G. A. WOOD by G. A. Wood

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 27, 1916

G. A. WOOD

By G. A. Wood

Java

G. A. WOOD

A FEW months ago Brother and Sister Hing, faithful members of our church, induced a Chinese couple to attend our Sabbath school and other meetings. At first they understood but little, but they kept coming, and little by little light has dispelled their darkness. After they had been attending the meetings for some weeks, the husband lost his employment, but they began to keep the Sabbath, according to the light they had. We visited them at their home, which is a few miles from Surabaya. They welcomed us heartily, and listened to the truth. Brother and Sister Hing visit them frequently, and often spend Sabbath with them.

On one occasion the husband became very ill with malaria. In her despair the wife brought him to the city, and called on Mrs. Wood for help. They were much impressed by the rational treatments, and through God's help the disease speedily gave way, and the man was able to return to his home. Through the power of the gospel, the wife gave up chewing betel nut, and gambling, on which she had spent a fortune. On December 18 she was buried with her Lord in baptism, by Pastor Detamore, who was visiting us at that time.

Another convert, also found by Brother and Sister Hing, is a poor Chinese woman who earns her living by sewing for the shops. This woman was greatly attracted to the truth from the first time she heard it, and has walked in the light as it has come to her. She is doing what she can to give the light to others, and is sending literature to her husband, who has left her and is living in another island of this group. Truly the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to all who will accept it.

As I was visiting the shops in a neighboring town to secure subscriptions for Malay and Chinese papers, a man and his wife came where I was canvassing. The woman asked what I was selling, and eagerly selected some tracts on present truth, which she bought and read. Later she came to our house to see us, but we were both out, and she met Brother van de Group, who sold her a Dutch “Bible Readings.” She was impressed that she had found the truth, and began telling her neighbors about it. She made other attempts to see us, and at last succeeded. She finally attended our Friday evening and Sabbath services, and expressed a desire

to be baptized and unite with the church.

She moved to a city some distance from Surabaya, so we could not visit her frequently to have readings with her, but she came to Surabaya as often as she could, each time taking back with her a supply of books and tracts, which, after reading them herself, she sold to her neighbors. In this way she prepared herself for baptism. On our way home from a canvassing tour in Samarang, we went to see this sister, and her aged mother, who, though blind, hopes to live to see the Lord come in the clouds of heaven. Two other sisters are living with them. One is much impressed with the truth, and loves to help on the work of God.