A well-known Christian teacher, Sundar Singh, was born and raised a Sikh in Rampur, India, around the turn of the twentieth century. As a boy he was placed in a Presbyterian mission school, where he developed a “love/hate” relationship with the Christian gospel. For some time he had been in a condition of inner turmoil. Then one morning he arose very early to pray, as was Sikh custom. In his distress he cried out, “Oh God, if there be a God, show me the right way, and I will become a Sadhu [holy man]; otherwise I will kill myself.” At about a quarter to five in the morning, his room was filled
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