The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-08
The Mission Field.
PERSONAL REPORT TO FIFTEENTH AM
NUAL MEETING S. P. M, IN KOREA
Rev. W. F. Bull

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report with: Praise God from whom all blessings
fow," as the months have been so full of bless.
ings FIRST, Temporarily and physically our lives
have been full to OVERLOOKING The Lord has
blessed us with good health most of the time
and we have been practically free from all world
ly cares and anxiety, and have been able to give
our entire time and strength to the active work as
never before, hence the year has been the fullest
and most satisfactory of all have spent in Korea
1t has been the greatest joy to see the work pros
per and the Kingdom going forward The Holy
Spirit has been at work in Chung Cheno pro
vince and in the local church, and what seems
to be an awakening has been going on, and good
ly numbers have begun attending church Eight
months ago there only six meeting places in
the field assigned to me, and there are now eiph
teen.
Returning from the Annual Meeting on Octo
Der 81 was at home until the tenth when I left
Tor Chun Ju with my family and had dep htful
visit OF ten days with the good friends there Re-
turning on the 10Th, spent the Goth at home and
ieIt on the 2Ist Tor short trip to Wang Kol,
coming back on the 23rd; 1 spent five days at
home and then started off for months trip into
new territory. l had our cook along with me
TO look after the little donkey that was loaded
down with my cot, bedding and months supply
OF 1000 had my helper and the churchs evan
gellst along as the preaching force and pack
coolie heavily loaded with books and tracts We
crossed over the river into Chung Cheng Pro
vince and proceeded leisurely northward through
the magistrates along the coast We made only
snort stages-ten, twelve and fifteen miles a dav
pieacning at the villages, INNS market places and
10 individuals along the way We made spe-
cal effort to follow up the markets where we had
iarge audiences and sold good number of books
we made the magistrates our stopping places
ana at each OF these also had good audencies
We found the country in very ready condition,
and people everywhere, who seemed Simply
waiting for an invitation to come into the church,
and as never before ready to buy books and to
listen to the preached Word. We found the coun-
try full of groups, meeting in the name of the
Y. NJ. c. A., and desiring to be connected with the
Church. We had also a larger number of in
quirers to seek than ever before. 1t was not
necessary to go out to seek an audience. All
that we had to do to stay quietly in our room
at the nns and we would have constant
cesson of inquirers coming to us. We often
could not get the rest we needed on account of
the large number of inquirers. On OCCASION
after we had put out the light and retired for the
night, had three young men, of prominent
families of the official class, to come to room
door and ask that if we not asleep to let
them in, that they had heard that we We
there and that they had come from neghboring
village, three miles away to inquire about the
Gospel We got up, made light and talked to
them until quite late They seemed much in
terested, and when they left bought some books
On March the 3Ist, / left home for another
months trip, holding training classes, conducting
examinations tor baptism and visiting some re-
mote points that | had been unable to visit
fore. 1t was on this trip that / met such an in
terestng old couple that / feel / would be usti-
fed in taking the time and space to tell about
them While we at place called Mot
Umnai, 100 Ii (about 40 miles) up in the noun
tains from Kunsan, old came into Our
room at the inn and introduced himself to
and then turned to my helper, Mr.. Kim, and said
to him Don't you remember me?" He replied:
81 can't say that do" The old then said:
Don't you remember four years ago. when you
were on your way to Seoul, you met me the
big road here and gave tract, and
walked along together you talked to about
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