Mr. Tornvall, of the Ping Liang station, Central China, made a
test of a converted Taoist priest who wished to be a colporteur
for the Central China Tract Society. When starting out for a
distant city he asked the missionary for a few cents, as he
had no money. Mr. Tornvall pointed out to him from the gospels
the way in which Jesus sent out His disciples with no money in
their scrips. “All right,” said the colporteur, “I will also
make trial of that plan,” and off he started. A month later two
missionaries found him in a distant city preaching and selling
his books, and looking remarkably happy. He said that altho he
had not been feasting every day, yet he could give the same
testimony as the disciples: he had lacked for nothing. (Text.)
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