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468:'No', I am completely satisfied with having given my life to mission work in China. I just wish I had another to give. Although church and mission buildings have been appropriated by the government or destroyed, God remains. And hundreds of thousands of people continue in him and in serving others in his name. The fires that now burn to destroy the Christian religion in China are the crucible of purification that will produce a more virile Christian church - a church that will bless the world in the years ahead."
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broke out and numerous people came to Christ. This helped to prepare the people during the persecution when missionaries were forced to leave and financial support from abroad was taken away. Later Glass became pastor of
Tengchow church (Lottie Moon's original post).
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