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Reality and Religion

Name: Reality and Religion
Author: Sadhu Sundar Singh

Sadhu Sundar Singh · 1924 · With an Introduction by B. H. Streeter

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Reality and Religion: Meditations on God, Man and Nature
Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929)

In Reality and Religion, the Indian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh sets down twenty-seven short chapters of meditations on God, human nature and the natural world, each built from simple, vivid illustrations drawn from plants, animals, the weather and everyday life. Written at Sabathu in the Simla Hills and completed in Urdu, the book was translated into English with the help of Dr. A. J. Appasamy and carries an Introduction by the Oxford New Testament scholar B. H. Streeter, who describes both the Sadhu’s travels in the years leading up to the book and the circumstances of its writing. As Sundar Singh explains in his own Preface, he offers the book not as philosophy or theology but as the fruit of his own meditation and prayer, “whose delight it is to meditate on the love of God and on the great wonders of His creation.”

About this text: Sadhu Sundar Singh died in 1929 (his 1924 book is therefore in the public domain); the Preface, Introduction and all twenty-seven chapters are presented here in full, transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of the 1924 Macmillan edition. See About This Web Edition for details, and Scripture citations may be compared with the NKJV Bible on UECF.NET.

27 chapters
1 Preface
1 Introduction
13,134 words
≈ 66 min read
English
First published 1924

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Begin with the Title Page, Preface and Introduction, then read the twenty-seven chapters in order. Use Previous and Next on each page to read straight through.

•Title Page
1924 PPreface
Sundar Singh PIntroduction
B. H. Streeter IChapter I
The Purpose of Creation IIChapter II
The Incarnation IIIChapter III
Prayer IVChapter IV
Meditation VChapter V
The Future Life VIChapter VI
The New Birth VIIChapter VII
Love VIIIChapter VIII
Thought and Sense IXChapter IX
Philosophy and Intuition XChapter X
Perfection XIChapter XI
Real Progress and Success XIIChapter XII
The Cross XIIIChapter XIII
Free Will XIVChapter XIV
Rules of Health XVChapter XV
Conscience XVIChapter XVI
The Worship of God XVIIChapter XVII
The Search After Reality XVIIIChapter XVIII
Repentance and Salvation XIXChapter XIX
Original Sin XXChapter XX
The Vedanta and Pantheism XXIChapter XXI
Christ Our Refuge XXIIChapter XXII
Enemies Big and Small XXIIIChapter XXIII
“Strangers and Pilgrims on the Earth”XXIVChapter XXIV
Faith and Purity XXVChapter XXV
Revelations of Christ XXVIChapter XXVI
Humility XXVIIChapter XXVII
Time and Eternity ℹAbout This Web Edition
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About Sadhu Sundar Singh

Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929) was an Indian Christian evangelist and ascetic. Born into a Sikh family in Punjab, he experienced a vision of Christ as a teenager that led to his conversion, after which he adopted the saffron robe of a Hindu “sadhu” (holy man) as a sign that following Christ did not require abandoning his Indian identity. He travelled widely as an itinerant preacher across India, Tibet and other parts of Asia and the West, becoming known for his simple, story-based style of teaching. Reality and Religion (1924) was written at Sabathu, Simla Hills, and translated from his original Urdu with the help of Dr. A. J. Appasamy. Five years later, in 1929, Singh set out on a journey into Tibet and was never seen again; he is presumed to have died on that journey.

This biography summarises widely documented, publicly available facts about Sundar Singh’s life. UECF.NET has not independently verified every detail and welcomes corrections at info@uecf.net.

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