The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's / The Story of the Work in Hwochow

the Opening of the

to embrace Christianity and follow the "foreign devil" to the world's end. Thirdly, he had been invited to become the teacher of this dreaded man (Rev. David Hill), and she had foolishly yielded her consent. She had taken every precaution and had, on three occasions, sent for him on plea of her own illness during the time he was an inmate in the foreigner's household. His clothing had been carefully searched for traces of the magical compound, but in vain; nothing had come to light, and now here was her husband, one of the leading Confucianists of the district, declaring that, of his own free will and action, he

her hearing to many visitors, of the teachings of this Jesus W

ch occasion of a visit from her husband to fly into an uncontrollable rage at the sight of him, and this despite her most determined resolution to the contrary. To her husband it was most distressing to see so gentle a woman thus transformed. As his own spiritual experience increased, he recognised in this an onslaught of the devil, and betook himself to prayer and fasting in order to discover how they had laid themselves open to the at

Hsi had freed himself from the craving for opium, and he felt that, for the evangelisation of his native province, some

o him, he accepted it as a revelation and at once prepared the medicine which proved successful beyond his highest expectations. After a time, men who had bee

tion. The extension of the opium refuge work was rapid and widespread, and necessitated frequent

illages, and patients entering the "he

how might be opened to the sound of the Gospel; but funds which seemed essential for the initial expenses of the venture were not for

the night watches, as he knelt alone in the court, plead with God that

i's habit to refer to the Scriptures direct for guidance on matters of daily conduct, and in the early days of his faith he feared to sin against the law of God by allowing fires to be lighted and meals to be prepared on Sunday. In accordance with his habit, he had arisen soon after midnight to give himself to pray

and silver ornaments, which had been her husband's marriage gift. Leaving her kang[2] Mrs. Hsi unlocked the cupboards and spent the rest of that night in sorting their contents. All except a few co

and her heart sang a song of thanksgiving as she mu

she could scarcely wait until the full congregation had assembled before she, laden with her bundles, entered the room and

must be. She had offered her only worldly treasures, articles which her husband could not as

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