p. 12 | A LEPER'S DEVOTION by London Christian

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 7, 1892

A LEPER'S DEVOTION.

By London Christian

On September 4, in the city of Almora, North India, there died a man who for many years accomplished a wonderful amount of good and held a position unique in the annals of missionary work. He was a native Indian, named Musua, and was a leper. Nearly fifty years ago he was befriended by an Englishman, and at the time of the opening of the present Lepers' Asylum at Almora, he was admitted as one of the members. From that time to this he has suffered constantly from the ravages of the disease, and for twenty-four years has been blind. He was early converted, and from that time he has been one of the most faithful and earnest workers among his afflicted associates. Although sightless, he was always cheerful, and seemed fully conscious of all that was going on around him, and it was a real pleasure to converse with him. He was full of gladness and spiritual joy, and his popularity made him by common consent the head of the community in regard to matters affecting them. For some weeks before his death he became feeble, and weary, and helpless, yet never complained, and his influence over the community by his unfaltering faith and consistent Christian life was most powerful.—London Christian.