kinds of trees on a grassy slope. The rooms, or divide off space for rooms, with Daddy to have my tonsils out. river is too swift and turbulent for for we cannot study in dark rooms. Of course I was happy there at water sports, but there is a small Dorothy Nichols. Batang with my brothers, sister, and stream flowing in from the north cousins. I didn't want to go very west in which we children played. much. I packed my box quite slowly There is a nice sand beach near the and didn't expect to have to go for river side. awhile yet. Between the temple and the river On the morning of the fifth of is a series of springs concerning June while we were eating breakfast which the Tibetans have this tradi a man came in and said that they tion: were expecting the horsemen that Many years ago a famous lama were to take us to come that day or sent a servant up in the mountains the next. At dinner time he came to a holy lake to induce some of the again and said they had come. I felt water to follow him under ground to quite bad about that, but I remember the lamasary. The servant was in ed that the Lord would help us and structed not to look back, but like keep us in safety. The rest of the Lot's wife curiosity overcame him
and he did. As a result of disobedi
A Tibetan Mi<l Hou.se.

mountains

but

none

in

the

valley

ence the spring appeared where he

day was spent in packing and by bed time my box was packed. The
next morning we left.

stopped,

about

half

mile

down

stream and on the opposite side of On the night of the second day the river. The Chinese temple was GETTING READY FOR THE ROAD from Batang some robbers took our built there because they considered We were getting ready for the trip horse. We didn't know what to do it a place of the spirits.Edgar Bare. from Batang to Tachienlu. It is a for a riding animal for Daddy. Fin hundred miles on the map. You will ally our horsemen brought us a horse.

Send Your Name

Don't forget to send in your takes twenty-five days to get there. We put our things in wooden boxes, name and address if you want the TIBETAN MISSIONARY sent to you trunks, and suit cases. We put our regularly. We want everyone who is food in one box, our clothes In an interested to have it, regardless of other that could be opened on the whether or not you are able to help way, and our grain in bags. A mule financially. If you send money re can carry about 160 pounds but we made the loads lighter. member to designate what it is for. There were very few villages on Won't you all please be much in that road so we had to take our tent. prayer for Gladys, that God may con It rode a mule, too. My brother and tinue to keep her and use her to His I liked it on the road, especially the Glory through these trying days. Also riding. But at the end of the day we pray that her letters may continue to were quite tired. Road food is not come through and that the funds be very good, but I was so hungry that

be surprised to know that it usually It was a strong animal but it was lame and that made it hard for Dad

dy as well as the horse. One day it was raining and we were riding
along on a big plain and there was mist on the edge of it that hid the mountains beyond and right along the edge we saw three big jack rabbits

running and hopping real fast. They

were so big and had ears that looked

so much like horns that I thought they were wild goats until we got
closer.

All the way down to Tachienlu the

Lord kept us in safety and supplied

all our needs for which we thank and

ing forwarded to her may reach her everything Bare. safely.Mrs. Wilma Watson.

tasted

good.

Maribel praise Him. Philippians 4:19.Mar guerite Bare.

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THE TIBETAN OTSSIONARY

MISS SCWAKE'S "FAMILY"

What is it we read over there in

It would do you good to hear her sctiburg, $1.00; lOugene, Ore. Ind. Miss.
sing "Jesus Loves Me" and any num
Study Group, $14.00; liugene. Ore. Bap
tist Y. P., $1.7U; Mr. and :\lrs. Glen Hut

Gal. 4:27 about the poor old maid? ton Ore. (.7hurch, $15.18; Miiwaukie, Ore. They say we sometimes have more chapel. She is beginning to pick up Church, $5.00: .Mrs, Carrie Hatfield and
some English, besides her Chinese Well, my family seems to be growing and the Tibetan. We are hoping to like the proverbial snowball. I must make Bible women of these two girls, introduce to you the latest addition, so please be in prayer for their de velopment along that line.Gladys James, by name.
children than the married sister.
.Miss .\una Olsen, $'2,00; Dr. Gladys Rath-

ber of the other songs we use in the

ton, $1,00; .Mrs. Grover Kelsay, $1.00; Elk-

bone, $2.00; Mrs. Zua Hooton, $1.00; Den

ver, Colo. Berkley Church, $22,25; Den

One morning as I was going to the Schwake. village' I was met at our gate by a FINANCIAL REPORTS January 1 to August 1, 1942 weeping boy, age fourteen. He look
ed like one of these colorless wax
Tibetan Missionary:

ver, Colo. Englewood Church, $23.46; I.ongmont, Colo. First Christian Church, $15.00; Blunt, S.D. Church of Christ, $G,00; l-'icrre, S,D. Church of Christ, $6,04; Wessington, S.D. Church, $:{.G0; Brookings, S.D. (^hurcli of Christ, $4.51; Arlington,
.S. i>. Church of Clirist, $2.fi0; Preston

'i'ownshi]), H. D. (Church $S.88; Carthage

S.D. Church, $3,GO; Spencer. S. D. Church

Uuceipls;

-Mrs.

