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7. <b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HISTORY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
8. <div class="MsoNormal">
9. The history of Jamia Hamdard begins with the establishment
10. of a small Unani clinic in the year 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, one of
11. the well-known practitioners of Unani System of Medicine of his time. Hakeem
12. Hafiz Abdul Majeed had a vision of making the practice of Unani Medicine into a
13. scientific discipline so that Unani medicines could be dispensed in a more
14. efficacious manner to patients. He gave the name "Hamdard" to his
15. venture which means "sympathy for all and sharing of pain". His
16. illustrious son, Hakeem Abdul Hameed, carried forward the philosophy and
17. objectives of Hamdard in independent India. Even at the time of partition of
18. India in 1947, Hakeem Abdul Hameed was dreaming of setting up a complex of
19. educational institutions which would concentrate on highlighting the
20. contribution of Islam and Islamic culture to Indian civilization and
21. development of Unani medicines for curing diseases<o:p></o:p></div>
22. <div class="MsoNormal">
23. On 22 Shawwal, 1367 Hijri, corresponding to 28 August 1948,
24. Hamdard, which was a commercial enterprise at that time, was converted into a
25. Wakf, with the object of giving effect to Islamic teachings of public charity
26. including health and education. In 1964, Hamdard National Foundation was
27. created with a view to receive and disburse the profits earned by Hamdard
28. (Wakf) Laboratories. Hamdard National Foundation was to take up charitable
29. causes in the areas of education, medical relief and the advancement of knowledge,
30. consistent with the principles of the true teachings of Islam.<o:p></o:p></div>
31. <div class="MsoNormal">
32. For setting up a complex of research and educational
33. institutions, Hakeem Abdul Hameed purchased a piece of land in Tughlaqabad area
34. of South Delhi which was hardly inhabited in those times. In order to implement
35. and execute the objects of Wakf as enshrined in the Wakf deed, Hakeem Abdul
36. Hameed and his Muslim associates, established several institutions for teaching
37. and research as given below.<o:p></o:p></div>
38. <div class="MsoNormal">
39. In 1962, Hakeem Abdul Hameed set up the Institute of History
40. of Medicine and Medical Research with the object of promoting education and
41. research in the history of medicine, besides appraising the principles of
42. medicine.<o:p></o:p></div>
43. <div class="MsoNormal">
44. In 1963, Hakeem Abdul Hameed and his Muslim friends and
45. associates set up Indian Institute of Islamic Studies with a view to promote
46. the study of Islamic Culture and Civilization especially its contribution to
47. Indian society and culture.<o:p></o:p></div>
48. <div class="MsoNormal">
49. In 1963, Hamdard Tibbi College was set up in Gali Qasim
50. Jaan, Old Delhi. It was later shifted to Jamia Hamdard Campus in 1980 to
51. provide education in Unani Medicine to students so that the heritage of Unani
52. Medicine largely available in Arabic and Persian is passed on to the students
53. of next generation.<o:p></o:p></div>
54. <div class="MsoNormal">
55. In 1972, Hamdard College of Pharmacy was set up with the
56. objective of providing education and training in all branches of pharmacy. The
57. year 1989 saw the fulfilment of the dream of Hakeem Abdul Hameed when Jamia
58. Hamdard was given the status of Deemed to be University by the Ministry of
59. Human Resource Development on 10 May 1989. All the above named institutions set
60. up by Hakeem Abdul Hameed and his friends and associates were amalgamated into
61. Jamia Hamdard. In a brief period of only ten years, Jamia Hamdard has evolved
62. into an institution fulfilling the objects of the wakf, which has funded it.<o:p></o:p></div>
63. <div class="MsoNormal">
64. Jamia Hamdard was inaugurated by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi on
65. August 1, 1989. In his impressive speech, the Prime Minister lauded the efforts
66. of Hakeem Abdul Hameed in setting up institutions of learning which were
67. emerging in the form of a "Deemed to be University". He said,
68. "This will enable (the Muslim) minority to go forward and help India to
69. march forward".<o:p></o:p></div>
70. <div class="MsoNormal">
71. Contribution of Hakeem Abdul Hameed to promote the cause of
72. education, health and social service was acknowledged by the Government of
73. India in 1965 when he was awarded Padma Shri for his valuable contribution and
74. for his personal qualities of sacrifice, devotion and commitment to the cause
75. of education. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1991.The services rendered
76. by Hakeem Abdul Hameed to the cause of education of Muslims have been
77. acknowledged not only in India but in other countries too.<o:p></o:p></div>
78. <div class="MsoNormal">
79. Jamia Hamdard was conceived as a seat of higher learning in
80. Unani Medicine, Islamic Studies, Biosciences, Pharmacy, Nursing and other areas
81. of knowledge by its founder as a means of fulfilling the objects of the wakf.
82. Over a period of last ten years, Jamia Hamdard has emerged as an outstanding
83. institution of higher learning with distinct and focused academic programmes.
84. Graduate programme in Information Technology and Computer Applications and
85. Post-graduate programmes in Information Technology, Computer Applications,
86. Business Management, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have been started
87. in the last few years. Undergraduate programmes in Physiotherapy and
88. Occupational Therapy are being introduced from this year. Jamia Hamdard offers
89. postgraduate and doctoral programmes in several disciplines for which advanced
90. facilities are available.<o:p></o:p></div>
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95. <div class="MsoNormal">
96. <b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Founder and
97. philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
98. <div class="MsoNormal">
99. The Revered Founder Janab Hakeem Abdul Hameed Saheb, a true
100. Gandhian in spirit and simplicity was born in Delhi on September 14, 1908. His
101. illustrious father, Janab Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, received and improved the
102. ancient system of Unani medicine and therapeutics. Hakeem Abdul Majeed wanted a
103. large number of people to benefit from its efficacy and therefore gave the name
104. “Hamdard” to his fledging venture.<o:p></o:p></div>
105. <div class="MsoNormal">
106. The Unani system introduced by the father was rejuvenated
107. all over the world by the illustrious son Hakeem Abdul Hameed Saheb, and true
108. to the name "Hamdard", he grew up to be an epitome of sympathy. Hakim
109. Sahib lost his father when he was just fourteen, but he proved to the world
110. that he had nerves of steel and muscles of iron and thus carried out the task
111. of his father.<o:p></o:p></div>
112. <div class="MsoNormal">
113. Hakim Sahib had his early education in Madarsa Rehmani and
114. in 1915 was admitted in a school. He obtained knowledge of English from an
115. English teacher of the Anglo Arabic School named Aziz Ullah Begh and Persian
116. from Maulvi Naseeruddin. In 1925 he was admitted in Tibia College from where he
117. completed his education. Simplicity was the hallmark of his personality. He was
118. a man of great poise who took every adversity in its stride, bearing a smiling
119. face. He led an austere and disciplined life. All through he woke up before
120. dawn, prayed and went for long walks. He ate simple food and led a simple life,
121. sleeping on a plain cot. Even as India's one of the top 50 rich men, he
122. continued with the same lifestyle. He imbibed Islamic values in his life
123. completely and was a model par excellence of Islamic code of conduct. He
124. dedicated himself to the cause of Education, which alone, he thought, was the
125. way to betterment of society. He founded many institutions including Hamdard
126. Dawakhana, Hamdard National Foundation, Majeedia Hospital, Hamdard University,
127. Hamdard Education Society, Hamdard Public School, Rabea Girls Public School and
128. Ghalib Academy.<o:p></o:p></div>
129. <div class="MsoNormal">
130. <br /></div>
131. <div class="MsoNormal">
132. <b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Status<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
133. <div class="MsoNormal">
134. The school is accredited by NAAC in 'A' grade.<o:p></o:p></div>
135. <div class="MsoNormal">
136. <br /></div>
137. <div class="MsoNormal">
138. <b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Faculties<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
139. <div class="MsoNormal">
140. <br /></div>
141. <div class="MsoNormal">
142. Graduate programmes in Information Technology and Computer
143. Applications and post-graduate programmes in Information Technology, Computer
144. Applications, Business Management, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have
145. been started in the last few years. Undergraduate programmes in Physiotherapy
146. and Occupational Therapy are being introduced from this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
147. <div class="MsoNormal">
148. Faculties include:<o:p></o:p></div>
149. <div class="MsoNormal">
150. <b>Pharmacy<o:p></o:p></b></div>
151. <div class="MsoNormal">
152. <b>Science<o:p></o:p></b></div>
153. <div class="MsoNormal">
154. <b>Medicine (Unani)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
155. <div class="MsoNormal">
156. <b>Nursing<o:p></o:p></b></div>
157. <div class="MsoNormal">
158. <b>Allied Health
159. Sciences<o:p></o:p></b></div>
160. <div class="MsoNormal">
161. <b>Management Studies
162. & IT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
163. <div class="MsoNormal">
164. <b>Islamic Studies &
165. Social Sciences.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
166. <div class="MsoNormal">
167. <br /></div>
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171. <b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Campus
172. facilities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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174. <br /></div>
175. <div class="MsoNormal">
176. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
177. <div class="MsoNormal">
178. The library system consists of central library and six
179. faculty libraries: the faculties of science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing,
180. Islamic studies, and management studies and information technology. The central
181. library is named ‘Hakim Mohammed Said Central Library’, after the younger
182. brother of the founder.<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
183. <div class="MsoNormal">
184. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Computer
185. centre<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
186. <div class="MsoNormal">
187. The university's has a computer centre which works as lab of
188. the Department of Computer Science, computing facilities, and system analysis
189. units, as well as all necessary peripherals and requisite software. There are
190. five laboratories in the computer centre, with facilities for their respective
191. development fields.<o:p></o:p></div>
192. <div class="MsoNormal">
193. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Scholars'
194. House<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
195. <div class="MsoNormal">
196. The Scholars' House is a guest house for scholars,
197. university guests, outside examiners, members of the selection board, and
198. residential conferences.<o:p></o:p></div>
199. <div class="MsoNormal">
200. It has 12 double-bed air-conditioned rooms, 18 single-bed
201. air-conditioned rooms, 9 single-bed air-cooled rooms, and 4 flats with 4
202. air-conditioned rooms, living room, dining room and a small lounge equipped
203. with telephone, TV, fridge, kitchenette, and an attendant.<o:p></o:p></div>
204. <div class="MsoNormal">
205. The kitchen also serves doctors of Majeedia Hospital and
206. outsiders upon request.<o:p></o:p></div>
207. <div class="MsoNormal">
208. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Majeedia
209. Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
210. <div class="MsoNormal">
211. Majeedia Hospital (HAH cenetary hospital) is a recognised
212. hospital in the modern and the Unani system of medicine. It houses 150 beds for
213. the patients. Free OPD facilities are provided to University students, and to
214. the teaching and non-teaching staff and their family members. The hospital also
215. caters to the training of the students of Faculty of Medicine (Unani), faculty
216. of pharmacy and Faculty of Nursing.<o:p></o:p></div>
217. <div class="MsoNormal">
218. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Central
219. Instrumentation Facility (CIF)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
220. <div class="MsoNormal">
221. Central Instrumentation Facility was established in July
222. 1990 with the installation of L7 Backman Ultra-centrifuge, Sorval Rt-6000 low
223. speed centrifuge, DU-64 Backman UV-VIS Spectrometer, Perkin-Elmer 8700 Gas
224. Chromatograph, Perkin-Elmer HPLC and Mettler electronic balance. In year 1992,
225. gamma-counter, beta-counter and DNA Electrophoresis systems were added to the
226. CIF. Recently, Perkin-Elmer Lambda-20 Double-beam UV-VIS spectrophotometer,
227. Perkin-Elmer LS-50 luminescence spectrometer, Bio-rad FT-IR spectrometers and
228. mini-computer facility comprising eight computers, Internet and e-mail
229. facilities have been included in CIF.<o:p></o:p></div>
230. <div class="MsoNormal">
231. The objective of CIF is to provide state-of-art
232. sophisticated instrumentation facility to the researchers of Jamia Hamdard, in
233. addition, to train the Ph.D. and M.Pharm/M.Sc.. students on various equipment.
234. Jamia Hamdard research students operate instruments themselves for their
235. experiments. This training strengthens their theoretical concept and makes them
236. confident in facing interviews for jobs and carryout post doctoral research
237. work. Many Ph.D. students, use CIF during late hours and on week ends to
238. complete their experiments. Nearly 50 Ph.D. students and more than 150 M.Pharm.
239. students have used CIF during 1990-1999.<o:p></o:p></div>
240. <div class="MsoNormal">
241. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Residential
242. facilities<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
243. <div class="MsoNormal">
244. Jamia Hamdard is giving full residential facilities for the
245. staff and students.<o:p></o:p></div>
246. <div class="MsoNormal">
247. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Staff<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
248. <div class="MsoNormal">
249. Jamia Hamdard is providing residential facilities to its
250. teaching and non-teaching staff, both in and outside campus.<o:p></o:p></div>
251. <div class="MsoNormal">
252. There are nine residential blocks in the campus which are
253. meant for residence of all categories of the teaching and non-teaching
254. employees.<o:p></o:p></div>
255. <div class="MsoNormal">
256. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hostel<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
257. <div class="MsoNormal">
258. Jamia Hamdard has separate girls' and boys' hostels. Every
259. hostel has a common room, reading room, dining hall, and visitors’ room. Number
260. of hostels are as follows:<o:p></o:p></div>
261. <div class="MsoNormal">
262. 2 UG girls hostels<o:p></o:p></div>
263. <div class="MsoNormal">
264. 1 PG girls hostel.<o:p></o:p></div>
265. <div class="MsoNormal">
266. 1 UG boys hostel<o:p></o:p></div>
267. <div class="MsoNormal">
268. 2 PG boys hostels<o:p></o:p></div>
269. <div class="MsoNormal">
270. 1 International boys hostel<o:p></o:p></div>
271. <div class="MsoNormal">
272. However not all boy students can get admission to hostel on
273. account of shortage of accommodation.<o:p></o:p></div>
274. <div class="MsoNormal">
275. <br /></div>
276. <div class="MsoNormal">
277. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sports<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
278. <div class="MsoNormal">
279. A gymnasium has been constructed with the assistance of
280. University Grants Commission and Hamdard National Foundation in 1999. Besides,
281. playgrounds for cricket, volleyball, basketball and badminton (both for girls
282. and boys) are available.<o:p></o:p></div>
283. <div class="MsoNormal">
284. <br /></div>
285. <div class="MsoNormal">
286. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Canteen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
287. <div class="MsoNormal">
288. The university has five canteens which are partially
289. subsidised and are run by contractors. They provide tea, coffee and light
290. snacks.<o:p></o:p></div>
291. <div class="MsoNormal">
292. <br /></div>
293. <div class="MsoNormal">
294. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mosque<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
295. <div class="MsoNormal">
296. The campus of Jamia Hamdard has a grand mosque named as
297. Masjid-Rabia. Local people also observe prayers there on Friday and other
298. occasions. In order to facilitate worshipers, water supply, electric fans, loud
299. speakers etc. are provided. About 1200 people can perform prayers under the
300. covered area of the mosque.and apart from this more than 5000 people worship
301. out side the mosque area on Friday and eid Beside Rabia Mosque there are three
302. separate mosques under three hostels are available.<o:p></o:p></div>
303. <div class="MsoNormal">
304. <br /></div>
305. <div class="MsoNormal">
306. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Foreign
307. nationals<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
308. <div class="MsoNormal">
309. <br /></div>
310. <div class="MsoNormal">
311. The university welcomes foreign nationals who are good in
312. academics and have secured good marks in equivalent qualifying examinations.
313. Preference will be given to candidates who have secured good percentile in
314. SAT/GMAT/GRE examinations.<o:p></o:p></div>
315. <div class="MsoNormal">
316. <br /></div>
317. <div class="MsoNormal">
318. <b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Foreign
319. Student’s Cell<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
320. <div class="MsoNormal">
321. The Foreign Student Cell looks after their rights and
322. benefits. The Foreign Students' advisor looks after the affairs of foreign
323. students. Cultural and social event are organized by the cell every year.<o:p></o:p></div>
324. &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2012/06/jamia-hamdard-university-new-delhi.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzWMNcHjVMSBSnSyh5jq2l-1Atg977j1-JfAg-eulcyJsKFNR0t91a9s7Q2pJr3eCSBK3CF-xPAdtZ2KrwY3BurS8-sMZAzOr5H8jRUzTWcQZVZR8ym7MFXMv4E9tScraVByHvN64beQT/s72-c/Hamdard_logo.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-8804268066073971602</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-12T11:30:38.821+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Indraprastha University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth</category><title>Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, NEW DELHI</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
325. <br />
326. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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328. <div class="MsoNormal">
329. <b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Guru Gobind
330. Singh Indraprastha University (informally Indraprastha University or simply IP)
331. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
332. <div class="MsoNormal">
333. is a public, professional university located in Delhi,
334. India. Founded in 1998 it is a teaching-cum-affiliating university which
335. affiliates more than 120 colleges in Delhi-NCR and has 15 schools and centres
336. on its campus with one constitutional college — Indira Gandhi Institute of
337. Technology (under the direct administration of the university). The university
338. has been graded 'A' by NAAC Accredited University.<o:p></o:p></div>
339. <div class="MsoNormal">
340. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has received the
341. Platinum Technology Award for quality and excellence in the field of education,
342. in Geneva, Switzerland, presented by Otherways Management and Consulting
343. (OMAC), a Paris-based international organisation.<o:p></o:p></div>
344. <div class="MsoNormal">
345. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is a member of the
346. Association of Commonwealth Universities Association of Indian Universities,
347. Medical Council of India and Distance Education Council.<o:p></o:p></div>
348. <div class="MsoNormal">
349. <br /></div>
350. <div class="MsoNormal">
351. <b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">History<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
352. <div class="MsoNormal">
353. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established as
354. Indraprastha University (IPU) on 28 March 1998 and eminent I.T. expert,
355. Professor K. K. Aggarwal was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the university.
356. The university was named after the ancient mythological city of Indraprastha,
357. which features prominently in the Mahabharata epic. In 2001, the university was
358. officially re-christened as Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU)
359. after the tenth guru of Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh. The university is completely
360. secular and doesn't have any religious affiliations.<o:p></o:p></div>
361. <div class="MsoNormal">
362. In 1997 Delhi had four universities — Delhi University,
363. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia University and Indira Gandhi
364. National Open University. All of them are Central Universities. Delhi
365. University (DU), the only affiliating university, had reached the point of
366. saturation and was unable to either open a college on its own or affiliate
367. colleges opened by either the Government of Delhi or by a private organization.
