A Tamil evan­gel­ist and min­is­ter of the Meth­od­ist Church of Sri Lanka, Niles served as president of the East Asia Christ­ian Conference. On the death of Martin Luther King, he was elected to the presidium of the World Council of Churches. He was a strong advocate of Protestant ecumenism in Asia. His works include:

• That They May Have Life (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951)
• Preaching the Gospel of the Resurrection (The Westminster Press, 1953)
• Living with the Gospel (New York: Association Press, 1957)
• The Preacher’s Task and the Stone of Stumbling (New York: Harper, 1958)
• The Preacher’s Calling to Be Servant (Lutterworth Press, 1959)
• As Seeing the Invisible (New York: Harper, 1961)
• Upon the Earth (McGraw-Hill, 1962)
• We Know in Part (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Westminster Press, 1964)
• The Message and Its Messengers (New York: Abingdon Press, 1966)
• Buddhism and the Claims of Christ (John Knox Press, 1967)
• The Power at Work Among Us (London: Epworth Press, 1968)
• A Testament of Faith
• Who Is This Jesus?

Lyrics

1. Father in Heaven, Grant to Your Children
2. On a Day When Men Were Counted
3. Saranam, Saranam, Saranam