George

Tucker,

$S.OO;
Soc.. Myr-

figures one sees at home sometimes. Ft. Wayne, Jiui. E. CreiglUon Miss. Mrs. Harry W. Harris, ?1.00: He began pouring out his troubles lle Davidson, $.25; Pauline Graham,
much too fast for me to follow, but Naomi gave me the details later ac cording to the child's story. He was being forced to work as
the servant of lesser olBcials here be
cause he was not wanted in the home

of Christ, Missionary Societv, $10.00; Highmorc, S.D. Church of Christ, $6.00; l-Iot Springs, S.D. Church of Christ, $1G.82;
Hot Springs. S.D. Miss. Soc., $10.00; Wil

I>r. Gladys llathbone, ?2.00; Kenneth A. I-Jdwards, $1.00; Mi.'^s Frant'ese Franklin, Sl.OO: Hufe'h K, Jull, $.25: "Wilina Watson, $2.00; ilrs. Louis BigKe, Irene Beran, ?n.OO: -Mrs. A. B. Crom\v,-ll. $.50; Miss Fiorcnite Brown, $.50: Mrs. Bill Utterliaek. $.25; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vorse and Bob, $.50: IrvinK. Ore. Friend, $.10: Mrs, Wm. J. Smith, $1.00; Mr. Herman D. Morey,

lamette Valley Christian Service Camp, .$i0.00: Mrs. Markham, $.25; l.ee Gerold, $.50: Mrs, Jessie Palmer, $1.00; Total,
$2i(>.73.

penses, -$CS.40; Postage and stationery supI)lies, $20.28: Expense of cabling money
to missionaries, $27.68: Tithes and offer

Payments: I.iving expenses, $150.85; Doc tors. dentist, etc., $50.31: Traveling ex

ings. $40.57: Mi.sc., $31.36. Total, $389.45. March 1 to July 31, 1942
Wilma Watson:

where he was placed when the other

missionaries left. He is the son of

$1.00;

Mrs.

Allan

Buzan,

$.25;

Mr.

and

Mrs. A. R. Kernen, $1.00; Mrs. Maudo B. Maxey, $5.00: Mrs. Grant Lattin, $1.00;

a former protege of Dr. Shelton. His father died years ago and the mother is an evil woman. The boy is suffer ing with turberculous bowel and was having active hemorrhages and get ting so weak that he just felt he must seek help for himself as no one seemed particularly interested.
I made his case clear to him and

Mi.ss (!"ora Hobein, $1.00; C. W. Nichols, $5.00; Mrs. Lydia Duescher, $5.00: Mrs.
Adrian Fraley, $1.00: Mrs. Harold Cole. ?I.OO; .Mrs. Cassie D. Hyde, $1.00; Mr. and

Ind. Southside Christian Church, $85,00;

.Mr. and Mrs. Ciarcnce Smith, $22,00: Mrs

Received for Miss Schwake; Kokonio,

Mrs. Glen Hutton, $1.00; K. M. Carr, $.25;

JOarl Downing, $1.00; Jlrs. ^Vlaude l^rank-

[:. Chatterton, $2.00; Hockford, 111. LinI'oin Park Church of Christ. $26.64; Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Schwake, $1.00; Jlrs. Rich ard Sieg, $25.00: Newton, Kan. Bethel

iin. $1.00; Charles Venard (by N. H. Bare),

$2.00; Mrs. I.yle Uuley, $2.00; Mabel B.

CJould,
S101.5G.

$.10.

Total:

$54.05.
$r.S.SO: Cuts.

Deaconess

Institutions

(including

$2.00

Payments:

Frintins.

'Irthday Memorial Christian

gift

from

Sister T,,adies
Merced,

Hillegonda), Miss
Calif.

^5.85: J. J. Lawson, $100,00: Mr. and Mrs.

$17.55: Postage, $14.31; Misc. $.!)0.

Total.

S. C. Sharts, $10.00; Buffalo, N.Y. Fitch

Deficit, including last report; $72.22, Note; This deficit is only on the records,

Church
$10.00;

Aux ,
First

$'),00: .Miss Irene Mantle, $2,00: Miss Flora

W'allhauser,

did not give him much hope, only as as 1 make no debts, l>ut pay as I go from niy personal funds. the Lord would answer prayer. He was willing to submit to treatment. For Tibet:
I took him in and asked God to save

Church

Miss.

Dept.,

$10.00;
O.

Receipts: Dr. and Mrs. N. H. Bare, 535.00: Mrs. L. >f. Hammond, $5.00; Mr.

