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Show W a n g O h i n g Yu» I had the pleaaye ®f talking with this remarkab,e man , l a st weej; remark able as a miracle ©f grace* wang Ohing Yu was the son of a laborer a nd when he had reac hed his twenties he had a serious injury t© his eyes* A young man with whoa he had he had quarrelled fired a blank cartridge in his eye s for a time entirely destroying his sight. He took t h e matter to the jocal court , but his family were ^jA\ poor and his enemy *s rich and n© s a t i s f a c t i o n was given* '^y. He took mthe matter t® a higher court with the sa me result He then determined to take the matter t© Pekin where he had an uncle *fc© was a eunuch in the Palace * He boww©wed all the money that he could and hired a man to lead him t© Pekin , - about 250 miles* When he reached T i e n t s i n , wishing t© save money rather to g© to a n ian he spelt under a gate way and a l l hi s money was stolen* The man who was leading him then ©fcserted him and he was left penniless and blind, a stranger in a large e*JJf' He wandered around begging , and was finally directed to the London ^ongregatiena 1 Mission H@soital* ILM*^ He had heard that foreigners dug out people.e eyes to make meaiei cine and objected g ©inf,but his acquaintance said *ell y@u are blind already , s© that ©ught not to frighten you * So he wefctfciie lomgimg of his soul being to get revenge en his enemy* nny^nl At liie c a p i t a l he received back a small fraction of h i s normal vision and best of all spiritual sight * the decision to be * Christian came from the sympathy ©f the doctor who i*# « ^ % ! T me younger brother , and friendsj and he wanted to know the une who could make a man treat a bilnd beggar in that way* But he was told that to be a Xian he must forgive his enemy an a ta thismwas hard to do but grace triumph ed and he returned to his home a new man in Christ Jesus* , kiiiia* His enemy hearing of his return went int© hiding , and w d ^ t believe Wang Ghing Tu when he sent him word that he had become a xian •»* f-af;* J!Ii eiven him , but thoH it some t r i c k to mete out to him more exquisite tortus Bat at last he had to belj eve it for the change became apparent to a l l * He organised his relatives into a el ass and taught them a l l that he then knew But he kept on s t r i n g as h i s ree ble sight permitted and soon bee a me pastor of a l i t t l e church / a gift o> # j P t a fr©m America enabled them to build a l i t t l e chapel where he f a i t h f u l l y preaches of the riches of divine ^ v e. He married a poor girl who has become as ft**»£*»* *• l***•* t© him * They have five chiodren ,/the elde s t a boy o f . ^ *s * r b eaf tending our boys school and Inows much of the New Te s tament by h ear heart* As I talked with him through an interpreter * was ^ J ^ s | ® L * i the convicion that the day ©f miracles is not past,-©nly just oeguu ^ |