Chinese Diamonds for the King of KingsGoforth, Rosalind
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Chinese Diamonds for the King of Kings
Goforth, Rosalind
Missions -- China
It was the second Mrs. Sung, however, who was next to Wang-ee himself,
_the_ character of the village. I shall not attempt to describe her
appearance, especially as she looked when in winter garb, her clothes
being quite as heavily wadded as a bed quilt, but undoubtedly she could
truthfully say as another old lady said when seeing her photo for the
first time, "I’m certainly the most unbeautifulest woman under heaven."
From the time of her conversion she was eager to preach the Gospel, but
her _appearance_ was against her. Miss M—— tried again and again to use
her as a Bible woman. Then I tried her, but in vain. She could not
hold an audience for five minutes. And yet of all our Christian women
she was the most earnest. She could support herself and was entirely
free, being motherless, so she had to return home, and for years did
what she could in her own region. Then one day she came to our lady
doctor and begged that she might have a place to spread her bed so that
she might work among the women patients and try to lead them to Jesus.
The doctor hesitated, knowing the merriment her appearance caused, but
decided to try her. That was more than three years ago, and Mrs. Sung
is still working faithfully among the patients. She found her "nook."
She keeps herself, and is as happy as the day is long in teaching the
women to pray and learn the simple Gospel leaflets. Her face so shines
with joy and contentment as to appear almost lovely to those who know
her.
There are others worthy of being introduced to you, my reader, but there
is room for only one more.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang-chang-ling were among the earliest believers. Mrs.
Wang was slow to learn. How could she be otherwise, never having read a
word in her life, accustomed to the hardest toil in the fields and in
the home, her face and hands showing only too plainly what privation and
hardship she had come through, and then at fifty years of age trying to
master the Christian Catechism. It is no wonder she would sigh and say,
"I shall _never_ learn to read," and then in her characteristic way look
up and say, "But never mind, I can _pray_ anyway!" She always had a
bright smile of welcome, and would take one’s hand and thank us again
and again for coming.
Then the Boxer uprising came. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wang-Chang-ling
suffered greatly. The Boxers came to their home, bound and carried off
the husband. For days the wife knew not what had become of him. He
suffered much at the hands of his captors, but finally made his escape.
For three months he was driven from place to place, until nigh unto
death, but as he testified God never left him, and always provided a way
of escape and raised up friends when most needed and least expected.
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