Church of Christ Miss. Soc., $4.00; Chenev Farm Girls. $10.00: Arthur A. Everts (for .Joseph Wong), $100.00: Albuquerque, N.l^I.
First Christian Church, $4.50; Buffalo, X.V. Pilgrim Christian Tabernacle. $18.83: C. n. Talbert, $10.10; Mackeyville. Pa.
Church of Christ, $10.00.

.\llss Beatrice Bounty, $2.00: Orrvllie

his life only if he was to be used for

service later. It would seem that God

and Mrs, Eugene R. Palmer, $8; Mrs. Geo.

means to raise the hoy up. He had his first normal temperature today
after a month in bed. He will need
two months more in bed to see him

Tucker. $10.00; Mrs, Dean Trlckett, $1.00; Miss Florence Brown, $1.50; A Friend, $5,00: ftfr. and Mrs. K, O. Farm, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kernen, $1.00; Tillle and .\nna Bradley, $2,00; liverett. Wash, Miss, Prayer Circle, $14,00; ISugeno, Ore.

RecAived for Edgar Nichols: B'uffalo, N'.V. Pilgrim Christian Tabernacle, $18.83.
January 1 to July 1, 1942
C. W, Nichols:

Ore. Ind. Miss. Study Grout), $33.10; Sellwood. Ore. Church, $7,50; Mrs,

P'irst Church Jr. Hi. Dept.. $2.50; Kugene,

through. Please pray for this child, that God

may give him strength to serve his Lord for a few years at least. He has had his faith severely tested by these who are his by blood ties but the Lord has surely kept him through it
all.

Hatfleld and Miss Anna Olson, $8.00; ^rrH. H. 13. Church, $1.00; Mrs. .lessio l^alnier, $5.00; I'^lmira, Ore. Miss. Soc., $5.00; Irv
ing. Ore. Church, Wilma $10,00; Marshall GilC,

H<'ceived for Tibet: Draper Park Church, Carrie Oklahoma City, Okla,, $161.00; Lincoln. Stayton, Ore. Church of Christ, $12.00;

Nob, Rastside Church and B.S,. $29.OH; Barberton, O. Church of Christ, $50.00:

Mrs. Bertha W, Kirsch, $10.00; Mr. and Houston, Tex. Loval Women's

(Oirist, $2,00; Kvelyn Pedersen, $1.00; Wilma Watson (contributions), $235.-Ifi; A. A.

Inverts (by Watson), $100.00;

.Mrs, Stewart. $10.00: Mr .nnd Mrs. Ham-

'Tjond (for Bares, $2.50; Nichols, $2.50),

?-">,00;

W. Nichols, $100,00; Waller Fiscus, $15.00; I.eslie I.owry, $2,00; 15, Springfiieid, Ore. Int. Girl., $2,00: T.cland T., Mooers, $2.00; Waltorvillc, Oregon Community Church,

Our little Gwa Lan, fourteen, Dzon

Sr.,:iO: Doris

Davis.

$1.00;

iCugcnc,

Ore.

l''irst Christian Church, $11,85; Mrs. Ciias.

Drema's

girl,

is doing very nicely

down at Yaan in the Baptist Mission School. She is developing nicely in

Schafer (by Standard), $2,00; Marilyn and P.obbie Boettgor, $1.00; Thorp, Washing ton, ('hurch of Christ, $S.OO; Follansl)ee,
W. Va. Y. P, Miss, Soc,, $5.00: Miss Clara

$5,00; .Mrs. Acker, $1,00; R.N., Omah.a, Neb., $20.00; Biair, Neb, (Christian Church $18,00; :\rrs. Sipnle (contributions) $33,01; Mnroln. Nebraska, Bethany Church, (for lOdgar Nichols), $4.05; Tancoln, Nebraska,
Goo, Tucker, $1,00: Rushsylvania, O. Miss. Hoc., $5.00: Delia Miller (for book), $1,00:
Mrs, Selma Kiider (for books), $5.00; Mrs Mildred T>ewis, $3,00; Old Friends, Seat
tle. Wash, $5.00; Elder Hastle (for Nichols

Cliiss (for Bares), $5,00; Sehall Family,

Bethany Church (for Bares), $3,35: Mrs.

her spiritual life. Her mother's heal $5,00; Mrs. Luclla llristow, $1,00; Mr, and ing and subsequent conversion made k, B, Vnrsc !ind Bol>, $3,00; Willamette Valley Christian Service Canii), $50.00; a deep impression on these girls of jriklred T-/atlln, $1,00; Miss Dorothy
hers. Ball, $10,00: Mr. and Mrs, Glon Hutton,

Dohmo,

$5.00:

Mrs.

Almara

I-'hiillps.

