WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

papers to the French Provincial Government, The
official in charge was antichristian, and he immediately
wrote the missionary that these papers must
be produced at once, or the chapel doors would be
closed.
The missionary did not know just what to do.
The chapel had been opened a number of years, and
hitherto there had been no difficulty of any kind.
He spread the letter out before the Lord and committed
it to Him. It was a couple of days before
he could get to the government office; and when he
did, the unfriendly official had been changed. The
new man was the opposite type. The missionary explained
the difficulty to him, and told him that when
the work had begun in Cochin-China, the only paper
that had been given the Mission was A general one
authorizing missionaries to work in Saigon and the
surrounding country. The official said a copy of this
statement was all that was required. He sent this
to the local native officials and told them that every¬
thing was in order.
A few years ago the missionary at Saigon felt that
the witness of the gospel should be given somewhere
in the heart of that great heathen city in such a way
that all could hear if they would. The chapel was
on a side street and was not easily within reach of
those who were not looking for it. Property in the
heart of Saigon is expensive, and the Mission had
no funds for such an enterprise. Special prayer was