Acts 3:1-3

Yangchow, Kiangsu, China.

Dec. 15, I934.

Dear Co-workers and friends:

       Let us join together in praise to God the Father for His watch care over us during another year, and for His many blessings.

       "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. II.Cor.9:I5. We have been writing to you about the street Chapel work, distribution of tracts, and visiting in the homes out-side the South Gate section. It is marvelous how God works, though the enemy is always busy. More than two years ago when we opened this work, there was much opposition, and some bitter enemies.

      Perhaps, Mr. Kien's father of whom we have told you about before, was one of our bitterest enemies. He is very nice to us now, and is reading the New Testament at night.

      There is quite a different attitude of the people towards us now, since we have regular work outside the City.

      Outside the South Gate are three bridges to cross before the Chapel is reached. These bridges are great places for the fortune tellers to gather their crowds; especially the large bridge, and for the writers, who write the letters for those who can not write. He makes his living in this way and he spends his time between writing letters, counting his string of Buddha beads. The large bridge is quite a market place and sometimes very convenient for making a purchase. Pottery, and porcelain are spread about over the bridge, and pea-nut stands placed along the way for the convenience of those who wish to buy peanuts. Perhaps, two or three baskets, of chickens for sale, and fresh eggs from the country are to be seen here most every morning.

      This market street has many stands, the most common perhaps, is the stand with a charcoal stove for cooking. They make rice balls and cook them in deep fat, which are very good. They sell them for a few pennies. Also, shrimps which are made into cakes, and bean cakes are cooked in the same way. There is a cooking bucket used for cooking sweet potatoes. They roast them, and they are delicious indeed. These roasted potatoes, just off the fire, are found at intervals all over the City.

      On one of the small bridges, is found sufficient space for a poor cripple man, who has a peanut stand, and confectioneries for sale. He remarked to a missionary one day when she was passing; "I take note that you go to the Chapel every day, what does it all mean?" Some body had given him a book of Luke, and he had it on his stand, but he did not understand very much he had read. He hat not learned that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that he must accept Him to have eternal life, Since then he has been reading (seen reading) this Gospel, unaware of the passer-by. When he was told that our hospital would be re-opened in January; he brightened up considerably as there seemed to be hope for him to get treatment.

      Thus the Seed is sown in this heathen land, while the Holy Spirit operates. Beyond this bridge scene is the "Rounds' Chapel", where this daily mission is fulfilled.

      On each Wednesday, a prayer meeting is held for the Christians and inquirers. Then a little band of workers go out and visit in the homes. Among the inquirers are some young girls. They have had very little training. One day when we were kneeling in prayer, one little girl about the age of ten was kneeling by the side of a missionary, and then another by her side, and then another, and so on, and they were talking in a low tone, and the missionary was at the point of correcting them, but when she looked up; they had their faces buried in their hands, pouring their hearts out to God in prayer. She heard the little girl by her side say:" most truly Lord, I want to be saved, oh, please save me, and all my family, and cause, them to be willing to give up idolatry.

      Immediately after prayer- meeting; three of these little girls, one of them of a mohammedan family, drew near the women, who were going to visit in the homes, and said: "we are going with you to give out tracts and to visit. We had a wonderful after-noon and the little girls gave out tracts and worked earnestly.

      We lifted our hearts to God, the Father in praise for these precious children who seemed to have caught a vision of our wonderful lord, and who are beginning to realize the awfulness of sin. Mrs. Hall has a Bible class with those young girls. The Lord is using her witnessing,

      Since Miss Moorman's very serious illness; she has been able to do much teaching of the "Word" to the women, and in witnessing in other ways.

      Also Mrs. Tatum and Miss Teal help with both the women and children. Miss Teal gives much of her time in visitation work. Mr. Tatum and Mrs. Tatum give a portion of their time in training our evangelists in the work.

      Mr. Jia and Mr. Tang are two of our earnest personal workers. Recently, Mr. Tang preached to a house full, many of them had never heard the Gospel before. There were over fifty men from Anhwei Province present. These men are appointed by the government to work. They are making an out-let for the Yellow River into the sea. They are deepening the channel of the old bed of the Yellow River, which was found dry in 1858, and are now returning it to its original channel. The people suffer very much every year because of the over-flow of this river.

      There are opportunities every day for personal work, and sometimes it may be to those, who are many miles away from home.

       In the after-noon services on Dec. 16, Mr. Hall preached. There were two or three confessions, and just after the services, while the people were going out, a Chinese woman went up to the front where Mr. Hall was conducting an after-meeting, and gave him a letter, which was written in English, and asked him toread it for her, as she could not read, and also, she wanted to know if some body would answer it for her.

      The letter was from an American lady living in New York, and with whom she had traveled extensively. The American lady and her husband traveled because her husband was in the business which required it. The Chinese woman said, she had been to America twice, and to France once, and to Italy, and to many other places, and expected to travel with this American again some time next summer. She said she was not a christian, and that she worships her idols, though she had been to many Churches.

      We are praying for her salvation. We praise the Lord for every opportunity we have in giving forth the "Word".

                   Yours in our soon Coming Lord.

                                             Mary E. Moorman,
                                              Edna E. Teal