Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-20
KOREA, A nation
ON THE RUN TO CHRIST
In One Generation Christianity Has
Won Over Seventy Per Cent
A Splendid Record.
PRESBYTERIAN ENTERTAINMENT.
BY the Oriental Travel Club---A Young
Peoples Missionary Society Tells
Good Work Accomplished.

Travel Club. young peoples mission
airy society of the Presbyterian Church
uH,ler the direction of Mrs. ]. F. Hines
wife Of Captain Hines, u. S. ~, de-
lightlul entertainment was given last
night IN the Presbyterian Church. on
Duke of Gloucester street.
Many friends were present and en-
Joyed the evenings program. Much
credit is due TO Mrs. Winson G. Gott
who coached the participants in the
sketch, illustrative of life i'm Korea. In
deed the entertainment was an evening
in Korea, which illustrated the gooo
work done there by missionaries. and
the willingness of the natives to be
come Christians and sacrifice all they
have for building churches and schools
ami for the advancement of Christs
kingdom
Miss Caroline Heintz is president o.
the Oriental Travel Club of the Presby-
terian Church and announced the
numbers on the program, which opened
with piano solo by Miss Edith Dawes
followed by congregational singing
Mrs. Clarence c. Dorsey played a piano
solo. There was invocation by the
pastor. the Rev. DR.. Geofge S. Bell
after which Miss Louise Wells sang in
good voice a beautiful solo
The secretary's report was read az
follows by Miss Elizabeth Redmond:
"The Oriental Club Ga young peo-
pies missionary society organized in
November, and began it's regular meet
ings on the third Sunday of December
with fifteen present. The following
officers were elected: President. Miss
Caroline Heintz; secretary, Miss Eliza
beth Redmond; treasurer, Mr.. Oscar
Robbins
Mrs. Gott and Mrs. Hines were ap-
pointed by the Woman's Auxiliary to
direct and lead this club, and the
Kings Highway was used as a good
guide book Besides our own meetings
we repeated our program on Egypt at
a Joint meeting of the Woman's Auxil4
aries Of our own church and of the
First Methodist Church, held at Mrs.
Hines residence in the Naval Academy
The numbers present at our meetings
have varied from nine to thirty. We
were financed at the start by gift of
s. from last years Young Peoples So
ciety. We decided to have no dues.
but we used a mite bcx, set on the right
as one comes into the house of God
we have purchased two shares in
our mission station at Toxic at $5 each
and the certificate is here. The pay
ment on these shares is to be made
from our own treasury (Which will h,
opened and counted tonight Tonight's
collection, as far as it is needed. and
another SIS from last years Young
Peoples Society. We would respect
fully request the Woman's Auxiliar,
to re-appoint Mrs. Gott as our leader
for next year"
Miss Dawes played in excellent man
ner a piano solo. and Mrs. Hines CAV,
an interesting sketch of Korea, which
she said was nation on the run to
Christ" Mrs. Hines said:
In our generation Christianity has
won one out of seventy. convert has
been made for every hour. day and
night. since Christianity was introduc
ed. but what kind of Christians are
they? Their daily wages are from l.,
to 40 cents, and the cost of living is so
high that it is almost impossible for
the average Korean to save. Yet this
is their record for Presbyterian Christ
ians in Korea in 1914, 219 Korean past
ors, everyone on native support: 1,0SS
churches. is receiving financial help.
S,S29 local evangelistic workers. who
receive no grants from the missions.
and 20 home missionaries, entirely sup
ported by the native church.
Jack London safl when he went
through there as a war correspondent
DO YOU mean to say that these poor
Koreans built their own churches and
support their pastors or school teach
ers? Well. their Christianity means
something 10 them there. This little
play we are going TO present is
sketch hurriedly put together of the
way Christianity grows in Korea. A
wife there is called thing or what's
her name instead of by name and the
opening scene represents two hus
bands talking over the effect that the
Jesus doctrine has had upon the wife
of one of them
To become a Christisn IN heather
land means social ostracism, so Kline
worried over what he thinks is a mis-
fortune, and talks it over with his
friend. II is country full of super
stition. and all of il of evil Every
tree, stone and mountain has an evil
spirit that must be propitiatoi Every
village has a devil house instead of a
temple but with the coming OF mis-
sionaries of the surprising doctrine of
a God who is love. these people pour
out their own love in passionate re
sponse. and give the very hair of their
heads to raise money to build meeting
houses for the joyful worship of God.
Those who have absolutely nothing