p. 16 | Malay Straits

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1905

Malay Straits

WRITING of a canvassing trip, Brother R. A. Caldwell, of Singapore, says:—

“The first place I reached was a mission school of the Church of England, and here I met a station master, who took a book. At the next place there were three or four Europeans. I arrived in a shower, and stopped in front of the Anglo-Chinese school. A Chinese lad met me at the step. As there was no rest-house there, I asked him if he knew where I could stop. He offered me his room up-stairs. It rained heavily, and I was glad to accept his offer. The first thing on going up-stairs, I knelt down and thanked God for this open door.

“I had a long talk with the head teacher, and we discussed the Sabbath question and the nature of man until ten o’clock. We also sang some of Sankey’s hymns, without the aid of instruments. The next morning I was asked to conduct the half-hour Bible lesson in the school. I consented, and spoke on Daniel 2.

“To-day I called at a large sugar plantation—the largest in the East, I am told. I sold only one book on this large estate. Europeans are very indifferent, and so hard and callous. It needs the power of God to hasten this work.”