MRS. W. R. SMITH by Mrs. W. R. Smith

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1916

MRS. W. R. SMITH

By Mrs. W. R. Smith

Korea

MRS. W. R. SMITH

At the last spring council it was decided that we should leave Wonsan, and settle in Keizan, where Brother and Sister R. C. Wangerin have labored the past six years. We were to leave July 25, so on the twenty-third the Wonsan church had a farewell picnic in a grove by the sea.

The outing was made more enjoyable by the presence of a number of our foreign workers. Pastor and Sister C. L. Butterfield with their two children, Pastor and Sister H. A. Oberg, and Sister May Scott, who were having their vacation at Wonsan, spent the day with us.

Several extemporaneous speeches were made, lunch was served, and all expressed themselves as having had a pleasant time. They said they wished to give us a present, but did not have it prepared. The next evening a committee of three of the brethren brought it to our house. It was a silver watch charm

in the shape of a Maltese cross with the Korean emblem in the center, and Chinese characters engraved on the ends of the cross. This was for my husband. My present was like it, only it was made into a brooch.

It was with no little feeling of sadness that we left the eastern coast where we had labored for seven years, and had learned to love the believers, not only of the Wonsan church, but all the companies scattered throughout that district.