NEW YEAR : __. This copy M THE PIONEER may not reach our readers in time 1 to wish you a Merry Christmas, but we at,least, trusting that you ,'

have had a very blessed Christqs,,want to 'wish ,you with all our? ,,, heads, A HAPPY and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. Yes. we man '.,

if? ~ We trust that the year 1932 will be a-happyand also a properous year. What if eyeiy indicatioh is to the contra& 'What if iii the world of. finance, and in the world of s cia1 and political lift,',' everything seems to point to a time of iqccreaskg distress? We who, are'the ,Lord's sincere and trusting children can surely belieye that VP shall lack no good thing. Here is our text for you for the New : Year. "The'Lord Jesus said, - "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God. and His righteousness, and all these thing$'shall be thrown in &a. sou.", (Matthew 6 : 33). It is a promise with a condition. , "Seek .' , yr. first the.,Kingdom of God and His righteousness.". ,This is the ,.' rondition. "All'these things shall be' added",-- or "thrown in unto you." ' This'is'the promise. Yes, He'is talking about things to'eat, 1 a,nd things to drink and things to wear. ' It is a practical promise. Tefeel sure that if you as a Christian will put God first, put, His work, His will and the great thing chat He is seeking to accomplish. the witness of the Gospel in all t8e world, firzt, that He will surely see to it that you lack no'kood thing. Try it: ,,Bring all'the' , V-thes into the storehouse,...... prove Me ...... 1 will open the wind- , , . GWS of 'Heaven, and pour you out. a blessing that there shall not ba I'oom enough to receive it." (Malachi 3 : 101. You will have enough for yourself and your own, and more to give to sen$ the Glad Gospel ,lessage to those who have never yet had their first chance, than

' , , you ever have had before. We are drawing near to the End of the Age. This is sure. But while at Home you are-looking for His Secanrl Coming, remcmber I- ,. ,. , ,.~' , , .,>, , , ; " ,' ' , ' . , " , , , ',, ". ,:" : ,*:: ,, , ,,, I 8 ,T M E ,PI o N'E:-E-R ,,

that there are millions out here who a's yet ham nd once heardof His, " First Coming. ,.If you could see with what eagerness they listento thc Message of Good News ,that through His Blood they,,may have ' , ' LF,P forgivemess of sins, you wduld 'do your utmost tb, hasten the Glad Tidingswo them. ..

a"1. . SEW IVISSIONARIES : T,heri is perhaps no day'in a mission:rr.y's life happier than the hywhen we welcqme new missionaries from the Hobe land. 'This ,? is especially so in the case of a new field where we are surrounded on , cWry side by unreaehed miIlions, whose dying cry for help is sound- I! ins in our ears night and day. It was our joy to Welcome to Makas- ,', .i! sar on Nov. 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mouw, and Misd Griebenow, ,' .I# from the Homeland;' and.on tke 11th:; Miss Kemp who reachkd ,w from Saigon, French Indo-China, where she has been helping in secretarial work for a few months: We are looking forward to the ' ' farther pleasure of welcon~ingtwo young men for pioneer,work in Borneo possibly before the'end of the year.' One of them is already ., on the way. ' . ". ;, ,,

NEW PIELSS :

As the work in,.this unoccupied .part of the uutch Cast Indk ' , develops, we' are being faced from time to time with new fields of libor with which we had not been familiar before. Mr. Brill's'trip tp the Island of Saleier, south of the Celebes, is one example of this. 31r. Presswoord's trip to the mouth of,the Sesajap river, and up'into the interior of that part of Borneo, is another exadple.,'These are rcal ehallanges to prayer. Oh, let us pray in triumphant faith till these fields are actually entered, and these lands taken for Him. But, we must do more than pray, we must get up and "GO", we mukt really .' 8:' in and possess^ the land in the Name of Jesus. "You must 'do more than^ pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do nio;.e than way until you have prayed". ,.

NEW CONVERTS :

The article of this number irom the pen of Mr. Fisk telling ',f lhe baptism af over two hundred Dyaks in the interior of his part Lf Borneo, will bring a shout of praise to God from 'many of our ' ' waders, we feel sure. As we write these lines we are on our way back to Makassar after a' visit to Bali. This is the Lord's day. for Bnli too! Governments may forbid us preaching the Gospel in certain parts of the world, such .as Bali, ,but, blessed be the Name I r.E the Lord, no man can prohibit the Holy Spirit from working in the tearts of men. In a most wonderful way.the Spirit of God has been .marking in the hearts of people in Bali. Though our Chinese mis-

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rionary, Mr. K. F. Tsang, has pe&ission only to preach to the , Chinese, still when Balinese come to him and ask the Way of Salva- tion, what is he to do? In conversation he must tell them that the

I ' Lord Jesus is the only Saviour! In a word there are more than, thirty men, not to count women and young people, who have defini- tely decided to be Christians, 'and who have asked for baptism. ,, ?Mil now there were Balinese Christians. The writer had the joy ., no o€ baptizing twelve pure Balinese a few days ago. These are the first .' pure Balinese to receive the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. The first ' ,

~ . one to be baptized' was a woman, the other eleven were men. "hey %. hnve tori down all their idols and idol shrines, and forsaken all their superstitious ways. If they know, nothing else about the Gospel, they ' , how this, -that the Lord Jesus came into the world and died and rose again to save poo~lost sinners, and that they have' accepted His atoning Blood to wash away all their sins. ;Please pray foi these new k ,converts, that they may learn more and more to know, and trust, and witness for Him. We will have more to tell about these Balinese '., .first fNits in our next issue. They are suffering fierce persmution, '. ~ lut they are standing finn. ,, . NEW ADVANCE : There are two most important fo~nvardsteps to which we are being led at this time. First, the starting of our Bible School at ,-- , . , Makassar for the education of native workers for this field. Mr. b, , Clench has come to Makassar~to~commencethis work. We expect to ,~..,I start on a small scale, but as the need is tremendous, we are belie%

, , ' ing for a large number of native workers to be.truly called out by ,the Holy Spirit into the service of the, Lord. Please pray for the > ripening of the Bible School. @,' ' " Then closely connected with this, is the immediate need of Col-

. ' p+teun, especially in those parts where heretofore no Gospel witness "basbeen given. Our plan willtbe to give these eolpo@?urs a short term training of a couple of months twice a year in the fundament- . ' als of the Gospel, and so help them in their work. This will be a special course in the Bible School, the regular course will probably kc a three year coarse. Pray for the colporteurs for Bali and for khe Celebes, among the Boegis people.

NEW TRACTS : In previous issues of The Pioneer we have mentioned the print- ing of the first.Gospe1 tracts in the Balinese language, and also.id the Boegis language. The first of .these have already been printed, and are being used of God to make "The Way" plain,' but we need many more such tracts. We are translating new .Gospel messages from Chinese into these languages as fast as the, money is supplied for the work. Also we are working hard on the traris- lation of Gospel tracts into still new laiguages, where as yet there is nb Gospel message printed. As we explained, in previous issues, this is not easy to accomplish, for the reason that there is nothing ahatever to start on, there are no Christians speaking these languages. But, we feel sure that with the Lord to help us,, we will be able to accomplish it. Please remember our Publishing ,work in prayer.

NEW NEED3 : In connection with

: NEW,, FAITH

As the Age advances and hastens to its close, as the darkness L ~ of this world grows deeper and settles around us, as financial depres- , . -:,ion is felt every where, as the Church goes further and further into .apostacy, and as the work which the Lord has given us develops and. ' prows, - we need new faith. If we aTe not growing wtih the Age, and with onr work'in a spiritual sense, and learning new lessons of '. faith in God, how can we expect to stand in these em1 days? '"The ; people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits". (Dan. 11:32). We need not look for better times. We need not hope that when this trial and testing is over; that~thiugswill be easier.: Me ought tQ know that as we hasten on to the Great Tribulation , ,. period, this world will wax worse and worse, and that each judgment +f God on the earth will he more serious than the preceding one. 'Therefore, as we have said, as the Age advances, so must we advance in the things of God, and have new and larger faith in Him for all ,' that we will have to meet in this final work of evangelizing the world before He retufis. The Lord ,Jesus said with regard to wars, famines, persecutions etc. before His coming, - "These are the beginning of sorrows, - the end is not yet." (Matt. 24 : 8.) And ,again He said, ,,When these begin 'to come pass, then look . IlP, lift up your heads;for your redemption draweth nigh." (Luke , ' 23 : 28.) Therefore instead of complaining about the present sev- enty of the trials, and calling caution, and letting our caution turn to unbelief, let us realize that inasmuch as we are surely living in the , ' ' !ast days of the Age, we may confidently expect, cot only that each ', succeeding tribnlatibn will be more severe than the last, but aIso,that His Grace and His Power will also be fully supplied unto us in the work. We need not retrench. We dare not go back. We must go fcrraard, and press right on to the' end of the Age to the accomplish- ment of His great plan and purpose for us, for the world and for ':L the Age. The old prophet said: "If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend .with horses? ' '

and if in the land of peace, they weary thee, then how wilt thou do , , in the swelling of Jqrdan?" '(Jer. 12 : 5.) . ..