*r> 00; TCldorado, Til. Church of Christ. $10.00; Mr.s, C, Patchell, $4,50; Harris i'.'ells, $1,00: Mabel B, Gould, $1.00: Nettie Prairie, Ind, Christian Church. $10,00;

nnd Mr. Shao), $10.00; .Joseph McAlpin,

R, B. Vorse, $5.00; Peebles, O, Christian It Is interesting to watch my little $2.00; Balance, Jan. I, $23.75. Total, Church, $6,00; Mr. and Mrs. L,ucas and Mrs, Acker, $10,00: Mary Nichols (for EdLha She in her play. She often stops $775.i)fi. Payments: ICdcar Nichols, $250.00; Glad trar Nichols. $20,00; for Marguerite Bare, to kneel down and pray as she sees ys Schwake, $250.00; Schwake for medi $20,00). $40,00; Additional for books, $3.00;
her mother and the rest of us do. We cine, $100.00; Schwake for .Joseph, $100.00.
Total, $700,00,

Mrs. H. A. BIck and Friends, $3.00. July 1 to December 31, 1941

Gladys Schwake:

are so surprised at the mental devel opment In this child, as I've said be

Balance: $75.0fi. Note: All money sent for Tibet is for

warded to the missionaries. None is sub

fore. When we first brought them up tracted for cables, here we thought the little one had or anything el.se. starved too long and that the brain Melba Palmer:
cells would be affected. God in His
Maude Hooton.

postage,

promotion,

help during repairs, $224,53; Fuel, $11.21:

Payments:

Wages,

regular and extra $30.25:

$108.48.

Receipts: J^Iillah, Wa.sh Church, 517.3S:

$7.00; Mr. and Mrs, Ed.

$46.25; Gwa T^an,

$50.00. Collected, $25,53.

expenses

Food,

$58,46; Incidentals.

for

.Toseph,

(for year's tuition),

Timothy,

School

Total. $-538.18.

mercy is developing a fine intelligent Ruder, $f>.00; jrr.=i, Matilda Hill, $4.00; Mrs. Geo. Tucker, $5.00: Klamath Falls, Ore. mind. How we praise Him for this. First Christian Church, $3.00: John Stot-

Medical Report; Spent for drugs, $55.66;

Treatments Given; Schwake, 1190;
Brother Shao. 330. Total. 1520,

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December, 1942

MISS SCHWAKE ILL

We are glad to be able to write that Gladys Schwake is mucli better, though the news of her serious sick
ness will come as something of a

CABLED FUNDS RECEIVED

We are extremely happy to be able to report to the many who have made frequent inquiries, and to others, who we know are equally interested, that
we now have definite information that

EDGAR NICHOLS ROBBED

In several letters from the field we
have received brief mentions of a

shock to you. She is now convalescing from Typhus, according to the diag nosis of Dr. Tren. (Dr. Tren is one of
"tlTe" two Public Health Doctors who

the funds cabled to China last May for our missionaries at Batang have

robbery experienced by Mr. Nichols and John on their way back to Batang from Kunming. It seems a detailed account has been sent to us, which
we have not received. So far this is all the information we have;

been received. We quote from Edgar

Kichols' letter of August 23rd. "We have, received the first issue

have just established a clinic here). Friday, August 8th, she began feel ing ill. Saturday morning early she
called me and asked that Dr. Tren

Prom Lois Gail Nichols' letter of

April 19th: "Last Sunday we had a

letter from Daddy. He told us they had a robbery just before reaching
Atuntze. Their horsemen turned on

of the Tibetan Missionary and wish

be sent for. Monday morning, August

17th, she had a very bad spell. We called all the Christians together to pray for her and she rallied almost immediately so we know God heard
and answered our prayers.

to congratulate you upon it. We also want to thank you for all you have dene in prompting interest in the Tibetan work and for sending funds
for us to Miss Thoering at Chengtu.
If we had but waited two weeks we would not have sent that cable. If

Ithem. With the help of the officials

at Atuntze they got most of their things back." Prom Edgar Nichols' letter of June 26tli: "Hope you received the ac count of our party's robbery near Atuntze, which Mabel sent. Because of the outrageous price we bought

We thank God for Noami, Dzon

Drema, and others of the natives who'

really know the Lord and have power in prayer. I believe that the crisis was passed then, but the improvement
was so slow as to be hardly noticeable until Saturday.
- We do thank the Lord for the great

the Lord calls you back to the Tibetan Border we Avill rejoice with you but in the meantime you are doing a very

much needed piece of work."

but little in Kunming, but at Likiang

we picked up one horse load of preci ous American goods which we had ordered in Seattle before coming out. Then in Atnntze we picked up seven
horseloads of stuff stored
the with Bares all and of Newlands. was a

improvement, and surely believe He has preserved her life for future service, but there are certain phases
of her condition which cause us con

there
That

by
we

were able to get through to Batang

this marvelous

cern and it may be months before

her recovery is complete. There is some impairment of the use of her right arm and it is very painful. She
believes this to be due, partly at

demonstration of the power of God to protect and keep, that still fills
us with wonder. We came over Tsaleh

least, to an old injury when she was

struck by a car.

