Do you remember the story of Paul Du Chaillu, the great African
traveler, in the heart of the Dark Continent? On one occasion he
told the “old, old story” to a poor slave woman; then he went on
his way and forgot all about the incident. He came back a few
months later to that town and the slave-traders had just made a
raid on it. In the fight this woman was injured. She sent for
him and he went to see her. As he knelt down beside her, she
said, “Tell it again.” “Tell what again?” he said. “Oh, tell
me that story again.” Then once more he told her the old, old
story of Jesus and His love. As he finished it, she said to
him, “Is it true?” “Yes,” he replied, “it is true.” “Do your
people believe that?” “Yes, they believe that.” “Oh,” she said,
“tell them to send us that story a little faster.”--A. S.
WILSON, “Student Volunteer Movement,” 1906.
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