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The gloom and sorrow that was spread in that home may be readily imagined. A
telegram was sent to Ernest Yin who was in Tsingtao on business, and to each of the
children to return immediately.

Ernest and Faith Yin knelt by the side of an open coffin, weeping their eyes out.
But in the depth of their sorrow the Lord sent a beloved and Godly physician to
minister to them the Words of Life. He urged them then and there to turn from the
things of the world and receive Christ as Savior and Lord. The Spirit of God moved

upon them and drew them to the foot of Calvary. Then and there these two charming
children of Adam the First, by faith became the spiritual seed of Adam the Last. The
two errant sheep came back to the Father‟s Way. As they mingled tears of repentance
with tears of sorrow, the Savior gave them balm for their sorrow, the “oil of joy for

mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,” They returned from
the cemetery to give themselves wholeheartedly to “the Word of God and the
Testimony of Jesus Christ.” So vigorous was Ernest‟s testimony to his subordinates in
the Tax Bureau that they could only account for it by declaring that grief over the

death of his son had deranged his mind!

Just as actively in the society circles in which they had moved did Faith bear
witness to the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ. The transformation was

immense and complete. For singleness of heart and zeal for Christ and His truth, we
have never met the equal of this couple!

It was less than 2 years after his conversion that Ernest Yin was transferred to

Kaifeng, the capital of Homan, to a position in the provincial tax bureau of that
province, corresponding to the one he had occupied in Shantung. By this time they
had another little son, whom they called John. In Kaifeng the testimony of this
flaming pair was given with greater vigor than ever, and it was here that we made our

first contact with them, as I was called to Kaifeng for special meetings. Ernest Yin
would assemble his office force extra early so as to dismiss them to attend the
midmorning service at the church.

At this time also the eldest son of Ernest Yin, James Tao-Yung, was at home for the
first time since the great transformation had occurred. This attractive, cultured,
well-groomed young collegian did not know what to make of it. When I spoke to him
of my hope and expectation that he also would be saved, he loosened up and blurted

out to me, “I do not know what to make of this family of mine! When I left home this

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