Das was a poor man in Pakistan who earned a living sweeping the streets. He was a pagan and worshiped idols. However, some of the other sweepers were Christians and attended services in a little gospel mission. One day they served a nice dinner there and invited Das to come along. After dinner they had a gospel meeting, and though Das took no part he sat by himself and listened. After that he told one of the sweepers that he would like to know more about the Lord Jesus, and they gave him a used copy of the Gospel of Mark.
Das read it all through and then he bought a New Testament. As he read, the wonderful life-giving words entered deep into his soul and his heart was stirred. Before he had finished reading the New Testament he believed in the Lord Jesus as his Saviour.
Then a wonderful power came over Das. He had no desire for strong drink anymore and he came regularly to the services at the little mission. His whole family came to the Lord and they were all baptized. Then Das took a new name — Das Masih, or, “Slave of Christ.”
Somebody gave Das a little leaflet which set forth the marks of a Christian home. When the missionary visited Das’ home, he saw a sign on the wall in which were written these words: “We have a Bible in our home. We have family worship each day. We give thanks for our food at mealtime.” That was a happy Christian family.
ML 02/25/1968