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On Tour in Korea

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 3, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 44.

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On Tour in Korea

By C. L. BUTTERFIELD

OUR women missionaries are sometimes called upon to do itinerating work, which may mean very nearly “roughing it,” as the following experience will attest:—
Miss Mimi Scharffenberg and Miss May Scott were visiting among the churches. Miscalculating the time, they were caught out in a storm and overtaken by darkness, so that they could only let the horses pick their way, which the animals did, bringing them safely to an inn at their destination. The accommodations at a Korean hotel for travelers consist simply of a hot floor (the flues running beneath the floor), with no bedding. In such a hotel, Sisters Scharffenberg and Scott spent the night.
GROUP OF STREET CHILDREN IN JAPAN
GROUP OF STREET CHILDREN IN JAPAN
Their bedding, which they had brought with them, was spread out to dry, and they lay down on the hot, hard floor in their wet clothing. Morning came at last, and their clothing was dry. That day they went to visit a new company three miles distant, taking only their Bibles, as they expected to return in the evening. But the people insisted that they spend the night there also. This meant that they would have to sleep in the newly built church. The floor was hot, but as it had never been used, it was also damp. Good could be accomplished by staying; so they remained, although the steam from the heated floor wet their clothing the second time. As they went on their way, in the morning, they passed a little stream of clear water, which served as a mirror while making their morning toilet.
C. L. BUTTERFIELD. Seoul.