WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.909 --> 00:00:08.161 When God wanted an ark built he raised up Noah, when God wanted his people led out of 00:00:08.161 --> 00:00:16.320 Egypt he raised up Moses, when God wanted a king after his own heart to rule in Palestine 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:23.510 he raised up David, when God wanted the gospel preached to the gentiles he raised up Paul 00:00:23.510 --> 00:00:31.109 the apostle, when God wanted to show how he could take a common man with no formal training 00:00:31.109 --> 00:00:36.960 and use him for his glory he raised up Peter. 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:43.890 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer being the ninth 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:50.390 hour and a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried whom they laid daily at the 00:00:50.390 --> 00:00:51.499 gate of the temple. 00:00:51.499 --> 00:00:57.640 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked arms and Peter fastening 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:05.540 his eyes upon him with John said look on us and he gave heed unto them expecting to receive 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:07.910 something of them. 00:01:07.910 --> 00:01:15.870 Then Peter said, silver and gold have I none but such as I have give I be in the name of 00:01:15.870 --> 00:01:21.870 Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk, and he took him by the right hand and lifted 00:01:21.870 --> 00:01:28.360 him up and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength and he leaping up 00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:33.860 stood and walked and entered with them into the temple walking and leaping and praising 00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:36.760 God. 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:41.930 Just as God used Peter as a channel to proclaim Jesus Christ and pour out a blessing upon 00:01:41.930 --> 00:01:43.020 this beggar. 00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:52.020 As he used Noah, Moses, David, and Paul the apostle, he is still raising up his faithful 00:01:52.020 --> 00:01:57.660 disciples today who are willing to give to him such as they have, whether it be small 00:01:57.660 --> 00:02:00.030 or great. 00:02:00.030 --> 00:02:06.180 The story you are about to see concerns itself with a distant land, a needy people, and Jesus 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:10.931 20th century disciples. 00:02:10.931 --> 00:02:22.410 [Musical Interlude] 00:02:22.410 --> 00:02:29.890 East Pakistan, a land of 45 million people, a land not only of great need but of remarkable 00:02:29.890 --> 00:02:30.910 opportunity. 00:02:30.910 --> 00:02:38.040 A land of mystery and enchantment, a land of wild elephants, tigers, panthers, and leopards 00:02:38.040 --> 00:02:42.200 that stalk the tangled jungles. 00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:49.720 A land where only the strong or intelligent survive and the weak are jealously guarded. 00:02:49.720 --> 00:02:54.600 A land for the mighty goliath of the jungle falls prey to man's superior intelligence 00:02:54.600 --> 00:03:00.860 and becomes submissive to his will. 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:14.294 [Animal Sounds] 00:03:15.295 --> 00:03:24.560 The land of the cobra and the snake charmer with his mystical oriental music. 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:34.920 [Musical Interlude] 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:41.830 When the show is over he will pass his basket for baksheesh. 00:03:41.830 --> 00:03:48.340 A land of many strange rituals and superstitions, enormous ugly turtles in a stagnant pool are 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:53.650 fed raw meat by women who believe these creatures to be their loved ones in the last stage of 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:56.380 reincarnation. 00:03:56.380 --> 00:04:04.100 If you wish to be really clean you must wash here. 00:04:04.100 --> 00:04:08.990 Clusters of villages dot the miles of jungle rivers and alluvial plains. 00:04:08.990 --> 00:04:13.560 About the only means of transportation from one village to another is the river and what 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:19.650 has been referred to as a Toonerville trolley a ride on this train is an experience not 00:04:19.650 --> 00:04:27.530 easily forgotten. 00:04:27.530 --> 00:04:32.560 Bamboo on its way to market chokes the narrow streams, their houses are made of it, they 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:37.770 eat the green chutes, they make blow guns for hunting, they use it to make chairs, mats, 00:04:37.770 --> 00:04:44.270 and fences, they smoke bamboo pipes, and travel on bamboo rafts, without it they could not 00:04:44.270 --> 00:04:50.440 exist. 00:04:50.440 --> 00:05:01.650 This may seem like irrigating with a teaspoon but to these industrious resourceful people 00:05:01.650 --> 00:05:09.960 who depend mainly on agriculture for their living it is a matter of life and death. 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:17.110 During the monsoon season these gentle streams become raging torrents with unharnessed forces 00:05:17.110 --> 00:05:20.870 that destroy everything before. 