THE first time I called at the home of the aged sister-in-law of Admiral Togo, Toke Ogura, who was in Nagasaki, Japan, about a year ago, her home was full of idols, several in each room. She was a devout worshiper of idols, and spent much money in traveling to pray for deliverance from her troubles. She had lost her husband and two sons.
One day I asked her, “Do these gods help you in your distress?” “No; I am tired of these idols,” she replied.
Evidently she knew nothing of the principle of love in all this round of worship. She was impelled by fear, thinking to appease the wrath of these gods.
When she learned of Jesus’ love and of the love of the Father for sinners, her heart was made glad. She gladly accepted Jesus as her Saviour.
She then destroyed all her idols and shrines, and built a new home. Her relatives and friends are surprised at her happy life, reflected in her cheerful face, as is shown in the accompanying picture. She is sixty-nine years of age, but works daily, and is a faithful attendant at our church services. Is not this a striking example of the power of the gospel of Christ to salvation, of which the apostle Paul declared he was “not ashamed”?