Gi-aves of two iiiissioiiary iiiurtyi"S on the Tibetan Bowler, Dr. Loftis and
Dr. Sliclton.

(16,000 ft.) where the Duncan McCleod party was robbed some years ago." Prom Gladys Schwake's letter of July Ist: "We were overjoyed when our journeying ones got back to us

La

We have no Typhus vaccine and

(Conliniicd o?i Paoo Four)

GRAVES REPAIRED
RED CROSS CLINIC AT BATANG
The Chinese Red Cross has sent

At Easter time we had Dr. Loftis' and Shelton's graves repaired. Dr.

on the 11th of May. Edgar, John, and Mozong had been through much but
our glorious Lord was greatly glori
fied in it all. What a Father to have!!
You will have received the news of

up a medical unit to work in Batang. It has greatly relieved' me. I take any of tlie Tibetan women which come
to me and will not see a medical man. For the first time since I am in

Loftis' grave was in very poor condi

tion. It had caved in entirely at the
back. We had to have it torn down and the inside framework renewed.

We had cement cover put over the

this long ere this reaches you. How

Batang I am able to get in more than two hours of study. I am now really making the headway I should have
made when I first came out.

top when iinished. Dr. Shelton's grave

was in better condition so we just

we praised the Lord for His many

mercies."

had the cement put over the old brick work. They ought to last now for
many years.

This medical unit expects to build small hospital on the site of the

There was little left of the once

PACKAGES
"Quite incidentally I have just re ceived word from Montgomery Ward that they can send parcels to Sikang Province again. This might appeal to some who would like to put in an order for them or send a parcel to the export Department for mailing."
Mrs. N. H. Bare.

old Ogden house. They have asked

me to take the superintendency of this

new hospital when it opens. I was sorry that I could not make any such promise, as I have come here for the express purpose of missionary service. I did tell them, however, that if at any time I could assist them in any

fleshly house in which dwelt the fine young life which gave itself that these Tibetans might know Him Whom we love.Gladys Schwake.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
We wish to use this issue of the

way, I was theirs to command. There were two doctors. They brought two nurses as far as Kangting and when they saw the snow mountain they had to cross, they turned back. We have temporarily loaned Brother Shao to them as an assistant. Gladys
Schwake.

Tibetan Missionary as a means of conveying to our readers our most sincere good wishes for the holi day season and all through the coming year. In spite of world conditions may the peace of Christ dwell in your hearts, is our earnest
prayer.

We are now, (August, 1942) receiv

ing ordinary mail letters mailed in Nov. and Dec., 1941. Airmail letters have lately come through in two months time, which is very good. Edgar Nichols.

THE TIBETAN MISSIONARY

Issued Quarterly EditorMiss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawr ence St., Eugene, Oregon MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols & Miss Gladys F. Schwake, R.N., Batang, Hsikang, West China, via Chengtu & Kangting. On FurloughDr. and Mrs. Norton H. Bare, Box 1152, Austin, Texas. THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK
"Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace among men in whom He is well pleased."
Luke 2:14.

POSTAGE FUND The members of the Bare famliy

know from experience the difficulties involved in writing letters to the homeland from Tibet. They have de vised a scheme for helping out. We quote from Mrs. Hare's letters: "The fearful cost of postage might help to account for the scarcity of letters from the Nichols family. We started to save $5.50 (the postage on Gladys' letter) as soon as her letter came. I think we will make it
a permanent effort so that we can

PLEASE CO-OPERATE
The Tibetan Missionary has been published for one year. So far we
have received more than a hundred

"Peace on earth", the angels promised, When they told of Jesus' birth; Nineteen hundred years have fol lowed: Do we yet have peace on earth?
Nay, for men have failed to heed
Him

dollars less in offerings for this pur

In this world of sin and strife; They have tried to make their own
plans

expect at least semi-annual from the station.

letters

pose than we .have spent. We still feel that this is a necessary project and should be kept up, especially now, when it is almost impossible for the missionaries to keep in touch with their supporters in any other way. * In order to keep the paper going
we are attempting to cut out all waste. Often people move to a new
address or lose interest in the work

For securing peace and life.

Still we have the Savior's promise. If we follow Him each day. We will surely reap the blessings Of the peaceful. Christlike way.

"We are enclosing a check for the first postage fund, the $5.50 for Gladys, for her July letter, and now we are trying to get $10.50 for the Nichols family, to pay the postage on this letter. I think every one who
gets a letter from them should send

you the postageperhaps they all

do."

