Y7 VQL. KWH= AUGUST 1947 NO.+

PRINTED 2500 BOOK5

One of t t e mccy rapids In the rivers of Borneo thast must be crossed to reach the Dyaks

THE INDONESIAN MISSION OF

TEE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

Address: Ladjonqiroeweq 77, Makassar. Celebes

T H E ' P I o N E E R

-A WORD'OF It has be the 'publication of our last

Pioneer. We are very ,sorry lor this long :interval of enforced silence. but unforseen oircamstances made it well-nigh impossible to get out another i,ssue before this. The unexpected and tragic home-call of our

~Broiher Presswood and #the prolonged delay in the ,arriva'l of reilforce- rnents from the homeland left. us so shont-stlaifed t h d mother Pioneer was simply out of the question. We are glad to say though

f that some of the needed reinforcements have arrived 'so we are ag& taking this opportunity of'getting out the next number. An,d .we hope that from now on, if conditions permit it can be gotten out more re- gularly.

We.on the field feel th,at the Pioneer is a iink in a chain which mutncllly binds you #praying home fri,emds to us and *he work heze and us to you. We are ..workers together" with Htm and thorefore wi?' desira to share with you o m burdens, our struggles, our difficnliies, our blessings. our successes, our victories, They are yours ,as we,l! a:s ours. Th,erefore we are anxious to get out mother Pioneer. so' that you may know about the progress of the work and ecn pray more intelli- gently wiih us ,cad for hs, th,at uni'te5ly we ccn effeclively prosr8cu:e our common task.

KEEP 'EM COMING.

Yes, the rnisrionories are coming.-veterans of the Cross returning to take up duiies interrupi,ed by the war.- new miss?oolr;l-ies cornin,g to A l l up the ranks". At this writing wa've just had the p!ealsur,e of woi- coming back Miss Lilian F. Marsh cnd Miss Margaret E. Kemp. cnd of greeting for the first time. the Rev. and Mrs. Lester Kim ,and their children, Ronald and Fatricia. in a se'parati ar5z:e you will f ind the tesiimonies of the firsl party 'of new missionarie's who arrived with ths Rev. and MIS. 1. Wesley Brill and Donna last April. And so ihey are coming-praise God! Others are now on :he way. Eut we want more to corm, ,so wi,ll you ..keep 'em coming"? Many of p u know the deep :thrill of a ,.send-'off" far missiorimies about io stwi for the iield, but you ccn never know how we feel to be on the receiving ,end., Brother, you can't make us m y happier than by jus t +eeping us busy wei-

2

, - i, T H E P I O N E E R

coming new missionaries, so once again ,,keep 'em coming". ,h the^ succeeding issue it will be our pleasure to print the testimonies of the most recent a,rrivals. In ,the meantime, cad nll the time, don't folgen to pray for ,&em CIS for us, thut we'll all be filled with God's f a . IN REMEMBRANCE

Since the printing of the last ,,Pioneer" two more ab our beloved co. workers'have been called .,home"'. To most of you, this ' sad news is I

not,new, but we wish here to make mention of it. On Februmy 1,1946 our revere,d cmd honored bro'tluer, misi0nar.y pion-, a,nd man of God, the Rev. W. Ernest Presswood, passed Qway d e r u bnipf ~ q m k

,' , of pxeumonia. Life in the internment camp had, rserimly reduced, his " strength and vitulity, and nhai coupled with ih? 'exposure and shock

suffered when the bout in whbch ha KIIKI MIS. Presswood +re trcrvel- ding downstreurn, capsized, were probably the indirect causes of his illness. After capsizing, Mr. qnd MIS. Presswood were carried several hundred yards by the swilt current, M o r e being rescued by the Dyaks. Mr. Presswood's #death occurred during a conference with In- donesim workers at Tmdjongselor, Boelongm, .Borneo. His passing': 5s indeed a most seve~e loss to us personally and ithe Mission.

Toword the end 04 the year came the word of $he ,,homegoing" of Mrs. R.A. IcffrOy. veteran of many years of consecrated missionary service in China, andfinally #also in the Netherlads Indim,. MIS. Jaffray, wifeof hellate Dz.R.A. laffray, as dldhe, endured the long and terrible ordeal of internment. God was pl&d to Bring her thllough this long period, ,md to give her the joy of reunion with loved ones

1 p a d friends in North Amerioa. And th,en suddenly, she, who had spent i mcmy y~ in His m i c e , was removed from this eiarihly scene, to 1. , be ushered into the presence of Him, whom &e served. The strength I ' of purpose. and the whole-hearted devotion to the Lord Jesus, which '.'

! distinguished the life ,of our lamented'md esteemed sister, were truly u challenge !to us.

Our loving and prayerfuhympdhy is extended to the loved ones who mourn the passiug of these two kiihful ambassadors of the Lord.

t

: t '

5

T H E P I O N E E R

Sifted . ,

The Annual Report for 1946 by W.M. Post

We havqpccasionnllly watched with interest native women poun- ding m d winqowing rice. After pubting a small amount 04 the pounded rice =to cjflat b'cskem, with ,a ltw.ist of ithe hands fhey throw @e rice about a daot'ior ,18 ihchei; intoo'the, ,air ldtting ithe wina blow m 5 y The husks or ,chaff tvlhile the hecwie,r ric,e k.mels fall back again fLnb 'the basket. This is.,nepe,ate.d lten lor nwenty times until the rice is sufficiently free of chaff to be cooked. "As we have w,oilrhe.d t h b process we-hove ioften been impressed

,,wrth thetaoh 'that in a,Imcnner .not very .diffarent ,the Church of Christ in th,e Netherlands Indies too h,as been sifted yes, rigorously pounded..ond winnowed an,d sifted. T h e war years hawe put ,the C&is%oos in I,hcEe ,CECG 10 c, ,!Sci;t .such 'as :they Ih.ave8 never bedore elspenienced. Deprived of the advice. support 'mxd guidance of 'the aissiomxy itheymrae compell,sd 'to ston'd an .theirown feet cmd to find their own way. $0 make difficulit decisi,ons. to learn to truslt God for yhem&lveb, IWO >stcod in ,the fcice of@ppodiltjon,and ro mair,tcrin their witness f0.r ,& Lard Jesm Chris?. Jif, put !bb@m on ?heir m,e,ttle and proviidfd icrfajr I t a t ,as to how aetnl$he work h?hei r h,eol'ls hmd been. But while, o'slfi3q ,such CI: $!,his, i s ,c!vr:ps b?nE&icial and pro- fWle *:nJJ?a Church. i t .is never w r y pleirnsant, ,and re,slalrs are hequen,tly' C&d surprking and Fo,%ibly ,dis,appointinq, S o m e t i a j &ere iisn',t very mucb deft.

Looking bmk over Yh,e pcsk yemars or,d ~re~al iz iy haw fas , t 7hij , wsork in fhe ,Indi'es had grown in pome cases it appeared to be #almost (~i mushroom grow&- one h,ad remcmn 30 f,em 'wh.at such sif'ting t b .rnjg)?t n 6 c n ~,o/the waik here. There have h e n those ,who felt that YhR mpid grovlkh c$,ihe, Church (here .indicated 'CL superficial work. But',evienffis banre proved thct ,the Itime, ,rsqured !;,a bring. a soul tc tho Lbrd is ntot ,always:p 6u~e ' und safe R,est. ,ts to how T e a l or gbnui- fihe work ;inhis healrk litns'or h,as not 5,een. What is ,011 'important is

. wbeih~n i t 5s ithe, wc& of the, Holy ,Spir&t or the wark pi man. )U i: is God's work it will ab,ide: if mank it wi,U surely disappe'ar.

Upon our return to the Indi,es in September. 1945 we felt very much like a man who, having been absent from his home during G fire or stoim .,JIE~~UU$IS 10 seeiwhat damage has Peen done and what still

[ .,

'

4

.. , T H E P I O N E E R

r e d s . Just before Jeaving Austrdia we had ,learned of the 1- of our hornxed chairmun,, Dr. !R.A. Jafffray, and his able cssiS'tW Rev. C.R. Deiiler as well .=is the home-call of other faithful co-wor- ker~, whmh itself was CI seriow ,losS. Besides, the wonk here suf- fered ,un,d eurviqed ,puny other hard %lows and underwant p tes- ting and sifting process more severe than that ,experienced by m y othe,r ~~IAY1S0nca'~mission fidd. ;As aetFduve ,=sewed itbe i-esults we, were both surprised .md ,d~appoinq,edisurprs~d ' ,~ ,~ so many h e rerncheld h e , cad ,disappointed 0 v e r . h number who Sell out along P. MQV. J-Icke are a few of :&e thinqs wn 6ound. On the credit side. 1 , '

(1) There keen no mass fcnlhg away .&any paut o!f,tb field. Pramically every church bck Ternmined aat,act.

(2) Very few ,individunls ;or <illages have, 'cictually ,gone bark to Wleir old hea.thhen cusaomi; or former religion. ;

43) A h @ one-h,crlf of the-native wpnkers continued ,$heir minis- 'try, evenc'hugh they bad nd suppxt itharmselves, bften under very diffkult con,dilions qnd eYtenuU&i.q circumst?mces. When onhers Jef$ m'any of Ulesh d m & d mp: ih Isevemil fields we fin,d there ,are' ~villagesrnem the Chisti- am who, were b m ~ w l y Indifferent bnt ape now, m k i q for tecwhem and me responsive to Whe Gospel. We ,have wsihaihed ,very lit0e htakrial d.c$nqe, pr ios.

Eig~tl.mibsionmie~s ,cmd ,pproxim&!dy ,pen sludents and WP ,kern were killed o,r died as a dirmt result of the WI. 2 co&de,r&le numb,er >pf fhle Chri,st?uns (between 20 .aa!d

" 30%) have become hkewarm, cold and careless, of which a fair pqmdion, l iav~ ,resmedol.d habits such a e m p k q .'and ,dsi&,ing.

