Today in the neighbourhood of Chuan Chang, Kingtzekuan, there is a home where each member of the family is a real Christian. Their joyful way of life is well known both to their neighbours and to those at a distance. However, this was not always true. This short account will reveal how the new life held its victory march into the home of Mother Li Wang Si.

Her house was noted as a resort for demons. Neighbours were terrified to approach the place, since they asserted it was haunted by spirits. The occupants of the house experienced one frightful night after another in unbroken succession. Blankets were pulled off them, doors opened of themselves and of their own accord slammed shut so that the whole building shook: and it was not rare either for spades and hoes to come hurtling down from the attic. Once, one of the sons had been struck on the head by a hoe and had immediately fainted. For several weeks following the accident he had remained in bed. Right across the crown of his head he still has a large scar. Living in such a house was no picnic. All these numerous and sinister episodes made the mother and her children jumpy and nervous.

For the past few months Mother Li's sight had been failing her. She had always had poor eyesight, but within the course of a few weeks, that autumn, she came to the place where she literally could not see even her own hand. Perhaps her eyes would snare a wandering glimmer of light, but it would be no more than a shadowy haze. More often than not, even in the brightest sunshine, she lived in a black-out world.

One day she heard that Long Fuh-hsing had been cured of his blindness; but that was not all. They told her about One, Jesus by name, who was mightier than all the demons put together. This Jesus was master of powers which a sorcerer would never attempt to subjugate. Mother Li had tried most methods known to heathendom for blindness and demons, but in vain. Some neighbours counselled her to summon the white missionary, but some advised her against such madness, for she might then lose her powers of speech. For the time being, nothing could prevent Mother Li from sending for the missionaries.

The first thing that Mother Li noticed in their ceremony was the manner of their praying, which was so entirely different from the prayers offered by the priests to the idols. Gradually the fog lifted from her eyes, enabling her to see distinctly, without any blur. Her heart melted during her conversation with the missionaries, for she was attracted with all her soul to their religion. That which she had longed for throughout a lifetime had come right to her home, and deep in her heart she knew that she could not spurn it.

Her children, who had witnessed the great change in their mother, felt the same magnetic power of Jesus. They knew that they lived in sin and that their gods of wood and stone were no guarantee for a happy life. They knew the depressing gloom of heathenism because they had grown up with it every day and every night-- especially the nights. Painstakingly the missionary explained to them that when they received new hearts, the tormenting demons would vanish. Such measures as hanging countless guardian figures on the house walls did not help them in the slightest, since the demons only scoffed at lifeless objects incapable of doing them harm. But the missionary guaranteed that the demons would disappear on the instant that Jesus came into their home. Jesus had battled with the prince of demons at a place called Golgotha, and there had won an unconditional victory over him.

The longing for the new life triumphed. They came to the Cross, found the fathomless peace and security which grace gives, and became happy people. The demons instantaneously vanished as the new atmosphere which filled Mother Li's home broke the power of their dominion. No longer could they create fear and terror in the home.

Mother Li's testimony ever centred on the Demon-Conqueror, Jesus Christ, for she testified from experience. Under her able direction, many heathen came into a fuller knowledge of the essence of Christianity, fellowship with the Christ.