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January 30, 1929 – this was the Day we left Hong Kong,China on our foreign expedition. There were the three in ourfamily, Paul Lenn and our leader Dr. Jaffray. Before setting out wewere given a send-off by the brethren and sisters in the name ofthe Hong Kong “Keswick” at St. Paul’s Church. Nay, this was acommissioning service, for this service was sending in China’sbehalf two youths overseas, as the Antioch Church sent Barnabasand Paul (Acts 13). This was a memorable Day, for this Daymarked the opening of a new page in Chinese Church history. Bythe holy decree of “Go ye . . . into all the world” there was blazeda new gospel highway for the Chinese Church – this ChineseForeign Mission.Physiologically and morally speaking, man’s life may bedivided into three periods. First, man is dependent on the parentalnurture and upbringing. Second, he attains independence. Third,he brings up others. For example, even the 120-year-old Mosespassed through these three stages.Since Rev. Morrison brought the gospel to China, over ahundred years have elapsed, so that we should be entering into thethird stage (of the Church’s life). We should progress from theindependence stage to the stage of bringing up others. But, likethe hunter sitting under the tree to catch the rabbit, there are manyChurches which miss the opportunity. Furthermore there arecertain Western missionaries who hold on to China as one of their“spheres of evangelism” forever, and are reluctant to let herbecome independent. We consider this a sin! However, thewonder is that God has raised up Dr. Jaffray from amongst theWestern missionaries to stimulate a Chinese Foreign Missionwork within the Chinese Church. At least, Dr. Jaffray had thisvision.After Dr. Jaffray had settled us on the field he quicklyreturned to China to consult with a few Chinese Church leaders toorganise. By July of that year the first Chinese missionary society64
– the Chinese Foreign Missionary Union – was born. Mr. LelandWang was president, Dr. Jaffray vice-president and treasurer. Hesaid, “This is the Chinese Church’s new enterprise. Therefore lether bear the responsibility. But, since God has moved me to startthis work, I will give my help, won’t I?” Humorously, heobserved, “My name is Fu Min (Dr. Jaffray’s Chinese name)which means: “I should stand on the side to help send Chinesenational missionaries.”Chinese Foreign Mission – this was God’s new enterprise forthe Chinese Church. Logically, it should have been started byChinese nationals. But now it was a Western missionary who didit – a satire to the Chinese Church. And now that Dr. Jaffray couldhumble himself, should not the Chinese Church leaders rise up tothe occasion by accepting the Great Commission?Many years ago I had written an article “Chinese Christiansand Foreign Missions” in the Lutheran News of Hupeh Province.Similarly, in many church magazines I had followed up with sucharticles to arouse interest amongst Chinese Christians in thiswork, that by their participation, this new enterprise mightbecome the joint effort of the Chinese Church. Alas! Opportunitylay daily at the door, but owing to various problems, opportunityslipped away! There were many unreportable events in thismishap.In any enterprise, one should not always expect a smoothsailing progress. For founding the Chinese Foreign MissionaryUnion Dr. Jaffray was greatly misunderstood. Were it not for hisstrong-headedness and resoluteness surmounting a hundredknocks and countless struggles and setbacks, this enterprise couldnot have succeeded. A door was now opened for the ChineseChurch in Foreign Missions, a foundation was laid!That the Chinese Church should have founded a foreignmissionary society, an evangelistic enterprise, was due entirely to65
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Chapter 1A Half-Century of Fleeting
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Page 49 and 50: period, we expressed our regrets to
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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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