Christ Comes to Puerto Rico

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At a meeting where someone attacked missionary work, a Jewish gentleman asked if he might say a few words. “A few years ago,” he began, “my bank sent me to make some studies of a place in Puerto Rico. It was the worst, the dirtiest city imaginable. It was a real hell. Two years ago I went back to that same city—it was entirely new. The change was unbelievable. The houses, the streets were all so clean. The taverns had gone out of existence! What had happened, I wondered. Did they elect a new mayor? Was the place invaded by new educators? No. A Christian missionary had come to work among them and teach them about Christ. I went and found this missionary and gave him a generous gift for his work. I saw with my own eyes what Christ can do in just a short time.”

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