The Story of the Conversion of Sadhu Sundar Singh in His Own Words:
Only in Jesus Christ, whom I used to hate, I found peace. I was spiritually blind, but in him I found what I had been seeking for a long time. I shall never forget that day, December 16, 1904, when I burnt the Bible in the fire and my father said: “Why are you doing such a foolish thing?” I said, “The Western religion is false; we must destroy it.” So I destroyed the Bible and thought I had done my duty. On the third day I saw the power of the living Christ. That third day I was going to commit suicide because I had no peace in my heart.
I woke up in the early morning; it was winter, and I took a cold bath. Then I began to pray, but not to the Christ of Christianity, because I hated Christianity, but I prayed like an atheist, for I had lost my faith in God. I said, “If there be a God, you must show me the way of salvation or I will commit suicide.”
From 3:00 to 4:30 early in the morning I was praying. About 5:00 I was going to commit suicide by placing my head on the railway line, so I had only half an hour more. Then something happened which I never expected; the room was filled with a wonderful light. I saw a glorious figure standing in the room. I thought it was Buddha, Krishna, or some other saint whom I used to worship and was quite prepared to worship him, but I was surprised to hear these words: “How long are you going to persecute me? I died for thee. For thee I gave my life.” I could not understand, could not speak a single word. And then I saw the scars of the living Christ, whom I thought of as a great man who used to live in Palestine and was now dead; but I found he was living, the living Christ, not dead and gone. I was now prepared to worship him. I saw his loving face. Though I had burnt the Bible the day before yesterday, he was not angry. I was changed. There I knew the living Christ, the Savior of the world, and my heart was full of joy and peace which I cannot express. When I got up, he had disappeared.
I went to tell my father. He could not believe it. “Only the day before yesterday you burnt the Bible. How can it be that you are now a Christian?” “Because now I have seen his power; he is the living Christ. It was not in imagination that I saw him, because before the vision I hated him and did not worship him. If it had been Buddha, you might say it was imagination because I used to worship him. It was not a dream. After taking a cold bath nobody can dream. There was reality, the living Christ.”
- Sadhu Sundhar Singh (1889-1929)
Only in Jesus Christ, whom I used to hate, I found peace. I was spiritually blind, but in him I found what I had been seeking for a long time. I shall never forget that day, December 16, 1904, when I burnt the Bible in the fire and my father said: “Why are you doing such a foolish thing?” I said, “The Western religion is false; we must destroy it.” So I destroyed the Bible and thought I had done my duty. On the third day I saw the power of the living Christ. That third day I was going to commit suicide because I had no peace in my heart.
I woke up in the early morning; it was winter, and I took a cold bath. Then I began to pray, but not to the Christ of Christianity, because I hated Christianity, but I prayed like an atheist, for I had lost my faith in God. I said, “If there be a God, you must show me the way of salvation or I will commit suicide.”
From 3:00 to 4:30 early in the morning I was praying. About 5:00 I was going to commit suicide by placing my head on the railway line, so I had only half an hour more. Then something happened which I never expected; the room was filled with a wonderful light. I saw a glorious figure standing in the room. I thought it was Buddha, Krishna, or some other saint whom I used to worship and was quite prepared to worship him, but I was surprised to hear these words: “How long are you going to persecute me? I died for thee. For thee I gave my life.” I could not understand, could not speak a single word. And then I saw the scars of the living Christ, whom I thought of as a great man who used to live in Palestine and was now dead; but I found he was living, the living Christ, not dead and gone. I was now prepared to worship him. I saw his loving face. Though I had burnt the Bible the day before yesterday, he was not angry. I was changed. There I knew the living Christ, the Savior of the world, and my heart was full of joy and peace which I cannot express. When I got up, he had disappeared.
I went to tell my father. He could not believe it. “Only the day before yesterday you burnt the Bible. How can it be that you are now a Christian?” “Because now I have seen his power; he is the living Christ. It was not in imagination that I saw him, because before the vision I hated him and did not worship him. If it had been Buddha, you might say it was imagination because I used to worship him. It was not a dream. After taking a cold bath nobody can dream. There was reality, the living Christ.”
- Sadhu Sundhar Singh (1889-1929)
The Story of the Conversion of Sadhu Sundar Singh in His Own Words:
Only in Jesus Christ, whom I used to hate, I found peace. I was spiritually blind, but in him I found what I had been seeking for a long time. I shall never forget that day, December 16, 1904, when I burnt the Bible in the fire and my father said: “Why are you doing such a foolish thing?” I said, “The Western religion is false; we must destroy it.” So I destroyed the Bible and thought I had done my duty. On the third day I saw the power of the living Christ. That third day I was going to commit suicide because I had no peace in my heart.
I woke up in the early morning; it was winter, and I took a cold bath. Then I began to pray, but not to the Christ of Christianity, because I hated Christianity, but I prayed like an atheist, for I had lost my faith in God. I said, “If there be a God, you must show me the way of salvation or I will commit suicide.”
From 3:00 to 4:30 early in the morning I was praying. About 5:00 I was going to commit suicide by placing my head on the railway line, so I had only half an hour more. Then something happened which I never expected; the room was filled with a wonderful light. I saw a glorious figure standing in the room. I thought it was Buddha, Krishna, or some other saint whom I used to worship and was quite prepared to worship him, but I was surprised to hear these words: “How long are you going to persecute me? I died for thee. For thee I gave my life.” I could not understand, could not speak a single word. And then I saw the scars of the living Christ, whom I thought of as a great man who used to live in Palestine and was now dead; but I found he was living, the living Christ, not dead and gone. I was now prepared to worship him. I saw his loving face. Though I had burnt the Bible the day before yesterday, he was not angry. I was changed. There I knew the living Christ, the Savior of the world, and my heart was full of joy and peace which I cannot express. When I got up, he had disappeared.
I went to tell my father. He could not believe it. “Only the day before yesterday you burnt the Bible. How can it be that you are now a Christian?” “Because now I have seen his power; he is the living Christ. It was not in imagination that I saw him, because before the vision I hated him and did not worship him. If it had been Buddha, you might say it was imagination because I used to worship him. It was not a dream. After taking a cold bath nobody can dream. There was reality, the living Christ.”
- Sadhu Sundhar Singh (1889-1929)
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