The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-01
By southern Missionary News Bureau
Ida Clyde Clarke, Editor.

BY southern Missionary News Bureau,
Ida Clyde Clarke, Editor.
OF striking, interest in a recent let
ter from L. T. Newland, a Southern
Presbyterian missionary, who writes
of "Mokpo, Korea, as Life Invest
ment.' He asys:
| 'Mokpo Is the southern gateway of
this peninsula. Seventeen thousand
Japanese have poured into this city
within the past ten years, and the
former little fishing village throbs
with industries and factories. The
| people are alert and industrious,
shrewd in business and men OF large
affairs. Wealth has poured in until
MolSpo has become one OF the most
important ports Of Korea. These peo-
pie do not take the Gospel without
question. but when they do believe
they give an earnest. intelligent SER
| vice.
Awaiting the Word
| There abont 1900 crowded into the
port while 100000 in the contiguous
territory await the word of life and
| light. Their minds have been awak-
ened, their interest aroused, their
faith In thei- old religions shaken. and
they are ready to follow any guide
VINO VIII lead them to better things.
Korea slept long-a lazy, pastoral
unsophisticated race; now it is awak-
ening and staggering drunkenly under
the influence of Japanses prosperity
and japanese irreligion
To feed this multitude and give
them an adequate knowledge of the
efospei, there are three preachers. a
doc'or, n trained nurse and two single
women. Rut a school for boys and
one for girls. besides the hospital
should have the attention of four
OF this number, This leaves three
others to get out and preach to over
100000 people.
! Combine Louisville and Nashville
into one city and then give them one
pastor and you have fine COMPARE
son. Take away from these people
a knowledge of God, vine ont all
churches. the Bible. scatter the schools
ana christian homes over 1000 miles
square OF territory, then strew the
| iand with temples and heather su-
rerstitions. After you have done all
THIS send one man over from Russia,
VINO did not know a word of English
unul he was about thirty. and tell
| MIN to carry the Gospel to all that
multitude of people and YOU will have
q pretty fair picture of the conditions
that confront each one OF us and the
load we have to carry.
we nave here in Moltpo a large
boys school and We must purposeiy
| check and curb its growth because
thete ls no one to take charge of it,
! Just now | am in charge OF it, but /
! nave field of over 10000 with
twelve churches, no trained helpers
and am babe in the language. We
nave no boarding department, because
nave not the time to oversee il.
me boys from the country want to
come In. but there is no place to stay.
/ would be afraid to estimate how
j large school we could have If there
was only man who could give his
| time to educational work
| The City of Joy.
Mr.. G. Sherwood Eddy writing Of
ms recent visit TO Foochow. the city
of JOY" said
! ON five successive nights We were
given Chinese feast by the various
classes OF the community First the
governor and all his officials invited
US 10 dinner, and requested US to adj
dress them. We were able to speak on
Christianity and 10 present the gov
ernor and general with copies OF the
Bible. One of the leading officials.
a man who is said to be the strongest
man In his province. decided for
christ and Is TO be baptized within
two months.
! Although some 400 were received
last year, the governor sent a letter
70 each magistrate of the twelve
other cities Of the province announc-
ing the speakers and dates OF the
eFansensrc meetings. and requesting
all the officials to cooperate. Two
days after the meetings the governor
subscribed several thousand dollars
toward the purchase of a site for n
new Young Mems Christian Assoc,a
tion building in the student quarter,
some forty educators and college
principals, with the minister of edu-
cation, gave us banquet ON another
.sehlhg. ana SAID to us in an address
lohIucianism alone cannot save
China. We need the moral dynamic
ana principle Of progress which Chris
uanity has long appealed to the lower
classes but has not the time now
come Tor you to appeal to the lead
ers and educated men of the nation.a'
several of these college PRINCIPALS
expressed desire to study the life
OF CHRIST, and number offered MS
the privilege Of opening Bible classes
I IN the government colleges themselves
The Chamber OF Commerce invited
US 20 address them or two successive
evenings, and also gave a banquet
More than loo OF these men promised
no JOIN Bible classes to make n study
iof the New Testament.
"A few years ago there was no
I chamber OF Commerce here and these
men would have been deeply hostile ta
christianity. The Chinese press also
co-operated ana ali the papers OF the
city published Christian articles and
| endorsed the meetings
Evangelism In ,Japau