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“ ^“ Christmas Will Soon Be Here“^ Books— Biola “ Best” Books Make the Best Gifts Devotional Books By J. R. Miller Dr. Miller is the world’s most widely read devotional writer. The secret of his success was told by him to a young minister who longed to be useful in a new field. “ I have always loved people,” he said. If' you want to haye success as a winner of men, as a helper of people, as the friend of the tempted and imperilled, you must love them and have a sincere desire to do them good.”
WITH KWANG-SI ROBBERS IN A CHINESE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS (Continued from page 769) great hurry to reach their destination, yet they did not force us unduly, but bade us take our time, and even helped us sometimes over difficult places. Just before commencing the ascent of that rugged, steep mountain, 3,000 feet high, I was conscious of a feeling of utter exhaustion: in fact, I told one of the robbers near me that I did not see how I could go on. I said jokingly, “ You may have to carry me, I fear, if you want me, before the day breaks.” He roughly replied, “ if we carry you, we will carry you like a pig.” By this he meant that they would tie my hands together and my feet in like fhanner, run a bamboo pole through and with a man at each end, carry me as they do criminals, as though in a hammock, but without the hammock! This stirred me up to pray to my Master for strength and, praise God! it was given. “ The Name of the Lord is a Strong Tower” Over and over again during the last part of our toilsome march, I looked up to see how near we were to the summit of the mountain. It seemed as though we would never reach the top. We would trudge on for another hour, and look up again! It didn’t seem a particle nearer! It seemed to really be receding from us, yet on we trudged. My com panion, Dr. Miller, became completely exhausted and lay down on the road. He could not go a step farther. We prayed and he had a little sleep, and on we went again in the Name of the Lord. We did finally reach the mountain top. Our pathway led us along the ridge for half an hour, and then we began the descent on the other side. I said to Brother Miller, “ It looks as though we are going down into the bowels of the earth” . Down we went over the steep incline, and after another half hour or so we reached our destination. Suddenly our pathway led right into a mat- shed, roughly built over the side of the mountain steep. The sight that greeted our eyes as we entered in the dim light of the lanterns was one never to be forgotten. I said, “ This surely is a robbers’ den.” “How Shall They Hear Without a Preacher?’! The location of the fastness was certainly well chosen. Who could ever find them there? And yet as we looked up into the heavens, God’s stars shone down upon us, and we knew that He saw all the horrible things that had ever been perpetrated in that dreadful place. All along the way we had been praying, “ Lord, give us souls here!” Had we not come, how could they ever have heard; yes, how shall they hear without a preacher; and' in this case, how shall we preach to such men unless we be kidnapped? Who knows but that from among these desperate characters He may choose out some to be leaders of the great revival that surely is soon coming to China. There may be a General Feng from ampng their number. We prayed definitely for souls, and never have we realized more the power of the Gospel to break stony hearts than we did while talking heart to heart with these men in their den. The robber chiefs held a council and decided that Messrs. Jaffray and Miller be dispatched to Wuchow to raise the ransom money. We were limited to three weeks to return with the ransom price. As we pulled out to mid-stream, and the robber band stood armed on the shore, watching us, I shouted back, “ Brethren, remember that the one word I have had to say to you during these days is that you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember this!” The leader of our escort re-
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