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done. So high ran the tide of the young 

 people's enthusiasni that they collected 

 $4,000, and said to the Committee, through 

 their representatiyes, that thcy would sup- 

 ply this amount yearly if the Committee 

 would authorize the planting of the Java 

 Mission. The Committee consentcd. Thc 

 Mission was begim. 



With their cMdreti, Mr. and Mrs. Den- 

 yes arrived in Sin^apore, antl at the Annual 

 Confercncc scssion m Fcbrnary, 1905, the 

 appointment read, "to open a Mission in 

 Java, J. R. Denyes." It was thought best 

 that the presiding elder, Rev. B, F. West, 

 an accomplished missionary of Tare insight, 

 should accompany Mi\ Denyes, to travcl 

 through Java and locate the Mission. Thcy 

 entered at Sourabaya, where they werc 

 welcomcd by a group of Singapore Anglo- 

 Chinese school students. These young 

 mcn besought thc missionarics to settlc 

 at Sourabaya, but it was thought best to 

 investigate the island. And so they trav- 

 eled from point to point, and at each point 

 their knowled^c of the surrounditigs was 

 promoted by the presence of formcr Singa- 



