Good Tidings From Chang-sha, China
By Percival J. Laird
WE have just received an encouraging letter from Brother Cush Sparks, telling of a revival at Chang-sha, Hunan. The Lord knows how my wife and I have longed for this, and now we praise him that the answer seems to have come. Brother Sparks tells us that Elder I. H. Evans and Dr. A. C. Selmon have visited Chang-sha, attending the semiannual workers’ meeting. Their joy and surprise must have been great when they found an average of about seventy-five persons gathering daily to study the Word of God and its application to existing problems. On the Sabbath, so many sought admission that it was necessary to remove the partition which separated the reception-room from the chapel, in order to provide seats for the people. But not only at Chang-sha is the blessing coming. Two of the book-sellers, who were absent about a month, related that their sales had risen to 46,000 cash (about forty-six dollars in American money). Another, of whom it seems much less was expected, was gone two weeks, and his sales amounted to 11,000 cash (about eleven dollars). To those unacquainted with China, these totals may appear insignificant; but my experience is that such totals have been rarely exceeded even by foreign workers. Moreover, it should be remembered that Hunan is one of the well-worked fields in regard to Christian literature. Truly, this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. O for greater faith to expect great things from God, and to attempt great things for God!