Korea

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 24, 1915

THE following letter is from Li Seung Ill, our first Korean Bible worker:—

“Having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”

“In 1904 for the first time I was privileged to hear this blessed truth and find God and the right way. At first we had no church building, and we would go up in the mountains and sometimes into a wayside inn to hold our meetings. It was our earnest desire to see others saved; and before very long my husband was converted, and then my parents. This was for us the first happy experience; and although we had many trials afterwards, yet God always made a way of escape for us.

“Later, when we printed our paper, the Sei Chyensa eui Keunpyel, it was my privilege to go with others to Weju to sell it. There we had no believers, but we gained a very interesting experience; for many seemed anxious to read what we had, and we would sometimes sell as many as seventy papers a day. Soon after, some began to keep the Sabbath as the result of that work.

“Now I have been in the southern part of Korea for a few years. There is a great difference in the language from that of the north, and the southern people are exceedingly poor, so at first I thought it very hard to work here; but now I have learned the language, and the work is very interesting. We have between sixty and seventy church members here at Keizan; and although they are very poor, their donations are the second highest in Korea. I thank God for what he has done, but I know we are not able to give to God the praises due to him.”