LY LESSONS IN THE LIFE OF FAITH

Led by a bird. Toothache taken away. Reward of seeking
first the Kingdom. Financial aid. Sunday-school
scholars given. Guidance in time of crisis. A prayer
preparation for China. A beautiful seal on the new
life 6

III
"GO FORWARD ON YOUR KNEES"
(1887-1894)

The key-note of pioneer years. Help in the language
from the Home Base. Prayer-opened doors.
Deliverance in time of peril. "Kept by the power
of God." Prayer and medical work. Converts from
the first. Wang Feng-ao, the proud Confucian
scholar. Wang Fu-Lin, the opium fiend. Dr. Hunter
Corbett's testimony. The result of obedience. From
the gates of death. Lord Sandwich's testimony 15

IV
A GOD-GIVEN FIELD (1894-1900)

A promise given. The promise fulfilled. Our great
need. One need supplied--an evangelist. A second
need supplied--a Bible-woman. Paying the price
of petition. A touch of healing. A Chinaman's
faith,--the locust story! A Christian woman's
faith for her child. _Our child died_--a case of
unanswered prayer. A God of deliverances 28

V
OUR DELIVERANCE FROM THE BOXERS
(1900)

A clear answer to prayers in the home church. Led
on through dangers and trials. Safely brought
through 43

VI
PROVING GOD'S FAITHFULNESS (1902-1908)

God must come first. A hard proposition. In the
furnace. Made willing in the day of God's power.
Testimony to God's abundant faithfulness. A
Bible-woman of exceptional power given. God
meeting the Home message--"Retrench." Abundant
funds provided. A beautiful instance of "God's
wireless." A case of "While they are yet speaking
I will hear." The life made easier. A child's
fever restrained. Blessing in the work, converts
given. A God-suggested remedy. Chinese prevailing
prayer for Mr. Goforth. Women sent to us. Doors
for preaching opened. Workers supplied abundantly.
Kept from smallpox. We may trust Him wholly. 69

VII
THE STORY OF ONE FURLOUGH
(1908-1910)

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