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One evening, Charles talked with a young man who wanted
                                to become a Christian. The man said, “This has been the best
                                conversation  I  have  ever  had.  I  now  know  that  Jesus  loves
                                me!”  The  man  was  a  telegraph  operator,  just  like  Charles.
                                Charles was so happy. The first person he helped to become a
                                Christian in Japan was a telegraph operator. God is so good!
                                     The next week, seven more people became Christians. All
                                of them could speak English. They read the Bible together and
                                started a group called the “Telegrapher’s Mission Band,” just
                                like the one Charles had started in Chicago. Their leader was
                                Tanaguchi, the first Japanese man Charles led to Christ.
                                     Tanaguchi  would  work  all  day.  Then  with  his  Bible  and
                                notebook wrapped in a large blue handkerchief, he would walk
                                five miles to meet with Charles, who taught him the Bible. One
                                night,  he  stood  in  the  doorway  with  dripping  wet  clothes.
                                When Charles asked him what happened, he hung his head but
                                said nothing.




















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