The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 04, April, 1890 by Various
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Zee, Chong Chung, Lee Wing, and Linn Yee.
The characteristic feature of the evening was the address, in good English, of Chin Toy. Dr. Pond introduced him as having been a shoemaker at San Francisco, who, upon conversion, about to be baptized in his church, was locked into his apartment of the shoeshop by some of his pagan friends, who thought that after the passing of the baptismal occasion of Sunday morning he would get over his desire to be a Jesus man. So, Sunday afternoon, he was released. But at night he appeared at the Bethany and was baptized into Christ. He is now with Loo Quong, an A.M.A. evangelist, and at present is serving as "helper" at the San Diego mission. His address was a logical and eloquent setting forth of the difficulties in the way of the Chinese becoming Christians; and, at the end, it was an appeal to American Christians to improve their opportunity to become missionaries to the heathen whom God had brought to their door. Short addresses were then made by Rev. F.B. Perkins, of the Second Church, and by District Secretary Roy--the former declaring that that meeting alone was enough to repay all effort in that line; enough to remove all prejudice. Indeed, only this week, a former pastor of that church, Rev. J.B. Silcox, now of the East Oakland Church, told me that a similar anniversary held in that same Tabernacle a year ago, had melted down all prejudice. Indeed, it is now, as in the days of the primitive Christians: wheresoever it is seen that people of the despised classes have received the Holy Ghost, that is the end of caste distinction. "Forasmuch, then, as God gave them the like gift as He did unto us who had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I should withstand God?" |
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