INDIAN PULPIT ORATOR.
Jin: WOMEN MOVED TO TEARS. :, thousand people, mostly womeflj, were held spellbound for ah hour at .St. .Matthews' .Churchy Westminster, bya remarkable .preacher fromilndia-, . i Sundax Singh,iand an Indian Christian a?cetlo,i By an ascetic.is'bnderstood in India £■ holy toiih who has renounced the worid: 'to' deytete''tis; Wnple life \s%\ religion,j BTe' JiaS'rio'mOßey, no belongings, and,! : 'takeß : ac*e, : ,"■' i At W'affli of sixteen 1 the dar Si%hi who is now 30; ! w>ii( ! converted ■ to' tfceT<3hH9tian reiigiofi, : acbrjrdmg'W ■his sermon,'fey a vision'from the' Lord. In_ -the; pulpit lie wore; the robes' bf a Hindu Sayansi or ascetic, an orange'.tolteed shawl across his shoulders, with skirt of ; rough material beneath, and on. -his- JF«t sandals. A tall mahof fipe. figure; k'long black beard . and .black; moustache,' elear-cut features, and piercjng. fyes, he. at onqe commanded atteiftiori.: His" personality was magnetic, and throughout his .address ttus»e» was a dead 'silent* in,trie chrirch, iwliiie^Ja*-simple eloquence moved many women to- tears. Outside the church several hundred wonjen waited to catch a; glimpse of the Sa'ihii as he departed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1920, Page 9
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174INDIAN PULPIT ORATOR. Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1920, Page 9
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