Malay People Call for the Gospel
By F. A. Detamore
Gratifying Activities in Parts of the East Indies,
OUR work here is going forward nicely. Ten were baptized recently, and seven or eight others will go forward in this rite soon. The interest is growing, and many others are keeping the Sabbath besides these already baptized. Every worker is loaded with all that he can do, and still we are unable to fill the calls. I am receiving letters from all parts of the field, some places where we do not have workers, asking for help to understand our message. A native over in the Celebes, who has never seen a Seventh-day Adventist, has been selling our literature for over a year, and sending the money as he received it. He has also sent some books and tracts to friends in New Guinea and other places, for them to sell. He has learned about the Sabbath, and now he is trying to keep it, and is holding Bible studies in his house every Sabbath. We also have Sabbath keepers at Pontianak, Dutch Borneo, where our literature has gone. In Sarawak, a British protectorate of Borneo, some natives have begun to keep the Sabbath, and want us to come and teach them the whole truth. Up the east coast of the peninsula are some people who want to unite with us. A Eurasian lady has begun to keep the Sabbath, and her son wants to become a worker. He may attend our training school. At this place are others who have read our literature, and are writing for something about the war and Turkey. These people are Christians and Hindus. Two years ago, when I first came to the field, we had a membership of some 114. It was felt that our field was not producing the results that it should, so we have gone about to see what could be done; and our membership has increased to 206—a gain of almost one hundred—and we will add others before the end of the year. This shows that people can be brought into the truth here. Every worker is loyal and true, working shoulder to shoulder, and of good courage in God for the finishing of His work in the East Indies.