Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-04

explained Many of them commit parts
o. the New Testament. the Proverbs ana
Psalms, and DR.. Gale tells me that he has
members OF his church whom he uses as
a concordance. asking them where cer-
tain verses OF the Scriptures are Instead
OF looking At the books. Al u Christmas
celebration last winter an old woman of
eighty-three5 was told 10 repeat SOM
verses from the Bible. She started In
with Proverbs, and ratified off three chap
tefs before they were able 10 stop he..
She said she could give six more if they
wanted them. That woman walks three
miles every Sunday 10 church
The Bible study classes come in the win
ter 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 enough money to pay for their board
while they stay. Some come 700 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 We're held In
February. and those Tor the women in
March AT the meetings in Seoul there
were $40 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 led by one OF
the foreign missionaries who gave an
outline Of the hook OF TIE New Testament
which had been selected for study After
this. the men read the book together,
verse. They all took notes in order to
carry their learning back to their vii
lagos. At the wonan's meeting tn"
foreign ladies' presided and the exercises
were similar.
1 might write a chapter on the medical
missions of Korea. American doot tors have
done enormous good here. There are
twelve hospitals and dispensaries scat
tered over the country. in which sixty
thousand patients are annually treated.
and there are special co ps Of trained
workers. including teachers. doctors and
nurses who are doing a great deal for
Korean 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. Scranton. who came
mere twenty-five years ago medical
missionary of the Met hodist Church.
1t was Dr.. Horace y. Allen who Sewed
up the body of Prince Min Yung Tx when
ne was cut almost to pieces in a revolt al
the palace. He thereby gained the good
will of the king. This insured to the mis-
Sionaries the friendship OF the nobility and
enabled America for years to lead in all
the advanced movements here. DIR. Allen
rlsked his life In attempting that cure.
When he arrived at the palace he found
thirteen native physicians about 10 pour
Dolling wax into the gaping wounds OF
Al
he was able TO make them stand back
and allow him TO dress the wounds. As
a thank offering the king then stated II
government hospital With Allen i'll charge.
II had forty beds and II treated over ten
thousand patients the first wear.
The Methcdists have now five hospitals.
In which twenty thousand cases are treat
ed annually. and the British Society for
the Propagation OF the Gospel has four.
Ihe Presbyterians have a number OF hos
pitfalls, one of the larges. OF them being
the Severance Hospital. situated outside
the Nan-dai-mon Gate This Is the gift
OF Louis NJ. Severance. well known
Presbyterian business man of Cleveland.
Ohio. who has given a. great deal OF
money toward mission work throughout
the far east. Mr. Severance takes busi-
ness lock at such undertakings lie says
lie believes that money invested IN mis-
siohs In Korea pays bigger dividends IN the
way OF results than the same money so IN
vested anywhere else. The head OF TINS
hospital is DR.. Avison, and the CHER as
sistant is Dr. j. w Hirst Of PHI ladeiphia.
This hospital treated something like eieV-
en- thousand patients last year, or ~hom
more than nine thousand came TO Inc ois-
pensary. The hospital Is now pra "ticaHy
self-supporting. 1t receives only sloo
year from America. the rest of the ex-
penses, amounting to 13.OW yen coming
from the work of the physicians IN
charge. A large part of this is derived
from Korean patients. anf over stVD
from medical services to foreigners IN
Seoul. The, hospital has medical COZ
seven Korean doctors last year II nas
Korean nurses and nurses traiiilis
school, and also a clinic at which the Del-
ter class Korean patients pay l yen per
visit.
One OF the most striking of the new