Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-01-18
FROM THE ORIENT.
4 10y Msssssasry u rssrsy Nears
Ses,ses Wrstes - Interesting
Leesse to uale rrse~As.

| The following letter was sent L
the Record hv Mr. John Whine;
Of the southern par, Of this county
! Ii is iron, his aunt. Mrs Van ra;ysn,
who for aln,os, . third Of s century
has been missionary in japan.
The letter is addressed to the mis-
sionary circle a, Dale
N.aAS.Ai I.r.~. sept is,l
Ny Mar Giro.
Your letters. received by me yes
,esiay when landed here on my way
back To Yokohama from China. were
| particularly welcome 1, sesmet!
as though you had come TO NEE, NE.
to see tina, got safely back 10 my
place a Japan.
scarcely know how TO begin my
story
! On the 18th Of June started 70
Corea 5, the request Of Presiding
Elder kihara- the request being in
dorsei by Bishop Harris 10 visi, the
churches there and see what could he
done TO help the women work in
that country.
went by rail to Mol. from which
place ,en-hours journey by hoss
take; one to Fusan. Corsa. From
there went to Seoul. and later u
Pyeng Yang, which lss,-nan,ed place
is about 60 miles inland.
In the three weeks was there /
attended ,hirsy-four meetings. in
cludinG these for children. and spoke
a. most of them.
am delighted to see strong young
Christian churches springing up in
every japanese colony, and agree
with Mr.. kihara that they ought 10
have TWO of our good Bible women
and a missionary 10 help them
visited Corean Sunday-school
which was divided. for lack Of space.
into three sessions men at s a
m, the children at 80 p. M, and
the women at 8 p. m Hundreds
attended each session.
The Christian Corean " men have
way. too, Of giving tenth q: their
time to the work as they have no
money to give-and in this way hsis
the church very much.
After my visit in Cores ! recrcsssi
to Moi and went on 10 China -for
my first visit.
DR.. and Mrs. Andres were in W
kohama FIVE years ago, both very SEX
also. one of their children. AZ that
time ! saw a good deal Of them. and
also on their return from Canada
two years later. Their invitation 10
spend as much Of the surlris. as
could spare at their cottage N hu-
ling fitted in 50 we'll with the work
trip that decided to accept thei.
invitation.
1t took but forty-fous hours to
reach Shanghai from Nagasaki.
There l found friends and STAYED
two days. starting then up the
Yangtse kiang in a boat that is not
surpassed on the Mississippi. with
English officers. electric lights and
good food. Dr.. White and party,
! from New York. were on board.
But. the Yang tse.. | had no idea it
vas SO great a river. We decided
that it ought to be spelled Yang
Sea. as it looked more like a sea
than river. 1t is much higher than
it has been for many. many years,
and score Of villages and thousands
Of acres Of rice are under water.
We left the boat at XII Kiang.
400 miles up the river, and went by
rowboat. carriage and mountains
chair to kuling. There Or. Andres
met me. ! had a nice visit with
them for the ten days Of convention,
which was led by Dr.. White and was
q help and an Inspiration. Then ten
more days of writing, visiting, and
hearing tales of Boxer times, river
pirates. school work and evangelists
experiences, and it was time to re-
turn. But, alas. it had rained fol-
four days and had washed out the
bridges between kuling and kui
Kiang, besides causing forty land.
slides. So, ! vas compelled to wal,
three days, and then managed to ge,
down with party.
In Kui Kiang | visited DIR. Stone
hospital. Dr. Stone is Chinese
woman. who was graduated from oul
mission schools in China and from
the Ann Arbor tMichiganD medica
school.
| 1t was JOY to see her beautiful
hospital of 100 beds and her efficien
cy in managing it. She has sole
charge, and has a fine reputation
among NJ. DIS in China.
now took passage down the rivel
on the ''Tuckwo." and for three
hours We made good progress. and
then discovered the "Cutwo' (ir