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July 3, 1912]
Cheiju. Leaving]' this island harbor
after delivering the mall and whatever
cargo there was, we sailed on. Soon
the outlines of Cheiju, like a huge Inverted
cone rising out of the sea. appeared.
The liiUe steamer dropped anchor
close to the ragged and dangerous
volcanic coast, with its terraced fields
rising higher and higher up the sides
of Mt. Hanla, rising more than six
thousand feet above the sea. This was
the island of Cheiju. The city of Cheiju
lies at tht edge of the water.
We were given a warm welcome by
the native Korean pastor, VI Makoa,
the-missionary on the island support;!
by the native Church, and some of the
Christians who came down with him
to meet us. We received a warm welcome
In his home. Yi Moksa 1b one of
the early graduates of the Presbyterian
Seminary, In Pyeng Yang. In the early
days, when the missionaries first ontered
Pyeng Yang, he was implicated
in a mob which tried to drive them from
Pyeng Yang. By the grace of God he
was converted, and now has been a
faithful missionary on the island of
Cheiiu. God has blessed the efforts nf
this pastor and a growing church has
been established, also a school.
The coming of the missionaries had
been announced and a crowd filled the
churoh and overflowed into the courtyard
to hear Mr. Preston preach. The
nert day many sick people came to see
the doctor. The poor people had come
for miles, bringing the sick with them
Two small rooms were set aside to treat
Oue patients. They came early, and although
the work kept up with only a
slight intermission for meals, there
were still some waiting when darkness
came. Another crowded service at
church. The next day patients came
flocking again and this kept up for a
week, then the time came to return to
Mokpo. The people begged us to stay
but the work had to go on. Many had
heard the Gospel; some had received
help; one poor fellow we heard had decided
to give up his evil Bpirit, worship
and do the Jesus doctrine. Another
patient, injured by the premature explosion
of a blast, decided to go to
Mokpo for treatment where he made a
v;uuipi?iti recovery.
When the time came to say farewell
and board the steamer, to return to the
mainland, leaving Ohelju with Its
warm-hearted, hospitable people; with
its large market, run by tlfe women; its
divers for sea-weed and many other Interesting
features; we steamed away,
sorrow In our hearts that we were able
to do so little for them. Pray that
Chelju may be won for our Lord Jesus
Christ. Pray that the Ix>rd of the harvest
will send forth laborers into this
fleld so white to the harvest. Matthew
9:37-38.
A ?fOTE OF CHEEB FROM KOREA.
(If there is one thing more than another
that goes furthest in making the
missionary's life a success it is a persistent
spirit of optimism and hopefulness.
Without it the missionary himself, and
often his -work, Is a dismal failure. The
following extracts from a letter received
by Mr. Cameron Johnson from Rev.
Rdbert Colt in Korea give happy and
hopeful glimpses that should reflect a
spirit of courage and aspiration in the
hearts of those at the home base.?C. J.)
I wish you could see Kwang-Ju now.
I>r. Wilson has his hospital hill beautifully
graded and terraced with roses,
violets, dahlias, cosmos, verbena, etc.,
in profusion on all sides. And, too, the
entire compound is one large park. This
1b now without doubt the most beautiful
Place in Korea. My home looks like
heaven when I get back from one of my
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long itinerating trips of from twenty
days to a month each.
Since Mr. Bell went home on furlough
I am left with this large local church
and thirty groups in the Soonchun field
in addition, the nearest of which Is 30
miles from here. Since my operation
for appendicitis in February I have
traveled over 600 miles to visit my
churches and have baptized 196 outside
of the church here at Kwang-Ju. That,
of course, is the station church and all
of us work in it. More than 60 were
baptised this year in the local church.
The Soonchun field is the most promising
in the mission. We have fine native
workers there and some fine strong
cnurcnes.
