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History Of The Elim Gospel Hall, Ipoh (1913 - 2003) - Part 06 - Pattern Of Assembly Work

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Subject :History Of The Elim Gospel Hall, Ipoh (1913 - 2003) - Part 06 - Pattern Of Assembly Work
Published By : Elim Gospel Hall 
Location : Ipoh
Estimated Year : 2003
Media Type : Photograph
Source : Elim Gospel Hall, Ipoh
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As the years passed, the pattern of assembly work was established. Prayer meetings originally held on Thursday were changed to Wednesday which remain to this day. Bible Studies were conducted for assembly members and these laid good firm foundations for years ahead. The members were more knowledgeable and the young people matured with time and experience. Those in fellowship constituted a stabilising influence in today’s assemblies in Ipoh as well as other towns.

Under Mr. Wilson’s gracious ministry, other workers answered God’s call and served devotedly at Elim Gospel Hall. In the 1930s Phyllis Wilson helped her mother in the Home and school; Miss Clare Shirtliff (Sarah’s sister) helped with the women’s ministry. Mr. Leonard Cornwall (the Wilsons’ son-in-law who married their elder daughter Mabel) assisted in the outreach to surrounding towns. He was also fluent in Hakka. Others were Mr. and Mrs. Toft and their daughter, Margaret; Miss Pearl Matthews who married Mr. Arthur Simpson and moved to Kampar; Miss Nelly Holehouse; Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Wyllie (from Tasmania) stood in for a year during the Wilsons’ furlough in New Zealand in 1928. One among them was Miss H.E. Falconer.

The leading local brethren who helped in the ministry were the elders A. E. Pereira (Secretary of Kinta Sanitary Board), Mr. U. P. Madhavan (Chief clerk, Ipoh Electric Supply); Dr. James J. Samuel (an Indian doctor in Kampar). Both Dr. Samuel and Mr. Madhavan also used Tamil to proclaim the gospel regularly in the Buntong Tamil School. Mr. Madhavan was called home on 15 Feb. 1941, and Dr. Samuel in 1967 in Ipoh.

From left to right the photos show:

  • Brothers on One Side.

  • Sisters on the Other.

  • Sunday School class in session.

  • Mr. A E Pereira.
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    To go to Part 07, click here.

    To see an entry about the NTPS (Tamil) Methodist Tamil School, Tamil Settlement, Ipoh, click here.

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