p. 9 | A Slave for Christ

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 9, 1911

A Slave for Christ

A MISSIONARY in Africa told the following pathetic story of his annual collection at Christmas-time for missions: “One of the number making offerings was an African girl sixteen years of age. She brought three shillings, and laid it down for Christ. The missionary was amazed at the amount. It was astonishing for any one in that country, and in such poverty, to give so much. He told her she should not do it; but she burst into tears, and said she must. She loved Christ so much. Afterward he asked her where she could get so much money, and she told her story. She had nothing to give. She must; love must. She had gone to a planter, and sold herself as a slave for three shillings. She sold herself a slave for life, and gave it all to her Saviour.”