CIIAPTER V. 



Tije Spread of Mi<:tiiodist Missions. 



Thi? first missionaries of the Board to 

 join the Oldhams were Mr. and Mrs, Bond. 

 but ill-health soon removed them from the 

 neld. Then came the Munsons from Ohio, 

 and Dr. and Mrs. E. F. West, from In- 

 diana. Both of these bcgan their career by 

 teacliing in thc Anglo-Chinesc school, and 

 spent many useful years serving the chil- 

 dren in the school and the families to which 

 they belonged. lt may be weH to here re- 

 late the place taken by the school work 

 of the Mission in these lands. 



The resident Chinese, some of whom are 

 in the third and fourth generation, in the 

 Straits Settlements and on the Malay Pen- 

 insula, are called "babas," Living under 

 the British iiag they have become faithful 

 and loyal British subjects. Many of thcm 

 have grown wealthy as traders, for the 

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