Korea

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 2, 1911

We have planned quite a campaign of field work during January. I shall go south with six Korean brethren to canvass for the special number of our paper, the Three Angels’ Message. A ten-thousand edition has been planned for. We expect to be away three weeks, and visit all the principal towns along the railroad from the northern border of my territory to Fusan on the south. We are full of courage, and our native brethren are enthusiastic. During the Korean holiday vacation, our fellow foreign workers will take a company of students from our school at Soonan, with other volunteers, into their respective districts. Thus entire Korea will share in the first paper campaign. May God grant a good harvest as the result of the seed sown.

It is cheering to read of the progress of the work the world over, and to think of the “little flock,” who keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus, scattered throughout the world, and witnessing for the truth in so many different countries. Surely the end is not far distant. Soon will God’s Word be fulfilled, and soon will he usher in the kingdom of his dear Son. We are still living in perilous times. Satan does all in his power to hinder the work, but he who is mightier than Satan can beat back the powers of darkness and overrule all for good.

I have learned many helpful lessons during the past year; perhaps the most precious of all is that of confidence, trust, and faith. Living in these perilous days, we hear and read of revolutions, mobs, riots, uprisings on the right and on the left. Surely every person who passes through the time of trouble will need to have the double guard of angels. We must place ourselves entirely in our Heavenly Father’s care. We must have faith in God, our faith must claim his promises; then they become a living reality in our Christian life. We need constantly to grow, take firmer root, and develop a broader and deeper experience in the things of God.

What an inspiration, on a clear evening, to look up and see the innumerable stars, the unfallen worlds,—the firmament declaring the glory of God,—and to think of the great Creator, our Father, and of his power, unlimited, celestial, and sublime! Who, thinking of these mighty words, would not exclaim, with the psalmist, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” Yet Jehovah’s cause on earth must needs be examined by

earthly rulers before the seal of rightful privilege be granted! We are a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. Considering the greatness of our work and the feebleness of man to resist it, I can not but exclaim, “The Lord reigneth!”