(3) The laq!e ,number of nc$ive reachers wh'o fe!l out along the way left many churches, 'and orem insufficienbly'pamed.

(4) The entire lfield 'is ,in #am unsa%isfactory ,ispiribql stdte pnd qre'edtly peeds a spiritha1 quickening , a d reviving.

We ure,gglad to.say,tbugh that during ,1946 there- bsen pqqe improvement ,in the general condition pf the ,m&. Bmther G.E.) Fisk c,cime,%n J d y o d i n Septemhen Brothers J.C. Melker, H.W. Post and E.H. Midkekq ,arrived to resume the work in ltbeic, respectiv? fields.

.. \~,.-' I

(4)

(5)

(1)

(2)

Dn the de&it side. ;

b 1

5 , , I I

T H E P I O N E E R

With the bicmeful influences oj ,the WICU gone, a number of the Chris- ,ti- 'hme come ho, ,3*ermeives [and have pruly repenred of thm '6inzi.Several t e a ~ h , e ~ ~ ~ e . , o ~ 9 0 ~ e t u r n e d . b o , . t h e w m k ,and at the end ;of ithe school year '&by more were, sent@ $0 r a p l ~ n i ~ h , ~ ~ a r , ~ d e p l ~ ~ it& Fknf4hefxncre. c n effective1,nieasure was taken, which must V R a great blessing 'to %he wobk ,jn Eaet Borneo, namelyii Thy

'establishing of the East Borneo 8ible School. A sirdlarr sohool iY

Two of our native brethren, Rev. A. Tering, the 'pastor of 'our Ma- kassx tabernacle, rmd Rev. S.W. Chue, one of our Cninese Foreign! Missionary Uhiion workers, rendered us a most xalucable ,service when they mzde deputdion'al visits to is'everal of our fields. Brother Tering visite,d all ,three of our West Borne,o, fiel4s 'and Brother Chue wen8 to ,Lomboh and Scembawa. They both did splendid work and hrought buck enlightening reports.

There are still many problems ahead. The delay in the clearing up of the political situcdion and the slow economic recovery me creating serious difficultiss. Though the infiltration and #activities of extremists from Java to Borneo and th.e Celebes has now u h o s t ceased, and the Liqgadj2ti agreement has been signed by both pxrtles. cnd the Sit- uation has become more peaceful, ye; we ,me s5ll in the midst of qhe ,tn?nsiiion stoqe, so .that i t is difiicult to predict what. the future may bring. The government has also gone ahead with th.e creation of the state of East Indonesianhich comprises 'a!l the ~mea Enst of Java and Borneo, except New Guin,ea, and NaZ the present writing th'e new par- licnnent of East Indonesia is in its first session. W e 'will here try to give a brief resume of the work in each indivi-

dual field.

Sesaiap, Fast B o r n e o

The northemmost of our Borneo fields, the Sesajap District, was opened in 1932 by Rev. W.E. Presswood. Though the Christians are loca!ed far in the interior and away from the pernicious influences of modem civilization. ye &is field beccnne one of the m%or theatres of the war. The resident missionary. the late Rev. J ~ a h n Willfinqer, had purposed to rem,ain with she Christians, but when the 'Japanese threatened to imprison all the a i m workers and prsecute tha Ckiutians should, be not give himself up, Brother Willfinger 1

planned for Wesit Bo,rmeo as so'on, CIS reihrz%nRlIUj, CIrrCVe. I .

~

' ~

~

!

1

i 6

T . H E R I O N E E R

deliierately went down to the coast and surrendered himself to th'e Japanese. only to become a martyr two months later-in December, 1942. The national teachers however, were permitted to continue their min-'

,istry unmolested under the leadership of Rev. A. Doemat who is a experiencemd. matured and ordained worker, and during the wur years he baptized 732 converts, thus miaking a total of 3822 Christians in this field. There are seventeen organized churches in this district us well as one pfimmry Eible School with 74 pupils. During 9, war a few of its graduates were used as teachers of smaller churches

In late 1944 and eusly 1945, in preparation for the invasion of Tara- kan on the eust coast of Borneo and Labuan in Sarawuik on, the west coust; th$ orea come mone ,and mope into the war picture. A Japanese army of 600 sent into the interior to' find the six survivors of 'an Amer-' F a n plane which had to make a forced landing, was ltotally wblpeg, out by the Dyoks, with y3 loss of bur $0 tQemselvw. And when a con-. siderabk number of Australian soldiers were pmachuted into the. hecrt of th% are31 they encouraged h e D y T to sharq in this qeu$la, warfcre. Aboat 100 of the Christiuns took art. A number o f , the+ Christians, following the exomple df the soldi,ers;,also took 'to smoking and drinking again, hcbi:s from which th,e Gospel bad fre'ed them. Brother Presswood, afte'r his rdeuse from internment, vkited the field in JGnuary, 1946 and h,ad a short ministry of blessing among them: Little did our broth'er realize that this was to be the last time he wCLS to see his belovDd Dyaks for whom he poured out his life. At that timS however, mamy confessed.and repented of t h e i T sins.

Roelongan, East Borneo

was opened by Brother G.E. Fi& in 1929, cam be conveniently divided ir.to three sub-districts-the Lower Kojan, the Poedjoengan and the Apo Kajan districts. Some of these 'meas are quite remot,e und difficult o!. acc6ss. but none esacped the bcmeful influences of 'the war. Wle six- teen of the native teuchers remained faithful ond continued to witness and minister to the more than 4000 Christians, yet in a feiv places a considerable number of rhR D p k s in the Lower Kqan and Poedpe-' ngan &b,districts became cold and went back to some of thsir old

,> and they hawe done splendid work.

, , .

!

1 ' 1. [

r , .

The Boelongan district, which is the old'ast of our Borneo fields 1 ! ~

'

T H E ! P I ; O I V E E R

habits. such as drinking awl smoking. Only in a couple isolated cases have they returned to their old supemtitious customs. Though there are in .tnis dield'many frrithful souls who really ,love the Lord d he. borne f'mthful witness to Him. rhe churches in these areas need a dee;r, spidtual quidkening and 'atwakening whmh will Jift themi out Df the routine of church-going 'and the external forms of Chlistianity.

In the Apo K,ajan subdistlict there h m been a mcuked movincj of the Spirit, which we beliewe oame #as a read t of the sacrifice of our 'brethren, Rev,und'NYrs. A.Srmde and Rev. F. J,ackson. who were killed fiere t haqanese . There has been a large increase in the nmber of believers. but these Dyaks who number m e than 1000 have not yet heen baptiid, so thcrt we still class them 5, inq~irers . But from the native teccch,ers' repork we learn that though they me being, meveely persecuted by the heathen they are standing true, we t&e this ,as fm encoumqing indicdion that this work is of God cmd not man. Our acute need in Borneo is a large increase in the number of native

teachers. To meet this need we have gone ahead with plans to establish, a Bible School in Borneo itself.

Thii will~be a kin!d of wtvaweedl prepaotory E&% and students will st311 come to Makusscrr to complete their training. Broth- Fisk has already found a good locution with a building on the grounds, and Dyak young m,en (prospective students) have built their own dormito- ry. The last letter told that with th'e help of graduates from our Mukas- sm Bible School class= had )already begun with 50 sludents enrolled. With this school we can train a large number of Dycrks al reduced cost to the Mission, as the students will have their own gardew and furnish their own board. Thus under God's blessing, guidance we trust Vhat we oam supply the whole of East Borneo with n goodly num- ?.w of preach'ers, Sunday School teachers 4 Ch'tticn workers and thereby not only strengthen the church in these areas but ,adso witnss a large increase in the number ,of believers.

Mahakam, East Bornco The evmgelization of the M'ahakam district has always bean a slo:~.

difficult, uphill job. Though it, is a populous district wivh sorde 60.000 Dyalos and some of our most ,experienced missionaries, including Brothers Clench, Presswood. Deibler, Dixon and H. Post have at some

; 8

( i T H E P I Q N E E R

.

,,A Bulinese girl"

time ,labored there. it'h,cns never yielded results compmable to that of other Borneo fieIds. The Come for this is the influence amd presence of Moslems. 'who ,h,awe found this ia:re,a quite accessib1,e and have pene- trated 'to many places where the Dyaks live. Even ;though mnpam+ ivdy few Dyaks have embraced Moh-edcmism. yet our experience, has invariubly been that where Isdamic influence. has been exrted the Dyaks have been less responsive to the Gospel in proportion to the amount of that influence.

Yet the Lord has given sods in this district, particularly in the Moi- ma Lawa aces where our Chinese brethren f'ormerly had the privilege of seeing a l'arge number baptized.

In the Tabang area w'e h,ad 87 Christians'. hut th'we were mot so accessible imd had few'er Moslems in the area. During the war ,there also was very little Japanese interference here so that the number of believers h,ave been increcrsed to 405 Nand two new churches have been organized. We have also ,about 100 believ,ers a a village in the M e l d ,m,ea and a hand iul in one ox two uther villages.

The Japanese in 'this district were very'fmatical and brutai and for more than two ye8ar.s forb,crde our te'ach'ers to hold public religious meetings, excepting marriage and funeral ceremonies. Furthermore, o?her influences were brought RO bRau upon them, which resulted in the wemkening of the faith of mcmy. So wilh the fmatkal, crue1,Ja-

'Y <' ':

'I

1

T H E P I O N E E R

panese opposition on the one hand. coupled with the evil forces at work in war or peace. the Christians did not fare sa well, a3d (9 num- ber huve backslidden. The Y3hinese worken feel however

when via (ym ~eoccupy thii field a d "have enough workers to man 8. they will come back. At he close of our school .year in M&assm we allocated five ' new mrkers 'to the Mahakam mcl we b q e received word that they h v e d safely on tha fidd, 60 we look4or a'p improvement in this situation. A letter written in I946 from one Dy&'vofker from this area however, reveals how some of *em are standing true in spite of strong oppodtion. MI. Sirai. a faithful Dyak work,er, writes:

,,When war broke out my father compelled me to go home. In .my home village the people ,me still 'heathen and they did their best 10 undermine my faith. When my child was ill 'and nearly died, my faith wo9 severely tested They wanted me to use superstitiom and en Dycrk remedies &hm. Some cmne w'ith sof t words, others spoke roug3ly. and some thredened me, saying, 'Don't believe tb'at religion

' 'qnymore. Don't you know fhat the Japanese hate your religion?' But praise God, that He did no! forget His servant, so that my.:faith wus not shaken-not even a little. As is written in I Corinthims 1013. He did not let us be tried above our strength. Prdise God that suddenly OUT child was healed and got well so thal my parents'' (who ,also are

,' &I heathen) were touched, as well as a number of other people in the village,".

