The sal. news of the trial of three of our pastors has just reached us through a
missionary of a sister denomination. Their trial was held recently. Preparations

for the trial took two months or more. One pastor was brought home from Nanking for
the occasion. He had been in Nanking in the hospital being treated for T.B. and had
just vriergone an operation. The churches of all denominations had been "tanght*

what to do for weeks. On Sunday, Before the trial began on Monday, men were sent to
each church to announce what was to be done. She one who went to her church was a
member of the Baptist Church and business manager of our school. He harangued at

length about how the church was now to be cleansed. He said that the foreign in-
perialists had gone but these running dogs had carried on their evil work. The

pastors were not under arrest until the trial started on Monday at 8:00 a.m. and lasted
until 3:00 p.m. Each church had to send a certain number and then there were outsiders.
Eundreds were present. After entering the building no one was allowed to leave until
the trial was over. The three pastors were made to kneel on the platform. The trial was
to have lasted three days but they decided to go until 6:00 p.m. the second day and
thus finish up. Her pastor was required to go, but became violently ill with headache
and nausea after the first day and was in bed the second day. One hundred and forty
four people accused them. Most of whom were church members. The wife of the one (who so
bitterly announced the trial) went up on the platform and accused one of the pastore
of refusing to give them aid when their child was sick and thereby caused its death.
After she had eaid all of this she slapped him. They were slapped, kicked, and many
accusers spit in their faces. Many times the guards stopped their crudty. One pastor
fainted and they then allowed him to sit. They were given no chence to speak for them
selves except to say "guilty", or*not guilty". One of the pastors of her mission said
that tears were streaming down their checks. The next Sunday after their trial only
sixteen people were present at our church which usually had hundreds, Questionairs

have been sent to pastors and church leaders since the trial asking such questions as
(1) Do you approve 6f the triel that has been held? (2) Would you welcome one in your
church? These questions must be answered. Her pastor plead, "Do ask our fellow U.3,
Christians to pray for us.* She has no hope whatever that these men will be. spared.

When the people were asked what should be done with them, the cry went up, "Kill, Kill."
Bat they said they vould hand down a decison later since it is euch an important ease ,
Imprisonment will soon spell death for the older two at least.

We are crying to the Lord for two more pastors near there who are to be tried within
& week or se. Not only for them but for the Ghristtens who will either te ferced or
tempted to accuse them. They force pastors and workers from the whole convention to
come to the trials. She says that it is apparent that many accuse them through spite
and that the devil seems to get into complete control as the trials proceed.

The following are notes of general news of conditions in her mission and concerning
herself.

She has been in prison twice, first for two days and the second time for thirty nine
days. In the latter case snow was on the ground one foot deep. She and three others
were in a shed room 6' X 8' that had been used for a kitchen. The snow blew in under
the eaves and covered their quilts. They had about two pints of water a day for all
of them. A little was used for washing. The first to wash, washed his face, the others
‘their hands, so they had a face washing every fourth day. They could scareely sleep

at night because of the torture of prisoners in rooms near them. Her permit to leave

 
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yas given her about four months after her last imprisonment and then taken from her
three hours before she would have boarded the train. They said she was detained for

further investigation but no one ever came to question her. She was kept seven weeks 4

longer. She knew that the son of one of their pastors went to three different police station
to accuse her on the day she was to leave. His father had died of cancer and he clained
that it was due te trouble that she had given him

in every sclpol or institution there are spies. In their Bible School there are one or
two. They pray that it will not be able to open this fall. Both teachers and students

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are required to take the indoctrination ccurses.

Truck loads are taken out at night and executed secretly and it is never reported, others
are sent to labor camps. The Principal of the "Holy Virtue Middle School was imprisoned
over two years ago and for nine months nothing has been heard of him - a fine Christian

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Var large compound is sceupied by the Russians.

Her home is occupied by military while she was put into « small room on the compound,
Two different soldiers came seeretly to her house at different times, telling her they
are Christians and begging for prayer. They said others are Christians too but can't

do anything, Byven in-all church schools no Bibles are allowed end mo two people can pray
together. It is a crime.

 
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