. The Millions 1914 . feel that 1 have not been therelong enough to be able to say much about the difficul-ties of the work; even five years ago there was notmuch to encourage one. Very few women were com-ing about—if twenty or thirty were present at theSunday morning service we were very thankful. Itwas almost impossible to get in touch with the officialclass. Now 1 wish to tell you something about the grealchange which has taken place in this city of 100,000inhabitants. During the past two years God has andis still answering prayer, tor perhaps more prayer hasbeer offered for Yunnan than for
. The Millions 1914 . feel that 1 have not been therelong enough to be able to say much about the difficul-ties of the work; even five years ago there was notmuch to encourage one. Very few women were com-ing about—if twenty or thirty were present at theSunday morning service we were very thankful. Itwas almost impossible to get in touch with the officialclass. Now 1 wish to tell you something about the grealchange which has taken place in this city of 100,000inhabitants. During the past two years God has andis still answering prayer, tor perhaps more prayer hasbeer offered for Yunnan than for any other our arrival in America, and when travelingacross the continent, we were surprised to meet somany who knew the late Mr. John McCarthy, ourformer superintendent, and who were especially in-terested in our province. Some of them remember thework in prayer every day, and now after many yearsGod is giving His workers the joy of seeing souls savedand very many are daily coming under llio sound of. GRAHAM Willi A GROUP OI CHRISTIANS ami INQUIRERSPhotograph by Mr. fticholls Chinas Millions Saturday evening, and sleep on the eliapel benches, soas to be in time for the Sunday morning services. There is a good work going on among the children,and one feels very hopeful about a number of theselittle ones. They not only say that they love the LordJesus, but some of them have been the means of bring-ing other members of the family to the services. Yunnanfu is situated on a large plain which isdotted with very many villages. Many of these vil-lages have been visited regularly for more thantwenty years. Much itineration has been done insome parts, but as yet visible results are not verymarked. Shortly before leaving China we heard of something that greatly cheered us. One of our mis-sionaries was traveling in a district about three daysjourney from Yunnanfu. While there he was told ofthe recent death of an old couple. They had heardthe Gospel from a missionary some t
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