Chinese Testimonies

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 9, 1913

Chinese Testimonies

J. J. WESTRUP, of Honan, relates two testimonies he heard lately:—

One man, named Hsueh Dao Ming, two years ago was the most powerful lawyer in a large city of several hundred thousand people, and made money fast. At one time he was also a mandarin. He said:

“You see me here firing under my own kettle and preparing my own food, and perhaps you think it strange, but I have learned to imitate my Master and to know that it is more blessed to serve than to be served. Before I knew Jesus, I made a great deal of money, but I never had any peace. It was a constant trouble and worry. Now I have peace in my soul, and I value that above everything else in this world. I am determined to follow after Jesus, and to serve him.” This brother and his wife have given up the opium habit, to which both were completely addicted, and many other things for Christ. The gospel is certainly a power.

Another brother, Tu Fu Chu, who is now one among the most powerful preachers we have, said the other day to his wife, who is rather slow in yielding her life to Jesus:—

“Can’t you see what a great change there is in my life? Some time ago I used to swear and gamble and whip you and the children. I was a terror in the home as well as in the neighborhood. Now I have overcome all that, and all the time I treat you kindly, lovingly, and patiently. Can’t you see what a power there is in this doctrine (tao li)? You turn to Jesus and he will be the same power in you.”

A Voice From Australia

IN a praise meeting, when missionaries from all lands were telling their experiences, A. W. Anderson, attending the World's Conference in Washington, D. C., last May, from Australia, a native of that country, spoke as follows:—

“All the other missionaries who have spoken have been missionaries from this country to foreign lands, but I am from another land, though at home among you. It is twenty years since I accepted this gospel truth in Australia. I was told by my relatives that I should lose all my friends, but I have always taken comfort from this text of Scripture: ‘Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.’ I used to think this was a mere figure of speech; but I had not been long with this people before I found it was literally true. Wherever I have traveled and found Seventh-day Adventists, I have found brothers and sisters, and fathers and mothers, and houses and lands; for I am made welcome as a part of the great family. In Tahiti, in San Francisco, in Portland, wherever I went, it was just the same. And now here in this great General Conference, it is like one great family. When I came on this ground, I found that my relatives had multiplied a thousandfold. I am thankful to be one with you.”