The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24

no means tell the GSlOle NV
hills outside the old city wallis (whose
gates no longer shut at curf>w, as they
did few years ago) may be seen Inns
posing Roman Catholic churches Tho a
Methodist church, not far from The Amor ls sSS
lean legation, is also in western style,
as is likewise the Anglican church. One
other large outbuilding on the main street
bears the sacred symbol in the form usu-s
ally seen over Protestant Episcopal
churches; investigation shows. however, 5a
that the Building Is a low dance hali..yElss7
the vlest resort in the city. How 1t
ever came to be surmounted by q cross
nobody seems able to explain.
The churches, for the most part, ar 3$3
in low one-story Korean buildings, the
exterior giving no adequate conception #a
Of tho seating capacity. The Presby ter-5
ans have what they call COLLEGIATE 9sS
Church, 1t comprises three congrega-s
lions, meeting together for joint prea ch-$5s
ing service by a missionary in the after-sTS
noon. In the morning Sunday scho pig "
are held, more adults than children ;lt-
tending, and in the evening the congrega.
/: tions worship separately usually with 4 III
Korean preaching. Several OF the ichurch sss3a
buildings arc too small; to hold the
crowds in attendance. Union services in
English are held every Sunday afternoons#
on the Methodist compound.
The Methodist churches, like the Press
byterlans, are experiencing tremendous
growth. Rev. DR. George Heber Jones';
pastor Of the largest, tells me that upon
his recent return from American ne iound
| no less than 500 probationers on tho
waiting list. One Sunday Of my sotourn
| in Seoul one OF the most notorious char
| acters In the city arose In the Metho dist
| church, and. confessing his sins, asked
! to be admitted US probationer. l1os
has been O high oftice-holder and g Il
| wealthy man; his extortions had earned
i for him a nickname which Or. Jones
slys can only DO translated as Min tile
I cuss."
A Young w oman With Nerve.
A great deal OF religious work in the
4 surrounding country centres in Seoul
From this point many OF the missionaries
who reside here 90 out on their itlnerat-s
Ing trips. 1t is seldom possible to find
all the missionaries at home at once
A newspaper page could be filed With
y stories Of tho experiences or the 1un-jj
+ Grating missionaries. M
y. At a little dinner party In Seoul !
4 CHANGED to DO seated alongside OF g
charmingly dressed young American.
woman. Apropos Of my tale OF riding
twelve hours to Pyeng Yang In zero
weather In absolutely unheated cars she
!. told how before the railway was runs
I ming, she once started to come down from
Pyeng Yang to Seoul in a Korean sampan
filled with natives. There was only one
l room. no sleeping accommodations, and
l no privacy Tho boat was scheduled to
, start at noon: by wild rush the miss
. sionary arrived In time, and there she
! had to stay until 6 o'clock the next
: evening, expecting the boat to start at
every moment, and with no heat and no
t food except Korean rice. After that
$ delay of thirty hours came the long ride
g down the lce-i filed river.
This young woman, apropos OF the SUB.
. ject OF foreigners feeling Obliged to ira. Ell
armed. for fear Of Japanese coolies, re-
i lated how In tho earlier days. when there
!. was considerable hostility to foreigners
Y in the interior OF Korea, she was won %
!, examine her revolver every night N
spectacular fashion, in order to impresa
tile natives. although She Was rs much
!. |. afraid OF the weapon as they. Once, 90
:. iournkag In an inn with an evil rep'lta alton
:. she overheard an ominous conyersat ton
= Going out front, and with great ctrcum'
= stance OF preparation, the missionary Y
- made as IL to shoot a maybe in dis
: tant tree. The terrified natives besougll'
her not to do so, and, with seeming
reluctance, she put away tho revolver
]. and slept ,ndisturbed through the night
s. There Is an amusing side as wen as u
II seamy slide ana hopeful side TO mis-
10 sion work In Korea.
~ AS / leave Korea for AIanchuria ant
- China I ind that the impression made
Be- upon. my mind when first steppeS
So ashore at Fusan still strongly abideB
There T saw scores. yes hundreds OF mel
y. and boys. lads so young as ton years
G., wearing on their backs the yoke inaa'
q or two pronged sticks for carrying bur
va dens. This sugg .sted an oyerburdenes
,rs people, nation under yoke. Ever!
a, added day In this poor country mas m ,t.i
IA mo realize how grieYous - that yoke-
~. the yoke of ignorance. oppression, supeF
bv (Copyright 1897 by Joseph p. Howlsa-A