00:05:20.870 --> 00:05:28.730 A great spiritual darkness has engulfed this ancient land for centuries and the multitudes 00:05:28.730 --> 00:05:35.240 of people who have lived and died here have done so in the deepest sin and superstition. 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:40.110 It's wonderful to fill hungry stomachs but it's much more wonderful to satisfy the longing 00:05:40.110 --> 00:05:48.680 in a thirsty soul for that eternal life-giving water. 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:53.530 Off the coast of east Pakistan in the bay of Bengal, lie many islands with a population 00:05:53.530 --> 00:05:56.040 estimated at close to half a million people. 00:05:56.040 --> 00:06:03.980 A fierce but friendly people who have received no witness of Jesus Christ. 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:11.900 [Musical Interlude] 00:06:11.900 --> 00:06:17.350 Today the sons of Ishmael number nearly 430 million souls or more than one-seventh of 00:06:17.350 --> 00:06:18.620 the human race. 00:06:18.620 --> 00:06:24.460 As dear and precious as is the name of Jesus to you and me is the name of Muhammad to the 00:06:24.460 --> 00:06:25.650 Muslims. 00:06:25.650 --> 00:06:31.419 In whose ear the bitterest blasphemy a Christian can utter is that Jesus the son of God died 00:06:31.419 --> 00:06:34.800 for our sins. 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.000 Death is always near here where most of the people who experience physical death are also 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.850 dead spiritually. 00:06:42.850 --> 00:06:49.900 Kali, goddess of death and destruction, as in so many religions around the world idol 00:06:49.900 --> 00:06:51.710 worship is practiced. 00:06:51.710 --> 00:06:56.590 Pictures and statues sanctified by the priests may be purchased and taken home to receive 00:06:56.590 --> 00:06:58.790 a blessing. 00:06:58.790 --> 00:07:06.270 The holy men sit nearby and meditate or move among the crowds clapping their begging bowls 00:07:06.270 --> 00:07:09.729 to attract attention to their arms getting. 00:07:09.729 --> 00:07:17.800 Surely only Jesus can break the chains that bind them so securely in superstition and 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.889 sin. 00:07:20.889 --> 00:07:26.130 These unfortunates called the sweeper class, kneed together straw and cow dung to make 00:07:26.130 --> 00:07:29.630 an inefficient fuel called honey cakes. 00:07:29.630 --> 00:07:39.770 Just barely accepted as human beings how the hearts of these people must cry out for cleansing. 00:07:39.770 --> 00:07:45.700 Tucked away deep in the jungles of Pakistan are more than 58,000 villages, home for a 00:07:45.700 --> 00:07:51.920 vast number of men, women, and children who have never heard of God's love for them. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:56.979 Their broken hearts call to us from across the plains and oceans, does no man care for 00:07:56.979 --> 00:07:58.169 our soul? 00:07:58.169 --> 00:08:06.080 Doesn't God care what happens to us? 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:10.680 The answer to this question is found in a little cemetery in east Pakistan in a tree 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.960 shaded corner where lie two graves. 00:08:13.960 --> 00:08:19.040 Reverend Paul Miller, age 42, missionary and linguist, laborer for Christ, gave all he 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:20.990 had. 00:08:20.990 --> 00:08:26.410 Winifred Mary Barnyard, 14, daughter of missionaries and child of the king, died because proper 00:08:26.410 --> 00:08:31.800 medical care was not available. 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:38.860 But she didn't die in vain from her death a pioneer work of medical evangelism was born 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:46.880 because these two spent their lives a miracle took place. 00:08:46.880 --> 00:08:51.720 Because of Winifred Mary, Dr. Vic Olsen, a Christian doctor has taken up full-time residency 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:58.699 in east Pakistan and dedicated his talents to God and the cause of Christ. 00:08:58.699 --> 00:09:04.149 But all too often he was called in too late, too late to bring physical healing, too late 00:09:04.149 --> 00:09:10.990 to present Jesus Christ as savior and bind up the wounds in their souls. 00:09:10.990 --> 00:09:16.059 The prayer of this doctor's heart was that a hospital might be erected here so that more 00:09:16.059 --> 00:09:20.940 people might receive healing for their bodies and for their souls from the great physician 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:23.519 Jesus Christ. 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:29.990 God heard that prayer in the little town of La Habra in the state of California he had 00:09:29.990 --> 00:09:35.209 already raised up a Christian building contractor to accomplish this purpose. 00:09:35.209 --> 00:09:39.220 God had trained and given him experience in every phase of construction connected with 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:47.200 the proposed hospital, how marvelous and mysterious are God's ways, he knows all things from the beginning. 