William Carey came to India to save millions, but he actually led only a handful to Christ with his words. When he lost the support of his friends in England, when his family suffered tragedy, when he failed to gain converts, he did not give up on his calling.
Rather than admit failure, he sought a new way to reach the lost of India. Using his language skills, he translated the Bible into scores of Indian languages and dialects. It was this behind-the-scenes effort that opened India to missionary work. It also set the pattern for the Bible to become the most translated and published book in the world.
A historian once noted this about the man who personally led so very few to Christ: "Taking his life as a whole, it is not too much to say that he was the greatest and most versatile Christian missionary sent out in modern times."
From Stories behind Men of Faith
by Ace Collins
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