A Testimony From Honan
By E. Pilquist
WE have great reason to be thankful to God for what he has done for us. He has opened a wide door, which no one can shut. Thus the whole country lies open before us. The Spirit of God urges us to go. The believers also urge us. The poor heathen, plunged in darkness, lies bleeding in his pitiful condition, reaching out his blood-stained hands, asking for healing balm for his wounds. Happy is he who realizes the shortness of time, and really feels that it is high time for us to do the bidding of our King. The earth, with its sinful inhabitants, is whirling forward to destruction. We must hasten to save some here and some there. We sowed the word of God as best we could by preaching, by Bible readings, by private conversation, and by distributing Bibles. The field is the world. It lies open before us. The seed is the word of God. I am the sower. When I sow the seed, I know not which will prosper best. I do not worry concerning this, but what I am anxious about is that I shall be eager to do what my hands find to do. The friends in America have remembered us in a very practical way, in the form of donations of money to support our school work, and to buy Bibles for distribution among those that are interested in reading the Word of God. We are very thankful for these donations. We shall use them as judiciously as possible. We have already bought a large number of Bibles, which we have distributed during our journeys. We shall continue this Bible distribution as long as we are in this work. O, how precious is the Bible! No human pen, no human voice, has yet approached its perfection. The way that God expresses himself in his Word is the most simple and effective we yet have found. It would require a Bible interpreter that is greater than the One who has given us the Bible, to furnish us with something better. We believe unreservedly in the simple doctrines of the Bible. These are the power of God unto salvation for every one that believes. Nothing else is to be depended on in this wicked and corrupt world. All the friends who have received Bibles join with me in their sincere thanks for these gifts. May God bless you, my dear brethren and sisters.