off, the congregation would join in, all in unison like the waves coming in one after the other. My thoughts flew back home to our own elders and experts. There are about 60 million people in this religion. We realise then that numerically this religion is very strong, but by Christian doctrine and standards it deviates from the truth.

Just over two million people belong to the Buddhist religion but the greater number of these are confined to southern Java right across to Bali. There you will find its idols. In some parts you will find its temples of huge proportions, frightening in appearance. These are not temples in the real sense of the term, where people go in to worship. They are just imitations designed to show that their temples of worship in India and beyond were shaped like that. These ones were just masses of stone, entirely. It appeared that stones were heaped up to a height of 50 feet or higher; but the outside of them were so arranged so that they all looked beautiful and impressive. They were all round and rose up to a point at the top, like a top turned upside down. What is most interesting about them is the fact that the carvings and the art show the genius of the old Indonesians. Their history, their religion and their customs are incorporated therein. I need not say any more, but might I ask the question: is this the origin of the Maori Carving as we know it in this country?

Out of a population of 90 million, there are only about 5 million Christians in this country. From all appearances, it is likely that there will be more as time goes on, mainly because the leaders are most able and full of enthusiasm; also, the form of worship is very good. One only has to look at the number of churches, the number of bible classes run by the young people; and there are Sunday schools and the strong evangelistic movement. The best hospitals and schools are run by the Christian Churches. The results of secular and Christian education are simply amazing. It is by these means that the Christian Church is making inroads into the heathen world. This is quite understandable considering the excellent work that is being done and helped by the grace of God through Christ. The collapse of the heathen religions is inevitable.

There were eleven in our group which visited Indonesia; representative of the Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist and Salvation Army churches. The main purpose of the visit was to see what progress the Christian church was making there; was the progress strong or weak? It is really strong, it is hard to describe. What a wonderful thing it would be if we were as strong and as co-operative here in New Zealand. Some of the Ministers in the political Administration are Christians. President Sukarno, though a Moslem, is a great friend of the Christian Church. In one of his public addresses he said this: “Give me ten Christians to help me rule this country, I shall be content, and my joy and happiness cannot be measured.” This is a wonderful statement. Greetings.