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THE TIBETAN MISS IONARY
TH E TIBETAN M I S S I ONARY
Editor^Mrs.
Arthur
H. Schaal, 6709
Plyiriouth
Ave.,
University
City
14 , M i s s o u ri .
MissionariesMr. and
Mrs. Edgar
Nichols,
Paan Batang),
Sikang,
W e s t
Ch ina .
M issionar y
o n
F u r l o u g h
Miss
Gladys
F. Sc hwa ke ,
R.N., c /o Mrs.
W i l m a Wa t s on, 15 7
P ark d ale Ave.,
Buffalo 13 , N ew York.
Fo r m e r Miss i ona r i e sDr .
a n d Mrs .
No r to n
H.
B a re , D r a w e r
56 ,
B o x
204,
M t.
P l e a s a n t ,
Io wa .
Fo r
M r. an d Mrs.
E d g a r Nichols
F o r w a r d i n g Se c r e ta r ie s
Mrs.
A r t h u r H. S c h a a l , 6709 P ly
m o u t h Ave.,
Un iv e r s ity
C ity 14 ,
Missou r i .
F o r G la d ys
F.
Sc hwa ke , R.N.
M rs .
W i l m a W a t s o n ,
15 7
P a r k -
d a l e Ave., B u f f a lo 13 ,
N e w
York.
N O T I C E
P le as e n ote the
c h a n g e o f ad
dr ess for M iss Gladys Sc hwa ke ,
R.N. S he w i l L b e
going o ut
of to wn
a
great d ea l d ur in g
th e
r emai nder
of
h er
f ur lough o n
s p e a k i n g
e n
g a g e m e n t s
a n d h e r
forwa rdi ng s e c
r etar y,
Mrs.
W i l m a
Wa t s on,
will
handle
h e r mai l
fo r
h e r.
E v e n
p e r
s on al m ail
s h ou ld b e
sent to this
a d d r e s s ,
and
M r s . Wa ts on w il l
see
t h a t Miss Schwake r ec ei ve s it .
A n y o n e
wishing h er to sp eak to
a c o n g re g atio n o r g ro up s h o u l d
wr ite
h e r as
s o o n
a s
pos s i bl e s o
t h a t sh e c an
i n c l ude
i t in h er i t in
erary. Present
plans
ar e that sh e
w ill s pe nd April in th e
Nort he a s t ,
M a y t hr ou g h J u ly in the Mid we s t,
(wh i ch wil l i n c l ude
th e
L ak e J am e s
Conference)
A ug us t i n
Oregon, a n d
retu rn
h o m e
b y
w ay of t h e Sout h.
Little Donnie w il l accom pany her.
S h e a s k s t h a t h e r thanks
b e g iv en
to
ou r people fo r their
fine
coopera
tion in hel pi ng Donnie a nd her to
get r e s te d .
N A T IV E C H IL D RE N
W e
t hought
w e h ad done
pretty
w el l t o r ai se a
family of four of
ou r
ow n. N ow w e
have
acquired
anot h
er
fa mil y, fo ur h om el es s children,
all
boys.
The
eldest, Yo Say, you kn ow
a b o u t fo r h e stay ed a
wh ile
w i t h
M is s Sc h w a ke . H is
m o t h e r
d ie d
when he w as quite young
and
he
ha5_been h an de d a bo ut a mo ng
re l
atives since. He speaks Chinese,
Tibetan and Jong, and has
some
knowledge of
Lisu
and English. He
is
now stud ying
a t
home with
Gigen Ah
Tring
a s
his Tibetan
t e a c h e r
a n d
Mrs.
Nichols
instr uct
ing him in English.
Next
is
Shamba
or
James,
16
years
of
age.
This is th e boy our
carriers picked up
when they
were
bringing
ou r
generator
f ro m A tu nt -
ze. On e of
th e
carriers p la nn ed to
take
him into hi s ow n home,
bu t
his
wife
objected an d h e
w a s
brought to us. He is a
v er y w i ll i ng
w or ke r. H e is s t u d y in g T i b e ta n in
a
cl ass in th e village.
Andrew, our latest acquisition,
b ut t hi rd
in
point
of age, is eleven
years o l d . H is fa th er is f ro m T sa -
k a l o an d h as k n o w n
o f
the w o r k
o f
th e missionaries fo r
many
years.
He wrote u s a bo ut three months ago
f r om T s ak a lo , a sk in g u s to
t a k e
th e
b o y . H e s a i d he t h e f at he r)
was
g oin g b li nd and could no longer
make a l iv in g. H e w as
planning
on
g o in g
to
a p lace
n e ar th e
In d ian
Continued
on p. 4, col. 3
A T Y PI CA L D A Y
N o v e m b e r
8,
1 9 4 7
Thi s
w as
w r i t t e n by
M e l b a
Pa l m e r Re e s
while sh e w as a t B a ta ng j u st
before
r e t u r n
in g to K un min g as
M is s S ch wa ke
re turned
to th e
United
States . )
F o r some time
I
hav e b een th in kin g it
woiild
b e
interesting to
p e o p l e
a t h o m e to
g et
a
r e a l
glimpse
in to th e lif e of
a
m is
s io n a r y o n
a
p r im itiv e
field like
th is , so
they
could
b e t t e r a pp re cia te t he re as on w hy
we
have so
little
time
fo r
l e t t e r writing,
reports, etc. G lad ys
ha s
b een try in g fo r
m onths to ge t a t
he r
bookkeeping to m a k e
o ut
financial
r e por t s to se nd h o me, an d
even
i m p or ta n t b us in es s le t ters tha t h a v e
to
b e
w r i t t e n
if
sh e is to h av e m one y
he r e
t o m ee t
e xp en se s. S he u su all y w ri te s a bo ut tw o or
t hr e e A.M.
a f t e r
they
ha ve
been
p o st po n ed t o
th e
v e r y limit.
So, in o rde r to give y ou su ch a glimpse.
I
wan t
to
wr i t e
a d et ai le d a cc ou nt o f
G l ad y s ac ti vi ti es f or one d ay.
An y
d ay
m ig h t
be
c o ns id e re d t yp ic a l, fo r th ey ar e
al l
very much alike so fa r
as
k ee pi ng h er
on th e
go . M ost o f th e t i m e
I
a m u n a b le to
k e e p tr a c k o f
her as
s he flie s fro m on e th in g
to
another ;
bu t
to d a y
sh e
e nte re d i nt o t he
s pi r i t of
it an d
g a v e me
r e por t s
from tim e
to tim e
of
her
a ct iv it ie s, a s
n early a s sh e
c o u l d
r e m e m b e r
t h e m ,
w h e n
sh e
went th r o u g h
or s to pp ed in m y i t io m.
T h is h a p pe n s to b e on e
o f
m y d a y s to
r es t, h en ce
m y
freedom
to
jo t t he se t hi ng s
d o w n as
s h e to ld - m e,
o r
w e w o u l d
never
c i the r o f u s be ab le t o r em em be r a ll . E ve n
so ,
I
am
s ur e
a
fe w
t hi ngs h a v e b ee n for
gotten
My restin^ een^s ip
make
little dif
ference, fo r
when ' l
am
aole to be up and
help
a
l it tl e, w e
are b oth k e p t
o n th e
go-^
I
as m u c h
as
I
a m a b le , and sh e th e s a m e
a s us ua l. T hi s is no t a d ay f or clinic or s er
vice s in
th e
c h a p e l ,
so
t ha t
e lim in a te s
tw o
t i m e- c o ns u m i ng i t e m s.
G l a d y s h ad w a n te d to s ta y up a nd w ri te
some
le tte r s
la st n ig ht
that sh e h as b e e n
t rying to
g et
to , bu t ha d a
s t o m a c h
u p s e t
so w e nt to bed
s ic k
i n s te a d , r e s ol v i ng
to
g et
up
e ar ly t hi s
m o r n in g
and w r i t e . A b o u t 1 : 30
little
N a th a ni e l D o n ni e )
woke
her, an d sh e
h ad jus t gone b a c k to b e d w he n six
m o n t h
o ld B oaz cried,
a bout 2 A .M. After
caring
fo r h i m ,
w hi le s he
wa s
w id e a wa ke , s he sat
up l on g e no ug h to write on e le tte r ,
then
w ent ba ck to bed ab o ut four, an d to
sleep.
About 5 :0 0 o r
5 : 1 5
s om e n ei gh b or ho od
cats woke
h er
an d
sh e
go t
no m ore sleep, so
abou t 5
;45 she rose to have
her devotions
a n d s tar t th e day. A bou t 6 : 1 5 , b ef or e s he
h ad
time
to dress.