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Words of Greeting from our New Missionaries I nSurely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the (jays of my Iifc: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” This verse has been ringing in my heart since coming to Makas- sar, Sorcly the Lord is good in permitting us to come here arid work among these people. My prayer since our appointment has been, ))bard, give me real love for the people among whom I shall work’, and the Lord has done that, for I loved the first sight. of the Datives as. I watched them on the wharf. ,Brother Jaffray tells us that the next urgent necd on this fteld is an automobilc. There are three million people in this south- western peninsula of the Celebes among whom no missionary is working. Fortunately this portion of the island abounds in roads, and with a car, tracts could be distributed immediatbly. Pray earnestly for this need. .1. ARTHUR MOUW

.I .,So He-bringeth them ,unto their desired haven. Ps. 107:30 We praise God from the depths of our hearls that He has brought us unto our desired haven,-the Dutch East Indies: ’ Mr. and hlrs. Gustave Woerner~.had a great part in making our trip across the.Pacific both a pleasant and pfofitable one. Their advice and assistance was very belptul on.many occasions both during the trip and after arriving in China. ’ ,, ~. ,I .I ,,. ,. , .,.,. , .,, , T'H,E''''P I0 N E E R 9 .,

Our stcamer, the *Empress of Russia", entered the beautifu? harbor of Hongkong on October 15th, and since we: coiild ,not get a boat for Makassar until 'October 27th. we thought it best to accompany the Woerner family to Wuchow for a short visit there. The trip lip the West river on a river boat ivas most inter- esting and ehlightening! We are very thankful for this oppor- tunity of having visited the headquarters of our South China field, and shall not soon forgct the gracious hospitality of the Wuchow missionaries, and the privilege of having met the Chinese students of the M'uchow Rible School. ,,First impressions" of Makassar would take too long to describe, but we feel. vej much at home with plr. Jaffray and the Brills, and' are anxious to begin language study. EDNA MOUW

.,Give glory unto the Lord. and declare his-droise in the Islands". Isa 42:12 During tlie past five weeks of traveling, 1 have seen many beautiful scenes, and have greatly e3joyed these csperiences. It' was a privilege to visit the Mission at Wuchow, South China, . during the interim of waiting for the sailing of the lhtch stcamer, u'rjibadake, from Hongkong. How royally the dear missiooaries there entertained us ! Rc appreciated very much their felloyship and hospitality. When I finally reached the Dutch East Indies and landed at Makassar, my jgs was full, and my heart sang with praise and thanksgiving for the manifcstatioiis of His love ,and keeping shown all along the way. There is real joy and,peace within my heart, heqause I know that 13e.Who sent'me here to'bear His message of Life continually ,,gocth before". It is ha$ to realize I'm really so far from loved ones and

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10 'PHE PIONEER' " ,, friends at home, but what a privilege to inect at the Tlirronc, and, togcther remembcr thesc over lierc who sit in darknrss - that they mag sl,eedilq. receive tlic true Light ! -\ly heart-s dcsirc is to cvcr he faithful to tlir klorious trust my Lord has given me:

VIOLA G.RIEBENOW

Thp easl czlenl of (he Dulch Ens1 Indiea Archipelage can be grasp- ed from 1Ais Mapiof the B.E.1. places zipon an outline of Europe~ The Island of Siirnalra exlcnls into /lie Allantic Ocean. and the east of Neu~Guinea projects inlo Asia. Java is longer than England. and has a populaliori of 50,OUO.OOO. +' T B E P I 0-NE E'R 11'

Makasaor ot last! It ,reall>- seems almost too good to be true. While I appreciate the privileges and opportunities which were mine in being four and one half months in French Indo-China, yet I =as more. than glad to cornc on to this land, where I bclieve the Lord was calling me. I arrivcd just in time tobegin language slndy with Mr. and Hrs., Mouw and Miss Griebenow, so I do not have much to report at this time. I'm wry happy to bc here, and have felt like singing thc Doxology ever since my arrival. I trust you will continue in believing prayer that we may all he nscd of tiod for the furthcrancc of His Kingdom . in this 1.and.

MARGARET E. KEMP

-The Call of the Isles- The Bla& represents areas still anreached by the Gwd. 12 THE PIONEE

An EvangeJ7stic Tour in the Dutch East Indies

By Lclong Wm

MI. LELAND WANG is the President of The Chinese Foreign Missionary Union, which commenced work here in the nutch East Indies four years ago, and is in very close associa- tion with the work @f The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Th,e Chinese Foreign Missonary Union has seven married coup- les and three single men, all Chinese missionaries, laboring in the two fields of French Indo-China and the Dutch East Indies., Our work in French Indo-China is among the many Chinese I Psident in the cities of the southern province of CochiuChina. Our work in the Dutch East Indies is among 'both the Chinese population and native people of the Islands. The following are the stations in Cochin-China, - Saigon, Cantho, Pnom- penh, (Cambodia) and Bac-liu. The following are the stations that have.been opened here in,the Dutch East Indies, - Ma- kassar, (Celebes),. Den-Pasar, (Bali), Balik-papan, Samarinda, Tarakan, (Borneo). Please remember definitely in prayer these Chinhe foreign missionaries.' They are probably the first "foreign missionaries" to be sent out from the Chinese Christian Church.

In April last I received a cable from the Conference of the Chinese Foreign Missionary Union in Makassar as follows: ,,Earnestly urge you visit stations immediately.'* After prayer and conkderation I decided to go, and sailed from Bongkok OF, May IZth., On reaching Makassar six'days' later, ', I' ' 'it was good to meet my old friends, Mr. Jaffray, Past0r.S: W. Chue,. ', and Mr. Pouw Peng Heng and others. After a short conference : with the Chinese niissionaries; Pastor"-Chue and I made a " 'trip into the interior of the Celebes. ' '

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We left Makassar by %us and after a full .day's~kde,,a ,. , , the Southern coast reached the e'ity of Watampone. Here be,',. met a Chinese business man, Mr. Chao, who had just lost his wife. ,* ' " He came to us with a burdened heart. We told, him tee way of sal: vation and he accepted the Lord as His Siviliour. He, accompan on our trip, and was Yery useful as our interpreter, as he sproke. Cantonese, Hakka, Fukienese, Boegis and Malay. He finally came' , ' to Makassar and .spent sometime studying the Gospel, aft&'. , nhich he was baptiied. Praise God for this soul. There are three million Boegis people in this Southwestern peninsula.of:the C among whom there is no missionary. Will yon take these people upon your hearts and pray for them. .. We had taken.with us some Boegis Gospels, and found a Teaas. .~ 8aie for them: 1 told the people, through the interpreter, that each .' 5 ,.,' , person'might only buy 'one copy, and no pore; that those who could., . ,,not read were not allowed to buy. I made it as hard as possible for . , the people to buy,We books, and in ten minbtes my books'were, all.', sdd! ! It is human nature, I believe; ' for people to want- -to'. ,.:have 'what it is hard to get, and therefore this plan in $elling books is better than coaxing the p6ople to buy, of giving them away free. If it is^ hard for ;them to buy, they will come and beg.; for ,them. At'least they saw that I was different from the uiual; ; usiness man, and that I was not making 'any profit. What do you. " ,, ink of this method of selling Gospels ? '. BORNEO I., ,

Now let me tell you something about my-visit'tdBorneo. 'I arriv- ed in Saiiarinda the last day of May, and was met hy Mr. Lq Mr. Leung;.and Mr. Deibler. There are nearly two thousand Chi- n& in this city. ' I Weached twice in the Chinese Gospel Hall, ,- on ,,Regeneration" and theh on s.,,Fanake he, foolish and live." I speke in the Amoy dialect and Brother Lemm translated into Can- tonese. Next morning I had .a fine meeting with several hundd Chinese 'students. It wa8 the first timi? that they,had ever had -i Gospel message in their sc@ool.

A very interesting part of my Borneo trip was my viait to Boelongan, where I met a number of,Dyaks. ',One can always recog- nize the Dyaks by their long eardobes. One ean actually put thM or four fingers through the hole which they make in their ear-lobe3 and sometimes the hole is large enough for one.ta put the whole hand through the hole. How these, ''open ears" need to^ he& the message of.salvation. While.in Borneo I had the pleasure OistaPing with Mr. and Mrs. Fisk After s"pper,,many~ Dyaks came to their hnme, and we had a great meeting., They played on thekharps &d daneed their war dances; then I'preached the Gospel'to them. I spoke in English, .MY. Fisk-interpreted into Malay, and one of the Pyaks interpreted~from the Malay into their language. So my message .passed through ta;o interpreters, but it went through, alright, fop I noticed, the smiling-faces, which.,told~ me -that they wider?tood. They all raised their hands, signifying. that they would like to believe on the Ip@ Jesus' Christ. ,, Mr. Fisk and11 went up the river in the mission mofnr'bost which was the gift of^ the Late Dr. F. E. Marsh 'of England. ?e visited, many. Dyaks," stopping over night in their %I@%. ,, '

From Beolongan I visited Tarakan, and was given a free psssaga cb a Government boat. 'Praise the Lord $or thinge th8t.m &en , ..... ,, :.I ,- .,.,,, ,,'< , ..,. ,... ,' , , ,.. ,,. ~~ ',, ,,,',, . ~ .%. ' , .. . - ,. ,.,,. ,_.,.. .. ,,,, I ., ,, '.' T H"E,,P'I O;N, E E, R , ,'IS '. ',,I: .,

free to the Lord's preachers! I spoke onwin Tarakan. On my, way,. ' i

back to Samarinda; I passed several'ports on the east coast of, Bur-,: ~, , . neo. Oh! how these port towns need thedight of the Gospel$! Thera' .'%,::: are Malay, Chinese, and other peoples in these towns, sitting in' ,: utter darkness, and no Gospel Chapel. In Samarinda I spent- two : ' 1:' ,lays, and had the pleasure of baptizing four converts in the river. ,.'. ',

One of these was an old lady of eighty-three years. She was con- , ' verted last year when my brother Wilson was here. ,While 1 was in " ,,I,. Bamarinda the ,,Courrier", the launch which was given by Mr., ,. Eader's Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, returned from the^ interior.' ,I,, . ', xas glad to meet.Mr. Clench and Mr. Presswood., The Lord,greatly '1 ,:

blessed the meetings which we held at night. I was sorry not to be' ' , ?,ble to visif our work at Balik-papan.

