Rising churches in non-Christian lands - lectures delivered on the College of Missions lectureship, Indianapolis; the Severance lectureship, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh (1915) (14785311753)

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Title: Rising churches in non-Christian lands : lectures delivered on the College of Missions lectureship, Indianapolis; the Severance lectureship, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh

Year: 1915 (1910s)

Authors: Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963 Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada

Subjects: Missions

Publisher: New York : Presbyterian Dept. of Missionary Education

Contributing Library: New York Public Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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last I foundwhat I need in the Bible. In it I found Christ and inChrist I found God, and now I have given myself withall that I have to God, and am as peaceful in mind andheart as an infant in its mothers arms. Since I havegiven myself with all I have to Christ, I have had theonly true joy that I have ever known. The knowledgeof Christ is better than all the wealth of the world. Iam now eighty-four years old. My sons and family,when I told them that I was going to witness for Christ,tried to dissuade me. They said: *There are plenty ofyoung men to do that; you are old and should takethings easy. You do not need to do this. But I said:It may be that as I am an old man I will die on theroad, or I may fall dead in the pulpit. Well, let itbe so, I am going to spend the remainder of my daysin testifying for my Lord. When they saw that theycould not dissuade me, they reluctantly agreed to mystarting out. I have renewed my youth and am aswell as I ever was in my life. The reputation of this

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UN HO, THE BLIND LEPER GIRL THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, L^^^XTILDtN FV.i^.O ■ IS. SELF-SUPPORT AND SELF-PROPAGATION 151 man brings out large audiences of the merchant class,and his simple story makes a profound impression. Fruitful Chinese Lives. That man of God, DingLi Mei, of China, is one of the great evangelists of thecentury. Missionary letters have teemed for yearswith accounts of his services. He sways multitudes,and without finding it necessary to be coarse or sen-sational. His language and manner are those of a cul-tivated Christian gentleman and men take knowledgeof him that he has been with Jesus. Who could have a more limited opportunity forpersonal Christian work than a leper girl? Born blind,sold by her callous parents into slavery, Un Ho wasled by her owner through the streets of Canton to singfor copper coins. Her foot becoming sore, she wastaken to a mission hospital, where her foot had to beamputated. The w^oman who owned her then casther off as useless. But

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