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NFWS OF RAIPH HARTFR ON

FIJRI nHfiH FRflM KANPIIR. IWniA

Box 393> Clinton, Ohio, 9'i216; Telephone

Forwarding Agent:

Florence Douglas,

?982

l-216-882-'l^t0i

1111 No. Main St.. Joplin, Mo.

6A8OI

APRIL, 1982
RETURN TO

INDIA

IN SIGHT

Although a definite date has not yet been set, I am hoping to return to India early
in August, shortly after the North American Christian Convention in Kansas City. In
the meantime, I will be visiting Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. Of sum
mer camps, I am presently scheduled to participate at Lake James School of Missions,
Camp Wapakoneta and Round Lake Christian Assembly.
As I write this, I am at home in Clinton, Ohio, for a two-week "Easter Break." Dur
ing the past three months, I have been romping through Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkan
sas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri-r-Of BJbTe Ct5Heges, I ~\risi^ed tincaln Chris

tian College, Louisville Bible College, College of the Scriptures, Kentucky Christian
College, Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Colegio Biblico, Ozark Bible College and Central
Christian College of the Bible. Earlier I had visited Alberta Bible College, Great
Lakes Bible College and Roanoke Bible College.
Coming up are visits to St. Louis
Bible College and Iowa Christian College.
Using a phrase of Roy Blackmore's, I touched a lot of bases. I visited a number of
friends whom I had not seen for a long, long time.
Dr. Norma Sneed Small of Chekotah, Okla., gave me a quick

"medical"

and found my

blood pressure was ok; no cholesterol, no infection, no anaemia, no sugar; and she
charged me no money. I am not, however, without feeling the effects of long smoky
bus trips, heavy suitcases, irregular habits, advancing years, increasing weight and
nervous tension. Despite the enjoyment of many luxuries, I find my hands trembling
and my ears ringing.

My little typewriter has endured the miles better than I have. Three articles have
been accepted by CHRISTIAN STANDARD,and another is under-.consideration by RESTORATION
HERALD.

The folk in Kanpur are carrying on very nicely during my absence. The boys in the
home are all reported well and happy. One of the employees, 70 year old Salim, has
been in the hospital with a heart ailment. The Kanpur church has had to go to
court to force registration of the land which they purchased some years ago. The
owner of the house in" which I live has aTsO been causing
in an attempt to increase the rent by 50^.

My parents, aunts and uncles have

sister and her families,

been gone for

some trouble to the^taff"

some time now.

and various types of cousins

Left to me are my

and their families.

They are

all interesting people and I am the only one who can travel around the country and
keep a tab on them. It has occured to me that parents should do more to see the
cousins know each other better.

My maternal grandmother required all of her children

to correspond with a

cousin.

different

cousin in Nebraska until

interesting detail about my

ning out

As a result, my

the cousin dies.

of male family name

relations is that

bearers.

mother corresponded with a

She never met the cousin

but I did.

One

all of my great-grandparents are run

For example, 1 am the last

descendant of my

great-grandfather Harter to bear the name Harter.

Free copies of my booklets are still available by writing
Mrs. Florence Atha,300 E.Comet Rd., Clinton, Ohio AA216
The booklets which are available are:

Lessons from the School of Faith (biographical)

The Truth about Nicodemus
What Kind of a Person Should

I Be

Some Things That are Definitely Bad

Same Story New Twist
ABCs of the Christian Faith

One other book. The Anatomy and Diseases of the Spiritual Eye, is being reprinted
in Madras, India, and will be available in the U.S. in about six months time.
Among the new and interesting sights which I have seen during the past three
months has been the city of Houston, the Alamo and the canals of San Antonio, and
the Dallas-Ft. Worth airports. At several of the libraries, like Lubbock, Texas, I
was delighted to find the New Delhi newspaper, TIMES OF INDIA. I also enjoyed the
Billy Graham Museum in Wheaton, Illinois.

Miss Douglas has begun

in the last newsletter.

her 29th year as our

forwarding agent, not 28th as I said

Florence does not make many mistakes,

and we know you will

forgive her when she does. Continual appreciation is also due to Mabel Jeffries,
Norman Maynard, Florence Atha, Almonta Markwood, the elders, Mary and Charles Knopf,
and everyone else at Clinton who do so much for this missionary enterprise.
P.S. - Apr.13th - Praise The Lord - I just passed my driver's test.
Ott for the use of her car and advice.

