After he found out he too mounted the chair and
gave the crowd a few cheerful words. Then we closed with the song: 'Are
you Washed in the Blood,' (in Chinese I suppose: W. C. P.) following this
with the Lord's Prayer in Chinese. During all this time there was not one
ever did move away from the big crowd, but rather new-comers swelled it
larger and larger. There were a great many Americans in it too, and they
all seemed to be interested. I am sure that a great many of the Chinese
hearts, at least, were touched by the preaching of the Gospel to-day. May
the Lord, help them to understand it more clearly!
[Illustration: STREET PREACHING IN FRESNO.]
STREET PREACHING IN FRESNO.
"I believe that the street preaching has become the most important part of
the missionary work in this State. For nowadays, with the Chinese, things
are not like those of ten or fifteen years ago, when we could get a great
many Chinese into our schools to be taught English, and so the Gospel
times are getting harder for them in this country every day, and they are
growing old, and therefore they have more cares in their hearts and so
lose interest in study. I have tried this many times. When I succeeded to
get them in for one, two, three, or four nights, they are not interested
and do not come again, and when urged to do so, they offer some kind of
excuse.
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