William Carey -1 (Tamil & English)
"What are you planning to do, William?" asked his friend. "I'll travel the world. How about you?" "I have two looms and I'll be a weaver”. “But it will not be within four walls." said William Carey. He had youthful energy and zest to serve the Lord while he was a sickly man. His father, knowing his son's illness, wanted him to be a cobbler and trained him in the profession. Carey became a cobbler and worked from home. He placed a notice outside his cottage saying 'Old Shoes bought and sold'. During his weekdays, he did his work but spent his weekends at church preaching and attending church. He had a leather globe at home and his heart longed to travel around the world with missionary zeal. He learned all the facts about countries and stuck them on the globe. He joined a Baptist church to become a missionary. The priests stopped him by saying he was hasty and the Lord would somehow save them even if he didn't go. He was