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On the morning:of June 11th our steamer stopped at,Ampenan on ~ ..: the Island~of Lombok. I went ashore and saw a little of Lombok; ,;',, ' . ' ,' and sailed. again'iwthe early afternoon. Our next stop.was at.Boe- ,", leleng on the Island of. Bali. Bali is a beautiful island 'bith over ? ,I_',, I, million inhabitants: It is quite an attraction to tourists from No@ . ' , .. ', Bmerica and Europe. I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Thompson here. She is a .missionary from Canton. We traveled together t? . , Den-Pasar where the Chinese Foreign Missionary Union .have a tion. This is the only Chistian church on the whole island of Mr. F. Tsangis in charge, and I had the opportunity.to pre&h ',I(. in Den-Pasar three nights. On the last nigh* I spoke in the 'Chi- '. : nes4 school-house- to over five hundred Chinese. .It was a great joy, '.

1 ~ t.c serve the' Lord in this unexpected way. May.€he Lord bless the '' ,' seed that is soh'beside' all waters,

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Java has ,z population of. 50.000.000. . Our next port was: 3. ,. . - , . ,, ,,": ,. , ,, ,,. . ~.., ,, ', ,,' ,. .. ,.' ,,, ; ,. ,, , . , ,. ,,, -, ,. .~ ,, . ,. . ,., I.,~ - ~, , ~ , 2.. ", , , , , ,, ' I baya. I had two Gospeljneetings in the Chinese church in his City, and then went on'to Djokjakarta and hada very good meetingthere. I stayed in the beautiful home of a Chinese friend Mr. Yak Po-him in the mountains. I was not at all well. here, but God gave me qukk deiiverance through prayer. Praise His name! In the evening I wen to Solo and spoke to adaudience. of two hundred people ,which gathered on short notice.. From this you may see how eker the people are to hear the old story of Salvation through the Mood cf Jesus. The .Gospel is still the power o€,God to draw and saw Cnners. My next stop was BandEng, a beautiful mountain city in Java, I spoke here to five hundred pecple, and the next day Went on to Batavia by air-plane. It was delightful to meet 'Christian brethren in .Batavia. I stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Chew, Hock-hin. *They are very earnest Christians, and I enjoyed their fellowship im- mensely. The first night:I'.was there I had, 8- meeting 'in the Dutch State Church. The meeting was well attended. My subject w8s ,,His Name shalI be'called Wonderful". I spoke in English and Mr. Chew interpreted into Malay. I spent,in all seven days in' Bataoia and Buitenzorg. I want to voice my thanks to ,God for His, help in all these meetings, and for those who took their stand for Christ. May they be kept by tl;&mighty power of God, Will you'not' pray for these new converts ?

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' ' It was good to meet my,old friend Dr. Chai Boon-leong. We 'stayed with Mi-. and Mrs. Donaldson. Later, I visited 'the British and -Foreign Bible Society., To my surprise a,Chinese lady was vaiting,for me there. Can you gpese who she was? The "Billiton girl", Miss Wong Gan-tsing. She is the only Christian on the whole '' idad of Billiton. She was converted some, years ago when I wap -pre&ng~ in'Canfon., You may h?ve"read ,how Mr. Jaffrby, and . . my brother 'Wilson,.,inet her oaer a year '%goin a dry,providen,tid way. ,'1had grayed a.great:desl that the Lord yonld'letnik meet her , ' &ng this t~+p-- and behold, --.here was :the answer,v,my,$rbyerl u This is certainly the Lord's doings, and, it is marvelous in our eyes. She told me that .the Lord had called her ta IIis service and that she wished to go the Alliance Bible School in Wuchow to prepaw for the work. We drove thirty miles out of Singapow to see her elder brother. I had a long conference with him. Finally he agreed to help her go to Wuchow, and to pay her passage. Today she is studying the Bible in Wuchow in preparation for the Lord's work. I spent six days in Singapore, and used. every oppor-, tnnity of service for Him, and to my great' joy, a number of people decided to accept Christ as their Saviour. To Him be the glow! I returned tq Hongkong and Canton in time to take part in the Pooi-ling Conferences. Now, my dear friends,. this is just a short account of my Evangelistic Tour in the South Sea Islands. If you are interested snd want to have a share in this work, kindly send your gifts to Rev. X. A. Jaffray, Lageweg, No. 89, Makassar, Dutch East Indies. Kindly pray for me, that the Lord may lead and guide and use me to glorify His Name. Recently I have rnoved.my home to Ron% kong and my present add;ess is No:2, Beautiful Terrace, Bonham Road, Hongkong, South China. I will be glad to hear from you May the Lord bleis all of you who re$ this article, and may He put a hurden of prayer upon your hearts. Amen. *

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An Awakening in the Island of Sa?eier By Rm.J. W. Bdl

It surely was the Lord that led Mr. BTill to make this trip to Sa1eier;'and learn a little, about these who are revolt- ing somewhat against Islam, and turning with open hearts Lo hear the Gospel message. Saleier is an Island immediately to the south of the Celebes. It is the chief island of a group of more than one hundred, smaller ones, and thousands of immortal souls await the missionary of the Gospel there. Here is another ehallange to us to go forth to regions still beyond us. This island of Saleier and its group is really a part of the Makassar work, because the people speak the same language. With Makassar as a centre there are three million Boegis people without a missionary. We believe that the coming of new missionaries to the field will meah that we will be able to take. up this work among the Boegis people. As mentioned in Mr. Mouw's short message, the present need of the work in the Celebes is an automobile. The roads all over t6is part of the Celebes are fine motor roads, and the Gospel could be speedily carried to these three millions, if we had a car to carry the messengers. We speak of this in conneetion with Mr. Brill's a?ticle because the people'of the Island of Saleier are the same rxe as the Makassar people. New doors are opening to us on every hand. Please labor ovwith us in prayer and faith. He is the Victor !

.~'' , . bout ten years ago Abdul-Ganie, a hadji, (pilgrim to , A Mecca) died, and on his death bed is reported to have ., , said to' h~sfriends, ',.If afrer my death a man comes here .", , and preachessthe religion of Jesus, it is my desire that you

,, , , .. . , - ., . ,,I ,. ,, ..i , ,, .*, , .. ,, . ,. ,. ,, ,THE, PIONEER 19 > follow him regardless of his nationality". This. man was cast out of Mecca because his iaeas did not coincide' with ' chose of the Mohammedan priests there. He, returned to , ', his home on the island of Saleier. He saw the bad side of Mohammedanism and dared' to' expose it. It is said in Saleier that he believed on Jesus: At least he believed, .to the extent of his knowledge of Jesus, which was obtained from the Koran. This man ',

' . began to expose the wrongs of Islam to some of his frierPds in Saleier, and told them to believe in Jesus. As a result their faith in Mohammedanism is shakened somewhat, until now ,' .. there are more than two thousand 'people on this far off island who do not care to follow all the teachings of the ,', False Prophet.

The man who seemingly has taken up the mantle of ', Abdul-Ganie is Intie-Rahing. He has organized a ,,Union '. for Seeking Religious Truth". He has openly said that the .. " ,,Pillar" 'of Salvation is Jesus. There is a branch of this society in Makassar and through 'this branch I made the' ,' acquaintance of Intje Rahing. Upon hearing him tell of, , Saleier, his island home, I said I would like to visit that island (a day's run by boat, just south of the sourhwescern peninsula of Celebes). He promised to take me to the larger villages so that I could tell the people about Jesus. Moreover. Da-min, the headman of the branch in Makassar, promised togo with me to interpret into the ' Makassar language, ., which most of the people of Saleier understand. You can '. be sure that I was glad for the opportunity, and we left , I Makassar Sept. 12th. arriving- the next day in Saleier.. , ,,

We went direct to the home of Intje-Rahing, and my ,; ' first impression was. -What genuine' hospitality. for many . , had gathered to greet us, and all ate from his table. Chicken,. : and fish were served with 13 different styles of rice, and '. after that about six kinds of cakes and cookies, with tHe " 1 ,., ,. ',

