' 'I have
faults. I have been a wandering sheep, forsaking the fold.' 'Have
you kept up secret prayer during all these years?' 'I have.' I found
that she had learned to read at home, and I gave her a Testament. I
have a good hope for her; but how negligent I have been! There may
be many Christians unknown."
These extracts might be extended; but enough have been given to
illustrate the inner workings of Nestorian piety, and the labors of
those so appropriately called "native helpers." It was such men that
Paul called his helpers in Christ Jesus.
The women of Geog Tapa, in a letter to Miss Fiske, written Feb.
1861, thanking her for her labors among them, say, "We often think,
What are we more than the women of other nations, that we should
have such heavenly blessings? and are ready to cry, Blessed is the
dust of the land that sends forth such good news, and makes known
the way of life to the world." They add, that at their last
communion more than eighty souls sat down at the Lord's table; and
it seemed as if He who sitteth between the cherubim was present in
the church.
CHAPTER XI.
REVIVAL IN 1846.
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