368. Therefore, the Delhi government decided to open a new state university to reduce
369. the burden on DU. The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was formed by
370. passing a bill in legislative assembly. GGSIPU was established with a focus
371. towards professional courses, unlike Delhi University which is more oriented
372. for general courses.<o:p></o:p></div>
373. <div class="MsoNormal">
374. Eighty five percent of the total seats intake in programs of
375. university were made for Delhi students only, which applies for all the
376. schools, centres and colleges located in Delhi. This special mass reservation
377. provides much needed opportunities to the students of Delhi, as the students
378. were no longer required to go to far-flung states like Karnataka, Andhra
379. Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu for seeking admission under professional
380. programmes. A total intake capacity of about 5000 seats in was created; now it
381. has crossed over 50,000.<o:p></o:p></div>
382. <div class="MsoNormal">
383. <br /></div>
384. <div class="MsoNormal">
385. <b><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schools and
386. centres<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
387. <div class="MsoNormal">
388. Indraprastha University has 13 schools and 2 centres. These
389. are the faculties of the university. All are present at either main campus
390. (Dwarka) or Kashmere Gate campus; they are among the pioneer institutions of
391. the university. Curriculum for these schools and centers is usually different
392. from other affiliated institutions.<o:p></o:p></div>
393. <div class="MsoNormal">
394. <b>University School of
395. Information Technology<o:p></o:p></b></div>
396. <div class="MsoNormal">
397. <b>University School of
398. Chemical Technology<o:p></o:p></b></div>
399. <div class="MsoNormal">
400. <b>University School of Biotechnology<o:p></o:p></b></div>
401. <div class="MsoNormal">
402. <b>University School of
403. Management Studies<o:p></o:p></b></div>
404. <div class="MsoNormal">
405. <b>University School of
406. Environment Management<o:p></o:p></b></div>
407. <div class="MsoNormal">
408. <b>University School of
409. Basic & Applied Sciences<o:p></o:p></b></div>
410. <div class="MsoNormal">
411. <b>University School of
412. Humanities & Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></b></div>
413. <div class="MsoNormal">
414. <b>University School of
415. Law and Legal Studies<o:p></o:p></b></div>
416. <div class="MsoNormal">
417. <b>University School of
418. Engineering & Technology<o:p></o:p></b></div>
419. <div class="MsoNormal">
420. <b>University School of
421. Education<o:p></o:p></b></div>
422. <div class="MsoNormal">
423. <b>University School of
424. Architecture & Planning<o:p></o:p></b></div>
425. <div class="MsoNormal">
426. <b>University School of
427. Medicine and Para-Medical Health Sciences<o:p></o:p></b></div>
428. <div class="MsoNormal">
429. <b>University School of
430. Mass Communication<o:p></o:p></b></div>
431. <div class="MsoNormal">
432. <b>University Centres<o:p></o:p></b></div>
433. <div class="MsoNormal">
434. <b>University Centre for
435. IT Services & Infrastructure Management<o:p></o:p></b></div>
436. <div class="MsoNormal">
437. <b>University Centre for
438. Disaster Management Studies<o:p></o:p></b></div>
439. <div class="MsoNormal">
440. <br /></div>
441. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
442. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOD_n6Z3LQaqeWuWgCyFBwsXvMajv-UiBQK78Ih5ZAWmmz0871ZKbwd_rtzc1QIuqrGQd-Leqh9Uotzav_3av__ZB0UmR2o306BZB4Fd0mtHg3P-nJDufIxdr__Nyoh_ZzctGK8RBq1ZRm/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOD_n6Z3LQaqeWuWgCyFBwsXvMajv-UiBQK78Ih5ZAWmmz0871ZKbwd_rtzc1QIuqrGQd-Leqh9Uotzav_3av__ZB0UmR2o306BZB4Fd0mtHg3P-nJDufIxdr__Nyoh_ZzctGK8RBq1ZRm/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div>
443. <div class="MsoNormal">
444. <b><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">CAMPUS</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
445. <div class="MsoNormal">
446. The university has its campus in Dwarka being recently
447. shifted from Kashmere Gate. It is a new campus and spread over an area of 60
448. acres where a still considerable portion is under construction. On Dwarka
449. campus, the university is running 10 schools and imparting professional
450. education to more than 3000 graduate and post-graduate students.<o:p></o:p></div>
451. <div class="MsoNormal">
452. Kashmere Gate campus has been solely acquired by Indira
453. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Ambedkar University. With an aim to provide
454. "Research and Development" facilities of international standards, the
455. university has decided to set up an Institute of Information Technology in
456. Surajmal Vihar, East Delhi. For this purpose it has acquired 19 acres (77,000
457. m2) of land on which the construction is likely to start very soon.<o:p></o:p></div>
458. <div class="MsoNormal">
459. <b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On-campus
460. cultural festivals<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
461. <div class="MsoNormal">
462. Anugoonj Annual cultural festival.<o:p></o:p></div>
463. <div class="MsoNormal">
464. InfoXpression Annual cultural festival of the University
465. School of Information Technology.<o:p></o:p></div>
466. <div class="MsoNormal">
467. Neurotrix Annual technical festival of IEEE branch of
468. University School of Information Technology.<o:p></o:p></div>
469. <div class="MsoNormal">
470. Impulse Cultural-cum-technical festival of the IEEE-IGIT.<o:p></o:p></div>
471. <div class="MsoNormal">
472. Tremors Cultural-cum-technical festival of the CSI-IGIT.<o:p></o:p></div>
473. <div class="MsoNormal">
474. Exuberance Cultural festival of the University School of
475. Management Studies.<o:p></o:p></div>
476. <div class="MsoNormal">
477. Sanslation Annual technical festival of the University
478. School of Chemical Technology.<o:p></o:p></div>
479. <div class="MsoNormal">
480. <br /></div>
481. <div class="MsoNormal">
482. <b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Reputation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
483. <div class="MsoNormal">
484. <br /></div>
485. <div class="MsoNormal">
486. According to Webometrics Indraprastha University is ranked
487. 57th among the top universities of India, just behind the Indian Institute of
488. Management Lucknow; it ranks at 5097th spot in the list of world's top
489. universities. Amity Law School, one of the affiliated institutes of the
490. university ranked at 10th in the list of prominent Law Institutes of India.
491. Faculty of Biotechnology of university-University School of Biotechnology is
492. ranked sixth in the list of Premier Public Biotechnology Institutes of India.<o:p></o:p></div>
493. &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2012/06/guru-gobind-singh-indraprastha.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAovKqodMN7764ynBtNFVdP2ZVlsTwMMT9ulanW8nh7c4yyfl-dVICf_ZuxItFCvQDm_HL_I7xgdyHjfVNBrOIf-1VYi09Nd10DICFgq0m5ST6c3GM2G9ydwP0PLjyY5qVK5KJEwAKLHRJ/s72-c/162px-Logo_of_ggsipu.gif" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-7257377162860140310</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-07T10:02:39.565+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1MAN 1 RUPEE 1 CHECK DAM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth</category><title>1 Man. 1 Rupee. 1 Check Dam</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
494. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
495. <br />
496. <div class="MsoNormal">
497. <br /></div>
498. <div class="MsoNormal">
499. <o:p> </o:p>The story of  Re 1 and
500. a dam ‘doctor’</div>
501. <div class="MsoNormal">
502. <o:p></o:p></div>
503. <div class="MsoNormal">
504. <br /></div>
505. <div class="MsoNormal">
506. In Fatehgarh, a check dam, constructed in 2010, permanently
507. altered the face of this  village – from
508. a drought stricken - a well-irrigated one. And in that little dash sits this
509. unsung story.<o:p></o:p></div>
510. <div class="MsoNormal">
511. Anil Joshi had a clinic here since 1994 and knew most of the
512. gaonwallahs. “Some of my patients were farmers who obtained 100-200 quintals of
513. food grain during harvesting season but after eight years of meager rains, they
514. were in a very bad situation and had to buy food grain to feed their family,”
515. says 39-year-old Joshi. The situation was so bad that patients couldn’t pay his
516. fee either.<o:p></o:p></div>
517. <div class="MsoNormal">
518. <br /></div>
519. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
520. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIgr_3csjSa5oxo2HGkAAXrD8PrQJRWe-grWkGR-jEnVCc0RWBGaROx3j58N6C_Ryv01JkxTY-H5dUrhwKAE9Oi1-g5a8qzIM0xrn8Wjz1A5jCRSp47EWHmDNlq_q5rx47lowjJNG6PwD/s1600/anil+joshi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIgr_3csjSa5oxo2HGkAAXrD8PrQJRWe-grWkGR-jEnVCc0RWBGaROx3j58N6C_Ryv01JkxTY-H5dUrhwKAE9Oi1-g5a8qzIM0xrn8Wjz1A5jCRSp47EWHmDNlq_q5rx47lowjJNG6PwD/s320/anil+joshi.png" width="205" /></a></div>
521. <div class="MsoNormal">
522. As a resident of Mandsaur, (the district HQ) Joshi has seen
523. better days when rains were sufficient and farmers harvested enough to sustain
524. their families. Things had taken a turn for the worse after 1999 as rainfall
525. began to decrease.In 2008, the village faced its worst drought and water
526. scarcity.<o:p></o:p></div>
527. <div class="MsoNormal">
528. Joshi felt building a check dam across the river Somli would
529. help the villagers, as it would raise the ground water table in the area.
530. However, when he shared the idea with his farmer friends they just laughed it
531. off. But Joshi borrowed about a thousand empty cement sacks from a friend and
532. filled them with sand. He himself stood in the middle of the Somli river with a
533. rope tied around his waist and his friends held the rope on either ends. “Though
534. the river was dry, there was always a stretch where water flowed with a strong
535. current. As I stood in the running water, I could gauge its force and realized
536. what a challenging task I had in my hand. The barrier that we planned to put up
537. across the river had to withstand the force of the water,” he recalls. With the
538. help of a few friends, Joshi put all the sand filled sacks across the river in
539. a row. Within fifteen days, it rained and there was water in the check dam.
540. Meanwhile the hand pumps sputtered a memorable gurgle.<o:p></o:p></div>
541. <div class="MsoNormal">
542. <br /></div>
543. <div class="MsoNormal">
544. “There was a good crop that year after years of drought,”
545. remembers Joshi.<o:p></o:p></div>
546. <div class="MsoNormal">
547. Recharged at many levels, what does Joshi do next? Remember
548. the earlier photo. He sells his wife’s jewels and borrows some money to
549. construct another check dam on the Somli river. “Even today when I get involved
550. in the house we are constructing, she motivates me to go and build check dams
551. instead and not worry about our house,” Joshi’s voice beaming with pride. <o:p></o:p></div>
552. <div class="MsoNormal">
553. <br /></div>
554. <div class="MsoNormal">
555. In 2010 Joshi hits upon the idea of taking one rupee from
556. each villager for constructing a permanent check dam across the Somli river. He
557. felt such a dam would permanently end the drought situation of the village.
558. Joshi was able to collect Rs 36 in just three hours on day 1. The next day’s
559. collection was Rs 120. However, some people began to question him on his motive
560. - collecting money, why? But positive press coverage played a role here. “After
561. the media wrote about the check dams I had built, more people started to
562. support me,” says Joshi. Two teachers, Sundarlal Prajapat and Omprakash Mehta,
563. extended their support in a big way.<o:p></o:p></div>
564. <div class="MsoNormal">
565. <br /></div>
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569. Joshi and his dedicated team collected 1 lakh in three
570. months flat and a permanent check dam was built at a cost of Rs 92000. The
571. villagers voluntarily provided their labor.Following the success at Fatehgarh,
572. Joshi has helped to build eleven more check dams on rivers and ‘nullahs’
573. (smaller channels of water) in eleven villages within a 10 km radius of
574. Fatehgarh.He now aims to plant trees along the 120 km road to Sawaliya Dham to
575. provide shade for the barefoot pilgrims visiting the Krishna temple there.<o:p></o:p></div>
576. <div class="MsoNormal">
577. And build 100 check dams within a few years. “Constructing
578. check dams by collecting one rupee from each person in a drought stricken
579. village has now become my mission and I will make this effort a continuous
580. process,” says Joshi, who is now becoming known more as a water conservationist
581. and less as a medical practitioner.<o:p></o:p></div>
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583. <br /></div>
584. <div class="MsoNormal">
585. This story was in partnership with
586. www.theweekendleader.com  <o:p></o:p></div>
587. </blockquote>
588. &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2012/06/1-man-1-rupee-1-check-dam.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIgr_3csjSa5oxo2HGkAAXrD8PrQJRWe-grWkGR-jEnVCc0RWBGaROx3j58N6C_Ryv01JkxTY-H5dUrhwKAE9Oi1-g5a8qzIM0xrn8Wjz1A5jCRSp47EWHmDNlq_q5rx47lowjJNG6PwD/s72-c/anil+joshi.png" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-3826828572058037577</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-07T10:07:24.637+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">5 missionary martyrs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational biographies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth</category><title>FIVE Missionary Martyrs</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;
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592. <div>
593. <br />
594. <div class="MsoNormal">
595.  Yesterday i saw this
596. stamp Ecuador released remembering the five missionaries. Was so encouraged to
597. see this. So i just went and read the story once again. it really encouraged
598. & inspired me...just read and get encouraged.<o:p></o:p></div>
599. <div class="MsoNormal">
600. <br /></div>
601. <div class="MsoNormal">
602. <br /></div>
603. <div class="MsoNormal">
604. Scores of remarkable missionary stories in this century have
605. been full of drama. We wonder, while so many have laid down their lives in
606. China, Russia, the Congo and elsewhere, how is it that the muffled footsteps by
607. that stretch of sand on the Curaray River still reverberate around us. It
608. happened on the eastern side of the rugged Andes in Ecuador, in the expansive
609. rain forest beyond. There, on January 8, 1956, the most publicized missionary
610. massacre of this century occurred.<o:p></o:p></div>
611. <div class="MsoNormal">
612. <br /></div>
613. <div class="MsoNormal">
614. Nate Saint, jungle pilot, called that Sunday over the
615. plane’s radio, “We are hoping for visitors at about 2:30. I’ll call you again
616. at 4:35.” When his punctured body was pulled from the river, his wrist watch
617. read 3:12.<o:p></o:p></div>
618. <div class="MsoNormal">
619. Missionaries endured staggering hardship in those rain
620. forests. Sometimes they could not fly and, in order to reach isolated groups,
621. had to travel over land by foot. They hazarded unpredictable rivers by canoe to
622. reach poorly mapped territories where fear-ridden tribal peoples lived. Knowing
623. what we know, our surprise is not that so many died, but that so many other
624. missionaries have survived.<o:p></o:p></div>
625. <div class="MsoNormal">
626. <br /></div>
627. <div class="MsoNormal">
628. In 1944, five missionaries working with New Tribes Missions
629. in Bolivia were killed trying to reach the fierce Ayores. The five were
630. probably murdered weeks before the search party even left to look for them.
631. Their bodies were never found, and the entire event received little notice by
632. the world press. After all, this news item was buried beneath the happenings of
633. World War II. Today, if someone mentions the five intrepid missionary martyrs
634. to the jungles of South America, few recall the names of Cecil and Bob Dye,
635. Dave Bacon, George Hosbach or Eldon Hunter.<o:p></o:p></div>
636. <div class="MsoNormal">
637. <br /></div>
638. <div class="MsoNormal">
639. Naturally speaking, we see several reasons why the deaths of
640. Jim Elliot, Peter Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, and Roger Youderian created
641. such a sensation. There was a lull in world news at that moment. The mystique
642. of the jungle savage excited curiosity. Careful records were available in the
643. journals of the missionaries. The public was informed in a blow-by-blow manner
644. as the facts of the massacre came to light. And here were five striking young
645. men, with intelligent wives and winsome children. These young men looked like
646. fellows we might meet in our own neighborhoods. What were they doing there?<o:p></o:p></div>
647. <div class="MsoNormal">
648. <br /></div>
649. <div class="MsoNormal">
650. Spiritually speaking, we also see reasons why God was
651. pleased to speak so clearly in that event on January 8, Here is a story that
652. inspires us more the more we know of it. The martyrs all were raised with the
653. gospel from youth. Each was considered a role model.<o:p></o:p></div>
654. <div class="MsoNormal">
655. <br /></div>
656. <div class="MsoNormal">
657. <b>Jim Elliot</b> was from Portland, Oregon. At Wheaton College, he
658. was president of the Student Foreign Missions Fellowship. A persuasive
659. communicator, he wrote in college: “O God, save me from a life of barrenness,
660. following a formal pattern of ethics, and give instead that vital contact of
661. soul with Thy divine life that fruit may be produced, and Life-abundant
662. living-may be known again as the final proof for Christ’s message and work.” He
663. married Elisabeth Howard from a prominent Christian publishing family in
664. Philadelphia. At the time of the murder, the Elliots had an infant daughter.<o:p></o:p></div>
665. <div class="MsoNormal">
666. <br /></div>
667. <div class="MsoNormal">
668. ”’He makes His ministers a flame of fire.’ Am I ignitable?”
669. he wrote. “God deliver me from the dread asbestos of ‘other things.’ Saturate
670. me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame. But a flame is transient,
671. often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soulshort life? In me there dwells
672. the Spirit of the Great Short-Lived, whose zeal for God’s house consumed Him.”
673. (Splendor, p. 18; journal entry summer of ‘47).<o:p></o:p></div>
674. <div class="MsoNormal">
675. <br /></div>
676. <div class="MsoNormal">
677. <b>Peter Fleming</b> was from Seattle, Washington. At 27, he was a
678. year younger than Jim Elliot. Pete had recently received his M.A. in
679. literature. He was married to his childhood sweetheart, Olive.<o:p></o:p></div>
680. <div class="MsoNormal">
681. <br /></div>
682. <div class="MsoNormal">
683. Peter wrote: “[The Lord] has been leading my meditation to
684. the stringent statements of Christ regarding discipleship specially those words
685. of Christ to His disciples before He sent them out…’He that findeth his life
686. shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for My sake shall find it.’ I have
687. been directed to these and similar passages again and again. I should like to
688. put these truths to the utmost test … Seemingly God delights in many instances
689. to place men in situations which magnify their weaknesses for the simple
690. delight of showing Himself strong to all observers” (Liefeld, p. 48, Aug., ‘51
691. to Jim Elliot.)<o:p></o:p></div>
692. <div class="MsoNormal">
693. <br /></div>
694. <div class="MsoNormal">
695. <b>Ed McCully</b>, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was president of his
696. senior class at Wheaton. He won the National Hearst Oratorical Contest in San
697. Francisco in 1949 and went on to Marquette University Law School. He and his
698. wife, Marilou, had two sons and were expecting a third. “I have one desire
699. now-to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and
700. strength into it,” Ed wrote in a letter to Jim Elliot immediately after leaving
701. law school on September 22,1950 (Splendor, pp. 5051).<o:p></o:p></div>
702. <div class="MsoNormal">
703. <br /></div>
704. <div class="MsoNormal">
705. <b>Roger Youderian</b> came off a Montana ranch. An airborn ranger
706. who was at the battle of the Bulge, he later went to Northwestern Schools in
707. Minneapolis, where he met his wife, Barbara. They joined the Gospel Missionary
708. Union and were evangelizing the headhunting Jivaros when the Elliots, Flemings,
709. and McCullys arrived.<o:p></o:p></div>
710. <div class="MsoNormal">
711. <br /></div>
712. <div class="MsoNormal">
713. <b>Nate Saint</b> had flown missionaries in and out of the
714. Ecuadorean jungle since 1948 for Missionary Aviation Fellowship. Builder,
715. inventor, and skilled pilot, Nate had devised a ingeniously simple back up fuel
716. system for single-engine planes. Nate was married to a nurse, Marj, whom he had
717. met in the service. They had three children.<o:p></o:p></div>
718. <div class="MsoNormal">
719. In a message broadcast over HCJB in Quito, Nate said,
720. “During the last war we were taught to recognize that, in order to obtain our
721. objective, we had to be willing to be expendable … Yet, when the Lord Jesus
722. asks us to pay the price for world evangelization, we often answer … It costs
723. too much … God didn’t hold back His only Son…” (Splendor, p. 176: Dec. 18, in
724. Nate’s journals on Operation:Auca.)<o:p></o:p></div>
725. <div class="MsoNormal">
726. <br /></div>
727. <div class="MsoNormal">
728. The five couples did not come to Ecuador planning on
729. reaching the Waorani tribe. But in Ecuador they heard about these Indians
730. referred to as “Aucas” meaning savages. They had never been subjugated by
731. soldiers or won over by missionaries.<o:p></o:p></div>
732. <div class="MsoNormal">
733. <br /></div>
734. <div class="MsoNormal">
735. The missionaries often prayed and plotted about, how this
736. dreaded tribe could be reached. As they witnessed a series of events opening
737. the way, the five united their hearts to reach the Waorani. To read the
738. missionaries’ own account, we are compelled to agree with Nate Saint that “It's
739. the Lord’s Time.”<o:p></o:p></div>
740. <div class="MsoNormal">
741. <br /></div>
742. <div class="MsoNormal">
743. All volunteered. They planned carefully. All were aware of
744. the danger. As Jim Elliot said to his Betty: “If that’s the way God wants it to
745. be, I’m ready to die for the salvation of the Aucas.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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747. <br /></div>
748. <div class="MsoNormal">
749. After a series of long-distance contacts, the next step was
750. to find a landing place close to the Waorani village. On the Curaray River they
751. found a landing site on a sand bar. They named it “Palm Beach.” On Tuesday,
752. January 3, a final prayer meeting was held at Arajuno, then the intrepid
753. couples sang Edith Gilling Cherry’s hymn to the tune Finlandia:<o:p></o:p></div>
754. <div class="MsoNormal">
755. <br /></div>
756. <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
757. <b>We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender,<o:p></o:p></b></div>
758. <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
759. <b>Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise;<o:p></o:p></b></div>
760. <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
761. <b>When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,<o:p></o:p></b></div>
762. <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
763. <b>Victors, we rest with Thee through endless days.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
764. <div class="MsoNormal">
765. <br /></div>
766. <div class="MsoNormal">
767. On Friday, they had a visit from three Waorani. On Sunday,
768. Nate flew his plane over the area and spied a group of men walking toward the
769. beach. He radioed Marj. “A commission of ten is coming. Pray for us. This is
770. the day!” The next communication was scheduled for 4:30 PM. It would never
771. come.<o:p></o:p></div>
772. <div class="MsoNormal">
773. <br /></div>
774. <div class="MsoNormal">
775. As newspaper headlines read, Five Missionaries Missing in
776. Ecuador, a rescue party was moving overland. Missionary pilot Johnny Keenan
777. flew over Palm Beach and saw a body; on a second pass, he spied a second one in
778. the river.<o:p></o:p></div>
779. <div class="MsoNormal">
780. By Thursday, two US Navy fliers went in with a helicopter.
781. They found four bodies in the river, speared and hacked by machetes. Jim, Nate,
782. Peter, and Roger were identified. It was speculated that the first body seen
783. from the air was Ed McCully’s and that it had been carried away in the river’s
784. current.<o:p></o:p></div>
785. <div class="MsoNormal">
786. <br /></div>
787. <div class="MsoNormal">
788. The January 23 Newsweek magazine ran the news. But it was
789. Life photographer Cornell Capa who was at Palm Beach via helicopter when the
790. last body was being lowered into the grave. His sensitive photography and the
791. account of the drama published in Life made this the missionary story of the
792. century. Readers Digest also published the story in 1956.<o:p></o:p></div>
793. <div class="MsoNormal">
794. By Friday, Jan. 13, the Air Force flew the widows over the
795. common grave. As Olive Fleming looked down to see the scar of white sand, 2
796. Corinthians 5:1 sounded in her mind: “For we know that if our earthly house of
797. this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made
798. with hands, eternal in the heavens.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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800. <br /></div>
801. <div class="MsoNormal">
802. Some church leaders responded to the massacre as did Judas
803. when the costly perfume was poured on the Lord Jesus, saying, “Why this waste.”
