people, and as being crippled

by his He became not only a convert, but an interpreter and a

vices.

among his

Most eloquent is his own account preacher of the word of life. cc of his conversion Brethren, I have been a heathen, and :

have grown old among the heathen, therefore I know how the heathen think. Once a preacher came and began to explain answered ' Dost thou to us that there was a God.

We

think

:

we are so ignorant as not to know that ?

the place from

Go back to

'

whence thou earnest ?

Then, again, another to say, You must teach us and to and came preacher began '

We answered

not steal, nor lie, nor get drunk,' etc.

fool, dost thou think we don't know that ?

'Thou

:

Learn first thyself,

and then teach the people, to whom thou belongest, to leave off these things ; for who steal and

than thine own people ?

'

lie,

or

who are more drunken

and thus we dismissed him.

After some

time, Brother Christian Henry Rauch came into

my hut and He spoke to me nearly as follows I come He sends to you in the name of the Lord of heaven and earth.

sat down by me.

'

:

is willing to make you happy, and the in from which to deliver you you are at present. misery To this end he became a man, gave his life as a ransom for man, and shed his blood for him.' When he had finished, he