Synom
o ur
s e r v a n t )
ar
r iv ed a nd sh e wen t to th e k itc he n to d ire ct
he r .
W e h ave a v er y s ic k
p a t i e n t
in
th e
house
wh o
is on a
sipnie
d i e t
tw o
oz.
g oa ts m il k
every
half
h ou r) a nd
requires much
atten
tion.
H e
had h a d a b a d- n i gh t , so Gladys
next duty
wa s
to look a fte r hi m
an d give
hi m
medicine.
The n P h o e b e an d
M i M i,
o u r
tw o
little
girls, h ad to h ave th ei r h air
c o m b e d
b efore g oin g to
school,
a n d a f te r
tha t tw o p o o r w om en w ho
do a
l it tl e w or k
aroundcarrying
water,
taking
care
of
th e
co w s an d goats, e tc . in
e x c h a n g e f or t he ir
food an d c lo th es , c am e
fo r
the i r fo o d fo r
breakf as t .
A fte r th at , G la dy s cleaned
up
the bab y
an d
fe d him,
and then
go t
herself
dressed
fo r
th e
day. Th e patient s
daughter
came,
br i ngi ng
hi s
goa t s
milk,
so tha t h ad
to
be
t ak en c ar e
of. The n Synom an d Ahye.
ou r
servants,- w e r e
d l r e c l e d ~ t o
go h e ln d i s tr i bu t e
th e
h a rv e st t i th e s
an d
offerings
given by th e
Christians,
to th e poor.
T
do n ot r em em be r w h at
t i m e
i t was w h e n
Gladvs an d
I
sa t down
to ea t
ou r breakfast,
p o s si b ly n i ne
o r ni ne t h ir ty a s u su a l:
b ut w e
never
ea t
a
meal w i th o ut c o ns ta n t
i n t e r r u p
t io n s s er v an t s w a n ti n g instructions, babies
or patients
calling
fo r
attention,
people com
in g to visit o r s el l so me th in g, et c. I have
foi;gotten w ha t t he i nt er ru pt io ns
were
this
m o r n i n g .
After
breakfast Gladys h ad p la nn ed to
give
th e patient
an
enema an d a
bath,
bu t
in
th e m e a n tim e tw o
relatives c a m e an d
v is it ed w i th hi m u n t i l his pulse w as so ex
haus ted s he c ou ld
no t do it .
She went over
to
th e chapel i n th e
ol d h o s pi t al b u i ld i n g)
to
s up er vi se t he d is tr ib ut io n
of
produce,
then
u p s t a i r s
to
se e
a bout
r e p a i r s
on th e
B a c k s a p a rt m e n t a n d on J o s e p h s rooms,
fo r
he
is b e in g m o v e d to
m ak e ro o m fo r
th e
B ac ks. W hil e th er e , s h e fo u nd D z o n D r e m a
s ic k an d s to p pe d to see he r.
On he r
w ay over
to th e hospital
building
she had m et t wo w om en w it h h on ey to sell,
an d sen t
t h e m
here to our kitchen to w ait
fo r
he r ;
so
w h e n
s he r et ur ne d
s he d ir ec te d
th e
m ea su ri ng o f
th e
hone y
an d then
th e
b oi li ng a nd
straining of it . Since sugar of
a n y k in d ca n se ld om b e
b o u g h t
here, we
buy
h o n e y w h e n w e c a n . A s
it is fu ll of
w a x , hairs, dirt
an d
g e r m s , it m u s t b e
b o iled and strained to
be
safe fo r u s e .
Fr om this, G lad ys w en t
to
h er p ati en t
an d f ou nd h im very w ea k, s o
d a s h e d
to her
room
fo r
a
s t i mu l a n t
to give
him.
The b a b y
w as fr ettin g a n d h ad to h a v e
a
complete
c ha ng e o f c l o t h i n g , a f t e r w hic h sh e
sa t hi m
T H E S C RI P TU R E S S P E AK
Do t h
no t
H e
se e
my ways,
an d
num be r
al l m y s t eps Job 3 1 : 4 .
My
steps ar e
a ll n um be re d
b y H im ;
He s ee s e ve ry
move th a t I
ma k e ;
Th o ug h s o me t ime s th e path ma y be dim,
I ' l l follow along fo r H is sake.
He loves with a love
ever
strong;
He
gives
me th e best
that
t he re i s;
The way may seem
weary
a nd l on g;
I know some
good purpose
is
His.
^ M e l b a
Pa lme r Rees
up
in
hi s
chair in
t he k it ch en , w he re it
is
warm an d there
ar e
people
around
to keep
h i m i n te r es t ed .
Th e n
Gwei Y in N ao mi s sis
ter,
wh o
helps
i n t he d is pe ns ar y
an d around
th e
house)
brought
he r
youngest boy,
Stephen, fo r Gladys to discipline
an d
pu t
down
fo r
a
nap.
These
natives
ar e
unable
to
handle
t h e i r
o wn c hi ld re n,
so welcome
he lp from
th e
foreigners.
About
th a t
time t he p a ti en t, wh o is a
bi t
off me nta lly , d e ma n de d a pretty tablecloth
an d
four plates for the table in hi s room,
so
G l ad ys l oo ke d
up
th e prettiest
cloth
sh e
ha d an d got him some plates
while
a rela
tive, who was vis it ing him,_was clamoring
for her to
write
a ra^fogram f o send to
S ha ng ha i f or
s om e s pe ci al m ed ic in e fo r him.
Meanwhi le , because this is Saturday,
Gladys mind has been busy with thoughts
of u np ac k in g w i n te r
clothes
for the
children
to
wear tomorrow, washing Ho Du Bow s
wool
pants,
etc.
In
th is s ta te of mind she
sa t
down to type
th e
radiogram, Avith two
or three people running
after
her asking
Avhat to cook for dinner, tvhere to put
s o me t hi n g, e tc .
Next a school boy with an infected leg
came to a sk w he th er he could go to the
baths; and she fixed a clean dressing for
him to pu t on the wound after bathing. When
that Avas done, she had to
unpack
Ho Du
Bow 8 clean underAvear so he could go to
th e b ath s.
She next took a feeding in to her patient
an d Avas
i nt er ru p te d b y a
call
from Pastor
Lee.
After
he left, she discoA ered she ha d
no t
given the patient his miik, so
w en t b ac k
to do that. T hen the
children
came in from
school
and she gaA e
them
their dinner
an d
fed th e baby.
That
is,
sh e
got his milk
ready
and
brought
him in to me to feed.)
Ml Mi h ad e at en hard raiv corn on he r avsa-
homc, a thing she got p lenty sick on before,
so
she
Avas
disciplined
an d
sent
to
bed.
Mi Mi is Ho Du Boav s little sister, v o is
staying Avith us so sh e
wiil
no t have so fa r
to Avalk to s chool.
Another
tin had
to be found to pu t th e
remains of th e honey in.
About
t hat time
th e baby, after taking
part
of hi s milk,
vomited it up
a ll o ve r him se lf a nd
some on
me ; so again he ha d to be cleaned up an d
completely changed . The chi ld ren had to go
back to school, so Gladys Axed
some
medi
cine for Phoebe to take to her mother (Dzon
Drema) Arst. Then she cooked an egg for
t he b ab y.
Ali
t hi s t im e
she h ad bee n trying to ge t
to
he r
type\vriter to type
that
radiogram
about
Uic patie,nt 8 medicine;
bu t
Anally de
cided it wa s no
us e
so gave up and s et the
typeAvriter aside. She fed the baby, pu t
aAvay
s om e e gg s
brought by a p at ie nt , t he n
Avent to
give h e r p a ti en t hi s enema.
I do
not
knoAv Avhat she
ma y
have done
^ter
that before
coming
back to my room.
We had not had our dinner, bu t I kneAV sh e
Avas
_
very
tired,
so
insisted
on
he r
resting
aAvhile. Usuaily I ge t noAvherc Avith
that
suggestion for there are always so many
things clamoring to be done; but she rea lly
consented
this time.
F irs t sh e tried to
insure
herself Afteenminutes uninterrupted by going
to ask Gwei Yin if she needed anything and
giving
her
ins tructions. She also got Stephen
up from his na p in he r bedroom an d gaA e
hi m
to h is m oth er.
I Avas greatly relieved Avhen she really
laid
doAvn
a bo ut 3 :1 5,
Avith
t he i de a of
re s t
in g Afteen minutes. In a b o u t
Ave
or te n
minutes, Avhen
sh e Avas almost asl eep, the
serA-ants came ba ck to be
given
t h e i r w or k
to do, so t hat Avas the end .o f h er rest. A
gift of eggs
c am e f ro m
a p at i en t a nd after
putting these
away,
she ha d
Ahye
set our
table
so Ave could eat^but
i t
w as no
use.