Thanks to Lucy

We are very thankful to you and to the

Lord for the very loving and generous con
tributions sent through Jan.,1Feb.,Mar.'82.
Contributions received after

Oak Grove Church

Pa.

$ 75.00

Hooverson Heights

W.Va.

118.16

All God's Children

and Junior Girls

Mar.26 wi11

be listed in the next report.

Mich.

HOME CHURCH AND AREA

Clinton Church

OTHER EASTERN STATES

111.
Flora Christian Church

29.00
15.00
24.00

The Edward Rondas

Gail en Perry

Orrville Loyal Bereans

Mrs. Walter Handwerk

Mrs. Madgalene Bowen

Mr. Mrs.Harold Drollinger
The Walter Swigarts

$865.00

Tenn.

Embreeville Church

150.00
290.00

100.00

N.Car.

Capital City Church

425.59

300.00
72.00

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Okla.
East Tulsa Church
Tex.
Arlington Church

Mrs. Robert Meade

Mr. Mrs. P.M. Hawkins

Rittman Church of Christ

Perry Christian Church
OTHER OHIO DONORS
Marion Church of Christ

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

Linden Church
Linden Homebuilders

Bladensburg Church
Old Stone Missionary
Sebring Church
Dorothy Schmale

10.00
20.00

Eagle Pass Iglesia

75.00

Ma this Church

10.00

28.00
60.00
300.00
75.00
175.00
140.00
20.00

40.00
15.00
60.00
75.00
60.00

The L.Nathan Blacks

Cincinnati Bible College

Mrs. Pat Mack
Branch Hill Church
NEIGHBORING STATES

Ind.

Portland Singles S DoublesBO.OO

A5.00

Stanley Vincent
Garrett Church

100.00

Burlington Church

300.00
130.00

Kenneth Eade

Osgood Church Circle

Fr3TTk~R^^?

100.00
iDO.-ocr

50.00
50.00

Kokomo Church of Christ

Worthington Christian
Bright Church
Traders Point Church
New Ross Church
East Union Church

100.00

ko.oo
15.00

Dr.

Horse Cave Church

D.F.

Paul

120.00

Neeper Church

55.15
68.00
40.00

Kan.

Mr.

Wash.

Wapato Church

Mrs.

Melvin Hanks

85.00

Miss Nel1ie Copley

20.00

Calif.

Mrs. Mildred Raynor

25.00

Iowa

Mrs.Loretta Huntington

Jerilee S.

Nickerson

200.00

150.00

$6969.90

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

EXPENDED FROM 1-1-82 to 4-10-82

Salary, three months

Mission work in Kanpur
Kanpur Church Bldg. Fund
Bibles S Books sent India
Travel within U.S.
Postage Telephone

$ 600.00
4150.00
3000.00
167.40
536.44
62.08

Victor Wal er (Kanpur)

150.00

B1ind Ministry

45.00

Advance on ticket to India

800.00
$9510.92-

TOTAL EXPENDED
WRAP UP

Balance on hand 1-1-82

Total

$2541.34
6969.90

Contributed

Bank charge mistakenly reported

100.00
50.00

in October newsletter

100.00

BALANCE 4-10-82

TOTAL RECEIPTS

38.00
$9549.24

Less Expended

9510.92

38.32

75.00
100.00

Please continue to send all contributions

through our forwarding agent:

Miss Florence Douglas

Dr. Thomas Omer

25.00

Mr. and Mrs.Ralph Clary

^5.00

Mt. Carmel Church

50.00

1111

Mt. Zion Church

58.00

Joplin, Mo.

Grange City Church

25.00
50.00
60.00
25.00

Liberty Sunday School

Annie C. McKinney
Kentucky Christian College
Union Christian Church

63.00

Mrs. Bhardwaj Paul

30.00
330.00

No. Ma i n St.

64801

284.00

Contribution from Jerilee S. Nickerson was given in memory of her father, Don E.Nickerson,

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

NON PROFIT ORG

2545 W. COMET RD.

CLINTON, OHIO 44216

U.S.

