The Lord be praised for the timely publication of this book in this Jubilee Year of Dr John Sung's first coming to Singapore to revive the Christian Churches here and in Malaysia. To me, who personally shared all the spiritual blessings from beginning to end in all Dr John Sung's four revival campaigns in Singapore from 1935 to 1939, this book, the manuscripts of which I finished reading with great delight and interest almost non-stop for 12 hours, has warmed up my heart and brought back the fondest of memories of those days when we sat through three long sermons a day without any sleepy nodding of the head. This reading has also led me to pray for God's continued keeping that I may remain true to the end to the whole-life consecra­tion vow which I made at the same time as the author in September 1935.

Now, after a lapse of 50 years, many who were set on fire for the Lord through Dr Sung's ministry have gone Home to be with the Lord. Not a few others have by the grace of God been preserved to this day in His service, but even more have lost that revival fire or even have gone the way of Demas. The reading of this book not only will warm up the old timers like me, but should instill in the younger genera­tions now and to come a revival zeal and fire so lacking in this age when the world is intruding more and more into the Christian Church both in doctrine and life and when hearts generally are growing colder and colder.

The author, Rev Dr Timothy Tow who already has had eight books to his credit, has gathered and edited by translation, reproduction and original writing, such historic facts and valuable material as to make this new volume far excel other publications written before on Dr John Sung.

Besides, the author's personal experience of the rich spiritual blessings from the ministry in Singapore and Malaysia of Dr Sung, his very descriptive accounts, in beautiful English, of past events, his translation, at times humorous, of Chinese names and idiomatic expressions, and above all his very appropriate quotations from the Holy Scriptures to evaluate different situations in the life and ministry of Dr Sung make the reading and study of this book a most delightful, profitable and inspiring one. So much so, the reader once he or she begins will most probably, like me, be anxious to finish reading it. To every English-speaking Christian who wishes to know why there was such a great spiritual revival half a century ago in the Church of Jesus Christ in China and Southeast Asia, and wherein lie the secrets of Dr Sung's mighty ministry, I heartily recommend this book for reading.

Would that the Lord will raise some inspired reader to undertake the translation of this book into the Chinese language for the benefit and spiritual blessing of Chinese­speaking brethren everywhere.

Rev Quek Kiok Chiang

Moderator, Bible-Presbyterian

Church of Singapore and Malaysia