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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY

BIBLE QOOK STORE

7/130 D SWARUPNA6AR

of

The following is
the excerpt from

God

for

begun
be

My India

in

our

the

book

issue.

Thank

as

This

will

of

the

installment

excerpt due to

the book's length and

the need for this space.

The
newsletter will follow shortly.
Thank God

for

Mv

next

Rip

Van

Winkle

India

hotel.

were

to

visit
twenty
faster

to avoid being hit by the

cars on the streets, then
gawk at the eight-storied
buildings.
The
tallest
in Kanpur is a 17-storied
Van

Winkle

would

look

in

vain for a horse-drawn tonga but he

would travel instead by taxi, autoricksha, bus, tempo or cycle-riksha.
He
would
be
sorry
to
find
the
streets

and

bus

tickets

thousands

after an
absence
of
he would have to step

in order
speeding
he would
apartment
tuilding

is

India"

being issued
both ancient

(Section Two)
If

"My

stations

in

bad

mostly

Kanpur,

large railway center situated on a

bend in the Ganges River.
Since the
river runs
along one
side of the
city,
the visitor may forget that
the river is there at all.
Kanpur
has a large and busy railway station
with

by Ralph Harter

Kanpur
years,

INDIA

continuation

the

by Ralph Harter

last

final

KANPUR 208002,

and

berth

reservations

by computer.
and modern,

of

shoppers.

best

known

for

it's

Some

consider Kanpur

Markets,
teem with

Kanpur

shoes

and

is

cloth.

to be the worst

city in Asia due to it's filth,

con

gestion, squalor and a general lack

of decorum,
but i t is prestigious
for having a stock exchange. Reserve
Bank, a sports stadium and many col
leges.
The first Christian mission
ary to live in Kanpur was Henry Martyn who txanslated the_JBil),l.e ijStP
Urdu

in

1810.

What

is

called

"the

Christian

population" of Kanpur is only about

1/lOth of one percent of the total
but there is, nevertheless, a strong
Christian influence in the city due
to "Christian" schools, teachers and

disrepair.
Van Winkle would have to
adapt
himself
to
frequent
inter
ruptions in the supply of water and
electricity.

nurses.
The three largest denomina
tions in Kanpur are the Catholics,

Bribery and the criminalization

politics has been getting worse

odists.
The Lutherans and Baptists
never had any work in Kanpur.

Church

of

every

year

catastrophic
son

ians

for

the

and

until

has

criminals

is

the
and

been conjectured

that

the

pol

politicians
promotions.
that

for
It

some state

governments are completely under the

control
of
criminals
and
that
the
Central Government itself is not im
mune from them.
A reversal of this
situation
cannot
be
corrected
by

legislation
because
the
laws
are
already there.
A change can only
come about through the reformation
of society.

Some

"crazy
reign"

people

in

India

are

still

for foreign"
but the "fo
is now Singapore or Dubai.

Besides that, India now manufactures

a wide range of cars, refrigerators,
TV's,
radios,
air-conditioners,
furniture and clocks? and "Made in
India"
is
cheaper.
There
is
not
much l e f t

to desire

North

India

and

the

Meth

reached

proportions.
One reanexus between politic

ice depend on
their postings
has

it

of

from abroad.

The

Indian

recommend

Government

Kanpur

as

for

tourists

seen

in Kanpur can

because

does

not

destination
what

can

be

be seen more con

veniently somewhere else.

Neverthe
less, Kanpur*s J.K. Temple rivals
the Taj Mahal in beauty and the Kan
pur Zoo, built within a forest, de
lights everyone.
There are several
beautiful
memorials
built
by
the
Britishers to honor one thousand of
their
citizens
who
were
massacred

here

in

1857.

The

city has

several

high-class hotels fit for tourists.

Milk is plentifully available and
many housewives cook with gas.
Many
own a scooter, a TV set and their
own

mon.

home.

Radios

Inflation

are

has

even more

been

kept

com

to

minimum.
Kanpur is a medical center
with special hospitals for heart,
cancer, chest, eyes, children, mat
ernity and infectious diseases.
Continued on page 2

EXPENSES:

INDIA MISSION of the CLINTON FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

INDIA

$1.,774.59

Beginning Balance 1--1~95

Income:
STATE

CITY

NAME

3.50

Medical

H.L.Khoji, Building Fund

700.00

Misc.

163.00

Fees

Postage

32.50

Transportation

73.50

780.68

Books

Miac.
CO

Mrs.

IL

First Christian Church

IN

KY

73.99

Reimbursements

Hollis C. Conner

NH

390.00
50.00

Flora

Burlington Church of Christ

250.00

Stanley E. Vincent

Garrett

140.00

Harold Shellenberger

Garrett

55.00

Gene

Garrett

50.00

Zerns

Garrett

New Ross Christian Church

New Ross

820.00

Singles.Doubles Class

Portland

167.00

Lena Horrical

Portland

100.00

East Union Ch.

Carlisle

345.22

Thomas R.

Bible School

Georgia Domke

Ann Arbor

250.00

Liberty Sunday School

Cairo

246.25

Miss Florence Douglas

Joplin

25.00

M\H Donald Harris

Kahoka

50.00

M/M Kenneth Eade

Epsom

70.00

Blasdell

20.00

Mrs.

Henry P.

Guay

OH

Loyal Daughters Class

M/M Bill Lyons

Mrs.

Bladensburg

240.00

Canal

200.00

Fulton

First Church of Christ

Betty Deem

Columbus

100.00

Cuyahoga Fls

225.00

Loveland

400.00

Lile

Branch Hill Church of Christ

330.00

Old Stone Church Missionary

Newark

Stephen & Kathy Handwerk

Orrville

1.420.00

M/M Warren Steiner

Orrville

600.00

Mrs.