POSTAGE
PAID

CLINTON,
Permit
"Harter Throbs'

&IORIZOMS

P.O. Uoi-z 2427

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JUL 1 9 1982
NEWS OP RALPH HARTER ON FURLOUGH FROM KANPUR, INDIA
Box 393, Clinton, Ohio

Forv/arding Agent:

44216;

Telephone 1-216-882-4401

Florence Douglas,
JUNE
LEAVING FOR

The Lord willing in all

1111 N. Main St., Joplin, Mo.64801

1982

INDIA AUGUST

things, I will be

flying

lOTH

out

of

Philadelphia

for India on

August 10th. On the way, I will visit some former Kanpur residents who are now living in
London. Following that, I will spend the weekend with Mary Esther Boonearts, daughter of
V/illiam and Jean Roland. Mary Esther and her husband Henki serve the Lord in Belgium.
I am scheduled to reach India
all

on August 18th.

My air

tickets and my visa for India are

irriiand.

And how do I look back on my past year in the U.S.? No doubt there are some mixed emo
tions, as there always are, but I do believe that it was all in the will of the Lordand

I am satisfied with that.

In answer

to the prayers of

many both in India and the U.S.,

God has granted me safe journeys and good health.

I must admit to some dissatisfaction
with preachers and churches who did not answer my letters, and with churches who were

afraid to invite me for fear that it would burden their budget. Then there was the losing
battle v/ith calories and the V'^/aist 1 ine.

Since May 2Ath, I have been driving hundreds of miles

around northeast Ohio.

A lovely

'77 Dodge Aspen has been lent to me by Forrest Fuller, a member of the Clinton Church.
During the past several months I have enjoyed some new experiences such as the Dunes of
Lake Michigan, the Tulip Festival at Holland, Michigan, the V/orld's Fair at Knoxville,
Chicago's "Magnificent Mile," and the grave of "Praying Hyde of India" at Carthage, Mo.
For the second time I enjoyed the flowering crab trees of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Just in
case you wondered, pleasure excursions are not financed from mission fund.

I may get to see some of you at the North American Christian Convention in Kansas City.
I will not have a booth and so you will just have to catch me on the run. After that, I
will return to Clinton for my final Sunday with the home church on August 1st. On
August 8th, I will speak in Harrisburg, Pa., and on the 9th I will visit with Dr. and Mrs
Victor Rambo in Phily. I wish it v/ere possible to call all of you up on the telephone to
say goodbye.

The news from India is mostly good. The blind boy, Deenanath, is just finished with
his college exams and it v.'i 11 be some time before his grades are known; but there is no
doubt in my mind but that he will pass and get his B.A. degree. Usevius, Sanjai and
Sushi 1 have all passed. There is a continuing problem with the owner of our house which
is awaiting my return to India.
Two articles of mine were published in the May 23rd and June 6th issues of Christian
Standard. Extra copies of these articles, as well as copies of my books, are available
free from Mrs. Florence Atha, 300 E. Comet Rd. , Clinton, Ohio ^i^2l6.
Florence Atha is a
Clinton Church
and is not to be
confused with our forwarding agent
Florence Douglas in Joplin, Mo. The second edition of 'Anatomy and Diseases of the
Spiritual Eye" has been reprinted in Madras, India, and free copies will soon be available with Florence Atha. Send your order now!
It does not make any difference to us but for the purpose of your income tax, checks
for our work in India had best be made out to "Clinton, Ohio First Church of Christ.
For India Mission Work, may be noted in the bottom left-hand corner. We cash checks
made out to "Ralph Harter" but we would not recommend that you show your cancelled check
to the IRS. These checks payable to the Clinton Church should still be sent through
Florence Douglas in Joplin, Mo. The Joplin bank account is the property of the Clinton
Church. The Joplin bank account may eventually be moved to Clinton but we would like
for Miss Douglas to continue as our forwarding agent for as long as God gives her the
strength to do the work.
One more happy memory! My sister Phyllis and
I went down to Pittsburgh, Pa. to see
our childhood home in Dormont. We were happy to see that the house is in better shape
than it was when we left it 50 years ago. The neighborhood is still a good neighborhood
although the very same houses are still
there after half a century with nary a new
structure in sight. We enjoyed riding the trolley as we did when v/e were kids.
volunteer from the

PLEASE NOTIFY US
OF

' changes^A
of .
address

Although I did not como to the U.S.

in order to raise funds, contr i but Ions

Kans.

