Lost His Faith, but Jesus Spoke to Him

       In Union, Sung was one of the favorite students of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, but by the end of the first semester Dr. Sung had entirely lost his faith.  He had nothing. left to preach.  He had no reason to go back to China.  And yet he had committed himself.  He couldn't go ahead. and he couldn't return.  He said he even considered suicide.

       Then between semesters he got out his Bible and began to read it.  He got back to the Lord.  He read over to Acts, and was filled with the Holy Spirit.  As he read Revelation, the Lord Jesus Himself stood in his room there in New York City, and talked to him face to face, and told him what his ministry was to be. (This was later literally fulfilled.)

       He was so happy that he burst out into the hall and cried out, "I've found God, and Jesus has spoken to me." All his mental and theological problems were solved.  Then he went to class, and he told Dr. Fosdick, "You are of the devil.  You made me lose my faith, and you are causing these other young men to lose their faith."

       Fosdick said, "Now, now, Brother Sung, you have been working too hard.  You need a rest. so we will find a place for you to rest." After some thought, and seeing some verse about "Rest”, he agreed to go.  But when he got to the place, the sign said, "Psychopathic Ward."  Then he realized where he was.  He was kept in the mental institution 193 days.