The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-09
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thoughts. But he said further that he
had found out the Bible of the Chris
tians was made up of printed pages and
beautiful thoughts. plus a voice that
came ringing out of its pages. He said
that he had never heard that voice be-
fore. As he listened, he said that there
was something in him that awoke and
responded to that voice from the print
ed page.
Bible Has Strong Hold.
"This Bible that God has given US
occupies the premier place in the Ko-
rean nation today. 1t is almost impos-
sible to print the scriptures fast enough
to supply the demand for Bibles In the
empire of Korea. The Bible is the
largest selling book in the native Ian
guage in Korea, and these people not
only have it, but they study it, We
have Bible training Institutes in which
we gather Sunday school teachers and
volunteer workers. One of our mission
aries will go and spend ten days OF two
weeks in these Institutes and there in
struct these workers about ten hours a
day in the Bible. These workers return
to the various districts from which they
have come and carry the good Informal
ton received. Last year the attendance
at these Institutes numbered over 10000.
1T is not hard to understand the
great interest that the Koreans take in
the Bible. Men, you must remember
that it is an Oriental book, and many
of the things that are hard for us are
easy for the Koreans and the Chinese
to understand.
1.-THE missionaries do not take the
credit for the great work that has been
done in the conquest of Korea. That
has been accomplished by the Holy
Spirit of God, working in the hearts of
these people.
IF you were able to attend some of
the wonderful meetings that 1 attended
in Ping Yang at the time of the great
revival in 1907, you would understand
something of the way in which this gOs
pei of Christ has become all in all to
many of the Koreans. Koreans, con-
Tossing their sins, threw themselves on
the ground and beat their hands on the
mats until the blood came. Verify, they
were baptised in the baptism of blood.
I say to you men that $4,000 of those
Koreans passed through that baptism
of the spirit at that time. They are now
ready to go through fire and blood that
the message of salvation may be
preached to their people. Not only is
this power Of the Holy Spirit felt in
Korea, but they have discovered the
real secret Of prayer
Are Religious People.
Let me paint picture for you. Three
thousand Koreans assembled in one
conference at Ping Yang. When look
over the audience l see a number of ap-
parently vacant spots in the solid ranks.
Upon looking closer, however, 1 see the
broad backs of Koreans. These Koreans
are bowed down in prayer, and some
times for hours they remain in that po-
sition, seeking the guidance of the Holy
Spirit in their work. AS a general thing
they are teachers, and they realize that
they must have Gods help to succeed in
what they have undertaken to do.
1.-The message of the actual Christ be-
fore men. / know there is a presence
walking up and down these aisles to-
night, and He stands here on this plat
form beside me, though l see Him not,
and out there in those darkened lands
He has been walking along the roads of
the empire, passing in walled city and
country hamlet, and opening the door of
the huts where the common people
dwell, going in to speak His message.
Today in that empire of Korea 100000
believers all can stand up and say, We
have met Jesus Christ; we have met
Him in the mart; we have met Him on
the hillsides when under the silvery
light of the moon we have worshiped
God in truth and spirit; we have met
Him in the prison when we have sat in
the stocks awaiting death at dawn.
We have met Jesus Christ and the tes-
| timony of Korea tonight is that Jesus
Christ is walking among the Korean
people and making Himself known to
| them.
1.-THE voice of Jesus comes floating
over the sea to this land, and II says
| Here am I, come out here and help Me
| lift these people up out of the abyssma
depths of their need to that place
which I bought for them by Gethse-
names bloody sweat and Calvary's ter
| rible agony
THAT is the message that comes from
| Korea. 1t is the message of the riser
Christ, and He asks that you respond
to the call for assistance that come:
from the dark corners of the EARTH"
"The Awakening of Asia"
Following the singing of hymn, "Oh
| Zion, Haste Thy Mission" by the con
| gregation, George Sherwood Eddy O
India delivered a stirring address OF
1.-THE Awakening of Asia" He sai(
in part:
1.-THE most encouraging thing that
have noticed in the past thirteen year
during my residence in India, is tn
| sign of the awakening of the great con
tinent of Asia. Half of my time is giveI
| to travelling among the high clas
| students and the colleges IN connection
with the Z. NJ. G. A. movement, and tn
other half is taken up with work amons
the low caste people of India. This di
versified work has given me great op
portunity of seeing what is going on
and have noticed that there is a grea
awakening.
GAS an example of the fact that Their
is a great awakening among the higl
caste Hindus, viii call your attention
to what happened to one young bril-
liant student that set himself up agains
the cause of Christ. He was the organ
izer and president of what is known a.
the Devils society, and scoffed at every
thing in Christianity. He attended on
of my meetings, and I saw that I hat
made an impression on him. I went I,
him, had talk with him, and finall,
got him TO admit that the message O
Christ had struck deep into his heart
When he told his wealthy father that h
had turned Christian, he was disin
herited and cast out of home. Not dis
couraged, that young Hindu preache,
the message Of the gospel in the street
to the masses. The last man that / saw
as the shores of India faded from view
was that young Hindu, who had re