Publishing in Korea by B. R. Owen

Pacific Press Publishing Association

FromSigns of the Times, Harvest Ingathering Number

Publishing in Korea

By B. R. Owen

B. R. OWEN

IN Korea, it has been found that the publishing work has been the most important factor in aiding the spread of the gospel. Our first equipment was a Washington hand press and a few cases of type, in a room 10 x 12 feet. Now the publishing house has a valuation of $6,600, and is keeping an energetic force of twenty-five colporteurs in the field distributing the printed page. Besides the issuing of a dozen subscription books and a large list of live tracts and pamphlets, a twenty-eight-page magazine is published monthly, and for the past two years it has had an average circulation of five thousand copies each month.

Colporteurs on House Boat. Missionary Colporteurs in Brazil

During the past year, the sale of literature has shown a gain of $235 over the previous year; and this means much in this field, where the majority of the people are extremely poor, and a large part of the population cannot read or write.

Seoul.