VOL. V - MARCE 1934 - NO. 18.

MEMORIAL NUMMER

C. DAVID CLENCH

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This poem, written by our lamented brother, Mr. Clench, was found among his papers after he had passed on to be with the Lord. - E d .

REST, JOY, PEACE, LIFE

Rest for the weary one - rest for the busy one;

Oh say, s t r u g g h g brother, look to Another - Rest midst the storms of despair.

Look, He has shouldered your care!

J ~ Q for the sobbing one - joy for the tempted one:

Oh say, friend in mourning, take glad adorning - Joy man cannot take away.

Take, He awaits you to-day!

Peace fo r ?he trusting one - peace for the helpless one:

Oh say, anxious worker, cease, thou perverter! Peace in the Saviour who saves.

Cease, He alone stills thy waves!

Life for the dying one - life for the buried one; Life in the Saviour who'lives.

Oh say, true believer, Christ doth deliver - Christ in the heart that believes!

C. D. C.

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E D I T O R I A L

REV. GLIVE DAVID CLENCH

This issue of The Pioneer is a Mem'orial Number. The old year closed sadly for the Alliance Mission in the D. E. I. Or. December 14th. we received a cabie in Makassar frxn Shanghai, teiling us that our much 'beloved brother, Reverend C. David Clench had been taken from us. While on a short vacation ir. China, and in the midst of active service, and public ministry in behalf of the work a q o n g the Islands, our brother was suddenly stricken, and passed ,on to be with the Lord in a few hours. The cable was from Mr. Deibler, who was his companion on vacation, and read as foll,ows, - "Jaffray, Makassar, Clench asleep. Sudden collapse. Moseley offi'ciating. Cabling Board. Deibler."

His earthly h b o r s all finished, he has joined the throng of the redeemed on high to praise and worship Him forever more. How much better he must know Him now, than ever i t was possible to know Him down here. "Far better" expresses it. He is "with Christ which is f a r better.". More will appear in the following pages of this issue of The Pioneer, ahout th,e life and ministry of our beloved brother.

Asleep in the Lord Jesus! A t rest i n Him!

"We -!oved thee well, but Jesus loved thee best. ' &od Night! Good IQght!"

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We have come to the Prophetic year. This is the y e w which many devout students of prophecy for many years have believed

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would 'be another ,epoch year in the dfa i r s of the Jewish nation, and all the nations of the world. We feel sure that our readers have read of h e many signs tha t seem to be multiplying on every hand to ,show that we are living in the End-time, and that the coming of the Lord is near. It is the Saturday night of the history of the world. Soon will 'break the dawn of the blessed Sabbath Day, ih'e Thousand years of Peace.

M I . Clench 4mzch;ng t o Dy& in e .Long-houre- in Borneo.

These Signs are impresuive indeed, but the greatest Sign of His coming,, and the Sign that concerns us most, is the Mis'sioii- ary Sign. The Lord Jesus said, - "And this Gospel of the King- dom sha1,l be preached, in all the w,orld for a witness unto al! Nations: and then shall' the end come." Please note the conjunction "and" a t th,e beginning of the sentence, and note carefully the granmatic,al connection right down through these first fourteen verses c4 Matthew 214, and you will s.ee, I think,

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that this sstaiemuni is ;:re direct, positive answer of our Lord to the question 01 His cl:-,ciples, "What shall be the Sign of Thy coming, and roe E N D of the Age?" (verse 3.)

Again, a t the Firs t 'Great Council meeting o,f 'the servants of the Lord, the ,Chairman. th,e Apost1,e James, perhapa unconsciously, outlines the exact order of 'eveqts in the End- time. First comes the visiting of the Nations to take out of them a people for His Name. (A& 15:14.) This i s the pioneer missionary work ,of today. Next comes, - the personal return of the Lord Jesus, - "After this, I will return. ...... saith the Lord." Then follows the setting up of the Jewimsh nation, (verse 16) and then the Millenium, when "the i.?sidue of men;' in contrast to the peopls for His Name taken o u t of the Nations by the missionary work, and "all the Gentilels" will seek after the Lord. (verse 17) From this it will be clearly seen tha t the visiting of the Nations to take out th,e Church is the great Sign of the Lord's return, for "AFTER THIS, I will return, saith the Lord."

When a t home we met an abl,e .exposi'tor of the Word, an evangelist, who has made a series of wonderful Bimble and Prophetic Charts. On2 of these sets forth the fact t ha t the time of the end is very near. The chart had a numher of Clocks, th,e hands of which all pointed to a few minutes to twelve. There was, a s we remember, the Clock of Israel, the Clock of the Nations, the Clock of 'Commerce, the Clock of Human Government, ,Crime, Economics, Invention etc. etc. I a t Once asked, "Where is the Clodk Mat sets forth THE Sign of His coming, - the Missionary Clock?" Does it not also point to the very end of the A'ge? Why omit what concerns us most? This is our final task, to telJ the remaining nations and tribes and tongues of ear th the wonderful Story of His Redeeming Grace.

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Oh let us hasten on the handis of the clock, by making i t thc m e great concern of our lives to get the Gospel out to new peoples, teaching the New Song bo peoples who never could sing it before. We have not much time left t o complete our unfinished task, 'hearing the Message to the las,t people, the last race of earth, and taking out from them a people for His Name.

