The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

Sunday, and this is made up of coins
worth from one-fourth of a cent to a
nickel. The church has already saved
$3.50 toward new building, and it is now
aiding mission churches outside. Last
Sunday DIR. Bunker baptized one woman
who was 70 years of age
At Pyengyang there is a Presbyterian
church which has 2200 regular attend
ants on Sundays and 1900 at the prayer
meetings during midweek. One of its
members is a middle-aged woman who
walks ten miles in from the country
twice week, rain or shine. Think OF
walking 40 miles a week to preaching
and prayer meetlngl That is what she
does
Bible Study Glasses.
An interesting feature of the Christian
movement here is the Bible study classes
which are carried on regularly in different
parts of the country at certain times Of
the year. These people are anxious to
study the Scriptures and to have them
explained. Many of them commit parts of
the New Testament the Proverbs and
Psalms and DR.. Gate tells me that he
has members of his church whom he uses
as a concordance. asking them where
certain verses of the Scriptures are in
stead of looking at the books. At a
Christmas celebration last winter an old
woman of SO was told to repeat some
verses from the Bible. She started in
with Proverbs and ratified off three chap
ters before they were able to stop her.
She said she could give six more If they
wanted them That woman walks three
miles each Sunday to church.
The Bible study classes come in thu
winter and spring. The men have one
time and the women another when they
thus meet together. They will walk for
miles to these classes, bringing their rice
or n1n tr1 -
while they stay. Some come 2C0 miles
and walk all the way. These meetings
last two weeks and during this time the
people read and discuss the Scriptures
Last year the mems classes were held in
February, and those for the women in
March, AT the meetings in Seoul there
were 400 men, some of whom came from
near the Sea of Japan, some from the
north and others from all over the coun-
try. The meetings were. lead by one of
the foreign missionaries who gave an
outline of the book of the New Testament
which had been selected for study. After
this, the men read the book together,
asking questions and discussing each
verse They all took notes In order to
carry their learning back to their VII
lagos. AT the women's meeting the for
eign ladies presided and the exercises
were similar.
The Medical Missions.
/ might write a chapter on the medical
missions of Corea. American doctors have
done enormous good here There are IL
hospitals and dispensaries scattered over
the country, in which 60,000 patients are
annually treated, and there are special
corps of trained workers, including teach
ers, doctors and nurses, who are doing 4
great deal for Corean women along such
lines. The big Red Cross Hospital which
the Japanese have opened is based upon
work done by the missionaries, and one
of its leading doctors Is William B. Scran-
ton, who came here Is years ago as a
medical missionary of the Methodist
church.
1t was Doctor Horace N Allen who
sewed up the body of Prince Min Yung TX
when he was cut almost to pieces in a
revolt at the palace. He therefore gained
the good will of the king. This insured
to the missionaries the friendship of the
nobility and enabled America for years
to lead in all the advanced movements
here. DR.. Allen rislSed his life in attempt
ing that cure When he arrived at tho
palace he found IS native physicians
about to pour boiling wax into the gaping
wounds of the'prince; and 1t was only by
tact that he was able to make them
stand back and allow him to dress the
wounds. AS a thank offering the king
then started a government hospital with
Allen In charge 1t had 40 beds and 1t
treated over 10000 patients the first year.
The Methodists now have Ave hospitals
] in which 10000 cases are treated annually,
and the British Society for the Propaga-
ton of the Gospel has four. The Presby-
terans have a number of hospitals, one
of the largest of them being the Sever