WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

CHAPTER VI
TOURANE
AT TOURANE the Lord's working was just as
^ evident. When the government ban was
lifted, the missionaries returned to the little thatched
chapel that had been built in 1913, but whose doors
were closed by official order in 1915. They found
that the whole official attitude had been changed by
God. They were welcomed back to the city and given
complete liberty to proceed with their evangelizing
efforts within its limits. In place of the mayor, who
had been a powerful enemy of the Mission, God had
put an official who became a firm friend of the missionaries,
and who did all in his power to facilitate
the work.
Tourane is not a large city, and the official letter
forbade the missionaries to work outside of it. Since
the missionary could not go to the people, it was
necessary that the people be brought to him. The
Holy Spirit did this; as soon as a chapel was opened,
they came in great numbers.
The missionaries who returned to this post had
not yet had sufficient language study, and were consequently
not in a position to preach intelligently to
the Annamese. But the very fact that the mayor of
the city was so friendly and had, on his own initia-
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