20 你属啥？

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你属啥？
作者：J.G.G.BOMPAS牧师，渭南。
中国人有两种表达方式
他们的年龄。一种方法是说他们有多少岁。
或者更简单地说
他们是 "三十多岁 "或 "四十多岁"，视情况而定。另一种方式是说他们属于什么动物
他们属于什么动物。周期中有十二种动物，每一种动物都代表每十二年。
代表每十二年的轮回。
一个人被说成是属于他的角的那一年的动物。比如说。
如果一个人在18S4年长了角，那么他就属于猴。
猴子。因此，当一个人告诉你他属于猴子时，你可以很好地猜测他的年龄。
谎言一定是在1884年成为角的，否则就是
在那之前或之后的十二年或二十四年里
日期。这十二种动物是 -鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇，马，羊，猴，鸡。狗，猪。
你属于哪一种：但这不是我的故事。我想讲的是
一个小女孩。
一天下午，八个或十个小女孩在一起玩，她们都来自未开化的家庭。
除了一个，她的父母是基督教徒。她
她在家里接受了一些基督教的教育，虽然她只有九岁，但已经了解了耶稣。她知道，谎言
是她的救主，她属于他。
但她是个害羞的小东西，从未告诉过她的玩伴，因为她害怕他们会嘲笑她。
今天下午，他们玩了所有他们能想到的游戏。当他们没有其他事情可做时，他们都坐成一排，开始讲述他们的年龄。
也就是说，每个人都告诉自己属于哪种动物。
我属于猴子。"第一个人说。"我属于老鼠。"第二个人说。
"！属于绵羊。"
"我属于狗"。
以此类推，一直到最后。我们的小基督徒女孩坐在最后面。
轮到她时，她犹豫了一下。
在她的舌头上，她想跟着别人一起说。
其他人说。"我属于锡猪"。但不知何故，这句话没有说出来；因为她心里明白，她属于一位爱她的人，而不是猪。
而不是那只猪。
所以她非常小声地帮助他们，但声音大到足以让他们都听到。
他们都能听到。"我属于基督！"



To Which Do You Belong?
By Rev. J. G. G. BOMPAS, Weihwei, Honan
THE Chinese have two ways of expressing
their age. One way is by saying how many
years old they are. or more simply by saying
they are "over thirty." or "over forty." as the case may be. The other way is by telling what animal
they belong to. There are twelve animals in the cycle, and each
animal stands for every twelfth year in rotation;
and a person is said to belong to the animal in whose year he happens to he horn. For instance,
if a man was horn in 18S4. then lie belongs to the
monkey. So when a man tells you he belongs to the monkey, you can pretty well guess his age,
for lie must have been horn either in 1884, or else
twelve or twenty-four years before or after that
date. The twelve animals are: —rat. ox. tiger.
hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, fowl.
dog, pig.
To which do you belong : But thai is not my story. 1 want to tell about
a little girl.
Eight or ten little girls were playing together one afternoon, all from unenlightened homes,
except one, and her parents were Christians. She
CHINA'S MILLIONShad received some Christian teaching at home, andthough she was only nine years old she hadalready learned about Jesus. She knew that lie
was her Savior and that she belonged to Him.
But she was a shy little thing, and had nevertold her playmates, because she was afraid theywould laugh at her.
This afternoon they had played every game theycould think of. and when they had nothing else to do the_\- all sat down in a row and began to tell their ages.
That is. each told what animal she belonged to.
1 belong to the monkey." said the first. "I belong to the rat." said the second.
"! belong to the sheep."
"1 belong to the dog."
And so on, down the line. Our little Christian girl was sitting at the end of
the row, and when her turn came she hesitated a mi iment.
It was on the point of her tongue to follow the
Others and say. "1 belong to tin- pig." But somehow the words would not come out; for she knewin her heart that she belonged to One who loved
her, and not to the pig.
So she s.aid very quietly, but loud enough for
them all to hear: "I belong to Christ!"