Soonan, Chosen by Riley Russell, M. D.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 11, 1915

Soonan, Chosen

By Riley Russell, M. D.

RILEY RUSSELL, M. D.

WE are just closing a district meeting for my part of the field. Our reports show 335 baptized members, sixty-nine of whom were baptized during 1914. We gained 258 Sabbath school students, which means new believers. We now have 715 Sabbath school students, or Sabbath keepers. Our tithe and offerings amounted to 1,322 yen for the year, making about four yen for each baptized member. We had 9,000 patients, old and new, during the year, and, best of all, quite a goodly number of conversions.

Our church members are taking hold of the work in a way that will make them strong, and I have not before seen such interest among the populace. Every place I go I preach on “Last-Day Conditions in the Political World;” “Last-Day Conditions in the Spiritual World;” “The Last Message, and the Close of Probation.” Everybody wants to hear. It makes me think of the early days when we first came to Korea, and I am firmly convinced that God’s Spirit is working on hearts and preparing the way for the message to close speedily. I think our present motto should be, “The Finishing of the Work.”