It is the first duty of all enlightened Christian people to see to i t that all nations, all tribes, all peopl'es and all tongues of earth have a chanc? to hear and believe on the Lord, Jesus tc the salvation of their souls,. The New Song, the Song of t h r Lamb, must ,be sung in every tongue of man. There are some who do not yet knlow the ,Song. I t is our work to go and teach them to sing, "Worthy is the Lamb, tha t was slain." Let us in view of the ,days in which we live, a s the Age is darkening, a s the time grows sh,or:er, a s :he Lord draws nearer, examine our hearts, and ask ourselve,s, - Are we dissipating our strength, our time, our money, our life on other relatively unimportant things? "And this Gsospel of the Kingdom :shall be preached i~r all the world f o r a witness unto all nations: and THEN shall the END come.'' (Matt. 2434.1 "God did a t f irst visit th? Nations, to take out of them 3 people for His Name ...... AFTER THIS, I will return ...... saith the Lord." (Acts 15:14-17.)

SPDWELL DONNA MOUW

Master Burneal Mouw, son and heir of Rev. and Mr6. J. Arthur Mouw, of Sintang, West Borneo, wishes to announce the arrival of his little sislter Sydwell Donna Mouw on December ninth, 1933. We are all glad, and rejoice with you Burneal, and send our love to your Father and Mother.

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THE BIBLE SCHOOL 9T MAKASSAR

Our ,students are gathering €or the new term of the Biblc School which ,op,ens on the first of March. From Borneo, from Bali, from Lombok, from Celebes, and from other parts, former students ??ho have heen out witnessing for Christ, and preaching the 'Gospel during the School vacation, are returning to Makassar. Some fi'fteen of our young men, who have had about two years study of the Word in the Bible Sch,ool, ace remaining out in ,the work for a year or mone of pTaCtiCa! experience in the winning of souls. They will return t o the Bible Schooi later for two years more of Bibl'e study to com,plete their course. P1,ease remember these young men in prayer.

We have prayed eqmcia!iy for more Dyak students from Borneo, and more from Bali. We are askiDg . t h e Lord to send us key m n for the many still unreached islands where Christ has not yet been named, so that when they are taught lhe Truth o f Salvation they 'will be able to tePl the Messag-e in their own native tongu?, to those who still sit in darkness and the shadow of 'death. We shall not rest till we have prepared Spirit-filled men, and sent them to a!L the countless islands of this great Archipelago, where no one has yet gone to tell of His great Salvation. Sin'ce the Lord has taken the head from our Bible School,. Mr. Clench, we especially ask the prayers of all our friends at home for us at this time.

New students are coming also from many points.

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WILL YOU HELP?

We have no visible source for the support of our Bible Schoo! students. Students the world over are proverbially poor. There is no exception here. We expect every student t o do all he call

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to support himself. but when he has emptied his po'ckets, what then? Then we ,stand with him in prayer and faith for the sbpply of hi,s needs. We wil,l not "spoil" him by en,tertaining him in 'Yoreign" 'style. Our plan is to erect small bambo,o huts on a vacant lot, and in this way we will be able to separate men and women, married people will have their own little hut, and each race will be iepwated, so as not t o cause unnecessary friction, as the customs of each race dMer to a greater or less 'extent. The one language of the Bible #School is Malay, while each race has its own peculiar tongue. The cost, did you say? We reckon the snpport of one student ,for one year a t about U. S . A. $65. or f12. As you know the foreign exchange has gone #against us badly of late. May we COUnt on you to share the burden with us?

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There are two factors w,hi'ch are rather important in con- nection with the issue of each number of The Pioneer. The first. is, the receipt of news from the field. The second is the receipt of offerings from the homeland to make possible the printing of The Pioneer. We have no regular time, and no set number of is1sue.s for the year. We come out, a s it were, "semi- occasionally." In fact, when we have enough material from the fieid, and enough money from our friends a t home, we take our ,manuscript to the printers, and mail you The Pioneer. We wish it were possible for us as missionaries to send The Pioneer to our friends at home Free d ,cost, but since our allowances are so short, and exchange has militate'd so seriously against us. we find this impossible. Any contributions addressed to R. A. Jaffray, Editor, The Pioneer, Lageweg 81, Makassar, N. E. I. will be very welcome.

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FURLOUGH FOR MR. AND MRS. FlSK AND JOYE

We have just received a cable from New York granting furlough fo r the Fisks at an early date. Mrs. Fisk's ill-health has made this necessary before they wanted to leave the field. We ask o w friends at home to pray for Mrs. Fisk's speedy recovery. May they have a fruitful ministry while at home, and soon come back to the Dya'ks oh Borneo. The signal blessing of the Lord has rested upon the ministry of Mi-. and Mrs. Fisk during their first term on the field. Over 1,500 Dyaks have found Christ in their district during the past four years.

SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUESTED for the Makassar Bible School,, that the anointing of the Spitrit may rest upon teachem and students in every class, and that messages from the heart of ,God may find their way direct to the heart of eash student in his need.