, , '. ,,. 1' , ,' , ,. , .,, , . .. . ,,, ,. ,,. ,. ,, , 20 T H'E ,P.I- o~N . ' E. '.. E'R " :~,I blackest of coffee. Many seemed eager to hear the Gospel, and I spent two days there preaching, and teaching them that Jesus was the Son of God and the only Saviour. All said they beleived in Iesus, and bel&ved chat what I said was true. By bus we reached a town called Binanga-Benteng Here is the grave of Abdul-Ganie. As I stood by, his grave, I wgs thrilled with the though< that this man helped to open the door for the Gospel to this island: This village was more open to the Gospel than any [hat I visited in Saleier. I felt very strongly the presence of Christ and the power of the Holy ' Spirit convicting the hearts of the people. I spent two days here also, preaching and :eaching the ,Way of Salvation. I stressed the need of entirely casting aside Mohammedanism ,and accepting Christ. They said that all I had told them was true, and that they be- lieved on jesus. From here I made a short trip co a town farther south, and then came back to Binanga-Benteng.' In Binanga-Benteng their hospitality '.could not. be improved upon. They declared it a ..feast day" and killed a water buffalo! You would have rejoiced with me had you seen the crowd that was seated around he long table and the many more thac were standing in the rear, listening to the Message of Life.' That, night I slept under a great tree on the beach in a wooden bed with a mattress and mosquito netting which they had prepared for me. After the heat of rtie day. rest in the open was refreshing. The next morning as I bade good-by to my hostess. who was.none'other than the daughter of the famous Abdul Ganie. tears.rolled down her cheeks, which showed me that Jesus was speaking to'her heart. She is really the queen of the village and a, kind of mother to the. younger girls. The Dutch Civil Officer informed me that this family is highly respected by all the villagers. ~ The people ,of this village THE PIONEER 21

have a very good reputation. and are noted-for their love of peace and honesty. Please pray much for them. In Para, which was our next stop, a larger croud than ever, gathered to hear the Gospel. Like as at Binanga- Benteng, ,they declared it a ,.feast day" and killed a water buffalo1 My friend Da-min, who. was interpreting for me. seemed to tire of chis tedious cask, and did not translate correctly, so I spoke to the people in Malay directly, as there were quite a few who understood Malay.

A Nalioe policeman direcling lhe /ro/Tic at a bus<, corner in Makassur -22 TH'E PIONEER The next day I left Para and went to Denteng, which is the government seat and residence of the civil officer. As is good form, I visited the Dutch.Controller and had a' profitable talk with him. ,He invited me to have supper with him, and I gladly accepted. I found out that^ Intle- Rahing is an unsuccessfel.busjness man, and that^ he failed. to obtain a cartain government office which he sought. It was plain to me that his idea is not to. set up an organization ,.for seeking religious truth" but co establish a new religion with himself as the leader.

Looking at this movement as a whole, ,I see that it is part genuine and part self-seeking. By this, I mean that they are by no means ready as yet to become Christians, even though they say they beleive in Jesus. But it is plain to see, that they have turned aside from a lot of Mo- hammedan customs and teachipgs. They are too in- different to pray five times a day as other Moslems. There is at least a great opportunity to preach the Gospel to open hearted people, and, when Jesus saves them, it will be a joy to them to pray. to their new found Lord.

The Dutch Civil OfKcer of Saleier; referring to the open- ing for the Gospel here spoke to the point, and.1 will pass on his words,-,.What you do, you must do qulckly". He also told me that even though these people are nomi- nal Moslems. their old heathen religion stdl holds a great nfluence in their hearts. Shortly after I returned from Saleier. the, Catholic Priest from here also visited that island. I am,told that Adventist Colporteurs have been there.' Therefore if we do not go In and possess the land, che ENEMY wilt. A missionary should bie stationed in Saleier right away; but ?]as. we have no one to place there. Who w~ll'hearGod's call to Saleier'and the 125 adjacent smaller islands? This is a very large district with , ,, , .,,,, , ,, ,. ., ,. ', .. , ...,, ,,., , , ,. ,,- . , .,

',THi PIONEER 23 , , ,. ,, ,> one root language, and a population of almost a hundred ,' :

thousand souls. It will not be an easy task. for the mis- - ~ sionary will have to visit these smaller islands with a small ' native sailing vessel.. It will be a lonely life. But 0 the ' ; joy of the harvesc. Come over and help IIS. On this trip I sold many Gospel portions, in fact I did .' not take enough with me. Pray that the Word of God will .. shed new light into those darkened hearts. For the past ten : .'

days 1 have lived with them. By becoming as one of them, ,, I made many friends. ' Pray that the Holy Spirit will mightily convict them of . ' sin, and their need of a Saviour. and that the Spirit will ' . reveal to .them that the Lord JesuS is the Son of God, the sinner's only Saviour.

A Malay ,,Prau" i 24 THE PIONEER 1

WiJdMen of Borneo Coming to Christ 1,

Mr. Fisk's message is- a wonderful one. Surely this is Gad's time for Borneo. His latest trip away up the reaches of the Boelangan River to the heart of Dutch Northeast Borneo here recorded, assures us that God is working in a'.remarkable 'way for these long neglected parts of the earth. The article is a long one, but every paragraph is most interesting. It will hold you to the end. Do not forget to pray for these 200 and more Dyaks who have been brought to Christ, and who have been baptized.

Your prayers are being answered. Apostolic days are being reenacted here in Borneo. The Holy Spirit has surely fallen on this part of Borneo and many Dyaks are turning to the Lord. Hallelujah1 I have just returned from a miraculous missionary journey to the interior. away up the Doelongan river and then up the Bahau river. Over two hundfed Dyaks, who have ac- cepted the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour, were baptized. And by the way, the baptismal day happened to be on my birthday. In birthday greetings from Home, same friends wished chat God would make this the-best birthday that I have ever had. And, Hallelujah! that is just what it turned out to be. True, I was away from all of my loved ones, both 3t home and here, but the JOY that was welling up From the depths of my sbul while baptizing those Dyaks ' 'was'a joy that even the angels of Heaven know nothing ,, - ,. - .. THE'PIONEER 25 about. There was true' praise going up to God that 'Hay and .tears of unbounded joy. Here is the story of how the Holy Spirit led up to this penticostal event.

An Opportunity On August 27th. in Boelongan I made formal calls upon the local Dutch officials, the Assistant Resident and the Controller of this district. They informed me that they were about to leave tor an extended trip into the interior, and invited me to accompany them. Now here was a wonderful opportunity, as they were going to. pass through the country of the Dyak king who accepted Christ as his Saviour some time ago, and I wanted very badly to go there to preach more of the Gospel, and to baptize Djalong-Ipoy, the king. But, For a moment, I wavered and said no, I didn't think that I could make ready by the morrow. Then the Holy Spirit whispered in my ear, ,,The Motor! Let them go on ahead, and you come on behind with' the motor, then you can get ready, and catch up with them at the Foot of the rapids. Here is an opportunity! Don't let it slip! Heed what I say I" So no sooner heard than heeded, for this I have Found is the best way to do when the Spirit of God leads. If we hesitate. some terrible mistakes are apt to be made. As the' Spirit leads and speaks, act prompdy. for that is the time the Holy Spirit has prepared things. If we wan; that opportunity may never come our way again. The Controller thought that this wmld be splendid, and said that they would be hoking fot me at Pengian, the place at the foot of the rapids. So I at once set to work preparing, For a month's trip into the interior.

The Start. We're off 1 On Sunday afternoon every thing was in readiness, so ~ 26: TH.E PIONEER

.at '1:30 P. M.. Aug. 30th. I once again pulled away from Boelongan and Home, to preach the' unsearchable riches of Christ among the Dyaks. I have been at home very little of late. so naturally there was a big lump in my throat when 1 waved good bye to my beloved wife and daughter, so soon again, but then, when I thought of the hungry Dyaks waiting wit:? outsttetched arms for the Gospel, the lump disappeared, and I praised God that He had seen fit to call poor me to carry-such an impor- tant message to His own. While absent on these trips to the interior I hear nothing of my wife and daughter until I return home. One must needs cut oneself off from the rest of the world when carrying the Gospel to the Dyaks in this part of Borneo: We ran steadily all that Sunday afternoon,, and stopped to camp for the night on a large sand bank at the river's edge, just as the sun was disappearing over the western mountains. It only took us. (the Dyak boy and myself) five minutes to put up the camp tent that was made possible by some kimd friends in Virginia. After this was done we began unloading-the necessary food etc. from the boat, only to discover that Neci had left my folding cot behind. Oh for a cot! Oh for a cot1 was my song for a second, but then I thought of the Apostle Paul and the time he spent in rhe desert. What did Paul sleep on? Why the sand of course. Well, if the sand is good enough for Paul. it is good enough for me, so on the sand I slept, and a splen- 'did night's rest did I have. The tent is insect proof, there- fore my rest was not broken by insects crawling over me. I will never cease 'to praise and thank God for touching the ~hearrsof friends in Virginia to send this tent to me.

We arose- early Monday morning so as to be able to make a big part of our trip in the coolest part of the day. ,. T H~E 1 P PO N E E'R 27 '., ' . ,,,. And then too, the folks we were to overtake had a~ three and a half days start on us, and I wanced to be sure ' ' to catch up with them. But then I did not have much ',

fear of not catching up with them, as they were traveling . ' in- large native boats called ,,praus" paddeled by ,Dyaks. and these large dugouts are not very fast.

