[표지] COVER (PDF p.028 / 인쇄면 27)
[목차] CONTENTS (PDF p.029)
- 인물 동정 — 29
- 1912년 10월 동향 보고 — Wm. C. 커 목사 — 31
- 회심과 치유의 사례들 — Wm. C. 커 목사 — 34
- 지부·선교부에서 기혼 여성의 투표 가부 — W. A. 베어드 부인 — 35
- 내가 신임 선교사라면 — "팩 발" — 38
- 청주 병원 — 퍼비언스 박사 — 38
- 안식년에서 귀환 — W. L. 스왈른 부인 — 40
- 청주의 여성 사역(사신私信 발췌) — 그레이스 데이비스 양 — 42
- "의사들의 관점에서"(남감리회 의사들이 선교부를 위해 준비한 글) — 43
- 여성 교환소(The Woman's Exchange) — 서기 — 45
- 응답된 기도 — 어느 서울 선교사 — 47
- 서평 — 편집부 — 47
- 평양 여름 어학교 — A. L. A. 베어드 — 48
CONTENTS. Notes and Personals — 29. Narrative for the Month of Oct. 1912 — Rev. Wm. C. Kerr — 31. Incidents of Conversion and Healing — Rev. Wm. C. Kerr — 34. Votes or Not for Married Women in Station and Mission — Mrs. W. A. Baird — 35. Were I a New Missionary — "Pack Bal." — 38. Chung Ju Hospital — Dr. Purviance — 38. Returned from Furlough — Mrs. W. L. Swallen — 40. Womans Work in Chung Ju (Brief Extracts from a private letter) — Miss Grace Davis — 42. "From the View point of the Doctors" (a paper prepared by the physicians of the S.M.E. mission for their mission) — 43. The Woman's Exchange — By the Secretary — 45. An Answer to Prayer — A Seoul Missionary — 47. Book Notice — Ed. — 47. The Summer Language School at Pyeng Yang — A. L. A. Baird — 48.
[판권란] (printed p.29)
편집인 L. H. 언더우드 / 부편집인 H. H. 언더우드 / 영업부장 제럴드 본윅(트랙트 하우스, 서울). 연 구독료 1엔(금화 50센트/영화 2/1). 낱권 10센, 3부 25센. 후쿠인 인쇄소, 고베.
[인물 동정] NOTES AND PERSONALS (printed pp.29–31)
(세계주일학교 '중국 운동' 관련) 이 대회에서, 명칭을 단순히 '중국 운동'으로 바꾸고, 공동 운동에서 분리해 독립된 한국 협회를 만들 조치를 취할 15인 위원회를 임명하기로 결정했다.
서울 데밍(Deming) 부인의 부친 별세라는 슬픈 소식이 왔다. 애덤스(Adams) 씨는 오랫동안 중국 선교사였고, 미국에서 교육받는 네 아들이 모두 아버지의 길을 따르기로 한 것에 기쁨이 가득한 채 그곳에서 평생의 사역을 마치러 막 돌아갔다. 이사회도 그의 사역 확장 요청에 동의했고, 돌아가는 길에 두 딸과 행복한 방문을 누려, 부인의 말처럼 주께서 부르실 때 '눈크 디미티스(이제 종을 평안히 놓아 주시는도다)'로 준비되어 있었다. 그런 아버지를 잃은 데밍 부인을 깊이 위로하나, 그토록 평안·승리로 영면한 삶을 기뻐하며 "주여 나로 의인의 죽음을 죽게 하시고 나의 마지막을 그와 같게 하소서" 기도한다.
우리 모든 선교회가 대구의 레이 밀스(Rae Mills) 양이 아버지와 함께 한국에 돌아온 것을 기뻐할 것이다 — 마음과 영혼으로 한국에서 그리스도 나라를 위해 일하고 싸우고 기도할 또 한 사람.
재령 샤프(Sharp) 목사의 어린 아들이 디프테리아로 추정되는 병으로 평양에서 매우 위중했고, 인쇄 시점에도 위독하다. 평양의 캠벨 양과 선천의 스티븐스 양도 (어학 시험에 합격했다). 에비슨네 아이의 솜씨로 성탄 행사가 있었고, 노래 등 후 거리 부랑아들에게 주로 음식을 선물했는데 그 돈은 준 아이들이 직접 벌었다 — 주는 이도 받는 이도 즐거웠음이 분명하다. 늘 그렇듯 섣달그믐 밤 서울의 한 원로 선교사 집에 작은 무리가 모여 묵은해를 보내고 새해를 맞으며 함께 기도했다 — 감상적일지 몰라도, 또 모두가 참석할 순 없어도, 좋고 복된 일로 여겨진다. 새해 첫날엔 많은 선교사가 주로 한국인 그리스도인 손님을 맞았다 — 한 학교 학생 전부가 한꺼번에 오면 다소 힘들지만, 모두를 환영하는 이날 목사 집에서 온갖 계층의 사회적 연합에 참된 복이 있다.
[보고] 1912년 10월 동향 보고 (NARRATIVE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1912) — Rev. Wm. Kerr (printed pp.31–34)
미국에서 돌아온 뒤 동향 보고를 하지 않았으니, 기록을 위해 (배정에 따라 순회구를 맡았다고) 말해 둔다. 각 교회에서 노래하고 여성들에게 몇 마디 했는데 내가 통역했다. 다음 북서 순회구 여행도 같은 방식으로 함께 나갈 예정이다. 동부 순회구는 흐름이 바뀌는 듯하다 — 아직 큰 진전의 표는 없으나 지난봄과도 다른 정신이다. 지구에 들기 전부터 알았으니, 지구 사람들을 만나며 봄의 문제 일부가 사라지고 그들이 희망에 차 있음을 보았다. 우선 여러 교회가 새 건물을 지었다 — 흥수원 교회는 22칸으로 늘었고, 수흥은 높은 지붕에 양식 문창을 단 새 18칸 건물을 지으면서도 절망적 빚은 안 졌으며, 긴골·노촌은 새 건물, 할미유는 회벽·유리창의 6칸 건물, 천남목골은 건축 계획 중이다. 지난여름 사경회는 큰 능력으로 인도되어, 시험과 다른 때에 남녀가 회기 중 새 능력·비전·충동을 받았다고 증언했다. 새 임원 일부는, 이전보다 더한 상호 도움의 열망, 가르침의 열망, 한 해 여러 번 조사들이 능력의 근원과 가까이 닿도록 한적한 곳에 물러가자는 분명한 열망 외에 자격을 보일 게 없었다면 임명되지 않았을 것이다. 이번엔 인근 최고봉 묜압산(Myunapsan) 정상에 올랐는데, 거기서 동부 순회구 거의 전부와 구월산(Koowulsan) 산맥, 서울 인근 산들, 긴 바다까지 보였다. 문제가 생생히 그려졌다 — 북쪽엔 아직 진실한 그리스도인이 한 명도 없는 큰 구역이, 남쪽엔 흩어진 신자 몇뿐인 구역이 있었다. 우리는 영감과 책임을 느꼈다. 지도자 모임엔 적자가 있었으나 동부중앙 순회구에서 도움이 전혀 없던 탓도 있다. 적자를 청산했고, 도류올·금소·투골 교회를 맡을 조사 한 명을 더 두자는 말까지 나온다. 동부중앙 순회구 아래 세 교회가 넘어오면 또 한 명이 필요해, 봄 전에 조사를 다섯에서 일곱으로 늘리길 바란다. 지난 몇 해 조사 수가 안 는 것은, 노회가 허락하는 한 순회구가 점차 전체 비용을 스스로 책임져 왔기 때문이다. 일하는 이들은 어설픈 일을 원치 않고 진지하다 — 도류올에서 문제만 일으키던 한 사람이 지난여름 사경회 때 큰 자극을 받아 이제 교회 지도자감으로 여겨진다. 다 전진만은 아니다. 특히 오응식(O Ung Sik) 아래 교회들은 큰 근심을 준다 — 그가 거기서 떠나야 하다시피 만드는 그 정신은, 교회가 성숙해 세속적 지위가 하나님 눈에 얼마나 하찮은지 알면 사라질 테지만 아직은 사실로 받아들여야 한다. 불신자들의 같은 정신이, 섬기려는 이들보다 지위가 조금 낮다는 이유만으로 온 노회에서 가장 훌륭한 정신의 하나를 밀어낼 수도 있다. 마침내 그 최남단 구역에 교회가 생겨 좋은 미래가 약속되고 지도자 모임에 대표를 보냈다. 그러나 손대지 못한 큰 구역들의 존재는 끊임없는 짐이다 — 언제 다음 물결의 마루가 와, 몇 그룹의 시작을 더 남기고 물러갈 것인가?