Nortonville Church

have been at an all-time high . Thanks

to each and everyone of you for your
fellovjship In this spirit ua 1 enter

Tex.

Mr.
Dr.

prise. The Contributions

list- ed be 1 ov/

were for April and Hay, 1982, and receipted by Hiss Douglas up to May 25 th

Wash.

when she left on vacation.

Mo.

50.00

Mrs.Melvin Hanks ^0.00

Donald F.Peel
^0.00

Mrs. Aden McTeer

50.00
Randolph Christian Ch. 35-00
Houston Second Chrlsian56.60
v/apato Christian Ch.
70.00
Hellie Copley
LO.OO

C.C.C.B., Moberly
50.00
Liberty Church SClassesSl.00
Bill

HOME CHURCH AMD AREA

Kribbs

20.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

^276.66

Church

$500.00

Mrs. Madgalene Bowen

Robert Meade

60.00
5.00

Orrville Loyal Bereans

10.00

Salary, tv/o months

$^i00.00

10.00

Mission work in Kanpur

UiOO.OO

C1 inton Fi rst
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.

Warren Steiner
Walter Handwork

130.00
73.00

EX'pITdeD" FROM L-lO-"fT2 to 6-11}-82

More on travel to India

/}31.76
199-75
/tl.57

Smith

12.00

Bus Travel
Gas

Mrs. Paul Blythe

50.00

Kirkbride Bible Co. (255)

Mr. Walter Swigart

Mrs.

Lewis

OTHER OHIO DONORS

Mrs.

Don Nickerson

Richard Zimmerman

100.00

Mrs.

10.00

6o, no

Nathan Black

10.00

Mrs. Robert Byrns

Linden V^omen's Guild

Branch Hill

Church

Linden Church

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

Mrs.

Bob Mack

Orrvi11e Church
NEIGHBORING

Ind.

50.00
150.00
60.00
300.00
^lO.OO
Bo. 00
312.00

STATES

Nev; Ross

Church

100.00

Stanley Vincent

30-00

Pa.

Oak Grove Church

-- _ l-U.c_r-e.tJ_a _Nichol son
Ky.
East Union Bible Sch.
Mt. Carmel Church

50.00
20,0.0
58.08
25.00

wp-^Hp
Balance on hand ^-10-82
Contributions
Total Receipts
Less Expended

38.32
^276.66
't3lA.9S
2596.08

Balance 6-1^-82

1718.90

The payments to Kirkbride Bible Co.

are monthly payments of usually $71.20.

In order to avoid confusion, I am put
ting the check number in parenthesis.
Please continue to send your contri
butions to our forward agent
Miss Florence Douglas
1111

N.

Ma i n St.

Jopl in. Mo. , 6^j801

THE MANLY VIEW

OTHER EASTERN STATES

111.

51.80
$2596.08

100.00

Sebring Church
Miss Dorothy Schmale

Mr.

71.20

Postage Telephone
TOTAL EXPENDED

The now married 50 yrs.

Mr.

& Mrs.Glen Valbert 25.00

Mrs.

Robert Walker

20.00

The names of

ladies

are particularly

noticable in this financial report.

ment of the 19th and 20th centuries

M.C.

Capital City Church

depended on women.

Tenn.

Embreeville Church

WEST OF THE
Colo.

Iowa

2^3*83
90.00

Grace E.

Hardee

Hampton Church
Loretta Hunt i ngton
Pearl

E.

Bond

Mason City Church

Colette Cady

25.00
125-00
100.00
2^.00

163.00
1.25

ladles

has

It has recently oc-

cured to me that one reason for this

that the

MISSISSIPPI

It

does seem that much of the mission move

Flora Christian ChurchAlS-OO

LaHarpe Christian Ch.
50.00

is

take a more spiritual

view of missions while the men are stuck

on what appears to them to be intelli

gent and logical.
The manly attitude
is to think of missions as ignorance and
nonsense.
It still remains that our main
concern as missionaries
is to
do
the

will of our father in heaven.

Nothing

else matters.

NON-PROFIT ORD,

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

U.S.

25^5 WEST COMET RD.

