The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1900-02-20
+ MISS Kinds
Writes Intere' 'lnaIu Of Korean
MaFrlaIe.
The nsids IS and the Groom Onlu
- II Years Old.
The 9fd, Is and the Groom Onlu
IL Years Old.
SOLE rGAruRes on MIssIoNNoRK.
'Yss follow,py letter vas gr'tien to
y fvllH Trimble q tai' city:
SEoUI., hoREA,
November q, 1899.


NpNtl""pG - 1000
T.,; Wbitis
Yeaf sitter OF Sop, 4tb, found me
a. goyong, Korean village, twelve
niles from Seoul, with not an En-
gjsn speaking person nearer than
that. 1t is said that the best way to
get the language, is to 60 into the
country, alone witl- the natives; and
AN have always been so selfsh as to
ant the best way Of doing things,
lynn here. Az old man and his wife
live in tbs SAGE little compound and
iOok after the mission property. They
sleo look AFTER noe.
There 80 several Christians in the
village, . cnuected WITH our mission.
They are kira sad attentive. One
morDina whce came out of nv little
room, h' old man presented hen,
twesy yge, and twelve persimmons
shes we're as large as good sized sp-
pies. The Christians had, together,
bought the lot as an appreciation Of
my being here.
khave Korean woman to help me
9th the language, ana she has her
liSI boy with her, 20 we are elk in
family and as there lie different form
= The language for children, servants,
\ y aged and old people, 1 have
" s.. Vi with whom to talk.
NSNe hold three church services on
Sunday, and PRAYER meeting on Wed
nesday night, aud each morning and
evening the old man and HE -:ec /,
my teacher, the little boy, the man
and I hold little service of reading
the Bible, song and prayer. Often an
unbelieving man or woman or child
Joins us In these little services. Some
times they ask me to read in my En-
glish Bible, so that they can hea- how
isapunds; they seem to like it, for
VIII they come again, they say f,
"sl poseo," which means, hurry
anoVsad, please.
Ny teacher is an earnest Christian,
filed to overflow, with a desire to tell
the gospel to those who do not know
of il. She was educated by the Pres
hyteran Mission, when We had
been here three or four days, she said
i'll would go with her to an unhe-
LEVERS house, the neighbors would
come in to look at me, as many of
them had never seen an American
woman, and then she would have a
chance 10 tell them the words of the
Bible. thought that would refuse
as - not like to be made sort of
1aeA t1w, bot remembered that had
psS,N 11lhat might be used in some
way % help the people to hear OF the
sslv, ktion that is for them, and Iyield-
ed. AS she said, many come to in
spect me and my clothes, and after
asking many questions, stand and lis
+ ten with seeming interest and feel
happy because of my little part, which
Cor any other cause, would be most
trying.
When my teacher found that they
liked to hear me read my English BIZ
BILE, she suggested that always select
the M4ptCg, read it in English, and
then let her read it in Korean, and ex-
plain. The method seems to work
well, and we have done quite lot of
visiting; though 1 resolved, when l
camR that ]. would do nothing, but
~ \7ls Language. When we allow
! Spirit to lead, He sometimes
n ges our plans.
At our meeting on last Sunday
night, an old man asked us to go, the
next day, and read some good words
to his sick son, who was not Chris
tan. He SAYS that Jesus has now
comeSsbto his life, aud that he is be-
lieving.
A week age st Sunday, woman
who is Christian, told rs that her