THE FIRST COLPORTEUR of the The National Bible Society of Scotlan,d in this field has recently been appointed to the Island of Soembawa. 'This 'Island, the third island east of Java is otherwise without a witnees of the Gospel. Moham- medanism is strong on this island, and there are m,ountain tribes, who still sit in utter darkness "without a say of hope or light, with futu,re dark as endless Eight."

THE WORK IN LO-K has not been a s fruitful as in some :of our other fields. This probably is due to the strong hol,d that Uohammedankm has upon the Sasak people. A solid foundation has been laid in the past few years through the faithful labors of Mr. and Mw. .Brill and native workers, and there is a nucleus of trmly "born again" Christians. Let us earnestly unite in believing prayer that many souls may be saved in Lombok. *

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C. DAVID CLENCH

"Present egith the Lord"

By Reu. C. Russell Deibler

I have found it difficuk to write fo r this issue of The PioneNer. All the previous issues have read like a supplement of tha! book recording the Acts of the Holy Ghost. This issue must then represent the seventh chapter of that Book, registering the firest break by aea th in ,our rank's And while we svrrow because of the great loss we have sustained, WE

belisve that through this "laid down life" God will czns,e a ninth chatpter to he writhen 'of our work. H'e will call by Hi,s Spirit to this gneat needy work 'another Paul.

Doubtless many ,of you have al.ready learned o i the suctden "homegoing" of our beloved feilaw-missionary, C. David Clench. Our brother h,ad a wide circle of friends whom I am sure wili greatly miss him, 'but not more than we who have bemen more closdy associated with him in the closing years of his life. The work too h a s suffered a great los,s, fo r our brother served faithfully in the ministry the Lord gave' him in the Bible School and the Tabernacle a t Makassar.

Early in November Brother Clench and I left Makassar for a change of climate and a ministry in China. In many cities th,ere we haa the opportunity of telling of "what God hath wrought" here in the Indies. We were happy in the service that was ours of arousing interest among the Christians in China in t h e work the Chinese missionaries are accomplishing here. Brother Clench called the visit a "furioughette," and we enjoyed to the full the cooler climate.

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On,e morning, during our stay in 'Sh.anghai, Brother Clench stated he would not rise because his cold. was somewhat

aggravated. He ,remained in bed that day, and after prayer in the evening, remar'ke'd he felt mu,ch better. I chatted with him much of the evening until ten-thirty when I retired; he appeared quite normal. Shortly after midnight I awakened to hear him blreath- ing heavily, and upon rising found him unconscious. The resident doctor was called,'an$ advised removal to the hospital immediately. Brother Clench did not regain consciousness,

but slipped quietly into the presence of his Lord a t seven-forty T,hursday morning, December fourteenth. Acute brain fever and meningitis was the cause of death. A large group of friends were in attendance at the funecal, and our ,brother's body was laid to rest in the Cemetery at Shanghai.

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This is tlhe first 'break in our ranks, and how keenly we feel it. How different the Tabernacle services seem to me. How keenly we feel the break in our circle of fellowship. Ws have lost a faithflll mi,ssionary, a competent worker, and a val'ued friend.. Once I waw tempted to question the cutting short of this young life, then there came sweetly to me the words of Jesus. "What I do, thou knowest not now: ibut thou shalt know hereafter." We say he died too soon, he died in the morning of a prosnising ministry; but ,Sovereignty must silence our thoughts. He giveth no account of any of His matters, yet H,e doeth all things well. What His design is I know not, hut I believe there has been no mistak,e. This grain of wheat, fallen in the ground. will not abide alone. Through this "hid down life" some will catch a new vision of their responsibilty before God for the scattered multitudes afar off without Christ and without hope. May your ,prayer be, - ''SpeZ4k Lord; fo r thy servant ,heareth."

SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUES'DEiD €or Messrs Deibler 2nd Presswoo,d. Heavy responsibility is laid upon them as they take up the work in the 'Sesajap District, Borneo, where Mr. and Mn. P,ovt have been located, and 'ale0 to take care of Mr. and Mrs. Fi&'s work during their fuflou,gh. Pray that new workers may soon be sent to us, so that our missionaries may not need to be over burdened with more responsibility than they can carry.

PRAISE THE LORD for the rapid recovery of Mrs. H. A. Dixon 'after a rather serious 'operation for appendicitis. MI-. and Mrs. Dixon have left Makassar it0 take np their new appointment in the Mahakam District, Wt Borneo. Pray tha t many souls may be given them amon,g the Dyaks.

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REV. C. DAVID CLENCH FUNERAL SERMON

Delivered by Rev. Thos. Maseley, Shmghai, C&a, Deo. 16th. 1933.

"I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.", Acts %:19. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, 1 have

h%pt the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." I1 Tim. 4:7-8.

We are gathered here this afternoon in loving sympathy, because of the unexpected departure of our dear brother C. David. ,Clench, who has been called so suddenly from o w midst into the presence of his Lord But we do not sorrob as those who have no hope, for we realize that it i s the passing of a "great-heart" from the strife of earth to the joy of heaven. And as we briefly recall the Christian experience of our brother, I do not thin'k we could find words more fitting than these taken from the testimony of the Pattern Missionary, the Apostle Paul.