There is another encouruging featureio th,e work iqthis dslrict. The l e e Tunjung tribe which 'has long been opposed d indifferent to

,' the Gospel 'now manifests CI new receptiveness qnd willingness to bear. Pray that from among them there mcry be a gracious ingathering of rsouls.

The work in West Borneo comprises three fields or districts - the Belitaug, the Melawi and the Lower Kapoeas or Meliau districts. H s e the l+anese ruled dith a cruel and iron hand. The story of the Ia- pan- occupation in West Borneo runs red with blood. It is estiidted that the number of hdonesims \killed here mns into Lhousmds.

In the BELlTANG district, which pioneered by Rev. LA. Mouw 'and is the oldest of our West Borneo fields, the teachers were ubl'e to continue their ministry without interference throughout 1942 and 1943. But early in 1944 the ullraeuspidoue Japanese thoug2t they had a

10

,

T H E P I Q O M E E R

cus against OUT teachers. There were two accusdtions brought against them.

(1) They held preyer-meetinqs in the church. (2) They were hididg things belonging to the missionaries. A few teaahers were takendown. to the Gestapo headqvarters at Sanggau for examination and a mont5 later all were released except Teacher Hermanoes. who was brought down to Ponti,aaak. He mas never heard from aq-in and it is assumed that he was killed by the Japanese. The churches however wereclosed and no services could be held until April, 1945 when a Japanese mmister visited the area and gave permission to resume Ichurc$, wor- ship. As a result of this Japaneseorder forbidding senricer msany of the Christians grew coldand not ia few returned to ,some of their former, hp,bits, such 0,s smoking, drinking and gambling. And when church

'--&vices were resumed in April, 1945, attendance had fcrllen off to less than half the membership. We are encouraged though by re-, cent reports which inform us thtat many others have since returned and continue to come and it <appears they a re genuinely,repentant. One Dyak teacher w+tes. ~ ,,At our last service (August 8. 1946) about

stians repented and h e y wept bitt,erly for their conduct^ raise God that they ,again had the opportunity of bowing

thei,r knees b,efcre the Lord. On'that duy one person also was saved.:"' A number of ,the teachers who left the wofi during the occupation ha& C ~ ' E O been reins:ated. 'The Belitany dietrict hmas more than 4000 on ink; membership rolls, an,d we believe that bef,cre l o q rot only wi,ll tba,t numb=r be fully reinstated but that mcny others will be added to-the: Lord. ,,

The work in the MELAWI district has in ,some respects resemble& that ci the Mahckcm fi,eld in East Bcmeo in that a strong Mohcrmme- d':n influsnce is exerted there.. As a result. both the teachers and Christians had a verj hard time. Brother Dixon and his wife were t,a-' ken cway for internment early in 1942. After 'that the church wms close- dy w,z'tched and threatened m d the names of 'all the Ciristians were registered. The believers in this area numbered about 750. Finally worship u"n;s forbidden here &!so and services wkre not resumed until' April, 1945. Of the teachers located here at the outbreak of war on$ three were still at their pcsts when it closed. The number of Christians also dwindled conspicuously. But praise Gad, sines the close of the war several of the teachir,s and more t h half th,e Christiinns h a v e

., . TI; ,'.

T H E P I O N E E R

returned and are again d t d m g the church services. We are happy to say that Brother J.C. Meltzer has recently returned to this field and we are trusting God for the complete restoration and reviving of these churchex

A recent and signiricant development of the work in the Melawi is the revponsiveness of four Dy& villages in the Koeala Mantjur area. On his visit in September, 1946 BroZher Tering wrote, ,,When we am- ved here the village chief of Kuala Mantjur (pronounced Kwalc Man- chur) asked us for a teacher, saying that he and his whole village of 300 people wished to become Christians and added that the three adjacent villages on this river are \also favorable to reoeiving the Gos- pel." The population of these four villages numbers over I000 nnd al- m d v one man has offered his house to Be used as a tsmporarr

1

&&h building. The youngest of the West Borneo fields is the LOWER KAPOEAS.

About the diddle of 1941 there was a lmae inaatherina here d some ~ ~~~

8 0 ~ ~ & s wereb&tized;by firother-R. Wi&m. B i d e r Tering in hls report last year t,ells of the feithfulnevs of La-inq. a Eyuk from East Borneo, 10s well as the difficulties encountered by the church Cu- ring the war, Unfortmdtely, the psoximity of this area to P o n t i d k made it ieasy for the Japanese to intimi.date these babes in Christ and prevent /them from hold% services. 'AnaVher event which had unfw- or&Ie effeces on ,yhe ,church was 'm organized among these Dy&s fi'1945 against ,the Japanese. ,%m.. 3000 nr 4000 of i!hm at- tacked and killed the personnel of a Japanese lumber firm working in the area, as well as several members of the Gestapo who came to ap- prehend them. Yet when Mr. Tering came and held some meetings mong them last October he WCIS well received and found a godly number who have rem,ained faithful. At on0 church fomerly number- ing 300 the meeting wos attended by 170 people. At another vill'age about 200 attended the service. Brother Tering believes that when we o m again properly !shepherd these scattered sheap they will return (and be restored. ,In December w'e were able to send another worker to this a r m and andher went in April.

!

,

Bangka and Billiton Rev. C.Y. Wong of the Chinese Foreiqn Missionary Union, who is

pastor of the Chinese church in Billiton, has ~fiaithfully carried on

.^

T H E P I O N E E R , throughout the wm ,and his church is now wholly self-supporting. One of our Indonesian brathren also labors here and has been ministmirig to two smaller churches, one with 45 and the other with 27 members.

The Bungka church has not ,done so well, cs the teacher left the work during the war, yo that many of the sheep have been scattered. Because of the shoffage of worlaers we had no one to Fend 1 Ithere. but we trust tb soon one of our Chine- brethren can go and &p- herd this flock, bringing back those who have strayed aud lost their way, as well as leading many unsaved souls to the Lord.

Sumatra Because of the continued hostilliti’es in Jma and Sumatra ~m word

has as yet come from pny of our five workers who were lett in South- em Sumatra at the outbreak of the war. During the wm one of our l-, cal brethren had a letter from a teacher who formerly h i d , worked among the 600 K,ooboo believers in ,southern Sumatra, which revealed that they were unable to continue their mfnistry #during the occUw iion. Whether they ham been uble to resume &eir work since the end of th.e war we oonnot say.

Makassar and the Celebes Upon ouS%ival in Makassar we.,were ogreeably aulp&ed to

find our school ,and church property quite in ta t and undamaged. Dur- ‘ing the iwa,the 1,cpmese Government sent Pro,te#ant ministers to the Indies who,- task was to unify a11 C h r i s t i groups into one organiza- tion and bring them into line with their miliiasy aims and mnbitions. The Ia-panese minjst,er sent to Makassar found our property sui6able to their purposle, so mad,e.frequent use of it. Our native pastor cad his assistdnt were not very well i m p r e e d with the sincerity of the Nip-, ponese and when they refused to cooperate the Jqanese minister sent them out to serve small grolips of .the Dutch church in villqes a good distance away. Another one of our workers was then placed i.n chmge crmd he, pmtly from fear of ‘the consequences of disobeying the Ja- pmese order and partly thinking that he should mediate in the situa- tion, assumed the pastorship of the dhurch. His offices were not well receiv.ed by ,the majority of the people. a d had not p e e come to change th,e situation it Is quite likely that ‘a schism would have re- sulted.

13

T H E P I O N E E R

At the close of the war, however, the pastor and his assistmt have ag& resumed 'their places and in June 1946, after considerable prayer. the two groups were brought together and church unity waa also restored. Though attendace in thethurch was moderote (cm aver- ,age of 150) yet a good spirit prevailed and the church has truly ad- h!wed me offeriqs Lor 11946 amounted do m e than 51. 7500. SO

chat besides t&ng car0 of all itcr own expeMes thsy could also qive u liberal amount for missions.

The Chinese church has made significant progress. Rev, Y.K. Tze of #he Chinese Foreign Missionmy Unkm is pastor and has worked hard m d faithfully and the fiurch h a grown, under & ministry. During the war it has become fully sell-supporting and now the Chinese brethren are m&ng prepmcdions to put up ther own church building.

W e were very happy to reopen the W i l e School in 1946, with CGII emolment of 65 students, of, w k 'about half were D y a k W& two of our hdonesian braken , Rev. M. Titaheluw ,and MI. E.E. Korenghng. d s h g in the teaching, as well as two cihinega dsiond~, (Rev.

'8 Y.K. Tze $ Rev. SW. Chue, we were able to resume classes Febru- ary 1st. It way a hard d difficult year, but , the lord provided sup ' p I i w . e e str0ngth and wisdom, d szw Us safely through. From

i @e Australian occupo3iin foroea we received 500 bottles of Parker's ! Qihk ink und one bale of paper (mptured from the Japanese) as well .as otfice supplies. They also gave a l i r d amouht of second-hand

I, clothing to the students. A Chinese Christian gave us more thm 2000 I ' i , ilorins to repair Our dormitory. So the lord graciously met all our

needs and e d l e d us to weather every storm. Truly. .,He redeemed =-out of all OUT troubles". At one time #&OM twenty of tha D@s got discouraged and wanted to go home. And in June und lulyT we had four deaths in ow?domitory. We were deeply gratehl for the timely help of Mr. H.W. Post who since his axrival in the Indie,s gave most valuable help in the school. Praise Gad. by W s enabling we were able to bring the ye31 to a ~succ~~s fu l conclusion and had the privilege 3f qraduatinq fifteen studenas and of sending our ohut.30 0s teachers to Vm:OU3 parp of the Indies.

