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actcr of the population. The Chincsc como 

 and go. Thc Tamils comc and go. And 

 sometimes aftcr a year*s earnest and suc- 

 cessful work a native pastor will come to 

 Conference and rcport but stnall additton 

 to thc membership. Sakl an earnest, young 

 prcachcr at thc la^t sessiou of the Malaysia 

 Confcrence: "I have worked earnestly ; I 

 have prayed mucli ; I have preached everv 

 day on thc streets, and several times on 

 Sunday in thc homcs; I have prayed with 

 men and wept over sinners ; and God in 

 great mercy has given me during the year 

 fifteen souls T of whom ten were baptized, 

 and fivc went away bcfore they were bap- 

 tized taking letters with them to the tuis- 

 sionary in Chiua. But, alas! no one of 

 the fifteen is lcft on ray station. May God 

 kcep thcm whcrcver they are. I must go 

 to work again this year to find more con- 

 vcrts."' This experience is not a singular 

 one. At least thirty per cent of the congrc- 

 gations move every year. It thcrefore means 

 much that the Conference last year rcported 

 an advance of three hundred members, (a 

 gain of eighteen per cent), as large an in- 

 crease, per cent, as is to he found in any 



