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NOVEMBER 1940 - No VOL XI - NOVEMBER 1940 - No. 42 THE PIONEER CHRISTMAS PEACE By the time this issue of The Pioneer reaches our readers. we shall be celebrating again the birth of Christ. Thc birth of Christ and His first corning are associated with PEACE in conformity with the song of the angels : "On earth pcace. goodwill toward men." In our present day the world seems to have departed further than it ever has before from the keynote ,of Christ's first coming : "Peace on earth." There seems at this time to b,e no place.~ on earth but that is afiected by the ravages of war, ,to which one could flee for peace. But as the Chr,istma,stiNdedraws near, those of us who by vntue of His first comin,g, have found inward soul peace, may look forward to His second c3,rning How comforting and refreshing it is to realize that the Prince of Peace Himxlf will one day rule this entire world. From Jerusalem He will bring pea,ce to striken Europe. to the new world of North and South America. and to the Far East : yea, even to the uttermost parts of the earth. At this Christmas time we may confi- dently expect that ere long He will come and establish His kingdom of peace on earth. It will be a time when men will "learn war no more." and when "the knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.'' Until then, may His inner peace of the heart be ours, because of sins forgiven an,d a clean heart by virtue of His atoning Blood REOPENING OF THE WlSSEL LAKES One of our first editorials must be one of praise and thanksgiving. In our last number we referred to a seeming reverse. and indee,d it was with great reluctance that we 2 THE PIONEER withdrew our station according to Government orders from the Wissel Lakes, New Guinea. We are glad to announce that the Colonial Government earnestly desires to reopen the Wissel Lakes station. While it is still indefinite. the Government off~cialshave kindly taken the trouble to send a verbal message to us for our encouragement. and promise that they will write us promptly when the final decision is taken. Needless to say our missionaries are on the tip-toe of expectation with earnest desire to return to the Kapaukus. We ,must conless that we did not expect encouragement along this line so soon, but the Lord is far more in earnest than we are, and not only the Kapaukus. but the many undilscovered Papuan trib'es farther interior in New Guinea. shall be reached ere long with the Gospel Message. We cannot determine, of course, when the way will be open for our missionaries to return to the Wissel Lakes, but we havz made definite request that they should be permitted to do so with the first party. MORE FURLOUGHS Since our last issue MIS. Brill with three children. Wesley. Elin Mae and Donna, has had to return to the homeland on furlough. MI. Presswood on account of serious illness has also been obliged to leave the field. MI. Fleming was stricken with a serious attack of malaria and left with Mrs. Fleming and baby Paul for the homeland in July. All these are now in the homeland. and we hope that our readers will be able to hear their messages. and also those of Mr. and MIS. Meltzer and MI. and MIS. Mickelson, concerning the work in the Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya. 3 THE PIONEER ASSOCIATE MISSIONARlES The Christian and Missionary Alliance in the Netherlands East hdies and British Malaya has aff,iliated with them five missionaries who are termed Associate Missionaries. This makes a btal of thirty-seven missionaries, including those on furlough. We are happy indeed to have the fellowship In the Lo:ds work in this most needy mission fiehd of Rev. Hubert Mitchell, of Djambi. Southern Sumatra. Rev. and Mrs. Paul W. Fleming of British Malaya. who have recently returned to the homeland on furlough. and Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Williams, oP West Borneo. The difference between the statms of these missionaries and that of regular missionaries 3f the Alli3nce is that they came to the field at their own expense, were accepted by our Board while on the field. and that they are supported on the field, not by the iegular ,allowance sent from our New York head office. but by special contributions from their friends. The main reason for this editorial is to remind our readers that these faithful workers of the Lord are dependent for their support on the individual contributions of friends at home. It is feared that some may consider that inasmuch as they are associated with the Alliance that they are supported by the Alliance, which is not the case. We feel that the Lord sent them to this field just as much as He sent US, and it is both to our advantage and theirs that we are associated together in the work. We want to say that all of these fellow workers, and others, such as Mr. Willard Glaeser of the Gospel Tent work in British Malaya, and Rev. and Mrs. David Moiken of Southern Sumatra, are worthy a€ the prayerful support of our readers. 4 THE PIONEER THE JOY OF THE LORD By Dr. A. B. Simpson The joy of the Lord IS the strength of His people. The sunshine that scatters their sadness and gloom ; The fountain that bursts in the deseri of sorrow, And sheds o’er the wilderness, gladness and bloom. Chorus : Oh, the joy of the 1.0rd is my strength and my song, Our sorrow and sighing are o’er ; We’ll rejoice in the Lord, we’ll rejoice in the Lord, We’ll rejoice in the Lord evermore. The joy ~f the Lord is our strength [or life’s burdens. And gives to each duty a heavenly rest ; It sets to sweet music the task of the toiler, And softens the couch of the laborer’s rest. The joy of the Lord is our strength for life’s trials. And lifts the crushed heart above sorrow and care ; Like the nightingale’s notes, it can sing in the darkness, And rejoice when the fig tree is fruitless and bare. The joy of the Lord is the hope of our calling, And, oh, for His coming, how fondly we pray 1 When we shall return with rejoicing to Zion. And sorrow and sighing shall vanish away. 5 THE PIONEER THE JOY OF THE LORD Wz have chosen this hymn advisedly. If ever the world was full of sorrow and needed a supernatural joy, it is now. It IS indeed a sorrowful world, and, optimistic though we may be as to the future, the world still remains a world of sorrow. The Lord said to His disciples, however, "These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you. and that your joy might be full." (John 15.11j. And again, He said, "Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. Your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." (John 16.20, 22. 24). He prayed also that His joy might be fulfilled in them. (John 17 : 13.) What a wonderful thing it is to know this heart-joy that nothing can change. Joy is more than happiness, for joy abides unchanging. while happiness may come and go according to the happenings of life. Some circumstances make us happy and others make us unhappy, but the joy of the Lord is not affeckd by the happenings of life. This joy no man and no circumstance can take Irom us. May it be fulfilled in us. May our joy in the Lord be full. Dr. Simpson in the present poem emphasizes in the first three stanzas that joy is strength : strength for life's burdens and trials. He likens joy to sunshine which scatters our sadness and gloom. He likens joy to music which makes the task of the toiler easy and puts the song in our hearts like the nightingale's notes in the darkness. True it is, as many of us can testify, when we are overcome with sadness, we are weak. When we can lift up the song of praise and rejoice in the Lord. we are strong. and sorrow and sighing vanish away. Let us not allow the enemy of our souls to take 6 THE PIONEER gladness from our hearts and the song of praise trom our lips. We are reminded of that wonderful passage inspired by the Spirit of God from the pen of Habakkuk, "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labor of the olive shall fail. and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : yet 1 will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." (Habakkuk 3.17. 18). We are also reminded of another wonderful passage in Zephaniah. "The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty ; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy : He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with xinging." (Zephaniah 3 : 17.) If the Lord rejoices over us with joy and singing, surely we must respond with joyful praise.
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