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inland. These were Chinese and local-borns. Once these weresaved and called of the Lord to transmit the gospel to thethousands of natives, would not this be a wonderful short-cut?Upon his return to Wuchow, Kwangsi from this trip, how he wasfilled with zeal from the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel to theSouth Seas. These events still vividly appear before our eyes.Whether at breakfast, lunch, or dinner, at that time we heard thenames of Samarinda, Balik Papan, Makasar, Bali, Dyak, Bugisand the name of every tribe. At first we found it very hard topronounce these syllables nor did we know their meanings. Aftersome time did we learn they were the names of cities and towns inthe South Seas, or names of the native tribes. They all did notknow the gospel of the Lord Jesus, but God’s time had come, sothe fire of the gospel was lighted.That year three Chinese missionaries were sent, to Makasar,Samarinda and Balik Papan. Simultaneously a committee wasborn which was named the Chinese Foreign Missionary Union.The president was Leland Wang and vice-president and treasurerDr. Jaffray. The finance and expenses were all in charge of thetreasurer as entrusted by God. From a very small organisation in1926 (then known as South Seas Evangelistic Band) thisorganisation has grown to its present size. During these eightyears, there were in the field an average of 21 missionaries, ofwhom 17 were supported by the Mission. The rest of them were incharge of self-supporting Chinese Churches.It is very evident that God has blessed the labours of thisMission. Three thousand souls have been brought to the Lordthrough the lips of the missionaries. What was called the touristparadise, the alluring Island of Bali, was shut by the Governmentto the preaching of the gospel. But God gave the Mission a specialentrance through one Chinese missionary. God has done a mightywork. Although the Dutch Government forbade us to preach thegospel to Bali, five hundred natives have believed Jesus and are68
aptised. Moreover there are one thousand of the catechumens.The first to open a gospel work in Biliton and Banka are alsoChinese missionaries.The CFMU is the Chinese Church’s only foreign missionarysociety. Although many Chinese are evangelising in many parts ofthe world, there never has been formed such a regularorganisation. Though many Chinese preachers have gone abroad,they have worked only with their compatriots overseas. But theobject of the Mission is to save every tribe of every island on amuch wider scope. As a matter of fact the greatest success hasbeen achieved in work among the aborigines. What the Chinesemissionaries have done could prove they are equal to missionariesfrom Europe and America, and are capable of co-operation. Theyare not afraid of difficulties. They have gone also to Borneo andother islands into their interior. Their work has extended from theMakasar headquarters to various areas. They can also render fullhelp to other areas of service, for instance, in publications and inthe Bible schools for aborigines. To sum up we have a portion inevery branch of church work in the Dutch Indies. Since we havebeen missionaries to China we have naturally learned to know andlove the Chinese more. Today, by the gracious deployment ofGod, we are happier still to co-labour with the Chinese in theSouth Seas.Apart from these happy results, it is regrettable that theChurch has not clearly realised the significance of the CFMU’smission and special opportunities. We know that a Church withevangelistic work only inside her country but having no interest inforeign missions is a caricature. Praise be to God, there is now asmall number who have become interested in foreign missions.Once, a Chinese Christian said, “I now know the reason whyChina has not found revival. We are like the Dead Sea, onlyreceiving in and not giving out. The gospel has reached China forover a century. Both missionaries and funds have come from69
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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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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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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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