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under Christianity they are recognized as brothers, 

 under their old faith they were denied the spiritual 

 resources of that faith, under Christianity their only 

 limit is their capacity to comprehend the length and 

 breadth and depth and height of the love of God for 

 the lost. It always seems to me that Jesus must have 

 had the low-caste in mind when He stated His mission 

 to be to seek and to save that which was lost. After 

 all, it is not the motive with which men or women come 

 to Christ that matters, but the motive with which they 

 stay with Him, and many can bear witness that God is 

 raising up to Himself out of these whom man despises, 

 a body of believers that are the spiritual equals of any 

 body of believers anywhere on earth. In faithfulness 

 even to death, in the last great supreme sacrifice for 

 His dear sake, they are abundant witnesses. The low- 

 caste converts educated in our mission schools and col- 

 leges often attain positions of distinction and high re- 

 sponsibility. They move freely among high-caste peo- 

 ple, where, had they not been converted and trained, 

 they never could have gone. As I see the progress of 

 these masses to Jesus I come to see that the only cure 

 for caste is Christ. That He effectually takes away any 

 disability that caste causes. That in this life if any 

 man be in Christ Jesus he is a new creation. 



"And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath 

 called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the 

 tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, 

 in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all man- 

 ner of workmanship; And to devise curious works, to work in 

 gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in the cutting of stones, 

 to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of 

 cunning work. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach. 