Making the Rapid Nothing unusual happened during the trip in the morning. We scared up and shot at several crocodiles as we sped up the river, passed several praus going down che river, and this is' about all. About twelve noon we began ro ,'. get in the swift water zone. and then it was that our speed was cut in two. We had been running in chis swift water zone for about one hour when we sighted one of the : official's praus ahead of us, slowly fighting its way up against the swift currenc It was only a matter of a few: . ,,, mimutes before I had caught up with and passed, this prau, and soon came in sight' of the second prau of the ., ,'

party. There were five praus in the party. .,

I caught up with this second prau at a small rapid. Now ,,. the time before when I had usedthe motor to make the;tPip to Pengian, we pulled and poled the boat and motor up over '. this rapid, but^ this time I made up my mind to see just what the motor could do. So I prayed; set my teeth, opened up the gas to its limit, and shot out into rhe middle , of the rapid. At first the boat trembled and shook'with . , the shock of the terrible swift current,, it hesitated for a '',. wee second. as if she were going to back, and then slowly but surely she began to nose ahead. inch by inch like-a . ' work-horse taking ahold of a plow in rough ground. until we nosed over the top of that rapid victoriously. When., we got over rhe top, and I had ti~me to look ,around, I ', noticed that the Dyaks in the Controller's prau had stopped, / 28 THE PIONEER' -. their pullinfjo watch us, and when we came through with flying colors. they all waved their arms a'nd gave us.: a hearty cheer. The sixieen horse-power motor is lust the thing for traveling in this part of Borneo. We are very thankful to God that the late Dr. Marsh of England was moved to make this gift to the mission. This was one of the"1ast .things Dr. Marsh did for the Lord's work before he passed on to his Heavenly reward.

I caught up with the other three praus of the party, stopped For a moment to exchange greetings with the ofti- cials, and then went on ahead to Pengian to wait for their, arrival. So you see how God worked things'out so that I arrived at the appointed meeting place even before the officials who had started before me.,,

The Last Chinese Shop

We remained in Pengian for two days- while the Assistant Resident and the Controller attended to their business. I made the best of this time by preaching the Gospel to two Chinese merchants, who have a score in Pengian.' Their store Is the last one up the Boelongan river. They con- fessed Christ as their Saviour, and asked to be baptized. I slept in their store, as the Goyernment Rest House was well occupied with the officials. I might explain here that the Dutch Governmenc has a house in. each village in which their officials can stay while making their tours of inspection. These houses as a rule are very nice. But I rarely ever use them as I find that it is better to stay in the house of the chief while in them villages. If I had sl,ept in the Government Rest House instead of that store, I might never have had such a splendid opportunity to to preach the Gospel. There is no place like the home to reach the heart. .. I , --

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Before we resumed our journey up the river, I had the Dyaks lift my motor off of the boat, carry it into the store of the Chinese merchants. and then they pulled the boat up on the hank and dragged it under the store. there :o stay until we returned from the interior. From Pengian on up the river the rapids are very had, 'and it is difficult to use the motor, although I believe not impossIhle. On my next trip KO the interior I am going to try going srraight -r ,through with the motor. I have purchased a Dyak prau specially built' for the rapids. and this 1 am going to fix u,p for the motor. There, are many places in the rapids where it will be necessary to pole and pull the boat, and then too there are many places where the motor can be used.

Further Interior ,, When the officials were ready to leave Panqian, my things were loaded into one of the five -pram and I was rold that this would .be my prou for the remainder of '.' the trip. We left Pengian early Thursday moriipg, September third, and arrived at Long-Ledjoe which is located at the top of the Raiya rapid, about three o'clock in the afternoon. 'I The chief of thrs village has given his heart to Christ. The Assistant Resident wished to stay in Long-Ledjoe for, the night, so everythihg was removed from the praus and made ready for the night. First of all I paid a visit to .the'chief, to find that he was in deep. mourning for a younger member of his family who had just passed away. This gave me an opportunity to make. Jesus more precious to him, and to point out to him'the hope that is ours. through the finished work of Christ. ,, The Loan of a Cot Knowing that the chief of Long-Ledjoe possessed& fold-; .. 30 THE PJON'EER

ing cot, I told him the story of the boy leaving my bed behind, and he immediately offered me the use of his bed. . " and of course I accepted his kind offer! So, for the trip, I had a comfortable bed to sleep on. In the upper reaches of these rivers there are few sand banks on which to'picch your .tent. so I wouldn't have fared so well without a bed. Some nights it is necessary to camp on huge boulders and ', those boulders are everything but soft and level I

The next morning we left Long-LedJoe, and went on to Long-Pleban which is'only about an hour above Long-Le- djoe. Here the oficials made a :our of inspection through the kampong (town), after which we all had breakfast to- gether. A: this point the Assistant Resident rerurned .to Boelongan. -and the Controller and myself went on with three OF the praus. About four in the afternooq we arrived at Long-Pessahan. the place where I first baptized converts. Here we only stopped for a few minutes as the Cantroller wished to reach a 'camping point some',distance up the river before "stopping for the night.

My,Travelling Companion

Mr. Powels. the Controller. proved to be a most excellent companion, and we discovered, before the trip was over. thac we had many things in common. , therefore our trip together was a .happy one. One thing that helped to make the trip a pleasant one, was the pooling of our food sup- plies. The Controller's cook knew his business, so all of our meals were splendid. This is the first trip on which I have had bread to eat. It was a marvel to see the. way the cook prepared his bread dough in the prau as we were going along. He baked the bread in an oil tin. And fine bread it was too. I discovered that travelling with,Govern- ment officials was very pleasant in more than one-way! , ..~ ,, TH'E 'PIONE'E~R'.; 31, '

Frlday evening, after leaving Long-Pessehan we stopped for the night at the mouth of the Akan river. The ever rising and falling river makes travel here very uncertain. A ~' heavy rainfall will bring some of the rivers up as much as eight yards in one night. Believe it or not, but it is the truth. I have had experience with these floods, and know.

Typical Dyaks of lhc interior commonly known RS ,,the wild men ,of Borneo." When the Lord Jesus comes inlo the Izeort of a Dyak, Ihe wild look of the eye is changed, and he becomes a follower of the meek ond lowloy Sauioar. 32 - . THE PIONEER * Saturday morning, we entered the small mouth of the Bahau River, leaving behind us the broad and spacmus Boelongan or Kayan River. Bahau! What is the Bahaul Ic,!s a word that causes old Dyaks to admonish, ,,Be careful”; young Dyaks to shout with excitement; and Government oficials lo worry. The Dahau River is filled with treacher- ous rapids that make travelling both up and sown very , hazardous. The dangers of a missionary journey in this part of Borneo are many. but they amount to just exactiy nothing, bacause Christ is always with us on these journeys. These crips are made in His Name, so why should we fear any kind of danger that mighc come in our way. Then too, your prayers are always following us. Aren’t they? Then what IS there for us to fear? God looks after those in His servjce. There was one rapid that gave us a little trouble during ou; second day in the Bahau river. At this rapid all the baggage had to be lifted out of the praus and carried to the top of the rapid, and then the praus were dragged over the boulders. The Controller and myself did our share in helping to get the boats over this bad place. We pull- ed and shouced along with the Dyaks. Our camping place ~i that night was in an ideal spot between two huge boulders on a small patch of sand. In caking our evening bath, we

,. used the boulders as diving platforms, much to the amuse- ment of the Dycks. They are excellent swimmers but they know nothmg about. diving. Some of the braver Dyaks tned to copy some of our diving antics, but found much to their grief and hurt chat it wasn’t as’ easy as it looked. The Controller is a good swimmer. so we always enjoyed our evening plunge together. We need not fear crocodiles, as there are none such in and ‘above the rapids. If the Bahau couId speak The river happened to be low when we entered the Bahau, therefore we made good time, and by evening and j T,HE PIONEER . 33 yamping time. we had passed over one of the bad rapids. The Dyaks cleared a spot for the tent, put it up, gathered together our night stuff. made shelters for themselves, brougjt in fire wood, and then we were all ready for the night. The roaring of the water in the Bahau River as it rushes madly by during the night, seemed to have a pecul- iar charm. Sometimes while camping on its banks, I lie a- wake listening to the rumbling water, trying to picture in my mind some of the stories that that river would tell if it could only talk. There would be some blood curdling sto- ries of head-hunting expeditions; stories of lives lost in those dashing rapid waves: stories of conquest, and stories of, love. Then too there are stories to re11 of the advance of the white man into Dyak .country, and of his work in abolishing head-hunting. And many other stories flash be- fore my mind as I lie awake listening to Mr. Bahau, who is always in a hurry, go dashing by. Now. thank God. Mr. Bahau has a new and better story to add to his volume. The story of the advance of the Gospel to his veryupper- most reaches. This last story outshines all the prevrous stories in every respect. But it is a story chat should have. been inserted in h3r. Bahau's volume years ago.^ If the Gospel had been carried over his waters years ago. he wouldn't have so many bad and terrible stories to tell now. ' : He would have stories of love and devotion to tell rather than stories of fear, hare, and murder. Now, hallelujah, Mr. , : Bahau is going to have a real love story to tell, for the , , men who have been using 'him for years and years are : now turning to Jesus, the Lover of men's souls. There will ,' be no murder in this new story. On the contrary it will be a story of service and devotion. Wild Pigs1 As we were looking for a camping place at the close of :":. ' our third day in the Bahau, one of the Dyaks in the front " of my prau ~shouted..,,Baboi! Daboi!" (Pigs! Pigs!) So;, ;

-, -, . 34 THE P1ONEEs-R before I saw the pigs, I grabbed my rifle and made it ready for shooting. And sure, enough, there, swimming across the river, were five big wild pigs1 The water was too rough to get a good shot at them from the prau. so I told the Dyaks to run the boat to the shore. I jumped out of the boat onto some jagged rocks without putting my shoes on. The result was one cut toe, and ,no pig. for while I was nursing my cut toe. the pigs scrambled up to the opposite bank, and ran up into the jungle with noc even one shot fired at them. Fortunate pigs, and unfortu- nate Dyaks! No pig meat for them that night.. And yours truly hopped, and lumped around for about eight days af- ter, before getting back to normal.

