The Message of Sadhu Sundar Singh
B. H. Streeter & A. J. Appasamy · A Study in Mysticism on Practical Religion
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The Message of Sadhu Sundar Singh by B. H. Streeter and A. J. Appasamy, about Sadhu Sundar Singh
The Message of Sadhu Sundar Singh: A Study in Mysticism on Practical Religion is a 1921 study of the Indian Christian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929), written jointly by the English New Testament scholar B. H. Streeter and the Indian theologian A. J. Appasamy, and published by The Macmillan Company, New York. Rather than a straightforward biography, it sets out, chapter by chapter, the substance of Sundar Singh's teaching and inner spiritual life — his life story, his understanding of core Christian doctrine, his sense of God's peace and presence, his visions, his view of suffering and judgment, and his hopes for a genuinely Indian Christianity.
This Web Book presents the complete public-domain 1921 text: the Introduction and all ten chapters, exactly as Streeter and Appasamy set them down. Scripture references are linked to the UECF.NET NKJV Bible.
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- Public domain · 1921
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Contents
The Introduction and ten chapters on the life, mysticism and teaching of Sadhu Sundar Singh, followed by a note on this web edition's sources.
Opening
Ten Chapters
Page 3 · ≈ 48 minIIII. A Mystic's Creed
Page 37 · ≈ 20 minIIIIII. A Mystic's Peace
Page 56 · ≈ 15 minIVIV. A Mystic's Way
Page 67 · ≈ 25 minVV. Ecstasy and Vision
Page 86 · ≈ 48 minVIVI. Suffering, Sin and Judgement
Page 124 · ≈ 22 minVIIVII. The Heart and the Head
Page 147 · ≈ 11 minVIIIVIII. Nature and the Bible
Page 160 · ≈ 21 minIXIX. Table Talk
Page 180 · ≈ 13 minXX. An Indian Christianity
Page 210 · ≈ 31 min
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About Sadhu Sundar Singh
Sadhu Sundar Singh (born 1889, Rampur, Punjab — last seen 1929) was an Indian Christian evangelist raised in a devout Sikh household who, after a dramatic conversion experience as a teenager, was baptized into the Christian church and disowned by his family. In 1905 he adopted the saffron robe of a Hindu sadhu and spent the rest of his life as a barefoot, itinerant preacher, walking through the Himalayan foothills, Tibet, and much of South and East Asia, and later touring Britain, Europe, North America and Australia. He set out on what became his final journey into Tibet in 1929 and was never confirmed to have arrived; he is generally presumed to have died on that journey.
About the authors
Burnett Hillman Streeter (1874–1937) was an English New Testament scholar and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, best known for his work on the Synoptic Gospels. He met Sundar Singh during the latter's visit to Oxford in 1920 and, struck by his teaching, undertook this study with A. J. Appasamy soon afterward.
Aiyadurai Jesudasen Appasamy (1891–1975) was an Indian Christian theologian, later a bishop of the Church of South India, known for his own writings on Indian Christian mysticism.
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Source: Internet Archive, item The Message of Sadhu Sundar Singh (identifier bwb_C0-ANO-604), cross-checked against a second scan, messageofsadhusu00stre. First published in 1921, this book is in the public domain in the United States. See About this Web Edition for the full sourcing and correction methodology.
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