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to another place, leaving behind him a church self-supporting
both financially and spiritually.
The Methodist Church in Malaysia is now doing evangel-
istic work in nine languages—English, Tamil, Malay, Hok-
kien, Foochow, Hakka, Cantonese, Hinghua, and Tiu Chiew
—and will soon begin services in the Dyak language.
In Many But it has not been according to any plan of the
Tongues missionaries to enter upon so many different fields.
They have merely followed the leadings of Providence
into the open doors. A Foochow man, who also understands
the Amoy language, finds his way into an Amoy service, and

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becomes interested, is converted, and carries the news back
to his own family and neighborhood. He gathers about him
friends and neighbors who do not understand the Amoy.
Their spiritual needs must be met; so services are begun in
Foochow. Thus from step to step the mission has been led
to take up new responsibilities until it has reached its present
polyglot condition.
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