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sions. while others dangle from tina
raiters. n block C.: wood serves fer
pillow; the Oriental sees nothing
strange in jacobs stony pillow n,
Bethel. The houses are matched with
straw, tied on with ropes. A village
presents a dull gray appearance seen
from any distance. Large ugly dogs
noisy but cowardly. swarm the streets
waiting for the inevitable day when
they Will find their way onto their
masters tables. TaiSu is surrounded
oy wall. in the fashion of all Korean
cities; but the day arrived the Jan
shese mad begun TO tear this down
after standing for centuries.
The American Conny Abrsad.
On a commanding site outside the
city OF Taiku 1 found settlement of
american missionaries living in
houses OF mixed Korean and Western
architecture. Formerly som. of them
IVed In native houses right down i'm
the heart OF the city. where. do not
hesitate to say. no white man. mis-.
sionary or otherwise should ever live
quite agree with the contention that
possible to his people; but not at the
price or discomfort, darkness. depres.
sion, dirt and disease which are in.
separable from residence in a real ma.
1--WE house In crowded Korean com.
munity.
Ihese missionaries at TailSu are ALI
presbyterian. except the French priest.
VINO has an imposing European church
on the edge of the city. The Presby.
terlans. North. South and Canadian,
and the Methodists. North and South.
and the Roman Catholics. have a mo.
nopoly OF the mission work in Korea.
except modest enterprise by the Ans.
traiian Presbyterians and the Angelic.
ans. All the missionaries in Tail5u
are young people; yet some are called
Ola missionaries" which reminds one
OF the fact that all mission work in
Korea Is OF comparatively recent de.
velopment. 1t is only 20 years since
horea was the hermit nation" and 20
years since the arrival of the first
missionary. Each year since the he.
ginning, the number OF converts has
been doubling, and the additions to
the Protestant churches for the pres.
ent year are given at 10000. Korea.
with 12,OOO,O00 population. and 200
missionaries, has nearly, IL not unite
as many Protestant converts as Japan
with 45.000,O00 population and more
than 500 missionaries.
The little colony of nine Americans
here-including one unmarried WON.
an, Miss Cameron, who lives alone I'm
little house overrun with rats and
mice. OF which she is afraid!-consists
Oh rev. and Mrs. j. +. Adams, DIR. and
Mrs. w. o. Johnson, Rev and Mrs
II. NJ. Bruen, Rev. L. f. Macfarland
and Rev. Walter j. Erdman. They
have impaired somewhat OF an Ameri.
can air to their compound (every mis-
sion residence Is surrounded by
fence or wal, and is called a com.
pound) by setting out fruit trees and
flowers from the homeland. SO that
they have apples, and peaches. straw.
berries, etc. They exchange plants
and cuttings with their nelghbor the
French priest From him they obtain
ed their Strawberries, which proved to
year every one of the priests plants
persisted and he was obliged to get
fresh start from which he had given
to the Americans.
ReMaking a Nation.
A buster lot of missionaries than
these | have not yet seen: most NJ
them are engaged chiefly in country
work, itinerating for weeks at a time
among the villages Down in Taiku I
visited the missions primary school
where hive of gaily dressed young
sters were crowded in native house
studying their lessons at the ton of
their lungs, and swaying to and fro
as they studied. In another little ma.
tive house | found Mr.. Adams teach
ing the beginnings OF higher educa
ton to % Korean young men-most OF
them. by the way, with their hair up,
in token that they are married. There
is practically no modern education ip
Korea except that given by the mis-
sionaries. The latter are spreading
the desire and the opportunity for an
education throughout the country, and
many say that this will be the means
OF preserving the national identity.
So general is the belief that the in
fluence OF Christian schools. churches
and literature may help Korea to fine
herself after centuries of ignorance
corruption and oppression, that have
been told by other than missionaries
that the japanese government is back
ing Buddhist propaganda and organ
izing a new native religion, in ordei
to counterfeit the widespread accept
ance of Christianity. The mission
aries are alert TO keep the churches
from being used for political purposes
The Koreans, for example, not long
ago established more than 900 patri