ly than ever
all that you owe to Christ, and the greatness of His power in making
the one who comes to Him literally "a new creation." What these people
need is not a training that will educate them out of their
environment. What they need is not to learn to use knives and forks
instead of chopsticks or fingers. What they need is a LIFE that will
transform them, and enable them to live a life of victory over sin and
the Devil within their environment. This imparted life may gradually
transform that environment too--probably it will; but that is a
secondary thing. There is one thing that is essential, and one
alone--the impartation of the life of Christ. It does not matter how
low, how ignorant, how degraded the person is, Christ is _able_ to
transform him into someone far superior to me; and it may be that
that is _just what He is going to do_. Who am I, a poor redeemed
sinner, to look down upon anyone else? Who am I to challenge Christ's
power, and refuse to believe that anyone can be made new?

* * * * *

_Dear Lord, forgive me for feeling that I am superior to anyone! Open
my eyes to see how deep was the pit from which I was digged! Grant
that I may make myself one with the people to whom Thou art sending
me, and that by faith I can see them transformed by Thy power, even
before that transformation has taken place!_

CHAPTER 11

_The Right to Run Things_

A new mission station opened! Another conquest of the Gospel! Have you
ever wondered how it was done? Suppose you are a missionary, and have
already passed successfully through the language-learning stage.
Suppose you are assigned an area where the Gospel has never been
preached, an area teeming with people, very few of whom have ever even
heard the precious name of Jesus. You probably have a fellow worker.
You have good health, a reasonable knowledge of the language and local
customs, and a heart on fire for God. You have a certain amount of
financial resources. What do you do? How do you start in?

Let's see what Mr. Beaver did. When assigned to this new, untouched
field, his heart and the heart of his wife were deeply moved. Ten
thousand souls and more, and probably not one of them a Christian! Ten
thousand souls and more, and it might well be that none of them had
ever heard the Gospel preached in any adequate way! Ten thousand souls
and more, and the large majority of them had never even heard the
name of Jesus! Wh