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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 11, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 37.

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Garhwal (India) Industrial School

By Charles C. Belgrave

We arrived in Calcutta January 9, after spending over two months on the sea, from the time we left our home in British Guiana. We arrived in Lucknow the fourteenth, and left the same evening for Najibabad, where we stayed about two months.
It was then decided that we should take charge of the industrial school at Garhwal. Accordingly, we arrived here February 25. The location of the school is a good one. There are mountains all around, and two hundred miles away the snow-capped peaks of the grand and lofty Himalayas may be seen on a clear day.
The Garhwal school is composed of fourteen high-caste Hindu boys, Brahmans, and Rajputs. They are bright and well-behaved. Their zeal in acquiring knowledge is inspiring, and they show an encouraging interest in Bible studies. It is gratifying to hear these heathen boys repeat texts of Scripture in the English language, and then translate them into their own with such ease as to make the heart glad.
Some of the boys are interested in Christianity, and have expressed the desire to become Christians. For a Hindu to become a Christian is a great undertaking. It means that he must be ostracised from home and friends, and not even a drink of water would be given him should he desire to quench his thirst. Thus it devolves on those whose religion he has accepted to teach him not to become a parasite, but to earn his bread by learning how to use his hands in manual labor, as well as to use his brain in acquiring knowledge. This, then, is the great problem our school must solve, and we trust by the grace of God we shall be able to solve it.
KOREAN PONY USED BY BROTHER AND SISTER SMITH IN THEIR MISSION WORK
KOREAN PONY USED BY BROTHER AND SISTER SMITH IN THEIR MISSION WORK
Undoubtedly it seems an excellent thing to have such a school in such a place. There are many villages scattered round about, some far, some near. The inhabitants are sitting in darkness and there are many who have not even heard the name of Christ. We are convinced that it is the purpose of God that light should shine forth from this place, and that the glory of God should be seen throughout the length and breadth of hilly Garhwal.
We trust, by the grace of God, that sometime in the near future it will be our pleasure to witness some of these boys going forth to spread the truth of the last great message among the people of these hills.
CHARLES C. BELGRAVE.