A
friend
of Ho D u B ow s came to ge t he r
to
g iv e h im an
English
lesson.
Sh e sent hi m
af ter H o
D u
Boav so s he
could t ea ch t he tAvo
t og e th er . W h il e he Avas gone, she cleaned
up
th e
b a b y
w ho
ha d
v om i te d a ga in , t he n s ai d
sh e
Avould
give
th e
tw o boys
a h a l f
hour
le s
son.
Du e
t o i n te rr u pt io n s, it t oo k a bo ut an
hour to do so. She stopped once to disci
p li ne S te ph en a ga in an d
bring
him in to my
r oom , on ce to
go t
out rice fo r
Synom to
c oo k so sh e
could
g iv e
th e
b a b y some gruel,
an d a n o t h e r time to
ge t
clothes an d things
Continued on p. 4, col. 1
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b e f o r e t h e i r fe l low m en a n d con
f es sed
Chr i s t a s th ei r Sav i ou r .
How happy
we wer e y ou can well
imagine, and
wh t
happiness
among our Christ ians,
many
of
whom
s aw
f r i e nds
an d r e l a t i v e s
conv e r t ed . W e a r e
a s s u r e d
th t
there is
joy
in heaven over one
s inner
w ho is converted , so
wha t
jo y there must h av e been over these
t hi rt ee n. Th e fol lowing Sunday s ix
more came forward, and in
our
week day meet ings ,
four
more, so
t h a t t h e r e h a s
be en
a t o t a l o f
twenty- three
who
confessed
Christ
in tw o w eek s t im e.
On
Sunday afternoon, November
7, eighteen p ers on s were b ap ti ze d
into their
Lord
and Saviour, Jesus
Christ . On accoun t
of
th e wea the r ,
t he bap ti zi ng
took place
in th e vi l
lage church , which has
one
of those
old-fashioned
u nd er th e floor bap
tistries.
So ,
tho ug h th e ceremony
may
no t
have
been beaut if ul , it
was
impressive.
Through
song,
p raye r, s cr ip tu re r eadi ng , and the
actual ceremony
of
immersion, wit
ness w as
born of
th e s av in g grace
of
Jesus
Christ .
Pas tor
Lee, Mr.
Nichols , Mr. Back and Joseph Wang
all
took
part
in
the
baptizing.
Wang
Ming Deh
le d
th e
singing, while
Mrs.
Nichols played the
accom-
panyment on
he r
violin. As
each
conve r t w as ra is ed f r om th e w a t
e ry g ra ve , t he t ra di ti on al
Happy
Day was
sung.
It
is
in te re stin g to no te h ere th e
r epor t wh ich Yo
Say brough t
home
f r om t h e No rma l Schoo l . On
M on
day
all
t he s tu de nt s were singing
or humming O
Happy Day. The
music teacher
remarked,
That is
a
very
pre tt y t une; but
where
di d
you learn it , and
how does
it hap
pen all a t
once
eve ry body i s sing
ing it? He was quite surprised
wh e n
h e
l e a r ned th e
sou rce .
Of the e ig ht ee n w ho were bap
tized,
s ev en te en we re
upon
profes
sion of
faith.
Na
Wha,
wife of our
Joseph,
who
was
sprinkled as
a
child,
decided t h a t she
should be
f u ll y obed i en t
u nto h er Lor d' s c om
mand
by being
buried
w ith h im in
baptism.
A l i f e s ke t ch of e a ch one
o f th e
convert s would be interesting, I
am
sure,
bu t
we do not have space fo r
it . There is Ho
Yat
Sen, brother of
Naomi and Guayen, a nd fa th er
of
Ho Du Bow a n d Ho Dun
S i.
He w a s
practically
brought
up by
t he e ar ly
missionaries,
has
heard
the
gospel
a l l his life, but only
now
has turned
to th e
Lord.
There
i s
A
Ben,
who
f irst
heard the gospel many years
a go w h en th e Ba re s we re a t Atunze.
The s to ry of her life is
not
a pre t ty
one, but
we
believe sh e h as turned
to
th e
Lord w ith a l l h e r h ea rt . O n
th e other hand is Ame en , who f ir st
heard the gospel w hen she en tered
o ur emp lo y a
few months ago, bu t
who h a s bo r n w itn e s s in h e r ow n
home
of t he s av in g power of
Jesus
Christ.
There are three
who
migh t
be
sa id
to be
from the upper
class. Ma Ta i Tai ,
wife
of
a mino r
official; Wu S hen Se , t e ache r
in
th e
public
school:
and Mr. Lee, clerk
in t he m ag is tr ate s
office. We
know
t h a t
there is no diffe rence in th e
Lord's sight.
Al l are eq ually d ear
to
him. However from
a
s tandpoint
of w i tn es si ng t o
th e
world,
i t does
help
tha t
many of these
had
noth
in g
to gain
material ly
and
seem
ingl y ev er y th i ng to lose in
coming
to Chris t .Edgar
Nichols.
THE
TIBETAN MISS IONARY
Page
3
Dr. Ma (Continued)
have not been
discouraged
or dis
appointed, fo r I t rus t in
Him.
Suc
cess or failure
of
anything and an
accomplishment of
prayer
is to
be
dominated by God, th e Almighty.
S ho ul d w e fa il to get
our
intention,
we should,
instead of
being dis
a pp oin te d, b e m ore c ea se le ss ly in
prayer; so t ha t o ur p ra ye r and
pe
t it io n w il l
be pleasing to H im.
Excuse
me,
please, I d on 't lik e
to write directly to th e
editor,
bu t
I
rather hope you
w ill e xpre ss my
opinion to her. I
am
a
man who
wants
to
express
myself
b y ac t,
not
by saying or statements. Now I
sh al l se t
forth my
opin ion
before
you
and
I hope you
will
express
this
to her or even
bring this
let ter
to
her.
Will
you?
Thr ee yea rs ago
I
was
a member
of
ano the r
church and worked
in
tha t mission; but now I have no
connec t ion w ith th em
no r do I
a t
t end
t he i r chu rches . Th is is be
cau se His fu l lness
h a s c ome in to
my soul and His
truth
leads
me
free
f rom d ec ep tio n and bondage.
I have f o u n d many contradictions
in
t he r eg u la ti on s
and interpreta
tions of
the
Bible.
I
began to read
l i t e ra tu re o the r t h a n o f
t h a t
chu r ch .
Thank God
I read
many
books
l ent
from
a missionary and a booklet
from
you. My
e ye s w er e
l ightened
and
my
m in d becam e
somewhat
a gi ta te d. F in al ly t hr ough f re qu en t
commun i ca t io n s w i th
you, m y dear
sister, I was awaken ed . By your |
advice I read in quite a different
at-:
titude,
Galat ians .
Then I got out of
the
snare and am
l iving a more
spiritual
life,
according to New
Testament
pat terns .
I like and ad
mire
y our m ode of
living
and ap
preciate
deeply
your
effort
and
works in Sikang. So I have
come
ou t of
that
church
and
have joined j
your
ranks.
Bel ie ve me,
I
am
no
longer in a dilemma and my deter
mi na ti on s c an never
be
changed .
Your young
b ro th er , b y
His
g r ace ,
C.
M.
Ma.
HELP US SAVE
I t is th e des i re of th e miss iona r i e s
and
those
d i rec tly connected with
th e work
on
th e
f ield
t h a t
th is
paper be pub li shed r egu la rl y so
tha t o ur fr ien ds
may
know the
needs o f
th e f ie ld
and
sha re
wi t h
us
the jo y
of
the
conversions
there.
We know
i t
is the only
means
of
contact
many of you h av e w it h
the
mission.
However
the
cost of
print
ing
and
mailing it
is
considerable.
Expenses of the las t issue were
158.25
fo r the publishing and
48.59 fo r
th e
mailing. We
would
app re ci at e know ing
how you feel
about the paper. Will you
fill
out
th e
accompanying
ballot and re
turn
to us?
w m
HO DU BOW
Ho
Du
Bow is
attending
school
and
is desirous of taking medical
training so
that
he
may
be a
medi
c a l e v ang el is t.
NATIVE
WORKERS
Regarding my Hodubow, that
35.50
is a direct answer to prayer
fo r
th e needs
of
his next term in
school;
but still will only cover
half
from th e
way
prices
have gone
up. Yes, I am responsible for the
n at iv e s tu dent s' su pp ortHo Du
Bow, Ba Wang Hang, and now Wha
Dren, the nurse to be. This all
comes from my receipts, plus such
as Phoebe
and
her mother,
Donnie,
and Tring Sing, the boy Ell is
and
Katherine
took on fo r me. Naomi
was
also paid by me over a period
of years; but she gave in
return
fa r
more to
th e work,
because she
gave
so unselfishly
and
with
no
hope of anything in return other
than th e joy of serving th e Master.
