38 Malaysia. 



pointcd pastor. Tt was bttt a little com- 

 pany, bul tlu-ir hcarts werc full of wannth 

 and zeal, and they looked the hiture cour- 

 ageously in the face and wcnt on to pro- 

 claim the niessage that was thcirs to givc 

 to the people. After tcn days Dr. Tho- 

 burn and his party returned, but Missionary 

 Oldham and his wife remaincd, and 

 through the Knglish speaking pco[)lc the 

 Church which had bcen gathered from 

 amongst thcm began to do what it could 

 to carry the gospcl to the non-Christian 

 populatiou of that island. Happily the 

 pastor did not consider liimsclf rnerely a 

 pastor to a small congregation, but rathcr 

 as a herald to the people. IIc inade it his 

 business, thcrcfore, in every possiblc-way 

 to acqnaint himselt with his surroundings ; 

 he studied the Malay language and the 

 ways of the Chinese and Tamils, and how 

 to approach them, 



Iu Singaporc many of the Chincse are 

 exceedingly prosperous, and are amougst 

 the chief merchants oi that great city. 

 Mr. Oldham hecatne the tutor of one of 

 these gentlemen, and with Mrs. Oldham 

 opencd a morning school for the teaching 