Wh,en that devout mother in Central Canada brought into the worhd her son, ,Clive David, some thirty years ago, she little realized the honor that was to be (bestowed upon him: tha t he was to ,h: chosen of 'God to carry the message of life to the unevangelized multitudes of the Island World. But such has been his happy privitege. After his early training, Brother Clench entered Taylor University, graduating from that institution some six years agb. Feeling keenly the spiritual need of t,hose who surrounded him, the first year after gradu- ation he threw himself whole-heartedly into evangelistic work.

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catching more fully during that period the larger vision of a world without 'Christ. He was not a hypocrite evangelist whG with high flown phrases would endeavor only to move the emotions of others, but in his characteristic way, he allowed every message t,o sweep through his own being. It was while pouring out his heart to an attentive audience on the need of Foreign Missions that God by His Holy Spirit caused him t o realize his own personal responsibility to the missionary cause. From that time on he couhd.say with the Apost1,e Paul," I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision." He sought to find the neediest field in whkh to spend his life for Christ, and the call came t o the unevangelized areas of the Dutch East Indies.

Sailing from the Homeland in the ,Spring of "29", after language study he immediately began his pioneer ministry in Borneo, which was much blessed of God. Two y e a n later he was calle-3 to establish th'e lBible School, in Makassar, first stark- ing with 'evening class'es, and laber with a regular Bible course. He did not spare himself, but poured out his life to the forty Bible StUdeNts under his tuition. Truly the inspired words of the Apostle John cou1,d be applied to Brother Clench, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, - they rest from their labours: and the,ir works d,o follow them." Rev. 14:13. The Seed sown in his pioneer work in Borneo will follow him in abundant harvest till Jesu's come?. The labour of love among the Bible School students in Makassar will follow him in the calling out of two score of ,Spirit*filled Pastors and Evangelisb to live over again his life of passionate love for the lost. His sudden call to glory will be the means in the hand of God to inspire scores of young people t,o dedicate their lives to the missionary cause.

"But rise, and #stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto

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thee for this purpose, to make thee a minkker and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgivenem of sins, and inh,eritance among them which are sanctified ,by faith that is in me." Paul, continuing his testimony, said, - "Whereupon, '0 king Agrippa, I wae not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and ,Jerusalem, and throughout all the ooasts of Judea, and then to the :Gentiles, that they should

Mr. Clench and Mr. Paul Len- mrouts in Y Borneo junqle.

repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance." - Acts 26:16-20.

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1. We see the purpose of Christ in redeeming him. v. 16 2. We see the presence ,of Christ. to guide him. v. 16. 3. We note the promise of Christ t o deliver him. v. 17 4. We n,ote the power of Christ working through him. v. 17 5. We note the passion of Christ in his service. v. 19-20

We perhaps wonder why one so young, so capable, so fruitfu! in the Master's service should be taken. - Let us remember there are no broken columns with God. Life is immortal. "Father I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I a m ; that they may behold My glory, which Thou has gkven Me before the foundation of the world." (John 17:24.)

Before Thursday the 14th. Brother Clench had seen his Saviour, as i t were, "through a glass darkly," but now, "face to face." Oh the joy, the fuller revelation that awaited him. Yes, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." (Ps. llG:15.) So today we do not sorrow as those who have no hope, our Brother is beyond sorrow, and we have that hope o€ meeting him in the presence of our Lord.

PAST'OR F. L. CHING, the 1,one missionary on the Island of Bangka, i,s suffering many trials. His mother, his wife and his children have '$11 been seriously ill. Surely the enemy disputes e,very inch of our advance into these unreached islands, where there are tribes of people to whom no 'witness ,of the Gospel has yet been given. The Apostle John said, "greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." The Lord Jesus said, - "In th,e world ye shall have tribulation, but h? of good cheer, I have overcome." Pray for Brother Ching.

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Mr. CLENCH AND THE BIBLE SCHOOL

by Rev. H. A. Dixm

Our Bible School a t Makassar was greatly blessed under the ministry of Mr. Clench. He was especially gifted in this kind of work. This is.shown by the variety of subjects which he taught, the hooks he translated, and the songs he composed, or translated into Malay, while in charge of the Bible School. One of the greatest tributes that could be paid, t o him as a teacher is that the students loved him. One reason fo r this was that he was not only their teacher, but their adviser, sympathizer, and prayer helper.

Since the instituti,on of the Bible School two years ago, there has been an average attendance of ahout thirty-five students. Thes. represent ten or more different races or language groups. It is our plan to give one or two years of systematic Bible study, aft,er whi,ch the stuclents 'go out into practical work for one year or more, then return to complete their course. During the School term they are kept 'hhusy a t their studies, assist in the meetings of the Tabernatl,e, distribute Gospel literamre and make itinerary trips for the evangekation of the nearby tribes. Thus, the'students acqui;? practical exper: .ence in addition to the regular Curriculum. Is i t any wonder that our Bible School has already thegun to 'bear fruit, and that there are eviden,ces of results from the very f i rs t?