CLINTON, OHIO AA216

POSTAGE

PAID

CLINTON,
OHIO
Permit 7
"HARTER THROBS"

Sharlott Ray

Mission Sarvlcas
5790^

2kt7

SEP 13 i3i

mRTER

TliRBBS

BOX 3, P.O. NAWABGANJ,

SEPTEMBER
GOD BROUGHT ME

KANPUR 208002, INDIA

1982
BACK AGAIN

Thanks be to our Father in heaven that It was well pleasing In His sight to bring me
back safely to India again. The Lufthansa DC-10 winging me from Frankfort touched down

in Delhi right on time, 5 a.m. on a very hot and muggy Wednesday August l8th. I spent
three days in New Delhi partly recovering from Jet lag, then came on jto Kanpur byjlxaln
on Saturday August 21st. My visits to England and Belgium went well and I preached In
Belgium on Sunday morning August 15th.
All in all, I believe that my American Sabbatical proceeded in the will of the Lord.
My purpose was to give and not to take, and many people told me that they were spiritu
ally helped by my visit. In return, everyone gave generously. I did not seek that gene-

osity but the Lord had His purpose in it.

During the next two weeks we will be making

some very important decisions which may be expensive.

We are going to have to vacate at least half of the house in which we are living and
we may vacate it altogether. Different possibilities are being considered. This will
necessitate making some new arrangement for the book store. V/hatever is decided,I am
sure that the end result will be beautiful.

I thoroughly enjoyed the North American Christian Convention at Kansas City

although

I found out that it is no place to visit with your friends. Some of you were there and
I didn't see you at all. I rode the 800 miles to Kansas City with Norman and Norma
Maynard of the Clinton Church, and I returned to Ohio with Kevin Crago and the Bible
Bowl team of the Manchester Church.

Thanks.to Forrest Fuller of Forrest Motors, Akron, Ohio, I had the use of a good used
car for two months toward the end of my furlough. I was shaky at first but by the
second thousand miles I was catching on. I drove on the Ohio Turnpike and Interstates
of different numbers. Thanks again, Forrest, for the fun I had. If anyone is in the
market for a used car, I recommend our brother Forrest.

'The August 22nd issue of CHRISTIAN STANDARD contained my article, "Oh to be Truly Hun
gry."
Louise Rambo received her copy on the morning before I was to eat supper at her
house, so you can imagine that she read it hurriedly. The supper was delicious. Hope
fully to appear soon are "Up the Back Staircase," and Hindu is a Six Letter Word."
New experiences included visiting the birthplace and other museums of Milan, Ohio, and

the home of Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont, Ohio.

Downtown Philadelphia

most interesting and cheapest places in the world to shop.

Buffalo to Harrisburg was long but beautiful.
The rainy

season

is one of the

The twelve hour bus ride from

is in full swing here in north India and there are

floods

between

here and Kulpahar with roads inundated and scores of vehicles stuck in the mud.

At

same time there is a shortage of water

Kanpur

being

supplied

to us in the

city

of

the

through the pipes.

I am proud of our blind boy Deenanath who seems to be making progress both spiritually
and educationally. Sani Masih did fairly well in managing the household during my absence.
The performances of the other staff members were not particularly remarkable but they did
alright.

Hari the cook and Salim the caretaker have both been sick.

And now for the worse news. Twp of the younger boys have been indulging in some heavy
stealing. It doesn't hurt their conscience to steal from a blind man in order to gamble
and buy lottery tickets. A third boy has also not applied himself properly to his studies
which is unfortunately the way with most Indian Christian boys.
I have been appointed to write a short play for the centennary of D. E. Stanley Jones.
Other plans include having a commemorative postage stamp issued by the government of India,
and having a road in the mountains named after him.

Harter's Law Regarding Jetlag: The body cannot normally tolerate the traversing of more
than one time zone in one day. If you do, count on one day of Jetlag for each extra time
zone you cross.

From New York to New Delhi, you cross ten time zones and so it will

take

your body nine days to adapt to it. That means that if you come on a ten day tour of India,
you are Just beginning to adapt when it is time to go back again.
It is easy
to figure
these things out when you are only sleeping every third night.
Thanks again to all of you who made my furlough so happy and successful. Cousin Mary and
her husband Chuck who made their home my home; the Maynards and all the members of the
Clinton Church; the staff of the Clinton postoffice; all the Clinton townspeople who still
own me as one of their own; Mabel Jeffries for her secretarial help; Florence Douglas,
Florence Atha, Almonta Markwood and many others whose rewards await them in heaven.