00:09:47.887 --> 00:10:04.329 [Musical Interlude] 00:10:04.329 --> 00:10:08.220 Even the primitive building methods used here were known to Paul Goodman who had spent two 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:12.819 years as a pilot in World War II stationed near the very spot where the hospital was 00:10:12.819 --> 00:10:13.829 to be erected. 00:10:13.829 --> 00:10:18.119 He was familiar with the country and even knew a little of the language. 00:10:18.119 --> 00:10:22.819 Surely God had raised him up and trained him for just such an hour as this. 00:10:22.819 --> 00:10:27.350 As Paul puts it when I was first told the qualifications needed for this missionary 00:10:27.350 --> 00:10:33.850 task I felt that god was pointing his finger at me and saying, I want to use a man by the 00:10:33.850 --> 00:10:40.360 name of Paul Goodman, how could I say no? 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:44.879 Building materials and methods in east Pakistan are rather primitive compared to our standards. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:53.240 Dirt and mud are collected, transported by hand, then watered down and formed into blocks. 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:57.231 After these blocks have dried in the sun and been baked until hard and brittle, they are 00:10:57.231 --> 00:11:02.860 broken into little pieces to use as a substitute for rocks in the concrete mix. 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:07.029 Because east Pakistan has no rocks, they must manufacture their own. 00:11:07.029 --> 00:11:11.529 That broken brick and the cement are the total sum of the aggregate which makes up the concrete 00:11:11.529 --> 00:11:16.720 to be used for building. 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:21.279 It may not be as strong a mixture as that used in some places of the world but it will 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:27.309 have the strength of God, it is built upon the eternal foundation Jesus Christ. 00:11:27.309 --> 00:11:32.350 For the very center of this medical program is the opening of hearts to the gospel and 00:11:32.350 --> 00:11:42.680 the winning of souls to Christ. 00:11:42.680 --> 00:11:48.129 Nurse Mary Lou Brownell demonstrates to her patients in a very practical way Christ's 00:11:48.129 --> 00:11:57.049 compassion for their sick love-starved soul. 00:11:57.049 --> 00:12:02.629 Praise God who doeth all things well, when he took Reverend Miller home God called a 00:12:02.629 --> 00:12:06.689 young woman who has had linguistic training to take his place. 00:12:06.689 --> 00:12:12.269 She said yes to God and has reduced the Tippera Indian dialect to writing and translated the 00:12:12.269 --> 00:12:15.819 gospel of John into this previously unwritten language. 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:21.879 This young missionary has visited isolated villages, forted swollen rivers, and ascended 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:27.259 slippery mountain trails to witness for Jesus Christ. 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:32.309 How pleased these Tippera Indians were when Miss Wingo visited the leper sanitarium for 00:12:32.309 --> 00:12:38.489 the first time a white person spoke to them in their native tongue. 00:12:38.489 --> 00:12:43.589 Lepers are cared for and given medication to retard the spreading of their deadly affliction. 00:12:43.589 --> 00:12:48.230 But a watch must be maintained to make sure these pills are taken immediately after receiving 00:12:48.230 --> 00:12:52.959 them otherwise the lepers may save them to sell to someone on the outside who is trying 00:12:52.959 --> 00:13:00.660 to hide his dread disease and who may be willing to pay a tremendous fee for medication. 00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:05.480 There are many who have this loathsome disease who will hide it as long as they can. 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.959 It is only when it gets so bad that they can no longer hide the symptoms that they may 00:13:09.959 --> 00:13:13.810 submit to treatment. 00:13:13.810 --> 00:13:18.709 What a wonderful opportunity to witness of the love of Christ as medical care is given 00:13:18.709 --> 00:13:25.690 to them in Christ's name. 00:13:25.690 --> 00:13:30.720 When new missionaries arrive they are met by field secretary Reverend Walsh who helps 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:34.999 them through customs and takes care of the many problems which arise when living in a 00:13:34.999 --> 00:13:38.079 foreign country. 00:13:38.079 --> 00:13:43.059 In the eyes of most Pakistanis people of the Hindu sweeper caste are the lowest form of 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:48.740 human life but God loves them and Reverend Gurganus tells them how Jesus died on the 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:51.420 cross to pay for their sins. 00:13:51.420 --> 00:13:55.779 So many opportunities but not enough laborers. 00:13:55.779 --> 00:14:01.570 Charles Wesley sang, O for a thousand tongues to sing my great redeemers praise, but our 00:14:01.570 --> 00:14:07.709 prayer today might better be lord not just a thousand tongues but a thousand lives also 00:14:07.709 --> 00:14:11.389 to spread the glory of our God and king. 00:14:11.389 --> 00:14:17.009 They are eager to learn they want to believe but there are so few who are willing to go 00:14:17.009 --> 00:14:22.600 tell them that except they be converted and become as little children they shall not enter 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.199 the kingdom of heaven. 