[간증] 회심과 치유의 사례들 (INCIDENTS OF CONVERSION AND HEALING) — Rev. Wm. Kerr 전함 (printed pp.34–35)
(박씨의 회심 — 한 환상 속 노인의 인도로) 예수에 관해 (전혀 모르던 그가) 관심 어린 대화로 이어져, 박(Pak)은 그때까지 출간된 신약 전부와 여러 전도지를 샀다. 집에 돌아와 온 가족을 모아 함께 읽으니, 오래지 않아 온 가족이 그 지구 첫 기독교 가정이 되었다. 그 후 그는 교회 일에 적극적으로, 지금도 조사로 일한다. 그는 그 노인을 다시 보지도 듣지도 못했고 그 경험의 전부나 일부가 실재였는지 지금도 모르나, 그 인도 없이는 그리스도인이 못 되었으리라 확신한다 — 당시 그의 직업을 가진 이들은 결코 접근하기 쉽지 않기 때문이다. 안악읍(Anak Eub)에는, 황주(Whang Joo)에 살다 안악으로 온 뒤 교회에서 가장 활동적인 최광옥(Choi Kwang Ok)의 부친인 노인이 있다. 막 지도자(영수)로 임명되었고 곧 장로가 될 듯하다. 그는 치유의 놀라운 경험들을 했다 — 전엔 약 300가지를 다뤘으나 약에 의존하지 않고 가장 간절한 기도로 하나님께 의지했다.
[논설] 지부·선교부에서 기혼 여성의 투표 가부 (VOTES OR NOT FOR MARRIED WOMEN IN STATION AND MISSION) — Mrs. W. A. Baird (printed pp.35–38)
(세속에서는 악덕을 억누르려 선한 이들에게 힘을 보태려는 동기도 있으나) 선교 사회에서는, 우리 모두 '가련한 피조물'임을 자유로이 고백해야 하더라도 그런 악한 요소가 있다고는 할 수 없다. 우리의 의견 차이는 도덕 기준의 차이가 아니라 판단·관점의 차이에서 온다. 따라서 기혼 여성에게 투표권을 주면 다룰 표 수는 늘겠으나, 많은 경우 결정의 성격을 바꾸진 않을 것이다. 그렇다면 주된 이득은 이를 찬성하는 이들의 정의감이 만족되는 것인데, 이는 결코 작은 바람이 아니다 — 제임스 러셀 로웰의 말처럼 "마음속 불의감보다 손안의 한 표가 낫다." 다만 이 경우 불의감의 실제 근거가 있는지, 관련된 다수가 정말 그것을 절감하는지는 미정의 문제다. 대다수 기혼 여성의 선교지 부르심은 하나님께로부터인 것은 다름없으나 남편을 통해 왔고, 대부분은 여러 해 어린 자녀의 양육에 크게 매여 있다 — 그것이 그들의 기쁨이요 영광이다. (왜 그들이 투표를 요구하는지는 아직 분명치 않으나) 선교부 남자들은 기혼 여성의 훌륭한 사역을 인정하며 그들이 투표하는 것을 기꺼이 받아들이되, 그로 인해 선교부·지부 회의에 감정적 요소가 과도해지지 않으리라 확신할 수 있다면 그렇다. 남성은 우리(여성)가 감성에 크게 좌우되어 논쟁 문제를 순전히 객관적으로 못 본다고 여기는 듯하다. 링컨이 말했듯, 우리 모두 '얼마간은' 그럴 수 있고 일부는 '늘' 그럴 수 있으나 모두가 늘 그런 건 아니다 — 이는 남성에게도 어느 정도 사실이다. 그러나 일반 토론에서는 중요한 차이가 있다: 남자들끼리 다르면 주고받으며 사안의 본질로 결정할 수 있으나, 강한 다른 견해의 여성과 마주하면 그 여성의 감정을 상하게 할까 봐 오랜 기사도 본능이 끼어들어 충분·공정한 토론을 막는다 — A부인의 눈물 위협이나 B씨의 격정적 연설 가능성이 형제들을 난감하게 만든다.
[수상] 내가 신임 선교사라면 (WERE I A NEW MISSIONARY) — "Pack Bal." (printed p.38)
- 가장 중요한 것을 먼저 하겠다. 2. 가장 중요한 것 중 으뜸이 어학 공부임을 곧 알겠다. 3. 이사회가 나를 선교부의 고문으로 보낸 게 아님을 곧 알겠다. 4. 선교 방법에서 잘못됐다 여긴 모든 것을 고치려 힘 빼지 않겠다 — 내 생각이 내일 바뀔 수도 있으니. 5. 모든 일에 순복하는 침묵으로 지혜롭겠다. 6. 모든 일에 의견을 갖되 무지를 드러낼까 봐 표현하진 않겠다(의견 없는 사람은 개선의 여지도 수정의 이유도 없으나, 젊음과의 교제는 은밀히 지키는 게 지혜롭다). 7. 하루 2시간만 공부해 언어를 통달할 수 있다는 말에 속지 않겠다 — 그 말은 '사탄의 회당'에서 나온 것이다. 8. 새로운 상황이 내 믿음의 문장(紋章)을 훼손하게 두지 않겠다. (* 익살스러운 가명 'Pack Bal'(박발) 기고.)
[보고] 청주 병원 (CHUNG JU HOSPITAL) — Dr. Purviance (printed pp.38–40)
첫날 아침 병원 현관에서 아침 경건회로 모여 이후 매일 그리해 왔고, 사역의 성공을 위한 간절한 기도와, 병원·설비를 마련해 준 던컨(Duncan) 부인의 사랑과 관대함에 대한 감사가 넘쳤다. 한국인은 그리스도인도 이교도도 병원 치료의 이점을 빨리 이용했다. 첫 달 보고를 보니 크게 호전되거나 완치되어 퇴원한 환자가 약 19명, 외과 수술 22건(백내장, 개복, 안구 적출, 언청이, 성형, 복수 천자, 결핵선 제거, 유양돌기 농양 홍채 절제, 골 수술, 다리 절단 등)을 했다. 내과는 장티푸스·폐렴·위장병이었다. 병원 환자 외에 1층 진료소에서 하루 평균 15명을 봤다. 개원 시 여성 간호사가 전혀 없었으나 서울 세브란스병원이 한 명을 보내 주기로 했다.
(눈먼 노파 이야기) 한 아들이 가엾은 눈먼 노파를 손잡고 데려왔다. 여러 해 아들을 못 봤다며, 눈멀 때 어린 소년이던 그 얼굴을 다시 볼 수만 있다면 행복히 죽겠다고 눈을 되돌려 달라 애원했다. 진단은 백내장이라 한 번에 양안을 수술하고 며칠 입원시켰다. 사람들이 찾아오면 "지금은 못 보지만 의사가 눈을 고치면 당신 얼굴을 보겠다" 했다. 마침내 붕대를 풀 때, 다시 빛을 본 그 마음의 기쁨을 우리는 다 모른다. 내가 굽어보자 "이제 당신 얼굴이, 간호사가 보이고, 아들이 오면 그 얼굴도 보겠소. 얼마나 행복한지 — 감사, 감사, 하나님이 큰 복을 주셨소" 했다. 열흘 뒤 안경을 씌우고 바늘에 실을 꿰어 보라 하니 해냈다.
[수기] 안식년에서 귀환 (RETURNED FROM FURLOUGH) — Mrs. W. L. Swallen (printed pp.40–42)
외국인과 토착 그리스도인 모두의 따뜻한 환영 속에 그토록 사랑하는 사역으로 돌아오는 기쁨 — 그것이 우리 경험이었고, 안식년의 가장 좋은 부분은 돌아오는 것이었다고 느낄 수밖에 없다. 날마다 주신 힘과 은혜로만, 세 아이를 학교 보낼 준비를 하고 주께 맡겨 (우리가 보기에) 가장 좋은 예비학교에 두고, 우리가 입양된(선교지) 땅으로 얼굴을 돌릴 수 있었다. 돌아온 뒤 몇 주는 한국인 친구를 맞고 대접하는 것 외엔 거의 못 했으나, 그들과 앉아 기쁨·슬픔의 이야기를 듣고 사랑으로 함께 기뻐·슬퍼하다 함께 주 앞에 엎드려 기도하는 것은 그만한 가치가 있었다. 함께 기도한 뒤 그들은 늘 "함께 기도할 기회를 주어 정말 감사하다" 한다 — 이것이 우리 마음을 덥히고 사랑·동정으로 더 가깝게 한다. 돌아온 첫 주일, 홀드크로프트(Holdcroft) 부인이 잘 조직해 둔 남대문교회의 맡은 일을 시작했다. 다음 주, 일꾼 사경회 참석차 온 우리 순회구 대표 여성들과 모임을 가져, 가정 성경공부반을 시작해 여덟 여성이 봄까지 요한복음을 충실히 공부해 시험으로 마치기로 약속했다. 여성들이 전도 360일을 서약하고, 지역 사경반 20개를 마련해 교사를 정하고 공과지를 보냈다. 실용·신체단련·몸 관리 4강을 했고 172명이 등록했다. 토요일 오후엔 마을마다 호별 방문·전도, 전도지 배포, 교회 초청을 했다. 11월 28일~12월 4일 순회구 남부를 위해 토마마(Tomama)에서 사경반을 열었는데, 약한 교회라 큰 반을 대접할 수 있을지 의심했으나 기대 이상으로 잘 대접하고 큰 은혜를 받았다(여성 약 40명 참석). 그것으로 부족해 겨울에 또 한 반을 청했고 출석 173명, 서부 순회구 선교위원회에 금화 14.40달러를 서약했다.
