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Pastor William Fetler 131
Chinese student in that school. After we went away from Nyack
after having talked about our school, and had gone back to Philadel-
phia, our treasury was quite empty and I told my students to pray.
A couple of hours later I received a letter from a man with his first
name American and the second Chinese. So I thought, "What is
that?" The first name Paul and the last Lin. The letter was written
in perfect English. I read the letter and found it was from that
Chinese student—he had been to an American high-school and had
got educated here and he is going to prepare to go back to China.
In that letter he said, "Brother Fetler, when you spoke about the
millions of Russia, when you spoke of the great missionary problem
for Russia, I went to my room and knelt before God; and, though
I am only a poor Chinese boy, I can sympathize with you, for I have
four hundred and thirty million of my own countrymen whom I want
to evangelize; but now at this time I am thinking how to help
Russia." And then he says, "I have saved up $350 and now I am
going to keep $50 for myself, and I enclose a check for $300 for
the poor Russians." I tell you if my heart was not deeply stirred
before, it was then. Of all the students in that school God took a
Chinese boy to understand the Russian problem, and my heart was
glad.
The First Donations
Just before we came into this meeting about thirty business men
of this city gathered with us across the street to speak about Russia
and to pray about Russia. As we presented this matter a prominent
business man got up and said, "I have been thinking of this work. I
have been praying for this work, and it has come to my mind as a
good spiritual investment. I’ll give $1,000 to it." Another man there
said he would give $1,000. And that was a fine beginning.
Now, what do we say about Russia, and what really should be done
at this present time? Let me make two or three very simple state-
ments. First of all, will you please understand that the work can
be done in Russia without hindrance at all. I do not know if the
Bolsheviki would remain in power for a number of years how mat-
ters might turn out, but at the present time Russia is in such an
upheaval that everybody seems to have his own voice and choice,
just as in the times in Israel when each man did as he pleased
They do not trouble a bit about the religious matters in Russia at
this time. I think that it is an exceedingly expedient time to send
Gospel messages into Russia just now. Somebody has said that when
two dogs get together to fight about a bone, it is very expedient for
a third dog to reach out and snatch it away. Now, when those
political parties in Russia are fighting about things between them-
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