Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
FATH MASIH had been appointed "patwari" * in a large village. Though many Hindus and Mahomedans in that village had been annoyed at the situation being given to a Christian, and some bigoted individuals annoyed him as much as they could, the poor in general were pleased. Here...
FATH MASIH had been appointed "patwari" * in a large village. Though many Hindus and Mahomedans in that village had been annoyed at the situation being given to a Christian, and...
2. CHAPTER I.THE sun had set; the red glow had just died away in the sky, but the moon had risen. A railway official, named Karim, stood on the platform of the small station of Banda, watchi...
3. CHAPTER II."There is not a thing that happens to grieve me that I do not tell Him of," said Karim, "and my Father sets everything right. There never was another so kind and so wise, or so...
4. CHAPTER III.HAD Matrá indeed had his walk for nothing? Any one who could have read his heart as he went on his homeward way would hardly have said so. A seed of truth, a living seed had bee...
5. CHAPTER IV."I WONDER whether that poor half-starved fellow will come over again this evening on the chance of meeting his father," said Karim to himself, as on the following evening he aga...
6. CHAPTER V.AGAIN, on the train's arrival, Matrá ran anxiously along the line of carriages, in search of his father. There was the usual hum of many speaking, and the hissing noise of the s...
7. CHAPTER VI."I WANT to hear the end of your account of what you Christians think about man and his miseries," said the zamindar, as again he stood on the railway platform beside his new fri...
8. CHAPTER VII.The runner appeared not to heed or to hear. The speed at which he was advancing left him no breath to call out, but he threw up his arms wildly as if to excite attention.
9. CHAPTER VIII.AT last, after a pause of silence, Bhola Náth thus spake:—"O mother and son! Two things are on my mind; of two things I have to tell you; one will cause you joy, the other will...