[사신] 청주의 여성 사역 (WOMAN'S WORK IN CHUNG JU) — Miss Grace Davis, 사신 발췌 (printed pp.42–43)
물론 이제 시작이지만 훌륭히 일하고 있으며, 우리 모든 여성을 위한 적절한 성경공부 계획의 시작이기를 바란다. 2주 일꾼반과는 별도로 내일 여덟 번째 7일 사경반으로 떠난다 — 보다시피 말썽 피울 틈 없이 바빴다. 데이비스 양은 다른 많은 여성 사역자처럼, 빛과 생명을 전하는 여성들과의 교제에서 누리는 상호의 기쁨으로 크게 부러움을 산다. 청주의 여성 사역 성취와 전망을 축하한다.
[건의서] 의사들의 관점에서 (FROM THE VIEW POINT OF THE DOCTORS) — 남감리회 의사들 (printed pp.43–45)
남감리회 연례회의에서 의사들이 이사회·선교부에 제출할 다음 글을 작성했다. 다른 이들도 유념할 만하다. 본 선교 의사들은 다음을 강력히 권고한다: 우리 구역을 지리적으로 보면 각 의료 지부에 의사 2인이 필요함을 알 수 있다. 의사가 둘이면 한 명은 순회를 다닐 수 있어, 병원 행정의 수많은 문제에서 벗어나 환자와 주변 사람들에게 더 많이 전도하며 몸뿐 아니라 영혼도 섬길 수 있다. 어윈(Erwin) 양의 보고가 보여 주듯, 시골의 순박한 이들 사이에서 병을 돌봄으로써 강한 전도적 영향을 끼칠 기회가 있다. 의료 지부에 의사 2인의 필요를 깨닫지 못해 이 기회를 놓칠 것인가? 의사가 둘 없이는 순회가 어떤 규모로도 불가능하다. 아니다! 적어도 의료위원회는 이 필요를 최대한 강조해 촉구한다. 원산·송도는 즉각·절박하고, 춘천은 당장은 덜 급하나 그 지역 기회의 보존을 위해서도 필요하다. 현대 의학은 한 사람이 운용할 수 없는 치료 수단을 제시하므로, 혼자면 더 단순한 진단·치료에 국한되어 때로 심각한 손실을 본다. 입원 환자가 많은 기관에서는 의사의 전문 기술에 대한 요구가 너무 많아 영적 측면을 강조할 시간이 부족하고, 그래서 '전도 기관으로서 결실이 없다'는 부당한 비판을 받기도 한다 — 일꾼 한 명이 더해지면 크게 해소될 것이다. 우리는 전도 기관으로 왔으며 이 점에서 유용성을 줄이는 상황에 항의하니 더 많은 일꾼을 청한다. 의료 선교 비용을 비판하는 이도 있으나, 선교사의 생명이 병으로 위협받으면 그 가족을 본국에 보내는 비용은 귀한 일꾼의 생명에 비해 따지지 않는다 — 어찌 의료 사역의 가치를 가벼이 보겠는가.
[목록] 여성 교환소 — 성경공부 과목 (THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE — BIBLE STUDY) — 서기 (printed pp.45–47)
여성 시골 사경반용 성경공부 과목 기고 목록: 누가복음 16장(1부 시골 여성반, 베스트 양 / 2부, 블레어 부인), 요한복음 공과(베스트 양), 데살로니가전서(번하이젤 부인), 요한계시록(베스트 양), 룻기(버츠 양), 여호수아 1·2장(버츠 양), 요한1서(베스트 양), 히브리서(버츠 양), 잠언 선별(밀스 양), 마가복음 '고난주간'(116장), 예수의 성품, 그리스도의 생애 다섯 강(L. B. 테이트 부인), 마가복음 가정학습 과정(영어 지침 포함, W. C. 어드만 부인), 성경 교수법 규칙(H. M. 브루언 부인).
[일화] 응답된 기도 (AN ANSWER TO PRAYER) — 어느 서울 선교사 (printed p.47)
한국인 교회의 외국인 목사가 병가로 미국에 가 오래 비운 사이, 회중을 나눠도 비좁은 작은 예배당의 교인들이 부지를 사 새 교회를 짓기로 했다. 목사가 돌아오니, 거리에서 멀리 물러나 장차 큰 건물들에 가려 빛도 시야도 막히고 접근도 불편한 뒤편 부지를 사 둔 것을 알았다. 게다가 한쪽엔 큰 무도장 겸 극장이 붙어 주일 저녁 소음이 심했다. 기초가 놓이고 너무 많은 돈을 써 되팔고 새 부지를 살 수도 없었다. 앞 큰길은 중요했으나 사이 땅값이 너무 비싸 좋은 출입구를 낼 만큼 사들일 수 없었다. 목사는 늘 하나님을 신뢰해 걱정을 안 보였으나, 목사 부인은 위로받지 못해 절망적이고 교회 유용성에 영구한 장애로 보였다. (그러나 마침내 기도의 응답으로 길이 열렸다.)
[서평] 서평 (BOOK NOTICE) — 편집부 (printed p.47)
[공지] 평양 여름 어학교 (THE SUMMER LANGUAGE SCHOOL AT PYENG YANG) — Annie L. A. Baird, 서기 (printed p.48)
연합어학교 이사회의 9월 서울 회의 결정에 따라 다음 회기를 평양에서 열 계획이다 — 등록 6월 14일, 종료 7월 10일. 입학 신청은 3월 31일까지. 남녀 식당을 각각 마련 중이나 늦게 오는 이는 자취해야 할 수 있다. 침구·식기 지참 안내는 추후 발송. 교사진을 모두 확보했고 일과표는 다음 호 『필드』에 게재한다. 잦은 비공식 기도회도 마련하며, 모두 유익한 시간을 고대한다. — 위원회 명에 의해, 애니 L. A. 베어드, 서기.
★ 1913년 2월호(Vol. IX, No. 2) 전사·번역 완결 (인쇄면 29–48, 13개 기사)
■ 영문 원문 전문 (English Original — Full Text, by printed page)
※ 본 호 전 지면 영문 원문(로컬 tesseract OCR→정제). 한글 번역과 대조용. 인쇄체 OCR 특성상 고유명사·숫자 미세 오자 가능 → 최종 정밀교정 대상. 한글 번역은 300dpi 육안 검증.
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Vol. 1X FEBRUARY, 1913 No, 2 QTERATH— AS MRM R= HAAR CATS THE KOREA MISSION « FIELD PYENG YANG UNION COLLEGE SEOUL HOREA
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CONTENTS. Notes and Personals ..........csccsssesecsecececeecenceeceececcceecssseseneesesereeseees Narrative for the Month of Oct. I912 ..cccscceeeeees Rev. Wm. C. Kerr. Incidents of Conversion and Healing .........secseeees Rev. Win. C. Kerr. Votes or Not for Married Women in Station and Mission..Mrs. 1..A. Baird. Were I a New Missionary...... “Pack Bale) cssscscsssscssccsssscseciecsxcescosevs ‘Chung Ju Hospital Wei cc aa ears cas casa ppieceabWaRssestanesennses Dr. Purviance. Returned from Furlough........ssscssssescseeeresesrereeee Mrs. WL. Swallen, Womans Work in Chung Ju ...(Brief Extracts from a private letter) swseeccongebesuasatensened se HEMI os seecenaredenesdves ntti Se OTE DQUIS. “From the View point of the Doctors” (a paper prepared by the physicians of the S. M. E. mission for their mission).............-0+++ The Womans Exchange .........---ss+++ PE << ulccucseccsscete By the Secretary. An Answer to Prayer .......ccccsssseceescessesseeceroeeces A Seoul Missionary. Book Notice ee he ee. Pe seaeyne wodsgdpes iit The Summer Language School at Pyeng Yang .........A. L. A. Baird. Page.