Prepmations have been made for the republication of the Kulam Xidoep. our Bible magazine in M d q , under the ,able leadership of Rev. P.H. Pouw. who has again been secured for this ministry. Tha first number appeared in Janumy 1947. Owing to the very serious Iack of

1 , '14

T H E P I O N E E R

Christian literature in Malay. this magazine meets CI very grwt need , , ,'

and we .trust that again it mcry exert much influence for good and be.,, ,, a blessing rn many.

In the South Celebes ,and on the i s l ~ d s of Boelan ,and Moena t h e , : work has remained fairly steady. Though some teachers lef't the: woik, yet in th,e places f i e r e there were churches the work,has been : maintained. In the southrn Celebes there me four such groups be- sides one in Boeton and one in Moena. Since @e war there has a g e been progress, though there ace many difficulties. We have recently sacountered a new problem in the south Celebes. viz. the infil&aIion of extremists from Java. As a result,, two of our workers had to leave ~, (heir stations tempormily, bu are now ready to return.

, ,

':

Lornb6k AlLer the departure of Brother Konemann and family from Lorn- :

bok, who were taken to Java for i n t emen t early in 1942. and the workers were to carry on alone, things did not go well. Lombak, with ]- its popuilutii o f . k a k Mohummedans rmd Balinese Hindus, hus from ,: its very inception not been a fruitfa1 field w d the Japrmese occupa- ,I,, tion increased the difficulties tenfold. Though a number of preachmg'.!, centers had been established, yet in d y three places were there". Christians. With a view 40 helping thq workers with their support ,,I

n organized ,a Field Committee among them, author-,. :

lion they collected SI. 922.24 which was equally distributed. but it was, . not enough to support them al'l. Thus several of the workers found it ; necessary to get work so as to emn a living and therefore felt com- ,, pelled to leave the ministry.

Two of the teachers w a e accused of being enemy spies and were severely manhandled and tortured. ~ %e was cruelly becrten and then thrown into a ddqeon wh,ere he was kept for 3% months. The other. CI Balinese young man, was exumined daily for five months and frequently had his hands ti,ed to his feed for long periods, %'that ha could not sleep. He w,as beaten, <end burned with fire by turns and us ; a result of his punishment lost h56 mind for some time. Finally he too was cust into a pit which had 1% fee't of water in it and kept there for :' four months.It is a marvel these two teachers survived and both of them are now in very'poor health.

ct funds for the work. During the period of occup~r,

-

T H E P I i O N E E R

Oae of OUI Chinese brehen. Rev. S.W. Chue of ,the Chinese For- eign Missionary Union. visited Lombok in July 1946 m d reports ).that the church at Negara Sakah is still going on while at Selong, where &ehere was a gmup of :some 70 Selievers, mom ' t h m half hawe gone back 40 Islam. But praise God, there remains a faithful nucleus in this church. ,and during the war one mOn, a former Moh~ammedan teecher. sealea his faith with his blood. He was 'a diiligent ,student of the Word and brought'many of his fellow-countrymen to the Lord. Because of his z e d ,the Mohammedcrrvs accused him before the Japanese of being a spy for the Americans, whereupon he was seized and beaten 80 se-

Soern baw 3 ' verely thd he died two days hter.

Soembawa lies east of Lombok and our work here is supervised by an odained nationml workmer, Rev. B.J. Txka. The work here is of (m types - thd among the Mohlommedlam on the coast and that among the primitive tr?bespeople in; the mountains cabled the Donggo

c people.' After many yecrrs of faithful seed-sowing in the coastal Mo- hmmmedon villages, there have been ver$ meager re,sults, whereas &e work ,among ,the Donggo people shows considerable p h s e . Be fore the war about 86 of ,these people had been baptized. and on his visit this i s 1 4 in June ,1946 Brother Chue baptized 43 more. Further more, not far from where these Christians me looated~ icrqothervil- luge of 300 which is asking for a tectcher and appears to be, very res-

' , , p0nsi.x to th,e Gospel. W e h,ove therefore felt led to withdraw our workers from the Mohammedcn centers and concentrate on the 'hng- go people who number between 5000 and 10.000.

New Guinea

,, ,

The hs ionar ies in New ,Guinea. Rev. cnul MIS. W.M. Post and Rev. EH. Mickelsom, were fqrtunde to be able to continue their work at the Wissel Lakes 'mea'for 1% years after the outbrecck of the war. The Japane,se did not reach the Lakesunti1 the end,'ot May 1943. ,At the time of evacudion by a Dutch Catuliiaplane. just two days before the Japanese arrived, there were two main sUations and,eGght, outsta- tions in the area. On one of these outstations :about 'sixteen Kapapaukus sought the~Lord for salvation. but because of the hnguage difficulty we could not accurately determine whether they were truly born again. If not, they were at least very near the Kingdom.

16

T H E P I O N E E R

The Japanese remained in the Wissel Lakes areaAor same time. All of our Mssion properly, houses, personal effects and nine native- built church buildings were destroyed. The last of October 1946, short-' ily deer the ahiv,crl of Bro?her Micloelvon (from the States, the Lord ened the door for his.return to th,e Lak'es, even p r o v i d i a flight With a Catalino plane to take him and four national workers back there. We have since had word that the brethren a're busy laying again' the groundwork, suoh CIS building houses, moking gardems and renewing contacts. Services have been resumed imd are well attended. mre, see- ,p be a r e d inhes t and we are'loakhg 'to the LOX? for a gr& cious ingathering in th,e not 'too dimt future. We t m t too, that be- fore long,Brolher Nlickelm can lagain occupy his station among the Moni trible in fie $arther interior ,which he edabkhed 'hfore the wm, and that the ppulous iDani people us well ,as ather races in the VaN hinterland of New Guinea may alvo be reach,ed.wHh the Gospel.

Conclusion As we contempbate the future many thoughts and possibilitiec'

crowd upon our minds. On the one hmd there is the nedof SpiritUd reh,abilitation for the existing. churches in Bo,rneo and elsewhere. to- enter the open 'doors in heathen villages located in ' a r ea already w- cupied, a d t h e $Till untouched tribes of New Guineca-to be reached.: while on the other band there are the tremendous political changes &mq place. the uncertain and unpredictable conditions and the dzngers! delays and 'disappoinflmen,ts encountered in cmrying on the,, work. Iq ,some r@spects this is ,a day of unusual opportunity, but never have we had to work under such exasperating conditions. Routine, b cidental matters which formerly required only ma minimum of our energy now demand the greater part of our time )and effort. , '

AS we look at the world situation we cannot escape the conviction that whatever ministry is Jeflt'b us it will be dedit.ely l i ' i ted, and it may be of short tduraton -much &aer than we. tiiink. Akccdy marked changes,have takenplace. It behooves us therefore to m d e fie m s t of the time and energy left to us to spend for Him. We must wa,it much upon Him in prayer thmt we may know and discern His will. and that we may not spend our time foolishly or carelessly.

We sane ;living in a critical age. a solenmhour. May we be uwake to its cull ,and its challenge and faithfully proclaim and spread the Gospel message in obedience to His command inti1 He comes.

I

..

,I7 1

I -. ~. T H , E P I O N E E R , . , i I

Opportunities and Crises $,

. . by'Rev. J.W. Brill. .For a great door and effectual is opened unto n e (us) and there are muny adversaries."

If it is true that opporlunities knock but once. then the Lord help us: for instead of knocking gently at our doors. they are thunder- ing upon us. To the true messenger of the Gospel every OPPORTUN- ITY brings a RESPONSIBILITY: and those responsibilities hare be- come such ,a oolossal burden to the all-too-few missioncries of Indone sia that w e fall onour faces and implore our Heavenly Father, .,Send forth laborers irito ,the harvest field"; cmd to you, YOUNG MAN. we stand on the shore rmd call out across the ,sea, ,,Come over into Indo- nesia and help us".

It is evident that the Lord by His Spirit is striving with these races endeavoring to take out a peop!e for His Name. His coming is near and He longs to manifest His grace and mercy to many still awaiting the good news of salvation. In the Nanga Pinoh area of West Eorneo there ore over a thousand awaiting b a g k m . Far to the interior of East Borneo, in the Apo Kajan, there me , - S n o t two thousoad asking for

! baptism. In the same ,generscrl :area. up ,?ha Eahoe R i p s there is ,a new ', ,moving of the Holy Spirit. The Mahak,am River district, long a strong-

~ , hold against the Gospel, iis now breaking down in answer to the pray- '' %r,3 of the saints. Word comes of fresh interest in the Gos- ~ pel and a new receptiveness. In Tabang three hundred have accepted

~ ths Lord Jesus as their Soxiour. Up the Sssajap River many have re- :., ' cently been added to the Church. Among the mountain people of , ' Donggo in Sumbawa, one hundred and four have just been b,mptised.

God's Spirit is brooding over the land, and the precious hurvest awaits reapers. Opportunities? Yes, opportunities in abundance, but don't forget 'the RESPONSIBILITIES. CAN ANY GOOD THING COME OUT OF AN INTERNMENT C A W ?

of our missionaries w , d a blessing to some a least. H,ollandsrs of all walks of life rubbed elbows wilh our missiamries in the c m p and some of them were led to Christ. Those I have met, who were in the cdmp with our missionaries. speak very hi,ghly of them. Our Du!ch

18

'

. . , ' We are h'appy to find that the dreadful irrlernmenrk.ccmp experience

' ,

4 '

?