Mr. Clench lived to see 27 Bible School students 'go out into the work. (See Map on last page.) After one year's training, t,he first two left fo r service, one t,o Borneo and the other to the Island of Lomhok. The former went to Boelongan, Mr. and ME. Fisk's district where he teaches school. Half the day is occupied in the scbool, and the other half he is at

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liberty to preach the Gospel. Both in school and among the people he witnesses for Christ. The other young man went to Lombok, where he has faithfully worked with Mr. and Mrs. Brill. These have now completed one year of service, and are ready to return to the Bi'bhe School here in Makassar.

In the middle of 1933, five more of our yomg men entered Christian service. One of these returned to his home in Bali, where he has been wonderfully used of the Lord. Two of the others went f a r up th,e Mahakam River to the heari of Borneo. They have started a good work there, and many have alr-eady believed through their ministry. Another young man is teaching school and preaching the 'Gospel in Apo-Kajan in the Bodong- an district, Borneo. This is where Mr. Fisk made a recent trip. This student assisted him there in baptizintg over one hundred converts, dhposing of thousands of idols and human skulls, which had been very precious to the Dyaks before they accepted Chriut. The fifkh student i s aiding Mr. and Mrs. Post in the Sesajap district. All this wonk is extremely important, and we joyfully thank God for the lives of ,each of these atudents, who have been used and blessed iby Him.

At the close of the last school year, no less than ten other Spirit-filled young men and w m e n went out from our Bible School to preach the Gospel f o r the first time. These are laboring in Bali, Lambdk, and Southera Sumatra. A marries couple have gone as colporteurs of the National Eible Society uf Scotland to the Island of Soembawa. 'Our first Dyak student. from Borneo has returned to work among his own people, accompanied by another native brother from our Bible Sch,ooi. One of the lady students left bo take up work in Southern Buma- t ra , where Mr. and Mrs. Griffin are working. She will work in company with Mr. and Mrs. Tsang, Chinese missionaries.

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Some nine or ten others are out witnessing during th6 vacation months. These expect to return this year to continue their studies in the Bible School. Four of these are Balinese; three of whom are a t present witnessing to their own people in Bali, while the.other one is stationed in Lombok. Two others of this number are spreading the Good News among their own people in the Isle of Timor. Reports have come of much literature having been distributed, and great blessing on their labors.

The M d m w BiMe S c ~ o o l . Mr. Clench in the nght of the . ~ ; c ~ w s .

The Celebes is a needy field, and perhaps the only worke- among three million Boegis people is our only Boegis student who lives about one hundred miles from Makassar. Another student is laboring among a different tribe in central Celebes. T w o others have had a profitable ministry among the mountain peopl'e. near Makassar. One of their opportunities was to enter a prison camp, and preach to nearly two hundred inmates. A

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large number of Gospel portions were distributed. and many villages were reachedfor the'first time. In one place a Moham- medan threatened to stab them. At another place they were driven away by a man wielding a heavy club. But in spite of these and other hardships, they still carried on, and many heard and some believed.

This is not the end, dear friends, #but only the beginning of a great work fo r the Master. We expect to see greater t h i n e than these. Surely much depends upon our Bible School, since native workers are our greatest, if not our only hope for the evangelization of these thousands of isles, and millions of sou!% During 1934, we are expecting a larger attendance at our Bible School. This can only be realized a s you pledge us your support by prayer and gifts.

First and last, this is God's work, and He is more pleased with its success than we. Our beloved Brother Clench, now on high, must also rejoice greatly to see the spread of the Gospel, as he l'ooks down from the presence of God.

THE PBESENT PRESSING PROBLEM Again it is one of finance. The Lord is sending us students

for our Bible School. These are prospective natme mission- aries, who in a few years will have 'scattered over this vast island world, tei:ing f o r t h the Good News of Salvation, -but the problem is how are we to support them? We feel quite sure that He who s,snds us the men will also send th,e money fo r their support. They do alb in their power toward their own support, and we agree to trust with them fo r the remaining need. Contributions for the Students' Support Fund will be welcome. Send either tc Walter Post, or to R.A. Jaffray, Lageweg, No. 81, Makassar, Celebes, N. E. I.

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. A BROKEN COLUMN ?

Rev. C. Russell Deibler

The day I left Shantghg-hai to return to my work in the islands, I visited at the cemetery, the last resting place of our late Brother C. David Cleh'ch. After prayer with friends at the grave-side, we were leaving the cemetery when I espied an unusual gravestone. It had the appearance of a high column with a part of it broken off. Likely it marked Ihe grave of a British soldier of His Majesty's Army and his comrades had erected for him this significant memorial. One had fallen in the racks of that army, the column was broken, but another would step forward to fill his place.

As I stood there gazing at that broken column I was caused to say, "Thank God there is not a break in' the ,column of the army of the Lord. He promotes smne to a higher, heavenly service, but He calls others an& His earthly work continues." Yet as I returned to the work, comradeless, I wondered if that were true. We have 'been ''lengthening our cords and strength- ening our stakes" 'among the unevangelized of these islands, until every individual of us has a field f a r too big for us to consistently cover, and one of our number has fallen. One field o r department of the work has greatly suffered. 'We iind ourselves perplexed, how can we man the work? Who will fill up the gap?

