The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-04-21

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mission school and the mission
| Seminary and has returned Il
minister to his own people. Hi
| job and the missionary's job wh'
lis there to help and support hin
/ is to educate his people in every
way, Bring them schools, Christ
ian education, sanitation, freedom
from superstition, freedom from
money-lenders and tyranncia
landlords, and to mediate to
them in simple terms the message
and love of the Prince of Peace
These pastors meet each month
for several days at the home oi
the missionary and discuss their
problems and plan for their
months work.
During the winter months
when the heat is not too oppres-
sive and the people are at home,
the missionary tours each pastors
area. In this way he sees the
work at first hand, he is on the
spot for local problems, he brings
educational and religious films
and literature and he holds ser
vices which support the pastor
and strengthen his relationship
with his people. During this tour,
not only at the camp itself but
at every village gathering, there
are often as many non-Christians
near as Christians.
The Punjab Government has
just recently made a loan OF
10000 rupees, or about $l50,000
90, to group of Indian Chris
ians and missionaries in society
called Technical Services Incor-
porated." The object of this
society is to develop new homes
industries, cooperative producing
societies, experiments with new
materials and processes. For in
stance; Forman Christian College
has been making experiments
with ground-up bones, or bone
meal. Until now bones have just
been allowed to lie around OIL
were used for glue. BY crushing,
bone can be used as fertilizer or
in ceramics. This one process,
simple enough to be done in a
village, can mean an earning to
thousands and can be help in
developing Indian agriculture.
Co-operatives are springing up
here and there under the inspirat-
ion and suggestion of missionar-
les. Several thousand villagers
have been able to buy much
needed cloth, blankets and flour
through their own cooperative
stores when boarding and black
market cut off their normal sup
ply. Mission industrial and agri-
cultural schools in every mission
are training unskilled hands to
serve and live in a growing
industrial country. In all this, OF
course, the motive and philos-
ophy is stewardship of Gods
gifts and talents being used to-
ward building Gods Kingdom.
In a little lighter vein; this
business of having learned the
language as a youngster has its
very amusing sides. | suppose
every other Indian / meet asks
me "How long have you been ir
India?" Usually they are delight
ed and call up their buddie:
lsaying, Listen to this American
jut boot (yokeD.' Apparently my
accent is very framerish and back
country, because they laugh up
Iroariously at some of the express
ions / learned as youngster ir
the villages. Occasionally | over
hear a conversation like this
''Who is that fellow? Why he is
an Americana missionary, No ht
isn't, he's an Indian! He is not
look at his eyes. Yes, but lister
to his Punjabi. He must be 9
Eurasian, at least. But Eurasian:
try always to speak English. Wei
Ii don't konw what he is, let's
ask him." Then they want tt
test me when I say I'm American
do you know what 'andalvanga
is?" they ask. / don't know why
they always ask this word ex
cept that it is slang, but I say
"You mean half cloth yol
| wear when you take bath?'