WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

any other converts who came to the church long
enough. It was most disheartening to the missionaries.
Inquirers would come and go. New converts
were won, but they were like those of whom Jesus
spoke when He said, "Some (seeds) fell among
thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them."
One day an unusual young man came to the chapel
and became interested in the gospel. He was the
station master at the French railway station. He
would come in his free hours and visit the Mission
house to inquire more thoroughly the way of life.
Finally he gave his heart to the Lord. A baptismal
service was arranged, and this young man with sev¬
eral others was to be baptized. But when the day
came, he had a bad cold and remained at home.
The missionaries were disappointed. They prayed
that he might be healed, but instead of improving
he became worse, and finally went to the hospital.
The doctor said he had tuberculosis. The missionaries
had seen the Lord heal even such dread diseases;
they knew that nothing is too hard for Him,
and they continued to pray, but the young man's condition
grew worse. It looked as if the Lord was not
working with them this time. But "God moves in
a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
The young man was discharged from the hospital
as a hopeless case. He went to live with his motherin-law
in a near-by village. The old lady was an
ardent idol worshiper, who offered many sacrifices