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Show Fourth Trumpet ball* eroiy £esx£rday a young Chinese deeply interested in the city said to Mrs.Price,"You and Mr,Pri#e are doing a great work in Last Street.You l i t t l e realize the gcod you are doing not tnly locally but for the city of Paotingfu also and for CHUTA.I would like tc give half of my time freely to helping you," Helping paotlrjg-fu? Helping China?Can i t be? lot marry months ago one of on.i very fine, school boys came up just as meeting was opening leading his father by the hand and said :"0. pastor,this is my father,'7 i %rose gladly to meet him a fine looking man worthy father of a worthy son, He said his name was Mr .-Ma and that he desired to thank me for what had been done for his boy,he pointed out his wife and daughter who were seated in the room and said that tjiey all desired to attend the s e r v i c e , I t was my turn to preach that night and his eager attention was an inspiration. The next night he came again leading some of his neighbors, twelve im.all and gave the same eager heed to the message. ^e was a retired under official out of a job and very poor,A l i t t l e later he was appointed to another post and moved away with his family.It v<as a loss to us,but was it a loss to China?Phis fine group of people can never forget what they learned at ©ast &tre#t.Sometime,somewhere,it will all mean something for China, This is uhat our young friend me ant /East Street is helping to prepare the way for the great harvest that will* "surely be". The Sast Stoeet work was started as a special but latt e r l y these spe-cials have gone into the &enero.l 7/ork Fund and tne expenses paid out of this ftand .Special gifts hawever,have always provided for the boys' and g i r l s 1 schools anil special evangelism. At the close of the year the General u'ork ?uad\was confronted with, a large deficit am the committee decided t h a t iuast street must bear the onus of i t s entire budgex and we ^are asked to secure the needed fands from special givers in Ame.-rica.Our large premises provide residences for the evangelist andtcachet of the girls* school besides furnishing roomsfor all cne v an us forms of work. I realize that i t is a daring thing to attempt jo sound a trumpet call across the sae to friends many thousands dies away but our confidence is in God and the ungencynof our simte pleajye pray that he may leae yc u ,dear reader, to respond anlhelp us to save Paotingfu ~~ ana CHIIU.Only oy the personal |lvation of indi viduals by f a i t h in Christ iesus thru the Holy S i r i t can this c i t y be saved. |