WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

Annamese, and it was through that tongue that he
was reached with the gospel. He became the missionaries'
language teacher and interpreter. A little
Bible School was organized, and he was the first student;
and finally, in less than four years from the
time when he left the old jungle life, he was preaching
the gospel to his own people.
The changed life and bright testimony of this
young Moi brought other converts, among them his
old father and mother. Some say that perhaps something
may be done for the young jungle people, but
that one can never hope to reach the old folks who
have spent their lives among the wild beasts and
other denizens of the jungle. But here were an old
man and an old woman who came to the Lord when
they were more than sixty years old. No one knows
their exact age, for they have no way of computing
it; but their lives were changed, and their hearts
filled with the joy that always comes to those who
truly follow Jesus. It was not long until there was
a church of more than twenty Mois, and the contrast
between them and their jungle neighbors is such as
to prove conclusively that evangelism is the greatest
of all civilizing agencies. The first convert was acting
pastor of this little church which has its own
elders and deacons. One of these was a picturesque
gentleman as straight as the stately palm tree. He
had first come to the mission station clothed with
only a loin cloth and his copper colored skin, and