Behold, I Will Do a New Thing
and The Hidden Manna — two messages by Bakht Singh
Book DetailsPublication Information
| Title | Behold, I Will Do a New Thing (with a second message, "The Hidden Manna") |
|---|---|
| Author | Bakht Singh |
| Date | Listed on Internet Archive as 1999 (original print date not independently confirmed) |
| Language | English |
| Length | Short devotional booklet — approximately 15 pages in the digitized scan |
| Format | Two short messages / sermons, not divided into numbered chapters |
| Subjects | Christian devotional life · Spiritual renewal · Isaiah 43:19 · Revelation 2:17 · Indian Christian ministry |
| License (per Internet Archive) | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Source record | archive.org/details/truesalt.bakhtsingh/BeholdIWillDoANewThing.BakhtSingh |
Bibliographic details above are drawn from the Internet Archive catalog record and the digitized text for this item, part of the community-contributed "True Salt: Bakht Singh" collection. No publisher, ISBN or original print edition could be independently confirmed, so those fields are omitted rather than guessed.
OverviewAbout This Book
Behold, I Will Do a New Thing is a short devotional booklet by Indian evangelist Bakht Singh, gathering two of his messages: the title message, built on God's promise in Isaiah 43:19, and a second message, "The Hidden Manna," drawn from Revelation 2:17.
The title message takes its name and theme directly from Isaiah 43:19 — "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth... I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." In it, Bakht Singh encourages readers, whether already believers or not yet, to trust God for a genuine inward renewal rather than relying on material pursuits, which he describes as ultimately unable to satisfy.
The second message, "The Hidden Manna," works through a series of points — what the hidden manna means, to whom it is spoken, the preparation of the vessel who receives it, the new life it imparts, and the Lord's provision for developing that new life — before closing with the related promise of "a white stone" from the same verse, Revelation 2:17.
This is a brief, sermon-style booklet rather than a full-length book: the digitized text runs to roughly fifteen pages and is not divided into formal numbered chapters. This page summarizes the book's content and publication details; in keeping with its licensing status (see "Rights & How to Read" below), it does not reproduce the book's full text.
The AuthorAbout Bakht Singh (1903–2000)
Bakht Singh is remembered as one of the most influential Indian Christian evangelists of the twentieth century, particularly associated with Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh.
Born on 6 June 1903 in Joiya village, Punjab, into a devout Sikh family, Bakht Singh studied in India before travelling to England and then Canada for further education. In Canada, through the friendship of a Christian couple, John and Edith Hayward, he came to personal faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized in Vancouver in 1932 — a decisive break from his Sikh upbringing.
Returning to India in 1933, he spent the rest of his life in itinerant evangelism and the planting of indigenous, self-governing local church assemblies, centered from the 1940s on the Jehovah-Shammah assembly he founded in Hyderabad. He is widely regarded as a formative figure in the growth of indigenous, non-denominational Christianity in modern India. Bakht Singh died in Hyderabad on 17 September 2000.
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ContentsTable of Contents
This booklet is not divided into numbered chapters. It contains two messages; the second is itself organized around the outline points below, as they appear in the Internet Archive digitization. Book text itself is not reproduced here.
- Behold, I Will Do a New Thing (based on Isaiah 43:19)
- The Hidden Manna (based on Revelation 2:17)
- What the hidden manna means
- To whom it is spoken
- The preparation of the vessel
- The new life imparted
- The Lord's provision for the development of the new life
- The Lord's provision suitable for our peculiar need
- The hidden manna
- A white stone
How to ReadRights & How to Read This Book
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ScriptureRelated Bible Passages
Both messages in this booklet are built directly on specific Bible verses. Read them in UECF's NKJV Bible reader:
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India ConnectionRelated Telugu Christian Resources
Bakht Singh's ministry was centered for decades in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, and had a lasting influence on the Telugu-speaking church. This booklet is in English, but readers interested in the wider Telugu Christian heritage his ministry touched may wish to explore UECF's Telugu collection: