On this diy, having no place of refuge, the militia took me and wy two girls toa temple, and wantd me to write out a list of the Chr'sti us and their addresses, but T refused, and they then threatened me with death 5" but a man whom I happened to {know advised that I sho: ld not he killed but taken to the mandarin, who put me in the detention ward for a fortnight, when I was bailed out, My wife and three children were at this time on the road, and felt certain of death, but by G-d's mercy met with three men, who asked my wife, "*Are you not the wife of Mr. Chen?" She replied "Yes." They asked, "Whither are you "replied, "I don't know. "My cly a victim to the ruffians, death remains for ps." They asked, "How would it do if we take you to where there are church members 'And so they were taken to the home of a Christian, but for the first few days they hal several frights. as the militia three times came to seek for church members, but as the Christians had already fied and' broken up their utensils they could not be found, After I was released Tatill remained in hiding, "ud sent a men to hunt for my family. After three weeks Tgot news of my son and daughter from a pupil in the school, who told me they had had to beg fond two days and had slept in the open air until a good woman named Tseng took care of them. On the twenty-fourth of the seventh moon my family and three Christians, with the help of some non-Christian friends, got away in bout, and so through all our dangers God brought us safely without personal injury.
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