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new believers and a weak, discouraged church which thought it could not or did not want to have a Bible class for a week the same as the rest of the churches were having, with a new grasp on life and a new vision of things eternal, held its class, during which the missionary made the church a visit. As he was going up the river in a small boat, he heard the strains of "Rock of Ages" coming from a boat coming down to meet him. In the party were several men still wearing their topknots, whom the missionary had not seen before, and he knew that they were believers and he also knew that they were starting in the Christian life in the right way by taking

week at her house. The attendance grew from 30 to 90 and about 40 decided to become Christians and after the missionary party went away they continued to have meetings every week as best they could and finally decided to build a church. One night during the meetings a woman arose and said that she had heard that they were going to hold Jesus meetings and that she had come a long distance to hear. Recently she had lost two children by death and as the devils whom she had always worshipped could give her no comfort, she wanted thereafter to lean on Jesus. One day the missionary and the teacher went to the house of one of the men

who had decided to believe the night before. As they were standing in the gate talking, the teacher saw the signs of devil worship hanging above them and said, "Now, that you have believed on Jesus, these things are useless." "Yes," was the reply, and he tore them down. Thus the kingdom advances in Korea.

There is a Union College and Academy (Presbyterian and Methodist) in Pyeng Yang with about 350 boys in the academy and 65 in the college. During the summer and winter vacations many of the students go out in bands of four to preach, either sent by the Student Missionary Association, or go out on their own initiative; and during the school year they are to be seen after the afternoon service, on the streets or along the roads leading to the city, preaching the Word of Life. One student reports that dur

ing six months he spoke to about 3,400 people about becoming Christians. Last year the students raised 280 Yen ($140) to send a missionary, one of their own body, down to the Island of Quelpart south of Korea. Thus the kingdom advances in Korea.

Of the 17,000 or 18,000 people who attend the Hospital every year, half or more are heathen. The changing crowd at morning prayers, the halt, the blind, anxious-unconcerned-wistful children, mourning mothers, humanity in wreck and ruin, physically, is a sight seen daily which stirs the deepest emotions. They not only get healing for their bodies, but they carry with them that which heals their souls, and the souls in the far off districts to which they will carry the news. And thus, also, does the kingdom spread in Korea.

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A Wonderful Ordination Service

BY REV. F. S. MILLER.

T WAS in the Tai Ku Church, a great rink-like building with galvanized roof, walls lime-plastered outside as well as in, seating capacity, fifteen hundred. The roof is supported on wooden pillars painted blue, like all the woodwork, for this is a Korean building, Korean taste and truly Presbyterian, too.

Presbytery was meeting and twenty-two candidates for the ministry had passed their examinations, after a five years' course in theology and about ten years of active Christian work. There were also five candidates for licensure to preach. The candidates sat in two rows of chairs in front of the pulpit.

Above the platform on each side was a lantern six feet long, a framework of wood covered, one with dark red, the other with blue cloth. The one on the men's side had four Chinese characters on it: "Sang Jay Ai Say," "God loves the world." That on the women's side had, in the more easily read Korean characters: "Ku Say Chin Ju," "The true Saviour of the world."

On the platform, under the secretary's table, were twenty-seven Bibles-four volumes each -to be presented by the Bible societies to the candidates. One hundred, eighty-three elders

and ministers sat behind those to be ordained. Over the pulpit was a large sheet of statistics showing that these delegates represented 1,685 churches and chapels, where meet 144,265 Christians, of whom 46,934 are baptized and 30,308 have passed their preliminary examination and are studying preparatory to receiving baptism. The sheet said this constituency gave 68,844 dollars, gold, last year-in a country where fifteen cents is a day's wage for a laborer. That makes it mean as much in labor and deprivation as though Americans gave $688,440.

The services began with a Korean hymnnot a translation:

"See the Saviour come a man, Leaving glory for a cross,

If you also suffer loss,
Bear it patiently."

Then from the Korean translation of the Scriptures we listened to: "No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life," and joined in singing, "I gave my life for you."

