Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-08

by congregational singing Chaplain
Joseph Clemens Of the Fifteenth U. $.
infantry. leading IN prayer at the con-
clusion Of the hymn.
THE WORK IN KOREA
DR.. George Hobcr Jones Of Korea
was called upon to tell N the labor
there The claim OF Korea, he said, Tor
consideration is not on ne TERRITORIAL
estate. but is based on the character
OF the ueouIc OF Korea itself When
Or Jones frst went there 10 took him
five weeks 20 reach Seoul from the
coast. but now 20 may De reached IN a
few hours by railroad Korea, as the
hermit nation has passed ana the
progress OF It's people in every way mas
been monumental. The people OF korea
when first the missionaries went tnefe
lived in % condition Impossible of des-
crluti0u-discascs so Prevailed tntl
men iu counting tne number OF cniI-
drcu iu their families Ommltttu
count of those who had not mad small
pox. as they were not sure or iN,m
uutU they had survived o. Today, Doc
said they are unders landing SANTA
tiuu medicine and other arts-du
brought t1 them by wissiouarles since
the first missionaries went there 20
years ago. there has been un average
Of one convert for every hour DOB every
day since that time. The converted
Koreans are themselves backing the
movement % th. Christian churches
and helping th. wssIonarits convert
the remainder of tua people oI korea.
tie told OF heavily mortsaErd chufth
fn Korea which was freed from ocpt
by three Korean church members VINO
placed MORTGAGES ON their own homes
10 raise tho money to free me 'hhf,u
They could not rest while they knew
o. Pagan money lender hold the m'f'-
gage ON Gods church.
DIR EUBANK oN CHINA
pr NJ. p. Eubank was invited by
Or Jones t1 tank on the work being
done iu China Iie spoke OF the vast
ropuiati3n uf China. its more than ioV,-
900 900 people Few people. De sald'
have au adequate idea of their cIFiI-
cation. of which there De- 8n authentic
history for over 1000 years. To i- De
cause of the advancement OF tnc.r own
civilization that the work of Christian
missionaries has been progressing slow
ly Tho people would not throw away
az once the civilization that they had
been building FOR hundreds of Ceuturle-.
There are now ten points where mis-
siouaries are Twins and lahorug. Med
icaI missionaries too, play great
part bon the work. going among the sick
and healing them and 90 the same time
awaiting Of the opportunity Of spread
ing the gospel principles among them.
Tho wonderful changes wrought by the
teachers in the Christian schools were
oxulained The children after leaving
them go back Co their homes and the
people see the changes and other chill
dreu went to the school, Christian
homes were started and the work was
so Wen llrguu that officials began 20
look u the schools. Finally the rul-
ing powers Of China saw that the peO-
pie wanted education and the empress
with her pen issued the cdict which
created tho 10000 public schools, pat
tcrncd after the Christian schools which
started so modcstly with the mission
aries. men aud women. who first UNI
dcrtook the labor in the heather em-
pire. The result has been complete
ethical change among the millions OF
the people OF China
The speaker related Incidents Of the
Bower uprising. when Chinese Chris
tians were brought before an overpow-
Cring heather force and told n they
would bow before the idol and say
their Christian faith was false they
should go free. but 10 they did not they
and their families should be- killed Ten
thousand native Christians refused to
deny God and Christ and were killed
The faith Of tho Chinese is strong the
work has been a success
Or Euhond declared that the oppor-
tunity presented now Is 10 send strong
Young men TO China 10 win strong
young Chinese, TO bring them 20 this
country. % strengthen them In Ameri-
can Christian Institutions and then TO
send them hack TO their own people to
win them 10 the cross. In closing he
pleaded with his hearers to act now
for China needs 1900 missionaries 70
provide one for each 5000 OF the Chi
nese people.
The session was closed with a silent
PRAYER and then song, TO meet again
az 80 D. m.