WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

At Hanoi the Lord provided for the Mission a
piece of property in an almost miraculous way.
Money was given for the purpose by the late W. E.
Blackstone, from the Milton Stewart Fund, and land
was purchased in the very heart of the city at a most
reasonable figure, from a government that was none
too friendly. It has proved to be one of the most
strategic situations for evangelism, if not the most
strategic, that could be found in Hanoi. It is now
worth several times what was paid for it. A Mission
press was opened there, and the missionaries, in addition
to preaching the gospel to the great City of
Hanoi, set themselves to the stupendous task of
translating and printing the Bible in the Annamese
language, and of producing the literature necessary
for the church that they were confident God was
about to create.
In reading the Book of Acts, one cannot help but
notice that each church began with a key man whom
the Holy Spirit brought into contact with the apostle
or preacher. Such were saved and became the nuclei
around whom the churches were formed. They were
men or women who commanded respect in the com¬
munity and who were prepared by God to be leaders
in the churches. Such were the Ethiopian eunuch;
Barnabas, the Levite; Cornelius, the centurion; Saul
of Tarsus; Sergius Paulus; Lydia, the seller of pur¬
ple; Apollos; Aquila and Priscilla; the jailer at
Philippi, and many others. The Lord works in the