Pastor An was called upon to rise and was asked: "Will you obey the desire of the pres

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bytery and go to Siberia to faithfully do the Lord's work, depending on the power of the Holy Spirit?" "Yes." Then followed others, each expressing the same willingness. Pastor Yang gave them the charge, "Neglect not the gift that is in thee." Fifty-two of the pastors and elders laid their hands on the heads of the candidates and the moderator offered the ordaining prayer. The right hand of fellowship having been given, the rite was completed. The An mentioned above goes to Siberia as a missionary-a hard, dangerous field. The

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Medical Missions in Korea

BY W. C. PURVIANCE, M.D., CHONG JU.

EDICAL Missions have been among the most powerful influences used by our Church in accomplishing such wonderful results in Korea. The little lancet in the hands of a skilled physician, gained and kept the good will and respect of the Royal Court, at a time when its sanction was so necessary to the success of Christian work.

During the past twenty-five years, faith in medical missions has increased among the Koreans, as well as among the Churches at home, with the result that the medical work has steadily grown, and medical institutions have increased to meet the demand for them. Today in our territory alone, there are nine hospitals and dispensaries, located in the most important centers. According to the latest statistics these nine hospitals and dispensaries, have treated during the past year, some 67,000 dispensary patients and 1,739 ward patients.

Healing the sick is not all they are doing. They are training native nurses who are to be used in the hospitals and sent out into private homes to care for the sick. There is one large medical school where native young men are studying medicine and surgery, and where they have all the advantages of one of the best equipped institutions in Korea. These Christian doctors and native nurses are an increasing source of power for good with which the influences of evil and disease will have to reckon.

The remarkable thing is the cost at which medical work can be maintained by the home Church. The Koreans themselves pay most

The entire cost

of the running expenses. to the home Church, for the running expenses of these nine institutions which treated over 67,000 patients last year, was $3,344.00, or less than five cents per patient. Of course this does not include the salaries of the missionaries.

A rough estimate has been made that there were nearly 2,000 professed conversions, as a direct result of medical work during the past year. No doubt there are many patients who are influenced to become Christians, of whom we have no record. It is very difficult to try to put all the results of hospital work on paper, as there are so many influences going out from such an institution, which cannot be tabulated.

A missionary entered a little village one night, to find that all the people were afraid of her. When the time for services arrived no one appeared. She found on inquiry, that the only Christian in the village had lost several of his relatives in quick succession, and they all said that he had offended the devil spirit who was taking out vengeance on him. All the villagers were afraid to have anything to do with the Jesus doctrine or the missionary. That night a baby was taken desperately ill and they feared it would die. The mother crept to the hut where the missionary was, and begged her to give the child medicine to make it live. She administered the medicine and the child was much improved the next morning. As the missionary was leaving the village that day, a woman who had not walked for four years, wanted her

to heal her foot. She was sent to the mission hospital, where part of her foot was amputated. She returned from the hospital converted. Now her father, mother, husband, brothers and sisters believe. The missionary is now received joyfully in that town, and the people are not afraid of the Jesus doctrine.

The medical missionaries of Korea are undertaking a crusade of education along medical lines. Pamphlets are being prepared discussing "Care of Infants," "Tuberculosis," "Hygiene," and other such important subjects, which will be widely distributed among the people. We hope this will lead to reform which will greatly reduce the frightful mortality among children which is now something like 70 or 80 per cent., and we hope that the people, though poor, will be able to improve their manner of living. Foul air, dirt and vermin are all responsible for much of the sickness among Koreans. We have often noticed that when a man becomes a Christian, he has a house cleaning in his home as well as

in his soul. We are trying to keep up the principle of self-support, which has been the making of the work in Korea, but we never forget the fact that there are many of the people so desperately poor that they cannot even pay the small sum to cover the cost of their medicine, and in my own work I can say that we have never failed to give a man medicine or relief from suffering, because he had no

money to pay for it. The Koreans understand this and hundreds of cases come to us each year from whom we expect no money and from whom we receive nothing. From this class of patients often comes the harvest

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Hospital Ward in Korea.

of saved souls, which is the greatest reward the Church receives for capital invested. Our hospital is known by the name "So Min Wewon" which means The New Life Hospital. Our duty is to live up to that name and give every man, woman and child who comes to us not only the new life desired in this world, but the higher new life which means life eternal in the world to come.

