Thirty New Graves

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 18, 1910

Thirty New Graves

The following incident, related by Rev. F. S. Miller, a missionary in Korea, contains a striking lesson for Christian believers everywhere, but especially in lands of abounding light and privilege:—

“Colporteur Kim was preaching in the market at Chong Ju. A Christian standing on the edge of the crowd heard one of the listeners say to his fellow: ‘I used to know that man. He was a thoroughly bad man. Look at his face now—how changed it is! I wonder what makes him so happy. Let’s listen.’

“But Kim was not so happy-looking as he stood up in the conference during the winter Bible class, and said: ‘I spent July at the class here in Chong Ju. Then I went up to Chung Ju; and as I approached, I saw thirty new graves on the hillside near the city. I stopped and looked at them, and said to myself: “Did I preach to those thirty men and women as I passed this way last time? If I did, all right. If I did not—” I wept as I thought of the possibility.’

“Tears rolled down his cheeks as he recalled the experience.”