The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

Fort, Miles u Week to Church
Til y. NJ. G. a. and Its New Dui:3-
ing Given by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
c. MISSIONS and Their ta.o05 IA
(Cr 3sht. 1903. by FRANK q. Car
Seoul, 1908.
j., etore / lett Washington last
sun. 20 start on this trip across the
Pat. ne Of your leading bankers
said ne:
-! pIerstand YOU are going out
to &, I'D the awakening Of Asia
There Is one thing ! wish you would
invest gate in a practical way, mat
is the mission movement. There are
tens o. thousands Of us business men
who are giving regularly toward the
introduction of Christianity among the
heather. We want to know what our
mon , < doing and whether it will
pay US to continue giving or not You
are an ttnprejudiced observer and we
should like to know what you think"
This desire to know the truth about
missions is not confined to our business
men = is a live question to the
thirty~two millions who belong to our
various church organizations and to
every Sunday School and religious
body throughout the whole United
States.
10000 Native Christians.
] am glad to have this country as
my field for such investigation. h
Koreans are now doing more than my
other nation along such lines. Our
missionaries went to the japanese first
but Korea has today more converts
than Japan and prOportiOnately many
times more than China, which has
been exploited by the churches for
several generations.
The Christian movement is one Of
the vital elements of the reorganiza-
ton Of this country. A great re-
vival is nov taking place among the
people, and more than thirty thous-
and converts have been added to the
church within the year. There are
about one hundred and fifty thousand
native Christians, and there will be
two hundred thousand before many
months. This land has, all told, a
population of less than fifteen millions,
and of these n in every hundred has
professed our religion. If a similar
success could be had in Japan that
country would have five hundred thou
sand Christians; if in China it would
have four millions, and if in India,
three millions or more.
You remember the wonderful work
which was lone by Edward Everett
Hale's plan Of Ten times one is ten
the endless chain principle-in which
every one engaged to interest ten 9TH
ers in making the world better. The
same thing. although not on an M
merical scale, is going on in Korea.
The converted natives are different
from us in that as soon as they adopt
Christianity they go out and try to
convert their friends and neighbors.
Indeed. the mission movement is
now being pushed by the natives
themselves under the direction of our
missionaries. Native churches are
being puilt by native contributions in
all Of the cities, and there is a Korean
lnpTaD2fin in nI-arU LARGO Ni11l On
The Protestant organizations already
number something like 10000 ad-
hereHts, while the Roman Catholics
about $4,000 Koreans. The Protestants
have 800 native preachers and 900
Sunday schools with about 10000
men, women and children as regular
attendants. There are more grown
people than children in the Sunday
schools; and al are anxious to learn
about the new religion and what it can
do for them. There are 500 self-sup-
porting Cay schools, run by the
churches, and altogether 50, OC0 or
10000 gold dollars were spent upon
such schools last year. When it is
remembered that the Koreans are one
the poorest peoples on earth, and
that they live from hand to mouth,
these gifts are d surprising evidence
of their faith.
The Foreign Mission Bodies.
But first let me tell you about the
foreign missions which are operating
in Korea. There are four, each with
q large staff of American or European
workers. The Roman Catholics are
French Jesuits. They have been here
fer more than a century and nave a
fully organized church. AT their
head is a-bishop who is assisted by a
large staff of priests and nuns, among
whom are Koreans. Teh Catholics
have q Cathedral in Seoul. 1t stands
on q hill overlooking the rest of the
city. and it is by far the largest church
building in Korea.
The Protestant missions are all
working together. They have about
200 American and European men ana
women employed and their stations