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daily from early till late, cooking, scrubbing, washing and caring for the garden, then when the day’s work was done she would take a little time to read, but her husband and mother-in-law scolded her bitterly for wasting oil by using a little lamp for reading, and once her husband shut her in a room and gave her such a beating with a club that her whole body was in pain. She said to him : “You may beat me until I die but you cannot destroy my faith in Jesus. I must study my Bible, and I must attend the services.” •T he S acrifice of F aith The little group of converts in that place began to gather money to purchase a permanent place for Bible study, prayer and the worship of God. Mrs. Wang felt very sad that she had no money to contribute, so she began rising very early in the morning and spent the early hours making shoes. These shoes' are made entirely of cloth, the soles being made of several thicknesses of cloth very finely quilted. They are most comfortable and are worn by the majority of the Chinese. She toiled on until she had earned a dollar and then with a glad heart gave this dollar toward the hoped-for building. The writer of the report adds: “Surely this gift was not exceeded by that of the poor widow on the day that ‘Christ sat over against the treasury’.”
Pray for China Oh pray for China, torn and bleeding land, That in her dire distress God’s mighty hand May bring her forth from fierce and purging fires, ; Delivered from the worship of her sires, From bondage to her idol gods set free, To bend to Christ alone the suppliant knee. Yes, pray for China, land of hoary age, Her people filled with frenzied, murd’rous rage. That soon the awful hate and strife may cease, And in their stead may reign God’s own sweet peace, Most blessed boon her teeming, millions need To safely guide their ship of state indeed. Beloved in the Lord, for China pray; Ah, let thy pray’rs ascend from day to day; Let faith and gifts accompany the same, And highest honors brought to Jesus’ name; And O h! for all the missionaries cry, For their well-being, to our God on high.
A. W. Orwig.
(Note: We would be very glad to send full information about our work in Hunan Province, on request. Our evangelis tic bands and Bible Institute in China, are, like our home-work, supported entirely by voluntary offerings. It is generally con ceded that there is no more definite gospel work being done in China today, than is being carried on by Dr. Keller.)
Salvation belongeth to God, and so does “waiting.” That is why, when I did not patiently wait, I pulled strings that broke in my handstand started on ways He,brought to nought. It is all in His hands for those who will have it. It is an answer to prayer. Not only does He cause us to wait, but He waits that He might be gracious. And when He cuts this waiting in our hearts, we are satisfied wfth nothing but Him. So we wait. Has He got you this much ? Has He got your heart so He can give you the blessings, the fruit, the glory that comes to all those who wait for Him? Spurgeon on Fam ily Prayer F AMILY prayer is the nutriment of family piety, and woe to those who allow it to cease. I read the other day of parents who said they could not have family prayer, and one asked this question: “If you knew your children would be sick through the neglect of family prayer would you not have it? If one child was smitten down with the fever each morning that you neglected prayer, how then?” “Oh, then we would have it.” “And if there was a law that you should be fined five shillings if you did not meet for prayer, would you find time for it?” “Yes.” And if there were five pounds given to all who had family prayer would you not by some means arrange to have it?” “Yes.” And so the inquirer went on with many questions, and wound up with th is: “Then it is but an idle excuse when you, who profess to be servants of God, say that you have no time or opportunity for family prayer.
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Waiting God’s Time B y A braham S ervant
“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and estab lished my goings. And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and trust in the Lord.”—Psa. 40:1-3. H E who waits for things to turn up, usually finds that his toes turn up first, “but I waited patiently for the Lo rd : and He inclined unto me and heard my cry.’’ The first is common sense; but the last is where we live. There are few things harder on the “flesh” and “nat ural mind,” and so liable to rejection by our fellow believ ers as “waiting.” Yet it is one of the most efficient ways of serving God and bearing fruit. We live with the “go-getter,” the “I ’m from Missouri,” and the philosophy taught everywhere in our schools. This all scorns the man of Psalm 40:1-3. He is one of those “hard-shelled,” shelled hard men who go from waiting to waiting, down, down, down, down to the bottom of a hor rible pit. In'waiting he waits patiently with the patience gotten in many tribulations. Did you ever know a man like that? He waited for the Lord, and He inclined unto him and heard his cry, and you saw it and feared and trusted in God.
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