WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

vetted. Soon there came a steady stream of men and
women from this village and other places. The
missionaries were busy morning, afternoon, and
evening, preaching the Word to these hungry people.
The message was always given through the interpreter,
but many of them went away happy in a
newly found Saviour.
In February, 1924, less than five months after the
beginning of the work at Battambang, Mr. Sort, the
interpreter, attended an Annamese conference at
Tourane. During his absence the inquirers continued
to come to the Mission house at Battambang.
The missionary tried to use another young Cambodian
student as interpreter, but it did not work.
The student could not get the message to the people
clearly, so the missionary had to use what Cambodian
he had learned and had picked up from his
work with Mr. Sott. When the interpreter returned
to Battambang, he was surprised to hear the missionary
speaking Cambodian. He said, "When I left,
you could scarcely put three words together, but
now you speak fluently." The missionary testifies
that the promise that "They shall speak in new
tongues" was literally fulfilled in his case in a very
real and practical way. From that time on he has
had no difficulty with the language.
Satan does not allow an awakening of this kind
to proceed without stirring up trouble. Suddenly
one morning news came to the mission station that