Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
Southern MethodistS Unite in
Greatest Plea to- God World
Has Known.
ASK AID FOE. MISSIONARY
Baron, Once Student at Emory
and Vanderbilt, Jailed for
Religion, Is Belief,

The world is witnessing one of the
most united and continued pleas to
God that has ever been made by
body of Christian people. -
The plea unftes' the efforts of
probably the largest number of peo-
pie that has ever Joined forces
for the life of an individual not in
the limelight of affairs.
Next to the occasions when the
world of Christians as a whole was
lives of Presidents Mckinley and
Garfield and to protect Christians
during the Boxer revolt in China, the
present. ,plGa will take rank among
the worlds big calls on Divine help
"rhe plea is on the lips of 100000
people. has been for the past year,
and will continue until man and
missionary, who lies in a filthy
little prison cell in Seoul. Korea, and
who has been sentenced to serve six
years in jail by the japanese Gov
eminent, is released, serves out his
time or dies, T.
Southern MethoHists Pray.
The prisoner is DR.. T. II. Yum.
Korean baron. who once attended
both Emory and Vanderbilt Colleges
and who Is we'll known over the
South. The 1000 600 people who ara
offering up prayers for him are
Southern Methodists throughout the
nation.
Yum was one Of the 1913 men vino
We're seized last year and brought T.
trial in the court of Seoul on a charga
Of conspiracy to overthrow the gov
ernoo general of Korea" He was con
victed, il is claimed. on false con-
fession. and given a ten years SEN
tence. which was later. committed to
six Southern Methodists. consider be
is being prosecuted because Of his be-
lief in Christianity.
TO serve God he. gave up a cabi-
net position in Korea to take charge
Of the educational work Of the South
ern MethOdiSts in that country. HIS
case has already been tried by
higher and lower, court, and is sched-
uled to go before the Supreme Court.
Prayers are for a speedy trial and
quick release. .....
Said 20 Have tuberculosis.
Yum Is said 10. have tuberculosis.
from which he wiz die' II not freed:
His wife and several small children,
ID is claimed. are suffering many
hardships from his confinement. their
property having been nOnfiscated.
The call for prayers does not ask
special services in the churches for
DR.. Yun-it makes an individual pleI
TO each of the 100000 men and
women Methodists to beseeeh earn
estly once or many times during the
day for Divine intercession for his
release The cali came out II
Southern Methodist headquarters. 1t
Nashville. and the official newspapers
of the church, the ministers and con-
grega tons of the organization have
taken il up Il follows the first call
which was sent out a year ago al the
time of Yun's arrest.
Atlanta's Southern Methodists are
joining in the nation wide prayers.
Throughout the city from quiet rooms
of mothers and wives go up prayers
for the Methodist minister Working
girls passing along the streets muir
muir the name in intercession. At fire.
sides Of Christian people who kneel
each night to pray, the name OF Dr.
Yum is not forgotten. In far Seoul,
hopes through the prayers of 2,000.0a0
of souls in whose creed he believes
are being held out to the prisoner
He has been told Of the vitality keen
sympathy Southerners have for him
in his suffering,
Was a Splendid Student.
1--WE feel Yum belongs to tie
South" said Dr. w. p. Lovejoy. Pre-
siding Elder OF the Atlanta district
of Southern Methodists. He was
"A splendid student when he went to
school among US, and he became a
splendid man."
If the plea of the Christian people
is not answered directly and DR., Yum
is. not freed. DR.. LovejOy feels that
the prayers will not have been IN
vain.
In our blindness often We cannot
see why God does not see fit-tO gra 1t
US each thing we ask Of Him. II It
is His viii that DR.. Yum suffer and
die in prison, il may mean a greater
thing-the awakening of the people
and the, quicker spread of the gOspsl
in Jap pan, II is not given US. to see.
II has been the fate of Christians
throughout the ages that they must
suffer. but with their suffering always
has come light. China woke TO God
NTH tho Rover TDovprnpuf"