The Missionary Worker, January 13, 1913, page 5
Java
ON my arrival at Batavia, West Java, there were nine awaiting baptism. This interest had aroused such anger among some in the vicinity that they urged the authorities to expel .our mission from the suburb in which it is located. Sister P. Tunheim, our missionary there, had removed the mission to that quarter of the town, not knowing that it did not belong to the city of Batavia. The government of Java will allow our denomination to work only in the three large cities of Java,, which are Batavia, Samarang, and Surabaya.
After baptizing these believers in the calm and glassy Java Sea, we organized the first Java Seventh-Day Adventist church, at Batavia, with twenty-seven members. This is another evidence-that the Third Angel's Message is making victories and planting the standard of truth in new territory.
As members of ;the-church there are Amboynese, Sundanese, Battaks, Chinese, Eurasians, Dutch, and Norwegians. Truly is the prophecy being rapidly fulfilled that from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people will be the gathering out of the remnant people of God. It is a blessed privilege to have part in the closing work, even if it goes very hard at times, especially in some places. And while our brethren at home may not understand the situation and difficulties in these Mohammedan countries, the Lord of the vineyard does. "We need the prayers of our people as well as their financial support.
Sister Tunheim has been instructing these native converts, and several are already doing faithful work, in finding other interested ones. In order that there should be system and proper reporting, we had some report forms printed in the Malay language, and all the labourers are to appear at the mission house every morning at a certain hour, then spread out over the city, working systematically. Thus with organization, order, and the Spirit of Christ, we are of good courage, believing that the work will prosper here in Java.
G. F. JONES.
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