36 Malaysia. 



It was thought he might be sparcd, and 

 aeeordingly the Conference appointment 

 read, "Singapore, WilHam K. Oldham." 



On thc arrival of the Oldhams thcy were 

 told of the agpointment, and without any 

 hesitation prepared to continue their jour- 

 ncy through Calcutta, along the coast to 

 Burma, ancl thence to Singaporc. Dr, Tho- 

 bum was somewhat anxinus ahout the open- 

 ing of the mission without any resources 

 cxccpting thosc to be found on the iiekl. 

 He therefore accompanied thc young mis- 

 sionary, and with him went Mrs. Thoburn 

 and Miss Julia Batty, a young missionary 

 lady wlio was something of a musiciau. 

 On reaching Singapore the whnle party 

 was hospitably entertained by Mr. Phillips, 

 thc warm-hearted and godly supcrintend- 

 ent of the Sailors' Home. Through the in- 

 nuence of Mr. John Polglase, the usc of 

 the Town Hall was secured for evangel- 

 istic services, and on a Suuday morning 

 in February, 1885, the first service was held 

 with an audience of about one hundred and 

 fifty persons of yarying nationaliltes, who 

 were all held together by the common tie 

 of thc English language. Dr. Thoburn an- 



