Korean Liberality

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 21, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 28.

Korean Liberality

In one church three Korean Christians put their heads together to plan how much they could give. They had given their “tenth,” and was not that enough? “No, we must give something to this cause,” said one. “This past summer was a good one for our rice-crop. We have the largest crop of rice ever reaped off our paddies,” said another. The third said, “Yes, and it was God who gave the rain, who made the sun to shine, who made the ground to yield, who gave us the strength to care for the grain and to harvest it. It has all been a gift from His hand!” They began by planning to give another one-tenth, but the sum seemed too small. Finally they decided to sell all their rice, and with the proceeds to buy millet for their winter food. This is a cheap grain and makes much poorer diet. The difference in cost amounted to nearly six dollars, which they gave toward the missionary. The self-sacrifice thus entailed went on all through the winter and spring, and they were reminded of it three times a day, at every meal they ate. Many Christian families in Korea are living almost wholly on millet, that they may have something to give toward spreading the Gospel.—The Bible in the World.