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
“_July 8th._—In consequence of the above visit, the friends and
adherents of the Rajah became quite violent with him, and threatened,
by some means or other, to put an end to his life. They threatened
Abdool also, who quietly, but resolutely answered, ‘If you should
accomplish my death, it would be a cause of joy to me, as bringing
me at once to Him whose I am; but, be assured, your lives would
be forfeited to the law, and at the throne of God, you would find
Raim,[17] or any other you depend upon, quite unable to save you
from the guilt of murder.’ They were dismayed at his resolution, and
have kept aloof from him since; but have persuaded the Rajah to make
a journey to Gualier, where another widow of Cheyt Sing’s is, and
of a brother of his own. He says he will come back alone shortly;
appears in deep distress; and said to-day, ‘I go with them because I
fear they will otherwise murder me; but I know, if I do not become a
Christian, I shall go to hell with my eyes open. My faith is in Jesus
Christ alone, and beside him there is no Saviour.’ A Mohammedan in
the service of the Rajah has been the chief opposer, and has tried
to get others to say that Abdool wished to compel people to become
Christians. A Molwee, who lives near, and to whom he first addressed
himself, told him at once he lied, and was an infidel for opposing
an idolater who wished to believe in revelation, though not in
Mohammed. The Hindoos to whom he applied, said he was mad; that they
saw and heard all that passed in Abdool’s house, and saw no violence
offered to any one. One Hindoo said, ‘I hear him forbid people to
kill, or to commit adultery, or to steal, or to tell lies; if this be
Christianity, it is a good religion; there are no such good words
even in the Sanscrit books.’
“_July 11th._—A man from a neighbouring village was present to-day,
who has been a constant attendant for some time. He was asked why he
had expressed a wish to become a Christian? He answered, ‘For the
sake of salvation.’ What had he heard, that should induce him to hope
for salvation in Christianity? He said, ‘He had never heard of any
whose birth corresponded with that of Christ; that to raise the dead,
and himself to rise from the dead, proved him to be the Son of God,
and able to give remission of sins. He to-day took his meal with the
Christians, by which his caste is gone.
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