“They May Kill Me if They'll Love Jesus.”
Rev. J. M. Pendleton, in the Baptist Visitor, says: These words as spoken in a prayer-meeting by Rev. Mr. Johnson, returned missionary from China, made a deep impression. They are the words of a Chinese convert. With a heart full of love to Christ he went forth among his benighted countrymen, telling of the way of salvation, and begging them to give up their idols and receive the Lord Jesus. He met with ridicule, scorn, and persecution. Some threw mud at him, and others, stones. He returned whence he started with a disfigured face. There was mud sticking to it, made reddish by the blood that flowed from cuts made by the stones on his temples. Mr. Johnson said to him, “You have met with bad treatment to-day.” He smilingly replied, “They may kill me if they'll love Jesus.” If I reach Heaven, I hope to be permitted to see that convert.