Chapter II: Foreword: How these testimonies came to be written iii

I
"GETTING THINGS FROM GOD"

The simplicity of petition 1

II
EARLY LESSONS IN THE LIFE OF FAITH

Led by a bird. Toothache taken away. Reward of seeking
first the Kingdom. Financial aid. Sunday-school
scholars given. Guidance in time of crisis. A prayer
preparation for China. A beautiful seal on the new
life 6

III
"GO FORWARD ON YOUR KNEES"
(1887-1894)

The key-note of pioneer years. Help in the language
from the Home Base. Prayer-opened doors.
Deliverance in time of peril. "Kept by the power
of God." Prayer and medical work. Converts from
the first. Wang Feng-ao, the proud Confucian
scholar. Wang Fu-Lin, the opium fiend. Dr. Hunter
Corbett's testimony. The result of obedience. From
the gates of death. Lord Sandwich's testimony 15

IV
A GOD-GIVEN FIELD (1894-1900)

A promise given. The promise fulfilled. Our great
need. One need supplied--an evangelist. A second
need supplied--a Bible-woman. Paying the price
of petition. A touch of healing. A Chinaman's
faith,--the locust story! A Christian woman's
faith for her child. _Our child died_--a case of
unanswered prayer. A God of deliverances 28

V
OUR DELIVERANCE FROM THE BOXERS
(1900)

A clear answer to prayers in the home church. Led
on through dangers and trials. Safely brought
through 43

VI
PROVING GOD'S FAITHFULNESS (1902-1908)

God must come first. A hard proposition. In the
furnace. Made willing in the day of God's power.
Testimony to God's abundant faithfulness. A
Bible-woman of exceptional power given. God
meeting the Home message--"Retrench." Abundant
funds provided. A beautiful instance of "God's
wireless." A case of "While they are yet speaking
I will hear." The life made easier. A child's
fever restrained. Blessing in the work, converts
given. A God-suggested remedy. Chinese prevailing
prayer for Mr. Goforth. Women sent to us. Doors
for preaching opened. Workers supplied abundantly.
Kept from smallpox. We may trust Him wholly. 69

VII
THE STORY OF ONE FURLOUGH
(1908-1910)

Meeting a condition of petition--obedience. Six
difficult doors opened. Trusting for everything.
Apples sent in abundance. Fruit, the best, in
abundance. A telephone supplied. A fur coat.
God's wonderful keeping power, a blessed
experience. Help for the children's sewing.
Another case of "God's wireless." A timely offer.
A daughter's guardian provided. A case of the
Lord's lovingkindness--a red cloth ulster! Too
many to record 89

VIII
OUR GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

A blessed incident from Keswick. A verse of a hymn
given. A governess provided. Rain withheld in
answer to prayer. Five pounds sent. Sewing and
prayer. A gracious leading, and a great need
supplied. An incident in Tientsin. More help with
the sewing. A sewing machine supplied. A case of
tuberculosis healed. Two incidents of prayer and
revival. Fifty dollars sent for friends in need.
Another case of spiritual "wireless." Led to a
lost key 105

IX
TO HIS PRAISE!

Trusting God to supply needs. His faithfulness.
Prayer and dress. The restraining power of
prayer--my son in the Great War. A prayer
answered abundantly for one at home. Our
God-given site. Closing words. All in "abide."
Bible study on prayer 124

X
VICTORY FOUND

Childhood yearnings for the presence of Christ.
Half-hearted conflict with sin in early years in
China. Pride and bad temper. Secretly criticized
by Chinese women. How to live Christ as well as
preach him. Heights and depths of spiritual
experience. Lifelong prayer for the fulness of
the Spirit. The conference at Niagara-on-the-Lake,
June, 1916. A speaker's message and leaflet on
"The Victorious Life." Christ accepted as Saviour
from the power of sin as well as from its penalty.
The joy of realizing his Indwelling Presence. All
summed up in one word, "Resting." Bible-study on
"The Life of Victory in Christ" 131