they cannot be hung on the wall
beside the Word of God."

"You will have to put them in the bedroom."

"That will not do either, for my husband shares that with me, and he
will not have them there."

"Well, then, you must make a corner somewhere in the house, all to
yourself," we told her laughingly, but not laughing in our heart.

Her suffering was evident to all; and one day one of the enquirers
suggested that her husband should secretly give her an egg to eat, and
so break her vow. Turning round, he said, "No, I do not want to do
this, but will continue to pray for her. When the Holy Spirit opens
her understanding, she will break it herself." This gave us an
opportunity of telling him and all present that the Lord would not
compel any one to serve Him, but wanted a willing people. We must
wait, until in His light she would see light, and realize her
nothingness and the utter vanity of her own striving after
righteousness. So she was left with Him who was able to remove the
veil from her face, and lead her into the true and living way, fully
assured that He had already begun a gracious work in her heart.

CHAPTER XIII

THE BATTLE GROWS FIERCER

At that time the Lord began to prepare Mrs. Lue's heart through dreams
and visions, as is so often His way in heathen countries. Once after
her husband had forbidden her to have idols and burn incense in his
house, she was sitting alone in the evening, feeling dejected and
forlorn, and sadly counting her beads to herself. At last she grew too
weary to continue and sought her pillow. That night she dreamed that
some one she had never seen before came to her, put his foot on her
breast, and said, "And still you will continue to recite your prayers
to Buddha!" She awoke terrified, and for a long time was unable to
shake off the fear that had laid hold of her heart.

Another time one of the Biblewomen had been telling her about the Lord
being the great Physician, and that He was able to heal her from the
infirmities she had had since the time she had been working too hard
for her strength. When she went to rest that evening she dreamed that
she saw a rope, in the shape of a circle, swinging between heaven and
earth, and on it an old man was standing. After a while he came close
up to her, and said, "Trust me, I have come to heal you." When she
awoke, she was wondering if it was God who had appeared to her in a
vision.

Time after time, when we visited