Among the Churches in Northern Korea
By C. L. Butterfield
DURING the month of April it was my privilege, in company with Dr. Riley Russell, to visit the companies and churches in the northern part of the field, where Dr. Russell is laboring. It was a busy time of the year, but all the meetings held were well attended, and a good spirit was manifested. Nearly every Seventh-day Adventist family in Korea is now a subscriber to our monthly magazine, and it has been one of the means of bringing our people to a fuller knowledge of the truth and to a higher spiritual plane. I was much pleased on this trip to receive sums of money in nearly every place visited, either tithe, Sabbath-school offerings, or subscription money. At two places churches were organized, one with a membership of eleven, and the other of fourteen. At each of these places there are others who are preparing for baptism, and I expect that before the end of the year each company will have a membership of twenty or more. Three other companies will be ready for organization this fall. We visited one new company of about twenty-five, who live on the seacoast, being fishers. On arriving at the place, we were somewhat disappointed to find only a few small fishers' huts; but that evening a good company assembled to listen to the truth; and as I spoke to them of the coming of our Saviour, and the signs showing his coming to be near at hand, all faces lighted up, and a determination was manifested to be among the "elect" who shall be gathered from all parts of the earth, and "shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." We made this trip on two ponies which Dr. Russell recently bought in Manchuria for the mission. They are small, but good travelers. They were bought from the $300,000 Fund, the two costing seventy-five dollars. I shall start soon on a trip in southern Korea, where Brother R. C. Wangerin is located. Brother Wangerin writes that about eighteen are awaiting baptism, so we shall expect to organize a church. We can bring only a cheering report of the work here, for God is abundantly blessing. Our annual camp-meeting will be held June 13-23, at which time we expect to have Elders I. H. Evans and F. H. DeVinney with us. We hope to be able in the near future to report good news with regard to a location for our work in Seoul. Pray for the work in Cho-sen (Korea), that many of God's chosen people may be gathered out.