Blessed wi ll be the
church tha t
un
d er ta ke s h er
support .
I can
say
likewise for
our
Joseph.
He is one precious
la d and has
al
ways
been so humble and
grateful
for th e opportunities Dr. an d Mrs.
Bare gave
him.
He will go fa r now
that Edgar h as been given
control
of
th e
property. He will have more
opportunity
to
preach
on Sundays,
as it should
be.
God be praised fo r
the
oneness
of
th ings now.
Bro th er Shao has 25.00 monthly
pledged, bu t I
can't
see
how that
will
be
enough w it h five
children.
Lack
of
proper support took
him
from us once before. May our peo
ple
no t
fall down
this
time.
Joseph
Wang, with his wife
and
children, s ho uld have
a t least
100.00
a month.
Keep
al l ou r
worke rs be fore our
people.Gladys Schwake.
We can
use
more
copies
than we are n ow
receiving.
We
are
receiving more copies than we can use.
We feel
that
the Tibetan Missionary SHOULD) or SHOULD NOT)
b e c o nt in u ed .
(Cross ou t one . )
Enclosed
is
_
Signed
Add r e s s
-t o
help
w it h it s expenses.
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T H E
T I B E T A N
M I S S I O N A R Y
for
Synom
to
bathe
t he c hi ld re n, a job
Gladys
usuallv does
herself.
At 4:30 Gladys left th e boys to finisli
t h e i r o wn l es so n an d
we
sa t
down
to
d i n n e r
and supper combined (stewed tomatoes,
muffins,
walnuts , and m ilk), with
interrup
t i o n s o f c o u r s e . P h o e b e c a m e in a n d w o
t r i e d on some
c lo th es s he
i s n eedi nK - T li o
patient called an d
wanted
some pictures
to
look
at .
Th e s e r v a n t s
came
w a n ti n g i n st ru c
tions. Th e pat ient ' s w oo d cam e and Ho Du
Bo w wanted to k n ow wh er e it should bo put ,
Then Gladys
went
ou t
an d
c al le d t he c hi ld re n
in fo r t h e i r supper .
W e li nis hc d eating at 5:30 an d
Gladys
went to see about things in the
kitchen,
While she was giving
th e
pat ient
hi s
bath
a b o u t 6 : 3 0
a c all c am e to a n a bn or ma l de
livery.
Th e
woman ha d been in pain
fo r
th re e da ys an d a h a n d ha d
been p r o t r u d i n g
fo r h ou rs . S he finis hed
th e p a t i e n t s bath,
gave
him
a
back rub and his medicine,
g at he re d u p h er things , an d
was off about
7:00 P.M.. asking me to p r a y fo r h e r b u t
no t
Stay
awake worrying. A t 7 : 4 5 she w as
back
to
g e t
s om e m or e
things
to
work
w i t h
a n d t a k e J os ep h t o give an a n e s t h e t i c be
c a u s e
th e
w o m a n w o u l d n o t l e t h e r d o
a n y t h i n g .
Sunday,
Nov embe r 9 th .
A bou t two o c l o c k
t h i s m or ni ng G la dy s
came
homo to ge t a
few
hours res t
an d
lo t
he r patient r es t. T he c as e s eemed hopel es s,
bu t
she was determined
to go
b a c k this
: iojniu;r an d s t a y a s long a s tboTo w a s an y
hope
left.
Wo
w ere up about
seven
o'clock,
a nd a ft er g e t t i n g
t h i n g s
organized h ere an d
s t a r t e d fo r
th e
da y
a nd
t a k i n g
c a r r of
he r
in-patient, wc ha d
breakfast
an d
she loft
a bo ut 9 :3 0.
T t oo k c ar e
of
t h e
b a b y
t h r o u g h
th e
night
an d t od ay , e xc ep t
t h a t
G la dy s i n
sisted on bathing
him
th is
morning.
At noon Gladys returned. I t s eems s he ha s
done all she can anyway, an d
is
worn out
trying.
Sh e a te
a
q ui ck l un ch an d took
some
b l a n k e t s
d o wn in f o th e
o r c h a r d
w h e r e
sh e
could have
un-interrupted
quiet and ge t
some
sleep
this
afternoon.
When we s t a r t e d t h i s record , we
ha d
no
idea
it would t u r n o ut q uite like t h i s ; but it
still
is
typical, fo r
such
t hi ng s h ap pe n so
often
that
they do not
surprise us .
Bes ides
t he se h o us e ho l d
duties
an d di rec
tion of th e w h ol e m is si on , there is ch ap el
serv ice eacli Monday, W ed ne sd ay , a nd
Fr i
day in the late afternoon. Joseph directs
these
services a nd does m ost of
th e p r e a c h
ing, b u t
a t
leas t one of us should bo there
each
tim e to p l a y
th e o rg an , l en d o u r moral
s u pp o rt a n d example, and occas i ona l ly spoak .
The
purpose
of
t h i s little
account is tw o
fold : t h a t yo u may b e tt e r u n de r st a nd our
seeming
neglect
of you and
be
lenient ,
know
in g
it is
much a g ai ns t o u r
w i s h e s ; an d
t h a t
y o u may p r a y mo re e f fe c ti ve ly a n d fervent ly
fo r
us , real izing
to some
extent , a fe w of
th e
problems
t h a t we ar e
confront ing.
M e l b a P a l m e r Ree ,
T H E T I B E T A N M I S S I O N A R Y
6709
Plymouth
Avenue
Un iv er si ty C it y
14,
Missouri
P o s t m a s t e r
I f
a d d r e s s e e h a s
moved
a n d
n e w address is known,
no ti fy s ender
on
form 3547, post
a g e fo r which
is
guaranteed.
A C H R I S T I A N
FAMILY
Ho
Shang,
Ache
ho ld in g Samue l ,
D r o t e a n d D a W a D r e m a .
T h e f i rs t
f a m i l y won to Christ u n d e r
ou r
minis t ry .
INTERNATIONAL
RED CROSS
We are
very g r a t e f u l to t h e
In
t e r n a t i o n a l
R ed C ro ss f o r
t h e m e d i
cines which t h e y furn ished
fo r
ou r
use a t Batang . J u s t before
I
left ,
t h e y h a d s e n t in fourteen
boxes
w i t h Ell is
fo r m e,
so t h e dispensary
was b et te r e qu ip pe d
t h a n
a t any
t i m e
w h i l e I w a s o n t h e f i e l d .
Glady s Schwake .
Border where
he had
relatives , but
could not
t ak e t he
boy with him . If
h e l e f t h i m w i t h r e la ti v e s i n T s a
kalo, t h e y would m a k e
a
L a m a
of
him, which w a s not his
wish .
We
repl ied t h a t
we
c ou ld n ot
take him
a t t h a t
t ime,
b ut p er ha ps n ex t y ea r
w ould be a b l e to . However, a b o u t
a
m o n t h
l a t e r
h e showed up here
w i t h t h e boy. They
presented
s u c h
a
pathet ic
spectacle,
a nd th e fa th er
w a s
so evident ly
sincere
in
h is
de
sire
to
see t h e boy well placed, t h a t
we could n o t s a y no .
In
t h e
p a p e r
giv ing t h e
boy to
us , t h e f a t h e r
s a i d
h e wished th e
boy
t a u g h t t h e
Ch ri st ia n r el ig io n a n d
would
l i k e
to
have
him receive t ra ining
ei ther
a D o c t o r o r P r e a ch e r.
Our youngest,
Rueben, five
m o n t h s
old,
bids f air
to
be
t h e cen
t e r a ro u n d w h ic h
t h i s h o u s e h o l d
r e
v o lv e s. H is o ld e r b ro th e rs a re q ui te
taken
with
him,
as are we
a ll. H is
father, a Chinese so ld ie r,
r a n away
before
h e w a s b or n. H is mother ,
a
re la t ive of
Ho
Shangs , died
l e a v i n g
five children. O ne
day the
oldest
s is te r b rough t
the
baby, with
a re
quest
fo r
a nursing
bot tl e. He won
Mabel ' s
hear t ,
so t h a t is how we
a cqui re d our y oung es t.
Edgar Nichols
Edgar h a s to ld ab ou t o ur fa mily
of f o u r boys.
Not long ag o one of ou r o ut door
workers w a n t e d to give h e r eldes t
seven
year
old
boy
to us ,
making
ou t papers t h a t he would be ours.
