. The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians . baptized. He delighted in prayer and in speaking orhearing of Christs suffering for our sins. Appearingtruly penitent and surprisingly changed, he wasbaptized in his own house, being unable to attendthe chapel, and was received into the church inthe midst of a number of members who visited thehouse for the purpose. It was a joyful day to hisfamily, who said, The Lord has done great thingsfor us: salvation has come to our house. He displayeda peaceful and grateful spirit during the week, and
. The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians . baptized. He delighted in prayer and in speaking orhearing of Christs suffering for our sins. Appearingtruly penitent and surprisingly changed, he wasbaptized in his own house, being unable to attendthe chapel, and was received into the church inthe midst of a number of members who visited thehouse for the purpose. It was a joyful day to hisfamily, who said, The Lord has done great thingsfor us: salvation has come to our house. He displayeda peaceful and grateful spirit during the week, andon the next Lords day entered into his eternal rest. 76 THE GOSPEL /A SOUTH INDIA. In the same congregation a very remarkableconversion of a devil-dancer and sorcerer occurredin 1881. This dancer v^as named Kali, after theQueen of the Demons. He performed the cere-monies at the annual festival, singing heathensongs, and exciting the assembled multitude and thedevil-dancers. He was also accustomed to play on themusical bow, much used in this worship, hung with % :-i!l)| III 1,.^ ^???M^ 111. DEVIL MUSIC. bells, and placed upon a narrow-mouthed earthenpot. Being of a respectable family, and greatlyesteemed by the people, as well as their cleverestsongster and dancer, he made much money by thiswork, and became rich. It was the general beliefthat the dancers obtained the demoniacal possessionthrough the influence of his exciting soiigs. This man used to persecute the Christians bywords and deeds, and showed much hatred to the CONVERSION THROUGH PRO VIDENCES. 77 servants of God; and in this dreadful state hecontinued up to his eightieth year. But three of hisfellow-priests were suddenly cut off within a year byinsufferable and incurable diseases. Now Kali wasleft alone, bent with age and infirmity, when it pleasedour gracious God to change his mind by His con-verting grace, and turn his precious soul from sinand Satan before his departure from this world. At first he was not wil
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