WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

THE FAITH OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS 49
One day a new convert, who had not yet been baptized,
came to the missionary and said that his little
daughter was dying. The doctors had said they
could do no more; the case was hopeless. He asked
the missionaries to pray for her. They said, "All
right, we will go with you to your home." He replied,
"No, there is no need for that; we can pray
here, and Jesus can work there." He remembered
the story of the centurion who had said, "Speak the
word only, and my servant shall be healed." He did
not want the missionary to go to his home, for his
wife was not a Christian and would not understand.
They prayed at the missionaries' house, and the
young man went on to his work at the head office
of the French railroad. At noon he returned to his
home, passing the Mission compound, but he did not
call. That afternoon he went back to the office, and
in the evening returned again to his home, but still
he did not stop.
All this time the missionary had been wondering
about the child, and that word "wondering" ex¬
presses the difference between much of our faith and
that of this babe in Christ, whose only Christian text¬
books were one or two Gospel portions; but who
expected that Jesus was just the same today as He
was when these books were written. Finally, the
missionary waylaid him and asked him how his little
daughter was. The young man seemed surprised
and said, "She is all better.
Did you not know it?"