"The Wrath of Man Shall Praise Thee"
By Editor
THIS text is well illustrated by a cheering letter from China. It was thought that the war over there would greatly hinder missions, and in some respects it seemed to hinder seriously. Nearly all missionaries were called from their stations to Shanghai, or some neutral port, during the war. But an enthusiastic letter from our mission treasurer, in Shanghai, gives us this cheering news: "It would do your heart good to be with us just now. The war came on suddenly, and seemed unceremoniously to put an end to our work. As suddenly we find the doors reopened, and our force enabled to resume their work. To our great joy, we find that in place of the work's having been stopped, God had been carrying it on for us. In one place a whole church company had been added, and in others many had decided to obey the truth. "When the revolution broke on us, we were publishing 34,000 copies of the Signs each issue; to-day our orders run over 40,000. Does this sound like the loud cry to you? What would you think of going to one of our primary schools in the country and expecting there to find the material for your canvassers, then, having selected your material, sending them out without a day's training, to prosecute a vigorous campaign in the field? Brother Wilcox, this is what China is doing to-day. Is God in the success that is attending us? The millions of the Far East are standing in bold relief to-day, the sunset of time for a background, pleading with the West for talented men who have won success in the field, to come and speed the message. The appeal may be mute when it crosses the sea to you, but it is loud, clear, and inspiring as it daily comes to us with its burden of waiting hope long deferred." A consignment of paper costing $1,500 gold is just in; presses, we are told, are running day and night. 65,000 of the June issue of their magazine will be printed in Mandarin, and 40,000 in Wen-li, and the July edition promises fully as much, or more. In the early autumn an edition of "Bible Readings," a book of over 600 pages, will be published, and other books will follow. Truly it is cheering. May God abundantly bless our workers in China and the other great fields of the Orient, and may He roll the burden upon strong young hearts to heed the call of these fields.