Pray
O/ve

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR JUNE AND JULY. 1982

EXPENDED FROM 6-1A-82 to 8-2A-82

NORTHERN OHIO

Salary, two months

Mission work in Kanpur

Clinton First Church

Sherman Church & Mrs.Bowen

$510.00
125.00

Travel In U.S.A. ;

Sebring Church

122.00

Travel

Kenmore Church

75.00
50.00

Mr. & Mrs.Eugene Close

Ruth S Steve Handwerk
Mrs. Lewis Smith
Mrs. Warren Steiner

A31.00
10.00

The Walter Swigarts

AO. 00
5.00
A2.00

Rittman Church

20.00

Mrs.

Robert Meade

Perry Christian
Barberton Southwest
Barberton First Church

60.00
50.00
125.00

Orrvllle Loyal Bereans

10.00

Mrs. Linda Bower

Pat Simmons
Wadsworth Northside
Mr. Mrs. Wm. Wowra
OTHER OHIO DONORS:

15.00
30.00
50.00

Old Stone Missionary

AO. 00

10.00

Pat Mack

100.00

Miss Dorothy Schmale

AO.00
5.00
50.00
75.00
229.57
AO. 00
60.00

The L.

Nathan Blacks

Betty Deem
Linden Homebuilders

Round Lake Christian Assembly

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters
Branch Hill Church
OTHER EASTERN STATES
Ind.
Garrett Church

Bright Christian Church

Pate Memorial

Osgood Church Circle

The Stanley Vincents

Munster Southside
Mt. Carmel Church
Oak Grove Church

LaVerne Romesburg
Bryn Mawr Church
Capital City Church

N.C.

111.

Flora Church
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Mo.
Iowa

^5_00.00
30.00
15.00

Muppet
Tuning Instruments for blind man
Tape recorder

16.67
A9.OO

Film

25.00

of exchange rate between time we

give to Kanpur bank and its arrival
in U.S.A.)
IA.30
TOTAL
$2020.A9
WRAP
UP
Balance on hand 6-1A-82
Contributions

$1718.90

Refund from YWCA, New Delhi

TOTAL RECEIPTS

Less Expenditures
BALANCE

2020.A9
$A2A0.53

8-2A-82

Yes, It Is a large balance, seeing that

1 am just

fresh back

from 11 months

in

the good, old U.S.A. Don't worry. It will

all go quickly enough.
It Is not that
there is no place to spend it; but we
balance because that is often when we need
your prayers the most.
~

Our forwarding agent continues to be

Miss Florence Douglas
1111

No.

Joplin, Mo.

Ma i n St.

6A8OI

Both the YWCA

298.23
63.00

and

YMCA run hotels

in

occupancy is available to
I usually go to
the YW during hot months (for the air con-

Mew Delhi

all

and

as at other hotels,

ditlpning), and the YM in

20.00

Loretta Huntington

20.00

FIRST CHURCH

AA6A.12
53.00
25.00
6261.02

Refund on ticket to India

A single room

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

32.00

Bank Debit (possibly due to variation

89.55

Peel

127.38
16.53

Office supplies

Lola Orth

D.F.

157.91
I8A.6O

10.00

62.00

Wapato Christian Church

-

three bulk bags of books

10.00

Liberty Classes

Dr.

52.05

Bibles for India 256,258,I3A

Printing of receipts

25.00
150.00

Neeper Church

dutreach Mission
V/ash.

IA5.O5

India

Postage including 6 parcels and

259.85

includes

lowp Christian College

Texas

800.00

must spend it wisely and in the Lord's

will. Pray for us even when we have a fat

Fund

(May be used for a new

cef r igerator)

Penn.

186.00
190.92

in

$ AOO.OO

One trouble with the

no

100.00
TOO.00

the

cold

months,

is now $13 per night which

breakfast.
Meals cost $3 each.

elevator and

YW is that

there is

I am tuckered out when I

get to the fifth floor. The $25 refund was

given because they did not cash the check

65.00

which I sent In advance.

