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NATAH, THE LITTLE 
 HINDOO CONVERT, 
 
 India is a sunny land, where 
 many lovely hills, and valleys, 
 and other sights are to be seen. 
 But it is a land of sin and idol- 
 atry The Hindoos — which is the 
 
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 name of the people who live there 
 — have more gods than we could 
 count in a whole da y. They make 
 images of these gods — large, ugly, 
 painted blocks of wood. The chief 
 one is called Bramah. He is 
 made with four heads and four 
 arms. In one hand he holds a 
 page of a book ; in the second, 
 a spoon ; in the third, a string of 
 beads ; and in the fourth, a small 
 jug of water. These gods only 
 fill the minds of the people with 
 terror, for it is thought they de- 
 light in blood and cruelty. The 
 worship of them leads into the 
 practice of very great sin. 
 
 Some Christian men and women 
 have gone to this land, that they 
 may teach these heathen the 
 folly of their ways, and lead them 
 
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 to know the true God — who ig 
 holy, merciful, and full of love; 
 and schools have been set up, in 
 which thousands of children are 
 taught about the love of the 
 Saviour to poor sinners. But 
 will they listen to the truth? 
 Oh yes, there are many who be- 
 come "wise to salvation." About 
 one of these you shall now hear. 
 
 A little Hindoo girl, named 
 Nayah, came to the school. Her 
 parents had given her this name 
 after their god Nayah, which is 
 made in the shape of a serpent, 
 and to which they offer sacrifices. 
 
 W hen Nayah had been in the 
 school a short time, her friends 
 took her away ; for as the Hin- 
 doos do not set much value on 
 teaching girls to read in a book, 
 
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 they withdraw them from school 
 on any little excuse. After a little 
 while they brought her again, and 
 then once more would not let ner 
 be taught. A third time she came 
 to the school, when her mother 
 said that she would place her 
 with the teachers, to live with 
 them always. They might teach 
 her, and feed and clothe her, as 
 their own child. Little Nayah 
 was now very glad to live in the 
 house with her kind friends, and 
 to have them to teach and pray 
 with her every day. 
 
 After a little while it was found 
 that Nayah began to think about 
 her sins, and to feel a great con- 
 cern that Jesus would be her 
 Saviour. She had learned many 
 texts by heart, and was happy in 
 
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 being taught so many nice les- 
 sons. But one day her mother 
 came to remove her. She wanted 
 to take her away, never again to 
 return to the school. The teachers 
 spoke kindly and wisely to the 
 mother, when she went away, 
 leaving her little girl still with 
 those who wished to see her be- 
 come a Christian. 
 
 About this time a sum of money 
 was sent to India, for the support 
 of a girl in the mission school,who 
 was to be called Maria Devonport 
 Sixty children in the town of 
 Devonport, in England, agreed to 
 pay a penny a week each; and 
 this money, w r hen it got to be a 
 good sum, was sent to the teachers 
 in India. The name of the scholar 
 was to be that of the town from 
 
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 whence the money was sent. 
 Little Nay ah, now thirteen years 
 old, was the child chosen. 
 
 Nayah after this felt more than 
 before that she w r as a sinner, and 
 needed a new heart. She saw 
 that the idols which her parents 
 worshipped were false, and could 
 not help her. But she knew that 
 the God of her teachers heard 
 prayer, and that all who called 
 upon him should have pardon 
 and grace given to them. She 
 did pray to him, and was led 
 to believe in Jesus as her only 
 hope and her Redeemer. Now she 
 wished to be called a Christian^ 
 and to be baptized. 
 
 The missionaries told her to 
 wait, that it might be seen if she 
 was truly a believer. Four months 
 
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 passed away, and then it was 
 agreed that she should be bap- 
 tized. That was a solemn day 
 when the Hindoos came round 
 the house, because she w r as going 
 to ow r n herself as one of the people 
 of Christ. There was her mother, 
 who wept over her, as though she 
 were now 7 a lost child ; and others 
 were full of anger against her. 
 But she was calm and happy. 
 She loved her mother, and w r ould 
 have obeyed her in almost any- 
 thing ; but she knew she must 
 first obey her Lord, and ow r n his 
 name before all men. 
 
 The pious girl from this time 
 w r ent on her way, loving God, and 
 keeping his laws. She is at this 
 time under the care of the teach- 
 ers j and who will not pray that 
 
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 she may serve the Lord all her 
 days on earth, and then go to 
 dwell with him in glory ? 
 
 Let our young readers ask 
 themselves, if they have sought 
 the Saviour that Maria found? 
 They live in a Christian land 5 
 and have often heard of that 
 blessed Name, by faith in which 
 alone they can be saved; and yet, 
 it may be, they have never sought 
 for mercy. Can they live anv 
 
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 longer, and not love Jesus, who 
 so loved them, that he died for 
 them on the cross ? Will they 
 not give their hearts to him ? 
 Let them hear his kind voice 
 now speak to them : " I love them 
 that love me ; and those that seek 
 me early shall find me." 
 
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 Let us adore the grace that seeks 
 
 To draw our hearts above ; 
 Attend — 'tis God the Saviour speaks, 
 
 And every word is love. 
 
 Though, fill'd with awe, before his 
 
 throne 
 Each angel veils his face ; 
 He takes poor children for his own, 
 And saves them by his grace. 
 
 Come forth, he says, no more pursue 
 The path that leads to death ; 
 
 Look up ! a bleeding Saviour view ; 
 Look, and be saved by faith. 
 
 My sons and daughters you shall be, 
 Through my atoning blood ; 
 
 And you shall claim and find in mc5 
 A Father and a God. 
 
 Lord, speak those words to every heart 
 By thine own Spirit's voice ; 
 
 May we from sin at once depart. 
 And make thv love our choice 1 
 
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