Sarawak hymnody in the Chinese Methodist Church in Malaysia

Sarawak hymnody in the Chinese Methodist Church in Malaysia   Introduction  This article focuses on the development of hymns in a particular region of Malaysian hymnody*. The Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Malaysia (SCAC) began with the arrival of Foochow immigrants in Sibu on 16 March 1901. The immigrants, predominately Christians from the Methodist Episcopal Church, were led by the Chinese headman (港主), Wong Nai Siong (1849–1924), from Foochow, China. On Sunday, the second day after their arrival, which was a Sunday, they commenced their first worship service led by Bishop Frank W. Warne (1854–1932). This was a milestone in the history of the pioneer (Wong,...

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