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been ‘Born again,’ and today I have the privilege of being baptized. When I was an idolater my days were filled with burdens and cares, but now all the burdens are gone and my heart is full of peace.” How many millions of women do you think there are in China situated just as this woman was, away off in some little obscure village, with hearts full of burdens and cares as her heart was, hearts all ready to believe in Jesus, our Saviour and theirs, if only the Good News could be taken to them? Oh, dear friends, “ Lift up your eyes and look upon the fields,” . . . “ The harvest indeed is plenteous, hut the laborers are few. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that He send forth laborers into His harvest.” Before closing this letter I want to give you just one incident in connec tion with this work among these hum ble mountain folk. At the door of a little thatched cottage sat an elderly woman spinning cotton, as the evange lists were passing she called to them and asked them to come in and tell her their doctrine. She listened with intense earnestness, interrupting, with questions when she did not fully un derstand. When they had finished she said: “ Sirs, my life has been a very bitter one, it must be that I have many sins. I have worshipped the Goddess of Mercy with diligence and faithful ness, but have no peace. Now you tell me that Jesus is able to forgive sin and to give peace, this in truth is good news indeed. Prom this time I will no
longer worship the Goddess of Mercy, but will with all my heart' trust in Jesus, and seek from Him forgiveness. But please tell me just how to worship Jesus.” And then, as they had done many, many times before in similar cases, the evangelists taught the poor old woman a simple prayer, and as they knelt there together this newborn child of God poured out her soul for the first time in prayer to the living and true God. After their united prayer and as the evangelists were leaving her, she thanked them over and over again and said to them: “ Here I am, sixty years old, and have never before heard this Gospel, and if you had not come here I would have gone down to death without having heard.” I fully believe that there are mil lions more in China whose hearts are ready to believe in Jesus, if only some one would go to them and tell them of Him. But, oh, the laborers are so few! Most truly yours in and for Christ, FRANK A. KELLER. Changsha, Hunan, China. May 31, 1920. SPANISH WORK Odd Experiences “ As ye go, preach.” We had quite a unique experience during the last week of June. Returning from a trip North, it was our privilege to stop at all the railroad section houses south of Fresno. It was, indeed, a missionary trip, and we were able to reach many who have
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