The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-30
AMONG THE MALAS.
An - - o
The Experiences of a Mission
airy in the Orient.
A PARADISE FOR coxEYlres.
S.s,x~. live without work a1d Heat
Makes white Men Lsxy-Hsaa
Hunters of Bornso.

n.onl- aud the result of mission EofA-
Mr. West was sent out ia iss1 fren Iowa
nv the missionary society Of the Msthoa-
lat Episcopal church, whose headquarters
il at 80 Fifth avenue. New YORK city.
Five years Is the term 81 a, missionary. ana
Mr.. West is the only man who lived our
his term and one year beyond i. ali other
missionaries either dying of or coming
haek before the expiration 81 their term
~ service. In fact Mr. West likes Ma
Invs,a 40 we'll that he Is now on his way
hack wfth his wife and five children. ana
sxrects this time 70 remain ten years. ne
u still young man, Of robust eohstau,
ton. showing good traIne, well lhut
70 hardship and the severity OF the hoy
climate OF that country. he expects 10
sail on the Northern Pacific steamer VIC
torsa on August u to Hongkong, there
transferring for Singapore.
Mr. Vest is n good taiksr and full oil m
teresting "reminiscences Of that wild sropl-
cal country where SO many have lost their
lives In the cause Of Christianity. Speak
ing of the missionary field in and about
Singapore Mr. West said:
eve nov have seven men and their
wives and three single women out there,
located nj Singapore, Malacca and Penang,
Ali IN Malaysia. Malaeea 10 l2D mics
north of Singapore on the mainland OF the
y,eofnnuia. and Penang is just at the
north end Of the Straits OF Nsiacca on an
islapd. The mission work accomplished
hv this little band Of self-sacrsbcing
workers has progressed satisfactorily, and
Ali interested in the work viii be pleased
10 know that our school now has total OF
800 boys. Malays. Chinese and laniis,
ranging in age from 4 TO -. The Iamiis
are Immigrants from South India, Eho
come 20 Singapore 10 work. hsh h'st
went there the mission school had only
fnst been begun and the prospects were
gloomy. but TO-DAY the results speak for
themselves, and the spirit OF opposition Is
not Of SO pronounced type as In years
gone BY. Our little army At Singapore Is
made up of e. e. kelso superintendent oil
school: X. ". Munson. presiding elder,
W q. Sheliabear, sunerintendent oil
the printing press: w. III. Urch, pastor
of the English congregation. and IL. l.. Il.
Iuerinx, pastor of the Chinese church.
BY the way, DIR. Luering is wonderful
man He Is n doctor of philosophy,
graduate of Heidelberg. and now reads,
writes aud speaks fluently thirty-one diff
ferent languages. No. not DIALECTS. but
every ono Of the languages OF Europe.
several Of Africa, Sanscrit. Persian, Chi
young women we have two who. | believe.
have friends in Seattle, namely. Miss
Emma Ferris and Miss Foster; both are
from Portland. Miss Ferris went out two
wears ago and Miss Foster last year. They
are in charge of the deaconess work, which
consists of n school for Chinese and Malay
girls, the house to house visiting and the
care Of the sick.
"Our church work speaks for itself. four
churches being i'm active operation,
namely. an Engish-speaking congrega-
ton. seli-supporting and presided over hy
Mr.. Urch; a Chinese church with 225
members. under my charge: Malay
church with fifty members, under Mr..
Shellabear. and Tamil church with forty
five members. over which Mr.. Urch pre-
sides. Our printing department is kept
busy turning cut tracts. Bibles and
general literature In English. Malay.
Chinese and Javanese languages. The
Bible We set up and print in the three last
languages, using natives who are trained
az compoaitors aud stereotypers by the
superintendent. The Chinese language.
owing 20 its peculiar characters, Inns To be
Autographed, aud that we do also. The
regularity OF the Chinese language is that
though one writing will be understood by
all in taking IL a knowledge OF different
dialects becomes necessary, so that before
my work could be effective l have had 90
master four different Chinese languages.
I'VE find our easiest converts among the
Chinese The Malays are all Mohamedans,
full of fanaticism, and hence access to
them Is difficult No, never met with
any serious violence. | have met with
foreible opposition and have many times
been erected from their quarter. Ii may
he OF Interest to know how they do IT,
They allow me 20 get on some street cor.
ner, whore | propose addressing them.
then hy joining hands they surround me
and by swinging around they gradually
force me away. Once while | was in such
circle boy ran IN between
my legs and upset me and
VAS virtually kept rolling for nearly
two blocks out of their quarter. Although
| was not seriously injured. l was badly
shaken up. We get used to these thing,
aud never mind them. The Chinese, OF
the other hand never offer us any vic
ience; they are more tractabie and ais,
more sunerstitious. A Malay Is intensel,
bigoted and always IN dangerous mood
Chinaman Is not. except when they be
come aroused in body. and then they ruF
wild with riot
''On the beach at Singapore we also hi v,
a Seameu's Bethel, where services are held
every evening for the benefit OF the sailor,
OF all nations that crowd the town at nigh
from the Immense fleet Of ships always Ia
the harbor.
AS In all otheF parts Of the world tn
white man has created great havoc among
the natives by the Introduction OF liquor
and il Is nov not uncommon 10 see
drunken native AZ Singapore. Liquor. O
course. Is 20 be had In all coast towns. aud
Of coarse. - abused. bat in the interior
where natives have never tasted liquor
they live temperate life. They manu-
facture wine from the cocoanut palm
bus So Tar 80 kn0w it Is not intoxicating
In this respect M0hamedanlsm is sever,
on intemperance, aud their Moran con
tains strict regulation aud penalty OF
that subject.
''No. our mission Is not altogether sell
supporting. The school and the pFiutin
department are seit-suppoFtinr. hut th
evangelical work has 70 he supported b
contributions from this eosintry.f
Mr.. West expressed himself as eharmo.
with thu climate At Singapore. saying.
"Of course Il Is warm. enc average TEN
perstarc cindooFs being - degrees. Whit
IN the sun II ranges from Ia e. Us degree.
the average All the YEAR Around beiug Ri
DEGREES. No white -uNmC thinks IL dain
manual labor cat Of do0rs. only the ns
iives 10. sud lttse st that. and they z
Arcuua barehesaesi aFsd harefoesed. Tn
climate is2very dangerous 80 white peoui
- account of the extreme heat. bat }or 10
u ls the mosf beautiful place on earth, Ii
fact perfect paradise. one 81 n
efandvurs lies inc its lRxurisnt follses
Flower. are few and amount 70 nothiSs
orchids only blooming - any extent. hu
she foliage makes up Tor tae lack 81 aowcr
tu iuxuriance, cologs. sac and fantasia
Shares. The MANY coi0rs 81 thoso ar
wonderful. and form an ever ingffcstfn
stu1Y. lie Temperature a. ntrht does no
change Tom tas 80 degrees indoors. hl
a4eaa - q CONSTANT F4rHfsgrrr - 49, a9n
tas physical sensatlon ~ heat II not ura
IS unpseasAut - "a ben she theEuasueff
reaches 80 bSEc. The rams there a.
peculiar hnt very rrru e. For $40 Gas