The following incident is related in an issue of the Illustrated Missionary News:
One day a Chinese scholar named Ch'u paid a visit to an old friend, Chang, who was priest of a Buddhist temple among the mountains of Shansi. As he looked over the library his eye fell upon a book of unusual appearance lying on a dusty shelf, and he inquired of his friend, "Ah," replied his friend, "that is a strange book I picked up on a journey-a foreign classic. You will not think much of it." It was a copy of the Gospel of Mark, and Ch'u became interested in some things he read in it. He had never heard of Christ before, and now that life so simple and sublime laid hold of him. He came again and again to the the temple to read that little book until he knew it almost by heart. But no one else could tell him more, for no Christian had ever penetrated to that lonely mountain. Could all this story about Jesus be true? If so, when did it happen? Where were His followers whom He told to preach His gospel? Could Jesus help men now? At length, after long waiting and much inquiry, he learned that there were some Christians in a town three days' journey away, and he set off to seek them. There he met Pastor Hsi, a Chinese evangelist, who was able to tell him that Jesus Christ was alive and he could trust Him. Once again he visited the Buddhist temple, this time to tell his old friend of the grace of Christ, and Chang also became a believer. When some years later a Christian missionary went to this place, there was a community of saved men and women, and a little church gathered together through the agency of the message of that one little book.
