. The Millions 1914 . p Him with the minor troubles, hetold Pastor Ting,but as the days wenton and he got nobetter his interestbegan to flag. Hisreading was direct-ed to 2 Corinthians5, and after a littletime the old man ex-claimed, With thehope of heaven anda new body whyshould I grieve forthis old body?Then came a daywhen he was read-ing 1 Thessaloniansand some ques-tions concerning theLords second com-ing puzzled Ting, wholives at the chapel, was consulted, and soon the oldgentleman was rejoicing in the hope of His coming. Ashe was going out he turned to Mr. Ting and said, IfJesu
. The Millions 1914 . p Him with the minor troubles, hetold Pastor Ting,but as the days wenton and he got nobetter his interestbegan to flag. Hisreading was direct-ed to 2 Corinthians5, and after a littletime the old man ex-claimed, With thehope of heaven anda new body whyshould I grieve forthis old body?Then came a daywhen he was read-ing 1 Thessaloniansand some ques-tions concerning theLords second com-ing puzzled Ting, wholives at the chapel, was consulted, and soon the oldgentleman was rejoicing in the hope of His coming. Ashe was going out he turned to Mr. Ting and said, IfJesus should come do not fail to come to my houseand call me. I may be asleep, and you know I amrather hard of hearing. Do not fail to call me!Some months ago he seemed to be dying. We visitedhim and he told us that a few nights before hethought his time had come. I know I am a Chris-tian, but I asked God to give me some verse ofscripture to help me and comfort my heart. Sud-denly I thought of this verse, Father, into Thy. SCENERY NEAR ODZING, hands I commend my spirit, and my heart was atrest. What joy and peace I have. He recovered,however, and a few weeks afterwards asked for bap-tism. A special service was arranged, and he wasreceived into church fellowship. Over seventy yearsin darkness in his last days to find the light! PraiseGod! On Christmas day he was brought to the chapelin a chair, and after the pupils of our differentschools had repeated, from memory, scores of scrip-ture verses, the old man insisted on taking part, andsupported by two Christians, he stood and recited nota few passages of scripture. Some months ago two exceptional marriages were consumated inTientai. All of theyoung people wereChristians, andthree of them thechildren of Chris-tians. One of theyoung men is theson of Pastor Ting,and a foreign train-ed doctor, while hisbride is the daughterof a city elder. Onecould scarcely sup-press a smile whenthe good pastormade them joinhands. Truly thisis New China !
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