T H E P I O N E , E 4 '

friends Iezmed to unders!and and appreciola our d s s i m + e s bet& and vice versa, so that our mutual relutionship i,s better than men. ' '

OUR GRADUATES AND STUDENTS WELL ACCEPTED

Today the Mnkassar Bible School ranks much higher among the Dutch mis,sionaries than before the war. It is because of the excellent work d,on,e b y our men, and thsir faithfulness during the war. During the 1apanes.e occup3tion t h e e w:s no group of Christian workers more faithful !hm ours. Consequently our preachers are in demand: by other missions. One Dulch missionary was much disappointed be- cause we could not send him twenty men from o u Bhle School.

PUBLICATION WORK Never wcs i t easier to sell books. Three Indonesian brethren, are

kept busy in the book room constantly. Never have we had such'a demand for Dr. Jcffrq's books. The Bible Magazine (Kalcm Hideep);- subscription list is almost suffering from growing pains. Every mail,

t . brings several lelters from new subscribers. Eight of Dr. Jaffray's ex-' positions in fourte.en volumes are already published in Mclay. Two more are ready for publiculim as , : o m a s w,.? c;?t th'e money 0x15 ftk4;

: permission. Paper is evenscarcer here than in the United States. We, ! have many tes:imonials from Christicn workers of,ths Iich blessing; ', these books have brought: and there are more to ba translated just'

a s sccn c s w , ~ Fcw'Iibly ccn. Perscnally. I have c 'cre .3 lot cf work on a book on ChrisYian Doctrine. which is much n e e d 4 and I w i l appreciate your proyer;, that God will s m n enab1.e m a to get it ready for publicoiion. Whu? u tremgndous.' opportunity is knocking a! our door in r-yard to the publication work.^. Every'where hcnds cre stretched out fcr BOOKS.

Will you help us pu! the right kind of books in the h m d s of these: Christian workers?

; , ,

~

MAKASSAR BIBLE SCHOOL CRISIS W e could have two hundred students in our Biblo: School if we,

hod sufficient ternochers and fundr. Think of the opportunises that 'ere bsing los!, the Gospel thzt could be preached, the churches that could be built; especially so, while we are short of workers in all our fields.,'

19 . ,

T H E P I O N E E R

In the August conference the Bible School wi,ll be facing a crisis; dur- ing whkh lime ,the future policy ,of the school will be decided. A Bible School in East and West Borneo will be established, but the big issue is wh,ether or not the Makassar Bible School will remain the finishing school. B is hoped that t h e Makasser Bible School will al-

, 'ways remain the finishing school for all our Indonesi,p workers. ~ Much more is involved in this issue than can here be explained: therp-

fore may much prayer ascend to God that we may be guided in His will.

POLJTICAL SITUATION The political situation is by no means settled, and-we request

prayer that it will in no way hinder the preaching of the Gospel. At present the situation in the Grea East or Ecst Indonesia k quite favor- able. but no one can prediat how long we will be able to continue i3 aes ishands, hence we must be up and about our Master's business while we have OPPORTUNITY.

FJNANCW CRLSIS

We have lost some of our very fine wcrrkers because we afe not paying. ,them enough. Others have asked for 80 leave of absence to go to *eir home islands and now haven't enough money to return and

Moreovler it is easy for them #to find work with other missions. Our misdionaries have worked hard to train these men and it is

difficult To see them leave this mission because of dinancial reasons. We would give them more doney but we don't have if m d until

more comes ;in to us the situation will remsain unchanged.

, I of ithem will not re'turn until we give a large? salary.

THE CALLIT0 PRAYER May the good hand of OUT God be upon us during the coming confer- ence. This conference will ;be the most important

These opportunitis und these crises .me a challenge to prayer. , ~ mbkm. Perhaps too. some, may have the i,dea ?hat it is

easy to win souls in these Itlands, and ore not praying as they should. This i,Y a never-ending spiritual battle, and there are mazy adveruaries. Pray! Brolhier, .Pruy!

20

the S ~ t o r y of

I

T H E P I O N E E R

Greetings from the new Missionary ar,rivals

On April 4th we had the ,joyful ,privilege d .welcoming. not mly Rer. 6 MIS. J.W. Brill wi'th their ,daughter Donna, but also three new couples with their children, viz Rev. d MIS. K.€.Troutman and Cathulryn Jane (age 3). Rev. 6 Mrs. J.L. Van Patter and Marilyn (age 2) .and Rev. 6. Mrs. J.R. Sclikler, C ~ o l Ann (age 5). Kamthlem (age 2%) ,and Con, stance (14 a n . ) We praise God for their safe mrival. rmdlPhy mne now busy continuing their ,study of the Malay or Indonesi,an lon- guage. We say ,.continuing" because these brethren hawe already spent a number of month3 of fruitful study in the United. SMes under ?he able tutelage of Brother Brill, and they #me now quite at bane in i't?

As we consider the opportunities and open do- awaiting them, we would .like to send these brethren out into 'the w o k immedicrkely. but since Conference wi~ll be held in August or September, they will remain in Mcrkassar,untii then. It is expected that two d the couples will'then go to Borneo and one to N. Guinea, D.V. We trust and pray that God will give eaclhpf them a gracious udd effedive ministry in $h,e Holy Spirit. ' We know that,you,wdd l?ke to have CD word from 'these pew members of 'our N.E.I. Missionary family, so we home asked them tG qive a word of greeting.

~

I

Rev. & IMrs. Ienneth F. Tmutmon Weme h.appy togreet all of our friends from rhe land to which

God has culled us. W e have been here only a short time, but we have ulraody learned to love thepeople. and are , d o u s to, speak thek language well enough to tell ithem of the Saviour who .means ' SO

much to us. The most ,outstanding thing to us so far is the contrast between

the unregenerated and the reqenerded of these,peaple. The power of God is surely manifested in their wry faces. One notices the marked evidence of material needs, such as clothing. food, etc., but the spiritual need of this people is much more vitd.

i '

21 -

i I

~ T H E P I l O N E E R

t , We ,nppreciate q r d l y ;tl.*p pray%%. of &e sdints e v e m e r e for us g d the work here. Will you pray earnestly that God will enable .us to bring hr th much fruit in the laud which is truly already ,,rip ldto b m s t ? "

Rev. ,& Mrs. Whu !L. Van Putter

..... Jn $re years prior i p our dcnming, to Indonesia as missipmries, we had often r e d and also heand by direct report from return4 midon- aries of 'the marked way in which muny individuals here have been transformed by the ,Wspel of Jesus Christ. NOW. though here but a

(: Li

, , i , .

!:,

i !, .,Mr. Rsk bidding farewell to a group of Dycks going upstre-'" i ,shox!i time, ,alrecdy w,e ,hcve met a good number of these of whom 2 we had heard. It thrill3 us to be 'able to rnport to you 'that what we 1 had heard is most cer tddy true. What ,joy it h.cs give, to meet fine ic Christian Chinese men cn,d women ,as well as young men and women j : from Borneo. Celebes, Sumotru, New Guinea and the lesser Islands. i; The spiritudl blessing is pultiplied <as we 1.earn at what price many ). of these have remained ,true to their Lord through the xy3r years. 1 5 I,' Turning from 1hGt which God hcrs wrought we ,are greatly im- ,; pzessed that this reoFenhg door for Gospel witnese presents an even

T H E P I O N E E R 1

m w challenge now for mpeedy evangelization of e v e q trih'rmd , '

tcnque. This urgency i s ,greu t ly&lcrd by the many forms of op- position now arising. Where today there is rm Open door hv ihg homestens: tamorrow may find iz closed. In8i-uals who in large numbers me today ready lo receive Christ, may, if denied the mess- age of salvation, be ,led astray and sealed by antichristian forces.

,a v;ry sl&ig and fearful way is I1 Cor. 6 : 2 true of Zn$one sia tdday. ..BehcCd uow js the accepted rime: behold, now is &e du,y "

of salvation". ..We pwe to eveny child of sin One chance, tat least, for hope of heaven. Oh by the love that brought us in, Let help ,and hope 'to fiem be given. <

It is juist like coming home - if ,,home is where your heart liesl" '.'

At home among these ,,whom !havhg not seen we loved". For dtf14.' ," t h e e years af earnesJ longing nnd sometimes anxious preFmdion, ',

we have arrived in Makassar to mingle with races and faces 'thd , ,'

inhabit. the great Islee from Sumatra to New Guinea. We do not h o w exactly in which place we will be stationed, but the need is the same. and our hearts ,are drawn out in l i e love.

We wish we could convey in words the many and varied impass- ions the FarEast bbs made upon these eager Westerners. But suffice to say, there has ,senled upon US a deep , and holy wonderment, not d places and things, customs and trawl, but of what God hcrs wrought in p q a n hearts. We see the warinth of,Go.d's love shining,. from glowing faces of young men and women who ,a short l i e ,ago heard fcr !he first time this message af love and power that ,we know sq well. Yes, IGi~ng about us fight here on the Mission grounds are : represenTatives ' of many races - living results of blood, sweat tears and strong crying to God from Chrislian hearts at home and abroad.

We do thznk God for the part in this h.arvest we hpve had by prayer and @it. Bar-eath the weiglit of responsibility this largsr pert :. now committed unto us we cry with the Apostle Paul of old: ,,Pray for me. that utteronce may be ,given unto me, thg I ma,y open my mouth boldly to make rkmwn the mystery of the Gospel".

RW. & PAIS: IR. lschisler ,

23

T H E P I O N E E R

,,me Kapaukus ~f WiSGeh ~ n n ~ e s m a of ~ e w ~ ~ i n e a are aguin hearing ,the Govpel story"

Happy landing ! by Rev. H.W. Post

,', I wasnit 'there, though I should like to hove been, but ..h~Ppy '; landing" is just what it must have been for MI. Mickelson. when the i plane landed on the bosom of Lake P,cmiai largest of the Wissel Lakes.

