WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

he had, no Juubt, been engaged. Moreover, he was
drunk and seemingly hopeless as an inquirer of the
gospel. But when the service was over, he came
with his party to inquire more carefully the way of
salvation, and finally said that he wanted to become
a Christian. He knelt before the Lord and accepted
Him as his Saviour. The missionary doubted that
the gospel seed could take permanent root in soil so
unprepared as this man's heart appeared to be. He
was one of those garrulous gentlemen who could
talk most glibly at any time and on any theme. Consequently,
a few months later, when others were
being baptized, the former sorcerer was told that he
had better wait a little longer.
Shortly afterwards the missionaries left the station
for a month's visit in China. When they returned,
they were told that the sorcerer had been witnessing
in his village concerning the power and truth of
Jesus and the futility of idols. In the old days he
had been the custodian of the village temple. He
told his fellow villagers that these gods were nothing
but wood and stone, some of them only paper, and
that they could not even care for themselves, let
alone help those who worship them. Someone dared
him to strike them and see what would happen. He
knocked them from their pedestals and broke some
of them. The villagers watched to see him punished
in some terrible manner, but nearly a month had
passed, and he was well and happy and prospering