God's Providence: In Times of Epidemic.

How did early Indian Christian converts react to their existing conditions (as in similar conditions like our days) -

"...the existing Christian communities are seen to be prosperous beyond the average; ..they are known also to be remarkably immune from disease: if attacked by epidemics, large numbers of them recover. The ultimate cause of this latter remarkable fact is, of course, God's grace; but the immediate cause is that men who have awakened to hope no longer submit to avoid calamity, they take the missionary's medicine, and, better still, they make a fight for their lives".*

This is the great promise we have from the Lord Himself, "And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, .." (Exodus 12:13).

"The Lamb slaughtered" (Jesus)(v7), "His death" (on the Cross)(v9), "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:4,5)

We have hope, because His blood is our sign, and we have hope to endure to live, and surely we will win over this pandemic. The Lord our Savior never changes (Hebrews 13:8), and we can surely trust and believe on.

*H.B.Hyde, South Indian Missions - The Present Opportunity, 1908.