Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-04-19
CUNNING FOR TIGERS AND For
CONVERTS.
(Every Weok Mngazinc.l }

(Every Week Magazinc.)
! Five rifles on the rack on n wall
Of the study of the Reverend II. r.
Caldwell, Of Yen Ping, province of
tukicn, China, give an insight into
the best Nnown missionaries in China.
Il never use n Bible to preach to
che Chinese Mr.. Caldwell explain
cd, rs he exhibited his soul-saviny
arsenal. Il know better. If | reach
cd into my bag and took out Bible.
the group would all melt away. But |
get my gun, and preach religion with
Il repeating rifle. Here is the story of
now make my converts:
! One day conference had been
called in nearby village and had
started with my chinese cook, Da Da.
When we had reached the place of
the meeting we found the place In
mourning. a boy of seventeen had
been eaten by II tiger the day before.
Nothing but his head was found (thc
beast generally leaves the head of its
victim untouched, and all the natives
were scared to death.
They were so upset, we thought il
best to postpone the conference. All
the village insisted that | must ro
and kill the tiger
"Of course said l would go. We
TOOK along goat for u dccoy and
started up into tho ravinc nearby.
we waited for hours until nearly
SIX O'Clock. Da Da watching up one
end of the gorge and | the other. w.
y" about decided to give it up and
20 home when something moved men,
rs. Suddenly there slipped out of the
push. within II few yards of us, the
biggest brute of II royal tiger I'd ever
seen. lie came on us MS noiselcssly
and softly MS picture ON lantern
slidc-just faded into view, if vou
can call it that. Well, | grabbed that
little ID high powered rifle, which
was nil had along. 1t shoots nm OK
p'oslvc bullet through steel plate.
When put that gun to my Shout.
der prayed as never prayed be-
lore, 'ncaT Jesus direct this shot
tc'l you, ,has WAS time foi PRAYER.
and tho Lord WAS right there. | pul.
cd the trigger, and the great ;ircr
gust crumplcd up and fell over, as
easy and soft us flower. | didn't
need another shot.
sent back to the village for help
ana we got the beast on poles and
took him down for the people to sec.
We put him in front of the hcadman's
house, and everyone came from miles
around to look, and made oven moro
morse and fuss than when they were
begging me To so on the hunt.
Now, here's the best of the story
how | bngged my real game.
"One of the boys came I'm To ,o,
and said. Teacher, how is il that
you are not afraid to 20 up alone
against great beast like that? When
we go for tiger we take one hundred
men with poles and STICKS and drums
and make much noise, but you 70
quietly with your servant, and shoot
the tiger all alone
NO, said, was not alone. | had
some one besides servant. had
my Lord Jesus with me, and lie
showed me what to do
"Thcn told him how prayed
when | made the shot; aud took out
my gun, broke il for him, and cx-
planned how the cartridges went in
and slipped out. And pretty soon all
the people lett the tiger and came
around and sat on the edge of he'd
breaking that gun, and showing in the
cartridges and slipping them out, and
all the time telling them about the
God OF the Christians who give them
guns like this.
"Thcn shot John 3:lG into them,
and pretty soon that whole crowd
was converted and wanted to be taken
into the fold.
81 tell you that little % high-pow-
cred rifle is the best weapon for
Christianity any one could hnYo.n