804. To such we can only say that God’s ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). The
805. foolishness of God is wiser than men (1 Corinthians 1:25). In following months,
806. mission boards were deluged with offers to “take the place” of the martyrs.
807. Eternity magazine counted six hundred missionaries who credit the martyrdom as
808. influencing them to go overseas.<o:p></o:p></div>
809. <div class="MsoNormal">
810. <br /></div>
811. <div class="MsoNormal">
812. The work with the Waoranis was only beginning. The girl, Dayuma,
813. an escapee from Waorani territory who helped Rachel Saint learn Waorani, had
814. entrusted herself to the Lord Jesus Christ. To her amazed relatives she
815. returned to their village safe. They assumed she had been cannibalized by the
816. strangers. She explained that the missionaries had come peaceably. She also had
817. an object lesson to help them understand how the Lamb of God was led to
818. slaughter as a sacrifice for sin. “Just as you killed the foreigners on the
819. beach, Jesus was killed for you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
820. <div class="MsoNormal">
821. <br /></div>
822. <div class="MsoNormal">
823. In the fall of 1958 Rachel Saint and Betty Elliot and her
824. toddler, Valerie, hung their hammocks among the Waorani. While Valerie played
825. with the children of her father’s murderers, Rachel and Betty became acquainted
826. with the murderers themselves: Gikita, Kimo, Nimonga, Dyuwi, Minkayi, and Tona.<o:p></o:p></div>
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828. <br /></div>
829. <div class="MsoNormal">
830. Nine years later, the first copies of the Gospel of Mark in
831. Waorani were dedicated at “God’s Speaking House.” Kimo prayed, “Father God, You
832. are alive. This is Your day and all of us have come to worship You. They
833. brought us copies of Your Carving, enough for everybody. We accept it, saying,
834. ‘This is the truth.’ We want all of your carving.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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836. <br /></div>
837. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Surely the enduring attraction to this story is
838. as much about the lives of the martyr’s survivors, as it is about the five men
839. that gave their lives. We not only know the five men by their journals and
840. aging photos. We know them by the lives of the missionary widows, their
841. children, the lives of the Waorani converts and the missionaries that continue
842. to serve them. This is more than a memory. By their fruits we know Ed, Jim,
843. Nate, Pete, and Roger</span></div>
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As a graduation gift, his parents sent him on a cruise around the world. While on this cruise, God began to open William’s eyes and heart to the masses of unsaved people around the world. William wrote to his mother about his desire to be a missionary. In one of his early letters he wrote, “I think God is calling me to be a missionary.” In his final letter he wrote, “I know God is calling me to be a missionary.” One friend expressed amazement that William was throwing his life away by choosing to become a missionary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;When he returned home, William enrolled in Yale University where he was instrumental in starting campus prayer and Bible study groups and evangelism initiatives. He also worked with the least of these on the streets of New Haven and founded Yale Hope Mission. Henry Wright, a professor at Yale, said, “It is my firm conviction that the Yale Hope Mission has done more to convince all classes of men at Yale of the power and practicability of Christianity to regenerate individuals and communities than any other force in the University.” While in school, William renounced his fortune in favor of missions and wrote two words in the flyleaf of his Bible –&lt;span &gt;&lt;b&gt; “No Reserves.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; William wanted to live by faith and to trust God for everything in his life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;William attended a Student Volunteer Movement conference in Nashville where he learned about the great number of Muslims in China. He felt God wanted him to go to China where he hoped to work with Muslims. When he graduated from Yale, he had many lucrative job offers, including the opportunity to take over the multi-million dollar family business. However, he was determined to fulfill God’s call to serve as a missionary. Once again, he opened his Bible to the flyleaf and wrote two more words –&lt;span &gt;&lt;b&gt; “No Retreats.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;William set sail for China on December 17, 1912. He stopped in Egypt to study Arabic so that he would be better equipped to work with Muslims. While in Egypt, William contracted spinal meningitis and died on April 9, 1913 at the age of twenty-five. Years of training, a promising future, and William never made it to China. Charlie Campbell, one of William’s college friends, received his Bible after his death. When he opened it he found what William had written in the flyleaf. In addition to the words “No Reserves” and “No Retreats” that William had jotted down during his college days, he found two more words that William had written before he died – &lt;span &gt;&lt;b&gt;“No Regrets.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span &gt;Although William Borden never made it to the mission field in China, he touched hundreds of students at Yale University and Princeton Divinity School who became missionaries. And, because the news of his death was published all over the world, many people wrote letters to his family expressing how their lives had been influenced by William’s story of faith and commitment to the cause of Christ. His story continues to inspire selfless service for the cause of Christ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2012/02/no-reserves-no-retreats-no-regrets.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfqMhNsOlcswK8rTLy8pfvwdN2GtTVqYsZj8_XLgMIwNVkn5XlRoBLFpzDb-sHj_v2K6LailjWIr_7e3ntvfHaIfxYhYKirwOoblGkv2NpTqUNdrZi2j9jBP9by6Z_DTUp3aBqWz2o0T1/s72-c/william_borden2.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-4591658445656800946</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-12T21:28:39.032+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">following your dreams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rahul sauda</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recruitment open by rahul sauda</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth</category><title>RECRUITMENT OPEN !!!!!</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT29Vpm4S9c1dJ7u9Jjy3EgKX6hkn_9t-FF9-8_HzovLviosfonXBLLK-B1IzudFYSn9cu8sKb8xeVOvH4kXhTF8PjYSBEpsSImTSOMzU48JL8xLzMmk_lzdxIOzLgO1slrsT29GHDFQlw/s1600/266715_10150664159670176_569025175_19449350_2343709_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT29Vpm4S9c1dJ7u9Jjy3EgKX6hkn_9t-FF9-8_HzovLviosfonXBLLK-B1IzudFYSn9cu8sKb8xeVOvH4kXhTF8PjYSBEpsSImTSOMzU48JL8xLzMmk_lzdxIOzLgO1slrsT29GHDFQlw/s400/266715_10150664159670176_569025175_19449350_2343709_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662634124686325074" /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT29Vpm4S9c1dJ7u9Jjy3EgKX6hkn_9t-FF9-8_HzovLviosfonXBLLK-B1IzudFYSn9cu8sKb8xeVOvH4kXhTF8PjYSBEpsSImTSOMzU48JL8xLzMmk_lzdxIOzLgO1slrsT29GHDFQlw/s1600/266715_10150664159670176_569025175_19449350_2343709_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Recruitment Open!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is recruitment going on and this time it’s from the best employer of all. The one who created the arena for everyone to establish themselves. He is none other than God, The creator, Himself. The new job is for TRUE WORSHIPPERS. John 4:23 goes like this "But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.". The intensity is the verse is so demanding that the God who created each and everything by His Word, now the same God is finding difficulties in figuring out the TRUE WORSHIPPERS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we look in the Bible, there we find David, Paul, Daniel and many more who were real in their worshipper and see they all received special place in the heart of God. God used them in the way He wants. Even if we looked at in the present age we will find many youngsters who are doing the work of God in an amazing way. Most of the time this question arise in our mind, How blessed they are? They are just ordinary like you and me but they are the real worshippers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The time is now when we have to sit back and ask the Lord to make us the true worshipper. We need to know the heart of God. The pain which is there in His heart on looking at things happening around the world. I can imagine that, the present situation is more badly then that in the age of Noah. Ask the Lord in prayer that God i want to be a true worshipper, ask Him what all you need for that, what all your need to subtract from your daily routine and what all you need to add in the same. I can bet that if you ask from a sincere desire then He will surely provide you. If you are a true worshipper then God is ready to use you, to utilize you in His Company for His goal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask yourselves whether you have it in you or not. Be a true worshipper and be a winner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love&lt;br /&gt;Rahul&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;Rahul Sauda ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;New Delhi, India &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Born in Delhi in 1986, Did my Graduation from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College,B.Com (H) during 2004-07 session.God opened the way and landed up in one of the biggest institute in India,THE ARMY. Successfully completed the training during 06-07. Presently posted in the northern part of India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/10/recruitment-open-by-rahul-sauda.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT29Vpm4S9c1dJ7u9Jjy3EgKX6hkn_9t-FF9-8_HzovLviosfonXBLLK-B1IzudFYSn9cu8sKb8xeVOvH4kXhTF8PjYSBEpsSImTSOMzU48JL8xLzMmk_lzdxIOzLgO1slrsT29GHDFQlw/s72-c/266715_10150664159670176_569025175_19449350_2343709_o.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-5005349654989021943</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-14T02:17:04.096+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">10 WEBSITES EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christianity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gen-express</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><title>Ten Websites EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW</title><description>&lt;h3 class="entry-header" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 22px; color: rgb(3, 33, 93); "&gt;Ten Websites Every Christian Should Know&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content" style="position: static; clear: both; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;div class="entry-body" style="clear: both; "&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 36pt; "&gt;Never before in the developed world have pastors been so resourced in terms of information.  Here are ten very helpful sites for the pastor:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 72pt; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;BibleGateway.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this site you can search a multiplicity of Bible translations in a variety of languages by word, phrase, topic, or passage.  Among the twenty-one English translations are&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.ibs.org/niv/index.php" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;New International Version&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tniv.info/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Today's New International Version&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;English Standard Version&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.lockman.org/nasb/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;New American Standard Bible&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="http://hcsb.broadmanholman.com/crossmain.asp" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Holman Christian Standard Bible&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.newlivingtranslation.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;New Living Translation&lt;/a&gt;, and&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/?action=getVersionInfo&amp;amp;vid=50" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;New King James Version&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 72pt; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Crosswalk.com's Bible Study Tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This very helpful site includes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;an online &lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/InterlinearBible/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Bible&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;several full-Bible commentaries including&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eaec.org/faithhallfame/matthewhenry.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Matthew Henry&lt;/a&gt;'s famous &lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/MatthewHenryComplete/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;commentary&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://siteone.com/religion/baptist/baptistpage/Portraits/robertson.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;A.T. Robertson&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/RobertsonsWordPictures/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Word Pictures of the New Testament&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spurgeon.org/aboutsp.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Spurgeon&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/TreasuryofDavid/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Treasury of David&lt;/a&gt;, and more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several Bible Dictionaries including&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology&lt;/a&gt;, and&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/SmithsBibleDictionary/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Smith's Bible Dictionary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Lexicons in Hebrew and Greek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/Concordances/NavesTopicalBible/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Naves Topical Bible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;And a number of other helpful resources&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;BibleStudy.org's &lt;a href="http://www.biblestudy.org/maps/main.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Bible Maps &amp;amp; Timelines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just what it says.  Lots of maps from the Old and New Testaments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;StudyLight.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site features&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/devos/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;A Devotionals Page&lt;/a&gt; that includes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my_utmost_for_his_highest/oswald_chambers_1.page" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Oswald Chamber's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/devos/utm/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;My Utmost for His Highest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spurgeon.org/aboutsp.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;CH Spurgeon&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/devos/spg/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Morning and Evening&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;A Commentaries Page&lt;/a&gt; that features&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clarke" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Adam Clarke&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/acc/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Commentary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Barnes" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Albert Barnes&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/bnn/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Notes on the New Testament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gill_(theologian)" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;John Gill&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/geb/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Exposition of the Entire Bible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/jfb/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Jamieson, Fausset, &amp;amp; Brown's Commentary on the Whole Bible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;John Wesley&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/wen/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/enc/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Bible Encyclopedias&lt;/a&gt; including the classic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.studylight.org/com/tsk/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;an amazing resource – this is an entire Bible of cross-references.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.leaderu.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Leadership University&lt;/a&gt; - A large repository of fine articles relevant to the pastor including pieces on apologetics, systematic theology, philosophy, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://people.bu.edu/bpstone/theology/theology.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Fides Quaerens Internetum&lt;/a&gt; – a portal to the theological net featuring sites from a multiplicity of theological perspectives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Grace Online Library&lt;/a&gt; – a fine collection of articles, books, etc from the Reformed tradition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ccel.org/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Christian Classics Ethereal Library&lt;/a&gt; – a dizzying assortment of entire books. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.creeds.net/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Creeds of Christiandom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(20, 70, 112); "&gt;Christianity Today&lt;/a&gt; - CT is &lt;strong&gt;the&lt;/strong&gt; source for what's going on today in evangelicalism&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;Thanks to my teammates here for suggestions!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   &gt;This is just my opinion of ten very helpful websites for Christian belivers.  If you are thinking, I can't believe he didn't mention ______, please enlighten us in comments!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/05/ten-websites-every-christian-should.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-5750203375315170950</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-19T23:23:44.531+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational biographies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">POLYCARP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transformation through a youth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth</category><title>POLYCARP : AN AMAZING STORY OF A MARTYR WHO STOOD FOR FAITH &amp; TRUTH</title><description>&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1BMs32XpKVg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span class="f" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polycarp - A Father of the Christian Church&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Polycarp is a celebrated figure in the &lt;span class="dynlink" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "&gt;history of Christianity&lt;/span&gt;. A direct pupil of the apostle John, Polycarp lived between 70 and 155 A.D., connecting him to both the biblical apostles and the age of the early church fathers. Several ancient sources document the contributions of Polycarp to Christianity, including his letters written to the church at Philippi, in which he encourages the members to remain strong in their faith and to flee from materialism. He also instructs the members in the proper handling of financial dishonesty that was creeping into the church. Polycarp served as the bishop of the church at Smyrna (modern day Izmir), and was recognized as one of the early combatants of Christian heresies. He rejected the teachings of Marcion, an influential heretic who tried to create a "new brand" of Christianity by redefining God and rejecting Old Testament teachings. In his well-known thesis, Polycarp combats Gnostic heresies that were beginning to spread throughout the Christian church.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span class="f" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polycarp - A Martyr for Truth&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Polycarp's greatest contribution to Christianity may be his martyred death. His martyrdom stands as one of the most well documented events of antiquity. The emperors of Rome had unleashed bitter attacks against the Christians during this period, and members of the early church recorded many of the persecutions and deaths. Polycarp was arrested on the charge of being a Christian -- a member of a politically dangerous cult whose rapid growth needed to be stopped. Amidst an angry mob, the Roman proconsul took pity on such a gentle old man and urged Polycarp to proclaim, "Caesar is Lord". If only Polycarp would make this declaration and offer a small pinch of incense to Caesar's statue he would escape torture and death. To this Polycarp responded, "Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?" Steadfast in his stand for Christ, Polycarp refused to compromise his beliefs, and thus, was burned alive at the stake.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polycarp - A Relevant Testimony for our Lives&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Polycarp's martyrdom is historical reality. He died for one reason - his unyielding faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. Yet Polycarp's well-recorded death is only one of many lives that were given to reveal and proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ. In light of the cruel and torturous deaths of the first and second generation Christians, all theories that Christianity is a fabricated myth, created for the personal gain of its followers, must be rejected. Even today, many will die for a belief, but &lt;span class="dynlink" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "&gt;none will die for a lie&lt;/span&gt;. God allows the deaths of His saints not because He is a helpless or indifferent Lord, but because their deaths are powerful declarations of the free gift of life that is offered to us through the Person of Jesus Christ. If you have any doubts about the truth of Christ as revealed in the Bible, reexamine the biblical text in light of the willful deaths of nearly all of its writers, men who were eyewitnesses to Christ's life and ministry. Polycarp, like many other Christians to this day, was only able to die for Christ because he lived for Christ. His life was radically transformed by the work of the Holy Spirit -- the desires, worries, pains and fears of this world no longer bound him. Polycarp's life and death provides an inspirational example for all Christians. He gave his earthly life for Christ, and in the midst of his sacrifice, he gained eternal life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/03/polycarp-amazing-story-of-martyr-who.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/1BMs32XpKVg/default.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-6185591148259012407</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-09T23:00:49.762+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">china inland mission</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hudson taylor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational biographies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">missionary to china</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transformation through a youth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth</category><title>HUDSON TAYLOR : AN INSPIRING STORY OF A MAN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CHINA</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Egn_QvG61hWhio0FTYTvKxibkAsaeCnc3ENYU2809dYRy3RHtqtTEX-wyLPZER4eGJDyy3MytO0NS51I62dDF4R7RjBvY1hHKcGj6SeTD1YbFbiyNK3aXUXqpIkhRpE5BiwvHTn-ThWA/s1600/taylorsr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Egn_QvG61hWhio0FTYTvKxibkAsaeCnc3ENYU2809dYRy3RHtqtTEX-wyLPZER4eGJDyy3MytO0NS51I62dDF4R7RjBvY1hHKcGj6SeTD1YbFbiyNK3aXUXqpIkhRpE5BiwvHTn-ThWA/s400/taylorsr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582127817736834514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Hudson Taylor was the most widely used missionary in China's history. During his 51 years of service there, his China Inland Mission established 20 mission stations, brought 849 missionaries to the field (968 by 1911), trained some 700 Chinese workers, raised four million dollars by faith (following Mueller's example), and developed a witnessing Chinese church of 125,000. It has been said at least 35,000 were his own converts and that he baptized some 50,000. His gift for inspiring people to give themselves and their possessions to Christ was amazing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Taylor was born into a Christian home. His father was a chemist and a local Methodist preacher who himself was fascinated by China in his youth. Once at age 4, Hudson piped up, "When I am a man I mean to be a missionary and go to China." Father's faith and mother's prayers meant much. Before he was born they had prayed about him going to China someday. However, soon young Taylor became a skeptical and worldly young man. He decided to live for this life only. At 15 he entered a local bank and worked as a junior clerk where, being well adjusted and happy, he was a popular teen. Worldly friends helped him scoff and swear. The gaslight and the murk of this winter left his eyes weak the rest of his life. He left the bank in 1848 to work in his father's shop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;His conversion is an amazing story. When he was 17 years of age he went into his father's library one afternoon in June, 1849 in search of a book to read. This was in a barn or warehouse adjacent to the house. Finally he picked up a gospel tract entitled, "It is Finished," and decided to read the story on the front. He came upon the expression, "The Finished work of Christ," Remembering the words, "It is Finished," he raised the question — "What was finished?" The answers seemed to fall in place and he received Christ as his Saviour. The same afternoon and time, his mother was visiting some 75 miles away. Experiencing an intense yearning for the conversion of her son, she turned the key in the door and resolved not to leave the spot until her prayers were answered. Hours later she left with assurance. She returned 10 days later and was met at the door by her son who said he had good news for her. She said, "I know, my boy. I have been rejoicing for a fortnight in the glad tidings you have to tell me." Mother Taylor had learned of the incident from no human source, but God had assured her.