The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-08
I[ELLS STORY OF
LIFE IN INDIA
Miss Rosetta Beck Describes
Missionary Work in
the Orient.

o. .
the Orient.
MANN1NGToN. May S-Resu-
lar services at the First NJ. r.
Church were not ncid last nlsnt III
order that Miss Rosetta Beck OF
India might address the conGreSa-
ton upon missionary work IN the
Orient
Miss Beck was introduced by
Mrs. l.. S. Spragg OF Wheeling.
acI spoke very entertaiA1ngly Oh
ssehe mission field i'll iIt.ia, espec-
ialIy7of her own work. The hrst
part Of her talk wa given as a
!, sort of review OF her preparation
sand reasons for going 10 Asia, and
why.
S,s missionary work in India said
Yss# Beck, is greatly handicapped
So the scarcity of missionaries.
6EPeopie here have been asking for
title open door. she said. but the
I'd dor has been opened SO wide that
There are thousands asking for
:ss Christ's message who cannot be
reached by the present numb oil
IA cid workers. She asked that the
people here at home pray for more
.missionaries. but not for more
I5ssssopen door. .-
IN speaking of her first oNper-
sience in Bombay, where she land
ed, Miss Beck said at first she was
d surprised to find the city so mod
Tern, but when sunday came and
she went to one of the missions
"a there was no longer any doubt in
4 her mind that she was in India.
MT neither smel1ed like America
Snor looked like America, she de-
c1ared-
- Miss Beck expressed alarm at
some of the things she has seen
"A since returning to America, and
said that she has learned that not
all the Christians are in America,
nor are all the neathenS in the
III Orient. She asked that the home
people read more of the life OF
Il Christ. and practice His teachings
ore earnestly 1T is the people
who read little of the Word CT
Z God each day who do the biggest
4 things she declared.
s. Miss Beck spoke yery highly oG
81 an Indian woman, NURSE. Il ma, who
was converted after reaching the
age of fifty. Nursamma va onc
y Of the greatest helps to her ii-t"t'
4 reaching her station, she SAID, and
5sa before Miss Beck learned to speak
the native tongue. Nursamma did
the preaching for her. Miss Beck
went along to attract the crowd
with her white face, and the
gatherings.
This woman, said Miss Beck,
4 took her to the place where she
- Il II a a
,d9 howed Miss Beck an idol that she
had worshipped when at home.
and said shat Through all the
yearsathere had been no happiness
in her life until she heard. of
esusE In her anger and disgust
Nursamma slapped, kicked, and
spit upon the idol, and when Miss
BeckSrebuk her Nursamma told
her that she could never under
stand, because she could never
know Row many times Nursamma
81 had lain upon the ground in front
y of8the idol and shed tears, praying
81 to it, nor how much bitterness
there had been in her life. She
then showed Miss Beck a well
where once she had thrown ner-
self, trying to end her life.
Now Nursamma is one OF the
hardest working preachers in the
III district Once. said Miss Beck,
sS.&ss-sTilsn gNursamma had a small
her head, a bag OF sup
] plies$in one hand and some chick
a ems in the other, she was crossing
Va stream. the water nearly to her
knees. In the middle of a stream
Nursamma met a man, and at once
stopped and began to preach to
t45lhiTn The rest of the party We're
5#yo on the other side waiting to so on,
HI and one of them called to Nur-
4 aamma to come on. The native
woman looked at him with sur
prise and said, why, maybe I'll
!. n ever see this man aSain!' That,
SAID Miss Beck, is what the money
YOU people here in America send
us is doing. and there are thou
i sands of such cases.
There are no churches in India.
/ at least in the section where Miss
Beck is located, it was stated, and
since the people have to work dur
ing the day, the meetings are all
held sat night, sometimes lasting
until o'clock in the morning.
Miss Beck is very pleasing
5 speaker, and is thoroughly con-
gone to India in 1915 Her plea
is earn estly made that America do
more for that country because
= there are fewer missionaries being
secured this year than there were
K in 1921, she said. and the work is
continually demanding more, and
more
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