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MINUTES OF THE KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MET HOD 1ST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

TENTH SESSION

FmST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

PYENG YANG

June 20-26, 1917

CONTENTS.

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T. Conference Chronological Roll --.- 5

II. Officers of the Conference 7

III. Officers of Conference Societies 7

IV. Conference Committees :-

(a) Standing Committees .... 8

(b)· Special Committees 9

V. Disciplinary Questions 10

VI. Appointments ]3

VII. Daily Proceedings .... 21

VII. Reports :-

(a) District Superintendents 34

(b) Standing Committees and B~ards 65

(c) Special Committees 83

(d) Treasurers 84

(e)' Miscellaneous .--. 85

XI. Roll of the Dead 86

XII. Conference Sessions 88

XIII. Miscellan eous 89

XV. Statistical Tables 91

THE CHRONOLOGICAL ROLL.

The dllte given shows the year of Admission on Trial. Names of those who first joined some Conference other than the Korea are follow­ed by figures indicating the Conference joined, as follows: 1, West Nebraska; 2, Wyoming; 3, North China; 4, Northern New York; 5, North­west Iowa; 6, Newark; 7, Vermont; 8, New York East; 9, Gulf; 10, Cali­fornia; 11, Japan; 12, Kansas; 13, DesMoines; 14. New England.

A star (*) following a name indicates Supernumerary Relation; all others are Effective.

All available data was used in preparing this list. Corrections should be handed to the Secretary.

1890 S. A. Beck-l

1892 W. A. Noble-2

1895 D. A. Bunker-3

1896 G. H. Jones-4

1899 E. M. Cable-5

1900 C. D. Morris-6

1903 A. L. Becker G. M. Burdick-7 J. Z. Moore-8

1904 E. D. Follwell Corwin Taylor-9

1906 H:yen Soon-l0 KIm Chang Sik H. C. Taylor-5

1907 ChangNak Do N. D. Chew Choi Pyeng Hyen

Hong Seung Ha • Kim ChangKu Kwon Sinll * Son Seung Y ong F. E. C. Williams Yi Ik Mo

1908 R. P. Alexander-ll Benjamin Chappell-ll C. S. Deming W. de L. Kingsbury-ll W. Carl Rufus Kim Chai Chan R. R. Reppert-12 Pak Won Paik *

1909 An Chang Ho B. W. Billings M. K. W. Heicher Kim Chang Hyeng Kim K wang Sik o Kui Sun Pak Pong Nai Son OhungDo Yi Ha Yung J. D. Van Buskirk

1910 Paul L. Grove-13 Hong Soon Tak Hyen Suk ChiI KangSim Wha Kim Ushoon-l0 Pak Yung Chan • Yi Chi Sung"' Yi Tong Sik

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1911 Han Chang Snp A. H. NortQn Song Ik Chu . Pang ChokSiri Pyen Hak Y ong v. H. Wachs-14 Yi Chin Hyeng ·Yi Kyeng Jik-5 ..

1912 Pak Hyen II·· Pak YungSun Yi Yung Sun Yun SungYul

1913 :Chung Chin Sil .Kim In Kwon Kim Tai Hyen Kim Pyeng Choi Yi Chang Hoi

1914 All Kyeng Nok Choi Sung Mo

. Dong Suk Kui Kim Chong 00 Rim HongSik Kim Pyeng Kwoh o Hyen Kyeng

KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

o Ik Pyo Pai Hyen Sik PangKui Sun Son Chang Hyen Yi UrrYung Yi Yong Chu

1915 H. D. Appenezeller-8 Cbu KUl Won Kim Kwang Sik YiEun Yung Yi Moon Hyen Yi Sang Man

1916 A. G. Anderson Han Yoi Kun Hong Kui.Hwang Hong Sun Cbu No Si Chwa Pak Suk Kun SongTuk Hu Yi Chan Chu

1917 Cho Chung Porn Han Tai Yu 1m Chin Kuk KangChung 0 Kim Kwang Kuk

[JUNE,

CONFERENCE REGISTER.

II. Otlicers of the Conference.

President:

Bishop Herbert Welch, Seoul, Korea.

Secretary:

S. A. Beck, Seoul, Korea.

Assistant Secretary:

B. W. Billings, Seoul, Korea.

Korean Secretary.

