Twenty-five years in Honan . Canadian Missionaries on Tour. Missionary Methods 127 If they only understood English it would be Languagean easy matter, but they do not, so the Gospel P™biemmust be preached to them in Chinese. As hebegins, hesitatingly and incorrectly, to use hislimited vocabulary, he feels, as never before,his own insufficiency. Yet what a gloriousmessage he has to deliver. How much hishearers need that message! The Chinese language had never before beenapplied to such high and holy uses. It is nowto convey to the Honanese the grandest thoughtlanguage has ever expressed. Angels
Twenty-five years in Honan . Canadian Missionaries on Tour. Missionary Methods 127 If they only understood English it would be Languagean easy matter, but they do not, so the Gospel P™biemmust be preached to them in Chinese. As hebegins, hesitatingly and incorrectly, to use hislimited vocabulary, he feels, as never before,his own insufficiency. Yet what a gloriousmessage he has to deliver. How much hishearers need that message! The Chinese language had never before beenapplied to such high and holy uses. It is nowto convey to the Honanese the grandest thoughtlanguage has ever expressed. Angels wouldgladly accept the privilege given to the mission-ary. What joy it would have given to theheart of Paul to make Christ known to theHonanese! The Canadian missionary may notspeak like angels, or preach like Paul, but hecan, in his own imperfect way, tell of the loveof Jesus, that He died for all. Hearers come and go, but no one seems de- J^^^^sirous of knowing the way of life. As the daycloses and the busy worker reviews its variedexperiences, stran
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