Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . to relate how, on making inquiry, hewas led to the conclusion that it was through the prayers of the mis-sionaries that the Britannia escaped, and was consequently induced toattend a place of worship, where he was converted from the error ofhis ways. And thus, said he, in conclusion, from a pirate captain I ambecome a poor sinner justified by the grace and mercy of Christ, andmy hope has been that I might some day be able to find you, and relateto you my miraculous conversion. This joy is granted to me today. Skeptics are inclined to scoff at s
Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . to relate how, on making inquiry, hewas led to the conclusion that it was through the prayers of the mis-sionaries that the Britannia escaped, and was consequently induced toattend a place of worship, where he was converted from the error ofhis ways. And thus, said he, in conclusion, from a pirate captain I ambecome a poor sinner justified by the grace and mercy of Christ, andmy hope has been that I might some day be able to find you, and relateto you my miraculous conversion. This joy is granted to me today. Skeptics are inclined to scoff at such accounts, but thoseearly Moravian missionaries, unemotional and gTave, and sim-ple in their lives, which they readily risked without thoug-ht ofdanger or of praise, were not the men to make up stories ofmissionary adventure. A Barrier Turned into a Gateway for the Truth In the early days of this generation, when the time hadcome for the missionary occupation of the great heathen lands,Japan was determined to keep its doors barred against the. ISRAEL CROSSING THEJORDAN Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that th«living God is among you. Joshua 3:10. Providences of the Sea 535 gospel, even though it had opened two gateways for commer-cial exchange with foreign ports. Nagasaki was one of theseports of call for ships; and the Dutch were allowed a tradingsettlement on the island of Deshima, in Nagasaki harbor. Butthis concession only made the authorities the more deter-mined to keep out the foreign religion. How the effort to set up a barrier for this purpose was over-ruled by Providence for the opening of Japanese eyes to thelight, is told as follows in Griffiss ^ Verbeck of Japan: To guard the coast and keep up both the policy of exclusion andinclusion, the daimio, or baron, of Hizen was given charge of the workof defense and surveillance. He appointed one of his haro, or ministers,named Murata, a brave and trusty officer whose title was Wakasa noKami, that is, the honorary lor
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