Journey to the Sky

No no no mercy

ah merci oh come on get out of here

shouldn't we have given him something

wrong

do you look forward to the trip to

Bombay tomorrow I understand how you

feel wrong I'm so sorry about the death

of your father he was a wonderful man it

puts so much responsibility upon your

shoulders I wish you didn't need to

leave school

I wish many things

yes mother a parcel came for you

it came from Shanthi I just saw Shanthi

she said nothing about it you know how

shanty is

my literature teacher gave me a copy of

this book and though I still don't quite

understand it the book has made a great

impression upon my thinking perhaps it

will help you find answers to some of

the questions raised by your great

sorrow and disappointment Shanti

yes mother shall I help you pack your

things I can manage.

I'm reeling.

Chris I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

I'll tell you what Mike you play that

I'll sing you're half drunk already

not yet

go to the door Biffen oh don't worry

dear we've got another eight bottles of

Christmas cheer whoever I haven't a clue

hello Mike

do you remember me vaguely we met last

summer at its Simla you give me your

father's card you said if I ever needed

employment bring me that card my father

just died and I need work sir I was in

college but with my father dying hey boy

do you know what day this is

it's Thursday sir it's Christmas and if

you haven't any more sense than to come

asking for a job on Christmas but

not that night boy

great joy came to young Sundar's heart

for there were new songs to sing new

tools to discover was a time to show

love and kindness to others it was

Christmas

come on don't delight

I'm sorry there's no work here

please let me stay as soon as I get a

job I'll pay you no money no bed

hmm may I help you if you're looking for

a country boy to cheat some way don't

waste your time I just spent my last

paisa

wait please let me help you I think I

know a job I can get you why do you do

this for me what is life if we can't

help one another

my name is Susheela my name is ROM from

sing sing that is a good name

you know about seduced endorsing no that

man story changed my life I've read

everything I can get my hands on about

him how did this book change your life

don't get me started

I'll talk all night if you're interested

I'll tell you where we go get something

to eat from the time he was a small boy

sundar Singh's mother taught him to be

very religious son das father Sher Singh

was a wealthy landowner he couldn't

understand his sons serious ways but he

was proud of him the boy attended a

Christian school near his home mostly

because it was so much closer than the

government school he was a good student

obedient courteous to his teachers but

rebellion against the Christian faith

smoldered in his heart he loved nature

the animals of the farm and the animals

of the forest and many of them loved him

just before the boys 14th birthday his

mother died as he stood at the burning

gut watching the fire reduce her body to

ashes the awe and wonder of life of life

and death seemed completely beyond hope

of understanding

as the years passed he gave himself more

and more to meditation to the search for

meaning in life to the search for peace

in his heart and then quickly and

without any apparent explanation he

became a different person he and a

couple of his friends through fresh cow

dung into a little church were some.

Christians gathered for worship center I

just bought a new Testament why I'll

show you you should have seen McDonald's

eyes he said god bless you standard his

the burning got ready

a very dead book into the very life fire

was this what he wanted why had he the

gentleman stood to such acts of

rebellion God if there is a God show me

yourself tonight

the last train of the night passed by

the next train would pass at door if God

did not speak to him by morning Thunder

considered throwing himself under the

wheels of that train show me yourself

tonight God or I die.

I am the way the truth and the life no

one comes to the Father except by me I

am the light of the world

father father what is it I have seen.

Jesus have you gone mad

the news spread quickly could it be

possible the son of Sher Singh a

believer in Jesus son does father a good

man of wise judgment was the most

surprised of all his brothers openly

persecuted him from the time he was a

little boy he was born in 1889 son does

mother often brought him to the temple

as together they sought to know more

about God following his vision of Jesus

he's becoming a Christian he missed her

more than at any time since her death he

wished he could talk to her he knew she

would understand his father in his heart

a man of much goodness and understanding

tried to be patient the boy had come

upon a temporary madness he reasoned

there must be some way to bring him back

to sanity then one day he got an idea.

My dear son the light of my eyes the

comfort of my heart may you live long.

Sher Singh wrote I order you to return

from school immediately as I have plans

for your marriage come quickly I am NOT

when

the father's joy was short-lived so and

I loved his father was concerned about

his father's health but could entertain

no thought of abandoning his new faith

the young man spent hours in careful

thought in thought and in prayer he

didn't want to dishonor his fallen he

didn't want to embarrass him yet he knew

obedience to God must stand above

everything else fully realizing his

father's patience would inevitably come

to an end

son you fool in the name of sing and he

cared you no longer worthy to be called

my son you will catch you forever sundar

said out into the darkness it was a walk

into the unknown yet never had such

peace reigned in his heart never had God

seemed more near he made his way to the

home of a friend one of the pastors of

the church

I have prayed for you all day

thank you how are things going for you

quite well thank you I what's wrong I

what had happened one of his brothers

secretly poisoned his food it was a

deadly poison and the doctor said sunder

could not possibly live he died he lived

it was a miracle Rob the doctor was so

amazed he himself became a Christian

it's quite a story shield next to the.

Bible itself the story of sorrow sundar.

Singh has been the greatest single

influence on my life

but what about these cones they are the

finest made they will last the customer

forever even though they are cheap in

price

they are absolutely unbreakable

unbreakable you say no of course the

combs are breakable but for the price

asked they are really quite good they

will take a lot of use I will buy a

gross I don't understand it you sell but

I can't

why is it I suppose it is because you

are a Christian if I believed like you

would it help me to sell better you are

honest I am dishonest I admit it I've

seen holy men do things that didn't seem

right

honesty is a gift from God I was once a

very dishonest person but my heart has

been changed you should become a sadhu

this boy that you speak about sooner.