Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . d come under the influence of therecent spiritual awakening, and felt cer-tain God would hear them if theyprayed in faith. So one afternoon at one oclock morethan thirty of them met together in avillage church about a mile from here,and they literally prayed for that mansconversion until four oclock next morn-ing! All through the night they prayed,their one burden being, Lord, saveRazan Akombiasa! At four oclock in the early morning,they left the church, but not to go home!No! they repaired to the mans house,and preached Jesus to him. God heardtheir prayers; H
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . d come under the influence of therecent spiritual awakening, and felt cer-tain God would hear them if theyprayed in faith. So one afternoon at one oclock morethan thirty of them met together in avillage church about a mile from here,and they literally prayed for that mansconversion until four oclock next morn-ing! All through the night they prayed,their one burden being, Lord, saveRazan Akombiasa! At four oclock in the early morning,they left the church, but not to go home!No! they repaired to the mans house,and preached Jesus to him. God heardtheir prayers; He answered their peti-tion, and there and then gave them whatthey asked! On the spot, the man be-came a Christian, threw away all hischarms and divining implements, and with tears in his eyes asked to be namedPaoly (Paul). Yes! God is able to return to us theblessings of apostolic days, if we ask infaith, if we work in love, desiring onlythat His name should be magnifiedamong the nations. Chas. Collins. Ambohimahasoa, A Chinese Place of Prayer. A CHINESE PLACE OF PRAYER. Chinese vows take various forms indifferent places. Mr. W. L. L. Knipe hassent us a photograph of a Chinese placeof prayer, taken on a recent journeyalong the Great North Road, betweenMien-cheo and Teh-yang, in the Si-Chu-an province. He thus describes thescene: A few young trees were growingnear a reservoir, and underneath thetrees was a large collection of stonemasts. I have not seen so many in oneplace before. I stopped to take a photo- 72
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