Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03

a a merican and European men and No
i men employed and their stations cover ,.
! the country. The Prntestants are 81 7
l vided into Presbyterians, Methodlsss
/ and Anglcans. The Presbyterians rep-
! resent both sections OF the church IN
4 the United States, north and south
4 and there are also small bran OF
| the same denomination from Canada
! and australia Our Methodist EPisco-
! raj churches. north and south are
CARRYING on great work. and the
| English have a well managed missi2n
at the head Of which is a bishop. IN
| addition there arc the mission OF tho
Russian Greek church In Seoul. the
Young Mems Christian associatlon8an5
the Salvation Army, whose advances
guard came last fall. All of the larger
missions have schools and fotpi.ais,
and NIL have many native workers. As
i have said the movement has so ad-
rancei that the most of the fore,gner ss |
are now employed In directing natiYs
Christians, who have become the caief !
element in the evangclizaton OF the
country. fGsl |
81 THE KOREANS AT CHURCH
You religious drones OF the United
states, who stay at home from church
and prayer meeting whenever it5rains, (
should come out to Korea to learn |
what live Chrlstianity means! Take.
for instance. n native church which II
attended this week. 1t was that of Or.
). S. Gale, belonging to tho Presby
terrain mission in Seoul. The church
stands on ahill not far9from the palace
of the. emperor,and above the big teen
meal school which the japanese have
Just founded Its audience hall Is So
feet wide by so feet long, and 1t seats
about 800. This church was built by
native contributions, and its members
gave $1,000 to}its support last year. IN
connection with two other native Pres
bNterian congregations, Its members
outside the city This church has a 4
regular attendance of 1900 and when
/ entered 1t last Sunday there were
more than that in the audience room.
Fully 500 of those present were men. !
doubt much If any United States city
Of 100000 has a single church With
600 men among its regular attendants;
and more and 500 of these Korean men
had come to Sunday school as Well as
to church. There We're. fully that many
But how do know the men and wo-
men were equally divided? I'LL
THAT is easy in Korean congre-
CATION The men all sit together on
the church floor, while me
women are squatted on the other. hali,
from one end Of the church to the oth- {
or between them. The women are
not to be seen by any men /
but their husbands. They come to the
church with green cloaks wrapped
round their heads and they put these THESE
on upon going out
The church floor is covered with
white mating. All take off their shoes {
as they come In and lay them pesiae
them on the floor as they listen to the
At the front OF the hall IS
rostrum supporting pulpit, from the
middle OF which the screen EXTENDS /,
through the church. SO that both men I
md woman can see the pastor ana ne
.an see them. 1t was on this rostrum3 !
[ sat. i
FAITH AND WORKS. {
Faith without works Is said to be
lead IL SO our American Christianity {
IS in a bad state In comparison Win
K Dream Christianity. There IS q. Meth
,dist church in Seoul, maintained by
the natives, which is larger and quite
"a earnest as the one i have described q,
and there are a number of other ms
sion churches. most of which receive
little help outside Korea. There are
many places in which money could be
lsed to advantage, and I know of no /
,oreirn country where 1t will meet with |
such large returns as right here. Some
,f the native churches are mtserably
,oor. Take that OF DR.. Bunker. near
lie east gate In Seoul. 1t consists. OF
me room of about the size OF "a pafiots
n an American flat, and so small thnt
,nly leo men can be crowded down S
lpon the floor. At all the services in .
hat church the doors and windows
ire full and many must stand outside
t has three meetings every Sunday ~ I
There Is one for boys. which
asts from to 10; then one for men.
rom 10 to y. and after that a third /,
service for the women. Or. Bunker
ellis me that his people all give. al
hough they are of the poorest class
If Koreans. and that many of thsn.1l
ut down their food In order to give !.
o the church. They wildcat a spoon
ul or so less rice Mt meal or per-
laps cat half the meal amount on one