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VoL, IX FEBRUARY, 1913 No. 2 PUBLISHED MONTHLY at Seoul in the interest of all the Evangelical Missions in Korea. EDITOR.—LiLtiss H. UnpERwoop. ASSOCIATE EDITOR.—H. H. UnpErwoop. BUSINESS MANAGER.—Mr. GeraLp Bonwick, the Tract House, Seoul. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, including postage to any part of the world, one yen, or by cents gold, or 2/1 English Currency. Business matters and Subscriptions should be addressed to Mr, BONWICK as above, Remittances from countries other than Korea and Japan should always be sent by Forricn Money Order or ordinary Bank cheque. Pleas¢ do not send stamps or Inland Money Orders. ; If preferred Subscriptions may also be sent to any of the following :— In AMERICA. . Dr. A. B. LEONARD, re Fifth Ave., New York. Rev. J. E. MCCuLLocu, 422 Park Ave., Nashville, Tenn. . D. H. Day, 156 Fifth Ave., New York. . Mr. Joszrx PIncKNEY: DuRHAM, 1155 W. 3oth St., Indianapolis, Ind. Rev. Ernest HALL, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, Cal. : In GREAT BRITAIN. Mrs. Bonwick, 28 Weston Park, Crouch End, London, England. SINGLE COPIES, 10 sez; three of same issue for 25 sen. PRINTED by Fuxurn Printinc Co., Kobe, Japan. NOTES AND PERSONALS. On Christmas’ Eve it was pleasant to see Seoul dotted all over with churches illuminated with bright colored lanterns, with devices of crosses and stars; the contrast between this,. and the unrelieved darkness ‘of twenty-five years ago, illustrates well the difference between then and now in the knowledge of Christ. Then there was none, but now there are centres from which the light that lighteth the world, is shedding its gentle life giving radiance around, and this is more or less true of large districts over the whole country. The name of the Seoul Korean Young Men’s Christian Association, has recently been changed by the Bd. of Directors and Bd. of Korean Advisors from “Whang Sung” (Imperial City) Association to “Chosun Choon Ahng” (Korean Central) Association, on account of the fact that since the Annexation, Seoul is no longer an’ “Imperial City” and therefore it becomes improper to continue to speak of the Association as the “Imperial City Association.” On December 12th to 15th last, the Sixth Central Convention: of the Y:M.C.A.°S of China and Korea was held in Peking, China, and Korea was represented by two delegates, besides Mr. P. L. Gillett, the.General. Secretary of the Seoul Association. A very important ghange took place at this Convention. In view of the fact that; it was found necessary to. change the. name of the “‘China-Korea Y,.M.C.A. Moye-
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ment” to simply “China Movement,” it was decided at this Convention to appoint a committee of I5 to take steps towards separating from the joint movement and forming an independent Korea society. . The, sad news has come of the home going of the father of Mrs. Deming of Seoul. Mr. Adams has been for many years a missionary in China and had just returned to finish his life work there, with a heart full of joy in the thought that all four of his fine boys, now being educated in America, had decided to follow in their fathers steps. The Board too had consented to his requests for the development of his work, and on his way back he was privileged to have happy visits with both of his daughters, so that as Mrs. Deming tells us, he was ready with a “nunc dimittis,” when the Lord called. While our deepest sympathies are with Mrs. Deming in the loss of such a father, we can but rejoice in the thought of such a life crowned with such peace and triumph in its home going, and earnestly pray, “Lord let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his.” All our Miss'dns, we are sure, will rejoice in the return of Miss Rae Mills of Taiku, with her father to Korea. Another force on hand, to work, fight and pray for Christ’s Kingdom in Korea with heart and soul. The little son of Rev. Mr. Sharp of Chai Ryung has been very seriously ill in Pyeng Yang as ilie result of probable Diptheria and on our going to press he is still in a most critical state. Miss Campbell of Pyeng Yang and Miss Stevens of Syen Chun have both, we regret to say, been extremely ill. . i Miss Barlow and Nurse Edge who have been working in Seoul with every body, and have brought helpfulness everywhere, have moved to Hai Ju for some months at least. No need to say we all miss them, though we appreciate the spirit which has led them to a lonely and needy country station. Syen Chun has been suffering with an epidemic of Typhoid among both natives and foreigners. The Evangelical Alliance this year provided ‘the means for printing twice the number of leaflet programs for the week of prayer, for Koreans, than last year, se that we hope and believe there were many more such meetings held all through the country, in unison with those of the world. The foreign children of Seoul, at Miss’Cameron’s suggestion had a Christmas tree for the little native carrier boys: They met-in one of the Y.M.C.A. rooms, always generously at our service, and had a tree, lighted by electricity thro the
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eee 88 8 0909 EE .o—aowoum—_ skill of one of the Avison boys. After songs and other’ exercises, the little street urchins were given various things, mainly food, the money for which had been earned by the givers. No doubt about the enjoyment of both givers and receivers. As usual a little band of people met on New Years eve at the home of one of the oldest missionaries in Seoul, to pray together during the passing of the old year and the incoming of the new. Perhaps it is sentimental, and not every body can attend, but is seems to us a good and blessed thing to do, and we are glad that there were some to keep the tryst and pray for us all. On New Year’s day quite a number of missionaries and others received callers, mostly Korean Christians. It is a pleasant custom tho a bit strenuous at times to the receiving hosts, when a whole school of boys comes in at once for instance. While the missionaries manage to entertain Korean friends, a few at a time, all through the year, they are too busy to do as much of this as they would like, but on this day when all are welcome, there comes a very real blessing in the social union of men of all ranks and classes in the pastors home. . NARRATIVE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1912. Rev. WM. KERR. Not having presented a narrative since my return from America it might be well for me to say for purposes of record that in accordance with Mission permission I took a five months leave of absence and returned in time to take part in the various annual meetings held im the month of September. Needless to say, the journey to America accomplished the purpose intended, but in addition to the main object the break in the middle of my first term did me so much good that I would recommend it to the Mission and the Board as well worth while. . With the return to Chairyung the setting up of the new home began on a small scale, there being not very much to operate upon and the plans for country work not leaving very much time for anything else. . Mrs. Kerr and I started out together for the first trip to the Eastezn Circuit. The size of the caravan was necessarily increased, but not to an unwieldy extent. From every pqint of view the experiment seems to have been a-success. Never have I been able to see so much of the women in the various churches and in so human a way, while ty approach to the men was not interfered with in the slightest way. Language study was carried on under some disabilities, but under some advantages which would have been impossible.in Chairyung. And such remarks as I have heard made by others have been spontaneous arid te the effect that all the churches had benefited by the: visits. Mrs. Kerr did
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32 ‘THE KOREA MISSION FIELD. some singing at every church and made a few talks to the women which I-interpreted. For the next ‘trip which is to be to the North-western Circuit we expect to follow the same plan.and go out together. “s In the Eastern circuit the tide seems to be turning. While there are still no great signs of progress the spirit is different from even the spirit of the past spring. I knew that before I had gotten into the district at'all. As I met men from the district I could see that some of the problems of the spring had disappeared, that there was nothing to greatly disturb them and that they were full of hope. In general, that feeling has proved to be well grounded. For one thing, several of the churches have erected new buildings. Heungsoowon church has been increased to 22 kan, Syuheung has put up a new 18 £az building with high roof and foreign doors and windows and has not gone hopelessly into debt, Kinkol and Noochun have new buildings, Halmiyu has a 6 san building with plaster walls and glass windows and Chunnamukol is planning to build. -The classes of the past summer must have been conducted with great power, for in examinations and at other times men and women testified to having received new power, vision and impulse during the sessions. Some of the new officers would not have been appointed if they had nothing more to show for their fitness for the position than what was, in them last spring. At the spring Leaders’ Meeting a resolution was passed calling for all officers who either smoked of sold cigarettes to either give up the cigarettes or the positions. There was a little hard feeling at the time, but the result is that there is only one deacon in the district now about whom there is any doubt as to his attitude in the matter, while most of them have given up not only cigarettes but the pipe, and there are whole churches in which there is not a man who smokes. The reputation thereof has gone thru the province, and the felling of shame which it. has brought to others may in time result in some such attitude being taken by the whole province. The number of leaders and deacons has increased, and that not with just the desire for show, but because the urgencies of the work called for more officers. As yet the individual Christian does not sufficiently realize his own opportunities without having a duty directly thrust upon him, but that realization also is growing. There will be a call for new elders in some of the churches before long. Especially is this true of Totyuool which tho a large church has up to this time been in its infancy, but is now suddenly springing up into a larger life. ‘ The fall Helpers’ Meeting was an inspiration. The only hitch was thé ‘feeling on the part of some of the helpers that O Ung Sik, while an exvellent worker, was yet in a field where not a great deal could be accomplished by his labors. That is the most aristocratic part of the province, and it will take a man of the highest culture to capture the minds of the people there. But this matter did not appear in the discussions,’ , In them there was a greater. harmony than has been evident