H e i s t h e
s a m e
l i t t l e f e ll o w w e h a d
when he was
tw o years
old.
We
j u s t can
not
take more
Into our
home,
fo r we h a v e not th e bedding,
etc.,
but we do give
him
his d in
ner and supper. I know we must
c l o t h e
h im a n d h i s
s m a l l e r b r o t h e r .
M a b e l
N i c h o l s
Sec. 562, P.
L R
W
Mrs
n rew
mison
amily
Mediapolis
l o T m
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MISSIONARIKS
Mr. a nd
Mrs. Ellis
B^k
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar-Nichols
Mito
Melba^^almer
Isirt^^pi-Olisec. Rees
Miss Gladys Schwake,
R-N.
T he--CiLr
s nd
a r d
0 4 ^ 1
na t i t j
0 . :
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V
STAXrON
Paan,
{Bataiig)
Sikaog,..We8t-ChiiBl
TREASUftgR-AND
FORWARDINe-AENT
Mrs. ArthurHTSchaal
6709, Plymouth Ave.
lJnivuslty-Gty.J4rdV{o.
>trr Roc.
Faa^j'.SjLikaag})
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M.0. Check
-The f al-l -oMng -aewsr^tpry^ 7 Tor
your
eso eeaTea^ ptrb^-catiOR/ THE
CHRrSl- IAH-STAN-DA-RD, .
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n
BE-SSUREG-TTON-DAY-^rr-BATftNG
J)IU i^SE^ EfA'.VI/
f a i r
here
om
the border of
Tibe t
so the.
Sunrise
Prayer service was held in the^^apel
or
t he Itission Compound.^ rather
th^n on the lawn as planned. RraoficalS^ the aht4-p consregalion
turned out
for
th i s serv ice , and the -v'eijy. Spi r i t
of prayer
was
in
ev
idence t h roughout the meet ing .
By
the t ime the
meeting
was
over th e
sun
was bar4rhi^i^i-n^H r-ir trs --golden^lo ry---the
gre^n
trl-ad xrad.-leyx hi le
St emeii^lTr gp arCTihg beay Ly -
This service
was followed
almost
immediately by
Bible
^hool for.
the children
>in
the village church, v;e
do not have a graded School^
but ^ee nas'^j'^ed
the
children
into
groups of about
ten
each
and has ^ut an older child
in
charge of each group. These leaders
not
on ly encourage attendance,
but also
help in maiti46.ining..torder
during the c lass period.
p . f r i end ly
r iva l ry between these groups
has
resul ted
in
cjses^ an
increase in attendance. On th i s morning
each group was presented with a banner bearing i t s
dis t inc t ive
symbol. after\the lesson, the
children^arched to
the
street
chapel
where
they
s^g
choruses
while
the < f service
was
being
held.
church/was
coqtf^rtbly
f i l led for the morning worship service .
Pft^t^ihee
brought
the
m'essage-onthe^-tseani-ng-of-.Ohrist.Ls.
ressmir-
-At the c lose of the se rv ice he^
asked,;all . ,
who wished to be
ba^i.zed~-to come
to
the
frontTwenty-one /arrose-ancUatood
before-
tjie congregation
and
proclaimed anew the i r belief in
Christ
as
the
3on
of God and
themr
d ete rm in atio n to fol low Him. Alt>hx>ugh -et-l-'-ofthes^
had-4iiiaviously -e^nfa^3^d-
t he
tr T
a i
th in
C
hr
i
s t we
_
khgv^rTOT exp
er -
ienoa-that they must clearly understand-what they are doing, 'and
mustwhave
g rea t
dete rmina t ion
i f they are .
tc^-realjLy
ooffie--4hiiogh~^
Chc^rst^ After
th i^the
meeting
recessed
to again around ties
X 9 U O C 1 U x
l l
A V o .Wb^
pool on the Mission Co/^/pound,
where^the^
b^-pt^Trnj^l service was hfflld '
The chi ldren,
singing choruses
anct^the-i-r banners , marched.
through
the s t ree t s of
the
vi l lage and, then to Ja Po
Ding.
Irhough by -
saiiife:.the,aJlght.^.be...se Si^
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As^one after
another of
the twentybhe
were'bj^ie
with their
Lord
and
arose
to walk in newness of trffe, a gre|^|| peace filled our
heart ^.Ye:Sjlt^h3^-been worth
while; each^do^^, each tear, each
agoni. ed prayeyi^Vv'e
have
seen
forty-^theee.-l^iuJ buA n agoIn in
the
past
nine
months.
These
have
come
from
a l l
walks of l i fe /^f roin
thv e
poorest
peasant^ to the Assistant Silagistrate of
the,/Faan Distr ict ,
vv e f ee l pa r t i cu l a r l y happy
about the
young
people'^'we.-haereaped-
the''creara
of
the
crop
both
of teachers
and
students
of
the Nationa l
Middle
Schoo l he r e , a t o t a l seven - t eache r s o r - s e c r e t a r i e s
and twelve
students. Several
of
theie
hay.e gone down country
to
fur ther
their--education,
but we
hope
to
have
them
back
some day
with
their usefui^ness greatly increased.
For
aj.1
these vict -or ies grant-ed- us-r-we-.-F-ealj ge^tha t
r igh t here
in
Paan the
surface
has barely been -scratchedV and
there
are
many
other places cal l ing for the Gospel. God' 'hour Is s tr ik ing
fop the
Tibetan work.
XgeaLoPdlSlwohk
demaadseall
t he - re sou rce s,
both physica l a.nd sp i r i t u a l which the
Church
can
muster i n th i s -
c r i t i c a l hour.
Pray ye
therefore the
Lord
of_
the harvest
tha t He
th r -Ais t - - for t t r la t rorers into~
HlS ~harvesV .
Mat-t .
Your s
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D o n n i e
D O N N I E
Donnie
is
doing most wonderful ly
well
God h a s
a g a i n
been so g r a
c ious
to
us No
wonder , w i t h folks
h a l f
w a y around
t h e world p r a y i n g
f o r
h i m .
Now o ur p ro bl em lies
with get
t i n g a t
leas t a t hr ee m on th exten
s i o n
m o r e f o r
h i m .
N o v e m b e r 5 t h i s
t h e
d e a d l i n e a n d h e r e i t
i s
O c t o b e r
27th a n d
no w ord . W ell, t h e
Lord
h a s b ee n s uf f i c ie nt u n t o a l l t h e s e
th in gs a nd
I'm
sure He will co n
t i n u e fo r a s long a s
we
need.
The
possibilit ies are
we
will
only
get
t h e
t hr ee m o n th s
m o r e
s o
i t i s
l i k e
ly I 'll b e p re pa ri ng to
return
to
the
field by Februa ry . We w ill be con
t inuing
i n p ra ye r a nd a sk
the pray
e r s
of o u r s u p p o r t e r s .
P l e a s e
t h a n k a l l
o f o u r
c h u r c h e s
t h a t
h a v e
c he er ed B o nn ie s c on va l
escent
days
w ith their
cards and
greetings.
He
has one and
a
half
scrapbooks
full of
cards;
a n d
ho w
he loves
to
pour
over a n d over
t hem Th ey w il l
b e
even m ore pre
cious
to him up
t he r e whe re
so
few
s uc h t h in gs g et
through.
Gladys
Schwake
D e c e m b e r .
1949
NICHOLS T O STAY
IN
CHINA
As
i t
is now, C h i n a is m o r e u n
settled t h a n ever before, w it h th e
y o u t h r is in g u p
n o t
knowing
w h a t
t h e y
want , a n d t h e older
Chinese
feeiing
as if
everything
is hopeless.
We e xp ec t t o s t a y
h e re u n le ss a c t u
al l y driven
out.
Money is very d iff ic ult to get
through, since so much of
the
mai l
is stopped a n d
th e
m oney so diff i- ,
c u l t
to e xc ha ng e.
Thi s w ee k
we re
c e i v e d a
r a d i o g r a m
from
Bill
Rees
t el l i n g
us
t h a t
Mrs.
Schaal
h ad s en t
more
money
to
us. This
w ill be
t h e
l a s t
h e
c a n h e l p w it h if t h e
Rees 's
de cide to le av e. A fter this w e hope
to
get money
by
way
of
India. A
h e a d L a m a
c a m e
t h e o th er d ay
a n d
said t h a t
we
need
not fear, for we
I
could g e t
money f rom I n d i a
t h r o u g h t he L am a s. He s a i d
t h a t
w e
a r e a l l t h e s a m e
a s
f a r a s
C o m
m u n i s m
i s c on ce rn ed . S o
f a r w e
have
been
getting
along
very
well
a n d a l w a y s h a ve h ad
p l e n t y of
r u
pees
on h a n d to pay our workers.