'On October (7.9% ;hth,ev Mickeksson and four work.ers, ..liodk off from hkkassar h,arbor, and two days later, in the morning arrive,d at the Lakes. It is truly a wonderful provocation for praise and t h , d s - giving .thnt this newest ,of ,the East Tidies fields should again be OC- cupied. On May 24, 1943, Messrs. Mickelson and Post made their exit from that area just in ,time to escape the approuching Japanese .- and now after three and (I half long years. the field is g2ain receiving

Naturally, though the missionaries were forced to evacucrte. thank God there is one way ,in which we do no1 hme to evacuate.

~ and .that's by prayer. Therefore,*you prayed, the missionaries prayed L ifor that wime ,when 'fie &we1 could ,agciin be preached in ,ha t r e

~ mendous section of New Guinea. The opportunity to return has come about in qui+e a providential

w,ay. ihrough cett'ain contacts made during the war. So when the Lord opened Ithis idwr for our !brdHher to go, he imme'htely begm snaking prepamations. Knowing how a missionmy likes to be sure thcrt he has enough ,provisions ,with him. you ,can imagine how happy our brother was to know tha3 he would be permitted to bring more than two tons of ba,Ggage. All the more so, because ,there was no promise

~ the Gospel witness.

24

T H E P I O N E E R

of when he would again have contact w i ~ the outsi'de world, and it was quiqe possible that at least six months or more might pass before mere would be any chonce at all. So two tons amnot so much, not when you have rhrev calves. a couple of goats, - and then when the weight of the personnel, including MI. Mickelson's bulk,,is included. Most 4 the baggage was loaded the ddy preceding their departure.

While i t was in the nature of a reconnaissance expedition, &L it. was the means of providing the opening for return to that field. It wo9 arranged, That should there be any semblance of hostility on the pa13 of the natives, or d'anger from the presence of lingering Icrps. then our brother w,m to return with the plane. The crew was 'to rem'ain long enough for Mr. Mickelsan to ascertain ,asif= (IS possible the si#uation.

On November 2nd. four dcrys later, we received the dire giving a few brief details of what happened. One ithig ,we knew, - they were sofe and all work.ed out nicely. When they appeared over the lakes, they sighted canoes benerrth them, but when &tempting ,a landing, fhe canoes disappeared, or were abandoned by 'the ti'me rhey had' a15ghteld on the wcnter. Then the worker and.the Kapnuku boys, hav- ing gotten to shore in ,an abandoned oanoe. before long secured the, contact, and voices were re-echoing throughou? the areu telling sf,. the return of the missionmy and his helpers.

Surely this was a .;happy.landing", for our mission is back again in the greay Wissel Lakes 'ores, back with the ,sane message, the only message, -of His death crnd Resurredion! - for ail pen. There has been a sa,d interim of Japanese ,occupation. The Japanese brought nothing but misery, violence and debth, and oreated for themselves nothing but enmity. For three and one half long years ther was an eclipse. - buy the Gsopel ligh is 'again shining, land by His grace may.it pendrde into the fcrrtbevt reaches of that myYterious interior.

ANNOUNCEMENT ! We are h q p y to say that on July 13th we had the pTivi,lege of

welcoming a newarrival in OUT mi&t, namely, Janice Joy Van Patte?. who was born at the Selvation Army Hospitd here in Makwsay. Ja- nice is a splendid, hecrythy, little baby, weighing eight pounds, four ounces at birth, and we rejbice with our Brdher and Sister Van Patter in this, blessing and gift from the Lord.

25

T H E P I O N E E R

"I continu2" Acts 26:22

by Lelang Wang ..None of these things move me". Act. 2024. ..Having thenrfore obtained help of God, I conthue."

These are the verses I pmsed on to my fellow worksrs of the Chinese Foreign Missionury Union. P a d did not say ,,Nrn~ of these things hurt me ,, He was hurl alright but not moved. 9 u r hearts. were certainly hurt over and oi-cr cgain during the Japanes: oxupation cnd especially fcr male than one ye,cs when we were msromed in the interior of Java after Japan surrendered.By God's grnce w e a r s n3t 'moved but will press on w i h d0uk;'e.d effort. May the Lard restora to us the years thcd the locusts have ezbzn. ( h a 1 2:Z.j.) an3 mclke w giad rcmrding to the ye,ars wherein we have ssen evil. Ps. 9315.

I ccme to Jcva with my family in 1941. Then I came to Makassar with brothers Wilson Wcng and Timothy Dzao in April for a Cmte- re&. with Dr. R.A. Jcffmy and ,the Chinese Mksionarias. Thcrt wcls the icst time I saw Dr. R.A. Jaffrny. I went back to Hmgkong in June to sen,d my dcughter Lois ,and my youngest brother Philip to study in, the U S A . ,and ,returned io JGva in August with my son Leon, that same yecr. After one month of Eible Conferences in West and East Ja va the war brcke out in December. Duiing the<*, hard yearis of W X we were iKBlitcr, cnd Soerabaja. Though we have hcrd mzay trials. His grace was sufficient 'cnd hcs given us mcny open doors 10 precch the Gospel. I have baptised, 79 persons from 1942 unlil now, an,d have taken 850 p u b k meetings during which neurly 1000 have nspnlded io the G o q e l cnd accepted the Lord .Jesus as their Savior. To Him be 011 the Frcise. The Lord has wonderfully cnswsred our prayers fiese years. E:FEciaIly in opening t k way f,or us (my wife and scnS,cmue;l, and I) 40 come, from the interior to Balcvia. You shoaid see pnypawpocrt from ithe rWeriar of Java with 10 seals on it.

1crd.gave me KI promise,'in Ps. 1829 ,,For by Thee I have run $ox& p troop and .by my God I have le,cipd over a wcll." Wmg left Djokja by special train crd tr-velkd Ihrouqh Ngmc?'s l a d ond reached Batavia safe and sound on October 27th. There are still more than 10.000 people waiting for a chnnce to get out.

I began immediately writ;rg lainters as we ,are now in contact

26

T H E P I Q N E E R

with the outside world. W e were only &lowed to mite Postcards for ,five yecas cnd mCbt of the letlers our friends and children sent us Save tecn lcat. After cur crrival at Batuvin w e have stayed with our , 1:' old friends Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Pouw. Th.e bread with bultter and cheese- tasted really good a d our little boy can eat 5 or 6 piiflces. at one 1

Makassar on November, 13 by air via S o e r h j a . It was a joy 'to meet our Chinese Fliiionpries cmd Mr and Mrs Walter Post ,and Mr H e Pcrt cnd the Chinese cnd hd0nesi.m Chri,stians after u long period of separation. Agcin our hearts were hurt as we missed terribly our ",,'! decr Dr. R.A. Joffroy and Mr. Deibler. W e had a brief service crt their 'i grcwes yesterday cod undoubtedly ,Mr Post wiI1 write mabout &uY. I :i scng a solo which ended with these words ,,Flesh will shrink and ,! trembk at the Cross, but Thou canst give the V i c t o ~ t God ,W, ': Kis workels kni ccriies cn Hjs wo&. I hod several conference,s with i i mu Ohinese missionaries and Mr. Wcdter Post who has been elected vice-Chainncn cnd Treasurer &f the C.F.M.U. to take the place left by Dr. Jaffray. As yo11 know .the C.F.M.U. which was started 18 years ago is the only Chinese foreign Missionary work, the first of its kind Sn the hislory of the church in Chinu, with Mission fields scattered. ' , lhroughout the South Sea Islands. We must continue this worltt b ~ d l ' ' ,

me-. Our good bmher cad lead- has gone but Jaffray's God still ' 1 lives tcc'ay crd. Fe will never forsuke us nor forget LIS. I am g!ud to '1 l i d that the Lord has proteoted all the live$ of the C.F.M.U. mission ? aries d they are still fnithful 'to th,eir call from Gad. They ,have not' t:

received one cent from the Mission during the years of war and none- '' ,,.;

I will lecve Makossar tomarow by air for Soerabaja and cfter ,:~ one weak of meetings there will fly 'to Batcnricr to join my wif'e .and I son. She is having a series of meetings in Batavia while I urn here. ! W e hope to scil for Shanghai, on Decemkr'lOth and our sterner may i

i stop over at Singapore (we eornatly pfay and hope i t will be so) so as K, give us a 'chance to meet 'our Chinese Missionaries in Malaya ' ~

and also our 3 ,grandsons born during,th,e war. We may reach ,'

Shanghoi by Chdstmas. If.the Lordihpens the vwy we hope to go the '

U.S.A. next year in, Juhe, in ,time to attend mme summer Conferences ' ,

cmd ,ah0 to meet OUT four Chikhen a d one granddaughter who are

meal :I After one week of evungelistic mee~ngs in Ecrtmia 'I came to, ,

'. . , of nhmn murmured. ' .

, . 27 , ,,

T H E P I O N E E R

now in the St,ates. Our son &.on and d q h t e r Amy rrre.now at Wheaton Col~lege. Wheaton 111.

Pleme p r q much ,for us, that we might finish our course with you and the, ministry whkh we have received of the Lord Jesus to testify ,the'Gwpel of '?he gruce ,pf God.(Hwpe ,to hem from you soon. This is to dish you ,al: a very ;merry Christmas and happy New Year. ,(The,H&d of our God is upon mll them for good that seek H i " . Emu 8:22. I ' z i

~~ .. I yours in +e fellowshtp of the Gospel. LELAND WANG.

Dear Praying Friends : Greetings frmn Chino! We left Batavia. 'Jma on Dec. 18th. 1946

#and our &&er stayed over at Sigapore fon 2 days. We spent Chktmms ~ ; t h our elklest son, Mos=s, and his family. I hud one mee- ting there. The Lord has given us the 'desire of our hemts. We reached

i Hongkong on J,an.,Znd and spent 2 ,&yq here. I had one meet-; 1 ing,in St. Paul girls CoJlege. ,Ft was good to meet ISO many of o w sold i, fried6 in Hongkong omd hear of )their experiences duririg the WOI.

