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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C.

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In Java

By Petra Tunheim

JAVA, you know, is the most densely populated island in the world, thirty-five millions of people being packed into forty-nine thousand square miles. Think of it! In the low-lying plains and the large cities the people throng like ants in an ant hill. The heart of the missionary is deeply stirred as he watches such scenes day after day. The millions are chained in Mohammedan and heathen darkness. But several little companies have been raised up here and there who are walking faithfully in God’s commandments, following Christ’s example in Sabbath keeping, and waiting for his return from heaven.
In Batavia, the capital, we have seen the power of God working in many ways. A Chinese dentist came out of heathenism and took his stand for the Lord. He gave up opium and tobacco,—no easy task, for it made him quite ill for a time. He tells us that in past years he was associated with bands of robbers, was imprisoned, and fired at and wounded a number of times; but he says God has spared him to find this precious truth, and now his happy countenance testifies to the great change which the Spirit of God has made in his heart and life. “Before, I was wicked very much,” he said in broken English, “and I wonder at that power of God that can change my heart that terrible bad.” He has seldom missed a meeting since he began to attend church a year ago; and when the prayer meetings are at the far end of the town, he often walks the distance of eight miles, both ways, to be present.
PETRA TUNHEIM.
Batavia.