The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-06

and so far have been acceptable in the
work given them to do on the planta-
tionS.
! They have organized themselves into
a sort of municipality and made laws
principally relating to drinking, gam
bling, stealing, ETC., for the govern
| ing of themselves, with fines for viola
ton of these laws.
You may be interested to haar of an
| incident connected with one of these
camps when two men were fined for
drunkenness, and to see the skill with
which the Korean preacher drew a
lesson from it all. They were gather
ed together for a service and the
preacher rose and said something to
this effect: IT feel to blame for all this
trouble was not faithful in explain
ing to you the evils of drinking whis-
key should have come oftener to
teach you-so am going to pay the
fine AT this the class leader (for
at each camp one man is appointed to
have charge in the absence of the
preacher) rose and said: mo, you
shall not pay the fine-it was our own
fault-we were the ones who We're not
faithful. You live sixty miles away
and we were right here''-but they
compromised the matter and the
preacher paid one dollar of the fine.
Then he rose TO preach, using the fol-
lowing text: For God commendeth
his love toward Us, in that while we
were yet sinners Christ died for US. The
application to the incident just mem
toned was beautifully brought out in
the thought of our relation to Colour
sins are recorded. but we cannot pay
the f1ne-or debt-but Jesus by his great
love has paid it ALL" A most powerful
impression was made, fourteen ex-
pressing desire to serve Christ
As might be expected, the Koreans
here are much exercised over the war,
and eager for news, so. by the aid of
one of his interpreters, Mr.. Pearson,
pastor of the M. E. church, edits
small paper, which he duplicates by
means of a Monograph. This he sends
out to all the camps and it is as water
to a thirsty land, for It brings them
news from a far country at this excit-
ing period Besides the war news, Mr..
Pearson also gives a weekly Bible les
son and any further information or
exhortation he wishes.
feel cannot close this paper with
out quoting from a letter Mrs. Isabella
Bird Bishop wrote to the Presbyterian
Board of Missions. She says: THE work
which 1 saw in Pyeng Yang, and
which is still going on in much the
same way. is the most impressive mis-
sion work have seen in any part of
the world. 1t shows that the spirit
of God still moves on the earth and
that the old truths of sin and judg-
ment to come, of the divine justice and
love, of the atonement, and of the
necessity for holiness, have the same
power as in the Apostolic days to
transform the lives of men. What I
saw and heard has greatly strengthen
ed my own faith
Now door is opened wide in Korea,
how wide only those can know who
are on the spot. Very many are pre-
pared to renounce devil worship and to
worship the true God if only they are
taught how. and large numbers more
who have heard and received the gos-
pei are earnestly craving to be in
structed in its rules of holy living.
II dread indescribably that unless
men and women experienced in soul
winning are sent speedily, the door
which the church declines to enter will
close again.
The world today is thinking of Ko-
real do not undertake to speak of
the political phases OF Korea, or the
Nar.-except to express our hope that
peace may soon be restored, and right
determined, and that the
work of Christianity in Korea may not
suffer loss or persecution. While Rus
STA and Japan contend for supremacy,
Christianity contends for the real up
lifting of Korea. Not tomorrow, but
now is the. day of opportunity in Ko-
rea. We can take Korea now for
Christ No soil was ever more ready
for, or congenial to the seed. mis-
sionary wrote Though you should |
come by the next steamer you cannot
get here too soon to answer our pres
mt and pressing need"
Missionary Boards who have workers
m Korea have taken all practicable |
steps for the protection of missionaries |
there. and so far it has not seemed |
necessary or expedient for any to re-
urn to the U. s.. though all have the |
permission to do so if they wish If |
he Christian missionary was ever
leeded in Korea. he is needed now to |
rr1ide and encourage the poor Korean |
Christians who will be scattered |
abroad as sheep having no shepherd;
o protect the mission property from