ur energy in vain. I know of a better way."

"A better way! What might that be? I never heard of any better way.
And as I have no sons or grandsons, I must look out for myself. I do
not need my money. I have buried my wife and my children. Now I have
been preparing for my own burial. For twelve years my grave has been
made and is well lined with bricks. My coffin is in my house waiting
for me. I have prepared many boxes full of paper clothes, and many
thousand paper dollars to be burned for me when I am gone, for I do not
want to go hungry and naked into the next world."

[Illustration: Another jewel for Christ. "You are early at your
worship, old grandfather. You are very earnest about it."]

"But all these things will be of no use to you in the next world. The
priests are deceiving you. You ought to come and worship God."

"You say I ought to worship God. I do worship heaven. We all ought to
worship heaven and earth."

"I do not want you to worship heaven, but the Creator of heaven and
earth. There is no God beside Him."

"But I have not seen Him. I do not know Him."

"No, you cannot see Him, for He is a Spirit; but He sees you, and He
supplies your need every day by sending the rain and sunshine when
needed. And better still, He will forgive your sins. He is the only
one who can forgive sins."

"The only way to get your sins forgiven is to do good deeds, and
accumulate as much merit as possible."

"That way, too, is false. You know I was a vegetarian for many years."

"Yes, I remember you when you lived in my native village, in my
relatives' home, and when your first husband was ill. Ah, you were a
strict vegetarian then!"

"That is true, but God taught me the better way, and now I am serving
Him. There is no need for me to lay up merit for myself, for I trust
in the atoning Blood of Christ and stand upon His merit. Indeed, I
have merited only condemnation, but God in His infinite grace has
forgiven all."

"The doctrine you preach is good, and it is quite true, but I am too
old to obtain such happiness as you speak of."

"No, you are not too old--the Lord Jesus wants you to come to Him. And
the older you are the more important it is for you to believe quickly,
so that you may escape the sufferings in the next world."

"I should like to do that, but I do not understand. What am I to do?"

"If you will come to see me in my own home, I will tell you more about
Jesus and His tea