WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

The outstation was
but it
money to go into a new city and open a Protestant 1
Temple, as the French call our preaching halls, and
there was no money in the treasury for the purpose.
But when the missionary returned to his station at
Tourane, he found that the Lord who knows the end
from the beginning had been working on this problem
for some time. A letter was brought to the Mis¬
sion home containing a check for enough to rent the
chapel, and, as it turned out, to finance it for six
months. The money was designated to be used for
just such a project as this. Two or three months be¬
fore, in a city in the Dominion of Canada, the Lord
had spoken to one of His children in a most unusual
way. She had an engagement ring that had been
lying in her jewel case for some time, and the Lord
asked her if she was willing to give it to Him. She
talked the matter over with her husband, and they
agreed to sell the ring and give the proceeds for mis¬
sionary work. It was sold; and although this lady
was not at that time personally known to the mis¬
sionaries at Tourane, the amount was delivered to
his house by the postman just when the Lord had
opened the way to this new outstation where it was
needed.
The missionaries went to Faifoo to find the chapel.
They were prepared to pay a fairly good rental, but
though they and their friends searched everywhere
and enquired in every likely quarter, they were un-