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Woman's "Rights" in Korea

BY MISS HILDA HELSTROM.

HE little baby girls, who used to be despised and forsaken, have come into their rights and are now given a place in the hearts and homes, and whereas formerly education for girls was an unheard of thing, now our schools are filled with sweet faced, clean little girls, clamoring for knowledge.

The young women, of all most to be pitied,

have changed from perfect slaves into loved and respected members of the household.

Listen to this young woman as she is speaking at an evening meeting. She says: "I have gained everything through Christ. Five years ago I begged and besought my parents not to marry me into a family, where both my prospective father-in-law and husband were confirmed drunkards, but my tears and pray

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ers were of no avail. I was sent and for two years I endured everything, and then the Lord Jesus came into our miserable home and sinful hearts, and all was made new, and where formerly you heard nothing but curses and strife, there is now the sounds of hymns and prayers, as we gather to worship night and morning, and in our home reigns peace and love." What wonderful rights she had come into possession of.

There is another, a blind girl, who was an outcast, without light and hope, but seven years ago she met the Man of Galilee, and now she has not only light for herself, but fairly radiates it.

From everywhere come requests for Bible classes, for our women are very progressive, they have tasted of the freedom, and they want more. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." They realize the importance of the study of God's Word as a means of gaining their freedom, and so they study with all their might.

It is true that at first it is exceedingly hard for them to understand the spiritual truths, but they early learn, who can teach them, and so many do as one dear woman did the other day. It was during the study hour in a new believers' class, that I noticed one woman down on her face behind another woman's back, and wondering what she was doing, I called to her, when she raised her head and said: "Hush, hush! I am praying that the Holy Spirit may enlighten me, so that I can understand what you are talking about."

Some take the Bible very literally, and so when one woman read for the first time the parable of the "Ten Virgins," she immediately stopped her reading to fill the lamp, and thus be all ready to join her Lord, if He came right then.

The presence of Christ and the Holy Spirit seems quite easy for them to take hold of, for have they not always believed in the evil spirits hovering about them, and have they not had those in their midst, who have been

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possessed by unclean spirits, and through the power of Christ have been healed? There is no difficulty for them to believe in the miracles of Jesus, no room for higher criticism here, for this people have seen and known, that Jesus is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

One young woman came to me with her trouble the other day. She had "believed" for a whole year, and though she knew that Christ was with her, still she was afraid to be alone in the house at night, which made her fear that there was something seriously wrong with her spiritual condition. She knew that there were heights not yet attained, and she was anxious to reach them.

But at this time a good many of our women here in Syen Chyun are having their faith put to the test, for thirty-two of our young men, teachers and pupils of the Boys' Academy, were without a moment's warning nor the slightest explanation, handcuffed and brought as prisoners to Seoul. I will not go into any details about the suffering it means, the hunger, cold and actual torture, that they will have to endure, but want to speak of the brave hearts which are left behind, the mothers, wives and sisters of those young men. They are not wasting their strength and energy in tears and lamentation, but are instead presenting their case before the highest court in and out of season, confident that the righteous judge will hear and answer their appeal, and so with glad faces they say: Was not Peter and Paul in prison and God cared for them, have we any cause for worry?

How thankful our Christians are just now, when they have been deprived of country, flag, king, history, and there is even talk of taking from them their language and family names, that they have a higher right, that no power can take from them, the right of citizenship in the Kingdom of God, the right of helping each other and loving their enemies. How blessed that during this time of trials and tribulations there still comes through this right the "peace that passeth understanding."

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