THE ENTIRE MISSION STATION, SEOUL, KOREA
Chapel and printing-office at right, with three dwelling-houses for workers at left.
Dedication Service at Seoul, Korea
By C. L. Butterfield
C. L. BUTTERFIELD
SABBATH, Feb. 1, 1913, marked a new era in the work in Korea. The buildings of our new mission station, located outside East Gate, Seoul, had been completed, and the houses were occupied by Brother H. A. Oberg, secretary and treasurer, and his wife; Sister Mimi Scharffenberg, editor of our paper; and Brother Frank Mills, superintendent of publishing work, with the writer and his family. The publishing house had been in operation a little over one month, and a few meetings had been held in the chapel, which is on the second floor and is 24 x 36 feet in size. As chairs or seats are not common in Korea, mats are placed on the floor upon which the people sit. In this way two hundred people can easily be seated in the chapel.
It was a cold day, but the believers from the West Gate church, about seven miles distant, and some from the country, assembled and listened to the dedicatory sermon by Prof. H. R. Salisbury, who arrived that morning on his trip around the world. We were indeed thankful to have Professor Salisbury with us, and our hearts were cheered as he told of the advancement that has been made in the foreign fields during the past thirty-eight years. The message now so completely encircles the globe that he was able on six consecutive Sabbaths before reaching us to meet with six different companies of Sabbath-keepers. We were also reminded that while we were dedicating this building of brick and stone to the service of God, it would be of no avail unless we as individuals should also dedicate our lives to him; for God dwells not in temples made by hands, but in the living temples of the heart.
THE NEW PUBLISHING HOUSE AND CHAPEL, SEOUL, KOREA
Chapel on second floor; business offices of Korean Mission below,
with printing-office in rear.
These buildings, built from the $300,000 Fund, mean much to the work in Korea. The publishing house and offices have long been needed. Our monthly magazine has a larger circulation than any other paper or magazine in Korea. It sells for five sen each, and some of our agents are selling from twenty to fifty copies daily. It is a twenty-eight-page paper, and is wholly devoted to present truth. Many are interested and some have already taken their stand for the truth as the result of reading this magazine.
The houses are not large, only 22 x 30 feet and two stories high, but they make homes for the workers where they can care for themselves and where their lives can be preserved for the work.
God has richly blessed our work during 1912, and a total of one hundred twelve were baptized and taken into church fellowship, but we believe that brighter days are before us and that many will be added during this year. Pray for the work and for the workers in Korea.
