One of China's Christians: Pastor Hsi of North China
Mrs. Howard Taylor
Read by MaryAnn
The second of two volumes telling the life story of Pastor Hsi, a Confucian scholar from Shanxi province in Northern China who became a Christian in the 1870s.
Shortly after his conversion, those around Pastor His started to notice a difference. He gave up his opium pipe and sought reconciliation with estranged family members, a step unheard of in an honor-based society. His desire to help other opium addicts led him to start a series of “refuges”, which in turn became the seeds of the first churches in Shanxi province.
Pastor His was a man of prayer who lived out the power of the gospel in a culture seeped in the ancestor worship and darkness. His life was not without mistakes and regrets, but in reading his story, Christians today can be inspired by a faithful follower of Jesus who lived in the power of the Spirit and helped to plant the church which continues to faithfully follow Jesus in the China of today. (Summary by MaryAnn) (10 hr 19 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 18:43 | Read by MaryAnn |
| The Great Change | 14:45 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Conqueror of Demons | 8:17 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Early Success and Failure | 11:03 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Growing in Grace | 14:32 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Starving the Village Idols | 6:20 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Under-shepherds: A Problem | 13:22 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Light on the Problem | 25:11 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Finding his Life-Work | 26:03 | Read by MaryAnn |
| A Visit to the Capital | 20:29 | Read by MaryAnn |
| How the Work Spread | 25:20 | Read by MaryAnn |
| How God Provided | 25:52 | Read by MaryAnn |
| A Fresh Advance | 20:53 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Reinforcements | 16:10 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Not against Flesh and Blood | 16:55 | Read by MaryAnn |
| For the Work of the Ministry | 28:44 | Read by MaryAnn |
| West of the River | 26:00 | Read by MaryAnn |
| A Winter's Work at Hung-tung | 27:02 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Through Fire and through Water | 41:42 | Read by MaryAnn |
| A Wealthy Place | 34:23 | Read by MaryAnn |
| The Burden and Heat of the Day | 53:03 | Read by MaryAnn |
| The Refuges as Mission Stations | 25:10 | Read by MaryAnn |
| The Middle Eden | 42:34 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Ready to Depart | 55:11 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Higher Service | 13:36 | Read by MaryAnn |
| An Open Letter | 7:39 | Read by MaryAnn |