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But, wonder of wonders, the little motor boat used by the districtofficer hit a rock and sank. He and his retinue were saved with theclothes on their back. The baggage, documents, type-writer, longand short guns were captured by the river gods! When he got tothe village with the most converts and began to investigate fromthe headman (who is called a “Singa”, meaning “lion”) he alreadysaw the light. He did not make any noise.On a second visit he was again accompanied by the Muslimheadman and teacher, self-appointed mischief makers, and actorsin a hoped-for arrest drama. No sooner had they seated themselvesthan I was back from outside. Seeing me entering, the districtofficer rose to his feet and gave me his hand, waiving any mutualintroduction. He said, “Good brother, thank God for thisopportunity of seeing each other.” Actually he was a Christian, a132
eader of the Indonesian edition of The Bible Magazine. He hadknown the name of Dr. R.A. Jaffray the publisher. Withoutreiteration, the Christians gathered on this occasion were highlyelated. The odd ones were the headman and teacher, selfappointedmischief makers, whose face now found nowhere tohide. Thus, without a sound, they slid away. Henceforth it waswonderfully reported amongst the Dyaks that the district officerwas a careless fellow who would make arrest on the one-sidedallegation of our enemy. Now he had himself found out the socalledcharlatan was no ordinary person, but God’s ambassador.No doubt the district officer was admonished in the boat mishap.A certain village headman had sent three messengers to inviteme specially to preach. En route they passed through a Muslimvillage where they stopped at a tea kiosk for a rest. They reacheda point separated only by a river from our meeting place. But,being misled by the Muslims’ threats and lies that some districtofficer was about to make arrest (who dared to seek thecharlatan’s help?), and making no inquiry, those messengersreturned. The sequel to the three turning back was that theybecame dumb upon reaching home. This continued till the matterof arrest was cleared. The village headman again sent men toinvite me to preach. The three listened to the Word and believed,whereupon their mouths opened as they testified, praising God.Once, at a preaching service at the house of a certain villageheadman, all forty-odd members of the village willingly turned tothe Lord. The headman was in throes of sickness, unable to move,as reported, for six months. In the course of baptism I said to him,“Let me take the brethren into the water for immersion. After thisI’ll return to sprinkle you, since you can’t move.” Said he, “No,Sir! Unless the One you introduce me is not the True God, He cansurely fulfill my desire for baptism. I am their headman inphysical matters. I must also be their leader in spiritual matters.The gospel was first preached in my house. So I must be first to133
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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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“A laborious couple”45
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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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e their home. Were it not for two b
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