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Months later he began to feel a great dissatisfaction with his spiritual state. His "first love" and his zeal for souls had grown cold. On Dec. 2, 1849 he retired to be alone with the Lord and it seemed this was the time to promise the Lord he would go to China. Hudson started to prepare immediately by exercising in the open air and exchanging his feather bed for a hard mattress. He distributed tracts and held cottage meetings. With the aid of a copy of Luke's Gospel in the Mandarin dialect, he studied the Chinese language. He borrowed a book on China from a Congregational minister and began the study of Greek, Hebrew, and Latin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;In November, 1851, Hudson moved his lodging to a noisy suburb of Darinside, a neighborhood on the edge of town. Here he began a rigorous regime of saving and self-denial, spending spare time as a self-appointed medical missionary in cheerless streets where low wages, ever large families and gin produced brutalized husbands and wives and sickly children. Here he set up a test situation regarding his salary. His employer had asked Hudson to remind him when his salary became due. Taylor did not do this. One day in a poor home with evidently starving children, he prayed for them but had no peace until he gave the family all he had even down to his last coin. He went home happy in heart and the next day the postman brought a letter with enough money to make a 400% profit for only a twelve hour investment. He was convinced that money given in Christ's name was a loan which God would repay...and He did! One night about 10 p.m. on the day his rent was due (and his pockets were empty), his employer came by with his back wages. Experiences like these prepared him for his future life of faith.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;In the Fall of 1852, he came to London under the auspices of the Chinese Evangelization Society, who arranged to pay for his training as a doctor at the London Hospital in the East End.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Glowing reports came from China and the CES urged Taylor to leave at once, medical course unfinished, to reach the Taipings (new rebel group called Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace) at Nanking. These were supposedly Christian rebels that toppled Nanking in March, 1853. This Chinese rebellion lasted from 1850 to 1864. After further medical studies in London, he accepted appointment under the CES and sailed from Liverpool on September 19, 1853. He was the only passenger in the sailing vessel, &lt;i&gt;Dumfries&lt;/i&gt;. He had a tempestuous voyage as the ship on two occasions was within a few feet of being wrecked. One harrowing experience is worth remembering. The sailing vessel was becalmed in the vicinity of New Guinea. The captain dispaired as a four knot current carried them swiftly toward sunken reefs near shore. "Our fate is sealed!" Cannibals were eagerly awaiting with delight and fires burning ready. Taylor and three others retired to pray and the Lord immediately sent a strong breeze that sent them on their way. Again one of his favorite texts, John 14:13 was proven. He finally reached Shanghai, China, March 1, 1854.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;China at last...age 21 years, 10 months old! He was not prepared for the civil war on his doorstep. It was a shock to find that if the rebels did embrace Christianity, it was nominally on the part of the leaders alone from political motives. "Of the spirit of Christianity they knew little and manifested none." He was forlorn, miserable and homesick. His eyes were inflamed, he suffered headaches and was simply cold in the climate. His leisure time was consumed with long letters home to parents and sister. 1854 was still uncertain. As the military situation allowed, he explored the countryside, pursuing a hobby of insect and plant collecting, plus photography. Other missionaries took him on preaching tours and the Imperial Fleet once nearly opened fire on their boats at night in Woosung Creek. He was the only missionary actually a resident in Shanghai and this renewed his zeal for souls. But physical set backs and the possible civil war coming ever closer made him realize life was no longer safe. He soon evacuated to the International Settlement geared for the foreign population. He was appalled at the idleness of many missionaries and their critical, sarcastic remarks. In early 1855 he started preaching tours — a week or more with another missionary or alone. There were ten such journeys his first two years. In February, 1855, the Imperial armies with rebel French support had stormed and sacked the starving city of Shanghai, making the streets hideous with human suffering. As peace returned he considered permanent residence in some interior city, or else he must find his way 700 miles to Nanking, capital of the Taipings. Either would forfeit consular protection. Before deciding, he went up the Yangtze River for three weeks in April with John Burdon. It was a trip that nearly cost their lives. At Tungchow, a city of evil repute, they were attacked by ruffians and were brought to a magistrate of sorts who saw that they were escorted safely out of the city.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Back at Shanghai, Taylor decided to reach the Taipings. Ten days later he was off. Partly to explore openings for future residence and partly to throw Imperialists off his trail, he proceeded up the Yangtze leisurely. From his boat, he visited 58 villages. Only seven of them had ever seen a Protestant missionary. He preached, removed tumors and distributed books. The people would run from him at times or throw mud and stones. Medical box and skill was the only thing used to combat this. Passing his 23rd birthday he came within 70 miles of the Taipings. However he was divinely hindered in his attempt to reach Nanking, and in five more years the rebels were all but extinguished anyway. Taylor returned to Shanghai and on August 24, 1855, he toured southward to Ningpo. Now he was writing a girl back home, Elizabeth Sisson, proposing marriage...not even noticing young Maria Dyer who lived there (whom he eventually did marry).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;On October 18, 1855 he left Shanghai again, this time going to Tsungming, a large island in the Yangtze mouth. He felt this would be a good place to labor and on November 5 he returned to Shanghai to restock the medicine chest, collect letters and fit himself with winter clothes. However he was then ordered out of Tsungming permanently, as local doctors complained to the magistrate that they were losing business to the foreign doctor. These six weeks were his first "inland" experience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;William Burns, a Scottish evangelist, came across his path and for seven months, 1855-56, they worked together as a gospel team. In February of 1856, they both felt called to Swatown, 1,000 miles south. They decided to go and arrived March 12. It was no easy place to get the attention of a hardened embittered people. Tropical summer soon put Taylor into a state of exhaustion as the prickly heat and unending perspiration plus the stench of the night soil pails left him weak. He left his rice diet in May and added tea, eggs and toast. The mail was not encouraging either. Miss Sisson rejected his proposal to join him, and the CES, his mission board, informed him there were no funds left to send to him. By midsummer, 1856, he was torn 100 different ways, but in July he decided to go back north, at Burns request, to get much needed medical equipment from Shanghai. Taylor arrived to find nearly all his medical supplies had been accidentally destroyed by fire. Then came the distressing news that Burns was arrested by Chinese authorities and sent on a 31 day journey to Canton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Hudson then decided to settle at Ningpo and in October, 1856, made his way back there. On his way down he was robbed of his traveling bed, spare clothes, two watches, surgical instruments, concertina, sister Amelia's photo and a Bible given to him by his mother. With no salary coming in now he would have been destitute and helpless had not his expenses fallen sharply because he had adopted the Chinese dress and level of living. Despite his setbacks he continued to preach to those who were in darkness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;As 1856 ended and the new year began, he knew he would have to resign from his mission board, CES. He considered joining some other society but a letter from&lt;a href="http://wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpmueller.html" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;George Mueller&lt;/a&gt; encouraged him to live by faith. So in June he resigned at age 25.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Dr. Parker, a fellow missionary, had established a hospital and dispensary at Ningpo. A new family, the Jones', had arrived and the missionary community was fervent in spirit. Once a week they all dined at the school run by Miss Mary Ann Aldersey, a 60 year old Englishwoman, reputed to be the first woman missionary to China. She had two young helpers, Burella and Maria Dyer. Burella became engaged to missionary associate, John Burdon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;On Christmas day, 1856, the missionary compound had a party where a friendship between Hudson and Maria developed. Taylor had to return to Shanghai, but on March 23 he wrote asking to be engaged. Ordered by Miss Aldersey (a guardian of sorts), Maria painfully refused. However, as both plunged into the Lord's work and prayed, they decided to get engaged on November 14, 1857, approval or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;As 1859 came around, Maria turned 21 (born January 16, 1837), and four days later on the 20th, she married Hudson Taylor. A happier couple could not be found...they had waited over two years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;The work in the compound continued. John Jones became the pastor, Maria ran the little school as Taylor's small group at Ningpo kept pursuing mission work in a great heathen city. In 1859, Mrs. Taylor fell grievously ill, recovering to give birth to their first child, Grace, on July 31.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;The treaty of Tientsin, ratified in 1860, gave missionaries new freedoms but Taylor's health was so bad with all the pressures that a furlough seemed to be his only hope for life. So in August they left Shanghai, arriving back in England in November, 1860, seven years after he first left for China. They lived in Bayswater where their first son, Herbert, was born (2nd child) in April, 1861. Taylor, realizing he could not soon return, undertook various responsibilities. First, the translating and revision of the Ningpo New Testament (a five year project) and then enrolling in a medical course. He also wrote a book, &lt;i&gt;China, It's Spiritual Needs and Claims&lt;/i&gt; (October, 1865). Other children were born. Bertie (number 3) came in 1862, followed by Freddie in 1863 and Samuel in 1864. As only four children returned to China, it is thought that Herbert must have died in infancy. These London years brought tests as severe as any that followed with poor health, funds and a growing family.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;The China Inland Mission was born on Sunday, June 25, 1865 on the sands of Brington's beach where Hudson Taylor was gripped with a heavy burden and asked God for 24 missionaries to return with him to China. He opened a bank account with $50.00 and soon the volunteers and money began coming in. At this time &lt;a href="http://wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpspurgeon.html" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;Spurgeon&lt;/a&gt;heard Taylor and was impressed by his zeal for China. Apparently God was too, for within the year, he had raised $13,000.00 and accepted 24 volunteers. On December 7, a baby born prematurely died at birth. Maria's lungs were permanently affected with tuberculosis at about this time and it took months for her to recover.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;On May 26, 1866, the Taylors left for China after 5½ years of working and recruiting at home. Of the 24 volunteers, eight preceded him and 16 came with the family. On board were a married couple, five single men and nine single ladies. They ran into a terrible typhoon in the South China Sea and only prayer and work beyond measure aboard the &lt;i&gt;Lammermuir&lt;/i&gt; prevented a catastrophe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;On September 30, 1866, they were towed towards Shanghai by a steam tug. It was back to Ningpo by canal, but over crowded conditions at the missionary compound compelled him to go to Hangchow in December. Taylor's methods were met with scorn, the Chinese dress being the big item that annoyed the western community as it did previously. Keeping his new missionaries in line with his policies was somewhat a task also. In early February, 1867, little Maria was born (number 6). By April the group was in danger of a split. Taylor admitted his folly in rebaptizing Anglicans and never again swerved from a true interdenominational position.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;He went westward in June looking for new stations. The heat climbed to 103 degrees in August. Taylor was recovering from inflamed eyes and wife Maria was ill. The death of 8 year old Gracie Taylor on August 23, 1867 probably saved the mission. The girl was praying for an idol maker just before she died and it united the mission. In September, 1868 the last dissident was dismissed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;The Taylors had gone to Yangchow on June 1, 1868 with their four children. By July 20 they had their own compound. Suddenly handbills warned against the foreigners. Ignorance and priestly hostility brought fear of the West. Not only that, but the foreigners (Taylors) offered exceptional prospects for looting. Saturday, August 22, 1868 has to be one of the most traumatic days in the mission's history. The mission compound was attacked and as Taylor and a friend ran for help, the home was looted and burned causing serious injuries on several individuals. The battered missionaries left Yangchow for Chinkiang where they were made comfortable. Maria Taylor could not walk unaided and ached in every bone. However, they did not want to press charges. The British Navy, hearing of the problem, sailed up the Yangtze deep into the territory to protest this outrage. This was to produce negative results as Western Imperialism became the excuse for Communist infiltration later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;The Taylors returned to Yangchow on November 18, 1868. Charles Edward was born November 28 (number 7).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Although Europeans in Shanghai appreciated the problem in Yangchow, back in England the stories were perverted and the Taylors sneered at. In Yangchow the natives were impressed that the Taylors would come back and the next year saw a time of reaping. In England, &lt;a href="http://wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpmueller.html" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;George Mueller&lt;/a&gt; refused to believe the libel and his contributions ($10,000 annually) made up for the support that stopped.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Exhausted and depressed, Hudson later confessed that only his wife's love stood between him and suicide. At this point in his life God used the situation to do a new thing. Hudson Taylor could not go on as he was bankrupt in spirit and strength. It finally dawned on him reading a missionary friend's letter. "I have striven in vain to abide in Him, I'll strive no more. For has not He promised to abide with me...never to leave me, never to fail me?" He then entered into what he thereafter called the "Exchanged Life" where his work for the Lord was no longer done in his own strength.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;In 1870 a most heart rendering decision had to be made. The children (older four), ages 9,7,5 and 3 should go back to England, leaving only baby Charles with the parents. Fear of parting was too much for Sammy. He died on a boat on the Yangtze River on February 4, 1870. On March 22 at Shanghai, the parents wept as they said farewell to Bertie, Freddie and little Maria who would go home with missionary Emily Blatchley who would act as their foster-mother. Little did Mrs. Taylor know how wise a decision this would be for she herself would be dead four months later. On June 21, a massacre of many foreigners in Tientsin made things tense again. But is was Maria's tuberculosis condition worsening under the extremely hot sun that caused the greatest concern. On July 7, little Noel (number 8) was born. he lived for 13 days as throat problems in the oppressive heat were just too much for him. Four children were now in heaven as July 20th added another. Three days later the brave Maria died on Saturday, July 23, 1870. She just got weaker and weaker and passed on peacefully. Official conclusion was prostration by cholera. She was 33 and during their 12 years of marriage gave birth to eight children plus one stillborn. She was a tower of strength to her husband. Certainly, along with Ann Judson, Maria Taylor was one of the most heroic wives in Christian history. Two days before she died they received word that the other children had arrived safely in England. She was buried at Chinkiang.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Taylor himself had a breakdown in 1871. A badly deranged liver made him sleepless leading to painful depression of spirit, and difficulty in breathing. At the same time, the Bergers back in England could no longer care for the home side of the Mission because of failing health and he was retiring in March 1872. Hence Taylor had to return to England to care for this need as well as his health. He returned home in July, 1871 where a Miss Faulding came into his life. He married her in London later that year. He also formed the London Council of the CIM on August 6, 1872, and at a Bible Conference that year, young &lt;a href="http://wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpmoody.html" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;Dwight Moody&lt;/a&gt; heard him preach. he returned to China on October 9, 1872 bidding farewell to his beloved children and taking his new bride with him. Mission work continued. An interesting conversation on January 26, 1874 challenged him further.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;In April, 1874 he wrote a friend, "We have $.87 and all the promises of God." In June came a letter from an unknown friend in England with $4,000 marked for extension of his work into new, untouched provinces. Also, that month he opened the western branch of the Mission in Wuchang with Mr. Judd.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Now the emergency was back in England as the foster-mother Miss Blatchley died July 26, 1874. Again the Taylors hurried home, and on the way up the Yangtze a fall seriously injured Mr. Taylor. General paralysis of the limbs confined him to the couch. He could only later turn in bed with the help of a rope fixed above him. Health finally came back after the long 1874-75 winter. Mrs. Taylor had to stay in England to care for her own two children recently born (including Howard, the biographer and author of his father's life story), plus the four from the previous marriage and an adopted daughter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;In January 1875 Taylor appealed in prayer for 18 pioneers for the nine unevangelized provinces. On September 13, 1876 a political settlement was reached between England and China with the signing of the Chefoo Convention which opened inland China to the gospel. Hudson, himself went back to China where he was to travel 30,000 miles the next two years (1876-78) opening new stations. His journey kept him on the road months at a time in widespread evangelistic journeys inland. In hours of trial and loneliness he would play his harmonium and sing some of the great Christian hymns — his favorite being, "Jesus, I am resting, resting, in the joy of what thou art."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;In 1878 his wife was able to rejoin him on the mission field. She led in the advance of women's missionary activity into the far interior in the fall of 1878. The following fall, Mrs. Nicoll and Mrs. Clark pioneered the way for women's work in western China. The first woman missionary allowed to go into the interior on a resident status was Emily King who died in May of 1881 at Hanchung. There were now about 100 missionaries in the organization and they decided to pray in November 1881 at Wuchang for another seventy to come out in 1882-84.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Taylor sailed home in February, 1883 and was powerfully used by the Lord. At the end of the year he had 70 new workers sailing for China and $14,000 raised. These included the &lt;a href="http://wholesomewords.org/missions/mscambridge7.html" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;Cambridge University Seven&lt;/a&gt; that sailed on February 5, 1885. Taylor returned to China rejoicing in the developments. They now had 225 missionaries, 59 churches and 1,655 members. Taylor decided that to open China up from end to end would take 100 new workers, so London was cabled,—"Praying for 100 new workers in 1887." This was the first meeting of the China Council held in Anking. Taylor went back to England to challenge recruits to join him. Actually 600 offered to go, but Taylor screened and chose 102. He prayed for $50,000 and raised $105,000. At the years end all 102 had joined the staff on the field. More than $22,000 was raised to pay their passages.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Taylor was about to return when urgent invitations from Henry Frost came to visit America in December. He decided to go and on his only trip to America he preached at Moody's Northfield Conference and a few other places making a profound impression. As he went back to China in the Fall of 1888, he was able to take 14 candidates along from America.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Taylor had to return to England because of ill health and was semi-retired in Switzerland as a result. He was brought to the very doors of death by the terrible news of the Boxer Rebellion, the resulting disruption of the work and murder of hundreds of missionaries along with the native Christians. It was May, 1900, and as the telegrams came telling of riots and massacres, he gasped, "I cannot read, I cannot pray, I can scarcely think...but I can trust." Although the anguish of heart nearly killed him, the stories coming out of the holocaust actually inspired great interest in missions everywhere and gave new life to the CIM. D.E. Hoste was appointed Acting General Director in August, 1900. In November, 1902, Taylor resigned to turn the reigns over to younger men.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Not knowing he had only three months to live, he left for China one last time...his 11th trip there, leaving in February, 1905, and arriving in March. He went alone as his beloved wife had passed on in Switzerland on July 30, 1904.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;He spent Easter at Yangchow where 32 years before, his house was burnt to the ground. Then to Chinkiang where he buried his first wife 35 years previously. Then on to Honan, Hankow, and finally to Changsha, the capital of Hunan. This was the most difficult of the nine unevangelized provinces entered by his workers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;Here he visited various parts of the city, inspected a site for a new hospital, spoke to a congregation of Chinese Christians, attending a reception given in his honor in a garden, and was planning to speak on Sunday. But he died quite suddenly on Saturday evening. He had retired to his home, his daughter-in-law, Mary (Mrs. Howard Taylor) visited him as he was busy going over his homeland letters. One gasp and he was gone. Christians carried his body to Chinkiang where he was buried with his Maria at the foot of green hills near the Yangtze River.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/03/hudson-taylor-inspiring-story-of-man.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Egn_QvG61hWhio0FTYTvKxibkAsaeCnc3ENYU2809dYRy3RHtqtTEX-wyLPZER4eGJDyy3MytO0NS51I62dDF4R7RjBvY1hHKcGj6SeTD1YbFbiyNK3aXUXqpIkhRpE5BiwvHTn-ThWA/s72-c/taylorsr.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-1973278781043401652</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-02T01:43:52.300+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Arthur Polhill-Turner</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cecil Polhill-Turner</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charles T. 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Smith</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the cambridge seven</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">William Cassels</category><title>THE CAMBRIDGE SEVEN - STORY OF SEVEN YOUNGSTERS WHO BROUGHT REVOLUTION IN CAMPUSES</title><description>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;                                      &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;THE CAMBRIDGE SEVEN&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUaez3ALaXyNy_5vTes50de3192rC_iDq0Ie692j4j-NQwV1ucwdH8puyfxfRl0A6PXpJP3TT5pNnFANheN9JojLznGPUNdnfj0f0tZ7cLt-M4EhL07HHNG2tsEw33UV1TXJuCBRpopZH/s1600/camb7er.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUaez3ALaXyNy_5vTes50de3192rC_iDq0Ie692j4j-NQwV1ucwdH8puyfxfRl0A6PXpJP3TT5pNnFANheN9JojLznGPUNdnfj0f0tZ7cLt-M4EhL07HHNG2tsEw33UV1TXJuCBRpopZH/s320/camb7er.jpg" width="320" style="cursor: move; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Cambridge Seven&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C.T. Studd, M. Beauchamp, S.P. Smith,&lt;br /&gt;A.T. Polhill-Turner, D.E. Hoste, C.H. Polhill-Turner, W.W. Cassels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In no way does this report come close to how God used The Cambridge Seven in his world redemptive work. Any understanding of how these men were brought together and their own joy in God can be gotten from the book and their own testimonies. I only hope that I have captured a little of the impact of The Cambridge Seven in their generation and hope that God finds this report accurate and testifies to His grace. May God raise up another Cambridge Seven from amongst our own universities and may we participate in their spirit and devotion to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ -- Anthony B. Wong.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;b&gt;"And He [Jesus] said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;The seven young men who came to be known as "The Cambridge Seven" were all Englishmen, but the story of how God used this handful of students really begins in China, with a medical missionary named Dr. Harold Schofield. Dr. Schofield was a member of the China Inland Mission, the first Protestant mission allowed to penetrate into the interior of China and it was the mission pioneered by Hudson Taylor in 1866. Dr. Schofield had been a brilliant young doctor at Oxford who gave his life to Jesus and at the age of 29, God sent him to China as a missionary.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;There was nothing glamorous about missionary life in the interior of China. The stench of dung, mingled with the stench of unwashed bodies was everywhere. Disease was common, especially among the poor, peasant class, and in fact, Dr. Schofield would later die from typhus, contracted in his mission field. At the time, few in England were interested in China mission. Fewer still had even heard of Hudson Taylor's China Inland Mission and the handful who did go to China were not university men, "trained in mind and body for leadership." Students in the universities were not interested in foreign missions and actually, there were not many students who were deeply interested in Jesus. Of the university students who had answered God's call to be missionaries, they wanted to follow the paths blazed by Dr. David Livingstone in Africa or the footsteps of William Carey in India. As Dr. Schofield surveyed the province (Shansi) in which he lived, with its nine million unsaved heathen Chinese and only five or six missionaries total, combined with the sleeping church back in England, he should have packed up his bags and went home in utter defeat. However, Dr. Schofield was a man of prayer and so night after night, "leaving behind food and leisure," he got on his knees and prayed that God would raise up Bible teachers and shepherds, especially from the universities and send them to China as missionaries. When Dr. Schofield died, he did not physically see much answer to his prayer. But God was working in such a way as not only to answer one man's faith and prayer but to awaken an entire nation from its spiritual slumber.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 31px; "&gt;First, consecration and dedication of seven young men&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 31px; "&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;In 1873, Dwight L. Moody and his co-worker, Ira Sankey, began a three year evangelical mission of the British Isles. He was already a famous and respected evangelist in the United States but when he went to England, he was, at first, looked upon as a curiosity and the press especially did not like them. Many people ridiculed Moody, who did not speak well and Sankey, who was, at best, only an average musician. But strangely, many people went to their meetings, with the meeting halls often overflowing with people.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;One of these attendants was a thirteen year old boy named &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Stanley P. Smith&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. He came from a Christian family and his father was a successful London surgeon. When Stanley Smith listened to Moody's message, the Holy Spirit opened Smith's heart to see his own sins and to see how Jesus "Christ had died on the cross, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God." In Stanley Smith's own words, "I was by grace enabled to receive Christ."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;We cannot deny the reality of Smith's conversion and the power of the Holy Spirit. Two years later, as a student at Repton, one of the premier prep. schools in England, Smith joined a prayer meeting/Bible study formed by his friend Granville Waldegrave. But he was young, only fifteen years old, and he was often sick so his faith depended on how he was feeling. His diary is full of entries of his own un-Christ like behavior. He wanted to become an Anglican minister but his faith soon degenerated into habit. Outwardly, he looked okay. He was popular and seemed happy. He worked hard at school and devoted his time to playing sports, even though he was often in pain. Smith was known for his good sense of humor. But he knew that he was not right with God. By 1880, the same life he had given to God when he accepted Jesus six years previous, Smith had taken it all back for himself.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;In 1879, Stanley Smith entered Cambridge University (University of Cambridge). Rowing was Smith's passion and in spite of his health, he joined the Cambridge rowing team and was placed in the lowest boat. His best friend from prep school, &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Montague Beauchamp&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, a tall, athletic type, was also a Cambridge student and member of the rowing team and the two were inseparable. Beauchamp also came from a Christian family, and his parents and uncle had been original sponsors of Hudson Taylor's China Inland Mission. Together, Smith and Beauchamp occasionally attended the Daily Prayer Meeting, weekly Sunday meetings of the Inter-Collegiate Christian Union and even taught Sunday school. But the two of them had not yielded their lives to Christ and soon, rowing became more important to Smith than any relationship with God, even a nominal one.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;In April 1880, Granville Waldegrave, Smith and Beauchamp met for chapel service and then breakfast. Waldegrave was also a Cambridge student and had been praying for his friend Stanley Smith, for three and a half years. God was working and the conversation soon changed to a deep, spiritual conversation. Beauchamp was not ready yet, but Smith was. Smith confessed his own sin that he no longer had any joy from his salvation and was hardly a Christian at all. Waldegrave showed Smith that making small, token pledges to God were useless and that he had to give himself fully to God, even as God in Christ had wholly given himself for us. Only then can we know the joys and unsearchable riches of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. When Smith gave his life to God that night, he was changed forever. Smith would later say, "I decided by God's grace to live by and for Him." God had raised the first member of "The Cambridge Seven."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;One of Smith's good friends from the rowing team was William Hoste, a Christian. Hoste had a younger brother named &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Dixon Hoste&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, a disinterested, callous and quiet young man, who although only twenty-one years old, was already a commissioned officer in the British army (a gunner subaltern), right below the rank of captain. Dixon Hoste was living a life "entirely indifferent to the claims of God," as he would later say. He had been raised in a Christian family but he himself had no spiritual desire. He felt that his life was in the army and in fact, he had a bright future in it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;During the Winter of 1882, Dixon was on leave and William, home for Christmas break, tried to persuade Dixon to attend a meeting of Moody, who was in the midst of his second great evangelical mission of Great Britain. For three nights, Dixon refused to attend. On the fourth night, William's persistence triumphed and Dixon went to the meeting, in spite of himself. When Dixon listened to God's word, his heart was opened. He saw his own ugly sins. His pride crumbled. Dixon's deep dissatisfaction with his life overwhelmed him and he saw how much his dissatisfaction contrasted with the joyful life of his brother who knew Jesus. Dixon had heard the same message too many times already, but this time, he had to repent and give his life to the Only One who could save him, Jesus Christ. But Dixon Hoste felt it too costly, giving up his easy-going desires, incurring the ridicule of worldly people and the bad effect this might have on his promising military career. Dixon's brother William prayed for him and the Holy Spirit worked so that on the last night of the mission, Dixon knelt down and gave his life to Jesus. Then peace and joy welled up in his soul, like he had never known before. At that moment, Dixon realized that there was nothing better than to know, adore and serve his Lord and Master Jesus Christ. When Dixon returned to his post, he became a faithful witness of Christ. But with each passing day, he grew more and more sure that God was calling him to leave his commission and go out as a missionary. In due time, God would answer his call.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montague Beauchamp&lt;/b&gt; had been childhood friends with the Studd family and at Cambridge, Beauchamp introduced Stanley Smith to Kynaston Studd, a member of the Cambridge cricket team. In fact, Kynaston was a rather famous cricket player (as were his younger brothers) but he was first and foremost, a Christian and he had a strong sense of mission to serve others in Jesus. One day in early February of 1881, Smith, Beauchamp and Studd were hanging pictures in Studd's room when Beauchamp felt ill and left early for bed. When the pictures had all been hung, Smith and Studd prayed together for their friend, Monty Beauchamp, who was really only a nominal Christian even though he came from a missionary family. Afterwards, Studd suggested that they get together everyday to pray for Beauchamp and Smith wholeheartedly agreed. So each day, Smith and Studd met and prayed fifteen minutes for their friend to give his life to Jesus. God accepted the prayer of these two friends and opened Beauchamp's heart. In early October of 1881, Montague Beauchamp "yielded all to Christ" and the three friends rejoiced together. Beauchamp was changed so much so that everyone could see how much Christ had done for him. Interestingly, Beauchamp and his family were friends with Hudson Taylor and were very familiar with China Mission. Beauchamp, saved by grace and owing a debt of love to his two friends and especially to God, would become the instrument in guiding the direction of "The Cambridge Seven."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;William Cassels&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; was an acquaintance of Smith's from the rowing team. They were different personality wise. Smith was out going while Cassels was a gentle and quiet young man. Furthermore, Cassels was three years older than Stanley Smith. Cassels was a Christian and was studying to be a minister. Cassels was not distinguished in any way, but he was a faithful man, serving in a slum-parish and considering going to Africa as a missionary. After Smith gave his life to Christ, suddenly Cassels and Smith became very close friends. They attended the same Bible study and prayer meeting and prayed together for campus students, especially for the boat club of which Smith was the captain and therefore, a man of great influence throughout the whole college. Later, Cassels would become an instrumental figure in the formation of "The Cambridge Seven."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Cecil Polhill-Turner&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/b&gt;and his younger brother Arthur were classmates and friends of Kynaston Studd and his two younger brothers at Eton, another premier prep school in England. Both Cecil and Arthur were exceptional athletes, excelling at cricket and football. According to tradition, Cecil, as the second son, would enter the military and Arthur would become a minister. But neither brother had much spiritual desire, even though their nanny had prayed for them from the time they were babies and told them wonderful Bible stories throughout their childhood. At Eton, Cecil and Arthur respected the athletic prowess of the Studd brothers who conducted a Bible study but the Polhill-Turners were not interested. Arthur even thought it was indecent to openly talk about Jesus.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;In October of 1882, &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Arthur Polhill-Turner&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; entered his second year at Cambridge. D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey were to appear at Cambridge as part of their evangelical Mission and each undergraduate at the university received a personal invitation to the meeting, signed by Kynaston Studd. Arthur, like many of his friends, thought it was ridiculous that these uneducated Americans were coming to one of the world's best universities to preach to them. He went, curious to see what would happen. At the meeting, God's word spoke to his heart and Arthur could not help going back again the next night. He went night after night and when Moody spoke on the Prodigal Son, Arthur's pride and sin were exposed. He had planned on using his position as a minister to earn an easy and comfortable living but he realized how much this grieved God. Arthur realized God's grace and love for him, sending His One and Only Son to die for his sins. He saw how God had been calling both him and his brother Cecil, first through his nanny, then his sister and now, through Moody's preaching. One word of God pierced Arthur's heart and took away his fear. That one word was Isaiah 12:2, "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation." On the last night of the Mission, Arthur offered himself to Jesus, just as he was, and Jesus accepted him just as he was. Arthur Polhill-Turner never looked back.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Cecil Polhill-Turner&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, like Dixon Hoste, had also become a commissioned officer in the British army (subaltern). During the winter of 1882-83, Cecil was on leave and he went home. Arthur immediately began to talk to his older brother about his new faith in Jesus and forced Cecil to promise to read a verse or two from the Bible each morning. Arthur also took Cecil to Moody's meetings in London and Cecil was impressed. But Cecil had his own ideas about Christianity, thinking that Christians were sad because they were always thinking about their sins. Furthermore, he felt that he could not give up his promising military career, which he felt he would have to do if he accepted Christ. God was working though and by the winter of 1884, he was praying everyday, his thoughts were occupied with the word of God and Christ, who was calling him to repent and accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Finally, his year-long spiritual struggle ended in victory for Jesus. In Cecil's own words, "I had yielded to and trusted in Jesus Christ as my Savior, Lord and Master."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Kynaston Studd, a friend of Stanley Smith, Monty Beauchamp and the Polhill-Turner brothers, had two younger brothers himself, George and Charles Thomas or C.T. [Studd]. Their father, Edward Studd, had made a fortune in India and the Studd family lived in complete luxury. Edward Studd had become a Christian in 1877, when his friend, Mr. Vincent, took him to one of Moody's meetings. After Edward Studd accepted Jesus, he devoted the remaining two years of his life to bring the Gospel to anybody and everybody. He opened his home for weekly Christian meetings and invited Christian speakers to speak and all of his friends and neighbors to listen. He took his servants to listen to Moody. He worked doubly hard to convert his three sons. Charles Studd would later say of his father, "I was not altogether pleased with him. He used to come into my room at night and ask if I was converted. After a time I used to sham sleep when I saw the door open and in the day, I crept around to the other side of the house when I saw him coming." Through one Godly man whom Edward Studd knew, Charles accepted Jesus as his Savior and the Bible meant everything to him, when he was only seventeen. But unlike his brother Kynaston, Charles's zeal for Jesus would slowly fade with time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Charles Studd liked playing sports and he had a particular passion for cricket, the most popular sport in England at the time. He was not athletically gifted but he worked hard at his sport and was determined to become the best cricket player. He spent hours in front of a mirror, perfecting his swing and refusing to smoke or even be in the same room with smokers for fear it would hurt his eyes. As he played and practiced and watched other players, his own game improved to the point where he had mastered every facet of cricket. He became captain of the Eton cricket team and his popularity grew and grew. In 1879, Studd entered Trinity College of Cambridge University (University of Cambridge) and from there his name no longer remained only in cricket circles. Rather, C.T. Studd became a household name throughout Great Britain. By 1883 Charles Studd was the captain of the Cambridge cricket team and he was the idol of undergraduates and school boys and admired by elders. Studd had become the Michael Jordan of cricket. Studd was recognized as the greatest player to have ever played the game, and years later, he was still recognized as the greatest cricket player since.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Yet all the while, his faith in Jesus grew cold. At Eton, Studd and his brothers Kynaston and George, had formed a group Bible study. While at Cambridge, his older brother Kynaston still devoted his heart to serving Jesus but Charles and George were lukewarm. Charles went to the occasional Daily Prayer Meeting and identified himself as a Christian, which, combined with his talents and good nature, gave him a good reputation amongst his peers and throughout the university. But he was not living for Jesus. Studd would later say, "Instead of going and talking of the love of Christ I was selfish and kept the knowledge all to myself. The result was that gradually my love began to grow cold, and the love of the world came in." In short, he was only a nominal Christian.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;In November of 1883, Charles' younger brother George was dying. Charles loved his brother dearly and he was stricken with grief. But God used this event to change his life. When Charles looked at his dying brother, who was also a popular cricket player in his own right, he could only conclude, "Now what is all the popularity of the world to George? What is all the fame and flattering? What is it worth to possess the riches of the world, when a man comes to face Eternity?" As George lay dying, his only concern was for the Bible and for the only one who could save him, Jesus Christ. Charles' concern became the same. Miraculously, God restored George's health and at the first opportunity, Charles went to hear Moody. While listening to God's word, Charles's heart was opened. Cricket did not matter; only a relationship with his Savior and Lord Jesus mattered. Charles T. Studd said, "There the Lord met me again and restored to me the joy of His salvation. Still further, and what was better than all, He set me to work for Him, and I began to try and persuade my friends to read the Gospel, and to speak to them immediately about their souls."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Charles gave himself to God and God accepted him. God set him to work and God would use C.T. Studd, in a way greater than the cricket player could have ever imagined.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 26pt; line-height: 40px; "&gt;Second, the power of Christian fellowship.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;When these seven young men yielded their lives to Jesus, they didn't runaway to a cave and become monks. They didn't shut their mouths and become quietly self-righteous. Instead, they continued to struggle and grow in love for Jesus and for others. They made the most of their situations for the sake of telling others about their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, even though their individual positions meant nothing to them because of the joy and meaning they had in Jesus. Stanley Smith was the captain of the rowing team and his friend Montague Beauchamp was also a member and together, they formed a group Bible study for the rowing team and prayed for their teammates to all become Christians. Stanley Smith had wanted to go out as a missionary but God had given him Ezekiel 3:5, "For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and an hard language, but to the house of Israel--" and so at every opportunity he witnessed to others about Jesus. Dixon Hoste wanted to resign his commission and also become a missionary but at the urging of his parents, he stayed in the army and told everyone about his new faith in Christ. William Cassels, with deep evangelical zeal, was pastoring a church located in the slums of South Lambeth. Arthur Polhill-Turner, the seminary student, co-working with his sister, went around telling people about his experience with Jesus and at Cambridge, he engaged in Christian activities with zeal. Cecil Polhill-Turner decided to do everything the best he could for Christ, like the Old Testament Joseph, so that while some soldiers wanted to ridicule his faith, they couldn't because he was such a good soldier. Both Cecil and Arthur also worked together at a Children's mission. Charles Studd, of great cricket fame, had only one desire; to win souls for Christ. He took several of his teammates to hear Moody preach and they were converted. Studd joined the Moody Mission and spoke at the subsidiary meetings, along with his brother Kynaston.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;These men were being used precisely where they were. But God had a greater plan for them and brought them all together for one common goal. Monty Beauchamp became a seminary student and was good friends with Arthur Polhill-Turner, who, through Beauchamp, was the first to hear God's call for China. In 1883, Stanley Smith was invited to speak at the seminary and there he met Arthur Polhill-Turner for the first time. It was also during this time that Smith received one word of God, Isaiah 49:6, "...I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Smith now had no doubt that God was going to send him out somewhere as a missionary.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Dixon Hoste was the second to hear God's call to go to China. Through his brother William and probably Montague Beauchamp, Dixon had received a booklet written by Hudson Taylor called, "China's Spiritual Need and Claims." The contents was very simple. There were 385 million Chinese in the interior of China who were living in complete darkness. At the same time, Jesus commanded in Mark 16:15, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Dixon was overwhelmed with the spiritual need of the Chinese people and resolved to see Hudson Taylor who had just returned from China, to apply through the China Inland Mission to go as a missionary.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;The Christian Union, of which Beauchamp and Arthur Polhill-Turner were members, had long been interested in Hudson Taylor's China Inland Mission. Stanley Smith, through the good influence of Beauchamp, also became interested in China and after much prayer and personal talks with Hudson Taylor, applied in January of 1884 to go as a missionary through the C.I.M. Smith also went to see his good friend, William Cassels, who had been thinking about going to Africa as a missionary through the Church Missionary Society. But after several, heart-to-heart talks and prayer, Cassels' interests shifted to China. By September of 1884, God had opened Cassels' heart for China and he also applied to go to China as a missionary through the C.I.M. The applications of Smith, Hoste and Cassels were accepted. After a brief farewell tour to awaken university students to the needs of China, the three were to leave for China by December of 1884. But God was not yet finished. God had a different plan.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Studd had been struggling about what God wanted to do with his life. He only knew that he wanted to devote his life in bringing Jesus to lost souls. Studd said, "I have tasted most of the pleasures that the world can give. I do not suppose there was one that I had not experienced; but I can tell you that these pleasures were as nothing compared to the joy that the saving of that one soul gave me." Still, he became anxious about his future. Then God worked mightily in Charles' heart once again and C.T. Studd, by faith, gave himself newly to Jesus. "I realized that my life was to be one of simple, childlike faith.... I was to trust in Him that He was my loving Father and that He would guide me and keep me, and moreover that He was well able to do it."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Stanley Smith and Charles Studd had been friends for quite some time. In November of 1884, Smith invited Studd to a meeting at the C.I.M headquarters where John McCarthy, a returning missionary from China, would be speaking. Studd accepted the invitation and when McCarthy spoke of "thousands of [Chinese] souls perishing everyday and night without even knowledge of the Lord Jesus," C.T. Studd was convinced that God was calling him to China. At first, he was hesitant because of his widowed mother. Even his older brother, a faithful Christian, tried to persuade him not to go. C.T. prayed and prayed until God gave him one word, "...a man's enemies are the men of his own house." (Micah 7:6) Charles Thomas Studd was going to China as a missionary.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Stanley Smith rejoiced at Studd's decision. Studd's decision also had a remarkable effect on Monty Beauchamp. Beauchamp had introduced the C.I.M to Smith, Hoste and Arthur Polhill-Turner but he himself had no desire to go to China. Studd's decision to go to China influenced Beauchamp to reconsider. Beauchamp had a serious talk with Stanley Smith and he also met and spoke with Studd. On Nov. 4, 1884, Beauchamp studied his Bible and prayed for God's leading. Afterwards, he was convinced that not only should he go to China as a missionary, he should induce others to do the same.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Meanwhile, Stanley Smith's farewell tour was continuing and the departure date for China was postponed because of Studd's decision. A week long mission was scheduled at Cambridge and Smith, Studd, Beauchamp, Cassels and Hoste were speakers and Hudson Taylor was also there. The Cambridge students were greatly moved because these five were not simply missionaries, but their own friends and classmates, people whom everyone knew and respected, especially C.T. Studd. On the last day of the mission, students who had decided that they would also go out as missionaries were asked to come forward and pray. Arthur Polhill-Turner was one of them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Arthur Polhill-Turner had long been thinking about China but was not one to make rash decisions. Instead, he waited on God. He had several long talks with Studd and Smith and received much grace. Arthur also prayed and prayed until the Holy Spirit worked in his heart and convinced him that he was to join his friends in going to China as a missionary.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Cecil Polhill-Turner was still in the military but God had been working in his heart as well. Cecil had encouraged Studd to go to China but Cecil also had a personal calling from God. He went to a China missionary meeting, independent of his brother Arthur, and then personally visited Hudson Taylor in London for advice. Hudson Taylor said to him, "Let us have some prayer about it." By January of 1885, both Polhill-Turner brothers were conscious of God's pulling them to go to China. Together, they went to Hudson Taylor in London and "offered [themselves] for China." Hudson Taylor accepted them as missionaries, believing that it was surely God's providence to raise the number to seven. The seven were then scheduled to leave in early Feb. 1885. The seven continued the farewell tour and someone dubbed them "The Cambridge Seven." The name stuck. God had forged together &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;"The Cambridge Seven:" Stanley P. Smith, Dixon Hoste, William Cassels, Montague Beauchamp, Cecil Polhill-Turner, Arthur Polhill-Turner and Charles T. Studd.