Through the loss we have sustained, there is a vacanr chair at our dinner table, there is a break in our circle of fellowshin; how we each one miss our departed brother, how much the work suffers! We m u d look for another to succeed him in the leadership of the Bible School, another will have to fill his place in the Tabernacle a t Makassar. We shall miss too the personal

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interest he showed in our scattered work throughout the islands. Some,one will be called to succeed him in this important work, but that someone will leave his own field unmanned.

Is there then not a ! serious break in our column? Certain:y there is. Will the break be mended? I do not know. I pray God it r.ay be, and that speedily. We hear the Lord say as of ,old, “I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap: ...... but I found none.” (Ezek. 22:30.)

MY. Clinch and two at&

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Is there not one in the homeland who reads these lines to respond to the call? Are there not finances somewhere t o send out that one? Beloved, we are responsible before God. Our brother ”hath done what he could,” and that was mightily blessed and used .of God. Shall we too not do that which God enables us in the evangelization of these islands?

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DAVID CLENCH, A MAN OF PRAYER

By R. A. Ja f f ruy , Mukassar

Th,e passing from our midst to'be forever with rhe Lord, of Rev. C. D. Clench, makes the first break in the ranks of our Dutch East Indies work. The word was flashed to us, here in Makassar by cable from Shanghai, ana was like a 'bolt from the blue. We had no inti'mation ,at all that he was il!, and indeed. he was not si,ck till within a few hours of his death. He probably hardly kn:w that he was stricken, a s he was uncons-- cious, and had th,erefore no pain, during the last hours of his life. He and Mr. Deibller were i'n the midst of a profitable service for the Lor& telling of the blessing of the D. E. I. work bo many interested fri,ends in Shanghai, while on a shorc vacation, when the call' came.

I will not ,eulogbe him, but I want to say that he was a very close, intimate friend, and truly a brother beloved. He had some very outstanding, original gifts, whi'ch 1 always felt bespoke for him a missionary 'career of unusual value. His musi,cal, poetical, and literary abilities were well beyond the ordinary. As a writer, he had originality of exp,ression ail his own, which invarizbly caught an'd held the attention of his readers. readers of The Pioneer will testify. As a preacher and expounder of the Scriptures the same was tme. He seemed to.receive flashes of inspiration quite out of the ordinary.

But, what w8as f a r moremterest ing to me was to see the wonderful growth in his prayer life since I first kn,ew him on his arrival on the mission field five years ago. From the begin- ning of my friendship with Brother Clench I can remember the blessing that invariably came to me when I listened to him pray.

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He looked right up into th,e face of the Lord Jesus, and talked with Him most intimately in prayer. There was no set formality in his l'anguage when he spoke to his Lord. H,e knew Him to whom he spoke.

I cou'ld not but notice one great ,advance stesp in his prayer life. I remember for example, a t the Mission's Day-of-Prayer when we would have a long list of urgent requests before us, 2nd our hearts were all burdened fa r them. Brother Clen'ch would engage in prayer, and would be consumed entirely in adora- ti,on and praise as he talked t o the Lord, but in his prayer, probably would not even mention any of the needs; before the Lord, nor ask for anything very definitely. Later however, when 'some weak Christian, or one of hi5 Bible School students $ o d d get into trouble, and the #burden for them would get on nls heart, Brother 'Clench learned to unselfishly pour out his heart in real agony of prayer for them. He learned t o bear others' burdens before t h e Lord. The w m h i p and adorati'on was not lost, but intecessory prayer had been added, as he had grown in grace and the knowledge of the Lord'Jesus. How wonderfully he must know and love and adore Him now in His very presence!

In the two years' of service in the Bible Shoo1 work here in Makassar, Mr. Clench certainly accomplished a great task. He lived to see in YO short a time, a Bible ,School that is alre,a&y producing workers. No less_ than fourteen of our Bible School students are now out i n the work for a year or more of practical service, before they return to the Bible ,School for another two years of study of the Word of God to complete their course.

We ask our friends a t hqme t o unite definitely with us in prayer for the work of the Bible Schaol. We will miss greatly our brother, Mr. Clench but the Lord will carry on this

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work, we feel sure, for ,His great Name's honor and glory. The School reopens on March first, an< we are praying that all of the former students that ought to return, will 'be here, and that many new ,ones will also come. Especially are we praying for new students from the Dyaks of Borneo, and from the Island of Bali.

Mr. Clench's place in th'e Bible School is to be taken by Mr. Post, who has been stationed in the Sesajap district in Borneo. Mr. and Mrs. Post have already arrived in Makassar, and we 'believe that the Lord will ,greatly bless their work in this centre of the work. We are ,expecting 30 to 40 students this year. Many of these stud'ents cannot support themselves fully. I t costs an average of $65.CO U. ,S. A. currency to support a student for one year in our Bible School. We will be glad indeed for your prayers and your help in this al'l-important work. We feel that the Bible Scho'ol work is all-important because these young men, when taught in the Word of God, and filled with the Holy Spirit, can go all ,over these Islands where no witness for the Lord Jesus and His Gos8pel has yet been given. It is the mos! rapid way to spread the knowledge of the Gospel afar. Pray for us.

