Fifteen Years with the Outcast

Fifteen Years with the Outcast

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FIFTEEN YEARS WITH THE OUTCAST
By
MRS. FLORENCE (MOTHER) ROBERTS
1912

[Illustration: MRS. FLORENCE (MOTHER) ROBERTS.]

PREFACE.
A missionary, upon returning from his field of labor in India, was
making an effort to stir up the sympathies of the people in behalf of the
heathen. By telling his countrymen of the influence of the gospel upon
the Indians and of the hundreds, even thousands, of them who had
become Christians, he succeeded in creating an interest among many of
his friends. He told many stirring experiences of the difficulties
encountered in the missionary work, and gave affecting accounts of the
persecution of the native Christians because of their turning from their
idolatry and former beliefs.
A noted English hunter had just returned from a hunting tour in Bengal.
These two men were invited to speak at a certain assembly. The large
audience listened attentively to thrilling experiences of the hunter as he
related the hairbreadth escapes in the jungles and told of the many
Bengal tigers seen and killed. After he had finished his account of his
hunting tour, he was asked to give a report of the missionary work as
he had found it in India. He stated that in all his travels in Bengal he
had not seen a native Christian and, further, that he did not believe
there were any, but that there were plenty of tigers. He said that he had

not seen a missionary on the field and that the missionaries were
deceiving the people by their reports.
The missionary was stung to the heart. He knew that the people were
almost ready to cast him down in derision because of the powerful
influence this noted hunter had exerted over the audience. When he
arose, trusting the Lord for wisdom that he might be able to convince
his hearers of the real situation of missionary work in India, he kindly
referred to the statements of the eminent hunter and said: "He has
related his exciting experiences in tiger-hunting and has told you that
tigers abound in that country. Why should I believe his word? Though I
spent several years in Bengal, yet I never saw a tiger outside of a cage
nor any one hunting tigers. He says he did not see a native Christian or
a missionary on the field. I have seen hundreds of them, have lived
among them, have taught them, and I am able to verify my statements.
Shall I discredit the statements of the hunter because I saw no tigers? I
was not looking for tigers; therefore I did not go to the jungles to find
them. He was not looking for Christians and missionaries, and for that
reason he did not go to the plains where they were to be found." The
words of the missionary had the desired effect, and the cause that he
represented was sustained.
It has often been said that the world is growing better and that the
places of vice are few; but if the veil is drawn aside only enough to give
a glimpse of the pitfalls of darkness and sin, one is made to stand
aghast and lift the hands in horror. How little is known of the next-door
neighbor! In our cities many people do not even know the names or the
occupations of those living in the next room or in some other apartment
of the same house. Oft-times dens of vice are almost at