The Indian Boy Who Tore Apart the Missionary's Bible
In December 1904, fifteen-year-old Sundar Singh of Rampur, Punjab, was consumed with rage against Christianity. Grieving his mother's death and furious at the missionaries who...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 1:43-51.
In December 1904, fifteen-year-old Sundar Singh of Rampur, Punjab, was consumed with rage against Christianity. Grieving his mother's death and furious at the missionaries who had come to his village school, he tore a Bible apart page by page and burned it in his courtyard. His family and neighbors watched approvingly. Nothing good, they agreed, could come from these foreigners and their strange teachings.…
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