Doug Black

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Planting Team

"Much prayer, as we have seen, was going up for China, and countless hearts were stirred more or less deeply for its evangelisation. But when disappointment came and unexpected failure the great great majority ceased to help or care. Prayer meetings dwindled to nothing, would-be missionaries turned aside to other callings, and contributions dropped off to such an extent that more than one society in aid of the work actually ceased to exist. But here and there in His own training-schools were those the Lord could count upon: little and weak perhaps, unknown and unimportant, but willing to go all lengths in carrying out His purposes, ready through His grace to meet the conditions and pay the p