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;For the next month, these seven young men toured the campuses of England and Scotland, holding meetings for the students. God used these students to bring revival throughout Great Britain. Everywhere they went, the meeting place was always filled with people. Many people, hundreds, even a thousand were converted each night through the simple but heart-moving testimony messages, which told simply the grace of God in their lives and why they were going to China. Those who were converted at these meetings, went out and witnessed to their friends and brought them to Christ. Every night, it was the same messages and with the exception of Smith, none were talented speakers, but people kept coming and coming. The Queen of England was pleased to receive a booklet containing "The Cambridge Seven" testimonies. God had used "The Cambridge Seven" to shake the foundations of a sleeping church in England and awaken her newly to the Gospel of Salvation and World Mission. The influence of "The Cambridge Seven" even came across the Atlantic to the United States and led to the formation of Robert Wilder's Student Volunteer Movement, an organization which toured college campuses, encouraging students to volunteer as missionaries. Fittingly enough, the last farewell meeting was held at Exeter Hall and ended with an address from C.T. Studd:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;"Are you living for the day or are you living for life eternal? Are you going to care for the opinion of men here, or for the opinion of God? The opinion of men won't avail us much when we get before the judgment throne. But the opinion of God will. Had we not, then, better take His word and implicitly obey it?"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px; "&gt;Third, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;"The Cambridge Seven" obeyed the great commission command and after six weeks, arrived in Shanghai on March 18, 1885.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;William Cassels worked hard in the mission field to bring souls to Christ. After ten years, he returned to England in 1895 where he was consecrated as the new Bishop of a new diocese in Western China. He returned to his mission field, Western China and brought the Gospel of Jesus to dying souls. He lived in Western China until his death 1925.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Stanley Smith was sent to North China. God enabled him to master the Chinese language until he became as fluent a preacher in Chinese as he was in English. His life in China was very difficult but he worked hard until the end, preaching and teaching until he also died in China on January 31, 1931. [He had been forced to resign from C.I.M. after 20 years over a doctrinal teaching].&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;C.T. Studd, the best known of "The Cambridge Seven," was sent home because of ill health in 1894. But God recovered his health and he spent six years in India as a missionary and a brief period in Britain and America. Then, in 1910, he set off for the greatest challenge of his life, to pioneer the tropics of Africa. He had a strong, absolute attitude before God's word and some people did not like him. He had to endure poverty and much suffering for the sake of evangelizing the native African people. But he loved Jesus and the native African people and labored to the end, as a Bible teacher and shepherd. When he died in the Belgium Congo in 1931, over one thousand native Africans saw him to his grave.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Arthur Polhill-Turner was a faithful Gospel worker. He was ordained as a minister in 1888 and moved to the densely populated countryside to reach as many people as he could with the Gospel message. He was in China throughout the uprisings against foreigners at the turn of the century and did not leave until 1928, when he retired and returned to England. He died in 1935.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Cecil Polhill-Turner, stayed in the same province with the others for awhile before moving steadily northwest, in the direction of Tibet. During a violent riot, Polhill-Turner and his wife were nearly killed in 1892 but after God restored his health, he returned to the border near Tibet to bring the Gospel to the lost souls there. In 1900, his health failed again, he was sent home to England and he was forbidden to return to China. But his heart was still in China and throughout the rest of his life, he made seven prolonged missionary visits. He died in England in 1938.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Montague Beauchamp loved the hard evangelistic journeys. Once, accompanied by Hudson Taylor, he went "about a thousand miles in intense heat, walking through market towns and villages, living in Chinese inns and preaching the gospel to crowds day by day." He also co-worked with Cassels and was a source of blessing to the native Chinese people. In 1900, he was evacuated because of the uprisings but returned again to China in 1902. He returned to England in 1911 and served as a chaplain with the British Army. His son became a second-generation missionary in China and in 1935, although he was much older than his Cambridge days, he went back to China as physically strong and untiring as ever. He died at his son's mission station in 1939.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;Dixon Hoste lived the longest of "The Cambridge Seven." Hoste was a faithful man of prayer and in 1903, he succeeded Hudson Taylor as the Director of the China Inland Mission. For thirty years, he led the Mission, which made great advances, reaching many with the Gospel until he retired in 1935. But he remained in China until 1945, when he was interned by the Japanese. He died in London, in May 1946, the last of "The Cambridge Seven" to die.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;"The Cambridge Seven" revealed God's power through their lives of fellowship, lives of prayer, and lives of devotion to their first love Jesus Christ. Their beautiful lives were a blessing to the whole world. May God raise up men such as these from the campuses of America in our generation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/03/cambridge-seven-story-of-seven.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUaez3ALaXyNy_5vTes50de3192rC_iDq0Ie692j4j-NQwV1ucwdH8puyfxfRl0A6PXpJP3TT5pNnFANheN9JojLznGPUNdnfj0f0tZ7cLt-M4EhL07HHNG2tsEw33UV1TXJuCBRpopZH/s72-c/camb7er.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-1602569372378166182</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-18T10:31:18.208+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf musical night</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pukaar-a call to worship by icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transformation through a youth</category><title>ICPF ANGELOS Presents ' PUKAAR ' - A call to worship</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; " &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;ICPF ANGELOS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "&gt;  PRESENTS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;' PUKAAR'- A call to worship &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "&gt;A musical evening in rohini....DON'T MISS THIS !!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "&gt;For more details call 9871838228, 9868946845&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/01/icpf-angelos-presents-pukaar-call-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHWci0vtWnY-QTt13KPe0SEI8djDJRR2zyKVdd3IsYdru7vL6u_GDKzdgYJQt_Tk4rQJj8NS_7J_BYa8sOzBH8roe5HtJfQZVYEDjGgO3JkrUt1m-n4JNmoxeFDhvAUq0sO_-ihN5B-6J/s72-c/MUSICAL+EVE+2.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-8921246233793813251</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-12T00:27:47.675+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">henrietta decruz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transformation through a youth</category><title>Growing Up Isn't Easy : A Song Written &amp; Composed by HENRIETTA DECRUZ</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
845. <div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Henrietta Decruz : </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><i>A writer, songwriter, playwright, scriptwriter... Plus not to forget social worker, singer, actress... volunteer/helper for causes I believe in...</i></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><i>Wrote scripts for television programmes “Ek Nayee Zindagi” and for the children’s television programme “Khushi Ki Duniya”. Handled content for 2 websites and 2 newsletters 'Solutions' and 'Khushi'</i></span></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br />
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847. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuKTfa8ddISEAgTQwdTXUAD92YeJpNwMyFoEUu07l4AJH5P3qPem4xHOHYOBmUMdN0nDLGD81MhQBihJD4lja0i6vNENeg7o5UQNiNf75Kbm9o5N8B1xIutYh9a2F45l4WzBNp99sNUbX/s1600/hen1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuKTfa8ddISEAgTQwdTXUAD92YeJpNwMyFoEUu07l4AJH5P3qPem4xHOHYOBmUMdN0nDLGD81MhQBihJD4lja0i6vNENeg7o5UQNiNf75Kbm9o5N8B1xIutYh9a2F45l4WzBNp99sNUbX/s1600/hen1.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
848. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px;"><br />
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850. </tbody></table><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Song:  Growing Up Isn’t Easy © - Henrietta Decruz</span></b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><em><b>Written and composed by Henrietta Decruz</b></em></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Note: Yes, I have imagined the extremes. That is because most of the times we miss the alarm and sleep right through until it is very late. I hope this will wake people up once and for all!</span></b><br />
851. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Intro: When I was a little girl, my teacher said to me…. “Look all around at creation…..”</span></b><br />
852. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><br />
853. </span></b><br />
854. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"></span></b><br />
855. <div style="display: inline !important; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Chorus:                     </b></div><br />
856. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"></span></b><br />
857. <div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing has not been so easy</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up hasn’t been easy at all</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>What with all the trees that have had to fall</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing hasn’t been easy at all!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
858. </div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Who knows I’ll wake up someday to find </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>That there is no more firewood to burn</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Some morning when I walk up to the kitchen</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>No more milk, no butter, no more eggs to eat!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
859. </div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Modified Chorus:                     </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up will not be so easy    ] - 2     </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up isn’t easy at all          ]</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>What with all the trees that have had to fall</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up isn’t easy at all!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
860. </div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>I dread the day the world will be just cities </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>When there’ll be no more nature for my eyes</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Unfortunately if I need some fresh air</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>I may desperately have to go to zoos!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
861. </div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Modified Chorus:                     </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up will never be so easy            ] - 2     </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOviXm6Rw-yaBE3nzE4Hk5yBCP0VZAB-eDpLKobeXUhN9x2ey5Vf65mYcgTuLrgc4nGu4FSROWPQ-lo4X0UgJrR6zDuTmjiqQwv9RHKM174mvAdzHS69D29bifYaN-NQrx0S68TKYbi__q/s1600/henrietta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOviXm6Rw-yaBE3nzE4Hk5yBCP0VZAB-eDpLKobeXUhN9x2ey5Vf65mYcgTuLrgc4nGu4FSROWPQ-lo4X0UgJrR6zDuTmjiqQwv9RHKM174mvAdzHS69D29bifYaN-NQrx0S68TKYbi__q/s320/henrietta.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up is the hardest thing of all!    ]          </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>What with all the trees that have had to fall</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Growing up is the hardest thing of all!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><br />
862. </b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>My heart is filled with sorrow when I think</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>One day there’ll be museums for trees</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>My grandchildren may someday have to learn</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Through computers the names of extinct birds…</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
863. </div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>* Oh I hate to contemplate</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>   This is reality and fate</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>   Someday we’ll no longer be human beings!!!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>   When you let them cut those trees</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>   You are letting the axe to seize</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>   Your own future and the future of this earth!!!</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>   Oh! How I plead….</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
864. </div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Save the trees                  ]</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Save the forests               ] - repeat and fade…</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Save humanity!!!              ]</b></div><div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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868. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><strong>Song:  Growing Up Isn’t Easy </strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">© - Henrietta Decruz</span><br />
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879. &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/01/growing-up-isnt-easy-song-written.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuKTfa8ddISEAgTQwdTXUAD92YeJpNwMyFoEUu07l4AJH5P3qPem4xHOHYOBmUMdN0nDLGD81MhQBihJD4lja0i6vNENeg7o5UQNiNf75Kbm9o5N8B1xIutYh9a2F45l4WzBNp99sNUbX/s72-c/hen1.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-1454963178452636711</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-12T01:38:06.651+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winter youth camp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">x-claim</category><title>X-CLAIM changed &amp; touched the lives of youngsters in NEWDELHI</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90veU_M06dKdlFdsqPXZ4XNFn8pfYz9rbXU56uFnOdK0WndkZYyubqJB5RFpf6dTVet-BLLP9mYZFba1IPddMTPrdye6VGq3YhzAWwoAd01cvcamFuKZoEk9HumiL-_RtbWUW8WcV4L0W/s1600/PC300298.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558746510705094738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90veU_M06dKdlFdsqPXZ4XNFn8pfYz9rbXU56uFnOdK0WndkZYyubqJB5RFpf6dTVet-BLLP9mYZFba1IPddMTPrdye6VGq3YhzAWwoAd01cvcamFuKZoEk9HumiL-_RtbWUW8WcV4L0W/s400/PC300298.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; winter camp by Delhi ICPF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; ended in a high note. When celebrations were round the corner, ICPF Delhi Region arranged its 17th winter camp at &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Mount Carmel&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Junior&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;School&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;, Anand Niketan, &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. As the theme says &lt;i&gt;X-CLAIM – Claiming the youth of this generation&lt;/i&gt;, as a team this is our prayer and our desire to see the students who attended this camp may impact many others in the days to come. This time as the theme itself says we were mainly focusing on DISCIPLESHIP and as a team we are so happy that we were able to convey the theme to the campers. Though it was breath-taking winter in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Delhi&lt;/st1:city&gt;, around 130 -150 students gathered from &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Delhi&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and it's satellite cities. There were 20 leaders and 10 elders to take care of the students. The participants seemed so excited from the first session in itself. This camp made a mark in bringing the most new comers. Vibrant and fiery preachers added flavors and colors to the excitement to the participants.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;When &lt;i&gt;Pr. Arun Michael (&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Allahabad&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;encouraged the campers to lead a God conscious life, trusting God without knowing details &amp;amp; responding to God in faith rather than fear in times of crisis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;i&gt;Pr.Rincy Cherian (Kerala)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;took the campers through a journey of knowing GOD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Pr: V V Daniel&lt;/i&gt; mainly focused mainly on the practical side of being a disciple. Students were really challenged by the X-CLAIM – Claiming the youth of this generation. Students were really touched by the film “AMISH GRACE” which was an apt film in accord with the theme as well as for the lives in the days to come.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;Angelos, along with Anurag, Samuel, Dennis, Ameet, Ranjeet Abraham added more flavors in leading the young people into the time of meaningful worship. The participants were waiting for the lively worship time. Sessions for counseling, games and group competitions met the mental and physical needs of the Campers. Students poured out their doubts in the Question and Answer sessions and were satisfied by the accurate hits. Many young lives were touched and they surrendered their lives for Christ. We do here acknowledge the hard work put in by Staff workers and CGPF members.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;"All Glory And Honor Belongs To Him Alone"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CorPjFIlA8vqG6Ox_26UZN6VRB8yjbw3mzUNUX9ganIejHNV8R46VgnnjHZOsXoXJwOt7GelO_o1VgaQqYS5o9D9q3sFFwNVlBecFKRQf2r52-Wdmtj8pDilCYKYUrtWbwvfp2rRSRkh/s1600/PC300305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CorPjFIlA8vqG6Ox_26UZN6VRB8yjbw3mzUNUX9ganIejHNV8R46VgnnjHZOsXoXJwOt7GelO_o1VgaQqYS5o9D9q3sFFwNVlBecFKRQf2r52-Wdmtj8pDilCYKYUrtWbwvfp2rRSRkh/s320/PC300305.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Follow us on FACEBOOK by just clicking here &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/INTER-COLLEGIATE-PRAYER-FELLOWSHIP/122873004880"&gt;INTER COLLEGIATE PRAYER FELLOWSHIP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Join us for the &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60406876874"&gt;ONE MINUTE PRAYER MOVEMENT&lt;/a&gt; in FACEBOOK&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For more details mail us at titto.nidhi@gmail.com or call me at 9810243273&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2011/01/x-claim-changed-touched-lives-of_05.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90veU_M06dKdlFdsqPXZ4XNFn8pfYz9rbXU56uFnOdK0WndkZYyubqJB5RFpf6dTVet-BLLP9mYZFba1IPddMTPrdye6VGq3YhzAWwoAd01cvcamFuKZoEk9HumiL-_RtbWUW8WcV4L0W/s72-c/PC300298.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-2268351145962781789</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-14T09:47:16.672+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transformation through a youth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winter youth camp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">x-claim</category><title>Online registration started for X-CLAIM</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXurHmWCgl-qfWUH5nuzewEuJv136La-e4iz6Pr_Nl7IkinbXllvh0POvCPcpDWNfi-4cFVC8JsKbOLuAB8pG4mebT-EdGCD65_F7H8fCNbT6U-YY91hah67ORtHuf0t90V1pA-vwc-WTi/s1600/xclaim2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXurHmWCgl-qfWUH5nuzewEuJv136La-e4iz6Pr_Nl7IkinbXllvh0POvCPcpDWNfi-4cFVC8JsKbOLuAB8pG4mebT-EdGCD65_F7H8fCNbT6U-YY91hah67ORtHuf0t90V1pA-vwc-WTi/s400/xclaim2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550387081217136850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=kpbbhgeab&amp;amp;oeidk=a07e36icxet74d8a5b1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;Online Registration for X-CLAIM started&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Online registration for X-CLAIM started. To confirm your seats before just follow the link....by &lt;a href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=kpbbhgeab&amp;amp;oeidk=a07e36icxet74d8a5b1"&gt;clicking here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/12/online-registration-started-for-x-claim.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXurHmWCgl-qfWUH5nuzewEuJv136La-e4iz6Pr_Nl7IkinbXllvh0POvCPcpDWNfi-4cFVC8JsKbOLuAB8pG4mebT-EdGCD65_F7H8fCNbT6U-YY91hah67ORtHuf0t90V1pA-vwc-WTi/s72-c/xclaim2.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-3139707981620718174</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-14T00:04:33.071+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transformation through a youth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winter youth camp</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">x-claim</category><title>X-CLAIM = 17th ICPF WINTER YOUTH CAMP IN NEWDELHI</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GyOl2r0gkNIFD4K6ADvqNs5Vwu2dQwBkORKJ0bZsXNm-IgpzPcR5RYHwMymcmKGkKBMIdMSh_o8lW_Xwv7AAcOVIwr3QQDdc1OrbAJt-aufojzQqyu3SJkpPm3sMckxAhVKAaB0OOhEF/s1600/xclaim2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GyOl2r0gkNIFD4K6ADvqNs5Vwu2dQwBkORKJ0bZsXNm-IgpzPcR5RYHwMymcmKGkKBMIdMSh_o8lW_Xwv7AAcOVIwr3QQDdc1OrbAJt-aufojzQqyu3SJkpPm3sMckxAhVKAaB0OOhEF/s400/xclaim2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550226086957718914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(82, 100, 114); "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;             " Greetings in the matchless name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the year 2010 slowly fades away, we the ICPF family would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This year like the years before ICPF rises to the challenge to give the youth of Delhi the motivation to make deeper commitments to God, to family and to the society with the aim of presenting every youth perfect in Christ.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have arranged the 17th Delhi regional camp from 26th to 31st of December 2010, for this reason, so that our present generation will be well equipped to enter the year 2011. We have invited renowned speakers Pr Arun Michael ( Allahabad ), Pr. Rincy Cherian ( Trivandrum ) and Pr V V Daniel ( Delhi ) and many more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Purpose&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; : ICPF camps have always been a best tool for edification, motivation, preparation etc. Today's young generation is exposed to the world more closely and more frequently than ever before. Students spend most of their time outside home than inside and thereby influenced by most of those they are exposed to. It is important for us to impart values and deeper spiritual insights to our young generation. This camp is expected to be useful for our students to grow spiritually and more responsibly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Programmes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; : Praise &amp;amp; worship, songs learning, quiet time, messages, classes on personality development, career guidance, games , competition, group discussions etc...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to bring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; : The campers are advised to bring warm clothes, toiletries, a bed sheet, bible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; : registration will be held on 26th of December between 4pm to 6.30pm. A minimum of Rs.750/- will be charged as registration fees. However parents are encouraged to donate or contribute fr the needs of the camp. ( An actual cost of Rs.2400/- is estimated per person for 6 days including food, stay and conference)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We encourage you to send all the youth of your church aged 14 and above for this camp that they might be blessed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanking you for all your co-operation and warm hearted support in the past and trust God to continue to use you in a measure for the extension of His Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 5px; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" style="color: rgb(82, 100, 114); 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 381px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLpLkgbfFbx5AwUCYh95CiCHJIi_Tshcj1envsda6GIe26gx425CDDAWyqAgvGgv4mN5wSIbpJU3yTXurKl6x_awqeznlMCNbcaRbxUC-KKVJjnS2ciLcSJVOmV9jG3vD5bsc9_dbx5Pb/s400/Top-universities-graphic-001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Harvard today forfeits first place to the University of Cambridge in a league table of the world's top institutions, the first time in the list's seven year history that the Ivy League university has been knocked off the number one spot.&lt;br /&gt;The QS table is based on measures of research quality, graduate employability, teaching and how international the faculties and student bodies are.&lt;br /&gt;Harvard was still most popular among the 5,000 employers polled worldwide, but Cambridge was voted best for research quality in a survey of 15,000 academics and took overall first place. The rankings also use citation counts from a database of academic publishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Times Higher Education magazine, which is publishing its own global university rankings next week, is no longer collaborating with QS. The magazine is concerned that these rankings rely too heavily on subjective surveys of scholars and employers and not enough on hard indicators of excellence. The THE's new rankings are expected to contain disappointing news for some prestigious British institutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the key UK losers this year are:&lt;br /&gt;• University of Oxford down to 6 from 5 last year&lt;br /&gt;• University of Edinburgh, down two places to 22&lt;br /&gt;• University of Lancaster, down from 161 to 182&lt;br /&gt;However, some are doing better, notably University of Durham, up to 92 from 103 last year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To see the full data or to download...