These news led them spoke out in a loud voice, “The people in Christian land have more wisdom than our Chinese.”  I said, “God gave this wisdom, our Chinese must love the true God and forsake the idols, then God will send the Holy Spirit to make us wise and happy, and love to do good.  The Bible says, Trust the Lord and do good.”  After this, I found opportunity to preach the gospel every day.  Though I could not make them become Christians yet, I was glad they shew so much interest in receiving the good seeds.  Nearly every day, some people came in our little store and asked me to tell them about this new doctrine.  During March, Rev. C.R.  Hager paid us a visit.  Our store was crowded with people.  They all came to see him.  He preached to them.  Several of the students had a long talk with him.

On the day of my marriage, my father did not compel me to worship the idols and ancestors.  I felt very thankful for the Lord’s help in this matter.  My mother used to believe in all kinds of superstitions.  If any one in the family was sick, she would go to a sorcerer and ask for some charms to heal the sick one.  I told her that this kind of belief and doing were all wrong.  I shew her how to pray the true God, and taught her to say the Lord’s prayer.  One day my sister was sick in bed, and my mother called me home to pray for her.  I asked my mother whether she had been to the sorcerer or not.  She said she had not.  I then opened the Bible and read the first eleven verses from the fourth chapter of Matthew.  I knelt and prayed, while my mother and all the rest of the family kept silent.  When I said the Lord’s prayer at the close, I asked them to follow me, but they were too bashful to comply.  I am glad to say that my sister’s health was restored, and this greatly pleased my mother.

During the month of March, the Chinese worship their ancestors at their respective graves.  This kind of worship has two meanings, one is to repair and decorate the graves, the other, to worship with sacrifice, consisting of already cooked chicken and pork, and paper which represents money and clothing.  My father and relatives, of course, follow the same custom.  I accompanied them to the graves, but I only helped them in repairing the graves.  Some of these relatives were school teachers.  They spoke scornfully at me for not worshiping.  They said, “You cannot show honor to your ancestors without kneeling before them.”  I then said to them, “Can you tell me the origin of sacrifice?  Who established it, and for what purpose?” This seemed to strike them like lightning, for they all stood and had nothing to say.  I then said, let me give you the origin.  I told them that after God created heaven and earth and all things, he finally made a man and a woman, and placed them in Eden, the paradise, and how they sinned against God’s command by eating the forbidden fruit.  This brought death into the world.  They were driven out of Paradise and had to work