R. P. MONTGOMERY by R. P. Montgomery

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 16, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 36.

R. P. MONTGOMERY

By R. P. Montgomery

From Singapore

The work here is encouraging. The two Chinese men Bible workers and one lady worker are doing well, and give promise of becoming successful missionaries. We hold a workers' meeting once a week, in which experiences are related. Some of their experiences in meeting the people are really inspiring. The attendance at all our meetings is increasing. On Sabbath we have meetings conducted in three languages,—English, Chinese, and Malay. The Sabbath-school is especially interesting. In the last six months, the attendance has increased from one hundred to one hundred thirteen, notwithstanding ten have gone to other fields. The Sabbath-school lesson is taught in the English, Hakka, Techen, Tamil, and Malay languages. The offerings for the first quarter of the year amounted to $76.93 gold, the largest we have ever had. One good old Chinese sister had planned, during the last week of the quarter, to give five dollars to the “dollar day” offering. A while before Sabbath arrived, she found five dollars, so she gave ten dollars on the Sabbath. Her five talents were increased to ten. “The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.”