Amy Carmichael: Let the Little Children

Converted to Christ at 16, Amy Carmichael worked in street missions for several years before serving for 2 years as a missionary to Japan.



At 28, she left for India, with high hopes of spreading the good news of Christ to the Indian people.

The year was 1895, and Amy did not know she was about to encounter a practice that would revolutionize her life and ministry. A custom of the time - later prohibited by law - permitted five and six year old children to be ""married to the gods"" and thus launched them into a life of prostitution.

Amy was horrified and heartbroken. She saw the beautiful Indian children as jewels of the King of kings, and she determined to rescue as many as possbile. She and her co-workers would provide a safe, healthy, Christ-centered home for them instead. There she could shape and polish their lives for the Master's use.