ONE DAY A DYAK CAME fip to the missionary and asked, "Why does Jesus wait so long? When is H e coming back? To which'the repl) was given, "It's li'ke thk . There are still 'a lot of other Dyaks who haven't yet heard about Jesus, and He is waiting until they ?oo hear the ,Gospel Story before He returns." And the 'Dyak came back with the following, "Tum, why don't you ask Jesus to come end take us first, and then H e can come back and get the others who haven't yet heard about Him." - w. Post.

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GOOD NEWS FROM MAHAWAM, BOR1\EO In addition to the two Alliance missionaries laboring in the

M a h a k m valley district, there are two Chinese missionaries iP. the fieid. Mr. Paul Lenn has been there for over four years. He was there before Mr. Clench arrived, and was a colleague of Mr. Clench for over two years. Pastor J. S. Linn has been in the interior with Mr. Lenn since his family returned to China on account of illness, some two years ago.

This has been a hard field, but praise the Lord, the break has come a t last. In all 57 have already been received by 'baptism, and there are several hundred Dyaks who are seaking the Lord. Please pray for this work at this time a s there are great possibilities of a glorious harvest of souls.

Here are extracts from a 'recent letter from Mr. Lenn. - "We have just come back from a three week's trip up the Lawa river. There a re two Dyak villases about sixty miles from Moeara Lawa, the place where we h e , called Sewakong and Long-Poeti. We visite,d these two places. I am moving u!p to Long-Poeti to !ive, and Brother Linn is staying here in Moeara-Lawn. Twenty-nine men and eighteen women were baptized there on Nov. 2nd. There are about 250 people who are ready to acoept the Lord Jesus a s their Saviour, when the next baptismal service is h,eid. The people a t this time are so busy in their fields that i t is not a sood time to gather them together, but in January o r February of next year (1934) we hope to see many follow the Lord in baptism. Praise the Lord.

Eut , you must pray earnestly for me while I am at Long- Poeti, for i t i s a very unhealthy place. I t is known as "the Factory of all kinds of Disease"! The main product of t ha t "factory" is malaria. Brother Linn brought some from there, and had enough for four days af ter we left there!

I wrote you in my last letter about a n out-'hoard motor.

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Praise the Lord, because He has answered. my prayer for this. The rich chief of Lon,g-?oeti lets ns use his out-hoard motor any t h e we need it. The Dyaks of the Lawa River are no: afraid to become Christians now, because their Radja, the rich chief, is going to be baptised a t the next oprportunity.

We have to visit from one "long-house" to another during the c,orning year. Please send us some money for visiting these hom'es of the Dyahs. I am so glad to see so many Dyaks being saved. Praise the Lord.

To this extract from Mr. Lena's letter, we feel like adding a wosd to say that it seem,s t o us of more than common interes?, that the beginning of the harvest conies in th'e Mahakam field, where Brother Clench was a pioneer, a t :he very time that he is taken from our midst. He sowed in tears, and we have all waited during these four years of 'barrenness in the Mahakam field, praying steadily and believingly for the break to come. Now, it comes a t the very time that our brother, Mr. Clench, is translated. We think of the words of the Lord Jesus,. "Excepi. a corn of wheat fall into the g o u n d and die, i t abid'eth alone: but if it die, i t bringeth forth much fruit." (John 12:24.) And again, He said, "And herein i s that saying true, one soweth and another reapeth." (John 4:37.)

T H E DYAKS are a very superstitious people. One day when the missionary had been in a village fo r an hour or two, the chief came and brought his little son to him, an,d asked, "Tuan, will you wet your finger on your tongue, and put it to my son's forehead?" "Why do you want me t o do that?" queried the missionary. "Well, since you came here, my little boy ha3 had a headache and if you do that, the power of the hoodoo will be broken, 'and the ache will 'leave him." - W. Post.

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"JESUS IS VICTOR"

Extracts from a letter

By Rev. G. E. %k

"Praise and thanks he to God for another successful and fruitful trip. h a n g (my Dyak righthand man). and I have just returned €rom c. week's trip to some of the villages near by. We have had the opportunity of leading many to the Saviour, and we baptized it total of ,seventy-three believers. If I was to put dawn on this sheet of paper my true feelings, I arc afraid that you would say that I was ranting, ,or perhaps that I was a little crazy. But this isn't the case a t all. I am absolutely drunk with the wine ,oh joy, a joy that is "unspeakable and full of glory." I'm happy 'enough to dance around a bit, and ,do a jig 'or two. I thidk that I must feel right now something like David felt when the hl'k ,of the Lord was being birought into the city mf David, for we read Da,vid, "danced before the Lord with all his might."

"I am happy because of those who, have been freed from their bonds of s in , fear, and superstition. I am happy because of victories won. On this last trip, we felt as never before that we were waging a real hattle against the powers of darkness. At certain #moments in the fray, things looked rather miety, but always keeping our eyes upon our Captain, Christ the Lord, we pressed on to glorious victory.

