TWICE-BORN MEN
REMARKABLE CONVERSIONS OF WELL-KNOWN MEN
IN DIFFERENT AGES AND IN VARIED RANKS OF LIFE
Compiled by HY. PICKERING
A Great Indian Pioneer
W.M. CAREY, the cobbler who became the Mighty Pioneer in India Missions. In reply to a question by Dr. RYLAND, Carey said: “I married my master’s sister-in-law, Dorothy Placket, two years ago. Yes, it was on the 10th of June, 1781. The same year I joined a little church which was then formed at Hackleton. My fellow apprentice had many times conversed with me upon the subject of religion; and by God’s grace I had come to see myself a sinner, and as such had come for pardon to Jesus Christ. I cannot tell of great raptures, or dreadful terrors,” continued Carey. “I have never experienced agonies of remorse, but I found myself a sinner, and I was enabled to trust in Jesus for salvation.”
“I pay little heed to excited emotions, Carey,” answered Ryland. “I don’t ask how much you feel, or how little. I say, do you own yourself as a helpless sinner? Do you resolve, by God’s help, to abandon sin? Do you accept Jesus as your present, all-sufficient Saviour? Will you resign yourself into His hands?” “To all these questions I can humbly answer, Yes,” continued Carey.