C. L. BUTTERFIELD by C. L. Butterfield

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 25, 1909

C. L. BUTTERFIELD

By C. L. Butterfield

Korea

C. L. BUTTERFIELD

We are just in the midst of moving. Everything is packed, ready to go to Seoul, the new headquarters of our work. The man with the ox cart was to come this afternoon to get our goods and take them to the station, but it is raining hard, so he can not take them to-day. This has been a very wet summer. The crops now are looking fine, but if the rain continues much longer, there will be much lost.

HEADQUARTERS OF OUR WORK IN SEOUL, KOREA

I will send with this a picture of our house at Seoul. This place has been leased for a year, with the privilege of buying. It is an ideal place. It is one of the nicest locations in Seoul. The owner recently died, and his wife is returning to England, so it is for sale. The city wall is just back of the house, which is outside the wall, and about five minutes’ walk from the West Gate, and not more than a quarter of a mile from the railroad station.

There is about an acre and a half of ground, and it is beautifully laid out as a little park, with abundant shrubbery and fruit trees. While there are more than one hundred thousand people within a radius of a mile, yet at the house one seems to be in the country. If we should buy this place, there is room on it to build a small sanitarium and a publishing house, two very essential things. It can be bought for six thousand dollars. I trust that we shall be able to purchase before our option on it runs out. It is by far the most suitable location in Seoul at the present time. Of course there are many fine locations, but they can not be bought.

I have just held a series of meetings at Pyong Yang. I will write an account of the meetings in a few days, and send some pictures if they prove to be good.

We are all well, and are glad to know that more help is coming to our field. I am thankful that Miss Scharffenberg’s sister and brother-in-law are coming.

It seems as if there ought to be some one who would take the educational work in Korea. It offers great opportunities to the right person. There are just as bright minds in Korea as anywhere when they are trained. Our work will be greatly hindered until we have some one who can get this language and carry on advanced school work. We must train teachers and preachers to give this message to their people. There are many waiting for just such an education. But we are not yet able to give them what they need.

Seoul.