We have had
a hard
t ime
getting
money to Yo Say, but
now since Bill
Rees
h a s some, w e
h a v e
i n s t r u c t e d
h i m to help Yo
Say. Miss
Schwake
w r o t e f o r H o D u B o w t o
r e t u r n h e r e
from
Kunming if a ll the
mission
ar i es
leave, fo r t h en s he
could
not
send h im mon ey t he re .
I t i s n o t
s a f e
t o t r a ve l n o w fo r
t h e roads
a r e destroyed to Hsia
Kuan,
a n d
th e
b a n d it s a r e
s u r
r ou nd in g K un min g a n d Chengtu.
W a i S h e h a s b ee n o ve rt a ke n
b y
b a n d i t s a n d t h e r o a d s a r e
f u l l
o f
t h e m . We
f e e l
s a f e
here, b u t
r e
m e m b e r
to
a lw a ys p ra y for us.
Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Nichols
C O N F E S S I O N S AND
BAPTISMS
We
baptized nin e m ore
converts
recently. In
t h e
l a s t year , since
our
return f rom Amer ica ,
over
f if ty p er
sons
h a v e been
bapt iz ed . Two Chin
ese
who
w or ke d in
t h e Magis tra te ' s
office
a n d
were s kep ti c s
h a v e
m a d e
t h e i r
c on fe ss io n s i n
C h r i s t .
S o m e
o th er s a re
i n t e r e s t e d
a n d c o m e t o
c h u r c h . T h e p o st m as te r a
M o h a m
medan ,
c omes t o Chur ch
q u i t e regu
lar ly.
We
h a v e
h a d
to
h a v e
more
s e a t s
m a d e f o r t h e c h u r c h . M r . a n d
Mrs. E d g a r Nichols.
G la dy s S chw ak e
MISSION S C H O O L
W i t h governmen t
s ch oo ls c lo se d
or closing, things a r e wo rk ing
more
and
more b oth
to impel and to en
a b l e
u s t o s t a r t a
B i b l e - c e n t e r e d
high school
up here.
Our
l ife re
cruit
candida te s c an
no longer get
training down count ry , and govern
m e n t schools a r e
being
forced
e i t h e r
t o c l o s e o r t o t e ac h C o m m u ni sm .
There
are
several
good
prospec
t iv e t ea che r s among our
Christians.
Timothy Shao , J os ep h Wang
and
Naomi
Ho
a r e capab le t e achers . The
room our
daughters
formerly had is
a va il ab le a s a sc ho ol r oo m
fo r
a
beginning.
If our
Christians
are
going to be
scattered, s u r e l y we m u s t firs t so
ground
t h e m
i n t h e Word of God
th a t when they go , they will go like
the early
believers
did, preaching
the Word. Teaching them to
ob
serve a ll t hin gs whatsoever
I
have
commanded you
is s ti ll p a rt
of t h e
g r e a t commiss ion.
Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Nichols
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T H E T IB E TA N M IS S I O N A R Y
THE
TIBETAN MISSIONARY
EditorMrs. Arthur
H Schaal, 6709
Plymouth
Ave University City
14 , Missouri .
MissionariesMr. and Mrs. Edgar
Nichols,
Paan
(Batang), Sikang,
W e st C h i n a.
Missionary on Furlough Miss
Gladys F
Schwake,
R N c/o Mrs.
Wilma Watson, 157 Parkdale
Ave.,
Buffalo
13, New
York.
F o r m e r
M i s s i o n a r i e s D r . a n d M r s .
Norton H. Bare, Drawer 56 , Box
204,
Mt. Pleasant , Iowa.
Forwarding
Secretaries
For
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nichols:
M r s . A r t h u r H.
S c h a a l .
Fo r Gladys F
Schwake,
R.N.:
Mrs. Wilm a Wats on , 157 Park-
d a l e
Ave., Buffalo
13 ,
New
York.
NAT IVE CHILDREN
We have been b usy ta kin g care
of
o ur n ativ e
children,
especially
the baby,
Reuben,
of
whom we
have
entire cha rge. He
has
been
creeping
f o r
s o m e t i m e
a n d w i l l
s o o n w a l k .
T h e
l i t t l e f e l l o w
k n o w s
n o
o t h e r
p a r e n t s : - l i e - t h r i v e s
on
t h e
l o v e w e
give him and is growing up , we
hope, in
g en tl en es s a n d kindness.
We now have qu it e a family,
two
more b ein g
a dd ed la te ly . T he y
are
a girl
t e n
years ol d
a n d
h er li tt le
brother,
age three,
who
can not
walk by
himself . He
was
sick,
b u t
has
improved
in
health
and is
now
learning to walk.
We
have
named
t h e m
M i r i a m
a n d L a z a r u s .
Andrew
Shao has
improved much.
H e
l o o k s
a n d
a ct s l i k e
a C h r i s t i a n .
T he o the r
boys are growing and
w e h a v e h a d m u c h
l i f e
t h is s u m
mer
Joseph can play the cornet
we
b ro ug ht o ut q uit e
well and
he usu
a ll y l ea ds t he singing. He
does
very
w e l l
i n a l l h i s w o r k .
Haro ld Tayl or s e n t
us a s
a
rad io
g ra m th is r ef er en c e: Gene si s 49:22-
23 .
Please
look this up. You wil l
know
w h a t h e t h i n k s of
Yosay
a n d
s o m e t h i n g of w h a t th e
s i t u a t i o n
was fo r
believers
a t Kunm ing when
h e
s e n t
th e message.
So
our
boys
a n d
W ha
Dren
a r e coming
home.
W h a Dren,
you m a y remember ,
w e n t
down fo r nurses t r a i n i n g
to
prepare
fo r t h a t
aspect of th e work
up here.
Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar
Nichols.
MAIL
T h e m a i l h a s b e e n r o b b e d n i n e
t imes
lately
between Cheng tu
and
Kangt ing ,
so
w e u ndo ubte dly lost
severa l
letters.
Please p as s th e news
on
to
o thers a n d do not worry about
us.
Also
t h e r e g u la r m ai l ru n n e rs
a r e not
going
to L i t a n g or L i k i a n g
b e c a u s e
t h e g o v e r n m e n t
h a s
s topped
p a y i n g
them.
A r u n n e r is
h i r e d
a b o u t
o n c e a m o n t h b u t n o n e
so
fa r
have gone to Litang yet.
There w a s
a
r u n n e r who brought
m ai l in from Litang , b u t
mos t
of it
w a s from
Kunming.
We
miss
t h e
m a i l
from
our
children . W e hope
some
or a ll of i t
in
t i m e will
get
through, and also
t h a t the
boxes
wil l arrive;
b u t
h a v e l it tl e hope
fo r
s o m e o f
t h e m .
Yesterday w e received our first
U.S. m a i l
fo r a
long
t ime. The
le t
ters w ere m ailed in
March, April ,
a n d
June .
We
were surpr ised a n d
p lea sed to get this m ail, n ot k no w
in g
m a i l would
or
could reach us
a g a i n u n t i l China w a s more settled.
W e
h a v e
h a d
s e v er a l l e tt e rs f r o m
fr iends a b o u t boxes they h av e s en t
us, b u t which h a v e not
com e. W e
h a v e r e c e i v e d o n e f r o m M r s . L a k e
of
Lincoln,
In
it were
tw o lovely
towels , wash c lo th s, n ot io ns , and
s ome c an dy .
We
a r e
so
t h a n k f u l
fo r
these things, and we su re ly
hope
we
may get th e
others
that
have been
sent .
Please
pass
on
our thanks,
as
a l l m ai l i s u n ce rt ai n.
Mr.
and
Mrs. Edgar Nichols.
THANKS F O R
SUPPORT
Do,
by
a ll means,
t h a n k
th e
c h u r c h e s w h o h a v e s tood
b y m e
t hro ug h t hi s f u rl ough. Ther e
were
only
four
of
my regul ar s
that
hung
on .
How I
praise God for
them
They
took care of
my
field
obliga
t i o n s
o r I d o n t
k n o w
w h a t I w o u l d
h a v e
done fo r m y s tudents .
I m
so
t h a n k f u l God h a s given
me
strength to carry m y speak ing ap
pointments so as to
support
Donnie
a n d m e .
Tell our people I ll
be
hold ing
fo rt h in O hi o and
Illinois during
the
w i n t e r a n d
l i k e l y a f ew d ow n
s o u t h
fo r
I m u s t
get
down there to l e a rn
more
a b o u t
th e leper w ork a n d
t r e a t m e n t
e tc .Gladys Schwake .