A Demon Possessed Mountain We camped for the night about a quarter of a mile above the place where, we saw the pigs swimming the river. This time we pitched our tent on a gravel bank. Rising into the sky, just in back of our camp. was a bald-headed mountain. It is a rock mountain with jungle trees and undergrowth reaching only ‘half way up to its ummit. The Dyaks have a legend about this mountain saying that there is a certain god living on top of this peculiar mountain. ~ There are no other mountatns like it in this part of Borneo. And because of the legend there has never been a Dyak who has gone to the top. They say that this god would cause much trouble for the person attempting to mounc its summit. When the Controller, and I left home we planned on climbing this mouncain together, but my cut foot, at the very base of this moun- tain, changed this plan. And was there whispering among the Dyaks? ..What ,did I tell you?! The spirit is keeping hem off the mountain!” But we told them that ,this was not so, and that we would climb the mountain on ow return trip. ' . Our next, the .fourth day, found us over all the bad rapids. and at about four in the afternoon we arrived at Long-Metoep. Here lives Djalong-Ipoy, the Christian Dpk king of the district of Poedjoengan. It was in Long-Metoep that I was planning 'on staying to preach the Gospel, and to baptize the king who was converted in our home. The ,,two days in Long-Metoep with the king were spent in preaching the Gospel. We went on to other places, but returned to Long-Metoep later.

A King's Testimony At exactly twelve o'clock noon we arrived at Long,Keta- man. First of all. we went to the Government shelter and had our dinner before going'on a tour of inspection through the kampong. In all my life, I have never seensuch a filthy place. It was no wonder that several of the Dyaks had died OF dysentery. The marvel of it is that more of them

had not died. That night the Dyaks all congregated in ~ ,,' front of the head man's house. The Controller. Djalong Ipoy, and myself all sat on a mat in front of the,assembly. The Controller started right in, using Djalong-Ipoy as in- terpreter. He gave them a fine talk on hygiene,; and then

told them how to go about cleaning up the place. After he ~ ' . had finished,his talk. he turned to me and asked if I would like to speak to them. What an opportunity! I talked a little, and then surprised Djalong-Ipoy by turning to him, and asking him to tell the Dyaks all that he knew about Christ and Salvation. Without hesitating a moment Djalong- ,' Ipoy began to preach the Gospel. As he explained the Gospel his face shone, and those who were listening showed ' ' intense interest. When the king had compeleted his message, a native Government officer. who IS a professing Christian, and who Gnderstood the dialect Djalong used, ,, turnzd to the Controller and myself, and said that Djalong- Ipoy had explained the plan of Salvation better than he himself ' 36 THE PIONEER could do. This was great news, and caused me to send up a prayer of thanksgiving to the Throne of Grace. Dja- long-Ipoy and I promised to return LO them in' the near future to tell them more of ]esus and His love. Pray that this may work out. A Midnight Meeting At another place, I' had another opportunity to preach the Gospel to the Dyaks after they had returned from their rice fields ^The meeting lasted until almost midnlght. the Dyaks keeping me in the house of the head man afrer I had, finished my message, to ask all kinds of questions about Iesus with relation to their daily life. The Dyaks are a very ,,religious Seople". and have always looked to the ,,gods and spirits" for daily guidance in everything that they endeavour to do. Therefore they wanted to know, Would Christ help them in their planting? Would Christ give them a good rice crop? If they were short of meat and were hungry, would Christ lend them to the right place in the jungle so they could find wild pigs? Wouid Christ watch over their women in child birth? I was able to answer all these questions, hallelujah, with the promises of God. And then I told them incident after incident of how God had answered prayer for His children who were in particular need. This led to me giving them a message on prayer. So it went on into the middle of the night. Most of the Dyaks at the close of this service said that they would follow lesus. Returning to Long-Metoep, I spent much time expoundmg the Scriptures to Djalong-Ipoy. The King, Djalong-Ipoy speaks Malay, but cannat read it. There was a boy in the village who has had some s,choolmg, and could. read and 'write, so I had Djalong-Ipoy call in this boy. I gave him the Bible and asked him to read to us. He read very well, for which I thanked the Lord. It meant that Djalong-Ipoy THE PIONEER 37

and his people would be able to feast daily upon the Word of God through this boy. As the boy read that afternoon, : Djalong-Ipoy would stop him from time to time to ask me questions about certain passages that he did not understand. -. At night the Dyaks were all called in from the rice fields, ,* and again the, Gospel was preached to them. This time there were none who lingered behind jn their houses. A Dyak Audience In front of the^ King's house is a large hall or cour?, where the people always meet when there is anything to be tzlked ovec. and it is here that I held meetings ,while in Long-Metoep.. At the front of this hall, is a small plac- form chat is used by the king when he calls his people together. 9n this platform was placed ,a rocking chair for my use! It was the first time that, I had ever preached the Gospel from a rocking chair! I didn't refuse to use the rocker, as this would have displeased the Dyaks. As I. sat in thrs rocker waiting for the people to gather, I studied the different Dyaks as they came up.the stairs to my right. and walked past me LO their respective places in the hall, the men sitting to my, left. and the women to my right, with the immedlate family of Djalong-Ipoy sitting directly in front of me. Djalony-Ipoy and his two wives were on the platform with me. I preached. every night .to : these people. Children came dashing up the stairs to run ',, to some far corner of the hall to play until the service began. Springy yomg men and women in the pmme of life. walked by chatting away. How I admire' these ' ' young Dyaks! Regular pictures of health, that is what .' they are. Then two or three white haired old men would go slowly by, giving me a friendly smile. God bless these old men! The knock, knock, knock of. a cane resounded through the hall. above the din of talking, as an elderly wo- man made her way. painfully up the stairs and into the hall. Suddenly niany of the Dyaks seated near the stairway look-.

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ed down the stairs and began to whisper, ,.Kelunan Dayong ! Kelunan Dayong !" (The medicine woman! The medicine wo- man !) And so one of the witch doctors made her way into the hall to hear the Gospel. And so they continned to come until the hall was filled. The king^ informed me that they were all present. so I began to tell them the old old story of Jesus and His Love. At the close of that service, the king led in prayer, and oh how he~pleadedwith God to open the &yes of the people, that they might see and believe in Christ as their Saviour.

A Wonderful Meeting Every night my theme was The Cross, so again on Wed- nesday night I preached ,,Christ and Him crucified." From the very beginning of the service the presence of die Spirit was felt in our midst. Even the children, who on previous nights had been restless. sat with their ears. eyes, and yes their mouths, wide open, listening as quietly as their elders. Never iu all my Christian experience have I known anything like that night. As I 'preached under the power of the Holy Spirit, so Djalong-Ipoy interpreted in the power OF the same Spirit. And as we prayed at the close of the service, Dycks were crying out to God. Then from the yuong men to the oldest men, they asked to be ,baptized. Hallelujah1 What a glorious night! What rejoicing there must have been in the presence of the angels of Heaven! Practically an entire^ village turning ta Christ I The women and children returned PO their homes soon after1 had fin- ished giving the message, but the men remained in the hall to ask questions pertaining to their daily lives. That after-meeting lasted until the middle of the night. and even then the Dycks didn't seem to want to go home. I would start .to get up to go into the house, when some new question would be brought up, and I dou!d sit down again. Even after I left, there were many of the older men who ,. ., THE PIONEER 39 lingered in the hall, to talk some more of this wonderful Salvation that had suddenly become their own ; this Salvb tion that had delivered them from their many sinful super- stitions and fears. ,.

The Baptism

Directly after dinner the next day the Dyaks all gathered, in the house of the King to be questioned individually as to their belief in Christ as their Saviour. This took some time as there were over two hundred to be questioned. At three-thirty we had a prayer service, and at four we all went down to the river. The river bed directly-in front of Long-Metoep is gravel, therefore one must walk over rough stones to get to the water, but I felr'as if I were 'walking on cushions of air instead of rough stones. Before going into the water, I turned and faced the crowd, and once again told'them what it meant to br baptized,' after which I sent another prayer up to the Throne of Grace, and then went into the water, to -be followed by Djalong-Ipoy . and his relatives. After I had baptized the King, he stood in the water, beside me. inter- preting. We were in the water from four in rhe after- noon until dark. Two hundred and twenty-one were baptized. None of .the Dyaks left the river bank during the bap- tismal service. All remained until the end, 'when 'we again had a word of prayer. Then before the Dyaks disbanded, the King told them all to be sure to gather in the hall afret they ' had finished their evening meal. .After, this I rush- ed up to the house. pat one some dry cloths, hurriedly partook of my supper, and went to the hall with the King. The people had, already congregated and were waiting for more of the Gospel message. That night I fed them on the ..milk of the W.ord", and again the Spirit of the Lord des- 40 THE P'ION'EER cended upon us. I pointed out to the new.Christians how they no longer need fear things earthly. but should put absoluce trust in Christ. He' would help them in their planting and in their harvesting. And so I' went through the whole list, giving examples of how Christ had heard and answered prayer for His children, and had taken care of them. And'of course I pointed them to the promises of God and asked them what more could one desire? When God promises, He fulfills. Hallelujah I

