In leper-land : being a record of my tour of 7,000 miles among Indian lepers including some notes on missions and an account of eleven days with Miss Mary Reed and her lepers / by John Jackson.

  • Jackson, John, 1853-1917.
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[1901]
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Credit: In leper-land : being a record of my tour of 7,000 miles among Indian lepers including some notes on missions and an account of eleven days with Miss Mary Reed and her lepers / by John Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    saving power of Jesus. This testimony was drawn from him by the flattering words which were spoken of him by the Hindus sitting around us. His soul seemed to burn within him with a holy jealousy as he heard praises showered upon himself which he knew were due alone to His Lord and Master. “Once an English traveller, in addressing the Christian lepers, said that it was probably a mystery to them why they were afflicted above other men ; he counselled them not to lose heart, but to trust in the all-merciful and wise Father, and to believe that in the light of God’s presence they would know the ‘ why and wherefore ’ of His dealings with them now. To this Bahadur replied that for himself the mystery was already solved by the ‘joy of the Lord’ which filled his soul. ‘ Before I became a leper,’ said he, ‘ I was utterly godless, but my affliction drove me to an Asylum where I heard of Christ, and by grace I was led to accept Him, and He has given me something infinitely more precious than mere bodily health and strength.’ It was he, too, who replied to Mr. Eugene Stock when he asked the Christians at the Asylum if they were looking for the return of Jesus, and said, ‘Yes, and He may come to-day.’ If any man ever showed the resurrection power of Christ, Bahadur did, and if the supporters of the Mission to Lepers had no other to point to as the fruit of their labours, this one bright soul alone would pay them for all they have done and spent. But, thank God, they can point to hundreds of other brands plucked from the burning as the result of their efforts.” In the following extract Mr, Guilford tells of con-