CAROLS AND C ANDL ES
T h e r e
w il l b e n o C h r i st m a s c a n d le s
O n t h e
d a r k
T i b e t a n b o r d e r
Save as missionaries l ig ht t hem
Tha t
th e
d ar kn es s m a y h av e
l ight ;
T h e r e
w i l l b e n o C h r i s t m a s
c a r o l s
Tell ing of t he S av io ur s c om ing
S a v e a s C h ri st ia n s t ea c h t h e c h i l
d r e n
Hymns
of
Jesus n a t a l night.
T h e r e s
a
d e a r t h o f C h r i s t m a s
c a n d l e s
Where t he n at io n s s it in darkness ,
T h e r e s
a
d e a r t h o f C h r i s t m a s
c a r o l s
Where t h e millions
w a i t to
h e a r ;
There s
a
plethora of carnage
And
of
suf fer ing a n d sorrow
T h e r e s a
d e a r t h
o f C h r i s t i a n c o u r
ge
I n
a
w o r l d
t h a t s
s i c k
w i t h
f e a r .
If you h a v e a
Chris tmas
c a n d l e
Let i t s hin e fo r Christ your
Saviour,
If
you
have
a Christmas Carol
Let i t ring out sweet
and
clear,
F o r t h i s d a r k w o rl d n ee ds h is s hi n
ing ,
Needs
th e hope of his
returning
Light your
candle,
sing your
carol,
He w ill corhe, and he is here
L oi s N ic ho ls
B a r e
ELECTRIC
PLANT
Put t ing up
the
electric
p l a n t
was
l o t s of
w o r k
a nd t h e re
w e r e
m a n y
d i f f i c u l t i e s .
Edgar
tried out the lights
and
they worked
with
a steady
glow,
no f li cke r ing . Many people
came
to
see th e
whee ls t ur n,
but I t h o u g h t
the
w ater s purting out
like
foun
t a i n s
w a s m o r e f a n t a s t i c .
There may be a quest ion
of
get
ting
enough
water at
times.
The
w a t e r
comes
t h r o u g h the b a p t i s m a l
reservoir. There is a g a t e to open
a n d
close
a s needed,
then
t h e w a t e r
goes
down
a
ditch
tha t has
been
cemented , t hen through
a n
enclosed
wooden
tro ug h to t h e
power
house
n e a r
t h e
o l d
b ri c k k il n . T h e r e w a s
s u c h
f o r c e
t o
t h e
w a t e r
t h a t
i t
b r o k e
open
th e first
troughs.
The
carpen
ter is h a v i n g to
rebui ld
it w i t h
h e a v y
planks .
We do not h av e th e l ights in use
yet,
b u t we know
they
wil l
work.
We
a r e e ag er
to
t r y t h e r a d i o a n d
th e recorder.
E dg ar p la nn ed
i t a ll
a n d d id l o ts o f
t h e
w o r k o n i t h i m
self , a n d t h er e w a s
l o t s
of
work .
He
wired p r ac ti c al ly a l l
of this
b u i l d
in g (Dr.
She l ton s Hosp it a l) .
M a b e l
N i c h o l s
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CAMP
July
2
1949
We a re
maki ng p la n s fo r a Youth
Camp
to
be held th e f ir st w ee k
in
A ugust. It
will be a t Sileh N ong
a c ro s s
th e
r i ve r
a nd a bo u t
tw o
miles above
the
bridge. We will
invite the y ou ng C hristian s, b ot h
Chine se and
Tibetans . Classes
w i l l
be held
in
both l an guag es a nd we
w ill fo llow
ou r A merican
You th
Camps as closely as p os sib le . We
are hop ing
i t
does
not ra in to o
m u c h .
W e t h a n k God
fo r
such a wonde r
fu l
opportunity and
pray
that
it
may be
a
t ime
of
r e al b le ss in g fo r
all. What h as h ap pe ne d
h er e s eems
almost beyond belief. We wou ld n ot
h av e th ou gh t it
possible a y ea r a go
to
have
held
such a camp . To God
be th e
glory.Edgar Nichols.
Augus t
12, 1949
One
of the high l ights
of
the work
here , and the
fu l f i l lment
of one of
our d re am s, w as the successful ac
compl i shmen t
of
our
first Bible
Camp. Mor e
than
for ty young peo
ple
attended,
and
s ev er al wo rk ing
m en wa l k ed
th e
tw o m ile s
to
S i l e h
Nong
fo r t he mor ni ng
sessions
and
back to t own
fo r t h e i r
af t ernoon
wo rk .
We
followed t he g en er al program
_of_Chri.stian
service
camps
as they
are
conducted at home as
nearly
as
we
could.
We
had early
morning
devotions, f ou r c la ss es and
chapel
in
th e mor nin g, r ec re atio n in the
afternoon,
and
hym n singing, de
votions.
and
a
message
every
ev e
ning.
There was a faculty of si x
teachers
and p reache rs. Four
of
the
s tuden t s
confessed
Chr i s t and
tw o
have s in ce e xp re ss ed
a desire
to
become
mis s iona r i e s .
L ast T hu rsd ay m orn in g
we
had
bapt i smal
services
for
two of
these
s tu de nts a nd fo r
a
leper
who
had
confessed
his faith.
(He, like
the
one we
wrote
abou t before , h ad to
buy himsel f
free from lamaism,
only this one
had
to pay even
more .
I planned the
mea l s
and admin
istered the
supplies
fo r th e camp.
We had four cooks, a ll of whom
gave us
good
coopera t ion:
and
the
c ondu c t
o f
t he s tu d en ts w a s
above
reproach .
These
victories
assure
us
tha t many
of
yo u are
praying
fo r
this work. Keep on fai thfully,
fo r
it
is fo r th e glory
of
the Lord.
Oh how
wonderfully He
has
been meeting
o u r n e e d s
One
of
the
yo un g m en
who
co n
f es sed Ch ri st a t
camp and
who
was
immersed on Thursday
had
to leave
with
a
par ty bound fo r Bai-ye the
following
d ay . B ec au se
he
goes as
the onl y Ch ri st ia n
in
th e p arty
up
into
tha t
notor iously bad
robber
count ry ,
and
himself
bu t a new
born
babe
in Christ, we ask
tha t
you
pray
fo r
him
ve ry spec i al ly and
fai thfully.Mabel Nichols.
THE TIBETAN
MISSIONARY
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3
LEPERS FROM TIBET
July
20,
1949
Tsong
Drema
has
a
plan to go to
a
village
in T ib et wh er e
there
are
a
number of lepers. She
wants
to
take
Hun
Tse Nuing, one of our
workers,
and W ang
Sho Dan,
who
was cured of opium
smoking
and
was r ec ent ly b apt iz ed.
She
wishes
to
get
a place
ready
and
then we
w ould go there la ter. Some
of
the
lepers
are
here fo r tr ea tm e nt, b ut
th e townspeople
object
to them
c om in g to P aa n.
More o f
them wish
to
come ,
bu t we
have sen t th em
wo r d n o t to .
We
have
a sked p ermis si on to go
to this vil lage and lepers
are
t rying
thei r
bes t
to get u s th ere , bu t
they
say it will be some t ime before the
necessary
permission
can be
re
ce iv ed .
Tibe t
is s t i l l s o c lo se d
T song D rem a had th is p la nn ed
long
ago. Her body is
frail but she
is
the
one w ho d oe s most of
th e
per
sonal work. M ost of
th e
h ig h c la ss
peo ple w ho
have
con fe ss ed Ch ri st
were won by her. We
a re
very
much
interested in working w ith these
lepers.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Edgar
Nichols.
The
T ib e ta n s h av e sen t
a l l
th e
Ch i n es e o f fi ci a ls
ou t o f H la sa an d
other par ts
of
Tibet. They sen t
them
in to I nd ia instead
of
le t t ing
them
come
t h rough
par t of
T ibe t in to
their
own count ry . Also recently a
French p ri es t, w ho d is gu is ed h im
self as a
Tibetan , was
brough t
back
a nd
s ho t . Yet
s ome
o f
t he T ib e ta n s
and a Lama
are
t rying to
ge t
per
miss ion and
protection
fo r
Edga r
to come in and hea l
the
sick,
es
pec ia ll y wher e
the
lepers
live.
Ma b e l
Nicho l s
July
27 ,
1949
I hope
by
th e
t ime
you ar e re ad
in g th is
I
will
be
in T i be ta n t er ri
tory
at
Tsa Sheh, which
is
about
o ne d ay s j ou rn ey north-eas t
of Gar-
tok . A n i n f l uen t i a l L a m a w ho
i s
receiving
t reatment
here says
there
is
no question
but
tha t
I
can go
and
s t ay
severa l
months .
