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

addresses made by CRg Tong and Chin
Toy. members of the Mission. and the lat
tor, helper or translator and assistant in the
mission work Both spoke sufficiently
well in English to be generally understood,
and their addresses, as given below, were
closely listened to throughout.
Rev. Mr.. Pond spoke briefly and quite
enthusiastically upon the work being sc-
complished in this mission field, and said
there were more than 600 Chinese members
of churches in California, and he regarded
most of them as sincere and steadfast in
their christian profession as those of our
own race.
The addresses of Ong Tong and Chin
Toy, which much interested the audience,
were as follows:
REMARKS OF oNG TANG.
am very glad to speak few words tonight,
but am AFRAID l cannot speak The English well.
1t is very difficult for me to speak the English
Language. The Lord have compass on ON me
Tor have obtained the mercies of God that
which in time past we're not people, but now
are the people of God which had not obtained
mercy, but now have ooaiued mercy. SO am
81 TO tell how got the favor from God.
In the olden time, in the country of Judea, O
certain man, which had lost his mind, aud he
cut himself with the stones. and wore NO clothes
neither abode i'll any house, but in tombs; he
cried and walked there. but he not know wis
he ulu 10 nlLnSSlI. NneI CHrlsL came mel MIN
upon the way, he have compassion on him aud
he created the new heart Tor him SO that gol
his right mind, and he clothed and was healed
And that man prayed Christ that he might be
with him. Howbeit JESUS Suffe ed him not
but saith unto him, go home TO the friends
and tell them how great things the Lord hath
done for thee, and had compassion on thee
And he departed and ran TO his home with joy
begin TO tell his parents aud his friends how
great things Jesus had done for him. And al
astonished and marveled; therefore this is even
as have been before.
When l was in the heather land, in the
shadow OF death-haye no Bible there-I die
the evil way and against God, and spoke evil
things against own self; neither not know
that which is good or evil, for my heart bound
with the evil spirit, as The blind cannot sec
ANYTHING. l have met Christ on this country
whom God hath sent 10 this world TO preach the
gospel 10 the poor, and to heal the broken
hearted, to preach deliverance TO the captive.
ana the recovery of sight to the blind, to set al
liberty them that are bruised. / also met Jesll:
passed by that He hath eumpas sion on me IL
heal all the sickness in my heart and TO loose
me that was bound in the evil: who His OWL
self bore my sins in His own body on the tree
that l. being dead to sin, should live unto right
eousness, by whose stripes l was healed that
should also glad 10 speak what the Lord haiti
done Tor me. And went went home to Chinf
told my friends that Jesus did great things fol-
me, and the Lord hath had compassion on me
and they all marveled also and said, " 1t i,
strange"
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live with Christian family, and they are yer,
kind to me, and they lead me 10 SUNDAY schoo
and show me where the Mission school. AnC
they taught me to read the Bible and nh,
me some things in the ible, as it said Thou
shalt have no other gods before me- and thor
shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only
shalt thou serve, and thou shall love the Lore
thy God with all thy heart and with all tn,
soul. and with all thy strength and with all tn,
| might; and love thy neighbor as thvself. anc
taught me now to worship the true God through
the name OF Jesus Christ and, God is every
| where; and God is spirit, and they that wor
| ship him must worship him in spirit and il
| truth. By this way TO know how TO worship tn,
| only living true God. and to know Jesus Chris
| our only Saviour We think all the Mission
schools have been great blessings for all Chimes,
in this country, and lead US to the light on
from darkness, and for many precious souls t
rescue.
