Religion in the Face

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 19, 1903

Religion in the Face

A BEAUTIFUL story is told of a young lady missionary in Japan whose peaceful face witnessed for Jesus.

Miss — was traveling by steamer from one Japanese seaport to another. On the same boat was a Japanese merchant whose business anxieties had so worried and annoyed him that he was seriously contemplating suicide. He noticed Miss — sitting quietly by, looking over the waters with such an expression of peace upon her face that he found himself turning to look at her again and again.

He did not know her, but he said to himself: “It must be she is one of the foreign Christians. Perhaps it is something in her religion which makes her face so calm and bright.”

Addressing her with profound respect, he made known his strange request and sorrowful reason for asking the way that gave the heart a peace so great that the face spoke it in every look. He listened to Miss — as she told him the gospel story, and it made such a deep impression upon him that he resolved to accept as his own the Saviour whose gift is peace.

Do your face and mine bear testimony that we have “been with Jesus”? — Western Christian Advocate.