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before, a greater desire for mutual helpfulness, more desire for instruction and the very plainly expressed desire that several times during the year the group of helpers might get off in some retired spot for close touch with the source of power. This time we went to the top of Myunapsan,' the highest mountain in the neighborhood, from which it is possible to see almost all of the Eastern Circuit, the range of Koowulsan and the. mountains in the neighborhood of Seoul, as+well as a long expanse of sea. It gave a vivid picture of the problem, for off to the north lay a great square section in which as yet there is not a single sincere Christian and off to the south another section where there are only a few scattered believers. We felt the inspiration and the responsibility. ° There was a deficit to be faced in the Leaders’ Meeting, but that was partly because no help at all was received from the Eastern Central Circuit. The deficit was cleared off the boards, and talk has even begun of having another helper, to have charge of the work in the churches of Toryuool, Kumso and Tukol. With the coming over ‘to the district of three churches which are now under the Eastern Central Circuit there will be need of still another helper; so that before spring we hope to have a helper force of seven instead of five. The non-increase in the number of helpers for the past few years is due to the fact that the circuit has gradually been making itself responsible for the entire financing of all the helper salaries instead of receiving aid from the other circuit; and now that it is on its own feet the forward movement ought to begin. This increased strength in giving is a matter for encouragement when it is remembered that there has been very little increase in the actual number of adherents. : As in the Helpers’ Meeting so in the Leaders’ Meeitug was the spirit. of harmony manifest. There was no bitterness at all, nor any refusal to: shoulder burdens. Two men promised to give one month each to. evangelistic work. .Something will have to be done to stir up the ald: evangelistic spirit. ‘When that comes in power there will accretions ta. the church. si Individual churches are growing. Sootkol, which for years has. remained at a standstill in spite of the presence of earnest and powerful: men has sprung into new life and has doubled its enrollment besides: having obtained a hearing from the people in that vicinity. Heungsoo won continues to grow. Besides getting a grammar school fairly under way, they are talking about the necessity for a hospital or rather dispensary. It would certainly be a good scheme, but it is not likely that they can finance it now without help from outside. Individual men.are growing too. It was astonishing to find that at last, ‘after having had to look elsewhere for helper material and workers for similar positions, there seems to.be an. ample supply right within the: borders of the circuit. One of the leaders in Heungsoowon, a man of wealth and refinement, now wants to get rid.of his business connections and embark in church work, even going to the seminary. If we have seven helpers in the spring, :probably all-of them will attend the seminany: if,
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Presbytery gives permission. Those who are working do not want to do any half jobs. They are in earnest. In Toryuool a man who has been more a problem than anything else received such an impetus at the time of last summer's class that he is now considered fit to be a leader in the church. It isn't all a forward movement. There are churches which cause great anxiety, especially, those which are under O Ung Sik. The spirit which makes it almost imperative that he move away from there will probably disappear as the churches grow older and find that worldly position means so little in the eyes of God. But as yet it must be accept ed as a fact. The same spirit on the part of the unbelievers may mean the displacing of one of the finest spirits in the whole Presbytery just because he has a little lower position than those to whom he is trying to minister. A church has finally sprung up in that southern most -section and has the promise of a good future. It sent a representative to the Leaders’ Meeting. But the presence of those great untouched sections is a continual burden. When will the: next crest of the wave come and recede to leave the beginnings of several more groups ? INCIDENTS OF CONVERSION AND HEALING. RELATED by Rev. WM. KERR. Pak Changuo of Poong Chun County has been telling me the story of his conversion, and it surely is interesting. Before accepting Christ eightcen years ago he had been a soothsayer and locater of grave sites, and in order to study for this profession’ had: taken up his abode in a retired valley about 20 # from Chang Yun Eub, traveling out from there whenever business called him. One night after studying for a time he became drowsy, and as he sat there, asleep or awake he knew not, he suddenly heard the tapping of a cane outside the door and in a moment an old infirm man appeared at the.doorway. * The old man said nothing to him except “Go to Chang Yun Eub and look up such and such a man,”’ giving him the name of the man for whom he was to look. When Pak awoke the next morning, the occurence of the past evening came to his mind, but for the life of him he could not tell whether it had been a dream or not. But his profession had led him to believe in signs to some extent, and he decided to make the trip. When he had gone about half the way, hz inquired at a certain village whether anyone knew about such and such a man in the Eub. To be sure they did: he was quite a renowned doctor. So Pak proceeded on his way, and in the Eub found the house of a’ man with exactly the name given to him by his aged visitor.. He entered and found there three men who were noticeable from the fact that their topknots had been clipped off. They were talking about ordinary matters and continued 'this conversation for quite a time until finally the man who avas evidently. host asked Pak whether he knew
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anything about Jesus. This led to an interested conversation and the buying by Pak of all the New Testament which had then been published and of several Christian tracts. On his return home he gathered all the family about him; they read the books together; and it was not long until the whole family was Christian, the first Christian family in that district. From that time on he has been actively engaged in church work and is still holding the position of a helper. He never saw nor heard of the old man again, nor does he know to this day whether all or any part of that experience was real; but he is sure that without that guidance he would not have become a Christian, for men having the profession which he was following at that time are anything but easy to reach. ' amy . There is an old manin Anak Eub, the. father of Choi Kwang Ok, who formerly lived in Whang Joo, and who since coming to Anak has been one of the most active in the church. He has just been appointed Leader, and the chances are that he will soon be made an elder. He has had some most remarkable experiences with healing. He used to deal with about 300 kinds of medicine, but his dependence has not been upon medicine. Using the most earnest kind of prayer and depending upon faith on the part of the patient, he now points to eight perfectly. well and active Christians, three of whom recovered from partial and total paralysis and five from epilepsy. ' Many other cases he treated, but wherever there was not sufficient faith the cures failed to come. I have seen none of these mien and so cannot vouch for any of the cases, but there is absolutely no doubt in the old man’s mind that if they had not received this treatment they would either still be in the same infirm condition or else in their VOTES OR NOT FOR MARRIED. WOMEN IN STATION AND MISSION. In discussing this subject which is at present pending in the Presby terian Mission, North, one must observe to begin with that the question is avery different one from that asto whether or not women shall vote in England or America. In the first place, in the mission in question, and probably in the majority of missions, the single women are accustomed to vote, and thus partial woman’s suffrage already exists. The question here is one which relates to married women only. In the second place the privilege exercised by the voter in the home lands, is: one which has great moral significance. Every onward move is made in the face of a very large vicious element, and the warfare against organized.vice ‘in one form or another, is not likely to be won by: one. or two Waterloos,. but is rather a never ending struggle, in which it might be argued that all available sources of. righteous strength ought to be utilized. There can be.no doubt that the recent revelations concerning the white slave traffic have led many women, hitherto indifferent to the subject, to feet that they
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would gladly add their strength to that of good men in helping to suppress the terrible thing. But in missionary circles, while we must all freely confess to being “poor creatures,” no such vicious element can be said to exist. Our differences of opinion arise, not from various standards of morals, but from various judgements and points of view. To confer the ballot upon married women, then, while adding to the number of votes to be handled, would not in many cases, in all probability, effect a change in the character of the decisions arrived at. If this is true, the chief gain to be secured would be a satisfied sense of justice in the minds of those who approve the measure. And this is no slight desideratum. “ Better,” as James. Russell Lowell says, “‘a ballot in the hand than a sense of injustice _in the heart.” In the present instance, however, whether there is any real cause for a sense of injustice, and whether this sentiment is really keenly felt by any large number of those concerned, are open questions. The call of the majority of married women to the field, while no less from God, has come through their husbands, and most of them are greatly occupied through many years of their lives in the care and training of little children. It is their joy and glory that this is the case, but if the question comes up of conferring a vote upon them in mission and station, there seems to'me no impropriety in making sure that those who exercise the privilege are qualified to do so, either by some special requirement, such as passing the third year’s language test, or by the regular performance of a definite assignment of mission work. In the course of twenty-two years on the field, I do not recall the case of any married woman who tried for the second and third year’s tests and failed, and with all the helps that are now open to the student of the language, the examinations need not be a bugbear to anyone. That they are not so, was amply proven at the annual meeting of 1911, when a gallant corps of married ladies, somewht belated, but still pursuing, presented themselves for the second and third year’s examinations. Their terms of service varied in length from three to fourteen years. They were all mothers of little children and for some of them years of more-or less ill health had intervened, but through it all the determination as one of them expressed it, ‘‘to get this language if it takes a hundred years,” had never flagged. If objection is made to this condition of passing the third year's language test, there is the alternative suggested above of requiring the regular performance of a definite assignment of mission work, but here practical difficulties make their appearance. How much and what shall be considered a qualification for voting? Shall the ballot be conferred upon Mrs. X., who has time and strength only for a class of English once a week, or on Mrs. Z., who has nominal charge of a Sabbath school, but is obliged to commit it altogether to her Bible woman? Rather than bring each of the married women up for personal consideration and:com parison with each other, better abandon the idea of special requirements altogether. This, of course, is all that the married women can ask, if any
