The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-27

~ Missionary Delighted With His Work in
China.

came, our belongings were new and Of
strange character 30 them, and these
opened many an opportunity for a
gospel message. !, was no, many
days before there were -ou, howiug in
our parlOr calling on Jesus for mercy.
But our hcari~ hungcred for a larger
ministry and 80 "A large room on ourfir
tDor, opcn'ng Immediately upon the
street, was seated and hanibills circu,
lated announcing nightly meetings.
10 our great delight it was filled tn,
first night, at the second service every
seat was taken. For several DAYS
more seats were bought only to be
more than filed at the next service:
finally every available space was oc-
cupicd and still the main aisle was
packed with eager listeners. We en-
largcd doorway and brought an ad-
joining room into use for the women.
and put all the children on the stair
way leading to our second floor, and
still the room ovcrllowcd The native
Christians said, we have never seen
anything like this in Macao before, :"
and our teacher, heather with much
light against him, told r,y wife,
These crowds must be the work of
the Holy Spirit.
knowing the power of music in
America we have brought it into play
here. Mr.. and Mrs. Munroc, mission
aries from New Hampshire, who came
over on the same ship with us and
who have rooms in our house, are good
musicians, and, she on the organ and
he on the cornet, besides their vocal
duets, coupled with Mrs. Todd's or
gan, have helped US much. Their
duets are, of course, in English, but
that does not matter, the melody and
charm Of music is there.
Sometime may write you de-
scription of one Of our preaching ser
vioes, but here l can oDiy say the
preacher doesn' go to sleep, he doesn t
know what will happen next, and he
Is always prepared to have the thread
OF his discourse interrupted if not
broken, FOR many things can happen
in Chinese audience, even to the
explosion Of bunch of fire crackers
under seat near the pulpit.
We have had some help from the
native brethren ia the services. but
the burden of the work has been on
Mrs. Todd and myself. 1 cannot yet
speak in Chinese, but she interprets
my English ioto it.
Night after a,ight we have sought
for definite results, and God has not
: withheld them. Many have stood
tor prayer and then came to our par
lor for the after meeting, when they
are personally dealt with. How many
have been saved God only knows.
Some eighteen have professed faith
IN Christ, but time is necessary to
} prove how many of these have really
received the new birth. In some
cases convictioI has been very deep.
One young man said, ii seemed az
II my heart was struck OPEN" anoth
cr, my many sins frighten me-
while another has said, Il am Sc
wicked"
Some Of their testimonies are &C
J solid that We cannot but believe tha,
| God has gathered some real trophies
here. One said, 1T was 80 dark in
my heart before, now it is very differ.
ent:" another. what the Bible saws
is true about the heart being hard. !
heard the gospel long time but it
seemed to make no impression on me,
but now it seems that God has emptied
' my heart and is now filing it up
And only two days ago man from
the country told US that he had gone
home and torn down his idols.
Great JOY fills our hearts that hun.
dreds have heard the gospel from our
little chapel in the last few weeks.
We are known in many places in the
, city, and it is not uncommon to hear
the mon and boys say, as we walk
along the streets, 'jesus people. !"
talk Jesus
But oh, tho need! Seventy-five
; thousand Chinese in this oity and our
chapel practically the only aggressive
gospel agency amongst them. Would
that others might join US in this wide
open door. The longer stay in China
the more am impressed with the
vastly greater opportunities here for
service than at home. It seems abso.
lutely necessary, if We keep up with