ANOTHER VISIT AROUSES OPTIMISM

An outstanding event for India occurred when Brothers Knorr and Henschel arrived in January 1952. They parted company at Karachi, Pakistan, Brother Henschel going to Delhi and Calcutta and Brother Knorr to Bombay and south India.

“The next day we caught the plane for Bombay, where I rejoined Brother Henschel and heard his experiences in Delhi and Calcutta,” wrote Brother Knorr. At Delhi Brother Henschel found a number of interested persons, particularly while working from house to house with a local pioneer brother. His first night’s talk was greatly appreciated by the brothers and the second day seventy-three came to the public meeting, their largest attendance till that time.

In Calcutta, seventy-five persons packed out the Kingdom Hall for Brother Henschel’s visit. The small but growing congregation there was being helped by the five missionaries, Brother and Sister Zavitz, Marjorie Haddrill, Florence Williams and Joyce Larke. Brother Knorr stated: “Artistry House, famed for painting and weaving exhibits, was rented for the public talk and 205 heard the question answered, ‘Will Religion Meet the World Crisis?’ Here again was an encouraging margin of new interest to further develop in the future.”