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OF CHRIST

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OCCASIONAL LETTEJ^ OF RALPH R, HARTER

^
BIBLE BHAl/AN, BOX 3, P. 0. NAWABGANJ, KANPUR, U.P. 2Q&~002^ WVIA
NOVEMBER, 1982
SOME MISADVENTURES

On October 13th, I was up in the liills delivering a mimeograph machine

to the Sat Tal Christian Ashram when at 7:15 p.m.,while 1 was in another
building correcting a proof,a thief broke into my room and stole much of
f/what I had v^ith me on the trip. The l.oss was sufferable but the thief

11 took my Registration papers and

II matter to the police.

for that

The burglar

also

reason I had

took our

to report the

financial report for

f l^September and some addressed postcards by which it is possible that some

^ of you could be contacted by

unsocial

any suspicious correspondence

about

elements.

from India, I

If any of you receive

would

appreciate

hearing

it.

^On August 29thwhen I was

coming home

got_ knocked down by a water buffalo.

from church on n3y_^cooter, I

I happily escaped any serious in-

(i-" jury but a few small souvenirs of the encounter still remain.
Our cook, Hari, has been on "Sick

Leave" for more than two months,and

Salim, the custodian, is suffering from a chronic heart condition that

limits his activity. His moods also sometimes present problems to us.
At the moment he is in a good mood but vje are watching our step. Salim
has been a very honest, faithful and hard working man.

y/ Sani Masih vjho stays

^early in October.

here

lost his

^ sometimes as cook and sometimes as

^
/

father,

Mangi, Masih of Ragaul ,

Mangi worked for Mrs^ Rothermal in the olden days,

gardner.

He liked to joke and was

always good for laughs. Our house owner lost his younger brother who
was a very good friend of mine.
Four days before he died vje enjoyed a
Ij hour visit with each other. The great-grandmother (Hindu) living
next door to us died after a long Illness.
// Among
Among my
my things stolen was my electric shaver.
For several years I
have
have been
been thinking
thinking of
of .grpwing
arpwinq a beard and now I am pursuing It, scratch,

scratch. Thirty years ago 1 had a beard that looked pretty good.
y / I am aiming to vagate the back half of our house by Dec. 31.st at the

y^latest, and then I wl11 see about the front of the house.

I am selling

// some of our less used possess ions,and I want to merge our bookstore with
/
one downtown; but the downtown store also has its problems and is not in

/ [ an immediate position to absorb us. After the merger, I want to continue

\

wi th a Bible Study Centre v;herever 1 happen to reside.

For the time being, 1 get the impression that the Lord wants

jjstay in Jianpur and not move anywhere else.

; to Hamirpur from whence I

came In 1952, but

/ are engaged in a court case with

/ move to the Sat Tal Ashram but

this time.

I may decide

I had an
the

church

viay

members there

the pastor. Several have urged me to

I don't see much challenge there at

to spend more time there

keep trying to find an easy

me to

idea of returning

to travel

during the summer.I

from here to

there

but it

eludes me.

During September,

ferent printers.

I wrote.-J:hr.ee, pamphlets

The printers do^h't knov/ it

and

but

sent them to three dif

they are in a contest.

I have been correcting proofs for tv/o of the pamphlets but the third
has not been heard from.
It. could be that much of my future ministry

will be in the publication of_pamphle,ts in English and Hindi.

Now for the boys^: ""i When I last wrote, 1 was under the impression that
Usevius (Kuku) was in school across the state. As it was, he had been
given new clothes and the money for his train ticket but he never left
town. He has a small job downtown given to him by our next door neigh
bor, and he Is living with his sister; so that turned out about as good
as could be expected for a kid who v;as so far behind in school.
He and
his mother still come to church, and he often visits here at the house.

His mother seems to have given up some of her beggarly habits. Sani,
and the rest of us, have had some problems v/ith his boy Sanjai who has
V a weakness for stealing and lying. We like to think that v;e are mak-

'^ing some progress with him.

sometimes

seen In

Kanpur

Sanjai's mother lives in Bareilly but

with her

paramour.

is

Divorce proceedings are

in progress.

peenanath, the blind boy, received his B.A.degree with top marks, and
he fi" now working on his M.A. degree. The other boy living here, Sushil
Lewis, has a good character and a sv^eet and helpful temperment; but he
is not very smart at books.
We are thinking that next year we may send
him for a training course in automotive mechanics.

