The Grenada sentinel., 1907-05-11
"A LETTER FROM KOREA|
Miss Daisy Dye Writes Inter-
estingly of Mission Work
and of Many PecuIarities
OF the Koreans.

Father Time has chrOnicled for
me four months Of life in this, the
Land of the Morning Calm"-four
months Of strange sights and stranger
sounds.
''It seems that | have been, and
still am in dream and | often ask
myself "Will | soon awake and find
that | am dreamipg?" But days,
weeks. even months have gone and
there is no waking from dream,
only consciousness that life is real
and | am among "a people of strange
speech and of an hard language"
MY voyage across the Pacific was
not remarkable in any wav. We set
sail the second day of September,
from Seattle and landed in YOkaho-
ma, Japan, the night Of the sixteenth;
then on to Kobe where we left the
large steamer Dakota" for smaller
japanese vessel, en- route to Chemul-
p0, Korea.
ION this little vessel we three
missionaries, Misses Myers, Nichols
and |, were the only foreigners, and
though none of the officers nor crew
knew but little English, we had a
pleasant voyage.
After sailing four days, we an
chored in ChemulpO harbOr, where
we were met by three OF our Mission
aries from Seoul All the way we
! could plainly see how God had been
| before us, preparing each step in ad-
vance.
After a hearty welcome from those
| cf the mission home, in Seoul, Mrs.
! Campbell said she must tell us Of the
experience Of a member Of our church,
| a high class woman. She had had
dream in which she saw the sinful
condition Of her people and seemed to
hear so plainly the voice Of God call
ing her to help them; that She came
to Mrs. Campbell and offered herself
as a Bible Woman. Her one purpose
is to tell she women Of her nation OF
Jesus and His love.
Happily for me, I am in the home
with Mrs. Campbell, whom you all
knaw by reputation i: not personality
/ sEax sasese four nsentA6a / have
been working on the language, an d
while it is hard / know that He who
| brought me here will help ne.
Trusting in Him | am trying to do
| the best can.
Each day am more and more
thankful that | was born in a Chris
tian land. My dear friends, you can
not know what wonderful blessing
| is yours unless you could see these
| poor women and children as we see
| them. and then contrast your Ives
| with their poor SOrdid existence. May
| God help US to appreciate more than
ever this wonderful heritage that is
ours. .-. .@..-
The children Of this country have
a bappier life than those of most
| heathcn nations. Until girls are
about eight or ten years old, they are
allowed more or less freedom; but
after that they are kept at home and
never allowed to see man ror boy
| unless he is very near relative.
Thus they are kept in their father
home until they marry, which is or
to fifteen.
Girls never sec the man they are
GO marry until the wedding day, all
ARRANGEMENTS being made Dy parents
and the middle man.
"Children of the lower classes, at
ter nine or ten years old can 20 on the
street, provided they wear covering
| over head and face showing only their
i eyes.
1.-The Koreans think it very strange
that we foreigners walk on the street
with orr faces uncovered and even
walk with a gentleman. If a Korean
man and his wife go out together,
the wife must follow at q distance OF
twenty feet. SO that, when they see
us entertain gentleman friends and
sit at the table with them, then
astonistment knows no bounds
Korean custom permits no social in
tercourse between men and women.
''The dress of the Korean wOmer
and children is made exactly alike
The cOlors change, one season com
bining bright yellow with red, and a
another green with red; but the styl
of making never changes. Witt
their let black hair and eyes AM
brilliantly colCred dresses the child
rcn are quite picturesque in appear
ance.
"While we are constantly findinl
queer and interesting facts concern
ing Korean habits and customs, tb
most interesting thing we find is thei
eagerness for the Gospel and the!
ready acceptance when it is present
ed
The Lord is doing wonderfr
things in Korea just now; the zes
and faith of this people is almost ir
credible. Many of them walk mile
and miles to hear the Gospel; a praye
meeting has been known to last frol
four O'Clock in the afternoon unit
two O'Clock in the morning.
"God does indeed honor the fait
and prayers of these people. Ii "
fail to take Korea for Christ now, W