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A Young Anglo-Indian Student

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 28, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 48.

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A Young Anglo-Indian Student

By Arthur Grosvenor Daniells

A. G. DANIELLS
Our foreign mail brings us a copy of a letter written by a young man who has recently accepted the truth in Madras, and who is on his way to the Pacific Union College, in California, to complete his education, preparatory to returning to India as a missionary. We give this letter, believing that many of our young people and others will be glad to read of the earnest desire that takes hold of some heathen hearts.
“Dear Brother James: I am writing you to tell you of my plans and desires. First of all, I should like to express my gratitude to you as well as to Mr. Foley and Mr. Peugh for helping me to see the light. I am feeling happier than I have ever been, conscious that God is pleased with me. The ostracism which is now my lot, together with the ridicule that some are meeting me with, makes me rejoice. This seems to be a part of the burden which God’s remnant must bear before his approaching advent. An opinion being expressed about me now is that I am going mad, as people cannot believe my former pro-Catholic views have undergone such a radical change; but they cannot realize what a joy is now in my possession,—a joy and a trust I am trying to communicate to the worldly members of our family. At the same time, as I look on the godlessness of the people around me, I feel a deep responsibility for them. I wonder if there will be time left me to do my little part in preaching the third angel’s message. Every day seems to be completing the fulfilment of the latter-day prophecies, and I have a conviction that the end is at hand sooner than when the Adventists anticipate.
“Regarding my plans, I have not very much money to help me; and after paying my passage and poll tax, I shall not have much more than 1,000 or 1,200 rupees to count upon. Still I hope, by working half my keep, that I shall be able to remain in college two or three years. I should like to start upon a ministerial course as quickly as possible. I have studied into the B. A. honors class of the Madras University, taking history in its various branches as my subject. I passed the preliminary B. A. honors examination, but soon after had to discontinue my studies on account of typhoid fever. Since then for the past eighteen months I have been a schoolmaster and saved part of the money, which I had determined was to take me away and prepare me for holy orders. Now that I have accepted the truth, I must continue to live for this my ideal, and I hope that the misfortunes that have balked a prosperous worldly career, have but prepared me for this greater and more important work.
“I hope to sail from Bombay the first week in July, but may possibly do so later. One cannot tell what may arise before then, but I shall live on in Christian trust, accepting future afflictions as the lot of Christians and a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
May this young man, while in this country, have our prayers. We must give him the very best that is possible in this land of opportunity.