The Korean people have certain racial traits which, when liberated by the Gospel, become the basis of a noble type of Christian character. Naturally they are decent; they have an appreciation of civility, the relation of men and women is deferential, and in many ways they have a sort of natural foundation for Christian ethics.
The story of the Gospel work in Korea is most encouraging. They take the meaning of the Gospel seriously and in deep repentance for sin become converted and construct their faith, not on a theory, but on a good life. Men put away their concubinage and purify their homes.
Rev. C. G. Hounshell, in the Korean Methodist, gives a vivid account of the way the work goes on in Korea. In speaking of one of the afternoon revival meetings in Seoul, he says:
Mrs. Sau was the first to take a definite step toward Jesus. One afternoon she arose in the congregation and said, "I am a great sinner, but I want to come to the Saviour and be saved from my sins." She came forward and knelt at the altar, and the Christian women knelt around her. After several prayers had been offered for her, she, herself, poured out her soul in prayer to God. Her prayer was fervent and broken by sobs, and when she arose her face was bright and happy, clearly manifesting the fact that a change had taken place. She bore testimony to the fact "that the peace of the Lord Jesus had filled her heart."
Could any one ask for a clearer and more satisfactory work of grace?—California Christian Advocate.
