even in worldly things. I give my time to Him,
and He so often helps me to do a piece of work that makes up for all
the time I have given. Do you know what happened last week? I gave my
time to preaching the Gospel during the week, and then on Saturday
somebody brought a pair of shoes to be mended. It was a difficult
piece of work, and few were able to do it. I undertook to mend them,
and in that one day I earned 100 cash, when others were only able to
earn 20 or 30 cash a day."

Does not this story give a striking example of how God rewards glad and
willing service for Him, even here, in addition to the greater
recompense above? "Therefore be ye steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your
labour is not in vain in the Lord."

CHAPTER XX

DAYS OF SHADOW

Reference has already been made to the death of Mrs. Lue's brother.
This had been a great trial to her, as he was the only one left who
bound her to the home of her girlhood. It was in June 1904 that he
left them for the better world above, and already in July death called
another one from the immediate circle. This time it was the old tailor
Chang who was summoned into the presence of the King.

He was, indeed, a brand plucked from the burning. He had been pretty
well off, and was a good tailor. When a child, Mr. Lue had been
apprenticed to Chang by his parents. Chang was fond of the quiet,
conscientious boy, and treated him well, and the two grew fond of each
other. But soon their ways parted, and later on Chang sunk very low on
account of his opium-smoking habit. He kept an opium den, lived with a
woman who was not his wife, and became more and more a slave to opium,
until he had wasted his last dollar and sold all he possessed. It was
then, when he was landed in utter misery, and knowing not where to
turn, that his former apprentice, Mr. Lue, came forward, and offered him
a home and shelter.

Chang's body was ruined through former sins, and when trying to
diminish his daily supply of opium, he suffered acutely, and was often
ill for weeks together. It was during one of these attacks that the Lue
children told him to pray to God for healing. He did so, as he said he
could not withstand the pleading of the children, although he had been
very displeased with Mr. and Mrs. Lue being Christians. The Lord did
raise him up the next day. Chang realized it was an answer to prayer,
and set himse