o please him all I could. When he
scolded me I answered him softly. I prayed for him and for all my
relatives every day. I asked the Lord to send the Holy Spirit to
them, that they might prove what was good. Two or three months
afterward, I found my father and relatives changed a great deal.
They seemed to like Christianity more than they did.

Sometimes I showed them some things which they never saw before,
such as photograph album, Holy Bible, book of mission stories with
many pictures in it. I explained the pictures to them and they were
all pleased. I also told them that these good books were presented
by my kind teachers. I gave the names of these faithful workers of
the Lord and said they were the best friends of the Chinese, the
reason was that they love Jesus. I then went on and told them about
the true God, and his blessed Son Jesus, who love the whole world.
They all kept quiet and listen attentively. Besides these, I show
them my coal-oil stove, alarm clock, thermometer, etc. These things
greatly pleased them. I told them the wonderful arts, the
machineries, railways and the telegraphs. These news led them spoke
out in a loud voice, "The people in Christian land have more wisdom
than our Chinese." I said, "God gave this wisdom, our Chinese must
love the true God and forsake the idols, then God will send the
Holy Spirit to make us wise and happy, and love to do good. The
Bible says, Trust the Lord and do good." After this, I found
opportunity to preach the gospel every day. Though I could not make
them become Christians yet, I was glad they shew so much interest
in receiving the good seeds. Nearly every day, some people came in
our little store and asked me to tell them about this new doctrine.
During March, Rev. C.R. Hager paid us a visit. Our store was
crowded with people. They all came to see him. He preached to them.
Several of the students had a long talk with him.

On the day of my marriage, my father did not compel me to worship
the idols and ancestors. I felt very thankful for the Lord's help
in this matter. My mother used to believe in all kinds of
superstitions. If any one in the family was sick, she would go to a
sorcerer and ask for some charms to heal the sick one. I told her
that this kind of belief and doing were all wrong.