W;e reach,ed'Shcm@don Jan. 11th. after 25days 5ea voyage. OW ~ feYiowpaasengers.comploined of ,the delay but we are most grateful ', for this rest. Shanghai is the same. but the living coisrt here is 3 !l times hiqher thcrnja Am#erica. fifter lour arrival we began to be busy ( in preaching evsry mloining over fhe Chinese Christian Broadcasting

Station 6 in .diff,enent churches ,and homes. On Jan. 19th. which was ': bur 3'3th wedding:annive,rsary, we celebruted it ,bsy preacKig 5 hours :' over the rcdio .thct Iduy. and ,three church services besides; one in the :,, Baptist Church le:d by my wife oad one in Bethel Mission and rhe

third in the C.6M.A. Church led by.myself. We were tired-but h'appy. Wme lett Shanghai on J,an.ZOth ,togerher w,i'th my brother Wilson, who

', is editor of ,the Bible Magazine. We met OUI ,pungest brother Dr. F'hb i lip Wang ,anid his family in Nanking. Th,ey cnd other friends cmne to ,, the sta,tion.to meek US. We had meethqs in the University Houpital,

the Centml University. the Poli'tical University, the CeMral Hospital, " Ginling College 6 Bible Schools. We left Na&mg ,on Feb. 5 for

Shmghai and went to Hangch,ow 601 UnZon meetinqs from Feb. 9-16. LilAll dhurcheis in Rnngkong were united 9n Ithese ,speeiul meetings :

? There were three m'eetings daily.My wife and brother Wilson )aka took ;. F t in ,p=mhYng. I spoke eveny evening. Praise ,God for the Many

t b 28 i.,

T H E P I O N E E R

who have come to Yhe knowledge of the Saviour and many Christ- ians who consecrated their lives to God's service in these meetings. On Jon. 29th I was invit,ed by Generalissimo and Madame Ghiang Kcri-Shek to dinner in +her home. I went to the 'dinner with F. Chang Chum: the Governor of Szechuen Prodinee. While dining wlth Madame Chimg. she tobd me ,that the news about the Gemralissimo',s becoming Cathdic is not true. that b e Generaksimo did not embrace Christianity for pdUtkd ends.The Genseralissimo asked me h o u t che condition in Java. I taM him the suffmiqs of Chinese there and also told him t h a the photo he gave me,many years ago was lost during the war. Th,e Geneidissirno dmiled and said.-,,Never mimd, I will give you anothen one. So I aeceived 'a new autographed photo of ihe Generalhimo which I appreciate very much. I ,also told ,them of fhe work of our Chinese Foreign Missionmy Union.

I mas aalled back @Nanking again on Feb. 18th to preach in Off- icers Moral Endeavour Rsrocidion from Feb. 19-21. Thii is the first time that our Govemment invited ,an evangeliat to preach the gospel to o w high officials. Dr. Sun Fo rook the choir and introdumd ,me to the ,audience ,a the first meehg. Mth the Generalissimo a d Madame C h b q attended the service and they enjoyed tho $nessages tbcr roughly. Ipreacheid on New BErth b c e d on Jer. 1323, ,Gd. 6:15 ,and 2 Car. 517 because an Feb. 19'th it wasthe 13th anniversaly of N@w Life Mwernent started by the Generalisskno. .On the second night , I preached on Deul. 32:29: ,the third night on ,,Faith' 'and I gave my personal testimony. Many Ministers, generals, and admirats and high officials and professors &ended th se meetings. So vou see. China is open to the ,Gospel as never b'ed&e. please pmy .that he Lond may bless the words'spken a d continue to ,work in their hearts.

From Itadding we went ,to Sochow, 'at .the invibation Df MI. Er- nest Yin the principal of Holy Fight School. fi was a joy to Sped td those boys & girls. I hope that some 'day Holy Light School will be- came the ,,Wheaton College" of Chino. Please pra,y for us. W,e will sail for Foochow wxd week to see my q , e d fuMer and my brother 'Dr. Ghung-Fong Wang. I have chosen Jeremihh 33:3 us my golden text for 1947 so I pcss if on to.you with an earnest ,,God Bless You". Hope to hear from,you soon.

Yours in the fellowship of t h gospeR, LELAND WhNG.

29

T H E P I O N E E R

"He. goeth before" by Rev. J.C. Meltzer

% promise the Lord gave me before sailing for the field is in these wards found in Jwhn 10:4: ,,And w h e n 3 6 putlsth forlh His own sheep, He goeth &?ore .them. ,,Nevm before have I been so conscious of #he leoding of Ithe Lord as I have from th'e time I left the port of Sun Francisco on August. 17 of last yem,unfil the present prriling. The h a d of the Church, The Lord of the Hmvest, Th,e Lord Jesm Christ Himself. hcs keen veiy real ond precious these past rn~nhs. He has unmktakably 1e.d every ktepof the wqy.

Sept'erber 11 of IcffiT year wcs indeed :a ,happy dtny f.or ;me. for on that'day'I again planted my fe,et.upon the soil!of the N.E.X. d t e r '(1'11

, absence of neauly se.ven long years. h r l y that ,morning (Sap. 11) we sailed idto harbor at BatGwia, Fava. I was indeed surpised .with so little ed!;:d&re of the war. A few old hulls were lying in ihe h'arbor ,end .along the banks, but most .of ,the buildings in (the hnbur were still suandiinq. In the city proper moist of ths,buildings ,are ,still intact al- though here ,and them one sees evidences of an, sxplodad bomb. M.any oS 'the stores ,are boarded up &,the front, tXe 'glai;s windbws having bemen shc t te rdund broken by th,e concussion ,of explodiqg

Rumors and reports of various kinds were flying around and it soon became obvious that it wus necessah;i to have ,,h peace of God" to garrison the hemt and'mind. Despite the shoitage of hotel accommo. ddions, the .Lord went before and had a room ,ready f,os us. During my ,&oy :m Batavia of ne,a,fly six we&,%I saw a number of gues'k &a@ &ad ?op&ave ufter t h e e or four days. ,ro meke room for orhers coming in. Yet ithe Lord arrmged i t #hu+ I could have mine for as long cs It was ,necesscry. Concerning .the matter of custom, here our fears were allayed for the Lord wonderfully undertook in this. matter and our 'things came though duty-free. In the molllter of storage space for our freiqxt, again w e d s a w the hand of %he Lord in helpful, accomodtnting officials and employ%s. ,All of the .afficials,'bo?h mi- litary'andciviOian. with whom I h,ave h d to 'deal have been most liind and helpful Suredy the Lord men? 'bedorelus.

30

, '

:. bombs.

j

:

,,

1 ~

, ,

..This byak, like other Indonesians. faces~the impact of h new era.":!,

Passengers, were not yst 'being tranqmrted to W. Borneo v i m boat, so ,the ,Lord led, m a to make a reconnoitering tri,p , t h e r e rust t h e same; to! look the ,situafion over, locete ,a ploce jn whi& .to live, umd'to arrange for thn, 5adely and tr4c;rsp:artatiorL of my freight 'to my inland staticn. In answer 60 prayer I was a b k to ,secure passage on a Dutch Navy pkne fiying 10 Pontianak, -W. Borneo. This was of Divine order ds isuhsequlent events,wiIll ,show. I was able' 'to' reach my station, Nanga Pmoh by'government river boat. During the week '1 was there I secured crlouse En ,which $0 live, ~conkrred with one of OUT native workers .and &olbt&4 from him a geneml .overid1 pictut'e of, lh igs in th,e Melawi District. Iihad to re- to the coast by goverw;

Pent kcat, then a few day later boarded the plane for the reiWin fliglqt to Bcrtavicr, ,me Lord surely went before. manging e v de-' tail.

Before going m8 fhqsteamship company office to make inquiry tnbout getting $cc& .to W. Borneo with h y fxight, I had special prayer and the Lord gave the assurance I would be able to get there. But when I presented myself to the . agent of the steamship ccmpmy and told &I wanteid , p w e to Pontirmak. 'w. Borneo, h,e &wly shook his head and said that was'impossible. After talking &'dt the matter I; felt nothing el* muld bR done. so I start- ed 'to wdk ,toward the door. I was called Eack, being told there vms one posibiliiy: L,could go in a,week OD 'a ,500 tan bxrl if I caved to travel ,,dwY: as there were no cabins .avcdoble. I thanked him) for offer #and spid I would accept on,.th,e condition I could take m,y freight wi4h me. Here again the Lord went before. Shipping space ,was, and still is cdt ,a premium, yet God marvelously d e n t o d k , a d dll of my 1$hi~=fs wenf ,on h a d with me. ,Ahr four daysit was a relied to be ,on shore 'again. Eow happy I was 'to' be,.bank in West Borneo

The next mornbg I went to inquire .about gettinq upstream ,d was blmtly told there m e no boats running. Just a few days be- fore. Nrrnga Pinch had fallen into the bands of extremists hence no boat, was going there -.at lecrst not with passengers, only troops. Natura*lly I was greatly dilsappointe'd, yet I was thcmkful to the Lord now f.or #he delays pneviously. Hcod J left B a t m i a sooner. no doubt I would hme Been8 in, N'anga Pinoh, dduling those crucid dcrys and muld,.dong with $lye DuZch offici,al, have been taken prisoner. ,But ,,He goethpefore"i, Pr& His Ma'tchless Name! God b w 'all mabout this coming trouble 50 He graciously preven$ed ,me from get,ting there bsooner. .How ,rh&lI ,am lor His direct 'leading. But I h0q I was in the Diwine order, yet the way was blocked - temporsari.l)v at lemt. I returned itp my mom in the, 'hootel 'd aftm a semn cd pruyer the Lordmsured me I would be uhle to reach my former Hation..

