You almost landed yourself in kingdom come.” He redoubled his efforts since he now had injections to administer. Some were beyond help. He continued grimly to dig graves and carry the dead. And since missionaries are normal emotional humans, he did not escape sharing the sorrow of the bereaved, plus his own grief, to see the Indians whom he had come to tell of eternal life so quickly claimed by death. Again Satan came to sneer, and he chose, as is his custom, an hour when the Lord’s servant was over-fatigued. “Missionaries go to preach the Gospel, not to dig graves and feed babies. Just what do you think you’re about? Pardon me, but it does appear you’re a little off your course, old chap. Go home where you can find an audience and speak a language that people can understand.” And the weary reply was, “The servant is not better than his Lord. He washed the feet of His disciples. Get thee behind me, Satan. Thou savourest not the things that be of God.”
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