The life of Rev. Henry Martyn : $b Written for the American Sunday School Union, with some account of Abdool Messeeh, a Hindoo convertHall, John
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The life of Rev. Henry Martyn : $b Written for the American Sunday School Union, with some account of Abdool Messeeh, a Hindoo convert
Hall, John
Abdool Messeeh, 1771 or 1772-1827; Martyn, Henry, 1781-1812
“A leper too, who has spent years in religious observances, without
finding rest to his mind, and who has been some time in constant
attendance on the means of grace, took up his abode with us, saying,
Jesus would cure the inward leprosy of his soul.
“The old soldier also, and his wife and son, have cast in their lot
with us.
“The school to-day increased to ten, expressly under the idea that it
is a Christian institution.
“_June 12th._—The whole city seems moved with this new thing which is
come unto them; but not a tongue stirs in opposition. As a proof of
this, the Mooftee of the court, whose father is Khazee ol Kazat, or
Native Chief Justice of the Company’s head court in Calcutta, sent to
beg that Abdool would forget the attempt that had been made by his
relatives in Calcutta, to procure his imprisonment, and would visit
him, (the Mooftee,) and be friends with him.
“It would be no easy task to record all the interesting discussions
which have taken place, during these two days, between Abdool and the
principal Mohammedans in the city. One of them observed, that Abdool
was so provided with armour, that none of their weapons (arguments)
could reach him.
“_June 18th._—To-day, Abdool was informed, that the kazee (judge) is
taking pains to prevent the children from coming to school, and the
people from visiting him. Some of the children said to him, on his
forbidding them to go to school to Abdool, ‘Will you then instruct us
gratis, as he does?’
“_June 25th._—Yesterday, as Abdool was reading and explaining Acts
iv. at his house in the city, an extraordinary instance of Divine
power attending the Word, appeared. A youth about fifteen, a Brahmin
of the Gour caste, had come, among others, to see and hear this new
thing. Abdool observed him very attentive; and as he proceeded,
and was explaining verse 12, ‘Neither is there salvation in any
other, for there is none other name given among men, whereby we can
be saved,’ the lad seemed greatly agitated, and breaking off his
Brahmin’s cord, threw it away. All who were present observed what he
did, but no notice was then taken. After the congregation went away,
the lad remained; said he would embrace the Christian religion, and,
in short, of his own accord ate with Abdool, and came home with him
in the evening.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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