00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:32.519 As in most cities around the world there is always much activity in Chittagong for transportation 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.199 all types of vehicles are used. 00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:46.170 Everyone seems to have his own solution to the problem of hauling or packing his loads. 00:14:46.170 --> 00:14:50.439 Activity reaches its peak early in the morning as the village traders bring every conceivable 00:14:50.439 --> 00:14:53.540 type of merchandise to the marketplace to sell. 00:14:53.540 --> 00:14:58.899 The strong aroma from the stalls of curry and chili, the noise of peddlers hawking their 00:14:58.899 --> 00:15:06.519 wares, and beggars calling for baksheesh bring in a new day in a typical city in east Pakistan. 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.000 Anybody for a hair cut or a shave? 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.369 These fellas are pretty good at it too. 00:15:11.369 --> 00:15:15.415 It's not much of a shop but it is a quick job. 00:15:15.415 --> 00:15:27.399 [Sounds of Shop and Street Vendor] 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:31.810 Children and adults, the world over, love peanuts and popcorn. 00:15:31.810 --> 00:15:40.049 This fella puts on quite a show for his young admirers. 00:15:40.049 --> 00:15:45.560 Everyone seems to have something to sell, the more enterprising proprietors hire colorful 00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:57.990 entertainers to attract attention and help increase their sales. 00:15:57.990 --> 00:16:02.579 The average movie is about three hours long and a group of drummers carrying placards 00:16:02.579 --> 00:16:11.269 and adding to the noise and confusion hand out programs advertising the current attraction. 00:16:11.269 --> 00:16:15.560 It'd probably be cheaper and save time to see what this fella has to view. 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:20.730 Perhaps this fellow feels he must demonstrate the effectiveness of the snake bite medicine 00:16:20.730 --> 00:16:23.600 which he's selling. 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:39.220 This isn't a funeral procession, it's a bridegroom being carried to his wedding feast. 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:42.829 If you want to really perfect your eating technique you shouldn't let the food cover 00:16:42.829 --> 00:16:45.670 more than the first knuckle of your fingers. 00:16:45.670 --> 00:16:50.529 The Pakistani figures that hands were made before silverware and besides he knows when 00:16:50.529 --> 00:16:57.999 his own hands have been washed but he can't be sure the servants have washed the silverware. 00:16:57.999 --> 00:17:06.570 Priests sing praises to Kali, goddess of death and destruction, how tragic to see these lost 00:17:06.570 --> 00:17:12.150 in sin worshiping Satan the power of darkness when in reality the one they need is Jesus 00:17:12.150 --> 00:17:15.380 Christ the light of life. 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:18.750 God's word says, by their fruits shall ye know them. 00:17:18.750 --> 00:17:27.829 Here are the fruits of this pagan idolatry. 00:17:27.829 --> 00:17:29.120 Do we really care? 00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:31.850 Do we care enough to offer what we have? 00:17:31.850 --> 00:17:39.000 God says so send I you but few want to be sent he says go ye therefore and teach all 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:43.490 nations but so few are willing to go and teach. 00:17:43.490 --> 00:17:48.290 The need might best be described by a conversation that took place between a missionary and her 00:17:48.290 --> 00:17:50.200 young daughter one day in east Pakistan. 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:56.310 They were stopped by a beggar crying for baksheesh the little girl turned to her mother and said 00:17:56.310 --> 00:18:01.850 mother don't other Christians care what happens to these people, the mother with a heavy heart 00:18:01.850 --> 00:18:07.140 looked down at her and said yes dear they do care but people are so busy today they 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:11.490 just don't take time to help. 00:18:11.490 --> 00:18:16.080 Christian are you too busy to heed the anguished cry which comes to you from halfway around 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:17.280 the world? 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:22.660 Perhaps God has raised you up for just such an hour as this he wants great prayer warriors 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:25.670 he wants compassionate missionaries and ministers? 00:18:25.670 --> 00:18:31.470 He wants those who will carry the financial burden, he wants workers of all kinds. 00:18:31.470 --> 00:18:34.540 Will you give God what you have right now? 00:18:34.540 --> 00:18:40.060 Right where you are, whether it be small or great God will multiply and use it for his 00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:41.160 glory. 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:46.680 Won't you say with the apostle Peter, such as I have I give unto you?