Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-19

lHluRS great pleas q them. tOlu tnem mat
the wonderful arts, the fine machinerles rail
ways anG the te egraphs are all invented IN
Christisn lands. These words made them to
SPEAK out in a -oud voice. The people IN Chris
tian land have more wisdom than our Chiuesei
told them it is God who gives this wisdom, aud
II our Chinese love and fear the true God and
Drsake the idols. then God will send his Holy
Spirit to make Us wise and happy to do good.
The Bible says Trust the Lord and do good"
After this fonnd opportunity to preach the
Gospel every day. Though / could not make
them become Christians YET was glad they snow
much interest To receive the good seed. Nearly
every day some people come TO me and asked me
TO tell them about this New Doctrine. An honor
able man, or a teacher of Confuci1s, he is
about 30 years old, came in our store one day
and asked me TO tell him about Jesus When he
went home, he said that he like some of the
Bible-tracts to teach his grandchildren. Then
/ gave him New Testament, and the tracts of
all kinds which had.
My mother used to believe in all kinds of SUI
perstitioDs. If any one in the family was sick
she would go to the sorcerer and ask for some
charms 10 heal the sick one. l told her that
this kind of belief and doing were all wroug
l show her how TO pray to the true God and
taught her to say the Lords Prayer. One day
my sister was sick in bed. My mother called
me home to pray for her. asked whether she
had been to the sorcerer or rot. She said she
had not, then opened the Bible and read the
! FIST eleven verses from the fourth chapter of
Matthew. / knelt down aud prayed while my
mother and the rest OF the family kept silent
| While said the Lords PRAYER at the close
! asked lDePl 10 1OiloW NE. Out IDey were TOO
! bashful TO comply. Glory To God my sister
| was recovered in few days.
! Sometimes unbelieves asked me, How can
| you tell that Jesus is always with your" such
Il question Is hard to be answered and make
| them understand fully, unless they have faith
to believe something and know what is cal ed
| spiritually. NE cannot see our Savior with
our bodily eyes. but the sincere Christians
heart always feels that He is near.
! The 18th of January is I holiday OF our city.
1t l. day to honor the god of farmers. l was
| stayed in our village store. which was full of
| people. Just as It was getting dark, told them
some Bible stories and explained 10 them
! there is only one God. He is everywhere pre-ent
whatever we do. and wherever we go we should
say, God is i'll this place. Some one IN ade up
the argument and said, my aging is nonsens e
and that he can prove God is not everywhere
| because he is going TO blaspheme now and God
| will punish him soon if he is here. So he spoke
| something against God and laughed at me- that
| there is no God, because have no punishment
come to him.
| Pretty soon boy came in our store with a
| frighten face, tried to hide himself in some
| place. He surprised us all and stopped The ar
gnment to ask him what is the matter. The boy
| could not tell his story, because of his quick
| breathing. He only said his uncle wanted to
kill him, because he had been fight with his
cousin, and broken his cous n scue by accident
| We were all reasoning h W the cue came off so
easy. Just thin Waterman come in
and tell us all about it. Said
| the fighting was in his watch house first
| The boy done something wrong, his cousin tried
to correct him, he won't like it, then he night to
| his cousin, made his cousin kick him away, then
| he felt more ang and went to complain TO his
| father and tell falsely that his cousin Kick him
| without 81 cause, and called him bad names,
| &c, and wanted his father to PUNISH his cousin
right away. First his father did not mind him,
tell him 10 keep still, then he knet down the
| street and sweared himself to make his father
| believe what he said, with the words, If | am
| false prosecute my cousin, my hair will be all
| come off" Then his father followed him to see
| his cousin. The boy come back to his cousin
with his father, to strike his cousin with STOOL
| his cousin took the stool from him. tried TO
strike him again. In SO doing his cue came of
| by one of the legs of that stool. The Waterman
also said it is not strange about the cue come
| off so easy, because he have been sick a long
| time and just got well not more than two months
| ago. His hair going to change all that time
| Another reason he gave an oath, if he done
| something wrong to his cousin his hair will be
| all come off, thus the supreme power did punish
| him according to his own words.
! All men in the store heard the queer story
| from the Waterman and think what we talk
| about God everywhere, present or not-a little
while ago, and some said this story Just came
to my prove. The boy gave an oath on the
| street, God could hear him. So must we believe
| God Is everywhere present.
| will tell you one thing more, which was in
| my marriage days. Before l am going to marry,
| have long talk with my parents and rela-
| tions, that cannot do anything to worship the
| what l say. March oath last year was my
| wedding day Three days before that, was
| raining very hard, continued day and night.
| Ny mother felt very sad about this, She said
l am afraid the rain is continuing Do YOU
| know all the relatives talking of you2 and
| says you believe the foreign religion, do not
| worship God and ancestors? Therefore all
| gods won't bless you and send the rains come
| down that you have no happy time. She said
she cannot hope Tor the rain to stop on the oath
for now is the raining season, and the old saving
Heaven name of an Idol. must be
rain. Mach 2Sd is the birthday Of
that idol She said, if you do every
| people did, they can't say anything TO YOU
I about the rainy day of your wedding. If you
hold your new way they will shame you, and
we were all feel shame too. | said, mother
don't you afraid for that, rather fear God more
than men. 1 don't care the rain how hard on
my marriage day. | make up my mind will
not worship any idols or ancestors but truSt
the God will make me happy. think the rain
viii stop tomorrow; if it does not stop don't
think 1t is any wrong before had n great many
people were married in the rainy time, and
| were banqueting in the rainy days.
| After | spoke this my mother still feel sorry
and the rain poured down-continued two DAYS
ana two nights. In the 23d of March the sky
| all clear up, and come Il bright sun to shine
and everything as nice as ii can be. All my rela-
| tives come from other villages to attend the
| feast, and said they never expect to have such
| Il pleasant weather during the few days past
| o cant tell how glad my mother is at that
| time; and the next two days oath and 25th
were very pleasant, too. So my parents felt glad
| W lcI me prdyeu 10 tue true 6Ou IN the wedding
| service, and not compel me to worship the idols
a, some of my relatives said to me, Your
| Jesus is with YOU
| felt very thankful that I met such weather
| during those days. For all our Chinese like to
| see If the LORD bless his followers before they
| pay attention to hear the Gospel.
! All those things happened to me unexpect-
| edly Come just as the hymn says, Light after
| darkness" therefore trust the Lord Jesus is
always with me, if serve him with true
| heart. / think all Christians should believe we
| have present SaviUur-a living Christ. Jesus
| is my nearest and dearest friend-dearer than
| all my earthly friends relatives.
know the Lords work is still going and NOV
| ing our nation. Ten years before, l only saw
one Christian Chinese at Hongkong. How
| many there now? Many thousands. When l
visited the city of Canton, was glad to see SO
many churches, and many Christians, both men
and women, and some were rich families too.
When / was coming back and stopped at
Hongkong, some Christian friends took me TO
the London Congregational Church on Sunday.
l found our people in the church Just as much
as the American people here. l ielt very thank
full that God give so many of my countrymen
power TO leave the idolatries.
When Te came from that church we went
into another new church. and hospital, which
were just finished. They said all the expense
of thes buildings, about $4,000, which were
entirely raised by our Christian Chinese at
Hongkong and some other cities
| now bIde good-by to native land, and return
again to the mission work in California. | have
been kept every hour of trial by power greater
than my own. truly believe God is our refuge
and strength, and avery present help in trouble.