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A few years later, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who was visiting the [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]] at [[Simla]] (the summer capital of the [[British Raj]]) heard of the leper colony and was impressed. He encouraged Samuel to form an order of [[Franciscan]] Friars, an order of monkhood committed to living in [[poverty]] and aiding the diseased and dying. Samuel formed such an order, but his membership in this wandering brotherhood of monks lasted only two years.
In 1912, Samuel married a local girl, gave up his life of poverty, purchased a chunk of farmland near his wife's village in [[Kotgarh]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-22 |title=Granddaughter introduces American who brought apple to Himachal |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/granddaughter-introduces-american-who-brought-apple-to-himachal/story-68fBjnILgSSIbekExtLivJ.html |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> and settled there. His wife, Agnes, was the daughter of a first generation Christian.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Asha|title=An American in Khadi: The Definitive Biography of Satyanand Stokes|year=1999|publisher=Penguin Books India|location=New Delhi|isbn=0-14-028509-1|pages=97}}</ref> Samuel's father had settled a considerable fortune upon Samuel, and the purchasing power of this inheritance was magnified manifold in the remote, beautiful part of India where he settled. He had also by now dealt with the demons of failure that had plagued his growing years, and as
Stokes was a critic of the [[Christ myth theory]].<ref>[[Robert E. Van Voorst|Van Voorst, Robert E]]. (2000). ''Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence''. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Footnote 28. p. 13. {{ISBN|0-8028-4368-9}}</ref> He authored the book ''The Historical Character of the Gospel'' published by the Christian Literature Society for India, [[Madras]]. It was republished in [[London]] as ''The Gospel According to Jews and Pagans'' (1913). He argued for the [[historicity of Jesus]] and his [[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucifixion]].<ref>Sharma, Asha. (2008). ''An American in Gandhi's India: The Biography of Satyanand Stokes''. Indiana University Press. p. 57. {{ISBN|978-0-253-21990-9}}</ref>
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