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of them are asking it, which is not yet made plain, but. it still leaves the men of the mission in a state of gloom and foreboding. IfI read their minds correctly, they recognize the splendid work done by the married women, and are perfectly willing that they should vote, if they could feel sure that their doing so would not result in an undue proportion of the emotional element in the councils of mission and station. As a sex we seem to credited with being ruled largely by our sensibilities, and being consequently unable to take a purely impersonal view of debated ques tions. As Abraham Lincoln might have said, all of us can some of the time, and some of us can all of the time, but not all of us all of the time. This is no doubt true more or less of men as well, but when it comes to matters of general debate, there is this very important difference. Where men differ, the question at issue can be thrashed out with ready give and take, and decided on its merits. Where men find themselves confronted by women who hold strongly to different views, ages of chivalrous instincts intervene to prevent a full and impartial discussion of the question, for fear of outraged sensibilities on the part of the ladies concerned. A threatened tear from Mrs. A., or the prospect of a passionate speech from Mr. B., reduce the brethren to an unhappy state where they must see the question go by default, or consent to be catalogued among the brutes. There are other views of this subject, too, of a more or less personal or private nature, but none the less real and practical. Jam sure that we wives would not like to admit that a finer lot of husbands than our mission presents could be found anywhere, and yet it is quite likely that there are those among them who prefer that their wives should not differ from their expressed views on important questions in any public or positive way, and I am sure that there are wives among us who would not willingly do this. What then, are we to do, if we are expected to vote, and a question comes up on which we honestly. differ from our respective husbands? Are we to vote with them in spite of our convic tions, or not vote at all, in either case nullifying ourselves, or are we to vote against them to our and their discomfiture and grief? Occasions might arise that would call for quite a little private adjustment. — ‘of course we can take the lofty position that these things would’ be good discipline for the men, but in matters short of transgressions of the moral law, I doubt the wisdom of it. The advantages of the proposition do not“seem to me very evident. The possession or otherwise of a vote has no real bearing on our personal activity as missionaries. Weare under Divine obligation to do all we can in any case, and if any of us are ever disturbed by a smothered. sense of injustice, we may extract comfort from the thought that there are: few lots in life, even among the dominant sex, that are absolutely just in every detail. I feel with L. H. U. in the November Field, that it will be better to let the matter rest without further discussion in our annual meetings... ANNIE L. A, Batre.
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WERE I A NEW MISSIONARY. PACK BAL.* 1. I would do first things first. 2. I would soon find out that the first of first things is language study. . ; . 3. I would soon find out that the Board had not sent me as the Mission's Counsellor. --4.° I would not waste my energy in trying to correct all that I thought wrong in missionary methods. I might change my notion by to-morrow. 5 I would be wise, in submissive silence, about everything. 6. I would form an opinion about everything but I wouldn't ex pom it under fear of revealing my ignorance. A man without an opinion no ground for improvement or reason for revision. But it is wise to keep fellowship with the youth in secret. 7 I would not be deceived by the statement that the language can be mastered by studying only 2 hours per day. That statement emanates from the Synagogue.of Satan. 8. I would not let new conditions mar the escutcheon of my faith, nor dim the brightness of my Christian Experience. 9. I would soon learn that the greatest asset of a missionary life is the gift of the Holy Spirit. _The second is a mastery of the language. I wouldn’t stop praying and studying until I had both. 10. I would read everything everybody has written about the language during my first year. Much of it will be difficult to understand and some of it is sure to be incorrect but I can never know what others think or say about the language unless I read. II. Because some missionary opportunity would seem to call me to immediate action, I would not be deceived into thinking that I could win out and improve the opportunity when I haven't enough language to ask my way home if lost.in the winding mazes of a Korean street. Very few mutes make much ofa success of communicating ideas without at least a few intelligible signs. CHUNG JU HOSPITAL. Dr. PURVIANCE. In reviewing the events that have taken place inthe station during the last few months, the opening of the Duncan Hospital looms up as one of the most important. There were no opening exercises. We just arose quietly one morning, opened the doors of the Hospital and began to receive the sick and care for them. There were no invitations issued nor hs We wish Pack Bal. had chosen to give his own name as it would add much weight to his very valuable advice. He is a man who can speak with authority, one of our best older missionaries.
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any speeches made. On the first morning we met in the front hall of the hospital for morning devotions, as we have continued to do every since, and many earnest prayers were offered for the success of the work, and there was much thanksgiving for the loving interest of Mrs. Duncan and her generosity in providing the, hospital and the equipment. The Koreans, both Christians and heathen, have not been slow to avail themselves of the advantages of hospital treatment. As I look over the report for the first month I see that there were dismissed form the hospital, either greatly benefited or cured, some 19 patients, and that we performed 22 surgical operations, among which were, Cataract operations, Abdominal operations, Evisceration of the eye, Hare-lip operation, Plastic operations, Tapping for dropsy, removing ‘Tubercular glands, Iridectom operation for Mastoid abscess, Bone operations, Amputation of leg, and others of more or less importance. The medical cases were Typhoid, Pneumonia, and stomach troubles. Besides the hospital patients we had on an average of fifteen cases a day in the dispensary which is located in the lower floor of the hospital. Upon opening the hospital we had no female nurse of any discrip tion, but Severance Hospital, Seoul, kindly consented to send us one of their recent graduates whom they were planning to use in their own new dispensary and Medical School. We appreciate the sacrifice they have made and are very grateful to them for coming to our aid at this time when we were so badly in need. We were also fortunate enough to secure a young widow (Korean) who wanted to study to be a nurse. Just lately, it seems almost providential, we were able to secure the services of a fore ign trained nurse, and have asked the Board to give us the priviledge of using her, also to provide her salary. With these three we will be able to carry the hospital work with some satisfaction. .0 One case that came to us is of special interest, for I think she must'’be a record breaker as far as the use of the Korean Chim is concerned. She was carried to us in a chair, complaining that she could not walk without gteat pain. Upon examination she confessed to using a Korean Chim (Needle) and said that she had introduced it into her abdomen, but in formed us that this had nothing to do with the pain in her limb, but we thought it did have something to do with it when we could feel the end of a needle in the left side whose point was imbedded in the muscles of the limb on that side. We operated and removed the needle, which proved to be four inches long, no wonder she had pain when she walked. This is the longest Korean needle I have ever seen removed from 2 Korean, the average length being from one eighth of an inch to an inch. She made a complete recovery. Another case of special interest is that of an old lady the mother of one of our earnest Christians, in one of the country groups. Mr. Miller met her while making an itinerating trip and told her that as soon as the new hospital has opened he would let her hnow and she could come in and see the doctor and find out. whether he could cure her eyes,’ for she was totally blind. Mr. Miller did not forget his promise to the old lady,
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SSE eee and though he was in Scotland, perhaps when he wrote to her, she received his message saying that the new hospital was opened and for her to come in as soon as she could. Her son came in leading her by the hand, a poor blind old woman. How she pleaded with us to give her back her eyes for she said she had not seen her son for many years, that he was only a little boy when she went blind, and that if she could but look again upon his face she could die happy. The diagnosis was cataract, and we operated upon both eyes at one sitting, and put her in the ward for a few days until the wounds should heal. When people would come to see her she would say,” I can not see you now but I will see your face when the doctor has healed my eyes.” She waited so patiently through those days, and at last the time came for removing the dressings. We do not know the joy that stole into her heart as she again beheld the light of day. AsI bent over her she said, ‘I can see your face now, and I can see the nurse, and when my Son comes I can see his face too, and how happy I am-thanks-thanks, God has given me a great blessing.”” Ten days later we put a pair of lenses. in front of her eyes and told her to thread a needle. She could See the thread and the hole alright, but she was so nervous and shaky that she could not get the thread to go into the hole, and we all had a good laugh at her. Her son came to get her and was so grateful that her sight had been restored. They left the hospital together. He did not need to lead her now. She started out ahead this time and had no need for a guide. When she left us the tears filled her eyes as she told again how thankful she was, and how she regretted that she was so poor and could not even pay for the rice she ate while she was in the hospital. We watched her out of sight and then turned to our work again., Surely God is good to us to give us eyes, that we may see all the beautiful things that He has placed in this world. And though. we have a few hardships, and trials, and sorrows, as we plod along life's highway, we should be so thankful each day that we have been spared our eyes. There are thou ‘sands of hoplessly blind-here in Korea, and our hearts go out to them in their terrible affliction, for the blind are not cared for here as they are in our land. We pray that God will bless the work of the new Duncan Hospital, that He will make it an agent for the advancement of His Kingdom here in poor little Korea. We pray that He may ever keep our hearts tender and sympathetic for the poor and suffering, and that He will greatly bless those who are contributing to the hospital work and making it possible for us to take in all who come to us whether they are rich or poor heathen or Christian. RETURNED FROM FURLOUGH. By Mrs. W. L. SWALLEN, Pyenc Yano. After a year and a half of sojourning. in America Esther, Mary and I returned Oct. 10. Only a furloughed missionary can know and feel
