Some years ago, when at our station at Teianhsien, in China, a very interesting answer to a dream came to me. I was told that a visitor was in the guest room desiring to see me. After the usual salutations, he said, “You have a message for me?”
His home was in a village many miles away from Teianhsien. For many generations in his family, they had been great worshippers of idols and of their ancestors. For some years, however, he himself had not been satisfied, and he had been seeking how he might obtain happiness in the next world.
He told me that, three nights previous to his coming to me, he dreamed that he saw a man standing beside his bed, who told him that he was to arise and have breakfast, and after the meal he was to descend the mountain and cross the plains until he came to the Teh River; there he would find the ferry boat on his side, and by it he was to cross the river near to the North Gate. There a man would be standing, and he was to inquire of him where a foreigner of the name of Wang (my Chinese name) lived. This foreigner would tell him how to obtain the happiness he was seeking. Our friend then told me how, when he woke up, he at once arose, had breakfast, descended the mountain, crossed the plains, found the ferry boat on his side of the river, crossed, and reached the North Gate. There was the man standing, and when he inquired where the foreigner lived, he was told to go through the city till he came to the South Gate, and then to pass on till he came to the last house. There he would find the foreigner, Wang. He said, “Now I have come, and I have found everything to be according to my dream; I wish you to tell me the message that you have to tell me.” What a joy was mine, as I sat there, to be able to tell to this man the gospel message!
We sat together for the whole day, talking of the things of God, and towards evening he had the joy of finding peace through believing on the Lord Christ, who had died for him. How he rejoiced in the knowledge of the sure salvation that he had just found!
Echoes of Grace (shortened version) 1973