VISITS TO THREE MISSIONS.
BY REV. JEE GAM.
The missions visited were those at Marysville, Oroville, and Watsonville. At each place an anniversary was held, at which Dr. Pond wished me to make an address. But I felt that I had other duties to do besides this:
1. To see that those brethren who had not been baptized should come to baptism.
2. To urge those scholars who ought to join the Congregational Association of Christian Chinese to do so at once.
3. To strengthen and stimulate the brethren, not only to stand firm in their faith, but to press forward to save men through Christ.
4. To urge them to give generously to our work.
5. To preach on the street, that I might lead some one or more to Jesus.
At Marysville I lost no time in getting the names of those who had not been baptized, and who seemed ready for baptism; then the names of pupils who ought to join the association. Then I enlisted the co-operation of the baptized Christians. We just surrounded four of our brethren and urged them to give themselves publicly and wholly to Christ. They objected that they would like just to know more, but they had been under instruction between one and two years, and had confessed themselves believers six or more months ago by joining the association. We thought them well qualified to receive baptism. Finally they consented, and then we all shook hands and rejoiced. They were baptized by Dr. Pond the following Sunday evening, when after the anniversary we received the Lord's Supper and listened to Dr. Pond's sermon on our motto for the year, "Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost."