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In the calamitous war foisted upon China by Japan a year later General Shang

Cheng was one of the commanders of the Chinese army that made such a long and
noble stand at Suchowfu. When the armies retreated inland he was in command of the
divisions in the southern province of Kiangsi. From Christian sources there I heard of
his continued testimony to the saving power of Christ, and of his promotion to be a

marshall in command of forty-two divisions of the Chinese armies.

In the midst of the stress and strain of war the Lord continues to make Ernest Yin
and his wife shining lights for himself. Transferred from Honan in hopes that he

would revolutionize the finances of his native Hunan, he was offered the governorship
of that province which he refused to accept. He did accept the portfolio of Finance
Commissioner. Later, he was transferred to Chung-king, the Western Capital of
General Chiang, where he is right-hand man to Dr. H. H. Kung, finance minister and

brother-in-law to Generalissimo Chiang.

“He that believeth in me, from his
inward parts shall flow rivers of

living waters!” (John 7:37).

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