IM SUKI was a little nine-year-old Korean girl who had come to the mission school and learned to be a Christian. About two months ago, she became ill, and told her mother she knew she would die. Every day while ill, she would ask for her songbook and Bible, and would read and pray. She was not afraid to die, for she was under Jesus' care.
The last week before her death, she suffered greatly. One night at two o'clock, her mother came for me, to see if I would not come and try to relieve her suffering. I went and stayed several hours, though there was not much that I could do, and I feared she could not live till morning. She was getting weaker and weaker all the time.
Although she was in great agony, her mind was clear, and I talked to her of the beauties of the new earth,—of the long tables laden with beautiful apples, peaches, grapes, and other fruits, of the beautiful angels, and of the hills where she and other little children would be able to gather roses and lilies, and of the shining river of water of life, when Jesus comes to take us home.
From that time until she died, she would talk of nothing but the "new Garden of Eden," as she called it, and she would comfort her mother and sister by telling them she would meet them in this beautiful garden when Jesus comes to gather His children.
A MIXED SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS IN SINGAPORE - AMERICAN, CHINESE, EURASIAN, AND TAMIL, WITH THEIR TEACHER
On the last afternoon, she seemed to be far away in thought. After a while, she called for her pretty hair ribbon, then for her songbook and Bible, and she sang one verse of "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood." Toward evening, she wanted to be washed and have her hair combed, and then she called for the new clothes, which, according to the Korean custom, had been prepared. Her mother put them on for her; and then she said: "Now I am ready to die. Meet me in that beautiful garden." Thus she passed away, sweetly trusting in Jesus and His promises.
This is only one of the precious little jewels from Korea whom you may meet in the kingdom. There are many, many more. Will you not help us to find them?
