Medical Missionary Work in Korea by Riley Russell, M. D.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 9, 1909

Medical Missionary Work in Korea

By Riley Russell, M. D.

RILEY RUSSELL, M. D.

KOREA is a very needy field, as it is one of the late countries to be opened to the gospel, and the people are low in all kinds of sin and degradation; but we rejoice in the fact that our God came to save sinners, and we can see the uplifting power exerted upon the lives of those who are accepting this last saving message to a perishing people.

I have fitted up a small room in one end of the schoolhouse, where I can see the sick; and last month I had four hundred twenty-three patients, and many outside calls, some of them from a distance of ten and twenty li. The sights

we see every day are almost beyond description. The people are absolutely ignorant in regard to caring for their bodies; and they are so very thankful for our services.

Mrs. Russell often goes to visit the women and the sick babies; and when she is leaving, the mothers will bow almost to the floor, saying, “Ta ta ne cum up sim nida,” or we thank you exceedingly, very, very much.

We have a little printing-press in operation now, and I always try to get a tract into the hands of each patient, for I can not talk much yet. Last week one of my patients came back and said he wanted to be an sick el yesu sarum, or a Sabbath Jesus man.

The language is very hard, and it will be a long time before we can do much preaching. I can get along fairly well with the patients now, and next Sabbath I am thinking of trying my first Bible study alone, as my wife and I are going north about sixty li to visit a small company of believers.

Soonan.