CONVERTED NATIVES
How a race of decadent natives in a remote part of Borneo had been converted to Christianity almost overnight and had completely abandoned their ancient customs was related by Mr. E. S. Young, of the Borneo Evangelical Mission, in an address to the Christian Business Men's Association in Milne and Choyce's Reception Hall yesterday. Mr. Young said the enthusiasm of the people to make the change was unbounded when they became interested in Christian living. Rice beer and drunkenness disappeared, and the use of tobacco and betel nuts was abolished. The natives in a body became wholehearted in their pursuit of clean and healthy living, and Government reports, as well as those of missionaries, contained evidence of the far-reaching efTccts of the con* version.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 262, 5 November 1941, Page 9
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