Feili, a little Chinese girl, had never prayed to idols made by men’s hands, for her parents were Christians, and she was taught by them, and in the mission school, to pray to the only true God. She loved to sing the beautiful hymns and to read the Bible. She memorized whole portions of Scripture.
One day something happened that upset everyone. Nine new silver dollars which the Biblewoman had put under her pillow were gone. Nobody had been in the room but Feili, but she said she did not know where they were. She even helped to search for the money, and prayed with the others that the thief might be found. She seemed very restless, however, and became very quiet and shy.
After some days she said to the Biblewoman: “The thief may have put the money under the staircase, because he is afraid to bring it back himself.” And, sure enough, when the Bible-woman looked under the staircase, there were the nine silver dollars wrapped up.
Feili continued to be unhappy all summer, until at last she could bear it no longer. She went to the Bible-woman and confessed with tears that she had been the thief. It was very humiliating for her, but then peace came into her heart. She knew now that she could not resist a temptation in her own strength, so she gave her whole heart to the Lord and trusted Him. She asked to be baptized and was received at the age of fourteen and became a great help in the Sunday school, to tell of God’s way of salvation to the little children.
ML 03/07/1954