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OUR BIBLE INSTITUTE IN HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA (Concluded from page 111) left in charge by th e sou thern General Shen Hung Ing. Gen eral Luh did not, however, stay long a t th is time, but retu rn ed early in April and received a h earty welcome from the people, who seemed to th ink th a t he would be able to restore Kweilin to h er form er position of w ealth and power as capital of th e province. One of the in teresting features of th is welcome was th a t every home placed a bowl of w ater and a m irro r outside of th e door, w ishing to indicate by this th e ir belief in the pu rity of motive and clearness of judg m ent of General Luh. The merry-making, which lasted fo r several days, was rudely disturbed, however, on April 11 by the news th a t th e re was fighting outside of the South Gate. H urriedly the gates were closed against th e forces of General Shen Hung Ing and a siege sta rted which was to la st for seventy-seven days. Before long fam ine conditions prevailed. Long before th e end of the siege th e b etter rice had been exhausted and th e poorer people were fed on a coarse soft rice which was dealt out to them from th e Red Cross and from th e home of a Christian carpenter. There were instances of starving to death and of many who preferred suicide to starvation. F igh ting was severe during the whole eleven weeks of th e siege and many civilians w ithin th e city were killed by stray shots. One m issionary, th e Rev. J. R. Cunningham, was among those who lost th e ir lives. Two Dreams May I tell you of two incidents which were a g rea t com fo rt to me and w ere used of God to streng then th e faith of both foreign and Chinese Christians. We were living in a second sto ry room. One n igh t I dreamed th a t my father, who has been dead for many years, came into th e room w ith a large stick and demanded to know why I was still living there. I should say th a t I believe God often speaks through dream s, and as soon as I wakened I moved downstairs. At 9 o’clock th e following morning a bullet whizzed through the window, and by the m arks which it left it was evident th a t had I been sitting a t my desk in the up stairs room it must have passed th rough my body. The second occasion was when, la te r in the siege, I dreamed again and saw sol diers from H unan who assured me of protection. Soon afte r the city gates were sh u t a mail carrier was allowed to enter, though from th is tim e on none could come in or go out. He brought a le tte r telling me of the severe illness of my brother, b u t it was impossible for me to go to him or to hear any fu rth e r news of him. A t last, early in June, news came th a t six foreigners were to be allowed to leave, and I tried to make arrangem ents for Band No. 3 to leave w ith them . The officials would not h ear of this, however, bu t consented to my leaving. I a t first felt th a t I could no t leave my colleagues, bu t on th e ir u rg en t recommendation and th a t of the m issionary friends I finally decided to do so, leaving th e city on Jun e 12. About two weeks la ter negotiations were entered into which made it possible for the other members of th e band to leave. Though the work was much hindered we had many oppor tunities, for which we th a n k God. We were daily engaged in, evangelistic work in the hospitals, by means of which many were led to the Lord who otherw ise m ight never have known Him. We were able also to en ter into th e sufferings of th e local Christians, and I believe we were made a com fo rt to them . The th ree churches were led, by th e ir m utual dangers, into a deeper and. more united prayer life th an they had form erly enjoyed, and all our eyes were opened to see the arm ies of the Lord round about the city as were the eyes of th e young man in Dothan many years ago.
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