But sometimes l have heard somebody tall
no use teach the Chinese to read the Bible
neither sunday school. for the Cinnamon can
not go to heaven, because they cannot be true
Christians, and they not know the way how L
| do. This make me Tery sorry: every one who
| say so are mistaken. The BiOle says there i.
neither Greek nor Jew, bond nor free, buI
Christ is all in all and that God is able Of
these stones TO raise up children unto Abraham
And they shall come from the east and IRON
the west and from the north and from the
south, and shall sit down in the kingdom OF
Cod and whoever will, let him take of the
water of life freely. Him that cometh to me
viii nowlse cast out. God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten SON. that who's ,
ever belieyeth on him should not perish, but
have everlasting lie. Behold the Lamb OF
God, which taketh away the sin of the world
and giveth his life a ransom for many and his
salvation free; and in this world shall all who
call upon his name be saved. All nations shall
glorify him. HallelUjah 10 the mighty God for
his goodness and kindness and love
ADDRESS OF CHIN TOY.
More than year ago left San Francisco on
the steamer Pekin for my far away home in
China. There was on board more than 600 Chi
nese passengers, nine only of whom v ere Chris
uans-a little band together We used to go on
deck every pleasant day and sing gospel hymns.
one of our members, Brother Fong lang, from
this mission, had an ACCORDION and made good
music with it.
Some OF the passengers enjoyed our singing, and
liked to hear us tell them about One who had
power to command the WINDS to blow, to lit up
the waves of the sea, and power to stop them
Two days before we reached Yokohama some
white people cabin passengeIs) came and sang
with U.S. During the night there was great storm
ana the steamer rolled terribly, and continued
about twenty-four hours. Many of the Chinese
believed the storm was brought about by our
singing, any MADE up their minds to prevent us
in every way, II we are going TO sing on deck
again.
Alter leaving Yokohama we went on deck and
sang, as usual. Oh how those heather people
bowling. They tried to stop u.s. and we
wouldn't mind them at first but they keep
yejllng W1tn words OF ScOrn and hate. talked
to them with soft tone, and said wished they
not believe such superstition. They wont et
me speak to them, and kept on scolding and
called me many bad names; some seemed
with those hard fellows Some went down to
the Storage 10 retire from them and some
sat little way apart, with sad faces and
sad hearts only myself left in the middle of the
crowd. l silently prayed God to help me and
keep us from harm, and give these people I'M
derstanding. Suddenly a respectable merchant
come up from the hatchway, walked right to-
wards me with smiling face and asked nv name
and the place of my home, and found that his
home was only three miles far from mine He
declared to me how he had to hurry home with
none Of his countrymen 10 go with him. He
expect that he will find some on board but
had been seasick and not able to be on deck
many times In the place where he slept he
never heard any one say they were going to the
same part OF the country with HIM.
This day he heard some of our Chinese talk
about our Christians singing on deck, and so
many disliked it and tried 10 stop u.s. and said
of me that | am a native OF Hoi Ping There
fore, this made him come right up TO see me-
and asked me when We go from Hongkong both
hire junA and go in together, to keep more
safe all the rest of the way by boat. AS we
talked the enraged passengers stopped their
not a Christian, though the Chinese thought he
was, because he spoke 10 me so kindly in time
of trouble. believe that the Lord made me
known to that man, and sent him to give COM
the lonely way until reached my home and
friends.
l stayed at home about ten months. had q
very hard time there at first because have no
Christian friends who live near enough to help
me, and temptations around me very great.
Ny father and uncle wanted me TO help in
their store, which had the paper aud candle for
the sacrifices for SAFE. This was against my
feelings. l told them am a Christian. l cam
not help i'll that business. for l know ii is
against the law of the true God They laughed
at me. aud said was foolish to believe such a
doctrine. found it difficult to enlighten their
MINDS
Two weeks after got home, was the birthday
OF my grandfather, who DIED many years ago.
My father set some sacrifices on the parlor tab e
before the ancestral tablet he wanted me 10
bow down and worship them with him, but
refused. l told them, while l honored my
grandfather great deal, yet could not worship
him. The Christians only worship the one
true God.
This made him very angry at me. He so
angry that he did not take his breakfast that
morning.
From that time my father wss cross to me
very often. He called me 4 man without con
science. did not mind about that for knew
he loved me in heart. He had not learned
what ChrIstiaDltv WAS. I tried IL, plpasf. him