We have a magnificent location In
Soonchun, gently eloping fields Just outside
of the city wall, secluded, yet right
at the city and overlooking It. We bought
enough land for less than $2,000 and
now it would require some $6,000 to
huy the same amount. The situation
and scenery are Ideal, and the roads
around that section are not surpassed
by the famouB Mecklenburg roads in
North Carolina. Another advantage Is
running water from the mountain, three
streams crossing the compound, and
several fine springs Just back of It, to
which we can run pipes and have fresh
water on tap always. We plan to build
an 'DunaingB or gray granite, wnicn is
to be found on the compound and back
of It and which Is cheaper than brick.
So that Station will be built all right. T
am now getting out rock, burning tile,
laying off roads, etc. We planted ovt
1.500 trees this spring and the most of
them have lived. Messrs. Newland,
Pratt and Oolt will be th? evangelistic
workers there and Miss Blggar one of
the single women workers. The physician
and the ladles are not yet designated.
We plan to build after August
and to move there early next year. I
hate to leave my pretty home here, but
with my wife and balms any place wfll
be home. I shall prefer to live there
as T shall be able 1n a few hours to
run out to any church on those fine
roads. Could use an auto-cycle or an
automobile there if I had one, which
r*o n r? nf Kn anM rvf onv or nnnnfrv
field that T know of here in Korea. The
transformation wrought by the military
roadB is wonderful.
Mr. Swlnehart is a great fellow and a
blessing to the mission. "He was a busy
man in America, but he says he got all
he bargained for when he came here.
My, hut it is a relief to have some one
else to look after the money side and the
building. T have had to run the Soonchun
work so far, but he will take it
over in a few months.
We are sorry to have to lose Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison, of Mok Po, who return to
America indefinitely. She has a trouble
which it seems that the doctors here
cannot relieve. They have two young
hahleR and he hns 'Keen en the field
nearly 20 years. It almost breaks his
heart to go. He Is a splendid worker
and a fine man. She, too, Is a fine
worker and speaks the language fluently.
We hope you will be able to revisit
the "East and see our lovely station and
lovelier babies. Some twenty-odd of
them at this station when all are here,
so that with grown-ups we have over
forty, the largest station In the Southern
Church I guess. We are looking for
Misses Watklns and Baskervllle from
China next week. This Is a sort of a
summer Tesort for the China friends.
Hope they will get here before all the
strawberries are gone. Finest this year
I eveT saw and loads of them. Roses
the loveliest I ever saw and hundreds
of hushes on the compound, mostly rals
ed from cuttings. Well, so long and
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God blew you In your work. Write
when you can.
With beat greetings, yours,
Robert Colt.
NOTES FOB JUNE FROM THORNWEILL
ORPHANAGE.
A delightful commencement occasion
has just been held at the Thornwell
Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. From Friday
night to the following Friday night some
pleasant event was In progress. The
exercises began with a declamation contest.
Sunday was consecrated by fine
sermons from Dr. Douglass, of the Presbyterian
College, and Rev. J. F. Jacobs,
former owner and publisher of The
Southern Presbyterian. Then fn.iowlng
were the society exorcises and the regular
commencement occasion an Tuesday
night, when three young ladles received
diplomas and a noble address was delivered
by Rev. D. M. Fulton, who was
himself at one time an orphanage boy.
a large numoer oa iormer pupils were
on the grounds during the week. They
gave a delightful banquet after prayer
meeting on Thursday night, and had a
picnic at Riverside cottage on Friday,
which function closed the week.
The Board of Trustees had Its regular
annual meeting during commencement
and attended to much Important
business. Arrangements were made for
the erection of the Thos. M. Jones building
and for Florida Cottage. They devised
plana by which the institution
could have the benefit of specialists for
the various diseases to which the children
fall subject and of which our children
have had the usual allowance. It
was thought, too, after careful examination
that the salaries of the matrons
and teachers should be paid from a
scholarship fund rather than from general
contributions and plans were
formulated to make the call as soon as
possible on the church for the sum of
8100,000, the Interest only to be used,
and this fund to be made up of scholarships
of $1,000 each. The need for such
a fund is very great and contributions
are now in order. The fund will be
known as the Scholarship Fund and
gifts large or small, will be most welcome.
