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lyiTSS POHNERT, a graduate of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, and now a missionary at Miyang, China, has written an interesting letter to Superinten dent Horton, which is here given in part. It is valuable and entertaining for the detail into which it enters, as showing the daily life lived by one devoted to the cause of the Master. She begins by telling of the week of evangelism observed throughout the mission, and then of affairs in general as touching upon her work as principal of the girls’ school: The pupil-teacher went out with me. Our near-by neighbors had been on my heart for some time—many of their homes I had not been in. Every one was so glad to see us and as the teacher opened the Word to them they would listen for two and more hours and not move. And would ask many questions about this wonderful saviour of men. Some sit with mouth, eyes and ears open to listen as she teaches. Many say, “How very wonderful.” One said, “where have yog been so long?” Others call us on the street, and ask us to re-visit them. They are very much interested in the 21st chapter of Revelation, where we read about the Heavenly home in which those who accept Jesus are going to live. We make the plan of salvation very plain and teach them how to pray. In nearly every home were grandmothers, between 70 and 80 years old. Just ready as it were to drop into the grave. For some years they had not been worshiping the false gods because they felt that there was no power within them to help them. When they heard about Jesus and His great love for them they would say, “He is the one we want to follow and put our trust in.” One old
woman cried and cried, to think that these eighty years she had never called on this living powerful Jesus. Another place that we went we asked if there was any one else in the yard, and were told that there was an old deaf woman at the other end of the yard, who never went out so it would be no use to talk to her. “Well,” I said, “she is the very one we want to 'see.” After leading her out into the yard the teacher sat close to her side and talked' to her at the top of her voice, while I sat at her side asking God to open up her understanding so that she might know what it meant to believe in this Jesus and go to Heaven. After a while her -face lit up and she said, “I want to believe in this Jesus and want to go to Heaven.” Remarked that she had been, waiting for some time for some one to show her the right road. It would do your hearts good to see many of these old women come into meeting leaning on a long bamboo cane, all smiles, saying, “I could not stay away; had to come and hear more about this Jesus.” One of our school girls by the name of Fan was saved last term from a large wealthy family. Her grandmother, who is the head of the family, has been saved during these meetings. They have a large number of young women in the family, and as they do not go on the street in the day time she has been bringing them over in the evenings and thus they hear the gospel. Last Monday, went to one of our near-by out-stations, just about ten miles. For three days they were holding an open air theatre, people coming for miles to attend. From morning until night the chapel was filled with women and girls. Many of them had never heard the wonderful story of
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