This was my
thought in talking with him: 'Near the kingdom, but not in it.' I
earnestly pressed these questions: What do you think of yourself?
What is your dependence for salvation? Have you repented? In short,
on which side are you? He was troubled; tears ran down his cheeks,
and for a time he made no reply. At last he said, 'I cannot tell.' A
companion began to answer for him, with the confidence of ignorance,
judging Christians and finding holes in the coats of the righteous:
'Who knows whether a man is a Christian? God alone.' I said, 'Are
there any Christians in our village?' 'Yes.' 'Then you know some as
Christians?' His words were many, while Baba Khan's were few. My
father here came in, but I prayed with them all, and then went to
church, where I preached from the words, 'And thou mourn at the
last.'
"To-day I conversed with Sadee. I found her in the habit of praying
with her sisters in Christ one by one. I advised her to try and lead
some of her unconverted neighbors to Christ by her labors and
prayers. She promised to do so. We spent more than an hour speaking
the language of Canaan, and then knelt at the feet of the Saviour
whom we love.
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