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    Tales From India
    Tales From India
    Tales From India
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    Tales From India

    By Dr. William Jeffcoat

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    Dr. William Jeffcoat has gathered dozens of diverse short stories from India. These come from the varied world of nature found in that large land, from the ancient and more recent history of one of the world's oldest civilizations, and from fables passed down through the generations in the families found there.

    There is something here to interest any reader. Thought-provoking challenges are mixed with humor, and human interest stories will stir the heart.

    Above all, each story illustrates a biblical truth in a forceful way. The way of salvation is shown beginning with the most basic truths that God is the Creator and that sin hinders His desire to communicate with His creation and fellowship with those He loves. The necessity of Jesus' sacrifice is made plain, and the reader is invited to receive the gift purchased by that sacrifice.

    This is a treasury of illustrations to use in witnessing and a powerful witness in itself when given to unbelieving friends.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSword of the Lord Foundation
    Release dateFeb 26, 2015
    ISBN9781310132117
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      Tales From India - Dr. William Jeffcoat

      The Author's Plea

      Sadhu Sundar Singh traveled throughout India in his tireless zeal to tell his own people of the Saviour that he had come to know and love. One day at a railway station, he happened to look upon a scene that he never forgot. A man of high caste had fallen ill and was parched with thirst. Though a railway official attempted to offer water, the Brahmin refused the strange vessel. Only when the water was then offered in his own brass bowl would he receive the gesture of kindness.

      I confess that I have borrowed from the culture and history of India the stories that follow with the hope that a thirsty soul might receive water from a familiar vessel. Each parable is but a brass bowl. Yet I pray that as you read, you will find yourself stirred to drink of that water which quenches the thirst of all men. I pray that as you receive the brass bowl, you will find yourself drinking from that golden cup wherein is found the water of life.

      I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.—Psalm 116:13.

      There Is a God

      I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.—Revelation 1:8.

      In the Beginning God

      1

      The Bible begins with an emphatic declaration: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). An atheist once proposed to Gandhi the idea of establishing a special club for atheists. He wanted to join with others who, like him, denied the existence of God in an effort to dismiss by their arguments man's belief in God. Gandhi simply responded by saying that he had never met a man who fought so hard against Someone that he claimed did not even exist.

      Many in our day invest great effort in trying to dispel man's belief in God. They say that they desire to convince others. Perhaps they are seeking more earnestly to convince themselves. The same Holy Scripture that begins by declaring the existence of God confronts those who would deny Him by saying, The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God (Psalm 14:1). The words are echoed in Psalm 53:1. The man who spends his life as a fool, denying the existence of God, will one day stand as a fool in the presence of that same God. He lived as a fool by refusing God's truth; he died as a fool by rejecting God's grace.

      The Bible later calls upon the testimony of nature, saying,

      "The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

      Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.—Romans 1:20, 21.

      Men who have spent their lives denying the existence of God will stand in trembling silence before His throne on Judgment Day. Yet for now we might pose to the man who denounces God's existence the very question that Gandhi asked long ago: Why does a man fight so hard against Someone that he claims does not even exist?

      He Created All These

      2

      The great beasts of the jungle as well as the little fish of the seas and rivers astound those who observe their ways. Thinking upon their fascinating traits and qualities causes one to stand in awe. Surely the creature gives testimony to the grand design of the Creator!

      India provides the beholder with a unique glimpse into the marvels of creation. She is the only country in the world where both lions and tigers can be found living in their natural habitat. The stripes of a tiger are like fingerprints in that every pattern is unique. The lion, unlike the tiger or any other cat, has been taught of its Creator to live in groups known as prides. Who taught the tiger to swim, while most other cats would rather not get their paws wet?

      A little fish known as a mudskipper can venture forth from his watery domain and scurry across the ground at an amazing speed. If he does not impress with this feat, surely his ability to climb trees will! Loren Eiseley, a naturalist of some renown, said of him, The world is fixed, we say: fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps…fish climb trees. Is it possible that a fish can walk across land and climb trees as well as swim? Yes, if the Creator so desires.

      Who designed the feathers of the peacock, gave spots to the leopard, and painted the purple toad of Kerala? Who taught the mongoose how to fight the cobra and yet gave him such a gentle heart that he has often been the lovable companion of people? Who taught the seemingly blind dolphins of the Ganges how to find their way with such flawless precision?

      Who gave the great elephants their ability to communicate over many miles of distance with sounds that cannot be heard with the human ear? Who taught such a great and heavy beast to swim? Elephants that dwell in the Andaman Islands, just off the eastern coast of India in the Bay of Bengal, have been known to swim to a nearby island across an expanse of water that is as much as a mile and a half in distance (approximately two and one-half kilometers)!

      Although elephants are indeed good swimmers, these seafaring giants are a rarity. Elephants feel quite comfortable in fresh water, but they by nature avoid salt water. A representative of this unique behavior named Rajan became an international celebrity in recent years.

      Who fashioned the king cobra in such a way that, though he crawls upon the ground as do all other serpents, an eighteen-foot cobra (approximately five and one-half meters) can lift himself one-third of his body length and stand as tall as a six-foot man (almost two meters)? The coconut crab, sometimes called the robber crab, which inhabits certain islands in the Indian Ocean, can climb coconut trees in search of the tempting fruit from whence it gets its

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