ITINERARIES
Your editor recently returned home from a speaking tour taking in sev eral States, but centering mostly in Kansas. She had planned to continue in Oklahoma and possibly Texas, working up till Christmas time, which would make it necessary to postpone

EVANGEUST SHOA IN CLINIC

Since returning to Batang from Bible School in West China, Evange
list Timothy Shao has been in the

and we have no way of knowing when

job as it takes a big load off of us. time, for because of extreme difficulty He continues to do the Lord's work, receivod no direct word during 1942, of travel those days, and my own preaching when asked,. .and,.going and you still want the paper sent to limited strength, I was forced to re out with us on Sunday afternoons. you, write us a card or letter, giving turn home for rest sooner than I had I believe his heart is still in the work, your correct mailing address, so that planned. As a result I still have a but he needs the prayers of us all. you will not be omitted when the long list of Invitations to speak on The Post Master is showing real next issue is sent out. Tibet in various parts of the country. spiritual development. He is faith If I can find ways to travel with ful to our evening services and goes Here are four things you can keep in mind to do, that will help to keep out too much difficulty I will probably out with us each Sunday. Though the be planning more such trips in the services are in Tibetan, he sings the the Tibetan Missionary alive: 1. Write us at least once a year, future. Preference is given to those hymns and lends his moral support.
If you are one from whom we have

this has happened. So the only way we can keep our mailing list up to date and save sending out a lot of papers to be lost or destroyed, is to remove every so often from our list or omit this issue of the Tibetan those who have not been heard from Missionary. Evidently the Lord want recently. ed this issue to come out at the usual

employ of the Public Health Clinic, recently established here. He gets $200.00 per month (Chinese money),
which is none too much. We are

mighty thankful he could get this

To the forces of Christ against Satan"It least 10% of your pay Nichols: every payday"used for spreading Miss Melba Palmer, 8 Lawrence the Gospel. Remember, the first 10% St.. Eugene, Oregon. belongs to God.
For both Miss Schwake and the

so that we may know you are still sections where I have the most invita interested, and your address is still tions, since travel is expensive and my money is dwindling, so I must correct in our files. make the best possible use of it. 2. Write us immediately each time If you want me to speak in your your address is changed, that we may community please let me know in ad bring it up to date, and no papers vance, so I can put you on my list. may be lost. I have slides of Tibet, which can be 3. Wherever possible, have all the shown in an evening meeting, mak papers for one group sent to the ing the message better understood. same address, to save postage. There is no obligation for such a 4. Send offerings to help wi*^h the meeting except that plans and an expense of printing and mailing. Our nouncements be- made and someone address is 8 Lawrence St., Eugene, appointed to take charge of the Oregon. We sincerely appreciate your meeting and arrangements. I very cooperation In this important task. much appreciate entertainment in the homes and olTerings to help with my expenses, since that is my only source of income at present, but I do not Forwarding Secretaries ask for anything. (I make this ex For Miss Gladys Schwake: planation here to avoid taking extra Mrs. Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale time and postage to answer ques Avenue, Buffalo, New York. tions.)Melba Palmer. For Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols: C. W. Nichols, 3509 S. Broadway, "FOR VICTORY" Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

He leads our evening services occa sionally, as most of those who come understand Chinese. He wishes to
go to school to prepare for the min-

isty, but we wish him not to go to the modernistic Theological College

at Chengtu.Edgar Nichols.

Here's a

gift suggestion!

"Tips

from the Top or Tales of the Tibetan Bares" costs just one dollar from the author, C. W. Nichols, 3509 S. Broad way, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

A Tibetan liama (Priest),

THE TIBETAN mSSIONARY

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JUNIOR
AT TACHIENLU
When we were at Tachienlu we had

MISSIONARY
MISS S(^HWAKE'S LETTER TO MARIBEL BARE

DOROTHY TEACHES ENGUSH

There is a Chinese girl here that

We are all so glad to hear you are some interesting neighbors. One of is 12 years old. I am leaching her English. After we study we play and in a large city now where you can their hens started laying and then

need the best the country affords be servant picked her up once and look so we get along fine. She is very lively and can't keep still a minute. cause you have it in you to make ed at her and then shook her and

she stopped and wanted to set. The have a lot of fun. She knows Tibetan have better schooling. You children slapped and slapped and shook her. Dorothy Nichols. Then finally he let her go. We think he was punishing her for not laying. LATEST LETTERS FROM BATANG - One day before she quit laying I Right now Aunt Gladys is sick was standing by the kitchen window but we hope she will be well soon. We and she was just laying. As soon as your goal. I am teaching what is left
of the Star Class and enjoy it so much. You should see how happy little Lois Gail is with her Aunty
Lois' Bible. She carries it over every

