Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
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my bus<strong>in</strong>ess was not a little multiplied, so that a call might comeat mid-night to get me one or two hours through some crookedwild mounta<strong>in</strong> path to a paddy-field hut. Look<strong>in</strong>g back, those tenodd years of work and livelihood seemed to be a craze, especiallythe first couple of years. With high spirits one could little practiseself-restra<strong>in</strong>t. In the prime of life one was reckless. This broughtabout irregular hours of sleep<strong>in</strong>g, ris<strong>in</strong>g and eat<strong>in</strong>g. Thisirregularity affected the harmony of every phase of liv<strong>in</strong>g,break<strong>in</strong>g its law. In addition to this, we lacked the physicalprovisions <strong>in</strong> the mounta<strong>in</strong>s. Undernourished, my resistancelowered each day. The mounta<strong>in</strong> country, <strong>in</strong> a word, was a sickk<strong>in</strong>gdom. My energy and strength be<strong>in</strong>g spent, my health cameunder great wear and tear. Although this was the case, myfurlough was delayed. I asked Dr. Jaffray several times fortransfer, but my successor could not be found. By 1935 my bodilystrength sank to its nadir. My <strong>in</strong>ner organs not function<strong>in</strong>gproperly, I was forced to tender resignation to Dr. Jaffray,irrespective of his grant<strong>in</strong>g or not. I was prepared to return toCh<strong>in</strong>a, on my own. It was then that Dr. Jaffray was coerced to letme go, though requir<strong>in</strong>g me to promise to return, with healthrestored. After my departure, Dr. Jaffray sent Mr. Chan W<strong>in</strong>g Sunto the South. Not long after he commenced his language study,Paul Lenn also left the field – and that dur<strong>in</strong>g my furlough – toreturn to Ch<strong>in</strong>a to marry.Dur<strong>in</strong>g my convalescence back home, I made lantern slides ofour work and life. I also edited a “South Islands Call<strong>in</strong>g” specialto report to our people the condition of evangelisation <strong>in</strong> the SouthSeas. It happened that co-worker Rev. Chang Tou Hang had alsoreturned on bus<strong>in</strong>ess. So I jo<strong>in</strong>ed him on a deputation tour ofHong Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Nank<strong>in</strong>g, Wuchang, Hankow,Changsha, etc. Thereafter I was <strong>in</strong>vited to Swatow to holdmeet<strong>in</strong>gs. I planned to tour all-Ch<strong>in</strong>a to awaken the Church to herresponsibility of “overseas evangelisation”. Ow<strong>in</strong>g to shortness oftime, the Netherlands Indies visa runn<strong>in</strong>g out, I had to prepare138