The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-21

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does that? 1t is unseen What is it in
the old, old story OF Jesus ,ha. works
such miracles
SO Paul, with his face turned toward
Rome, The mistress OF the then world.
makes his declaration
I'VE too can say the same tonight.
Coming from China, we are not ashamed
of the Gospel of Christ, and not only in
China have we tried the power Of Christ
Before ] went to China / went down into
the White Chapel district Of London
where there are 100000 poor people, ana
/ lived there. My hone was there. for
ibe purpose of living IL TIE mids. of
the .eople who needed me- So for eight
years before | went to China. / spent
those years in home missionary work.
Around me were $4,000 factory girls
mention this because ] want to ask the
ladies. the young ladies' here tonight
What are you doing to help the factory
people in this town, il the district round
about you?"
II got work in factory as a match
factory hand, disguised OF course. and
found-oh, the power OF temptation in
these factories. At the end of my week
was paid s. ha'pence, SOC week, and
the streets were lighted up with dance
halls, theatres etc, and | went into
them and found out more in two weeks
than in seven years previous.
"Oh the power Of temptation
But in those eight years of life in
London we found power greater than
that.
Il have seen hundreds and hundreds
of those poor dock laborers and caster
mongers accept Christ SO that saloons
in the neighborhood had to close
Il suppose that power Is measured by
what forces il can overcome
'In going to China, the first thing
you feel is the power OF that ancient civ
lization, hoary in its ages, proud in its
conservatism. They call X the Middle
Kingdom Then those great temples,
some of them extending mile around,
and those colossal idols. And the power
of Confucanism is greater power still
The followers of Confucius do not wor-
ship idols, only the common people do
that The Creed is that what Confucaus
teaches is the truth what he does not
teach is untrue. and that all else is un-
necessary.
These Confucianists look upon the
teachings of the gospel as foolishness.
The Confucianist " real agnostic ON
spiritual mStteFS 'NNio can cd yhay
ask, and that IS the greatest power ~UE
all against the gospel except power OF
sin.
"And the sin: oh! the sin. Gambling
is one of the worst of their sins. Somo
OF the people gamble all day and night.
A graphic story was told of a young
man who, to prove to his father his
earnestness in the desire to stop gam
bling. actually chopped off his left hand
the hand with which they hold the cards,
Put this young fellow fell back and could
be seen now sitting at the door Of the
gambling houses. with q bowl OF sand
strapped to his arm, and the cards stuck
in that, running himself as fast as he can.
And the gambling is nothing TO the
opium smoking for giving -th1a-t up mcSns
giving/up life itself almost
Consider the stupendous undertaking
it is when Your missionaries 70 into q
country like that taking nothing but the
power of the gospel In the first place
We settled at we were given mlscr-
able little hut to live in. Our first~home
after our marriage.
I'VE were the only foreigners among
three millions. Picture us, too, poor mis-
sionaries amid that wealthy. cultivated.
educated people. Could anything seem
weaker. There We do our medical mis-
sionary work and tell of what Christ can
do.
The mightiest power we have TO deal
with is the actual personal power Of a
personal Devil. / know great many do
not believe in personal devil but II they
We're TO go to heather countries they
would soon see We read Of the Lord
| casting out devils. evil spirits. There
were demoniacs in those days. We heard
! OF this when we reached China but did
not believe it. We had been six years
in China before we really saw and came
unhesitatingty to believe the truth OF
| it.
'The devil has as much power now
as ever in heathen lands.
These demoniacs are perfectly sane,
strong in body and mind. They are not
! epileptics They are controlled By a
power not in themselves. They strug-
! sic against II and cannot conquer 1t
is the most pitiabe thing ever saw.
They always try to take their own lives
/ ~ titSS SelhufeS. lHIOW LHSlHoelNtS iubO
| the fire or water
"A woman in neighboring village to
| ours had had these seizures for forty
! years, these fits Of dcmoniacai frenzy.
She was SCARED from head totfoot from
| her attempts TO kill herself She was
| in ono of these seizures when several
| newly converted men from our village
went over TO sec her. One Of these men
cried OUTS Oh, Jesus could have her.
| Then the crowd around asked him about
Jesus, But they were young Christian7
and wished that some older Christia1
were there TO pray. -
They began to sing a fymRaa
! prayed. While they -
| kneeliag down
! and became con
! never had anoti # ii
! her death ! co
/ Oh, The powern
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