&lt;a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdHVqU2xDRjBPTU5SQmJ0Zk53a00xZ0E&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;just click here &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/09/worlds-top-100-universities-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLpLkgbfFbx5AwUCYh95CiCHJIi_Tshcj1envsda6GIe26gx425CDDAWyqAgvGgv4mN5wSIbpJU3yTXurKl6x_awqeznlMCNbcaRbxUC-KKVJjnS2ciLcSJVOmV9jG3vD5bsc9_dbx5Pb/s72-c/Top-universities-graphic-001.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-5212275560984618365</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-15T13:45:02.344+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bob pierce</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspirational stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">making a difference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivational</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">starfish story</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">world vision</category><title>MAKING A DIFFERENCE ...AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY FOR YOU</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKwiNABf3P9y-zXVQRqUcdaaE9WES7pdgV07kGtWncZb1M-9fHnZT9bKpdrSUcoTYTXEgsNEBUl8KHTE8Zlf_nE2Ftn7hC_G0ZoLN48od8Y49uI1Xp4XbFlrsnXQdD2QMlpsq8QUodHBy/s1600/STARFISH.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517050672780413554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKwiNABf3P9y-zXVQRqUcdaaE9WES7pdgV07kGtWncZb1M-9fHnZT9bKpdrSUcoTYTXEgsNEBUl8KHTE8Zlf_nE2Ftn7hC_G0ZoLN48od8Y49uI1Xp4XbFlrsnXQdD2QMlpsq8QUodHBy/s400/STARFISH.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Don’t fail to do something just because you can’t do everything.”　　&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Bob Pierce, Founder of World Vision　　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re probably familiar with the starfish story, the one about all the starfish that had been washed up on the beach during high tide only to be left there in the sand to die as the tide went back out.　 A young boy playing on the beach recognized the fate of the starfish and began to methodically pick them up one at a time and toss them back into the sea.　 A man who had been observing the boy approached him shaking his head.　 “What’s the point, boy, don’t you see there are thousands of these starfish lying along the beach?　 There’s no way you’re going to make a difference.”　 Undaunted, the boy replied to the man as he tossed another starfish into the ocean, “Yeah, but it made a difference to that one.”　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During World War II my grandmother committed herself to writing letters to servicemen stationed overseas, primarily to those who at one time had been students in the Sunday school class she taught. 　Now, my grandmother’s letters were no small feat.　 They were labors of love, written in her small handwriting on multiple pages front and back and often times around the edges.　 In them she would share news from home, stories she remembered about that person’s family and childhood, and offer words of encouragement and inspiration.　 Each letter she composed represented hours of tedious work.　 Yet, I doubt seriously that my grandmother’s letter writing made much of a difference in defeating Hitler and saving the world.　 But I am pretty sure it made a difference to each one of those servicemen who received them, maybe to some it made ALL the difference.　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too often, I’m afraid, we find ourselves overwhelmed by the challenges and problems that exist in our lives and the world around us, becoming paralyzed by the enormity of it all.　 We’re like the man observing the boy on the beach tossing starfish back in the sea.　 “What’s the point?” we ask ourselves.　 “Surely my little contribution won’t make any difference.”　 Oh, but it does!　 In fact, for some it might make ALL the difference.　&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So . . . “Don’t fail to do something just because you can’t do everything.”　　　 &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/09/making-difference-inspirational-story.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKwiNABf3P9y-zXVQRqUcdaaE9WES7pdgV07kGtWncZb1M-9fHnZT9bKpdrSUcoTYTXEgsNEBUl8KHTE8Zlf_nE2Ftn7hC_G0ZoLN48od8Y49uI1Xp4XbFlrsnXQdD2QMlpsq8QUodHBy/s72-c/STARFISH.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-633663049767593816</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-06T11:49:23.507+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ABLAZE - BRINGING THE LIGHT TO OUR GENERATION</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><title>ABLAZE - ONE DAY YOUTH RETREAT IN NEWDELHI</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N-PM0u4-WDjrZcxydChWLXn-car02yhJNzhCQHfXPF86LK6NI6ux4toDXtZeWa6ylzFE3eI5GL5S9nHScPNofzjIkh56YNylJjQJwMTka-7UZLJ92Z0mPA31d0kZ0UveEKJnj8lvTHu1/s1600/blaze__the_t+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502177158524584978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N-PM0u4-WDjrZcxydChWLXn-car02yhJNzhCQHfXPF86LK6NI6ux4toDXtZeWa6ylzFE3eI5GL5S9nHScPNofzjIkh56YNylJjQJwMTka-7UZLJ92Z0mPA31d0kZ0UveEKJnj8lvTHu1/s400/blaze__the_t+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;                                            INVITATION FOR YOU&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings to you. This is our privilege to inform you about a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;ONE DAY YOUTH RETREAT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; being held in Delhi. This YOUTH RETREAT will be conducted by the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;INTER COLLEGIATE PRAYER FELLOWSHIP in the premise of BAPTIST HALL, 19, RAJ NIWAS MARG, ON AUGUST 14TH . TIMINGS ( 9.30 AM - 4.30 PM )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are conducting this YOUTH RETREAT with a special emphasis on equipping the youth's of this city for imparting the light for the google generation of this city .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Br:SUNIL A.P ( PUNE ) will be the main resource person and the theme of the youth retreat is &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ABLAZE - BRINGING THE LIGHT TO OUR GENERATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be very thankful if you can please do announce about this retreat in your church and encourage the youngsters in your church to attend this retreat .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration fees is Rs.50 . Looking forward for your participation.&lt;br /&gt;Do avail of the opportunity and enjoy the time in this retreat.. . Kindly also support us with prayers. &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/08/ablaze-one-day-youth-retreat-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N-PM0u4-WDjrZcxydChWLXn-car02yhJNzhCQHfXPF86LK6NI6ux4toDXtZeWa6ylzFE3eI5GL5S9nHScPNofzjIkh56YNylJjQJwMTka-7UZLJ92Z0mPA31d0kZ0UveEKJnj8lvTHu1/s72-c/blaze__the_t+copy.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-3609174674670018235</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-17T15:11:44.965+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dharmalingam udaya kumar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the new rupeee symbol</category><title>D UDAYA KUMAR : THE MAN BEHIND THE NEW SYMBOL FOR INDIAN RUPEE</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRyX85m_7hW0xH7-0loh-WKGCDX4Qx_NxWeoeGwLu7W7zm3GAfRe-SfesXOvPzJEJJDVzF4zD4V1MSQ9Rjp_H8IPGvhgUTndg8hhnuSLZuWaucbdGhMs9ae0HzMWH770gBmnchqVhKtmm/s1600/udaya+kumar.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494807061319950306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 330px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRyX85m_7hW0xH7-0loh-WKGCDX4Qx_NxWeoeGwLu7W7zm3GAfRe-SfesXOvPzJEJJDVzF4zD4V1MSQ9Rjp_H8IPGvhgUTndg8hhnuSLZuWaucbdGhMs9ae0HzMWH770gBmnchqVhKtmm/s400/udaya+kumar.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494807049225016114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrgpMOiG26050VQlyLw7Ud8zPB6hyphenhyphenchMNMlrFY0CZBQ20U48aqbfcQnHccaRsFvA9OC0OxNf68FWxbWDViChrJG1r-uwXM8sWGzyJWn_-oGL2B5AcK3wGxnISPYuTDPAGkUWuehh9sFrB/s400/rupee.jpg" border="0" /&gt;The man who created the symbol for the Indian rupee is a single parent with 18 children, living on the IITBombay campus. Thirty-twoyear-old D Udaya Kumar, who has just submitted his PhD thesis and is poised to join IITGuwahati as an assistant professor next week, is as proud of his green babies as he is of giving India its currency sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kumar’s symbol was chosen after a public competition among resident Indian citizens.&lt;br /&gt;Over 3,000 entries were received. These were evaluated by a jury headed by the RBI deputy governor , which included experts from reputed art and design institutes.&lt;br /&gt;"The entries were presented to the jury in such a manner that the identity of the competitors was not revealed to the jury members. The jury selected five final entries and also gave its evaluation of these five entries to the government," said I&amp;amp;B minister Ambika Soni.&lt;br /&gt;Kumar’s symbol is an amalgam of the Devanagari ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem.&lt;br /&gt;The four others were Jitiesh Padmashali (an advertising professional), Shahrukh J. Irani (a designer), Nondita Correa-Mehrotra (lecturer in architectural design at MIT and daughter of well-known architect Charles Correa) and Shibin K K, a Kerala teacher.&lt;br /&gt;Born in Chennai on 10 October, 1978, Kumar’s family hails from Thanjavur. He studied architecture, which he pursued at Anna University in Chennai. Subsequently, he did his Masters in Architecture from IIT, Mumbai.&lt;br /&gt;When the industrial design centre in the campus started offering a PhD, Kumar enrolled, and started work on the evolution of the Tamil script. The 31-year-old bachelor has also worked as a senior designer for two years with publisher Infomedia.&lt;br /&gt;There are coconuts, jamuns, neem and what-haveyou, sowed and nursed by Udaya Kumar during his nineyear stay at Hostel 7 on the Powai campus of IIT-Bombay while pursuing his master’s and doctorate degree at Industrial Design Centre (IDC). The two predominant forces that drove him to apply at IITGuwahati, not the usual choice for most of his ilk, were the impressive sports stadium on the campus and the ‘‘beautiful’’ Brahmaputra river flowing alongside.&lt;br /&gt;A vegetarian by choice, Udaya Kumar is also an accomplished gardener, a passionate nature lover, sports enthusiast, and fitness freak, all rolled into one compact package. Though he has superb organizational skills, he is softspoken to a fault, usually managing two and a half words per minute. On Thursday though, he outdid himself by repeating his rupee design story from afternoon to midnight, without a break, on TV channels of all hues. Displaying modesty even in his hour of glory, he does not make light of the prize money of Rs 2.5 lakh, as some advertizing experts did on TV channels. ‘‘Had I been working for a corporate, I would have made much more money but wouldn’t have earned a fraction of the honour,’’ he says.&lt;br /&gt;The second of four children, Udaya Kumar was born to N Dharmalingam, a contractor, and Jayalakshmi in 1978 in Chennai. He credits his boarding school, La Chatelaine junior college, for making him a well-rounded person. ‘‘I spent almost half my life there — from Class I to XII. They laid the foundation for my interest in sports and design.’’&lt;br /&gt;While doing his bachelor’s in architecture from Anna University, he designed posters and publications that helped him define his calling — visual design. ‘‘I realized Indian scripts don’t have their design repertoire. After two years of trying to create something new in Tamil typography, I realized that I shouldn’t work on my own. I needed expert guidance and hence, came to Industrial Design Centre at IITBombay,’’ he says.&lt;br /&gt;Designing the simple-looking Indian rupee symbol did not come easy for Udaya Kumar. ‘‘I spent endless nights on trial and error. The symbol had to have universal design features while staying Indian in spirit,’’ he says. That explains the propensity of his symbol towards the Latin letter form, ‘R’ for rupee, and the stroke across the top curve, parallel to the ‘shirorekha’, the line heading the alphabet in Devanagari script. ‘‘Most international currencies have double strokes such as the Australian dollar, Korean yen, the Euro or the Lira. The feature pronounce its identity as a currency,’’ he says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/07/d-udaya-kumar-man-behind-new-symbol-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRyX85m_7hW0xH7-0loh-WKGCDX4Qx_NxWeoeGwLu7W7zm3GAfRe-SfesXOvPzJEJJDVzF4zD4V1MSQ9Rjp_H8IPGvhgUTndg8hhnuSLZuWaucbdGhMs9ae0HzMWH770gBmnchqVhKtmm/s72-c/udaya+kumar.bmp" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-90332556746571374</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-30T12:51:20.806+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jamia milia islamia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jamia milia islamia university</category><title>JAMIA MILIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY : PRAY &amp; MAKE A DIFFERENCE</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzzqIsM0nA-D0x45R7gTNSOG2MluzvcfEH9hmPMytqw3yL3QlzTV_fbcFx7R23nE67oJiGq_BnG_HuJJAL9xjUVN5orbdFovUJcf6fc9peUEyaMORNvtnzRzJPThwJmu73QdPHZengZwa/s1600/jamia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488462207046069922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzzqIsM0nA-D0x45R7gTNSOG2MluzvcfEH9hmPMytqw3yL3QlzTV_fbcFx7R23nE67oJiGq_BnG_HuJJAL9xjUVN5orbdFovUJcf6fc9peUEyaMORNvtnzRzJPThwJmu73QdPHZengZwa/s400/jamia.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Jamia Millia Islamia (Urdu: جامعہ ملیہ اسلامیہ, Hindi: जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया, translation: National Islamic University)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was originally established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu and Arabic, Jamia means University, and Millia means National.&lt;br /&gt;The university was established by nationalist Muslims and is secular in character. Its campus is located in South Delhi. There are no colleges affiliated to the university anywhere else. The university provides a number of courses at school, undergraduate and postgraduate level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Motto: Allammal Insaana Maalam Yalam (Taught man that which he knew not)&lt;br /&gt;Established : 1920&lt;br /&gt;Faculty : 614&lt;br /&gt;Staff : 997&lt;br /&gt;Students : 15400&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;History&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Conception&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Under the British rule, two dominant trends joined hands and contributed towards the birth of Jamia. One was anti-colonial activism and the other was the pro-independence aspiration of the politically radical section of western educated Indian Muslim intelligentsia. In the political climate of 1920, the two trends gravitated together with Mahatma Gandhi as a catalyst. The idea was to project Indian Muslims as nationalist and anti British. The anti-colonial activism signified by the Khilafat and the pro-independence aspirations symbolized by the Non-Cooperation Movement of the Indian National Congress helped to harness creative energies and the subsequent making of Jamia Millia Islamia.&lt;br /&gt;Responding to Gandhi’s call to boycott all educational institutions supported or run by the colonial regime, a group of nationalist teachers and students quit Aligarh Musli University, protesting against its pro-British inclinations. The freedom fighter and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan, laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh on Friday, October 29, 1920, during the meeting of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia.&lt;br /&gt;On November 22, 1920, Hakim Ajmal Khan was elected the first chancellor of Jamia. Mohamed Ali Jauhar became Jamia’s first Vice Chancellor. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Crisis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Born out of political crisis and as a political affront to the British, it seemed for a while, Jamia would not survive the heat of the intense political struggle for the independence of India. It participated in the Bardoli resolution and sent volunteers across the country to motivate people to fight for the freedom of the country. The colonial British government soon imprisoned many of its teachers and students. In 1922, Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement. Even as its teachers and students were being released, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk declared the end of the Khilafat in 1924.&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly Jamia saw itself in a great crisis. Some thought it had achieved its mission, as others believed that the institution had lost its raison d’etre with the end of the non-cooperation and the Khilafat movements. Even the little financial assistance, that the Khilafat had been giving it, also dried up. As even prominent people started deserting it, Jamia’s total collapse virtually became an imminent possibility. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Move to Delhi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpwE5ZqF-Ahkw7RtKEb4AMUJYkKtmBZe6F05wJwzFkiqbq3FFdnMyW5KoglAxOVOiBWUW4wSNMCRUIWvv1mvmm3r2Nnj7CZ6F3RiSamVGkGYheGXc21wFjvcL5E9BA5JNTpaafauFnB91/s1600/jamia+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488462487808569762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpwE5ZqF-Ahkw7RtKEb4AMUJYkKtmBZe6F05wJwzFkiqbq3FFdnMyW5KoglAxOVOiBWUW4wSNMCRUIWvv1mvmm3r2Nnj7CZ6F3RiSamVGkGYheGXc21wFjvcL5E9BA5JNTpaafauFnB91/s400/jamia+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;As the crisis loomed large, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari and Abdul Majeed Khwaja — the first trio—supported by Gandhi shifted Jamia from Aligarh to Karol Bagh, in New Delhi in 1925. Although Gandhi’s contacts helped to secure financial help for Jamia, the risk of helping a Congress-backed institution under the British Raj dissuaded many willing benefactors. Some Muslims also viewed Jamia as a threat to Aligarh Muslim University, possibly the best university in India at that time. During those difficult days, it was Hakim Ajmal Khan who met most of Jamia’s expenses from his own pocket. Dr. M.A. Ansari and Abdul Majeed Khwaja toured India and abroad, explaining the importance of Jamia and collecting funds for this noble enterprise. Their collective intervention did avert a collapse that was almost certain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Resurgence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;In 1925, after long deliberation, a group of three friends studying in Germany — Dr. Zakir Hussain, Dr. Abid Husain and Dr. Mohammed Mujeeb — decided to serve Jamia. In 1928 when Hakim Ajmal Khan died it was the beginning of the second financial crisis, as it was Hakim Sahib himself who had been meeting most of Jamia’s financial needs. The leadership of Jamia then moved into the hands of Dr. Zakir Husain, who became its Vice Chancellor in 1928.&lt;br /&gt;To resolve Jamia of its financial problems, a group of young Jamia teachers, led by Dr. Zakir Hussain, took a pledge to serve Jamia for the next twenty years on a salary not more than Rs. 150. This group was called the Life Members of Jamia. (This was repeated in 1942 when a second group of Jamia teachers took a similar pledge).&lt;br /&gt;Jamia’s department of Printing and Publications was trifurcated in 1928 with the newly established Jamia Press at Darya Ganj, Urdu Academy, and Maktaba Jamia under the charge of Prof. Mohammed Mujeeb, Dr. Abid Husain and Mr. Hamid Ali respectively. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;New campus and the teachers college&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;On March 1 1935, the foundation stone for a school building was laid at Okhla, then a non-descript village in the southern outskirts of Delhi. In 1936, all institutions of Jamia, except Jamia Press, the Maktaba and the library, were shifted to the new campus. The basic emphasis of Jamia was on evolving innovative education methods. This led to the establishment of a teacher’s college (Ustadon ka Madrasa) in 1938. In 1936, Dr. M.A. Ansari died. On June 4 1939, Jamia Millia Islamia was registered as a society.&lt;br /&gt;The fame of Jamia as an innovative education movement spread and dignitaries from foreign countries began visiting Jamia. Husein Raouf Bey (1933), Dr. Behadjet Wahbi of Cairo (1934), and Ms. Halide Edib of Turkey (1936) were some of them. Foreigners, impressed by Jamia, began working in Jamia. A German lady Ms. Gerda Philipsborn (popularly nicknamed in Jamia as Aapa Jaan) served Jamia for many years and is buried in Jamia. In 1939, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872-1944), a theologian and freedom fighter, came to stay in Jamia on the invitation of Dr. Zakir Husain. He started a school of Islamic Studies in Jamia, called Baitul Hikmal, propagating the ideology of Shah Waliullah.&lt;br /&gt;In 1946, during Jamia’s silver jubilee celebration, one could see the crisis that India had to face in the following year: Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Liaquat Ali Khan were on one side of Dr. Zakir Husain, the vice chancellor, on the dias; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Asaf Ali and Sir Rajagopalachari were on the other side.&lt;br /&gt;In 1962, the University Grants Commission declared the Jamia a ‘Deemed to be University’. Soon thereafter, the School of Social Work was established in 1967. In 1971, Jamia started the Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, to honour Dr. Zakir Husain, who had died in 1969. BE course in Civil Engineering commenced in 1978; in 1981, the faculties of Humanities and Languages, Natural Sciences, Social Science, and the State Resource Centre were founded. In 1983, it started the Mass Communication Research Centre and the Centre for Coaching and Career Planning. In 1985, it established the Faculty of Engineering &amp;amp; Technology and the University Computer Centre. Academic Staff College and the Academy of Third World Studies followed in 1987 and 1988. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Jamia Millia Islamia today&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Jamia Millia Islamia is historically counted as among the most important nationalist institutions in India todayThere is probably no other Indian institution which had to survive so much political opposition in its making without diluting its goalsEven the degrees awarded by Jamia were not considered valid in the time of the British. Jamia was accorded the status of a central university by a special act of the parliament in December 1988.&lt;br /&gt;In early 2006 king of Saudi Arabia paid a historic visit to the university and donated a record $30 million for construction of a library. Its scenic cricket ground (popularly known as the Bhopal Ground ) has hosted a number of Ranji Trophy matches and a women's cricket test match. Some notable alumni of the university include &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Rahimuddin Khan, Barkha Dutt,Gagan Ajit Singh,Upender Kumar, Prabhjot Singh,Kiran rao,Mouni Roy, Muzammil Ibrahim, Niharika Acharya, Shahrukh Khan and Virender Sehwag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Besides its seven faculties, the Jamia has a number of centres of learning and research, like Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Academy of Third World Studies (ATWS) etc. The Jamia offers various undergraduate and postgraduate information and technology courses. Apart from this, the Jamia has a campus wide network which connects a large number of its departments and offices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/06/jamia-milia-islamia-university-pray.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzzqIsM0nA-D0x45R7gTNSOG2MluzvcfEH9hmPMytqw3yL3QlzTV_fbcFx7R23nE67oJiGq_BnG_HuJJAL9xjUVN5orbdFovUJcf6fc9peUEyaMORNvtnzRzJPThwJmu73QdPHZengZwa/s72-c/jamia.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-5021879385941373060</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-24T11:17:23.683+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">adoniram judson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">first burmese bible</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">student missionary</category><title>ADONIRAM JUDSON : AN UNLIKELY HERO, A STUDENT MISSIONARY TO BURMA</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoGW-wPOkWvSsTsbviMoRyGIXCyIDYNfjJyVWRiPKJuNQwIOKFP0z9E7AzOnoLkHM7plRXf9IZPco8WVJswzuTZSXbBgWn0o1PUIcyXBNkTgShcZ3Qrz722l1LqaLmDBwpd3RjWNTyqhY/s1600/adonirm+judson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486212345321957090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 92px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoGW-wPOkWvSsTsbviMoRyGIXCyIDYNfjJyVWRiPKJuNQwIOKFP0z9E7AzOnoLkHM7plRXf9IZPco8WVJswzuTZSXbBgWn0o1PUIcyXBNkTgShcZ3Qrz722l1LqaLmDBwpd3RjWNTyqhY/s400/adonirm+judson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I have recently discovered a new and unlikely hero – Adoniram Judson. Following is what I think made him such a remarkable person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judson was the son of a conservative (and rather dour) late 18th century New England minister. He rebelled against his parents’ faith; and at the age of 18, he declared himself to be a deist at best, an atheist at worst. His partner in this rebellion was his best friend, a young man named Jacob Eames.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After renouncing his would-be inherited faith, Judson headed off to New York City to pursue an acting career. After this option fizzled, he enrolled in Brown College. During his second year, while traveling home one weekend, he stayed in a small hotel. The proprietor told him that the only room available was next door to a dying man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desperate for a roof over his head, Judson took the room anyway and listened all night to the blasphemous mutterings and moans of a man who obviously had no knowledge of a personal God. When Judson awoke, the proprietor informed him that the man had indeed passed away. Out of curiosity, Judson pressed for the man’s name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the proprietor responded, “Jacob Eames,” Judson shivered. Stunned, he had unknowingly been listening to death process of his best friend. One word ran through his mind again and again – “lost.” He knew that he too was alone and doomed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three months would pass before young Judson made his ultimate peace with God. And, when he did, a reborn person emerged. Never again would he stick his finger in the face of the Almighty. Now, instead, he surrendered his life to his Creator and Savior.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the next four years, sensing a call to serve as a missionary, Judson assembled a team of students and persuaded a group of pastors to support the proposed enterprise to Burma (today known as Myanmar).