Shanghai, China by Mrs. B. Miller

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jan 2, 1913

Shanghai, China

By Mrs. B. Miller

MRS. B. MILLER

I CAN testify that it is indeed a blessed thing to be a colaborer with God. I have had some precious experiences in working for the women of China.

One woman who had always been a most devoted idol-worshiper came to my Bible studies and was converted. She threw away her idols and cast aside their worship, and has accepted every ray of light, I believe, so far as she has seen it. She is now one of my Bible women.

There are about sixteen to whom I have been presenting the truth for some time. A number of them are almost ready for baptism.

Not long ago I had an interesting experience with one woman who had been a subject of my earnest labor and prayer for two months. I had had great hopes of her, as she seemed to be hungering for the word. As I was studying with her one day, in came her servant with an armful of incense for the gods. I continued my study. When I got through, I talked earnestly with her, and pleaded the Father's love for her. The Spirit of the Lord came in, and she said she would ask her husband to give me the idol. During the first three weeks I studied with her, she would bring out her ancestors' name book of one hundred generations of idol-worshipers. It seems to be this ancestor-worship to which the people hold the longest.

I am so happy in this work of soul-saving. I pray for deliverance from all sin, that I may be a useful instrument in God's hands.