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nonnced his te>ct, the tcxt of the first ser- 

 mon preached in the Malaysia Mission of 

 the Methodist Episeopal Chnrcli. It was. 

 "Not by migtit nor by powcr, but by My 

 Spirit saith the Lord," aiul as tlie earnest 

 spcaker macle tlie statement that it would 

 not be by tlie power of human cloquencc, 

 nor by thc might of any mcre huinan 

 agency. but by tlie movcment of God's 

 Spirit upon mens hearts, that many of 

 those present would be convicted of tlicir 

 sins and many convcrtcd to God, the deep 

 silence and fixed attention of the hearers 

 indicated that the speaker s words were 

 not going amiss. Evening after evenmg 

 the scrviccs continued, the preaching was 

 pungcnt and practie.al. After a fe\v even- 

 ings the speaker called for seekers of re- 

 ligion, and inimediately the strangc sight 

 was seen of a Methodist "mourners' bcnch" 

 hlled with men and women seeking the 

 Lord for the pardon of their sins, the 

 cleansing of thcir lives, and for power to 

 do God's will. 



Otit of this company of reclaimed and 

 converted men and women a Church was 

 organized. and \V\ F. Oldham was ap- 



