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Harry
Wiese, laboring in interior |
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Harry was a
man to trust God in all the things of his life. He believed God could direct
him as well as supply every need. Many had been the times when he had tested
God's promises and found that they were true. So he took this matter which
the devil threw in his teeth to the Lord. |
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Suddenly
God seemed to whisper: "I will stand between you and starvation." |
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Instantly
the many promises of God for food, shelter, protection, and guidance flashed
into Harry's mind with a new and vivid meaning. So the missionary quietly
looked up into the face of his Heavenly Father and said, "I will stay in
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At once
the heavenly Voice again spoke, saying, "Ye shall eat of the fat of the
land." |
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Soon war broke
out in earnest and many bombs fell upon the particular city where the
missionary was. Harry had taken the matter to the Lord and he said,
"With those words of God ringing in my ears I could do nothing but
stay." |
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After the
bombs had fallen upon the city and multiplied thousands had been killed, one
of the native workers rushed to the city and asked, "Is the missionary
alive?" |
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Instantly
Harry appeared on the scene, and the native worker thanked God that the
missionary's life had been spared. He said, "Plaster and windows in the
buildings twelve miles away have been broken and destroyed, and this city
lies in ruins, and I thought that you must have been killed." |
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The
missionary thanked God, in the presence of the native pastor and the
Christian Chinese who had been spared in this terrible bombing, that God had
saved his life. Shortly thereafter when there was no food for the missionary
to eat, God supplied food, and particularly one food for which the missionary
had a great liking, sweet potatoes. The native people said, "Thank you,
Pastor, for staying in |
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The
missionary replied: "Don't thank me for staying, but thank the Lord for
keeping me. I want my reward in heaven and not here on earth. God's Word and
His promise are sure, for they never fail." |
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From:
ANSWERED PRAYER IN MISSIONARY SERVICE By Basil William Miller, Beacon Hill
Press, Kansas City, Missouri. First Printing, April 1951 Second Printing,
July 1951 Printed in United States of America |