Report of the Jubilee Year of the Foochow Mission of the A. B. C. T. H (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Report of the Jubilee Year of the Foochow Mission of the A. B. C. T. H This Report for 1896-7, commemorates the Jubilee of the Foochow Mission! Fifty years ago, January 2nd, 1847, the first missionaries came to Foochow, China. It took one hundred and seventy-five days in sailing vessels for these early missionaries to make the journey from New York to Foochow via Cape Horn. They waited for years in Siam before they could even enter the Middle Kingdom, and then their faith was tested for ten years without a convert. Their work was to patiently sow the seed, day by day, by the highway and the river banks, in the hovel and the hall. Then the Lord sent the rain and the sun and the dew, and one by one the seed germinated. One by one the elect heard His voice and came out on the Lords side. Chapels began to spring up. Then came children of Christian parents, and finally grandchildren. "The wind bloweth where it listeth; we can hear the sound of it, but cannot tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth. So is every one that is born of the Spirit." To-day we see thousands of Christians in scattered groups far and near. We cannot trace the influence of sermon, or chance word, or tract, or kind deed, that caused any one of them to seek salvation; much less can we know the goodness of God that gave them power to be born again. We cannot trace the wind of the tree tops in its farther flight; no more can we foresee the influence of the Church of To-day on the Kingdom of To-morrow. Bat faith comes to our aid, and in perfect trust we can do each day´s labor, waiting for His glorious appearing, knowing that in His own good time "every knee shall bow... and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Fifty years ago! It seems a long time, but how quickly past! Fifty years to come! How far distant, but quickly passing I What it will mean for China no man can tell. Let us labor and watch and pray. It may be a remnant that is to be saved, it may be that right here in China is destined to be the grandest manifestation of God´s redeeming grace that the world has yet seen, patiently labor and confidently wait. God knows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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