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But hardships waited at every turn. The youngest member of the team – a mere 17 years old – died en route. Shortly after landing in Rangoon, Judson lost all of his donors over a denominational dispute. Suspected of being a British spy, he was thrown into a “death prison” where he was hung upside down in leg irons every night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judson survived his year in prison, but his wife died shortly thereafter. For several months, he was so depressed that he sat daily beside her tomb. Three years later, he wrote: God is to me the Great Unknown. I believe in him, but I cannot find him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet, even during those difficult times, the most amazing conversion of Judson’s ministry occurred. A fifty-year-old tribal man named Ko Tha Byu (who had been involved in at least 30 murders) was purchased from slavery and learned to read the Burmese Bible that Judson was translating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Ko Tha Byu returned to his people, he boldly proclaimed the Gospel. Later known as the “apostle to the Karen,” he helped establish a strong church, which still flourishes among the tribe to this day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During his four decades in Burma, Judson led about twenty-five Burmese to the Lord. Perhaps only ten of these displayed a real, living faith. Over this time period, he also buried two wives, six children, and eleven co-workers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A decade ago, a celebration was held to honor the 150th anniversary of Judson’s translation of the Burmese Bible. Paul Borthwick, a good friend of InterVarsity’s, attended. As he picked up a Bible, he could only read one sentence (“Translated by the Reverend A. Judson”). The Burmese Bible is still the version used today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Paul asked a host pastor what he knew of Judson, the man responded: “Whenever someone mentions Judson’s name, tears come to my eyes, because we know what he and his family suffered. . .. “Today there are six million Christians in Myanmar, and every one of us traces our spiritual heritage to one man – the Reverend Adoniram Judson.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we ponder Judson’s life, we must ask ourselves many questions. Are we as committed to our mission to reach seventeen million students and faculty as he was dedicated to his? What sacrifices are we willing to make now to see the Gospel spread on campus? Are we willing to toil day after day – often with limited results—so that God can raise up millions of believers in the future? Are we willing to imagine what God is capable of doing?</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/06/adoniram-judson-unlikely-hero-student.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoGW-wPOkWvSsTsbviMoRyGIXCyIDYNfjJyVWRiPKJuNQwIOKFP0z9E7AzOnoLkHM7plRXf9IZPco8WVJswzuTZSXbBgWn0o1PUIcyXBNkTgShcZ3Qrz722l1LqaLmDBwpd3RjWNTyqhY/s72-c/adonirm+judson.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-3952939843317706793</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-12T18:28:47.844+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gen-express</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SOUTH AFRICA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TEN MUST WATCH MATCHES</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WORLD CUP SOCCER 2010</category><title>TEN MUST WATCH GAMES OF WORLD CUP'S FIRST ROUND</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0wndFKPyCtr47W2DgukhLjjDEIvj24IAhRkG1ug5iJ0LbOeGxJEFg0j-CQ9D_zCwMdf7oAKIWgsSU_p3pPIJi-L_yYn8Vro9Bs9GrTmVDv2r1DCXte9QvD3iyFTMP1MivBbZcJyRHrbi/s1600/world+cup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481870544220865714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0wndFKPyCtr47W2DgukhLjjDEIvj24IAhRkG1ug5iJ0LbOeGxJEFg0j-CQ9D_zCwMdf7oAKIWgsSU_p3pPIJi-L_yYn8Vro9Bs9GrTmVDv2r1DCXte9QvD3iyFTMP1MivBbZcJyRHrbi/s400/world+cup.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sarath Pookkat picks out the ten must-watch games of the FIFA World Cup's first round. So get to that couch and switch on to the biggest sporting match-ups of the year. The wait is over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;SOUTH AFRICA VS FRANCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group A  June 22, 7.30 pm  Mangaung/Bloemfontein&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to vuvuzelas and drums. Welcome to the carefree spirit and the vibrant colours of the Rainbow Nation. Welcome to African football. The host nation's prime concern, other than making it a grand success, will be to survive the first round.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the time Bafana Bafana meet France, their fate could be already sealed, but with help from the crowds and their deafening trumpets, Steven Pienaar and his mates may go the extra distance. Naturally, the hosts are considered the weakest team in the group. France arrive in South Africa on the back of the infamous 'hand of Thierry Henry' goal against Ireland in their final qualifying match. The whole of Ireland is still crying foul. These aren't the most auspicious of circumstances for a team which has been less than impressive in its warm-up matches. Coach Raymond Domenech, not the most-loved person in France after leaving playmakers Samir Nasri and Patrick Vieira out, is under tremendous pressure. But they should survive the group hurdles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;THE NETHERLANDS VS DENMARK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Group E  June 14, 5 pm  Johannesburg SC&lt;br /&gt;The Netherlands were sensational in Euro 2008 and were just as impressive in World Cup qualifying, winning all 8 games. With the likes of Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben and the influential Wesley Sneijder, the Dutch look to dominate this group. Denmark had finished above group favourites Portugal in qualifying for this year's finals, although Cristiano Ronaldo did not play much of a part because of injuries. Coach Morten Olsen's side showed admirable maturity to deny regular bigtournament qualifiers Sweden a place in South Africa. However, he very much views the Danes as a work in progress. They are a youthful side, but have plenty of experience in Dennis Rommedahl, Jesper Gronkjaer and Jon Dahl Tomasson. While most would think that the winners of Cameroon vs Denmark would take the second spot, this is a tricky opener for Bert van Marwijk's team. Arjen Robben looks set to miss this match, but Olsen has bigger problems. His wards seem to have lost the art of scoring goals and some of his best players are struggling to shake off niggling injuries. But on the biggest stage of all, anything can happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ARGENTINA VS NIGERIA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Group B  June 12, 7.30 pm  Johannesburg, JEP&lt;br /&gt;When Argentina played Nigeria last time in a World Cup match, a certain Lionel Messi was just starting to kick the ball around, and his now-famous growth hormone deficiency had not even been diagnosed. The year was 1994 and the place the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nigeria had superstars in Finidi George, Sunday Oliseh and Jay Jay Okocha, while the Albeceleste had Claudia Caniggia, Gabriel Batistuta, Fernando Redondo and Diego Simeone in their ranks. They also had the original Diego. And sadly, it turned out to be Maradona's final match in an Argentina shirt. The game saw Argentina's football god, then 33 years old, produce a little bit of magic to set up Batistuta, who obliged by scoring the winner. Maradona was then sent home after failing a drug test for ephedrine. He is now back as manager, Messi has come of age and Argentina have a whole lot of other stars.&lt;br /&gt;Nigeria will miss their most influential player John Obi Mikel, who is out with injury. But like any African team, they play without fear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ENGLAND VS USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group C  June 13, 12 midnight  Rustenburg&lt;br /&gt;England are one of the hot favourites and they wouldn't want to take anything for granted against a United States team which is capable of staging upsets. England had an impressive qualifying campaign, winning nine out of ten matches and racking up 34 goals.&lt;br /&gt;The US too will look to repeat the impressive form they displayed in the Confederations Cup at the same venue in 2009. Bob Bradley's team stunned European champions Spain in the semifinals and were on their way to a shock victory over Brazil in the final, but were ultimately tamed by Dunga's boys, who rallied home after trailing 0-2 .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;GERMANY VS SERBIA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Group D  June 18, 5 pm  Port Elizabeth&lt;br /&gt;England are good, Brazil and Spain are good teams, but we too are a good team and Germany are always a tournament team," says German defender Jerome Boateng. He is absolutely right. Forget injuries to key players and lack of form, Germany are always tough to beat. They know, more than any other team in the world, how to win ugly and at all costs. Things won't be easy, though, for Joachim Loew's boys when they meet Serbia in their second group match. In Milos Krasic, Serbia have a wonderfully gifted ball player and to prevent his passes from reaching the towering forward line of Nicola Zigic and Milan Jovanovic will be tough. When it comes to defence, Nemanja Vidic will give Germany more than a few headaches. The Germans, though, have always been a disciplined defensive side. They also have flamboyance and flair in the likes of Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski and Piotr Trochowski in the middle of the park while young Thomas Mueller and Brazil-born Cacau could well grab the opportunity to hit the headlines. This match will be a test of their tactical acumen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;CAMEROON VS THE NETHERLANDS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group E  June 25, 12 midnight  Cape Town&lt;br /&gt;Remember Roger Milla and his famous corner-flag dance? That name and that dance still haunts Columbia's Rene Higuita, the most colourful and outrageous goalkeeper ever. The Cameroon legend hung up his boots long back, but his successor Samuel Eto'o is more than capable of giving the success-starved nation a few reasons to smile. When Cameroon play the Netherlands though, Eto'o's chief supplier at Inter Milan, Wesley Sneijder, will be pulling the strings for the opposition. The Netherlands are blessed with rich talent in all positions and although star winger Arjen Robben pulled his hamstring at the wrong time, in Robin Van Persie they have another lethal left foot. Rafael van der Vaart and Mark van Bommel, along with Sneijder, will give the Dutch midfield plenty of solidity and spark. They just have a small problem. Cameroon have a tendency to tear up any script.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ITALY VS PARAGUAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group F  June 15, 12 midnight  Cape Town&lt;br /&gt;The reigning champions and the four-time winners open their campaign against Latin powerhouse Uruguay. Four years back when Italy won the Cup in Germany, beating France in the final, Zinedine Zidane's head butt swamped out the fact that Italy needed that victory more than any other team. Their clubs were mired in turmoil and scandal, but a World Cup win always works wonders. Their squad hasn't changed much and they don't have any real fresh talent. But like Germany, they too know how to win ugly. In spite of injury to midfielder Andre Pirlo, they are the favourites to top this group. Paraguay have plenty of experience and a fully fit Roque Santa Cruz can test the ageing legs of Fabio Cannavaro. Nelson Valdez, who plays for Borussia Dortmund, is also a tricky customer. For Italy, Gianluigi Buffon is still a picture of poise and confidence in goal and it always takes something special to beat him. But if Paraguay can deliver enough crosses into the box, Santa Cruz's headers might just come into play. At the other end, Vincenzo Iaquinta has an equally powerful header, while the free-scoring Antonio di Natale is opportunism personified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;IVORY COAST VS PORTUGAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group G  June 15, 7.30 pm  Port Elizabeth&lt;br /&gt;With Ivory Coast, Portugal and Brazil looking to outsmart each other, Group G becomes the veritable Group of Death. The presence of North Korea, who have a history of outrageous upsets, adds more spice.&lt;br /&gt;While the Ivorians are waiting anxiously for Didier Drogba to shrug off the injury to his forearm, Portugal had a heartbreak when it was confirmed that talismanic winger Nani had bruised his collarbone and had been ruled out. That leaves two of the most charismatic players out when the teams meet.&lt;br /&gt;The most charismatic of them all, though, will be raring to show off his silky skills, dazzling runs, wicked freekicks and chiselled torso. Cristiano Ronaldo was just another player with huge potential when Germany hosted the event four years back, but now he is a glowing icon. But here, he must watch his back.&lt;br /&gt;Ivory Coast have Yaya Toure, who plays for Barcelona in the Spanish league and has an imposing presence in midfield. His brother Kolo Toure, who plays in England, is another player who knows a thing or two about Ronaldo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;BRAZIL VS IVORY COAST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group G  June 21, 12 midnight  Johannesburg, JSC&lt;br /&gt;Play Portugal first, then play Brazil! If Ivory Coast reach the second round, they have a right to feel on top of the world. To make matters worse for the Elephants, Brazil these days play tough and physical, without compromising on their flair. Kaka, the world's best player in 2007, has not lost any of his touch. Robinho, after a brief period of uncertainty in England, has found his scoring touch again, while Luis Fabiano has been in sparkling form for Sevilla in the Spanish League.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;PORTUGAL VS BRAZIL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Group G  June 25, 7.30 am  Durban&lt;br /&gt;We are going to play Brazil's B team," Brazil coach Dunga had said, slightly taunting Portugal when the two teams were drawn together in December. And he had a point. But three of Portugal's key players - Deco, Liedson, Pepe - are Brazilian and the ideal way for them to reply would be to beat the Canaries at their own game. This match will pit two of the tournament's biggest stars - Kaka and Ronaldo - against each other. Carlos Queiroz, the Portugal coach, has plenty of firepower at his disposal and even without Nani, Portugal are quite a handful. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;COURTSEY : TIMES OF INDIA&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/06/ten-must-watch-games-of-world-cups.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0wndFKPyCtr47W2DgukhLjjDEIvj24IAhRkG1ug5iJ0LbOeGxJEFg0j-CQ9D_zCwMdf7oAKIWgsSU_p3pPIJi-L_yYn8Vro9Bs9GrTmVDv2r1DCXte9QvD3iyFTMP1MivBbZcJyRHrbi/s72-c/world+cup.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-8246306925902157645</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-09T11:45:28.933+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">apple iphones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gadgets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gen-express</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">iphone 4</category><title>8 THINGS THAT MAKES iPHONE 4 SO HOT</title><description>&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddziVoGWf8CpLlv2Vnce7n334mODcD-LRq0TM0cggLCF5nvywrmb3Z51pcq3_SI4OAKgMGPwz8sN-0rYyWAxhVujBfhK-0yadJImeYGT4J6nMoLCwo7r85TZ72wKwAGJvpGfDJFFO2eEZ/s1600/IPHONE+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480653208996627154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddziVoGWf8CpLlv2Vnce7n334mODcD-LRq0TM0cggLCF5nvywrmb3Z51pcq3_SI4OAKgMGPwz8sN-0rYyWAxhVujBfhK-0yadJImeYGT4J6nMoLCwo7r85TZ72wKwAGJvpGfDJFFO2eEZ/s400/IPHONE+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A new era in iPhones began on Tuesday June 7 when Apple CEO Steve Jobs showcased iPhone 4 at Apple's WWDC 2010 conference in the US. The new toyboy has everything that a new piece of technology should be: innovative, attractive and far, far ahead in features than its first predecessor was when it was launched in 2007. In fact, it makes the earliest iPhone seem 'oh-so-yesterday' in just three years. Here are 8 things that you would want to know about iPhone 4. A peep inside the new, gizmo...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Sleeker looks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;iPhone 4 is sleeker, more advanced, more angular and razor thin (0.37 inch or 9.3 mm) unlike iPhone 3GS that is nearly half inch thick. Its front and back are coverd by glass and a stainless steel rim that gives it an attractive metallic look and also acts as a part of phone's antenna. This brings maximum delight to iPhone lovers and puts them ahead of most smartphone owners in this genre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Multi-tasking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now you can run your favourite third party apps, send an email, you can do video chat using Wi-Fi, or continue listening to your favourite songs, all at same time without draining the battery or slowing the performance of any of the foreground activity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Camera capabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Apple has added a 5 megapixel camera along with a LED flash that offers you a perfect frame to caputre sharp images. This will take care of bitter complaints made by the picture afficiandos who were unhappy with the 3 MP camera images of iPhone 3GS. At the same time, it will also endear iPhone to those who wouldn't consider the phone due to this limitation. Now, iPhone users will be able to click fairly respectable images. A second VGA camera has been added for video calling. Users can now shoot a video at up to 30 frames per second with the front camera. Its Ambient Light Sensor can enhance the captured image/video just as the backlit option in high-end still cameras improves the lighting around the subject.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;HD video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;iPhone 4 is cutting edge as far as the video is concerned. It now allows you to record high-definition videos (720 pixels )up to 30 frames per second along with audio. It can also play a high-definition video satisfactorily whereas even most laptops start stuttering when playing HD video. Tap to focus video feature and built-in video editing are the bonus that every video lover would find quite irresistable. What's more the new iPhone also allows photo and video geotagging.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Sharper display&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;iPhone 4 is not just about the cosmetic changes, pleasing as they are, but what's new is what's inside! Though display on the iPhone remains 3.5 inches diagonally,but it can pack four times as many pixels and that makes for a much sharper appearance on the screen (960 X 640 pixel IPS display, 326 pixels per inch). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;'Retina Display' and image viewing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Apple iPhone 4 uses a 3.5 Retina Display with four times more pixels per inch compared to regular displays (326 pixels per inch) which is very good since the naked eye can view only up-to 300 pixels per inch. This will enhance manifold the viewing experience for images and graphics and make gaming more vivid. The resolution is 960 X 640 pixels with 800:1 contrast ratio which is four times better than the Apple iPhone 3GS. Moreover, iPhone 4 uses IPS technology which according to Steve Jobs is a better technology compared to OLED as it will offer a wider viewing angle and more colours.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Gamers' delight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A new addition is a gyroscope that will enable more advanced motion-sensing applications such as games and mapping services. iPhone 4 is the first phone with a built-in three-axis gyroscope. When paired with the compass and accelerometer, it makes iPhone 4 capable of advanced motion sensing such as user acceleration, angular velocity and rotation rate. In simple English, this means more motion gestures and greater precision for an even better gaming experience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Processor and battery life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;iPhone 4 is powered by Apple's A4 processor chip. The chip had to be made as small as possible to accommodate the bigger battery that could take the load of all the new, fancy features. The A4 processor also makes very efficient use of power. Due to the larger battery, iPhone 4 has better battery life compared to its predecessors. The device promises seven hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;COURTESY: TIMES OF INDIA&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/06/8-things-that-makes-iphone-4-so-hot.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddziVoGWf8CpLlv2Vnce7n334mODcD-LRq0TM0cggLCF5nvywrmb3Z51pcq3_SI4OAKgMGPwz8sN-0rYyWAxhVujBfhK-0yadJImeYGT4J6nMoLCwo7r85TZ72wKwAGJvpGfDJFFO2eEZ/s72-c/IPHONE+4.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355702610955005878.post-8668796250909681093</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-01T23:54:30.473+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">icpf newdelhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">john maxwell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">turning failures into success</category><title>WHAT IS SUCCESS ?      By JOHN MAXWELL</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnhcLJc9sRJy5s9aPfZDeOqUl4dfS8n0vADuZFrKOg7-4UHG77_RnYaxJQCIM7bJYHs2LaChiX_OaTj3W63PbFXqwXEo9L6byCZ928vc2yOeORLBciFXq0sQEuvQrnkW-xYVeG_kD518P/s1600/SUCC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnhcLJc9sRJy5s9aPfZDeOqUl4dfS8n0vADuZFrKOg7-4UHG77_RnYaxJQCIM7bJYHs2LaChiX_OaTj3W63PbFXqwXEo9L6byCZ928vc2yOeORLBciFXq0sQEuvQrnkW-xYVeG_kD518P/s400/SUCC.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477872486379360498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1986, when I was 39 years old, I began to notice a terrible trend among my colleagues, college buddies and friends: divorce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was happening in a variety of marriages – from the shaky to the apparently strong. Margaret and I didn’t think our relationship was in any kind of danger, but then again, we knew that many of our friends had thought their relationships were indestructible too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the same time, my career was really taking off. And while I was enjoying the new challenges, I knew that I didn’t want to lose my family in the process. That prompted me to make one of my key life decisions: rewriting my definition of success. Instead of acclaim or advancement or achievement, I decided that for me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                     &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;Success means having those closest to me&lt;br /&gt;                                             love and respect me the most.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This made success for me possible only if I included my wife and children in the journey. From that moment on, my success depended on putting my family first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to truly succeed in this life, you need to ask yourself a question: Is your pursuit of success drawing you closer to – or farther from – the most important people in your life?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to redefine success the way I did, here are some ways to put your decision into practice:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Determine your priorities.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much of your calendar is devoted to your family and/or close friends? On your budget and to-do list, where do you write in your loved ones? No relationship can survive for long on leftovers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Early in my career, I focused so much on work that I neglected Margaret. After I realized this, I changed. I carved out time for her. I protected my day off. And we dedicated money in our budget to facilitate special times together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s been said that a lot can be learned about what a person values by examining two things: their calendar and their bank statement. They show where people spend their time and money. What do those things say about what YOU value?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Decide on your philosophy.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once your loved ones are a priority, you have to decide together what you want your family to stand for. What values will you live out? For us, the bottom line was to cultivate and maintain:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Commitment to God,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Continual growth,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Common experiences,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Confidence in God, ourselves and others, and&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Contributions to life.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;This was my family’s list. I’m not suggesting that you adopt our philosophy. But I encourage you to take time together to list YOUR non-negotiables. Keep the list short so that you can remember and apply it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Develop your problem-solving strategy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think a lot of people go into marriage expecting it to be easy. Maybe they’ve seen too many movies. Marriage isn’t easy. Family isn’t easy. Close friendships aren’t easy. The best plan is to expect problems, stay committed, and develop a strategy for getting through the rough times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talk to your loved ones about how you could improve your problem solving together. (NOTE: Do this during a calm time, not in the middle of a conflict!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many problem-solving strategies exist, from family meetings to fair fighting rules. Use the ones that work for you. Just be sure that they foster and promote three things:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Better understanding,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Positive change, and&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Growing relationships.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Deciding to redefine success, and acting on that decision, changed the trajectory of my life. Now, 24 years later, I’m still married to the love of my life, both my kids are married with children (my grandangels!), and we all still enjoy spending time together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wrapping my definition of success around those I love the most made the difference. And really, when you reach the end of your life, what will be most important to you? Dusty awards granted by acquaintances, or deep connection with those you love?</description><link>http://icpfnewdelhi.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-is-success-by-john-maxwell.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (gen-express)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnhcLJc9sRJy5s9aPfZDeOqUl4dfS8n0vADuZFrKOg7-4UHG77_RnYaxJQCIM7bJYHs2LaChiX_OaTj3W63PbFXqwXEo9L6byCZ928vc2yOeORLBciFXq0sQEuvQrnkW-xYVeG_kD518P/s72-c/SUCC.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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