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Show 5) that the .girl must die, but to trust in God and do the things that would make her live* W® came away , leaving hope and gratitude, fh ere despair had heen* fhoy ffllowei us to the gate repatlng ovr:sr and over the assertion that , if the girl recovered , they would ' attend church , and worship only the %d of the C-hrlsti irisne " How does it happen f* * asked %s*%, as we' walked back along the dusty street, " th at a family so poor has not married off the daughter 'before this * %e is seveni^n*1 " Beacuse they think it would be unlucky the replied • M The 'girls has been engaged for ten years, and for three years the mother kaa been urging th-\t th« ma rriage take place l; but every t fee the young man's people wish to set the date » 1 nt: go to the sooth-sayers to learn ifctaV time would "be propitious," the: get an unfavorable reply- One yea* * they were warned that the father would die , if they carried , and the neart year it Fas th< -ftiother who would die , ;and so it has gone*'%t after *h - r • i *o> thoF will consult the sooth- sayer again"* i The patient* e brother reported the con oition of his sister , each d*iyf and got medicine for her- After a, week he sold - .she wis well, only still too w®a$ to get up Busy days case and went. • She bible-vesasn told, of the girl' | 'I steady :v*in in strength , of t he gratitude of the f?. milyy and how they a nd the neighbors praised the religion that had brought this healing to one givm up to ft iff "%en the Chinese W#0 Year came on s.no for a-ue days I h s^ ^ard no word from the, patient , so I wen t to see her* a neighbor hurried --head to § nnounce ay coming* A $ 1 waited . to be invited in , i noticed thst the paper god ws. s ^still pasted beside their door, and on the she If below it , the little insence mm showed .that they had na.de no eh 0050 in their heathen' worship, The family welcomed me , urged so to sit down and drink tea and | i n answer to ay inquiries . told how the g i r l had been |