The report of the President showed
that the Institution during the year had
been amply provided with fire protection
and by the laying of water mains
through the grounds; also with sewerage,
including suitable bathrooms in all
cottages.
The year had been a very successful
one. The teachers and matrons had
done their work most efficiently. There
had been but one death among the
pupils. Few changes occuTed during the
year and but few changes will be made
in the tftachiTiar forcp and a.mnne fho
matrons and officers for the next session.
However, we lost Miss Ella Bell,
who both for family reasons and for
health's sake has had to give up her
work after fifteen years of most noble
and devoted service. She takes with
her the love of everybody on the place,
and Is assured of their prayers for her
future happiness. As a teacher she had
few equals and no superiors.
On the first Sabbath of the month the
Thornwell Memorial chuTch had a de
lightful communion service. Eight members
were added.
Olf TO ZURICH.
Representing 288,000 Sunday schools
with more than 28,000,000 members, the
world's central committee met in Philadelphia
and arranged plans for the
world's seventh Sunday school convention
in Zurich, Switzerland, July 8 to
15, 1913. Pour ocean liners have been
chartered to convey the delegates from
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tine United States and Canada to ths
convention. These vessels will sail
from New York, Boston and Montreal.
A group of 50 Sunday school specialists,
headed by H. J. Heinz, Pittsburgh, and
Frank L. Brown, Brooklyn, will make
a pre-convention tour of the Orient.
Preliminary conventions will be held
In the Philippines, Japan, China, and
Korea. Other delegations will visit the
Holy Land. August J. Bucher, of Cincinnati
was chosen musical director of
the convention, and it was decided to
apportion 500 delegates to continental
tiurope.
REVIVALS OF RELIGION.
By Rev. W. H. Richardson.
A revival, as we apprehend, means
not only a recovery from declension,
but a quickened spiritual life, and a
mightier display of the Spirit's power
in the conversion of meri. In the ordinary
Christian life, both singly and
collectively, religious declension is an
indisputable fact. The ideal Christian
life and progress of the gospel is a
constant, steady and even growth and
development until its perfect triumph.
This is true theoretically, but, as a
matter of fact, seldom, if ever, found.
The history of Christianity has been
a history of revivals, and doubtless
well said: "The revivals in the past
have been epochs in which the Christian
world has risen to clearer apprehensions
of divine truth and a higher
elevation of Christian life. They have
constituted the divine process by which
the gospel has burst through the errors
and sins of men, and has found a more
complete development in the consciousness
and life of the churches of Christ"
What revivals have been and done they
may now be and do, and will continue
in their character, necessity and influence
until the perfect coming of the
kingdom. 'Do we need revivals? What
honest Investigator of our Individual
and church life, In the light of the Word
of God as to our spiritual privileges
and obligations, will question it for a
moment?
The question is not as to the necessity
for revivals, hut the realization of
their necessity and the desire for a
quickened spiritual life and a mightier
display of the Spirit's power in our
hearts, families and churohes. If we
feel the need and have the sincere desire
for a revival of religion, we may
have it for the asking, seeking and com
pltance with tne oonaiuons 01 penitence,
faith, conversion and consecration.
"It 1s not by might, nor by po-wer,
but by my Spirit, saith the tLord." Unquestionably
true! But the Spirit works
through human agencies and the use
of appropriate means. Our plea la not
for a mere man-made excitement, an
appeal to the mere emotional; but a
larger emphasis of the "Word of God
to enlighten and strengthen religious
conviction, to call men to penitence,
pnd God's people to a more consecrated
life and service.
A revival whose object la the glory
of God, the advancement of his king
dom, the salvation or souis; ana ia
the attainment off these results, not a
disparagment of the ordinary means
of grace, hut their greater emphasis
and more faithful use, -which will suffer
no remissness In caring for the
new-horn souls and the larger work
which every true revival brings?a revival
of a larger life, and a more strenuous
spiritual life. Is such a revival
needed; do we desire It; are we willing
to pray and work for It; are we ready
to give up what may hinder It: are
we willing to accept the consequences
of It? If so, by the blessing of God,
we may have It.
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