Chief Onoyom stayed true to his faith.
"Come," he said to his people, "we must build a church here at Akani
Obio. Let us go to the jungle and cut down trees for the house of God."
Chief Onoyom and his people went to the woods. The chief went to a tree and
got ready to cut it down.
"Chief," they cried, "you are not going to cut that tree, are you? You know
that is the juju tree."
"I know it is the juju tree," said Onoyom, "and I am going to chop it
down."
"The juju will be angry. He will not let us. He will kill us," cried the
people.
"Ma's God is stronger than our juju," said Chief Onoyom. "Cut it down."
The people began to chop. The trunk of the tree was thick. After a while
they stopped.
"See, we cannot cut it," they said.
The heathen natives were glad.
"Aha," they said, "our juju is stronger than Ma's God."
The next morning Chief Onoyom took some men who wanted to be
Christians. Before beginning to chop at the tree they knelt and prayed that
the white Ma's God would prove stronger than the juju. Then they got up and
began to chop. Soon the tree fell with a mighty crash. Ma's God had won!
The juju tree was used for a pulpit and seats in the church building. A
large group of people came to the dedication services. They were quiet and
well-behaved. What a great change the Gospel had made! Only two years
before the people were wild savages.
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