American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . al andearnestness. Two years had now nearly elapsed since he had landed atBatavia, and his labors were suddenly closed. On the 10th ofSeptember, 1841, he was called before the Resident and or-dered to shut up his school, and in three weeks prepare to go toBorneo. On the 13th of the following month he set sail forthe scene of his last labors. After a tedious and dangerousvoyage, tried by many perplexities, the missionary band ar-rived at Pontianak on the 4th of February, 1842, and took uptheir abode with Mr. Youngbl
American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . al andearnestness. Two years had now nearly elapsed since he had landed atBatavia, and his labors were suddenly closed. On the 10th ofSeptember, 1841, he was called before the Resident and or-dered to shut up his school, and in three weeks prepare to go toBorneo. On the 13th of the following month he set sail forthe scene of his last labors. After a tedious and dangerousvoyage, tried by many perplexities, the missionary band ar-rived at Pontianak on the 4th of February, 1842, and took uptheir abode with Mr. Youngblood. During the months of April and May of the same year,Messrs. Thomson and Youngblood, desirous of making their la-bors as effective as possible, made a tour among the Dyaks tolearn their condition, and at the same time to observe the fa-cilities for missionary operations among them. The result oftheir observations is thus expressed in Mr. Thomsons ownwords : We are fully satisfied that there is no apparent ob-stacle to our settling immediately in the midst of these inter-. REV FREDERICK B THOMSON Qco esting people, and teaching them without reserve the principlesof the doctrine of Christ. He further says, It is our inten-tion, so soon as the country is again sufficiently quiet, to go andattempt a settlement at Karangan. All things considered, wejudge this to be the most eligible location under the presentcircumstances. The place thus selected as the scene of manyinteresting labors, and still remembered with interest by manyin the Church, is situated upon the River Landak, distant abouteighty miles in a straight line from Pontianak, the nearest Eu-ropean settlement, and one hundred and forty miles by the river,the only thoroughfare. Thither, in the month of September, 1842, our lonely missionary wended his way. There were trialsbefore him which might have appalled the stoutest heart; yet,often near sinking, he was enabled to triumph at last. Fromhis home in the midst of the w
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