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Debts and Blood Stains B y R. A . J affeay Wuchow, South China
AM a debtor both to the Greeks and to the Bar barians : both to the wise and to the unwise. So as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gos pel . , . . ” Rom. 1 :14, 15. “ His blood will I require at thine hands.” Eze kiel 3 :18. “ I am pure from the blood o f all men.” Acts 20:26. I am returning from a trip to Borneo and the Celebes of the Dutch Indies in the South Seas. It has. not been a missionary picnic by any means. The Lord has taken me “ to the uttermost parts of
but his blood zvill I require at thine hand” (Ezekiel 3 :17, 18). Those are the blood spots on my hands. The blood of immortal souls is required o f me till I do my part to warn them, to pay my debt and preach the Gospel to them. “Necessity is laid upon me": yea, woe is unto me, if / preach not the Gospel . . . . a dispensation o f the Gos pel is committed unto me’’ (1 Cor. 9:16, 17). “ I am debtor . . . . as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel’’ (Rom. 1:14, 15). The Lord Jesus has completely canceled the great debt
of all my sins forever, but requires me to pay my Gos pel debt to those who have ' never heard His Message of Salvation. If I warn them not, if I preach not the Gospel to them, their blood is required at my hands. No wonder I have heard in my ears all these days the cry of the man o f Borneo— . “ Borneo!, Borneo! Come over and help us!” No won der I have had ringing in my ears by day and by night,— “ Balik-papan! Ba- lik-papan! Samarinda! Sa- marinda!” In these places there is no Light. Christ has not been named at these places. Satan’s complete thraldom over the souls o f men in these p a r t s has
the earth,” to some of “ the dark places” of the world, Without a ray of Gospel L i g h t , where literally “ Christ is not named.” I was feeling glad, after two months’ absence, to be returning home. I felt I had done my bit, as it were. I had obeyed His command — “ Go.” I had made my report to the Board, and could now settle d o w n again to ordinary work in Wu-chow, and leave the re sponsibility o f the perishing souls I had found in these uttermost parts to others. I had done my part: the rest was with others to take up the work or not as they felt led. But the Lord gave me a
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dream. One o f those vivid dreams which leave a deep and lasting impression. I have seldom had such dreams in my life, but when He sends them, there is no question but. that the dream is from Him. It was a horrible dream. I thought I was at home. I was a fugitive fleeing from justice. I thought I had stains of human blood on my hands. I thought the Lord Jesus was pursuing me. I was full of fear and was running for my life. The pure white snow was on the ground. I stopped and tried to wash the blood stains, “ the damned spots,” from my hands in the snow. I looked around, and ran again. I awoke. My first words were, “ Oh, Lord Jesus, what does this mean? I do not fear Thee. I am not running away from Thee. I have no blood stains on my hands. I am washed clean in Thy precious blood, whiter than the snow. Oh, teach what this means. What can it mean ?” T he C ry of B orneo A t once this Scripture came to my mind :gj-“ Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house o f Israel: therefore hear the word at My mouth, and give them warning from Me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life : the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity:
never yet been challenged by the preaching o f the Gospel. The deep darkness of these places has never been pen etrated by His Light. In my soul I hear His Voice saying, “ Other sheep I have . . '. them also must I bring.”■ And again, “ Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” God said o f old, “I have sought for a man among them, that they should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” Who will open a Gospel Hall in Balik-papan and Sa marinda? There are Mohammedan mosques at . these, places. Heathen Chinese temples also are there. The devil is worshiped there all right. There are moving-picture theaters, gambling halls, and worse places, all in full swing, thronged with people o f many races—Malays, Javanese, Boegis, Chinese, and “ the wild man of Borneo” who has “ just come to town” from the interior. I walked the streets o f these cities by day and by night, until that awful darkness that can be felt, depressed my very soul. What horrible gloom came over m e : what de- ' spair! Like a thick, heavy cloud it settled upon my soul. Only by pleading the blood of the Lamb was the darkness dispelled by the Light o f His Word. Thank God, He did not permit the darkness and gloom to remain long. His wonderful peace, and joy, and praise soon returned. But
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