Akout a H E e k Iat~er, biter our ,vill,age wets again id, the hands of the Dutch, 1 proceeded upsheam. hmappy indeed in my heartthat I

32

again. But my hqpiness was short Jived., i

an my way 'to my.$eloved[Dyaks. At.present 'uhingq.sk quiet a d peaceful - on the surfcce -but there is a cond,ant undercurrent of

Naturclly our wdk 'in .the M+.xwghaa suffered cu3 .(I mesult pf fhe war and withoult sqervisian. of ,the, ieight native workers in the district at .the, outbreak of the war, only two remained failhful. Quite a few ,of sour Dyok Christians ,hme back-slidden, miwe pave cooled off qu3be a bit, ibut only CI corrvparative.Iy small number bave gone buck .into h,eci!he,ntsm. However, !the,Lord has encouraged .our heart a grea? ,dead by giving ,to i ~s i indioatior& andi takems He ,is'stiil 'in our midst. Many of thos,e who have backslidden have reyurned to qhe Lor2 an?. ahenme are signs pf a nvival 'in sour,,distr'ict. How I pray that Ccdp.il11 V i s i t eu-e~y kec!tiocvof &e fie,ld w3th a deluge of salvdtion and blessing. Speaking conservativ,ely. there me at least a thowand Dyaks all over the ,district #Who bave recently believed on ,the Lord JesusChrigt. Praise the Zord! !I c,cm hardly wait ,until they all can be ,omaxte,d. What a happy day $(hat will be when they can be in- structed more fully in the way, preparatory' to bgptidiq hhem. ,@ere seems It0 be ..a.sound of 'a going .in The tops #of thme, mulberry trees". M y heart is crying o w to God in the word6 of the hymn wrlfer" 0 for the showers on a thirsty land ,,Oh. for a mighty revival: Oh, for a sanctified. fearless bond, ready ,to hail its arrival". Please jo5n with me in prcyer th,at God will give us a r e d Pentecostcrl, Holy Ghost revival .and mwakening.

but th'e Lcrd is granting us ,a few mercy-drops. There seems ,to be a qenoine working of ,the ,S$rit !of God in the h,ear'ts of many Chinese here. Quite ,a mu?nber.cf ,them'hmav.e 'olpenly inquired &ut !the ,way; At a 'recent Sund.ay morning service .the ~ ~ i u i c n l happened. h the middl,e of my message. without my asking, 'a young Chinese woman, stccc. llc her feel kqd mid, ..I m m t 16 5elieve". 'One by pne &ers followed her .exalmple. Al.togethe,r !there were eleven who 'signified itheir desire .to Want to be scnred. This was of God, and just mother indicr,l.i,on J,c my om h,eci!i t tc , t :he Jlxd is ,just .waiting to be gracious. I believe He is going to fulfil the Promise of His Word as~ecorc'e~d jn Jermirl. . 3 X : , ,Cd uDon xe. and ,I will answer thee, a n d show thee great, and mighty things. which thou knowest not".

i ~

i unrest, f'ear, (and pisimst: 1 1 1,

!'

.

Our,Chine=.church at Ncoga Pin.oh ,is crt a low ebb spiritudlly. ,:

33

T H E P I O N E E R -

My g e m ,was grently rejoiced u:t .+ sinh! or fhnss.eleven km?ling *,the front, confessing their sins to God and =king ' Him to forgive them. Pray that these. newhorn hckcs in Christ may bsdaily drsnqth?nd in the Lcrd lard thk-it ishey will qicwwto be suirb'ual .qimts. Join wiih us oko in p a y e r for a mrjuhdy rovirra r f IFP S?"' of God in the Me- Iawi District qhm will result in thousands more of Dyaks turning to the Lord.PI'hs,mritea~wr;uld p ~ ~ r ~ c i r w i f c ,'rcyc? rf :Feprmle of God ti& wisdom would be urontsd ,him In thes. unu--.-l. vrinq t:mes.

..And when He putt& focth His sheep, €IEGO!ZTHBEFORE THEM". .

, .SHOWERS'" By Rev. H.W. Post.

The rainy seuson is just beginning out here- but just a little be- foTe we had ,,rediva1 showers". If anything th.e Ia!ter were . more

~ necessusy. Now ,at home.you hold revival meerinqs. get a f.ew wrrv- !' ward souls to the ..front" m d 'let it go al'that. Or some ..big n m e " is !, engaged for'a series of meeting,s, md then the appellation ,.Revivar' ~ . is tacked on. i But This was really a ,,reviva? meeting", for bslievers were ..re- i vived. There's no use going into all the rmificalions of a wcr's,uf!er: i mcth. buk certdnly one result is not increcrsed sgiribialitv. Ar.4 the i war left mmy a sc%m onihe suirituulity of Indonesim Christians. They '' had been under gredt pressure, had been subjectsd to t s t h q s which I we in America were not called to face. Some overcame - others fried :.. to. hut I suppose that a percentoae were ,,overcome" in vorvinq pro- \ portions. Tealousies. suspicion, bitterness spawned during the 'war ! years, ,had not yet been eliminated from the ,,system" of many. i ! Our sd-1001 year h& just finished, but the sky was o bit ,,cloudy", ' for grace 'and brotherly love were down to 'a trickle. Now. if it were ~ not for the fact thcrt you folks at home know full well whot I'm talking I about I'd go more into deitail. Anyway, there was enough .,fallob ~ ground" to justify ,the return of both Jeremiah and Hosea. But while ~ they coddn't come, God did have a man ready. k Everything having been previously arranqed by correspondence, i on Nov. 13, there came to usI Dr. Gem Phoei Hionq. And on. the same

p1ane there wived &so, our well-known and beloved brother, Mr. Le-

I

!

. ,

T H E P I O N . E E R

land Wang. one of the late Dr. Jaffray's close friends. Mr. Wang had, came for a conference with ,the missionaiies of the Chinese Foreign Missioncry Union, and wus to be with, Us a week. Three-. fore it was arrange'd that he w,oul'd itake 'the d'ternoon meetings for the ,duration of his visit, with, Dr. Liem talking 'the morning meet-, in3s. Eollowinq Mr. U7acg's departure, Dr. Liem spoke both morn!ng and ofternoon in cddition to holding an early morning prayer meeting ~

ut 5 A.M. Whcit blessing their combined minist?ies brougM! Men , of ': distinctly diflerent temperaments, both were instruments of God in rousing :he believers. Dr. Liem. fiery, fervent and ,commanding;- Mr: ,. Wang. more snhdued, h 4 vigorous and forceful.

The meetings w,ere well attended.,On Sundcys the place was jammed - not ,,ev,ange2isticdy speaking". Conviction was bsginning to come, on us at ihe beglncin,q .of #the second week, Dr. L i s ~ . began to call a,ttention to 'sj,n in a ,&cidedy specific manner. This made ,it properly uncomfcricbie icr d, inciudiilg ih missionzi-ies. No one was wpare3-und Go,d s7ol;e. OnmE. h,esitctes i o :acclaim man. but 'on? ~bserv821lion vce could e,sca*pe - ihis Gr. Liem s;oke with aufhor;ty, ',

and his voicme wcs c s t l x t cf of an Elijch, i3r he spsnZ much limeo!ons i with God. TESE was no ostenic::ion Dboct hi:, pmyer-life,

Havicg to w e an irderpreier naturally m,ade the rn&s,sqes longer. but ihat did l iot dete,r D:. Liem from unburdening 13s somu1 of that which Gad wanted him to say. In the morning and cfitsrnoon n;,eeiings he qenamlly q x k s ior 'a! ,least ,two hou-rs. Pini(r;le peo3le t3ok ii!-for ~

God was in it. He would intersperse ;he message with the congregcz-, tionc: sixging ci torn2 ciiorv.3 r,el~voni ,to ';he eyposipio~~~ k i n g pre,sent-' ed. f i t i!-z,cloje d c-ccl- ne,c;:;nq o p p ~ i u n i t y was qiwx for cnyone who m+AeEd. to ccniess his sin. One Cning Dr. L'iem strongly emphcsiusd rxas the necessiiy of confessing sin, something ulc(i some- times rlces not receive adequate e q ' h o s i s in our ,.deeper life" or, ,.samctificciion" circles.

A iea:Iy. large number at!end,ed the early morning prayer meetings and t h a t s a good ,sign ihla! som.ething is bcrppaning. Ail the students came out. ,and God mad'e the m e e h g s a great blessing to them. Why, ; we could hardly get a few of ihem to sort of guard the dormitov' duricg the services h,ecause they did no? want to miss one me.eti?g. Every land has its enterprising pilferem. and df-cretion requires som3

, . ,

mecsure o€ precaution in !ha! regard. , ,

T H E P I O N E E R

We know that something ha,ppened. because the students as well as. .,others began to .,make things right". Bitterness was confessed, d,ebrs that had long been forgottNen,,were now being paid. Th,e ,sky was being cleared. Surely a revival atmosphere is sweet. Grace and brotherly love began to b e more 'than just CI trickle npw. We pray that as a sizab1,e number will be going out to serve in th,e various fields, they will reach their plure of service with a ,sense of God and of His pow- er such as sthey havelnever experienced and that churcbes a k n may be,quickened and reviwed.

, ,

~

MIISSIONARY DIRECTORY

Makassur. Celebes, Indonesia Rev. and MIS. W.M. Post Rev. and MIS. J.W. Brill Rev. and Mrs. J.R. Schisler Miss M.E. Kemp Miss L. F. Marsh

c/o Post Office, Samarinda, East Borneo, Indonesia

Nasga Pinoh via Pontianak West Borneo, Indonesia Rev. and Mrs. C.C Olenhouse

Rev. and Mrs. H.W. Post

Xev and Mrs. J.C. Meltzer

. Lombok, Indonesia Rev. W. Konemann (Mail address: Makassar Cel@bels. Indonesia)

Wisselmeren, Netherlands New Guinea, Indonesia

Rev. E.H. Mickejson Rev. and Mrs. K.E. Troutman (Mail' address: Makassar, Cele- bes, Indonesia)