"At th,e village of Long-Isau,, the,struggle in the hearts of the people b e h e e n Satan and the ,Spirit was plain to behold. A most interesting and striking case was that of the "kudung man". The "'kudung man" is the one who offers himself as a sort of 'sacrifice from the time the rice is planted until the time

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of harvesting, by eating nothing but unseasoned rice, and not even drinking water. While personally pleading with this "kudung man" to give ,his heart to the Saviour, and to put absolute trust in Christ, fearing nothing, I felt while looking upon his face, that I was lookirvg at a moving-picture. Let me try to give you a wee bit of that picture.

"First there was f,ear inbold type written acrom tha t sin-worn face. Fear of the evil spirits that had him bound so tightly. Then, as he listened t o the unfolding of the Message of love. hope seemed to creep across his countenance, only to he smother-d by another look of depressing fear. But, look closdy. There is a faint smile. He has been shown, and sees the folly and inconsistmency of keeping this terrible six months f&. But. a t once ,Satan pushes forward one of hls little fear ilzmc,ns and the smile fades away, and again we see consterna- ticn to the fore. T h k time i t i s fear that the rice crop will wiiner up. The struggle goes on. Ah, but look, the marks of fear are not s,o plain now. Hope is gaining ground. "Push forward, Holy Spirit! ,Stamp to the g r a n d those demons! Crush th'em beneath the power of the Gospel!" is our cry as we sic by watching sthis fight. Now look! Faith is coming in with its powerful grip. It has a hold on the "kudung" man's heart, a tight hold. Ah, nere come Yome hissing, fi'ery darts. Whsl will happen? Ha! H a ! They shatter, breaking, falling, taking no effect. Faith is holding the fort. Superstition throws itself in the f r ay once again, trying out i t s subtle ways of combat, only to be met with the same opposi t i~n, and down it goes. "Love of Sin" rushes in, but is smashed ho pieces against the Holiness of the Lamb that was slain fxom the foundation of the world. Oh Glory! Look at tha t face now. "But," you say, "this is a w t h e r man." True! It is another man. A new

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creature in Christ Jesus! A soul that has tasted of glorious victory through Christ. A soul that has been loosed from the fetters of sin. A conversion? Yes! A miracle? Yes!

"The 'struggle about which 4 have just told you, was a s real a s any conflict could b'e. I t took place Tuesday December 5, 1933, and lasted for about four hours. It was a great victory, as many of the village folk were watching this particular battle. This victory gave "Fear" his death blow in the village of Long. Isau.

"We ha,d a glorious time throwing skulls, idols, and spirit- charms away, and there was a real spi,riit of rejoicing in the village of Long-lsan. There remained only a hansful of people in chis small village :hat didn't come out and out for Christ.

"On the way up ,the river we had 'stoppe,d a t the village 'of Long-Peso, and there led the chief, his wife, and six others to Christ. These we baptized. They threw away their idols, we then went on up the river to Long-Isau. When coming back down the river, we stopped again a t Long-Peso and had the opportunity of l eadhg the "kudung man" in this village to Christ. All but a riot started after the "kudun,g man" broks his fast , as those who are not Christian< feared for their rice crop. In an articl,e by Mr. Clench entitled "Missionary Tactics" in the last Pioneer it is made clear that a missionary is one who "turns the world upside down." Well, things are "turned upside down" right now in the village of Long-'Peso. I find that this "turni,ng upside d'own;" i s what opens the e'yes of many of the doubtful and hardened oms.

"After leaving Lonlg-Pe,so, I stopped at the farm of two Chinese brothers, and baptized them both. They have been following Christ for some time now. They are going to be a great blessing to' the Dyak 'Christians about them.

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"Fanther on down the river I stopped a t Long-Belau and baptized six believers. One man, Wampai by name, is a very influential and rich Dyak, traveling, much about the COUntW, and we are praying that God will use him to lead many of his fellpwmex to Christ. Wampai has served a long prieon term for headhunting. Wampai is the father of Liling, one of the boys in mr home. Liling has given his life tb Christ, and expects t o go to OUT Mak,assar Bible School just as soon as he completes his school work here in Boelongan.

"Now a f t w reading this rough sketch of what happened on my last trip, do you wonder at my u'nbounded' joy?

"Mrs. Fisk needs your constant prayers, being in a bad nervous condition. The dysentery and bronchitis that she had l,ast year. along with other complications, put her body on the down-hili grade.

"Baby Joye is doing nicely. She k beginning to ask all kinds of &eir and funny questions. She surely is the "cream in our coffee."

"I am 0. K. Th,e ulcer on the top of my left foot is breathinx its last."

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The ATlian8ce Missionaries in the D.E.I. are located a s

Rev. k. A. and Mrs. Jaffray, Makmsar, Celebes. Rev. W. M. and 'Mrs. Post, Makassar, Celebes. Miss M. E.'Kemsp, Makassar, Celebes. l\iIiss L. F. Marsh, Makassar, Celebes.

Rw. J. A. and Mrs. Mouw, Sintang, W. Borneo. Rev. G . E. and Mns. Fisk, Boelongan, Borneo. Rev. C. R. Deiblw., 'ralinau, &rneo. Rev. W. E. Presswoxi, Malinau, Borneo. Rev. H. A. and Mns. Dixon, Melak, Borneo.

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Rev. J. W. and ME. Brill, h p e n a n , Lombok. .. .

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