Making a. porlage on a wild rupid 0, Ihe'Buelongun riuer in the interior of Borneo. (See page 32) , ,, ,. , ,,_;. " , ,... , . ,, .. . .. ,. THE P'IONEER .41 The ,,Kndung" Man Pausing in my message about eleven o'clock, the King and some of the white haired old men began to talk very excitedly. At' last the King turned to me and told me *" that they were going to call the kudung man, and-,,break their kudung". When the Dyaks plant their rice, they al- ways have the oracle men pick out one of their men to ,'.kudung". This mari must go into a special room, and stay here from the time the rice is planted until it is harvested. eating nothing but unseasoned rice: continually callrng upon the ,.rice spirit" toegive them good crop. If this is not done, they fear that untold misfortune would fall- upon the village and their rice crop would wither up. These kudung men come out of their hovels at the end of harvesting, nothing but skin and bones. Never before in Dyack history has this kudung been broken in this part of Borneo. So do you blame me for shouting Hallelujah, when I heard that the Dycks were going to cast this aside?' Christ, had. truly entered in. .. So a man was dispatched to go wi& a lantern, and bring forth the kudung man. Never before have I seen such a bewildered and surprised man, as I saw in that kudung man, as he was led into the hall. He- carried with, him his war sword unsheathed, not knowing what to expect ,at such an unusual proceeding. He was reluctant to come at first, but when he heard that the King and the Council had ordered him'to come, he entered the hall. As he entered, I searched the crowd to see if there were faces disclosing fear,. but I found- not one. The only one that showed fear was the kudung man himself. He was ordered to sit on the floor before the King, and straightway the King point- ed the kudung man to Christ. As the Gospel message was unfolded, the expression on the face. of the kudung man chanbed from fear to hope. When he heard that all ,I I 42,. 'T H E P I o N E'E,R~ his people had accepted Christ and had been baptized. he said that, he too wanted Christ, and asked to he baptized.

The Witch Doctor Was. the Spirit working? Listen! One of the former medicine women had now worked her way up LO the very edge of the platform to my right,, and when the kudung man had finished confessingChrist as his Saviour, she ask- ed the King if she could speak. Then she turned to .he people and confessed that the things she had been practis- ing on them in regards evil spirits etc., had all been false. Did rebellion follow this confession? No. Nothing but praise and thanksgiving for the truth at last revealed. ,followed this confession. This service lasted into the morning hours. After another baptismal service Friday morning. I gave final instructions to Djalong-Ipoy as fo the feeding of his flock. The question .of a place of worship came up and^ the discussion chat followed ended by the King promising to put up a church building in the near future. We had a season of prayer .,following the discussion, asking God to speedily raise up some of their young men and train them for the ministry. I left Long-Metoep Friday morning about ten-thirty. Home Again The Dyaks took me down over the Raya rapids to 'Pengian, where we had left the mission boat and motor. 'The trip from Pengian home was an uneventful one. the Lord watching over .us all of the way, keeping us from all harm. Praise he ,to God for this wonderful missionary. trip 1 THE PIONEER 43

Bringing Jesus to a Dyak Home By Re.. C. D. Clenclt

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Mr. Clench has '&en into the homes of the Dyak and taught them the Gospel. There is one sentence in the previons nrtid-3 by MI. Fisk which is very important. It is this, - "There is no place like Home to redthe heart." This article gives our readers a little insight into the Dyak's home, and also throws light on the entrance of modern education, after a €ashion, as it even penetrates into the heart of Borneo's darkness. Such "education" without the Gospel, is senousb dangerous. It is often associated with the doctrine of Islam. which is a deadly enemy of the of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

pga-Goena's oldest son was coming home. He had been down in Tenggarong attending school since the ,., time he was just a little Dyak youngster. Singa-Goena, i whose name signifies ;,a lion to be depended upon", had

.,~ 'invited me to his Iamin (house), and with a few of his folk 1, came to escort me thither. ,,My son is coming back with ,'' us", said he. .,He is coming back te be the teacher of the new school at Asa". I locked the door of the .,Courier" and climbed up the bank to join the little company of Dyaks. There was a young man of rather dandified appear-

' ' 'ance leaning on a bicycle., He was carefully 'wiping his glasses with a handkerchief. This was the son! On our way out of the kampoeng (town) of Melak, Singa-Goena called in at an Arab trader's. and picked up a small mattress which he hoisted to his head, and crowned with the mattress he walked majestically beside me., A little Eurther, when we were passing the last house, the wife of Singa stopped to pick up and carry a large kettle which appeared to be filled with water. It was about fipe miles to the lamin. We faced the setting sun on our way. and ere we arrived evening darkness had settled around us. The son and his bicycle, together with amother boy and his bicycle. had-tired of our pace"and gone on ahead. Nei'fher one seemed to be carrying a thing, akthough several of the 'older Dyaks were plodding along with .heavy packs. When we arrived at the lamin I announced my intenikon of entering and spending the night with the rest of the Dyaks. rather than putting up in the little private visitor's house. .The son rather surprised me by a condescending manner in deciding to do the same. .,What's the matter with you, anyway?" I thought to myself. ,,rake that super- cilious look off your face' and act' human!''. We climbed up into the lamin and 'sat down. While the rest of the Dyaks were busy, the son took off his glasses, began wiping them, and explained somewhat apologetically .his appointment as teacher among his own people, whose very language he had all but forgotten. - I noticed that he slept that night on the mattress that his father. Singa-Goena had carried five miles! The large, kettle which his mother had struggled with, and lugged up the steep hills, I'observed to be his private supply of boiled. drinking water! I ate my supper that night with Singa- Goena. The son very carefully partook of his own food. which had made up one of the heavy packs. ,,My son"; confided Singa, .has turned Islam". ' Nearly all night long the Dyaks sat in a circle chanting and singing and reciting what must2have been their tribal history since the dawn of time. Abouc three o'clock in~~che morning a big meal was served. Singa brought some of it

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., over to me. I ate. and whde the .,Dyaks sat about me I ' preached Christ to them. Singa aslied me questions con- seming Islam, andwhen I replied to them he turned to the son. .,Is that so?" he asked him. The son would beg% to wipe his glasses, and mumble uneasily.

In the morning there was a long protracted tribal rite, and the son, much against his inclinations. was treated to incantations and ceremonies-when it came to daubifig a potent mixture on his feet, he hurridly pulled off his socks- save the socks! Water was sprinkled over him, as martyr- like he.sat and patiently endured it all, I wondered what the Dyaks thought of him.

Whatever they thought, Dyak-style they went calmly ahead with their own ways of doing things. And then, after all, a mother and father may take delight in waiting on a son 'who has come home, in a manner that to the onlooker appears outrageously uncalled for.

My Mother surprised me in that way: Our home was a wonderful place, just because it was home - our home. We made use of a common wash basin, unscented soap. and a good old endless towel on a broom handle roller that was hung on the back of the door. When I returned home after five years, from schooling and preachmg. Mother timidly informed me before I went to bed that,, there was water and soap and a towel in'my own room for my own use I Nay, Mother, you old dear, you can't cheat me out of the joy of home quite so easy as that 1 LI - As for Singa-Goena. uje are planning to open a mis- sion station beside his lomin. And the Son. God's Son, our Saviour, will come to that- home. And what a home-coming chat will be I He will come to be among us ,,as one that ser- - 46 THE PIONEER

~~ veth". The poor old Dyaks will be casting their heavy packs up0 I .Him. He'll carry the drinking water! And Himself will prepare a ,banquet for us all! Blessed be',His name! The Son is at last comind home, to us - to Singa- Goena and his folks - What will they think of Him, I wonder? Ah; listen to their chanting and singing, it's a new song 1 ,,Worthy is the Lamb-for Thou hast redeemed us with Thine own blood. and made us. - Me. Siiiga~Goena. and. my people, kings and priests unro God!.' THE PIONEER 47

PreacAing to the DyaAs - By Rev. C. R. Dmbler I Mr. Deibler’s message0 describe the work np the Ma- hakam river in the very centre of the East Coast of Dut6h Borneo. He and MI. Presswooa have been stationed at Sa- marinda during the period of language study. The trips refer- led to are his first trips to the interior. Mr. Clench has aiready made many trips in the Motor boat, Courier, and we €eel that we are now about ready to make a move to the in- terior, and our missionaries will locate right in the midst of Dyakland. Pray for this important step which will be taken in the near future. Pray for our breth:en also as they now undertake the study of the Dyak language. This is entirely different from the Malay, which they have been studying till tt.e present time, and which is the most necessary and universally used language among these islands.

