WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

the expensive engine had so deteriorated that it was
almost worthless. The Christian owner testified in
church shortly afterward that he had lost ten thousand
dollars since he had backslidden, and that all
he had left were his two hands, but that this appar¬
ent misfortune was well worth while, for it had
brought him back to his Saviour. The Lord was
with him now, and he was enjoying such sweet fellowship
that nothing else really mattered. Since
then he has been instrumental in bringing into being
another church at Tan Thach, across the Mekong
River from Mytho. Incidentally he is still living on
his own homestead; the mortgagor has not seen fit
to put him off.
At Sadec a farmer from another city, Caolanh, a
whole day's journey upriver, came to the chapel and
listened as the missionary explained the gospel message.
He was interested and came back again and
again, bringing many of his friends with him. They
finally accepted Jesus as their Saviour, and an outstation
was born even before the main station had
been established. This outstation has become a large
independent church with other outstations of its own.
At Cantho a goldsmith and his family were con¬
verted, and became the nucleus around which our
Lord built one of the strongest churches in the state.
It, too, has several outstations now. One of these
is in the village of an old man who has only one leg.
This man's contagious testimony is a benediction to