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At the age of seventeen, he almost died of appendicitis. Heliterally lay on the hospital bed for one whole month, so much sothat the doctor wagged his head in despair for him. At that timethere were three such cases in hospital. The two lighter cases hadended up in being carried to the “dark room.” How much morethis boy in a graver condition? However, he walked out of thehospital’s front door after one month and returned to his house inpeace beyond man’s expectations.Now we know the reason why that woman did not lose heartin the face of such hopelessness, who went through a hundredbattles – unto victory. Although this boy was born a “dullard” andhad gone through the crucible of a thousand trials, she regardedhim precious indeed. Should you desire to know her thoughts, shecould answer you in the words of Luke 15:23,24, “And bringhither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: Forthis my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and isfound . . .” We won’t care to know if this woman then understoodGod’s will, but this boy who had gone through a thousand trialsand come back to life from the dead must have been a vessel keptfor the Lord’s own use. When the Rich Man was suffering in helland saw afar off Abraham with Lazarus in his bosom he not onlybegged Abraham for mercy but also considered his five livingbrothers. He said, “Nay, father Abraham: but if one went untothem from the dead, they will repent” (Lk. 16:30). Now there wassuch a Lazarus resurrected from the dead before their eyes.In reminiscence there are several indelible impressions madeupon the boy’s heart. After his father’s death, his mother earned aliving by weaving sun-hats. In order to help Mother out the boywas obliged to look after his younger brothers and sisters afterschool, and attend to kitchen or help in the weaving. Now, theschool was located in the city Church, about a mile from home.Everyday he had to travel to and fro four times. Once he had tostay in school for a season at his teacher’s request. Every evening12
he would have to go from home to school. This took him througha deserted cemetery, a wet rice field, an execution ground and asmall temple where dead babies were wont to be abandoned.Every evening his mother would walk him to the shoulder of thevillage. Standing on the edge of the cemetery she would not returnuntil her son had gone through the long, ruggard path to safety inthe city. Indeed, her dim eyes could hardly see far beyond, thoughher ears were sharp enough. The boy would look back as hewalked to see if Mother had left. Often, as he entered the citygate, he would turn round to gaze upon his mother, motionlesslike the hills. He wanted very much to say to her, “Mother, I havesafely arrived in the city. You can go home in peace.”Unfortunately, they were too far apart for such a verbal message.At this juncture, Mother and son would stand each on his or heredge of the field. Between them stretched the deserted rollingcemetery.As they faced each other speechless, the hazy twilight haddescended on earth upon a lonely road devoid of a single passerby,save for the chirping of insects. A dismal scene indeed thatbrought many a shudder upon the orphaned child. The sight ofMother standing afar off sparked a surge of courage within. Hisheart became filled with Mother’s love, his eyes brimming withwarm tears.One Sunday, he accompanied Mother to Church. On the wayhome the boy wandered here and there and forgot his blind mothercarrying a little sister. Unawares, she fell into a big roadside ditch,her foot beginning to bleed. Passers-by vied to render aid. Theboy showed no emotional expression then, but became much hurtwithin by a guilty conscience. Whenever he thought of Mother’sever-loving care, he felt ill at ease.Well-to-do children live in homes piled up with foods, somuch so that they weary to eat, and discard them on the floor.Sometimes, even their doggie would not care a look. But, this boy13
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Page 49 and 50: period, we expressed our regrets to
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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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A few days after our arrival in Mak
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Fifteenth Night are equally boister
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hear some hawker in the silent stre
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He will surely answer.” We prayed
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Our jungle headquartersnomadic life
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However, though many old Dyaks clai
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A longhousedwelling. Ordinarily, yo
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The first Dyak village we visitedso
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the art of eking out an existence.
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Dyak one-piece coffins!becomes thei
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Although the things their hands hav
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An ox totem, part of the ox-spearin
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“. . . further augmented by fierc
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for Thee . . . The things that are
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White khaki and topeethe virtue of
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you come to their village, you need
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title given made him “Temenggung
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We spent a total of three weeks on
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eligion, it is your great mistake o
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Like am army’s expenditionary for
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Our jungle hotelthat time I was the
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Paul Lenn among the bravehardly wal
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Second, the “disciples of a heter
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A Dyak Christian Chieftain’s fune
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eport, proving the method we’ve a
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who was with me showed His mighty w
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eader of the Indonesian edition of
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we left for another village. Sudden
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swamped with a hundred items of bus
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“going south,” and my original
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without anymore relying on the evan
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Those who first heard the Word and
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They are in unceasing pursuit of im
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weak. Yet the conference required m
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just one hour gathering the produce
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