 easy to preach to them. The Lord had prepared them for the meetings during the days of prayer. Besides church members about 50 workers attended the meetings, and the Holy Spirit was present from the beginning. Those under conviction of sin were privately and quietly counseled by those already saved.
One young man, a worker, tried to deceive himself and others by insisting he was saved. However, he could not deceive the Holy Spirit. One night this healthy young man was suddenly struck down in the courtyard and had to be carried in. He was stiff, blue, and cold. Concerned friends knelt at his side, praying. The missionary urged him to confess his sins quickly. As soon as he could open his mouth, he confessed and stood upon his feet again, forgiven.
One old, hardened sinner could not remain seated one evening. He stood, went to the front of the church, and confessed a life of sin. No public confessions had been made up to that time. He confessed as if compelled to do so. Suddenly the atmosphere changed, and the church seemed filled with evil. In the midst of his confession he had remained hard, cold and seemingly untouched. But those present in the meeting prayed for him, and during the night he was converted. The next day he was different. As tears streamed down his face, he testified he was a man who had been set free.
One of the missionaries at the meeting said, "Almost all of our workers are saved now." But another answered, "Don't be too sure. They will be known by their actions." The Holy Spirit had worked in the hearts of many of them, and they had been helping each other through these experiences.
Another missionary wrote that his church had been praying for years that a special worker could be sent to Pingtu. When Miss Monsen came, the revival for which they had been praying began. A large audience of pastors, evangelists, workers and students filled the large church. As the Biblical teaching on sin was given, the Holy Spirit burned the message deep into every heart. A holy quietness filled the church. Those saved in the recent meetings in other areas gave testimonies contributing greatly to the impact of the services. A well-known educator, a graduate of an American college, gave an especially moving testimony. He said he had been a "naotzu" (brain) Christian for 10 years before being saved.
In the same meeting, Miss Monsen asked one of the men sitting close to the front if he had been born again.
"Yes!" he quickly replied. Carefully she examined his face.  As the man listened in the meetings that followed, the Holy Spirit began to work with him. He began to doubt his salvation, that he had been born again. He decided that he had to know for sure, so he asked a friend to pray with him. As they prayed together, the man said, "Lord, I will do anything you tell me to do, if I can only receive peace." The Holy Spirit convinced him of his sins, and when he began confessing them to God, the Lord told him to do so to his friend. Satan's influence countered, saying that there was no need to lose face by confessing to others. But the man knew that "face" could not be compared with eternal life. He confessed to his friend, and peace and joy came.
Another interesting experience was that of an elderly classics teacher in the Girls' School. He had joined the church but was only a nominal Christian. An old-style scholar, he had studied both Chinese and western history extensively and had read the Bible through with interest. When Miss Monsen started her meetings, he believed she had some hypnotic power. He thought the personal workers were simply drawing attention to her by asking people if they were saved. The third day he decided that she knew psychology. The fifth day he had to know the truth of God and whether or not he was really a sinner.
Actually he thought he had no sins. The next morning at 2:00 o'clock he awakened and began to pray. As he prayed, his sins appeared before him one by one. Taking a piece of paper, he wrote each of them down. As he looked at them, he began to doubt, reasoning that this was his own thinking and that the Holy Spirit had nothing to do with it. But he wanted to be sure, so he prayed, "God, if you are God, and if Miss Monsen is not doing her work in her own strength, and if the blood that Jesus shed on the cross can wash away my sins, and if these sins brought before me are the conviction of the Holy Spirit, then I will confess all and ask you to give me peace. Then I'll know that you are God." Peace came, and with the assurance that God is the true living God, he continued his prayers.
The outstanding teacher in the Boys' School was also saved. The Lord used her to lead other women teachers to a clear commitment to Christ.
One missionary said in a letter to friends, "The revival is still going on, and we feel this is only the beginning. Souls are being saved daily."
A missionary from Laiyang wrote, "You who have been praying for the meetings in Laiyang will be happy to know that the Holy Spirit is present and powerful in convicting and saving these people. When Mr. Li reached Laichow and found some of his friends rejoicing in the new birth, he knew their liberty and joy was something he had never experienced. With a sad heart he wept and prayed through much of the night. He returned to Laiyang the next day, a miserable man. The first service increased his misery, but the Holy Spirit completed His work. On the evening of the second day, after having honestly laid his sins before the Lord, Mr. Li found peace.
A missionary's cook was also saved during the Laichow meetings. He went to Laiyang to cook for our group, arriving just before the first meeting closed. He had formerly lived in Laiyang and was a faithful and well-known member of the church. When he led the closing prayer, everyone knew from his words that he had been marvelously changed. One man, eager to know what had happened, followed him home and sat in the kitchen inquiring about this "new life" while the cook prepared dinner. After each service as many as eight evangelists gathered about him wanting to know how they, too, might receive such joy. One day in his prayer, he said, "Lord, I thank you that now I am not I." He was indeed a new person in Christ.
Another evangelist, a big, fine-looking fellow named Li, looked disturbed after the first day and became more and more troubled as the days went by. But during one of the services he was genuinely converted and later in his testimony said he had never before realized he had any sin. He had not been afraid to meet God because he was not aware of any need. However, when the realization did come, he was willing to receive Christ, humbly confessing his sins.
In 1930, the mission meeting at Chefoo had sounded a note of despair. Gloomy reports had reflected a dissatisfaction among the missionaries who presented them. The 1931 meeting saw little change except that there seemed to be a desire for spiritual power.
But 1932 was quite different. The depression in the United States threatened to make foreign missions impossible. Missionaries on furlough were asked to find something else to do for awhile. The trouble, however, did not reach North China. The 1932 mission reports indicate the revival Miss Monsen had predicted had already come.
A report from Hwanghsien said everyone on the faculty of the North China Baptist Theological Seminary and Bible School had been filled with the Holy Spirit. It was a new school. Likewise, the staff members of the Warren Memorial Hospital had been wonderfully blessed during their spring revival. Many of the personnel had been saved, and others had been filled with the Holy Spirit.
In Tsinan more people were saved in 1932 than during any year in the history of the work in that area. The churches reached a new spiritual high plane. Nearly every one of the preachers, teachers, Biblewomen and missionaries had an experience of the deeper life, and each one began to have genuine victory and power in his life.
In Harbin, which had been the scene of fierce fighting with the Communists, a new church was organized. Before long the small building was insufficient to care for the numbers, and they had to move to a larger hall.
The report from Laichow-Laiyang said, "This has truly been one of our very best years in China. The sheer joy and rapture of this new, marvelous, intimate fellowship into which we were brought with the glorified Redeemer Himself is beyond the power of human expression."
One of the most encouraging reports we received came from Pingtu. A missionary wrote, "God has been adding daily to His church. We estimate that 3,000 have been saved this year. There have been about nine hundred baptisms, with others waiting. 'The Acts of the Holy Spirit' are being re-enacted in a remarkable way right here in our midst."
Other reports provide a sampling of what was happening throughout Shantung Province in 1932. One involved me personally.
The day Miss Monsen asked me, "Have you been filled with the Holy Spirit?" I could not answer her. When I returned to my station after being in Chefoo, I determined to find out what the Bible said about the fullness of the Holy Spirit. In that search the Bible became a new book to me. I didn't want to put it down to eat or sleep. I did not care to eat or sleep. I only wanted to read the Bible. I took