Everlasting Pearl: One of China's WomenJohannsen, Anna Magdalena
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Everlasting Pearl: One of China's Women
Johannsen, Anna Magdalena
Missions -- China; Women -- China -- Biography
"Oh no, I do not need them now, for Jesus has prepared all for me.
When I die there is nothing left for others to do but to lower the
coffin already prepared, and complete the grave. Some one will do that
for me. My heart is at peace. I have nothing to be anxious about, but
am just quietly waiting till the Lord Jesus calls me Home."
And so he kept on waiting till he was eighty-three years old, without a
shadow of doubt darkening his simple, child-like faith in the Lord.
One Sunday he gathered as usual with the Lord's people at the little
chapel at Kucheng, and only bade them good-bye after the afternoon
meeting. No one thought that Grandfather Hsue had been amongst them for
the last time in this world. The next morning he was found dead in his
bed, with a happy smile on his face. Evidently there had been no pain.
Death had been a messenger from God, calling him Home, and not the
"king of terrors." Could the Lord have dealt more kindly with the old
man, who would have had none to lovingly care for him had he passed
through a long illness? Quickly and gently he had been lifted up into
the Everlasting Arms. There was joy in Heaven, for another priceless
and precious jewel had been brought into the King's Treasure Chamber.
"They shall be Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make
up My jewels."
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
Mrs. Lue is still living and working for God. But her name is no more
Lue, for she has been married for several years to an earnest Christian,
and the two are serving the Lord together.
When we first heard of her contemplated marriage we were loth to let
her leave Kucheng, but in talking to us about it, she said, "Do not be
anxious about this matter. I am seeking the Lord's guidance. You say
you are afraid it is the devil trying to get me away from the work
here. But I promise that I will not leave unless it is the Lord's
will. If He says I must go, I will go."
We had to leave her future with the Lord, and we knew that one of the
Christians was right when he said, "The work in Kucheng may be harder
without her, but as for her she will be a light wherever she goes."
She has remained faithful to the Church at Kucheng. Sunday after
Sunday she is to be found there, and tries her best to bring others.
Through heat or cold, rain or sunshine, she walks the four or five
miles cheerfully, showing in word and deed Whose she is and Whom she
serves, buying up the opportunities God gives her.
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