INDIAN PULPIT ORATOR.
WOMEN MOVED TO TEARS. More than a, thousand people, mostly women, ware held spellbound for an hour at St. Matthews’ China';! at West minster, by a remarkable preacher from India. lie is’ the Sadhu Sanaa a Singh, and is described as an Indian Christian useeiic. By an ascetic is understood in India a holy man who has renounced the world to devote his whole life to religion. He has no money, no belongings, and ladies none, accepting only food. At the age of sixteen the Sadhu Sumlar Singh, who is now oil, was converted to the Christian religion, according to his sermon, by a vision from the Lord. Tn the pulpit lie wore the robes of a Hindu Savansi or ascetic, an or-ange-coloured shawl across his shoulders, with skirt of rough material beneath, and on his feet sandals. A tall man of; line figure, a long black beard and black moustache, clear-cut features, and piercing eves, ho at once commanded attention, His,personality was magnetic, and Ihrongboul his address there was a dead silence in the church, while his simple eloquence moved ntanv women to tears. Outside (ho church several hundred women wailed to catch a glimpse of the Sadhu as he departed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2133, 27 May 1920, Page 1
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205INDIAN PULPIT ORATOR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2133, 27 May 1920, Page 1
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