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the joy of such a warm welcome by both foreigners and native Christians, on returning to the work we love so well, such was our experience. We ee not help but feel that the best part of the furlough was the coming It was only by the strength and ‘grace given from day to day that I was enabled to get the three children ready for school, then’ commit them to the Lord, place them in the best preparatory school, as we think, turn our face toward the land of our adoption. For several weeks after returning I was able to do little else but receive and entertain Korean friends. It was well worth the time spent, to sit down with them, hear their messages of joys and sorrows and with a heart full of love, rejoice and sympathize with them, then prostrate ourselves together before the Lord in prayer. After praying together they always say, ‘Thank you so much for this opportunity of praying together.” This warms our hearts and draw us closer together in love and sympathy. The first Sunday after returning I took up my assigned work at the South Gate Church, which Mrs. Holdcroft had left so well organized and in such good condition. The next week I had a meeting with the representative women of our circuit, who were here attending the workers class. We began at once planning for the Bible work in the Western Circuit which plans were completed at the two general classes held at Samkole and Tomama. The general class at Samkole was held from Nov. 14 to 20. I was accompanied by three teachers from the South Gate Church, as one passed the brow of the hill, the fine new church stood out as a beakon light to the thirteen villages which belong to this church. In some of the large villages only one or two families believe and in one of the largest, as yet, there are no believers at all. We can not fully realize the utter darkness of such a village until we go into the homes and meet the people face to face. What great op portunities for work! The officers realized this and especially in the work among the women. So they have hired Tosi Tosin a splendid good woman to devote all of her time to this work. -That is just what we need in every church a good woman helper, supported by the people themselves. That is what I am going to pray and work for. I will not try to say how cold the weather was nor how chilly it was in the church. It seemed to me that I froze up and never thawed out until I came home one week later. Our hearts got warmed up, however, a great many times during the class, tho our hands and feet were cold. The class was divided into four divisions. The third division and highest studied Ruth and Hebrews, chapters 10-12. The second studied the Commands of Jesus and I. Thess. The first studied the first four chapters of Mark and the Chatechism. Beside the studies there were two devotional meetings and three practical talks, on ‘‘ Conduct in the Home,” “ Sabbath Observance,” and ‘Family Worship.’”’ Each morning half an hour was given to morning
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prayers. A class was started for home Bible study, eight women pro mised to faithfully study the Gospel of John until spring and complete it by taking an examination at that time. Three hundred and sixty days of preaching were pledged by the woman. Twenty local Bible classes were arranged for, teachers chosen and lesson sheets sent out. Four lessons were given in Practical, Physical Culture and Care of the Body. 172 women and girls were enrolled. On Saturday afternoon there were house to house calling and preaching in each village, giving out tracts and inviting the women to come to church. From Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 we held a class at Tomama for the Southern Section of the Circuit. When Tomama asked for the class we were in doubt whether or not they were able to entertain so large a class, it being a weak church. They did well, far beyond our expecta tions. They entertained the women well, received much grace and a great blessing. About forty of their women studied in this general class. But this was not enough as they asked for another class during the winter. The attendance at this class was 173. They pledged $14.40 gold to the Mission Committee of the Western Circuit, which is support ing an evangelist at home and has undertaking to support a missionary to China. The devotional: meetings and Practical talks were given as in the former class. Thirty-seven promised to study in the Home class. Twenty-seven, classes were planned, teachers chosen, lesson sheets and books sent out to each church. 15,000 tra:is were distributed through the circuit to be used by the women who had pledged days of preaching. All during the class the weather was beautiful, so we could have our Practical Physical Culture lesson in the yard. ‘ ; 536 days of preaching’ was pledged, four women promised one month each. In the whole circuit 904 days of preaching was pledged, more than two and a half years for one woman. It was encouraging to hear a Korean elder say, ‘“‘ The women will keep their pledge better than the men.” We are to have three general and fifty local classes for the women during the fall and winter. Without a doubt the real secret of the success of the work in Korea is the study of God’s word and the Strict Sabbath Observance, II Tim. 2:15 and Isa. 58: 13-14. WOMANS WORK IN CHUNG JU. “In a private letter Dec. 14th Miss Grace Davis writes we have held twenty-five, six day classes for women since the first of October. This includes the first volunteer workers class held in the province and the first special class for local women. Fourteen women studied in the workers class and volunteered a month each of teaching during the winter.
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Of course they are first beginning but they are doing grand work and we hope it is the beginning of an adequate Bible study plan for all our women. Aside from the two weeks workers class I leave for my eigth, seven day class to-morrow, so you see I’ve been busy enough to keep out of mischief.’ Miss Davis, like many another of our women workers, is greatly to be envied in the reciprocal joy which she and the women to whom she is carrying Light and Life have in their intercourse together. We congratulate Chung Ju on its woman’s work attainments and pros pects. FROM THE VIEW POINT OF THE DOCTORS. At the annual meeting of the Southern Methodists the doctors drew up the following paper to be presented to the Board and mission. Others would do well to take heed. The Physicians of this mission make the following recommendations most worthy of attention. a If our territory is considered geographically, it will be seen that we have a large block of country and that our medical stations are situated on the extreme edge of it and for this reason large numbers of our people live at such great distances from them that because of their poverty (to say nothing to the difficulty of transporting the sick by Korean methods of travel) it is impossible for them to come to us for the help they so sorely need. To meet this need therefore, we feel that there is urgent call for medical itineration throughout our territory following along the routes taken by our presiding elders in making their rounds. This will accom plish may desired ends among which are;—reaching many despairing and suffering human souls that would otherwise perish, because of inabili ty to make the journey to the hospital, and advertizing the existence of the hospital where this facts is not known. It would greatly help in overcoming the prejudice that keeps many people from trusting them selves to foreign medicine by giving them a chance to get acquainted with us and the results of our methods in their midst. It would tend to correct many false conceptions of our motives, exaggerated ideas of our skill, and produce a much better understanding of the purpose and scope of our work among that large mass of people from which we should draw a far greater clientele than at present attend our clinics. It would give an opportunity to teach simple truths of physiology and hygiene that would prevent an untold ‘amount of human suffering. It would enable the phy sician to conserve the work done in the hospital by giving him the oppor tunity of keeping up with ex-patients and reaping the fruit ripening as a result of the influence of the medical work in distant places. It would” bring about a much closer mutual understanding between the medical missionaries and the Korean people and answer many criticisms that are
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being made amongst them against the medical work. It would give the physician a chance to enlarge his ministry and serve not only the bodies but the spirits of the people, because on itineration trips he would be free from those numerous problems of administration that occupy so much of his time at the hospital and thus give him more time for preaching. to his patients and those who gather rounds him in his work.. Miss Erwin’s report illustrates the opportunity among ‘the simple minded people of the country of exerting a strong evangelistic influence through ministering to their sicknesses. Shall we permit this opportunity to pass by unimproved because of a failure to realize and plead the need of two physicians in our medical stations, for without two men itineration is impossible to any extent ? No! for at least your medical committee urges this need with all the emphasis that we can bring to bear upon it. In Wonsan and Songdo the need is immediate and pressing and while in Choonchun it is not so pressing at the present time we feel that the proper conserving of the opportunities in that part of our territory will call for two men e’er many years have elapsed. Not only however because of the opportunities presented through itineration do we plead the need of two men in our stations but also in view of the effort that is being made to establish an efficient institution in Seoul for training our Christian young men in the profession of medicine. We feel: that we should at least to this extent co-operate to make this work @ success. Much has been said at this annual meeting concerning the value and importance of Christian education and it is difficult for the members of the medical committee to understand why so little enthusiasm is manifest ed when the subject of Christian medical education in broached. We feel that there is no other avenue of service to this people that can surpass in evangelistic efficiency that of sending out among them Christian young men trained as physicians, who, taking a leading position in the community and the church, by precept and example will impress those who touch them for Christ. : ‘A third reason for placing two men in the medical stations is one that is keenly felt by the medical workers but one that is difficult to adequately present to this body, namely that of the detrimental effect ot isolation upon the efficiency of the physician, cut off as he is from fellow ship with others of like profession. That isolation in any work is a great handicap to the efficiency of the worker is an economic principle re cognized by Christ and His Apostles in their missionary work, for they went out two by two. The numerous problems involving human life in many instances press. too heavily to be adequately solved by.the unaided judgement of one man. Only those who have met this in experience can realize how true this is. It has been said that two men in mutual help and stimulation can easily accomplish more work than three men who are isolated. This is especially true when a large proportion of the work is major surgery.