Orrville

1.325.00

Ruth Handwerk

Painesville

A.B. Slough

100.00

Sebring Churcn oc Chrisi:'

Sebring

Worthington Christian Church

Worthington 2.080.00

L.A.

Cans

Nicholson

T^rOu"

90.00

Oak Grove Church of Christ

Lake Lynn

300.00

Mrs.

HcKeesport

200.00

LaVerne Ronesburg

Enbreeville Church of Christ

Erwin

300.00

M/M David Barber

Seviervilie

500.00

TX

Mrs.

Lubbock

wv

Hooverson Hgts. Ch. of Christ

TN

Total

D.F.

Peel

Follansbee

8.00

Swarupnagar Bldg Fund

1,000.00

Salaries

3,733.50
10.00

Benevolence

3,000.00

Clinton Study Center

561.50

Bldg Improvements

1,268.00

Scholarships

350.00

United Church, Chakeri

1,000.00

I. Das, Building Fund

U.S.

Bank Fees

17.80

Misc.

23.85

Fees

190.24

Pos tage

Total

16,795.57

Expenses:

$2,441.48

Ending Balance 12-31-95

Continued from page 1

There are also special departments for burns.

Private
amputations, fractures and diabetes

hospitals and "nursing homes' are available for

those with more money.

The national sport of India would have to be

Cricket with foot^ll (soccer) coming in a poor

second^nd h^key a poorer third.
basketball are player by a few.

Golf andl
American

football, baseball and rugby are almost

non-existent but can occasionally be watched on
TV.
Indians enjoy flying kites and they have
their own game called kabaddi which does not
require any equipment or much space.

90.00

825.00

17.462.46

Incone:

2,000.00

Photos

4 ,500.00

Clinton

Mrs. W.L.

73.00
256.50

150.00

Canton

Leona Elythe

600.00

200.00

Gifts

Kalisiya Sahayak Sanstha

100.00

Wallingford

Clinton Mission House

Misc.

Misc. Office Expense

60.00

Horse Cave

Omer

750.00

Ashram

Telephone

50.00

First Church of Christ

NY

PA

Flora

Burlington

Ralph B. Clary,

MO

100.00

Robert Walker

Dr.

MI

Arvada

Sat Tal

So ends this final

installment of the book

Thank God for mv India by Ralph Barter. Just as

India itself has changed, so has the work of the

Clinton Church there in Kanpur.

We have added

Amarjeet Singh to the staff of the mission and

he has begun to carry the gospel to not only

Kanpur but the surrounding villages as well. We
intend that the message be preached for the rest
of this century and beyond until the Lord comes
again.
You can be a part of this work as well,

ask that you pray for the work in India and

consider adding us to your list of gifts.
HARTER THROBS

INDIA MISSIONARY NEWS

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BOOK POST PHOTOCOPY UP-DATE

12th of July,, 1996
Here we are already entered into the second half

1996.

I spent most of the month of May with Mr. and Mrs. Bnason Uriah

in the beautiful green lush state of Meghalaya, and I was very im

pressed with the work that Bnason and Marguerite are doing at Jowai

Jowai was a very comfortable place to spend the hot month of May.. '
j

Now several of us are planning to attend the annual national con

vention of our churches. Last year it was held in Kanpur while this
year it will be held in the southern city of Cochin, a two-day train

X-

ride from Kanpur. The convention begins August 29th.

/-

The church at Kulpahar is planning a big celebration for the

Golden Jubilee in India of Leah lioshier.

My own fifty years in

will end on August 3rd, 1997, after which I olan to return

to Ohio.

My name is somewhere on the waiting list'at the Canton

Christian Home.

Simdays still find me preaching somewhere or other.

Up in

M^alaya I p^ched 25 different sermons in 25 days. Last year

The Prophets

was the theme of my sermons while this year. I am

preaching on "The New Testament Church.."

/

Some of you may remember that ten years ago we had a faithful

houseboy" by the name of Salim. (Salims wife also worked for us.)

pieir grandson, Anwar, recently died of injuries received in a

drink-related accident. The wife of one of our students also died
in an accident. Anwar^ a we.lder-, v.-as oftcn-^rr^loyed at-ow house.. -we have one student,. Victor Khoji,. in Bible College this year,

^e other student, Bhasker Verma, has been asked by the colleae to

do practical work during 1996-97.

India is-adjusting itself to its new prime minister, Dev Gowda

He sterns to be doing fine although he set off a new spiral of inflation by raising gasoline prices.

Be^el Getter has been invited to hold a three-day seminar here

September 12th. We are awaiting his response.

At one place in Meghalaya, the elders requested that my puppet not

prog^m due to rumors., that I practiced magic:^

getting pretty good at. it.

I must be

^^Ip from Kanpur to Gaxihati, the train, "The Bramaputra Mail"

reaching Kanpur (from Delhi) and nine hours late

^a^ing Gat^ati. Bnason drove straight to Jowai reaching there at

reached on time.
who rode the train every day said thatExpress"
it was the
first time in

three years that that train had been on time.

^ply comes
and goes^.
is a big help
but, like our neighbors,
we don't
alwaysOur:
use generator
it..

few^ minor con^laints, my health is very good. I have

never been able to lose any weight.

Mx^ Kenneth Dovnss

X3876 Bluffton, N.W.

Canal Pnlton, OU# 44614^

(U.SJV,);

J5mu2a-JjL_Chrls t
RALPH HARTER