Sunday and has me help her find the places. If she does not read as well she jumped off the nest our neigh children cannot go into her room so as you did at her age she can give bors' servant grabbed the egg and we havo not seen her since we went

on vacation. While writing this I am us all-a "go tsa" when it comes to broke it and ate it raw. Some days rattling off the Tibetan. She, Mozong, later the Tai Tai (officer's wife) sitting under the big walnut tree in and A Ki have great times together. herself was seen eating an egg raw. our garden and Lois and Phoebe (Lha It seems queer not to have our Then one day they gave Joseph an She) are making so much noise I restless Ping Ann around these days. egg. He took it and thanked them. can hardly think. We children are pretty good in Mr. Liu, our Christian postmaster, They waited a minute or two and asked him why he didn't eat it. talking Tibetan now and can tell the has given him a job as mail runner. servants almost anything. Lois talks Hope he makes good, as he needs He told them he didn't eat eggs raw. We had an egg in our pudding that the most. Yesterday a bunch of boys work to keep him steady. You should night, thanks to Joseph, our cook. came up here and each brought some see his baby, little Yo-er. He is about food. They had Mrs. Shao cook it and the cutest little fellow on the place, Marguerite Bare. had a feast with speeches and every lively, just like his daddy. Rhoda thing. The natives like to do things Chen is sweet, too, but oh so bowA CHINESE WEDDmG like that. Each one who comes has to legged! Synom did not feed her right One day a man brought a large bring some thing. Lee Yako (James and let her get too fat. pink heavy paper with Gold Chinese Lee), Shao Yako (James Shao), Philip Shao is growing fast, James letters on it which we learned was Trauming (Andrew Shao), and Yois as mischievous as ever, and Andrew an invitation to a wedding. We were hann (John Chen) were in it. is going to school (not that he likes very eager to go because we had The first of this month we went to). John and Esther Chen go to never been to a wedding of this kind up the mountain to Re Tria and had school more willingly now than at before. This wedding ceremony was a good time. While we were up there first. They say Esther is the smarter a combination of Chinese, Tibetan, Aunt Gladys got sick and Mama had
and a taste of the American. The to go down while Daddy stayed a been given the Christian name of wedding was held on the Chinese couple more days with us children. Phoebe. We are all having quite a New Year in February, in an old Daddy had been looking after the time using the new name. Do you of the two. Our little Lha She has

unused temple.

The walls of the temple were decor

ated with red silk banners with red

a half and went on hikes and picked can do as well. and gold lettering on them and many wild raspberries. It was grand fun Did you know I now have a boy different colored festoons. The bridal but we all got badly sunburnt. of fourteen? He is James Lee, nephew couple did not come for a long time Dorothy Nichols. of Pastor Lee. He was very sick for and we waited and looked at the three months and when he got better people. Finally trumpets were blown August fifth we went up to Re by the Lamas, Are crackers were set Tria. We stayed there nine days. he wanted to stay with me. He really off, the boy scouts blew their bugles; Dorothy and I walked most all the is a lovable little fellow, but is hav ing to learn a few things such as to the procession was coming. way up and did walk all the day First came the groom and his bride, down. We reached home an hour and tell the truth under all circumstances followed by flower girls, five best a half ahead of the rest, for we start and not to pout when corrected. I men and five maids of honor. The ed as soon as Trauming came with have given him that little room off bride was dressed in a bright colored the donkeys. It was pleasant there the hall here that used to be your Tibetan dress with a white veil over but we could not sit or lie down mother's prayer room. Lha She usu her head and flowing well down her without an ant biting us. Dorothy ally sleeps in the cozy nook by the back, a bouquet of paper flowers and and I would get tree leaves and with porch door, but tonight she is on a silver ornaments fastened to her gir little sticks write notes to each other cot in my room because I have a dle. Her head was bowed on her on them. We made up another game patient in her place, a twelve-yearold girl with bronchitis. Her parents chest in submission and meekness all
the time. Her neck must have ached

stay with us. We stayed a week and mans 16:1,2. Hope this poor child

house and garden but came up to like it? Read about Phoebe in Ro

very much. I felt so sorry for her. would make words and sentences out don't want to lost her. I have a beg gar patient down stairs, with a bad The broom was dressed in a black of these letters. ly infected foot, whom Lhatsa sent suit. He stood very straight and look
ed ahead of him all the time.

in which we would watch the clouds and find letters in them. Then we

have lost a

number of children and

There were not many song birds to me. She sends his tsamba and I

there, but there were a few warblers. furnish the medicine. The Colonel, a Living Buddha, the One bird sounds like a robin but puts Well, Honey Child, I am very brides relatives, and some others an extra note in its song. We saw weary. It rained so much last night were seated along the back wall fac and heard both Snow Turkeys and Naomi and I were up half the night ing the people. In front of them was
a table covered with a silk coverlet
Parrots.

richly embroidered, on the table were

(Continued on Page FourJ

Now we have three cows and one

covering her grain and getting pans go to bed.Aunty Gladys.

and buckets for the leaks, and I must decorations and a Buddha idol. The has a little calf. It is almost all white

and very pretty.Phyllis Nichols.

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THE TIBETAN SHSSIONART

down at Chengtu for Joseph and Gwa ing frightfully again. As soon as Lan. That leaves me with about $2000 James (Lee) is out of school I want (Chinese money), which will only to go up into the mountains with last me through July. How grateful my little family and get. them all
"Light in darkness."Yes, and how
dark it is. We have had no American mail since letters written last fall. I am so anxious to hear.

