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It will come as a surprise to be told that Li Denghui, one of the earliest old boys of Anglo-Chinese School, and one of William Oldham’s prized pupils, became the first President of Fudan University, now one of China’s elite universities. Among the first Nanyang Chinese to study at Yale he was one of the […]

SHE has gone home to be with the Lord, but it was a celebration for her life. And all her friends who came to celebrate spoke of American missionary Miriam Jean Gruber as a woman of substance and a woman of God. Every single one of them had been touched by her life. The Memorial […]

He moulded many generations of ACSians BORN on July 5 1903, Mr Chan Siew Jiang, who passed away on Aug 23, was 102 years old. Completing his Junior and Senior Cambridge years at Anglo-Chinese School (ACS), and Normal training class, he became a qualified teacher of Standard 4 at ACS on Feb 1, 1922 – when […]

It is remarkable that these two sisters from far-off Wisconsin became missionaries to this part of the world – the elder Emma from 1911, the younger Della from 1918. Having served more than 70 years between them, they have an interesting tale to tell. IN DECIDING to serve the Lord overseas, some 6,000 miles away from […]

“Jesus Loves Me” “Jesus loves me! This I know For the Bible tells me so Little ones to Him belong They are weak, but He is strong.”     ANNA BARTLETT WARNER (1827–1915) and her sister Susan were the unmarried daughters of a prominent New York lawyer who lost his fortune during the 1837 depression. […]

She sacrificed so much for our women MISS Miriam Gruber, who passed away on July 23 in Ashville, North Carolina, the US, had often referred to death as a celebration and coronation, and a beautiful sunset the evening she died was a reflection of her life as a person and as a missionary. Born in […]

Mary and Elizabeth: Education Within the first 20 years of the 20th century, there were, remarkably, two pairs of sisters from two unrelated Olson families who served as missionaries in this area. Mary and Elizabeth Olson hailed from Minnesota and served mainly in Singapore; Emma and Della Olson were from Wisconsin and served mainly in […]

LONDON — In the early moments after bomb blasts rocked London on July 7, Methodist churches in the city centre did whatever they could to help people caught up in the explosions. More than 50 were killed and as many as 700 wounded. Located across the street from the train station where one of the rush-hour […]

OBITUARY: MADAM GOH GEK CHENG (1922-2005) MADAM Goh Gek Cheng, 83, mother of the Rev Khoo Cheng Hoot, President of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), was called home to be with the Lord on June 19, 2005. She was the wife of Mr Khoo Hock Nam, President of the Senior Citizens Ministry of Hinghwa Methodist Church. […]

Here is the great evangelist, John Sung’s remarkable story of his mother’s miraculous new birth, a harbinger of his own birth later on. The dark night of the soul had given way to glorious hope. ALTHOUGH my father was born again and consecrated, alas, my mother was neither cold nor hot, but after some years […]

In this second, and final, instalment of W. G. Horley’s Journal on his voyage to Singapore, which he referred to as a “paradise”, he recounted his experiences East of Suez. He resolved as a schoolmaster to make a difference to his pupils, more than fulfilled as an outstanding and well-loved missionary and educator in Malaya. […]

Of mountain-high waves and a sea-sick journey More than 110 years ago, pioneer Methodist missionary William G. Horley took more than a month to reach Singapore. Sailing from Southampton on December 10, 1893, he arrived on January 12 and here recorded in a journal are his experiences which are inspiring to read. ‘DECEMBER 10th 1893 […]