WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

were saved, and among them workers went
with the missionaries back to their native land when
that kingdom was opened to the gospel.
At Longxuyen, Rachgia, Thudaumot, and Bienhoa,
other stations were opened by the same process, also
at Vinhlong and Baclieu. All these stations have
become independent churches, as have also many
outstations that sprang from them.
At Camau, in the southernmost extremity of French
Indo-China, the official was unwilling to permit mis¬
sionary work to commence. He said that that was
no place for a church; the people were too wicked.
It is just across a narrow stretch of water from the
Island of Poulo Condor, which is used by the Government
as a convict island. Occasionally criminals
escape; they swim over to the mainland and are lost
in the marshy swamps of Camau. Many of the other
inhabitants of the region are friends or relatives of
the prisoners who are held on the island. The missionary
told the official they were just the kind of
people for whom the gospel was meant. "Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners," not just
to create a church where the righteous could congre¬
gate to worship God. A reluctant authorization was
obtained, and when Christ was lifted up among these
people, He justified the missionary's testimony. It
was not long until He had drawn many to Himself,
just as He had in the other provinces. Today there
is a strong independent church at Camau.