King's Business - 1922-12

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IN HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA DR. FRANK A. KELLER, Superintendent

vealed Himself to him in saving power. Ju st th ink of th a t aged man away back there in his mountain home w ithout any human help, how manifestly his salva­ tion was the direct work of our won­ der-working God th rough His Word. Oh th e millions of aged men and women far away in secluded places, who will never hear the message unless we go to them! Let us be earnest and faith ­ ful and tak e His Word to them even though we cannot stay w ith them long; let us give them the Word and tru st the Holy Spirit , to make the meaning plain. Biola Evangelistic Band No. 3 has had some experiences down in Kwangsi th a t are strik ing illu stration s of our God at work on behalf of His children. Our men had completed th eir work in one center and were travelling to an-

FEW weeks ago a missionary on an itin eration came to a little ham let in the mountains about ten miles hack of Nan-

yoh, where he found a man of over eighty years of age rejoicing in the Lord Jesus Christ. This aged man had not been away from his home for years, he had never seen a church, had never heard a preacher, he had never before met a foreigner. How did it come about th a t he knew and loved Jesus? His son had made pilgrimages to Nanyoh to wor­ ship th e idols on th ree successive years. At Nanyoh he met our workers, listened to th e ir message and carried home to his aged fath e r the books they had giv­ en to him. One of these was, X think, the “Selected Portions of Holy Scrip­ tu re ” and as th e old man earnestly studied th is book Christ graciously re­

THE REV. C. G. WARREN AND COLPORTEURS ON BRIDGE OVER ONE OF THE FOUR MAIN ROADS BY WHICH PILGRIMS COME TO NANYOH.

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