POWER OF LOVE

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Satcharitra, Ch. III. During the course of a lecture, a Bishop referred to a

Sunday school teacher, who began his classes in a slum. With all good

intentions, he brought together the poor children, spoke to them of the love of

God and inspired them to live the life beautiful.

12.0pt">Finding that their clothes were dirty, tattered and torn, he said to

them, “I shall get you new clothes. You must wear them every Sunday morning as

you come to attend the class.” Every boy received a beautiful dress. On the

following Sunday, he found that one of the boys was

missing. He made inquiries and was told the boy was a gambler. The Sunday

school teacher went out in quest of the boy, found him, and got him another set

of clothes. The boy attended the Sunday class for the next two or three weeks,

but again disappeared. The teacher found that the

boy had once again bartered his clothes and gambled away money. Yet again, he

went up to the boy, met him in love, spoke to him with tenderness. He said to

him, “Forget what has happened. Take these new clothes, and be regular in your

attendance at the Sunday

classes.” This was repeated as many as thirteen times. No less than twelve

times, the boy sold the clothes, but the teacher’s patience was not exhausted.

His love was boundless, unquestioning, unconditional, it demanded no

explanation; it needed no apology. A transformation was wrought. The boy turned

over a new leaf.

Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The love of the teacher transformed the

boy and made him new. The bishop concluded his lecture with the words; “I

know this is true, because I was the boy!” It is love which reclaims. It is

love which transforms. Sermons or lectures do not touch the hearts of the

people, the power of love does.

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