Mr. Robert E. Speer met a poor blind Christian in Korea
whose only knowledge of the word of God had come through the
kindnesses of his friends, when they would read, translating
out of a Chinese Bible and giving chapter and verse as they
read. His knowledge of the life of Christ was wonderful, and
when Mr. Speer asked him what incident he liked best of all
in the gospel, he said, “I like best the ninth chapter of the
Gospel of John, that tells the story of the blind man to whom
the Lord restored his sight.” Mr. Speer asked the man what he
looked forward to most, and he replied, “I look forward most to
Christ’s meeting me at the gate of heaven. I wouldn’t dare to go
up to see the Father alone, a poor blind man from Korea, but I
shall wait at the gate, and He will find me out just as he did
that poor blind man in the ninth of John, and He will lead me up
to his Father and mine.”
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