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S herw ood E ddy, in “ India Awakening,** tells of a p o o r girl w ho h a s w o rk e d for y e a rs as a ste n o g rap h e r. She offered to go to th e foreig n field, b u t w as re je cte d o n a cc o u n t of h e r health . Since th en she h a s b een saving h e r m oney, su p p o rtin g nativ e w o rk e rs a t $30 p e r y e a r. T h e re is a com m unity in N o rth e rn India w h ere th e re a re m o re th a n a th o u sa n d souls w ho have b een b ro u g h t to C h rist by this one frail girl— a th o u sa n d w ho have passed “ o u t of d ark n ess in to H is m arvelous light** b ecau se one girl cared ! Mr. E ddy asks his re ad e rs th e q u e stio n : “ H ow m any a re in th e lig h t b ecau se of w h at y o u have done?** Som e y e ars ago th e re o c cu rre d a w o n derful w o rk of g race in con n ectio n w ith one of th e statio n s of th e C hina Inland M ission, w h e re b o th th e n um b er a n d sp ir itu al c h a ra c te r of th e c o n v erts h a d been fa r g re a te r th a n a t o th e r statio n s w h ere th e c o n secratio n of th e m issionaries h a d b een ju st as g re at as a t th e m ore fru itfu l place. T his rich h a rv est of souls rem ain ed a m ystery u n til H udson T ay lo r o n a visit to E ngland discovered th e secret. A t th e close of one of his addresses a gentlem an cam e forw ard, to m ake his acq u a in ta n ce . In th e co n v ersatio n w hich follow ed, Mr. T ay lo r w as su rp rise d a t th e a c c u ra te know ledge th e m an possessed co n cern in g this in lan d C hina station. “ B ut how is it,** Mr. T ay lo r asked, “ th a t y o u a re so co n v e rsan t w ith th e conditions of th a t work?** “ Oh,** h e replied, “ th e m issionary th ere a n d I a re old college m ates; fo r y e a rs w e have re g u larly co rresp o n d ed ; h e h a s sent m e nam es of e n q u ire rs a n d converts, an d th ese 1 have daily ta k e n to God in prayer.** A t last th e se c re t is found! A p ra y in g m an a t hom e, p ra y in g definitely, p ra y in g daily, fo r specific cases am o n g th e h e ath en . T h a t is th e real in tercesso ry m issionary. H ow different th e re co rd of m issionary service w ould b e if e ach m is sio n ary on th e field h a d su ch a n in te r cessory m issionary to hold u p his h ands!
Sam uel J. Mills, w ho w as active last w in te r a n d sp rin g in d istrib u tin g fam ine relief in th e flooded d istricts of C hina, estim ates th a t th e funds sen t from A m e r ica fo r th e relief of distress in this region w e r e . effectual in saving th e lives of 13,000 p eo p le w ho w ould p ro b ab ly have died e x cep t fo r A m erican aid. W h en th e old P u rita n p re a c h e r John E liot w as o n his d eath -b ed a frien d called to see him , a n d found a little Indian child b y his bedside b ein g ta u g h t b y th e dying m an to read . T h e frien d p ro teste d th a t in such a n h o u r th e sick m an m ight be relieved from th e b u rd e n of such a task, b u t his a n sw er w as: “ God has left m e ju st stre n g th en o u g h to tea ch th is child his letters.** D r. C h apm an a n d his associates, w ho, as th e C o n tin en t stated a few w eeks ago, a re p ro lo n g in g th e ir w o rk in A u stra lia th ro u g h th e p re se n t sum m er th ere, will a rriv e in th e U n ited S tates n e x t July, a n d ex pect to ta k e p a r t in a n um b er of Bible conferences in v a rio u s sections of the c o u n try d u rin g Ju ly a n d A u g u st. In Sep tem b e r th ey will sail fo r S cotland, and th e ir m eetings in G lasgow , b eg in n in g in O cto b er, will b e p ro lo n g ed u n til th e C hristm as holidays. In th e first m onths of 1914 th ey w ill c o n d u ct a sim ilar cam p aig n in E d inburgh, a n d d u rin g th e spring will p re a c h a n d sing in o th e r S cotch cities. • A G erm an m issionary from th e p ro v ince of S hanshi, C hina, tells of a m an who cam e to th e m ission sta tio n to b u y a T es tam en t. H e lived a lo n g w ay off, an d had n e v er seen a fo reig n e r o r h e a rd a p re a c h e r of th e Gospel. A copy of M atthew 's G ospel h ad com e in to his hands, a n d he w a n ted to k n ow m ore of th e doctrine. W h en h e a rriv e d a t th e sta tio n th e m is sio n a ry w as n o t a t hom e. T h e m an w ait ed, a n d in th e m ean tim e re ad th e New T estam en t th ro u g h n e arly th re e times. W h en th e m issionary re tu rn e d th e visitor w as read y fo r baptism . A n illum inating illu stratio n of th e p ow e r of th e W o rd I
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