The Washington times., 1902-07-14
MISSIONARY WORK
IN FAR-OFF KOREA

hack again and again, seemingly IN
able TO keep away. and yet never en-
tirely getting over her fear. thInK
however she will be all right the next
time / go. We succeeded in overcom-
ing .he fears Of great many. and also
made a great many friends. But beyond
this. and paving tie way for future
wcrk. there was no definite result, OK
Cept the conversion OF one woman. The
women with very few exceptions had
never heard the Gospel before, aud ii
is very difficult fer them to get even a
slight comprehension of 1t m first hear
ing, and 1t is. except in rare cases, just
little by little they take 1t in. The one
woman who decided to become Chris
tian had heard Christianity taught be-
fcre.
'our last place was place to which
foreign women had never been. We
stayed in this town eight or nine days,
and here we had both the hardest times
and our greatest blessings.
Difficulties and Blessings.
We had scme very boisterous crowds
of women to deal with sometimes, t,:t
If each day brought its difficulty. ii
also brought its blessing, and there verr
not many In which some cne did not
declare their faith In Christ, and Il pur-
pose to follow him. While some few
were quiet, and inclined to listen. the
majority kept up an incessant stream Of
course joking and laughing. After
few moments | De tided Il was useless to
try to teach them. so promptly vacated
and moved rapidly away. Those who
were interested or curious as n wha;
We were wanting to talk about, fol-
lowed US 20 the next house, t. which
cur guide took us, but the rough ones
dropped off. and we had very quiet
and attentive audience.
After We had been teaching for somC
time. and the quiet of the hush had
fallen on the room that always makec
me feel that the words were reaching
the women's hearts. as well as their
ears. an old moutang' appeared at the
door an old shrlveled up woman about
ninety years of age She slowly ard
labor!cusly dragged herself in anu
! lanted herself before US. She was slch
an extraordinary looking specimen CT
i'umsnity that she Immediately .c-i-
n.anded our attention, and almost un-
consciously the teaching was directed tc
her.
Listened Attentively.
She listened from the first not only
with interest, but with '.ost unusual
degree CT intelligence. She made Up her
mind quickly, and 1t was not long be-
fore she was down with her face on tbs
floor praying to God to forgive her sins
and to receive her. In another half
hOIr we had hoaD with f,n, 10 -. -.
md had burned the fetish AMI devn
worship paraphernalia Of tho household.
bcth to her Joy and our own. But be
fore leaving the house where we had
been teaching, the old woman, another
moutang, this time a pretty girl of
nineteen confessed her faith in Christ.
and we were doubly happy
From that time to the lay we lef;
he woman was our constant attendant.
Che would get to my room almost leforc
got out of bed in the morning. and
" ould go around the village holding on
10 my hand to the amusement of my
self and the Koreans | had with me. |
)ut to the wonder OF the people Of the |
village. 1t was pitiful and amusing tc |
sometimes see her trying % reneln- |
Der the things that We would teach the |
village women from day to day Shc |
you'd get hold OF something one day |
md forget it the next. However. she |
never forgot that God had forgiven her |
Sins.
Give my love to all my friends. Hope |
you are well. and viii continue to keen |
10 during the hot summer. am as |
we'll as usual. Good-by for this time. |
With riuch love to one and all. affec- |
ionately SADIE"