PROBLEMS April:The last report from the HongKong Bank waa November de posit. What has happened now we will never know, as we are complete ly cut off. I have to leave what is

thereof." Their mother is quite sick. Little Philip Shao has a mean case of thrush, so he has been over every
day for mouth wash and care. Naomi

ITINERATING

(On the Tibetan Border)

Smoky the atmosphere, sooty the tsamba bowl, dirt crust on every
thing, thick,

is not at all well, but insists on being up and doing. Tonight she is cough

Tsamba, and butter tea, salt, and some ancient cheese, dirty, and
hard as a brick.

Strong food, and odorous, sandy, but I am for that verse in Psalm 112:4, away from their regular routines nourishing, one can partake and
and see if that won't help them all.
Gladys Schwak>a.
be blest.

So, if you're strong enough, hungry and cold enough, thank God, and
eat with the rest.

pur Naomi is not at all strong these days. She had such a low red
blood count at Kangtlng and can't
seem to pull up since home. Now she

Over Tibetan trails, steep and precipi

tous, go not for feasting and cheer. They who live daintily live in the
homeland, so look not for luxuries
here.

and nothing left for me. I'm trying

to keep things within the ?500. a month limit. Mr. Cunningham (C. I. M. missionary at Kangting) says it costs them ?1500. with one servant. July;You will already have re ceived word that our funds are to be cabled to the Central Bank'of China at Chungking. Send as you can once or twice a year. Hope you can at present get enough to me to carry

got this miserable flu infection' and Vk laryngitis. She has been hoarse for two months: Dzon Drema still haf= her off days with joint pains, etc. but has much improved. They have both taken a cut in wages to help me just now. I've had to let Tsa Den go. Synom will do the gardening and l)r'ss4'<l up for Xcw Years, left to washing. Naomi and I will cook and right: A Ki and Ndewii Drema, Synom keep house. I did not want her to and Esther, Evangelist Shao's halfload herself so but she would. Well, sister, a friend. really it was awful. I was laying out nearly $480. in salaries per month MISS SCHWAKE IliL
(Continued from Page One)

But if your Saviour has bidden you

go for Him, out to the uttermost
lands,

Then, where He guides you, go, knowing He wills it so, trusting

it all in His hands. Lois Nichols Bare.

none available nearer than Chengtu if at all. We are by no means sure of the diagnosis, but pray that there
will be no more cases, whatever it is.

A CHTXKSE WEDDIXG (Conlinucd from Page Three)

bridal procession stood on a red rug some distance from the table facing the speakers. The Colonel spoke a
few words, read the certificate: the

^Edgar Nichols, Alig. 23, 1942.We rejoice to tell you that Gladys is convalescing even more rapidly than we had expected. When she had
her very bad spell we called all the

bride's brother, the Colonel, the Buddha, the bride and bridegroom's seals were put on it. An orange ribbon was put around each of their necks,
they exchanged rings, and then bow

me for the ensuing six months. My

report will speak volumes. July:Since I wrote, the other letter we have had much sickness in our own Ja-po-ding (Mission Com pound) family. Trauming's wife is

Christians together for special prayer, and she rallied almost immediately. We knew we had a fight before us
and that God was with us. Mabel and

ed to each other and to the people

around them.

The wedding was over, but then

il lasted about two hours. After the

followed speeches, the bridal couple I dropped everything and arranged stood all through that. Altogether
that one or the other of us should

here in the house with me and is very

sick. She has this intermittent fever

went to a long balcony where we ate that seems to be going the rounds and watched the dances and plays again. She would not come in when that were going on in front. There I first advised her to. She became was. was a court below where the towns frightened after it got such a terrific God surely answered prayer In her people were watching. We ate both hold on her. It is two weeks now behalf. We are wondering if any of breakfast and dinner there, Chinese and she is still running over a hun you in the States were specially bur style.Dorothy May Nichols. dred and one temperature. It soared dened for her during that time? For to 105 the second day in here. It several days after the fever had sub FINANCIAL REPORT looks now as if we are headed for sided her right arm, which had once January 1 to July 1, 1942 recovery. been hurt in an auto accident, was GLADYS SCHWAKE -A Kl's husband-is -having seribus somewhat stiff, but such symptoms Payment's: Salaries, f'200.50: Piiel. $24 41eye trouble and may go blind in one have disappeared. Now she is able Food, $83,05; Incidentals, 165.39; EJxpenditures at Cheng-tii, J4H.54. Total $787.89. eventually. This I have not told her. to sit in her easy chair about an hour Note: The report of money spent at "Sufficient unto the day is the evil each day.Edgar Nichols. Sept. 3, '42 Kangtlng' is incomplete, so is left out of this report.

be with -her at all times during the day and part of the time at night, and we continued in prayer. When we were not with her at night, Naomi

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