God Sends An Angel To Help, Deliver, Or Comfort
The sun was already setting, when Sadhu Sundar Singh, who was given wrong directions by a group of Christian-hating villagers, found himself in the middle of nowhere with a river before him that he could not cross. But in his moment of despair, a man came and helped him cross over. It was only after they has crossed that he realized that he had been helped—not by a man—but by an angel of the Lord.
Following excerpt from 32% into The Cross is Heaven, The Life and Writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh by A. J. Appasamy
When, after leaving Kailash, I reached the inhabited part and enquired from the people there the way to the nearest village, they, out of enmity, seeing I was a Christian, directed me to a dangerous forest path; as I was quite ignorant, I followed their direction and went that way.
As I travelled night came on, but no village appeared and the sun was setting when I arrived at the bank of a river. From every side the noise of wild animals came to my ears. I tried to cross the river but could not do so, and at length sat down in despair, feeling that things boded ill for me that day and that the end of my life was at hand. My eyes filled with tears.
Just then, when I raised my eyes and glanced across the river, I saw a man sitting warming himself by a fire. He said, “Do not be troubled. I am coming to help you."
I was very glad to see him as he rose and came to me, and I was amazed to see how unhesitatingly and fearlessly he entered the swiftly flowing river and came out. He said to me, “Sit on my shoulder and do not fear.”
So lifting me, he very gently carried me across. The surprising tiling to me was that, while I could not get even myself across, yet he, bearing such a burden, came through without anxiety. I concluded: "As he is a resident of this place he is practised in crossing, and now sitting with him I will preach the Gospel to him and will also render my thanks to him."
But when I turned and looked back, immediately both the fire and the man disappeared and there were no bounds to my awe, wondering what this was. Certainly our Lord is yesterday, to-day, and for ever the same. There is no change, in Him, but the change is in our faith.
As I travelled night came on, but no village appeared and the sun was setting when I arrived at the bank of a river. From every side the noise of wild animals came to my ears. I tried to cross the river but could not do so, and at length sat down in despair, feeling that things boded ill for me that day and that the end of my life was at hand. My eyes filled with tears.
Just then, when I raised my eyes and glanced across the river, I saw a man sitting warming himself by a fire. He said, “Do not be troubled. I am coming to help you."
I was very glad to see him as he rose and came to me, and I was amazed to see how unhesitatingly and fearlessly he entered the swiftly flowing river and came out. He said to me, “Sit on my shoulder and do not fear.”
So lifting me, he very gently carried me across. The surprising tiling to me was that, while I could not get even myself across, yet he, bearing such a burden, came through without anxiety. I concluded: "As he is a resident of this place he is practised in crossing, and now sitting with him I will preach the Gospel to him and will also render my thanks to him."
But when I turned and looked back, immediately both the fire and the man disappeared and there were no bounds to my awe, wondering what this was. Certainly our Lord is yesterday, to-day, and for ever the same. There is no change, in Him, but the change is in our faith.
The Cross is Heaven, The Life and Writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh
by A. J. Appasamy
| Genre: | Evangelist biography |
| Subject: | Sadhu Sundar Singh |
| Publisher: | Lutterworth Press |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Location: | London |
| Library: | Carey S. Thomas Library |
| Online: | https://archive.org/details/thecrossishe... |
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