WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

saving Hue people, even before He had arranged
for the Mission to plant a chapel there.
In 1928 the preacher in Nhatrang, which is situated
at the southern end of the protectorate o£ Annam,
was arrested for preaching outside of the territory
in which he had been unofficially authorized.
He was tried in a native court and sentenced to six
months' imprisonment. This was the beginning of
the end of the ban that had restricted Protestant
missionary propaganda for more than ten years.
This preacher, who had thus been cast into prison
for the sake of the gospel, was Mr. Lieu who had
acquitted himself in the court of the Annamese Gov-
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ernor of Quangnam so well that that official had
said, "He almost persuaded me to be a Christian."
His testimony at Nhatrang was no less forceful, but
it was the Lord's purpose that he should go to pris-
; on this time. The Lord knew that He could trust
; him there.
Mr. Lieu's testimony and life in the prison were
such that he had not been there long until there was
a spiritual awakening among the prisoners. Within
a couple of months, a number of them were saved,
and a little church was organized within the prison.
It continued to grow in numbers and in blessing
until the pastor was released. The officials soon
realized that they had made a mistake, and Mr. Lieu
was discharged before the expiration of his term,
but he was exiled from the protectorate of Annam.