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wd they came unto Jesus, bringing one sick of the

)j palsy, which was borne of four.” Mark! 2:3:

This text reveals clearly the principle of co-operation necessary in conveying a sin-sick people to the great Healer of souls. I believe we could wisely name the four who carried the bed;- the Pray-er; the Giver; the Go-er and-the home BoL-stec. Each of us should be numbered among the four. One is as important as another ro rhe safety of the one carried. Let us find our end and then work faithfully for rhe Master. . ~ 48 THE PIONEERPIO-NEER

Some months ago I made my first preaching itinerary among the Dyaks. It was a new and novel experience for me, but a most blessed one. In company with Bro. Clench we sailed up-river four days in the good launch .,COUR- IER'. At a small inland village we tied the boat and with some Dyaks as guides, started through the bush. Up hill and then down; cutting our way through the bush: and again forcing our way through grass, higher chan our heads: in the rain and again in the noon-tide heat: wading streams and once we walked a mile -in our bare feet through swol- len waters. That is hut one side of the story.-the other-the' more delightful.

d!r. 2: K. Leung, siue jourrieg in the Chinese in:ssionar!/ inlerior of Ilorneo stationed at Sum- on the .,Courier" ari,idn, who is wilh Messrs. 1'rrs~- now on an exten-' wood and Ucibler

What an overwhelming joy it was to approach a Dyak long-house, clirhb up the greasy ladder, sit down on the bamboo floor among a group of loin-clothed natives and relate with utmost simplicity the ..Old Story",. to us, yet ,,Strange and New", to them. In some of the dark, sin- marred faces, one could read signs of light and under- standing, but in others there was a cold wintery blankness that made us feel the' need of'repeating the message, over and over again, before it could be grasped. Strange?-Not THE .PIONEER 49

so when yoti realize many of thein were hearing it for the first tim'e. ' Occasionally we meet travelers who have had contacts, with the Dyaks. and invariably they say wlth a sneer. ,,What can be done for such a depraved people?" How happy. I am to know we have a Message that far transcends education and civilization, and that transforms the heart, the very source of all mal-adjustment. I canlook through .the eyes of Jesus at some of these Christless faces until the traces of savagery and sin fade away, and the image of a Blood-washed child of God appears in its stead. Wonderful message of Life1 After a number of days with the Dyaks. I returned to my language srudy, leaving Bro. Clench to work on alone.

Progress in Language Study Should I call this letter a sandwich-this part could ,rightly be named ..the meat". Ah1 bitter meat for me. for . I am neither a linguist nor the son of a linguist. . I person- ally feel I am 'ever learning and never knowing anything. Let me quote you a little Malay. Take a deep breath and try this. - Memerdehekakannja if you break down in^ the middle of it, just sneeze the remainder. No.-it is not the Malay alphabet. although it contains seventeen letters, but simply one wbrd meaning 'to free'. I here wish to voice my !hanks to God for His help and the progress made, ,and doubtless in a few months I'll turn from Malay and begin the study of a Dyak dialect. Pray that I may quick- ly acquire this new and difficult language that as yet is not reduced to grammar.

Back to Dyakdom. I have just returned from another trip among these long- neglected people. On this occasion. Bro, Clench and I located a definite site for the erection of a mission station in 50 THE PIONEER the heart of Borneo. This step is a very important one, and we need the help of everyone who knows the value of prayer. We only advance 'as we advance on our knees. Will you not find your part of the task and help us carry . this work through to the glory of God. Now let me write of the trip.

One morning. at an early hour, Bro. Clench and I. as engineer and pilot, the entire crew of the 'mission launch ..Courier". cut the shore. and with a ring of the signal bell and a roar of the engine we were off again.co do exploits for God. We had four days of steady sailing up this serpentine rive1 bekore we reached Dyakland. Many large. 'muddy. open-mouthed, crocodiles we saw on the receding shore, basking in the hot sun.-Innumerable monkeys twitted in the trees reminding us that life and not death existed in the dark jungle. Finally, the 'bdat tied securely to the Shore, we starred the overland hike. Dyaks, met on the trail, informed us there was a taboo on the long-house we intended to visit. and no one was to enter or leave che house. Well, we had come too great a distance and on too important a mission to be so easily dissuaded. On we went until we srood at the foot of the Dyak house, an$ called for the chief. After some hesitation we were invited indoors and given an audience. We made known the object of oui vi- sit, and he seemed glad we had c6me to teach his people. fie promised aid in the erecting of a rough Dyak house for us to occupy, and then invited us LO eat with him. The menu was mostly rice cooked in various ways and a few . boiled herbs. We sac around a common platter, and each. using his fingers. helped himself to an ample portion. Not a bad meal. bui I would mu,ch rather put my feet under your table. After we had located~asuitable plot of ground, we bade farewell to our Dyak friends, and wound our way THE PIONEER 51 * back over the rough trail to the boac. Two days of rapid sailing down-stream, and we 'arrived at Samarinda sausfied with our trip and ,pleased to find a healthy bundle of mail awaiting us. Impressions. I have resumed language stiidy. but wiih an increased earnestness. 1 want to give my full lime. to active missionary work. I want to ,hecome a Dydk to the Dyaks, that I might win them to Christ. I wish I had the ability to draw a pen picture of the dire need of these people as I have seen and felt it. I am sure.we are only interested to redly pray for things that, have firsc made a profound impression upon us. Prayer that moves God must first of all move us. I pray God will move us all as to the need OF others, that we like the fqur carriers of the palsied man, might bury our own needs::, in seeking2 to help those who wait for our aid. LEEus join hands in the work, and fop a mighty-phalanx that will be irresistable, and move on ro the tearing down of the strongholds of Satan and the planting of the banner of Christ in every Dyak long-house in Borneo. 52 THE PIONEER

An Oben Door. SXaii we Enter?

muel 6 :'22-25.) Let there be much prayer as we go forth in Eis Name into these new fields where Satan has had all 1 p:wer, and has never yet been disturbed or challanged by the i Gospel messenger. I THE PIONEER 53

trip. For some time I have had it in my mind to make such a trip to spy,out the land, preparatory to definrtely deciding upon our permanent sphere for service. The way opened two months before I expected It to, and after a prayerful decision I boarded a steamer at Samarinda sading northward. After about twenty hours 3f sailing. while I was dozing on deck, the vessel suddenly grounded on a sand-bar, and we had to waft some hours for the tide to come in, and then some more hours because of the darkness. Finally we arri- ved at a place called Barau, whjch was my first destinatlon. I planned to get the next steamer going north, so had five days in this place. The Lord gave me some good oppor- tunities to witness, and as a result I was much refreshed. Orjginally I had planned to make a trip up the river from Barau. buc after gating all the necessary informarlon, con- ', sidered, it unwise for the present. The three last days in Barau were, I think. the hottest since comlng to Borneo. The next stage of my journey was completed as I arri- ved at Tarakan, an oil city, an island'off rhe east coast of Borneo. Here I was pro\wdentially able toicatch a steamer which was leaving for Boelongan, Mr. Fisk :;,station. Had I been five minutes later, I would have missed. .,) On my arrival in Boelongan, I found the Lord had,gone be,,, z?, and had led Bro. Fisk to return from the ~nteriorin time :,my comlng. After staying in Boelongan a few days, N, $. ,?repared for our journey in Mr. Rsk's .small motor. boaGio a district harther north on the East coast of Bbrneo, immediately south of the border of British North Borneo. We left Bee- longan early in the afternoon and camped or ,.cramped" in the boat all night. together with a cargo of mosquitos. Early in,the morning we crossed the bay, returning to Tarakan. Here we had oil, gas and supplles to buy, and made an unsuccessful attempt to get a chart or a pilot for our trip. But finding a government boat was going to our destination we . decided to follow it. Ir soon became evident however that its , .. :,54 THE, ?IONEER

fastest speed was slower 'than our slowest, so the; gave us a man to act as out piloc. and we went on our way, soon losing sight of .the larger boat. At one particular place the sea . was rather rough, but our heavenly Pilot was with us, and we were conscious of His presence. About four-thirty in the afternoon we entered the Sesqap river. We ran into shallow water and weri forced to yet out and push the boat. This delayed us, and we had co travel by night up the Sesajap River. How tired we were ! After continually stopping and starting the motor on account of hitting floating wood, we arrived about ten-thirty that night at the port of Saajap. On arrival we proceeded to * prepare our meal, the first we had had in twelve hours. A crowd of curious spectators gathered around us. The next morning we proceeded farther up the Sesajaprivcr. We had not gone far when we discovered it was infesrcd with crocodiles. In the five hours run. Mr. Fi5k shot three crocodiles, one of JNhich was of a tremendous size. They are ugly, mean, dangerous hies, and no apology is needed for killing them. The day we leFc Boeloiigan, a boy was killed by one. Our objective was Malinau. At Malinau (pronounced Maleeno), we were welcomed by the Dutch Controller, who invited u5 to stay with him, and,who gave us some very ,valuable information concerning chis whole area. Next day he accqnipanied us .on a trip up the river to Malinau. which was the -farthest anyone had gone with a -motor-boat. There are two main tribal divisions of Dyaks here, but many, many languages and dialects. The Dyaks of this

j district are among 'the most primitive in Borneo. TIie door IS wide open, and I am longing to enter Gith the Message a Life. These people are accessable only by 'means of a network of rivers (which have many rapids) and Then days of walking through the tropical jungles. THE PIONEER 55

Different' to'most Dyaks. the Dyaks in this section are terrible drunkards. According to what I hear. they make every occasion. an occasion for drinking their 'tice wine and becoming drunk. As is the case with the, other tribes, their lives are lived in superstitious fear of evil spirits. Christ is the Head of all principalities and powers, and hav-, ing, ,,spoiled them He made a shew of them openly. trium- phing over them." What Godd News to tell them ! He is' the Head1 He can vanquish every evil spirir. Without doubt this section presents at once one 'of the greatest needs, and one the largest opportunites to do pioneer work in Borneo. ,,It is time for thee, Lord, to work.'' It is time. friends, for us to PRAY.