The Kingdom in India, its progress and its promise . such a Re-deemer upon his immediate attention. He seemedmuch affected, and readily promised to call and haveanother conversation on his return from his expedi-tion. He left, taking with him the Gospel of Johnand some practical Christian tracts to read while hewas gone. Ten days later, returning with six or eight yokeof plow bullocks, he spent a night at Palmaner, andcame to see me, himself reopening our conversationabout the Divine Redeemer. We talked long andearnestly into the night, and when, after a prayerwith and for him, he took his lea
The Kingdom in India, its progress and its promise . such a Re-deemer upon his immediate attention. He seemedmuch affected, and readily promised to call and haveanother conversation on his return from his expedi-tion. He left, taking with him the Gospel of Johnand some practical Christian tracts to read while hewas gone. Ten days later, returning with six or eight yokeof plow bullocks, he spent a night at Palmaner, andcame to see me, himself reopening our conversationabout the Divine Redeemer. We talked long andearnestly into the night, and when, after a prayerwith and for him, he took his leave, intending todrive on his purchased bullocks in the early morning,he gave me a promise that he would try and findthat Redeemer as his own. I felt sure that he meantwhat he said, for he seemed, like Nathaniel, to be^one in whom there was no guile. A couple of months later, he came up again to pur-chase more bullocks and, as before, at once wishedto see me. As he came into my study and took hisseat on the rug, his countenance fairly beamed, as he. The Unbaptized Volunteer Missionary 181 said, I have found Him. I have found Jesus Christas my own Eedeemer. He has taken away all mysins, and I am His ! It was a joy now to talk withhim of his new-found Saviour, and an earnest con-versation we had about the Redeemer who was soprecious to us both. *And now, I said to him,*what are you going to do for that dear Saviourwho has done so much for you? ^ I, said he, J, what can I do for Him ? ^*You can make Him known to others, and getthem also to accept Him, said I. How can I do that? said he. I am not acatechist, nor a preacher. I am only an uneducatedyoung farmer; I could not preach. I do not seewhat I can do. Well, said I, you are going to be out a fort-night in the Zemindari of Punganur, going fromvillage to village purchasing cattle, are you not?You cannot talk cattle all day and all night; youwill have to stop somewhere to get your dinner, andwhen night comes you will have to stop i
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