The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
SAVING China.

SAVING China.
A South Carolina Preacher Doing
Strenuous Missionary Work
DRIVING OUT DEVILS
From the Chinese Who .A~c Convert
cd and Become Christians at the
Mectings-Rev. S. c. Todd, Form
crly OF Laurcns, Describes Scenes
at His Mission, When the Chinese
Get Religion and Cast Of the De-
mon of Evil.
In little leafet entitled Clean
ings from South China . now being
disturbed among his friends and CO.
workers in this country, the Rev. S.
C. Todd, formerly of Laurens, but
now working in South China IS a
missionary. gives an interesting in
sight into how the Chinese, usually
thought to be so undemsonstrative,
act under the nerve pressure of a
stirring revival meeting of several
DAYS continuance. Several Of the
converts while possessed of the dev-
il" just before coming through"
were extremely violent. A London
missionary, Miss Nellie Clark, work
ing with Mr.. Todd at Macao. China,
describes the meeting for Life Of
Faith published in London as a Pen
tacostal demonstration. andMr. Todd
says in his leahet, From that day
we have had a new conception of
Gods provision for China, and that
this land may have her Pentacost as
we'll as Wales and India
God at work is the simplest de-
scriptive Of those days, % says Mr..
Todd in describing the nature Of the
meeting he pictures. when some
of the meetings ran for six consecu-
tive hours, and some days from ten
to thirteen hours. After the third
day the evening meeting always con-
tinued until after 10 o'clock, some
ran to II and II, once to 11:30 in the
morning. Twice there were Penta-
costa scenes among US in the early
hours of the morning. One Of these
began at 2::30 a. m. and continued
! tin a. M, the whole house being
alive with JOY and power.
Mr.. Todd's own ferver will be bet
ter understood when it is recalled
that he first came into prominence
in the upper tier Of counties of this
State by relating to mis- congrega-
tions, there in a most earnest and
serious manner how the Savior had
appeared to him in a vision while the
preacher was cut driving in a buggy
on country road. He told his lis
teners that the Lord came and sat on
the dashboard Of the buggy and talk
ed with him, mapping out the work
the preacher must do in the vine
yard.
After telling how the cook was the
first at the meeting to become con
verted' and he the wire through
whom the divine electricity came
upon u.s. Mr.. Todd proceeds with
a description Of some of the more
violent scenes Of the revival y
''We were not only to witness
Coos power, but the enemy's as
well, and in most unexpected and
startling manner. The Manifesto
tion came near the close of the even
ing meeting some days after the
great sweep of victory of which |
have just told you. On hearing a
noise toward the rear of the build
ing, while some one was Speaking, |
went back to see what was the mat
ter. Passing down the aisle | noticed
a young man with his head buried in
his arms kneeling between two ben
ches, and just as | stood opposite him
he screamed at the top of his voice in
a most hideous manner. Immediate
! ly he was thrown PROSTATE upon his
back and at once began to kick the
! benches, breaking, more than one.
By this time CONSERVATION began to
reign in the audience, but at a word
of explanation all gathered in the
front Of the room and earnestly gave
themselves to prayer that this demon
might be expelled, for now we saw
we were dealing with real demon
possession, such as the New Testa-
ment speaks Of.
And, as if to add to our conster-
nation, the door leading to the floor
below suddenly flew open and there
with drawn sword stood Portugu-
ese soldier. But a sign of eXplana-
ton sent him away. The demon,
however. was not to be so quickly
dealt with.
arising from his PROSTATE con-
dition the poor boy, like Gagged an
imal, restlessly walked to and fro.
His ashen face, glaring eyes and puff
ing cheeks made him a sight to be
truly pitied. During a moment Of
quietness he came to me and said. l
have no plan for deliverance.' And
truly he halle ne.nod ees med per-