The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-14

upon it as dependent on us. When we wished to rent house there I called tmy teacher and helper and talked this Ihouse matter over.
 MT S.. we want to rent small
 building for street chapel in N. Other foreigners have been there trying to rent. The officials of both districts have been playing into each others
 hands; and the landlords have been forced to back down from their bar gains with foreigners, or make the rem tai so high it would be refused; so the
 business has been spoiled for me. Now,
 we must get our place by guile, yet all honestly. You go down, rent a suitable place and tomorrow you can re-rent it
 to us. Will you do 1t You are think ing; that is well.'
 ''Yes, I'll do it.'' he said; "and, if God favors my way, you shall have your street chapel by tomorrow evening""
 In walking the streets of N. he met
 two friends, confided to them his mis-
 sion, and secured their cooperation.
 Why" said one, there is that house, the front room of which I sued for a
 school-room last year. It is just what you want. It has been offered for rent
 a long time; am sure we can get it.
 The people are willing though the off, cials oppose you. Let us go and secure
 it now." -,
 That evening MT. S. returned and
 placed the papers in my hands. to our great joy Under cover of darkness we | went to see our new chapel, ordered
 some necessary changes and sent my
 benches and a table. Then our chapel
 was completed. There it was with
 benches around the edges. clay floor for
 all who can stand in the middle, ta- ble for pulpit and sales counter; on all
 sides the mud-plastered walls, above the tiled roof, and in front to the street,
 on either side the two latticed windows, paper covered. and the wide-opened I high double doors at the center.
 1 We had spent one day here speaking I to a large yet ever changing audience.
 Then they knew we were renting, and the trouble began. The widow landlord
 was terrified at the rage of the check
 mated officials, The two friends who
 had helped, persuaded her to rent and
 acted smiddlemen, were sorely threat l ened and told they must see that the
 transaction was nuliified or take the consequences. Everything was done to l intimidate MT. s. and force him to re- ceive back the rent money and give up l the papers, but still he stood firm, while
 he told mlddlemen and landlords and people that nothing but good in the end
 could follow our coming. Then locking l up the house in that city we flee to another"
 Later, thinking the rage of the oppo-
 sition had subsided, we, with native
 helpers, again go to preach and sell
 books. We walked up the street; but where is the house? These are all oc-
 cupied. ,+ :~.~.v. ... ;. $ s.,,l,.... .s
 "Is not this the one we rented, MT. 1 S?" ,.... .- %
 ''Yes, this is It." .. l But see, the shutters, are gone, the | doors are wide open, the big room is partitioned into smaller ones, and all is I occupied by several families. Where is l our furniture? Where is our chapel?" I advance along to the door. walk in, ] knock loudly and sit down. Some wo- men appear. What are you doing in here without permission" each asks the
 other. They pretend not to know the house had been rented by us. Then, l from all over the house in chorus, came the cursing, Of women, the screaming of 1 children, as we say, "The house must be I vacated immediately; we have come to use it and must have it.'' @...-. I In passion they send for the land lord. But we have nothing to say to the landlord; we want not landlords, but the chapel; so still facing the new i tenants as if allowing them to have been deceived, we say we are disposed i to be lenient, and give twenty-four
 hours to vacate the renises, restore the
 chapel to it's original condition and re- l turn our furniture. 1 Meanwhile the rabble followers of
 those who had threatened the landlord and middlemen were gathering and | making demonstration about the door. 1 ''The foreigner is. in there with the
 women and refuses to come out"
 l 'Tear down the house!"
 1 "Kill him!"
 l MY HdtlNeS gather apOuI me, urge me to flee The brick-bats fly in at the doors and windows; one is coming for my head. A Christian springing for
 ward to save me receives it and falls stunned to the floor. For me? Yes, for ! Christ's sake!
 A commanding voice is heard in the street.
 Leave him not in the house to die! Drag him out! pound him out!"
 But the fear of God upon the mis- l sionary and the presence of an unseen One awes him. He rises, meets this mob leader rushing in the door, pulls him in with one hand and raises the l other to the mad crowd, saying: We now have man responsible for all l these disturbances, and you will not be | injured for the things done in the mo. I ment of passion; for the future peace of l this neighborhood this man is our hos tage''' In the lull that followed the officials came and ordered the house vacated and our property returned, saying: I