How to Face Persecution

Broomhall, in his book Martyred Missionaries of China Inland Mission, tells the story of the persecution of missionaries in Shan-Si province, China during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. He quote a letter written by a missionary to her parents:

"The sufferings and privations we endured cannot be told, and I do not want to dwell upon them. The Master suffered, so must we follow in His footsteps, at least it is reserved for some to do so. May He accept how we bore it for His name's sake. I can truly say -- even for the little ones of the party -- no hatred seemed to be felt. Those of the children who knew a little compared it to how Jesus was treated, and spoke about the naughty soldiers who treated Jesus badly. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders' little Jesse, aged seven, who died on the road, said when they were stoned and beaten, 'They treated Jesus like this, didn't they mother?'"