The list of contributors for September

has been stolen.

EXPENDED FROM 8-25-82 to 10-19-82

1 have written to Miss

Douglas for a duplicate copy which we

hope to give you in our next newsletter.
The amount

contributed

is

known and

is

shown in the summary in column two.

Mrs.

30.00
300.00

Warren Steiner

10.00

The Walter Swigarts

Sebring Church

2^t.00
5.00

Christ," by P.P. Titus.(Subsidy

to be repaid with free copies)500.00
Cook's salary for one year when he

was cooking for boys only.

OTHER OHIO DONORS

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

includes postage)

ind.

Portland Singles Dbls,

The Swayzes
Hazel Shel1enberger

100.00

N.Car.

Capital City Church

96.80

Pa.

Oak Grove Church

25.00

Capital Area Church

Balance on hand 8-24-32

10.00

Osgood Mission Circle

Refund on a Bible (Check No.134) 42.20

25.00

LaVerne Romesburg

20.00

$17^7.06

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

Another very generous contribution gave

us more sorrow than joy because it sig

THls v-jas a

historical

church~which

the lower

to travel by

India Mission work" In

left-hand

corner.

Send

these

through our forwarding agent.

Miss Florence Douglas
1111 N, Main St..Joplin,Mo.64801
Some of you may have seen Florence at

A new item in our list of expenditures,

/ /the

"Kanpur Work through Kulpahar," ushers in

a new era of cooperation with the Kulpahar
Mission. The purpose of this is to gradu
ally decrease the liabilities of the Kan
pur committee shown as the Kalisiya Sahayak Sanstha. We may even be able to dis

completely by Dec.

5539.49
$1465.99

Christ," with "For

boat. The $^18^ which they have sent us

has been handed over to the building fund
of the Swarupnagar (Kanpur) Church.

mantle the K.S.S.

Less Expenditures
BALANCE 10-19-82

We suggest that you make your checks

payable to "Clinton, Ohio First Church of

ave much help to missionaries In the old

days when missionaries used

$7005.48

- when colder .weathercomes..

nalled the .4&?^se of an old friend, the

Central Christian Church of East Orange,
N.J.

TOTAL RECEIPTS

In our last nev^sletter we suggested that

we might use the $500 from the Pate Memor
ial Fund for a nev7 refrigerator. That pro
ved to be unnecessary and we have used the
money instead to repair the bookstore
downtown. I will have the old frig painted

10.00

Lucretia Nicholson

$4240.53

August contributions (listed) 1747.06

Sept. contributions (unlisted) 975.69

76.26

jPauline Fraser

$5539.49

SUMMARY

25.00
25.00
15.00
30.00

Jon Buckles

31.58
24.21

TOTAL EXPENDED

50.00

Stanley Vincent

256.00

Artwork for one pamphlet

Help to poor

OTHER STATES

Flora Church

23.30

Calendars for 1983 ($1 each which

20,00

111.

362.00

Cook's medicine

75.00
300.00
250.00

Wakatomlka Christian Camp

250.00

142.00
500.00
Subsidy for publication of a very
powerful book, "Fulfilment of the
Vedic Quest in the Lord Jesus

$225.00

Linden Homebuilders
Linden Church

2000.00
1000.00

Kirkbride Bible Co.

Repairs to downtown bookstore

NORTHERN OHIO
Clinton First Church

$^50.00

Kanpur work through Kalisiya

Sahayak SajiBtha
Kanpur work'through Kulpahar

Church Building Fund (from

Camp Wakatomika)

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AUGUST,1982

Mary-Martha Class,Perry
East Sparta Christian Church

Salary, two months

National

Missionary

^bexlngton, Ky.
Please pray for

Aden McTeer (Ruth)

our

in

friend Mrs.

Wichita,

undergoing those

treatments

which are proving more and more

successful .

She and Aden live in a beautiand

need beautiful health
to

ful place
enjoy it.

that is, my sixtieth birthday.

dear

formerly of

now of Ft. Worth, who is

'81^,

Convention

NON-PROFIT ORG,

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

U.S.

2545 W. COMET RD.

POSTAGE

PAID

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