Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
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<strong>in</strong>side the liv<strong>in</strong>g quarters he became alarmed. Just as he rushedabout to help <strong>in</strong> the twilight, he was picked out by someone as thepreacher. Whereupon a threaten<strong>in</strong>g demand was made to him todeliver the “red-beard-blue-eye” Americans. He found theopportunity to speak had come, <strong>in</strong> fact, to buy time by gett<strong>in</strong>gthem sidetracked to this matter. This gave the brethren hemmed<strong>in</strong>side a chance to escape. By God’s secret help he had thecomposure and wit to meet with the situation. Then, see<strong>in</strong>g thathis purpose was atta<strong>in</strong>ed, and delay meant deterioration, hequietly let them cont<strong>in</strong>ue their smash up. Boldly, he m<strong>in</strong>gled withthe mob to see what they would do <strong>in</strong>side. When he got <strong>in</strong>to hisquarters and found those delegates had escaped to safety, hegrabbed the <strong>Bible</strong> he had used for years ly<strong>in</strong>g on the study table.With one blow he smashed the glass of his bookshelf and savedthe money and valuables hidden beh<strong>in</strong>d the books. The rest he leftto the mob to loot. After sav<strong>in</strong>g the men and materials he rushedto the police and military to report. But all he got for a reply wasthat the police and military officers were gone to a mahjong party,and no one was available to make decision. The fact was thatthese thugs had shaken up the whole city. What reason could theygive for not know<strong>in</strong>g, those upon whose shoulders thema<strong>in</strong>tenance of peace rested, the police and military officers?They purposely refused to bother. Such a blot on Ch<strong>in</strong>eseofficialdom! In fact not a few of the hooligans came from thepolice and military “to catch fish <strong>in</strong> the trouble waters.” It wasafter all the ransack<strong>in</strong>g was over that with official decorum anddisguise they sent a few police and military to keep peace and putup a few notices.Now he had taken another step <strong>in</strong> the school of life. He sawclearly that the world was divided <strong>in</strong>to two camps – good and evil.He saw he had an <strong>in</strong>escapable responsibility to mank<strong>in</strong>d. When hereturned to school to f<strong>in</strong>ish up he officially told the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal thathe had picked a new name – Cheng Yeh (Witness for Jesus, hisCh<strong>in</strong>ese name).41