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Government. But very few preachers ever came to the Tewehbasin. If they did they were of itinerant nature. According to theaborigines, when they came with the gospel they came with atirade against their superstitions. This rather scared them fromacceptance of the doctrine. So the Basel Mission had longrelinquished their responsibility to these village folks. Now thatthis news came to their ears, they picked up a row with us.Involuntarily we transferred these thousand odd believers to theBasel Mission’s supervision. But several of these villagesresolutely refused to come under their supervision who, on theirpart, had not the barest resource to supervise.This stalemate lasted several years. During these years avacuum of non-supervision prevailed. Logically such a state couldnot remain for long, for their faith was not strongly grounded.Surprisingly, they kept their faith as at the first, though the BaselMission thereafter took the initiative to return four hundred of thebelievers to us. How did they, under no supervisory care, standfirm in the faith? No other cause than in God who showedHimself in this situation. That this parish should yield such aresult today, truthfully, was wholly the work of God. Whether theDyaks being converted came to be baptised in troops with no oneexcepted, whether the believers were consolidated and preservedin their faith, whether they be abandoned for a few years withneither teaching nor supervision, whether they stood firm aftergoing through every trial, all these events revealed God working amighty work in their midst. More so, they prove that Christianityis the only religion with abundant life, like the grass and flowersof the field that naturally grow with neither cultivation norirrigation. This was of God. We must praise Him, all glory be untoHim.Truly, truly, this foolish and good-for-nothing me, what is hein the sight of God? What I had, before God’s eyes, was nothing.Placed in God’s balance I would be lighter than dust. But God130
who was with me showed His mighty works. And because theLord Jesus kept the word of His promise according to Mark 16:20we obtained those marvellous results. Jesus has said truly,“Because you have left me, you can do nothing.” Whatever thereis that I can do is entirely the work of the Lord Jesus. I recollectedthe several mighty works the Lord Jesus had done while labouringin Banjermasin, without which, how could the thousand peoplecome to Christ?My work obtained results in the early stages ofcommencement when two hundred were baptised. This broughtinvitations from villages near and far to go to them for gospelmeetings. Sweeping into their country like an army we incited thejealousy of disciples of the “heterogeneous faith.” It first beganwith a village headman conspiring with a primary school teacher.These gathered a bunch of the “heterogeneous” disciples whoplanned to bring an accusation before the district officer of MuaraTeweh. To do this they bought over a few Dyaks who went withthem on a day-and-night forced march. The accusation stated thata Chinese from Kutai State was holding meetings in the mountainvillages. He was a charlatan who got many villages into his net.Their future was jeopardised. Hearing this the district officer, likeone “shrouded in five li (Chinese mile) of fog,” chimed to theirtune, “If that’s the case, you can go back first. I will join you toget him arrested.” The few of them returned elated, announcing tothe villages en route the district officer’s coming to make arrest.At that time I had spent all my travel funds and had to take aboat to Banjermasin to wire Makasar. (Not knowing beforehandthat I had gone to Banjermasin, Makasar dared not remit themoney requested, fearing the request in my name was a fake. ButI met a friend on the way viz., the captain of the boat I took. Hesupplied my needs. Now he and family are turned to the Lord.)This trip down and up that I took lasted ten days. So, when thedistrict officer went up, I was on my way back to Banjermasin.131
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Translator’s Preface to this Abri
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Chapter 1A Half-Century of Fleeting
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are higher than the earth, so are m
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children, her great hope, and looki
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he would have to go from home to sc
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if he had footache, to which he cou
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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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misunderstood or falsely accused, t
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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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A Chinese Templeinstitution where o
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The durian tree is very tall. Its f
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