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nurturing. Though assistants were found, these being not bornagain were incompatible. Rather they became stumbling blocks.Among the eighteen learner-students, some were quite adequate tothe task, but were liable to temptation. Some were virtual traitors,renegades, who disrupted and spoiled our work. Others weresimpletons and no better than the Dyaks. Of course there werethose who, despite their limitations, did not do a bad job at all.Now, all these situations gave me not a few headaches. If theylacked technique in the work, that would not matter. At the worstthey would finish a little late. The worst, indeed, was theirirregularity of character. The majority of these learner-studentswere of little help to me and rather a burden. Truly one’s gainswere no recompence to one’s losses. So there was a time when Iwas sunk in utter pessimism, like descending a deep valley,hemmed in on all sides by the enemy. Satan’s offensive andoppression upon me was hurled with the objective of downing theshepherd – in order to scatter the sheep and devour them.A student who lost heart in his work got into a craze tobecome a ringleader. Striking partnership with a primary schoolteacher of the “heterogeneous faith” he made the Church to rebelover a little incident. The storm broke out at Long Puti, the homevillage of the paramount chieftain, and it began right inside thepalace. Conspirators were the chieftain’s son-in-law and son,pillars of the Church. You see how ferocious was Satan’s attack,how subtle his tactics! At that time the chieftain had died for someyears. When he died I was at Samarinda, from whence I wassummoned to officiate the funeral. When the deceased was putinto the coffin his cousin spoke to the people. “Our Chief is goneto heaven. Fortunately, his brothers are here (referring to us incompliance with the recognition given us by the chieftain in hislifetime. Hence his village-subjects, old or young, addressed us asgrandpas). Henceforth you must follow Grandpas’ leadership to abright future.” Although we restrained ourselves assiduously fromgetting involved in politics, not willing to take part in anything126
A Dyak Christian Chieftain’s funeralnot connected with the Faith, lest we be misunderstood by theGovernment officials, these people would pay us the respect andregard us truly as “royal uncles”. Although the chieftain’s sonsucceeded his father, we were still regarded as officials. We wereconsulted for any important matter affecting the people. When thechieftain’s son ascended his father’s throne it was through us thatthe blessing was given at a grand ceremony. Notwithstanding, thework we did was smashed by Satan in a few years. Alas, whatbitter reminiscences!But, praise be to the Almighty God, “For I know whom I havebelieved, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which Ihave committed unto him against that day.” And I was “confidentthat He which had begun a good work in you will perform it untilthe day of Jesus Christ.” So God gave me wisdom, and I quicklyhad the troublemaking students sent back to school. Later it wasreported how these were expelled from school for theft. Thesestudents drifted about like vagabonds to their own destruction.127
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Translator’s Preface to this Abri
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Chapter 1A Half-Century of Fleeting
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children, her great hope, and looki
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to the boy, “You just come with m
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with the nursing superintendent and
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inflammatory disease of the small i
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corrupt petty officer. But he had n
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He loved China like his own country
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such an extraordinary institution p
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For the company of schoolmates who
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them published in the newspapers’
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One day while writhing in the throe
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Although he utterly detested those
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inside the living quarters he becam
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last, he was determined to a celiba
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period, we expressed our regrets to
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esulted in our coming together agai
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was no help to me. But when she pou
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But the peculiar condition surround
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saw it declared it was the work of
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her same-mindedness in this matter.
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Chapter 4“A New Thing”“And he
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entreated him to find them pastors
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With Dr Jaffray on eve of sailing f
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- the Chinese Foreign Missionary Un
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The Chinese Foreign Missionary Unio
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aptised. Moreover there are one tho
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espond to this type of work. In add
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Chapter 5Strange Quarry from a Wild
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