PEOPLE often ask if when the Hindu accepts Christianity it really makes a change in the life. Such should see the transformations wrought as the truth of God takes hold upon heathen hearts.
Here is an example: A Hindu attended our meetings and was baptized. He found little sympathy on the part of his wife, who was not a Christian and had no confidence in the newly accepted faith of her husband. However, he bravely lived in his family the principles of truth which he had learned. As a result, after watching his life about a year, she herself was convicted, and firmly took her stand and was baptized.
A few days ago she came to the mission bungalow, and in talking with Mrs. Lowry, said: "My husband was a different man after his conversion. He used to leave me to care for the children alone. If the baby was fretful, it made no difference to him. Now he is changed. He loves the children better; and when I am busy, and the baby frets and cries, he does all he can to pacify it. He takes a greater interest in the welfare of the family in every way."
When we consider the standing of the women in the ordinary Indian family, and the little consideration generally shown them, this is indeed a gratifying testimony. When the love of Jesus comes into the life, the hardest and most cruel heart is melted to tenderness and sympathy.
