LITTLE HENRY AND HIS BEARER by Mary Martha Sherwood

Quick take:
Little Henry’s parents died shortly after his birth and he was raised in India by his bearer, a servant who takes care of children. He was taught the Hindu religion until a missionary lady from England taught him about Jesus Christ, and he embraced salvation wholeheartedly. When she left she told him, by God’s grace, to try to bring his bearer to Christ. He pursued this fruitlessly for a long while. It wasn’t until Henry was on his deathbed, at 8 years old, did his bearer come to Christ.
My impression:
An interesting story of a nineteenth century missionary to India.
Quote:“Her next lesson, therefore, was to explain to him what the Lord Jesus Christ had done for him; how ‘God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory;’ 1 Timothy 3:16; and how ‘we have redemption through his blood,’ he ‘having made peace for us through the blood of his cross.’ Colossians 1:14,20.”
Quote:“She had also provided herself with one of the Hindoo gods made of baked earth; and she bade him look at it, and examine it well: she then threw it down upon the floor, and it was broken into an hundred pieces. Then she said, ‘Henry, what can this god do for you? it cannot help itself. Call to it, and ask it to get up. You see it cannot move.’—And that day the little boy was convinced by her arguments.”
Background:
This true narrative was very popular in the early 19th century and reportedly sold numerous editions and was translated into many languages.

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