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In order to appreciate the value of these simple addresses and often quaint illustrations one should have seen the Sadhu, or at any rate have read his interesting Life. An Eastern ascetic, clad in his saffron robe, and like the old Friars, dependent on charity, this man has succeeded in winning a hearing for Jesus Christ among Indians which He never had before.
I took the Chair for him at the Church House when he came to address the Clergy of the diocese of London, and I was immensely impressed by his striking appearance and by the simpleness and yet supernatural power of his address.
You must remember that this man has borne persecution and hardships of every kind for his faith; he has lived with wild beasts; he has been entombed alive, and yet he has kept the calm unruffled faith which breathes through the chapters which form this little book.
I hope the perusal of it will lead its readers to study more carefully the character and life of one like the Sadhu, for it is only when Christianity is represented in its Eastern dress that it is likely to win for Christ the allegiance of our Indian fellow-subjects.
A. F. LONDON.
Fulham Palace, S.W.