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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday may 18 1939 page five writes from wartorn china china inland mission liuan anhwei china dear prayer companions what would we have done during the past year if we had not had our eternal refuge to flee to how sweet and comfort ing in times of trouble and dis tress to feel underneath us the everlasting arms of our al mighty god although i have spent the year in war torn china i know that all of you can relate experiences as i can in which you have proved again and again the faithfulness of the lord to his own as for me my heart is full of praise to the lord for blessing spiritually and in his service and too for many deliverances from both physical and spiritual dangers my stay in hwokiu has come and gone i am sorry that i wasnt able to send a circular letter from that city though 1 am now stationed in liuan the news in this letter will tell you a little about my eleven months stay in hwokiu liuan is only fifty miles from hwokiu so you will alsobe able to find its approximate location on the map hwokiu is a forward move ment station being opened by the crossetts in 1935 we dc praise god for the way in which he has worked in the midst of this heathen city during these three years surely god has owned and honoured the faith ful witness of his two servants the first baptismal service was held in hwokiu just before christmas at which time twen ty three were baptized since then another man has followed the lord through the waters of baptism hwokiu as a forward movement station meant there was no established church and consequently no phuroh build ing the missions policy being an indigenous church thus all meetings have been held on our small compound at the front there is a street chapel that is a converted shop here gos pel meetings are conducted four nights a week the rest of the week night services as well as the sunday services and prayer meetings are held one sunday at our morning service the guest room and court were full i counted one hundred and ten people including children this is the usual attendance when not raining or snowing during my eleven months stay in hwokiu over and over again we proved the lord able to keep his own on times of danger two months after our arrival there the japanese started to push through this section of the country for weeks while cities around us were being bombed we went to the country during the day time fearing our turn would be next but the lord spared us and the city only one plane visited us dropping three small bombs rain and floods caused fighting to cease for the time being but in the early autumn another passed us on both sides forty miles to the south of us there was severe fighting for days to the north they passed by in motor boats going up the hwai river to another city once again the lord spared our city during the first drive practic ally the whole of the city fled some a short distance others far and some never to return the second time it all happened so fast that the people could not run if they had wanted to as there was no place to flee to since the japanese were all around us thanks be to god inspite of all these troubles that have sur rounded us for so long the work in hwokiu has been steadily growing in a remarkable way many have taken a definite stand for christ backsliders from other churches have been restored back into fellowship with their lord during the autumn we held a two week bible school for the christians there being an average daily attendance of thirty five following upon that we had a ten day dvbs for the child ren with an enrollment of over forty then started the prepar ations for the first baptismal service in hwokiu special classes were held for those who baseball schedule tab a league wed may 17 hillcrests vs ostranders fri may 19 stouffville vs miracles mon may 22 miracles vs hillcrests wed may 24 fri may 26 ostranders vs miracles ostranders vs stouffville sat may 27 hillcrests vs stouffville mon may 29 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19 stouffville vs ostranders fri july 21 miracles vs ostranders sat july 22 hillcrests vs stouffville mon july 24 hillcrests vs ostranders wed july 26 stouffville vs miracles fri july 28 miracles vs hillcrests sat july 29 ostranders vs stouffville mon july 31 ostranders vs miracles wed aug 2 stouffville vs hillcrests fri aug 4 hillcrests vs miracles sat aug 5 miracles vs stouffville mon aug 7 open date wed aug 9 stouffville vs ostranders fri aug 11 ostranders vs hillcrests sat aug 12 hillcrests vs stouffville mon aug 14 miracles vs ostranders wed aug 16 stouffville vs miracles safety and comfort routes to royal celebrations had applied for baptism the tub had to be made the exam ination came and through it all these dear people were ever joy ed waiting for the big day to come the day turned out to be a rainy one but in spite of the fact that the service was held outside there was a good atten dance for these newly baptiz ed christians i ask very special prayer some are suffering persecu tion already one in particular a woman who before her conver sion was a very heavy opium smoker everybody talks about the change that has come about in her life her husband who is also an opium addict does not approve of- her coming to the gospel hall because she does not want to join in with him in his sinful pleasures so he is doing all he can to keep her continued on page nine jyghvay9jj recoaamejded alternative routes kmgs highways new books at the library j with the arrival of their majesties king george and queen elizabeth the ont ario minister of highways hon t b mcquesten today reinforced his program for re ducing highway accidents throughout ontario during the royal visit mr mcquesten said every effort was being made by his de partment to avoid any serious traffic mishaps which might mar the pleasure of their majesties tour the program was designed as a tribute to king george and his keen interest in accident prevention mr mcquesten pointed out that the kings highway system near these cities would be heav ily congested with motor traffic coming from distant points he felt that motorists who lived comparatively close to these cities might reach their destination with much more comfort and convenience if they used the many good secondary roads available to them he aiso suggested that many motorists coming from distant points would find these secon dary roads a means of avoid ing congestion and delay to the end of promoting tra ffic safety and motoring com fort department of highways engineers have mapped out alternative routes which if followed will relieve some of the pressure on the main routes and help to avoid some of the heavy congestion the map above emphasizes the roads apart from the principal highways by which motorists may travel safely and comfortably to see the royal celebration nearly six hundred children and adults with journey to toronto on monday from stouffville class books madame curie eve curie my friends the chinese carl croco what hitler wants e o lorimer meditations on the cross toyohiko kagawa canadian home gardening the year round a b cutting ive got your number d webster m a hopkins propaganda in the next war sidney rogerson how to win friends and in fluence people dale carnegie the woollcott reader alexander woollcott gentlemen arent sissies norton h jonathan the arts hendrik vanloon spending the family income s agnes donham have you had your vitamins harry holmes small homes of distinction horce coon the animals world doris l mackinnon everyday with chemistry hh bunzell s wisenson this is democracy marquis w childs childhood j h dowd how to do it embroidery design molly booker travelling library book just received in the library fiction a little flat in the temple pamela wynne the sunset tree mary lawrence thirsty land joan sutherland a rope for the hanging nigel morland the patriot pearl buck neighbor to the sky gladys hasty carroll the middle window elizabeth goudge juvenile just around the corner catherine beebe every boys book h l lee roscoe jack bechdolt the fairy alphabet e mackinstry french canada pictures and stories hazel boswell babette c t newberry according to the monthly bulletin of the ontario depart ment of game and fisheries the province of ontario raised and planted more fish during the year 1938 than all the rest of the provinces combined in cluding the federal govern ment what we would like to know is have any of the on tario government trout been planted near stouffville tribunes small advs cheap and profitable are new foodkeeping mimclen0w at our store 0from pfsm wr k-wi- both 7 days old but look at the amazing difference in these baked beans i reproduced from certified unretoucbed photographs of identical foods refrigerated uncovered at comparable ttmptratures thz 1939 friqidaireworlds first coldwall refrigerator made only by general motors bmr on an emmy new ptoncptf come in see how the new coldwau prin ciple preserves even highly perishable foods days 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