We
h av e a lread y g arn ered the
first
frui ts of our
labor
amo ng th e
lepers.
A
few
weeks ag o we
bap
tized Tsong Den, a
leper
and former
L a ma .
He is on e
o f
th e
tw o w ho
f i r s t c a me for
t r e a tmen t .
H e to ok a n
interest
in
the
Gospe l f rom the
first,
and
avidly read
every
thing we
gave
him.
Tsong
Drema t augh t
him
faithfully, te l l ing him he would
h a v e to r en ou nc e h is l a m a of f i ce
before h e
c ou ld b ec om e
a
Chr i s t i a n .
After abou t two m on th s, h e wished
to
re tu rn home
and
get
his
young
sister,
who was
to
be our goat-herd.
He planned
to
be b ac k in abou t
ten
days;
but
when
th e
w eeks grew
into mon ths ,
we
j us t a b ou t g av e up
hope of his
re turn . Then one
day
he
showed
up
with a happy smile
on
h is
f ace .
He to ld u s t h a t h e h ad
bough t himse l f free
from
th e
lam
asery fo r 30 0 gommu,
and
was
now ready
to
be b ap ti zed.
Dorothy
Uhlig
(A new recruit
fo r
this
field,
about whom we
will
have
a
report
in ou r
nex t i ssue .
We b elie ve
God is
going to
co n
t inue
to bless this
work
among
Tibetan
lepers.
Wo know He wilLif -
we
do ou r p a rt .Edgar Nichols.
Augus t
12 ,
1949
We
have
f in i sh ed d r yi ng th e apr i
cots
and
are drying
apples now.
Edgar
wan t s
to
t ake
a
supply with
him
when he
goes into
Tibet. Veg-
t a ble s a nd
f ru i t a re n o t
ava i l ab l e
where he
is
going. The l ep er village
is so
h igh an d cold tha t
the grow
ing season
is
sho rt an d
no
vege
t ab l e s a re
r a i s ed .
I t doe s n ot s eem
as th ou gh E dg ar c an stand i t there
very lo ng . K EE P PRAYING.
He
is
making
prepara t ions
to
leave soon,
possibly
w ith in th e n ex t
t wo w ee ks .
He expects to
be
gone three or
even
four
months ,
bu t to
be bac k h ere
fo r
Ch r i s tma s .Mabe l Nicho l s .
HARVEST TIME
Ha rv es t t im e
is
here.
We
wil l ge t
quite
a lo t
of
grain
this
summer, fo r
we h av e c ha rg e
of
a ll
th e f ie ld s o n
the
mission.
Do
Rah,
and
across the
river.
This may
be
our living
if
co n
d it io ns g et
so
bad we can
not get
any
money.
The apricots a r e ge tt ing
ripe, but we
hope
they
will not
be
as sour a s la st year . The dried ones
were impos si bl e to ea t even with
lots
of
sugar. We hope al l these
f ields and
work
will no t
keep
us
to o
busy
and
p re ve nt u s from
do
in g
the
Lord s
work.Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Nichols.
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8/10/2019 Nichols Edgar Mabel 1949 Tibet
10/10
P a g e 4
WORKING
W ITH O PIUM
S M O K E R S
Seve ral weeks
ago
th e Magistrate
of
Paan put
a
ban
on the sel l ing
a nd smok in g
of o pium.
The opium
traffic
h as a lw ay s
b ee n c ar ri ed
on
openly here,
so
it w a s a compara
t iv el y e asy
matter
to round up the
add ic ts a n d order the
opium
shops
c l o s e d . T h i s
i s
t h e f ir st s in c er e t
t empt t h a t we know of in these
par ts to really
put
a stop to
this
t e r r i b l e c u r s e .
Magistrate
Chiang made
arrange
m e n t s w i t h u s t o h av e t h e s m o k e r s
come
here for
a cure.
They were
rounded
u p a n d
t ho se w ho
refused,
were forced
to
come. We apprecia te
very m u c h
Magist ra te
Chi an g's e f
forts, a n d of c ou rs e w ere glad
to
cooperate w i t h him. We appreciate
a l s o t h e
c o n f i d e n c e h e
s h o w e d i n
th e
Mission
i n
i n t r u s t i n g
us with
t h i s
t a s k . Y o u k n o w w e h a v e n e i t h
e r D o c t o r
n o r N u r s e
h e r e .
W e
d o
have
Brother
Shao and Tsong
Drema;
a n d tr u ly
we would not
k n o w w h a t t o do w i th o ut t he m .
In
a ll th er e
were
44
p at ie nt s. It
w a s
s o m e w h a t
of a
surpr ise
to u s
that tlTere were almost a s rnauY
T i b e t a n s
a s
C h i n e s e .
O n e
r e a s o n
i s
t h a t
t he M il it ar y
Official
promised
to t a k e
care
of his soldiers,
so
we
T H E T I BE T A N M IS SI ON A RY
6709
Plymouth
Avenue
Universi
ty
City
14 ,
Missouri
P o s t m a s t e r
If a d d r e s s e e
h a s
m o v e d a n d
n e w
a d d r e s s
is
k n o w n
notify s en de r o n form 3547 post
age
fo r which
is
guaranteed.
T H E T I B E T A N
M I S S I O N A R Y
do not h a v e t h e m here. Near ly a ll
th e T i b e t a n s d is av ow ed u si ng t h e
stuff .
In g en era l t he T ib e ta n s con
sider i t a Chinese vice, a n d it is
quite disgraceful to be
known
as a
user
After
th e
round
up,
Magistrate
Chiang de li ve red a very
stern
mes
sage
to
the addicts.
He is
not a
Christian b u t t h e surprising t h i n g
w a s
t h a t
h e s tr on g ly emph as iz ed
t h a t they
must
repent , t h a t
i t
w a s n t his
b us in es s t o
preach,
b u t
i t w a s t h e
b u s i n e s s o f P a s t o r L e e
a n d
Mr. Nichols,
a n d
t h e y were
to
l is te n c ar ef ul ly t o
w h a t
we
h a d to
s a y .
The M a gis tr ate s aid t h a t
all
would h a v e
to s t a y
a t
l e a s t
three
d a y s a n d
I w a s
to
determine if
t h e y w e r e free of t h e
h a b i t .
T h e r e
would be no a p p e a l f rom m y ver
dictif
I s a i d s tay , t h e y would h a v e
to
s t a y ;
a n d
if
I m ad e a n y com
p l a i n t about
anyone
being un
cooperative,
t h e c ul pr it w ou ld
be
beaten .
You
c an im ag in e
how u n
c o m f o r t a b l e I f e l t
u nd er s u ch
r e
sponsibility.
Mr.
Shao said t h a t in
the
l a rge hosp it al s
the y tested the
ur ine
of
suspects . He knew
of no
way and 1 c o u l d f i n d
n o d esc rip
tion
of
such a test
in any of the
m e d i c a l b o o k s
a t
h a n d .
I
f o u n d
a
t e s t fo r
Mor ph in e w hi ch w a s de
scribed
a s
very sensit ive. I prepared
samples
from
a
confessed
user and
f r o m
a n o n - u s e r t o e x h i b i t t o t h e
skeptical, t h e n cal led in t ho se w ho
w i s h e d
t o
b e r e l e a s e d . O f
f o u r t e e n
tested, tw elve w ere proven to be
l iars; b u t not
one p r ot e st ed t h e v a l
idity
of
the test.
T he re wer e s ev er al
who, after see in g it p er fo rmed o n
others,
a d m it te d u si ng a l i t t l e a n d
thought
best to
s t a y a
few
days
longer.
Pastor
Le e
preached
a t a
special
c on vo ca ti on s er vi ce e ve ry morning
t
t e n o ut s i d e
u n d e r
a t e n t . T he
pat ients w ere also free to at tend
the regular
services
held
on
the
compound.
Seven
of th e p atie nts
said t h a t they woul d l ik e t o b ec ome
C h r i s t i a n s .
T h e r e
w i l l
b e s o m e
i l l i c i t
t r a f f i c
of course,
bu t
I
am
su re the open
shops are
gone
fo r good
and
t h a t
will be
a g r e a t
help
to those who
really d es ire to stop.
Edgar
Nichols
S U P P U E S NEEDED
P l e a s e
r e m i n d
o u r p e o p l e we w i l l
need m edic al supplies, w hich are
n o t
cheap,
a n d other
equipment . We
w ill tra ve l
w ith m in im um e q u i p
ment but
there are some things
ve ry essen ti a l.Gladys
Schwake.
Sec . 34 .66 P.L. R .
Krsc indrow Ttilson Paaily
Modiapolis
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