Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-23

progress which Protestant missionary ef-
| fort has earned in the Philippine Islands
and declared that never before in the
history of the triumph Of Christ on earth
was such a harvest for Christian mis-
sions ready for the cleaner.
A brief address was also made by Rev.
DIR. II. H. Bell of San Francisco.
The pulpit at Hamline Methodist Church
last evening was flied by Prof. T. II. Yum
of Korea and Justice j. j. Maclaren of
Toronto. Canada. Prof. Yum outlined the
work now being accomplished in Korea.
The MethodiSts and Presbyterians he de-
clared, were the first TO send missionaries
to Korea, twenty-five years ago. and to-
day there are more than 10000 commune
cants there. twenty-five years ago 1t
was death to native Korean to &C
cept Christianity, he declared. Ten or
fifteen years ago the Bible was translated
into the Korean language and now the
Bible societies are hardly able to fill the
demands for the book.
The speaker said the people today llV-
ing in the villages are so anxious to learn
about the Christian religion that they
have notices posted on the highways re-
auesting preachers and missionaries to
teach them. There are seven denomina-
tons today at work in Korea, Prof. Yum
said
In his address Justice Maclaren gave
it as his opinion that this convention
would result in high water mark in
both missions and Sunday school work
The missionary idea he said was infused
i'm Sunday school work He added that
in the United States and Canada there
are more Sunday school scholars than in
all of the rest of the world combined
Epigrams From Scotland.
Ex-Bailie Strechan of Scotland. who
has given ffty-two years of his life to
Sunday school work, and Rev. 5. Y.
CT of hn u
Church i'm Chicago, delivered addresses
at the Second Presbyterian Church,
Twenty-second and q streets northwest,
last evening. Mr. Wooley took for his
text The Great Commission and the
Sunday School," while Mr. Strachans
remarks We're based upon the text, "A
Training in the Word of God is the
Practical Outcome of All Teaching
Devotional exercises and prayer We're
conducted by the pastor. Rev. H. Wad-
dell Pratt.
Among the epigrams contained in ex
Baiie Strachan's sermon were the fol-
lowing: Don't send your children to
Church on Lords day and lie around
at home Yourself Example is far bet
ter than precept.' 1.-The Lord needs the
Sunday school" Loving the person of
Christ will beget love for all human
kind"
Mr. Wooley dwelt upon the work of
foreign missions. principally in India,
and told of the good that had been ac-
'complished with small sums of money
contributed by poor people who wanted
to help evangelize the world and yet
had but little of time and money to give
for the purpose.
Union Meeting in Anacostia.
A union meeting of the Anacostia
Sunday schools was held yesterday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock in the parish hall
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Ana
costa. Mr. George shipway. justice
OF the peace in England, presided. and
the speakers were William II. Stanes,
India. and Mrs. j. A Walker, Colorado.
DR. T. Headland who has worked in
China's missionary field for many years,
spoke yesterday morning at the III O'CLOCK
services at Anacostia NJ. K. Church. Rev.
Samuel Grafflin, pastor The delegate
told of heathenism in that part of the
orient and what Christianity has done
there.
An equipment service was held in the
same church at o'clock, which, like the
morning meeting, attracted many dele
gates and visitors.
Rev. Dr. George Heber Jones of the
Methodist Church in Korea held con-
gregation spenbound at Foundry NJ. E.
Church last night in his descriptions of
the religious genius" of the native 10
rean and how the innate love of worship
in that far eastern land had been turned
to account in the founding of thousands
of Christian congregations and schools.
Dr. Jones described the growth of
Christianity in Korea since the first mis-
sionary set foot on the soil there a
quarter of a century ago. He said that
the number of converts to Christianity
has numbered one for every hour OF the
DAY and night since that first mission
ary'S entrance.
He told of the prayer meetings and the
fxity of purpose which Korean Christians
have toward attending them. Prayer
meetings with seven hundred Korean men.
held at O'Clock in the morning. he said,
are not at all rare in the Christian COM
munities.
School System of Korea.
Along educational lines DIR. Jones said
that the Christian missionaries had prac-
tically revolutionized the school system
of Korea The Christian schools. he said.
are now working hand in hand with the
schools of the old regime. and the i'm
perial minister of education has taken
over the missionaries schools and has
made them a part of the governments ed
ucationa system. Out of 1000 primary
schools in the empire. according to DR..
Jones. 400 are conducted under Christian
influences.
DR. Jones said that the missionaries had
found the Korean system of education
founded ancient lines, with the most
modern text book about thousand years
old. To bring the system up to the TWEEN
tieth century the missionaries wrote new
text books, introduced new terms and
phrases. and as one result over 2J00O new
words for modern purposes have been in
troduced in the language.
Address by President Meyer.
Both the pastoral and the militant
duties of the followers of Jesus Christ
were presented by Rev. r. B. Meyer of
London. president of the Sunday School
Association of the World. and Rev. S. D.
Swemer of Arabia at the service Last
night at the Church of the Covenant.
Hundreds were turned away from the
doors of the church. unable to gain admis-
sion while others waited their turn out