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Modern medicine presents means for the cure of disease that cannot be brought into operation by one man who therefore finds it necessary to confine himself to the simpler methods of diagnosis and treatment some times at the cost of serious loss. In an institution where many inpatients are kept there is a tendency for so many demands on the professional skill of the physician to arise that time to emphasize the spititual side of his work is often wanting and thus he is sometimes unjustly subjected to the criticism that his work is not producing fruit as an evangelistic agency. This would be in large measure remedied by an additional worker. We came as evangelistic agencies and we protest against a situation that tends to curtail our usefulness in this respect, therefore our plea for more workers, ; Some criticise the cost of medical missions and yet when a mission ary’s life is threatened by disease the expense of sending the missionary, or even a whole family home to the States is not regarded in comparison with the life of a valuable worker or any member of his family. Why then does it seem unreasonable when your medical workers ask for the workers and equipment that would in many cases render sending the missionary home unnecessary? There is much excitement and urgent demand for a physician when a station happens to be without one because of the danger this involves to the missionaries away from medical attendance and advice. Why then should we seem comparatively more or less indifferent when so many lives of the natives depend on our supplying them with at least approximately adequate aid? What if these people compare this apparent indifference to their needs with the diligence of the Japanese government in manning and equipping institutions for the sick ? THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE. Some helpful outlines have recently been received at The Exchange and now await the use of those needing them for helpful suggestions. As the number of copies of each is limited to a small number, the secre tary asks that each one receiving a help will copy it and return the original to her at their earliest convenience. There are no other require ments connected with this ‘‘ Exchange,” which exists for mutual helpful ness. It is earnestly desired that any one having prepared a good work, will send several copies to the ‘‘ Exchange’’ for the use of some one who may be in need of such help. The Exchange extends thanks to all those who have so contributed. The following is a complete list of helps that may be had upon application to the secretary—Mrs. J. U. Selwyn Toms, Seoul, Korea.
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BIBLE STUDY: Studies in — for Ist Div. country classes for women contributed by Miss Best. uke Chap. 1-6, 2nd Div. country classes for women ,, Mrs. Blair. Lessons hon John ~ @ s #8 ss 9 o “a Miss Best. Study of I. Thess. . ei Y ‘ ‘ » Mrs. Bernheisel. Studies in Rev. = ‘i 5 se $s Pr s Miss Best. Studies of Ruth ” m wie Miss Butts. ” ” Joshua Chap. I, 2., » oo” ” ” ” ” ” ” Studies in I. John _ * + ‘0 ‘+ <6 és Miss Best. Study in Hebrews ” ” ” ” ” ” ” Selected studies in Proverbs DRGs Gibese Lentach Gaonecesbdssaccstecesdincdheckeroatt Miss Mills. Mark “Passion Week” Chap. LII6 ..............cccececeee cee cseceeceeeavereens Po Character Of Jesus ..........ccccccccceceseceeccececuecsesenceecsnceeecereeeecenceaees Five Lessons in the Life of Christ ................cccceccececeeceeees Mrs. L. B. Tate. Home Study course on Mark with instructions also in English. . Mrs. W. C. Erdman. Rules for Bible Teaching ...................cc.ceccececceeceeeeeseessess Mrs. H. M. Bruen. TOPICAL STUDIES: Topical studies for catechumen women ...............:cec0seeee0 Mrs. S. A. Moffett. Sin. Hope. Repentance. Love. Topics { Forgiveness. Holiness. Salvation. Grace. Commands of Christ .......00.....cccccecccc cesses ccseenceececessceecesseeseceusceecus A, Study about God 2c..ssscrsssseesrescessoseossosscorsones Outline of the Catechism............. PRAYER STUDIES: The Lord’s Prayer (morning = seat acian Seuaubeeebsesseseeceesae Mrs. Moffett. Morning Prayer Topics ....... SSceeesseusaeys ...Mrs. Holdcroft. TNE GHYS COUFNE O00 DPR V OR 5 isassess asses saa Sasi ssi Ra ciaawosecasdinee Mrs. Erdman. PRACTICAL TALKS: FOU ‘ANE its POMP ROG ese css csssceccasieves soosewaxnvccsanssesuvasesseseevesses Mrs. Moffett. ‘Miss Butts. Practical talks prepared by......... esectees si Sanscesdssecdecseuesscsaees 1 Mrs, sgl bj E M mera Popular Subjects for Evening Meetings The Study and Obedience of the Word of Goa} sas snesenecenme see ne -Mrs. Moffett. EDUCATIONAL: Department for Girls Schools naeaeeee aeeestta Leteest Ciecesuahessscheuabes Miss Wambold. Outlines used in classes in Pedagogy in the Horan Teachers’ Class in Taiku. MISCELLANEOUS: Certificate given as a reward to those who stayed from the first to the last day of the big city class in Taiku. Note.—Please keep this copy -as additions only “will hereafter be noted.— (Seéretary-)
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AN ANSWER TO PRAYER. While the foreign Pastor of the Korean Church was away in America on sick leave and absence was prolonged, the people whose present little edifice was much over crowded even by dividing the con gregation, decided to buy a lot and begin, at least, to build a new church. So when at last the pastor returned, he found they had bought a lot far back from the street, behind several sites where probably other large and important buildings would eventually crowd it out of sight, and light, and where access was somewhat difficult and unpleasant. In addition a big dance hall and kind of theatre was next to it on one side, the noise of which on Sunday evenings was most disturbing. The foundations had been laid and far too. much money expended to attempt to resell and buy a new site. The front street was an important one, and the intervening land too costly to make it possible to buy out enough to open out a good entrance. The pastor always trusted God and showd no worry, but the pastor’s wife could not be consoled, it seemd a hopeless situation and a permanent hindrance to the usefulness of the church. They took it to God, feeling that however hopeless humanly speak ing, God could mend it, some way, and He did. Not at once, but about two years after the building was finished, the city decided to runa very big important street right thru’ the dance hall site. The dance hali of course, had to be pulled down. Now the church would stand right on the big new street to be seen and heard by all passers, and was no more troubled by the loud deafening music of the hall. Further, if it had been built near the other street it would have had to be pulled down as that street was to be widened, and moreover was noisy with street cars. Who could have thought that all this would come about, especially as the dance hall was a government building? ‘“O that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men.” . BOOK NOTICE. “Tur Learuer-Bounp Pocket Series” published by Funk and Wagnalls, New York and London—are a very attractive little set of books, both to the eye, the touch, and last but not least the mind. The five which we hive seen are “The Misfortune of a World Without Pain” by Newell Dwight Hillis, ‘ The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood” by Theodore Roosevelt, “The Call of Jesus to Joy”’ by Dr. Griffis, “The Signs of the Times” by William Jennings Bryan and “The Latest Energies in Life’ by Charles Reynolds Brown. The names of the authors speak for themselves not to mention the publishers. These books are 75 cts. gold—by mail 80 cts.
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THE SUMMER LANGUAGE SCHOOL AT PYENG YANG. In accordance with the decisions of the Board of Directors of the Union Language School, at meetings held in Seoul in September, plans are on foot for holding the next session of the school in Pyeng Yang, June 14th being the date set for matriculation and July roth the date for closing. ‘All applications for entrance should be in by March 31st. Arrangements are under way for establishing dining halls, one for men and one for women, but late comers may be obliged to board themselves. Notifications will be sent out later as to bringing sleeping and eating outfits. A full corps of teachers has been secured, and the daily schedule as proposed, will be published in the next issue of the “ Field.” Arrange ments will be made for frequent informal prayer-meetings, and we are all looking forward to a good, profitable time. By order of the Committee, ANNIE L. A. Barrp, Secretary.
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