Pai Hyung Sik, Pyeng Yang, Yi Yun Yung,

Statistical Secretaries:

V. H. Wachs, Yeng Byen. A. H. Norton, Haiju.

Korean Statistical Secretaries:

Pang Kui Soon, Chun Chai Kwon,

Treasurer:

C. S. Deming.

Official Interpreters:

E. M. Cable. Hyen Soon.

III. Officers of Conferente Societies.

Conference Temperance Society:

A. H. Norton, President; Dong Suk Kui, Secretary.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Chemulpo District, Pang Chok Sin, Choi Chok II. Chunan District, An Chang Ho, Chung Chai Kwon.

Haiju District, A. H. Norton, Choi Sung Mo.

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Kangneung District, Yi Tong Sik, An Kyung Nok. Kongju District, Son Seung Yong, Kim Kwang Sik.

Pyeng Yang East District, Hyen Suk Chil, Pai Hyen Sik. Pyeng Yang West District, Kim Chang Hung, Pyen Hak Yong.

Seoul District, Hong Sun Tak, Yun Sung Yul. Suwon District, Han Chang Sup, Yi Eun Yung. Wonju District, Kang Sin Wha, C. D. Morris.

Yeng ByenDistrict, Kim Chai Chan, Yi Chin Hung, Yi Yung Soo'n.

Home and Foreign Missionary Society:

President, Choi Pyeng Hyen; Vice President, W. A. Noble. Secretaries, Choi Sung Mo, Chang Nak Do.

Treasurer, E; M. Cable.

MANAGERS.

Chemulpo District, 0 Kui Soon, Pak Pong Nai, Dong Suk Kui. Chunan District, Chung Chai Kwan, An Chang Ho, F. E. C. Williams.

Haiju District, Choi Sung Mo, Son Chang Hyen, 0 Hyen Kyeng. Kangneung District, Yi Ik Mo, Yi Dong Sik. An Kyeng Nok.

KO'iIgju District, Hyen Suk Chil, Corwin Taylor, Kim Kwang Sik. Pyen9 Yang District, Sin Hong Sik, Kim Chan Hyung, Chu Kui Won,

Pai Hyeng Sik. Seoul District, Kim Ushoon, Son Chung Do, Hong Soon Taik,

Kim Chong Woo. Suwon District, Han Chang Sup, Yi Chang Hoi, W. A. Noble.

Wonju District, Pang Kui Soon, Hong Seung Chu, C. D. Morris. Yeng Byen District, Kim Chang Sik, Yi Yung Soon, Kim Chai Chan.

IV. Conference Committees.

(a) Conference Relations.

TERM TO EXPIRE 1918 Kim Chang Sik Hyen Suk Chi!

TERM TO EXPIRE 1919 J. Z. Moore

F. E. C. Williams Corwin Taylor

TERM TO EXPIRE 1920 W. A. Noble Choi Pyeng Hyen Yi Ik Mo P. L. Grove

Conference Stewards.

Han Chang Sup Pak Won Paik E. M. Cable

C. S. Deming, Choi Pyeng Hyen, E. M. Cable, Sin Hong Sik, S. A. Beck, Hyen Suk Chil, D. A. Bunker.

1917]

A. L. Becker, B. W. BilI}ngs, HughCynn, V.H. Wachs,

CONFERENCE REGISTER

Education.

F. E. C. Williams, J. Z. Moore, D. A. Bunker, Lulu E. Frey, o Kui Sun, Pak Won Paik, Dong Suk Kui, E. M. Cable,

Han Suk Chi!.

(b) Special Committees.

REPORTERS.

Hyen Soon, D. A. Bunker.

RESOLUTIONS.

Chang Nak Do, Pai Hyen Sik, W. A. Noble, Kim TukSu,

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A. G. Anderson, V. H. Wachs, Yi Mun Hyen, Choi Pyeng Hyen.

STATE OF THE CHURCH.

Son Chang Hyen, Son Chung Do, Son Sung Yong,

Kim U shoon, Yi Ik Mo, Kim Chan Hyen.

TRIERS OF ApPEAL.

Choi Pyeng Hyen, Kim Chang Sik, W. A. Noble, J. Z. Moore, - C. D. Morris. Reserves: D. A. Bunker, Yi Ik Mo.

Committees ordered by the Conference. Centerw,ry Commission.-An Chang Ho, B. W. Billings, D. A. Bunker,

E. M. Cable, Choi Pyeng Hyen, H. H. Cynn, P. L. G;'ove, Han Chung Sup, Hyen Soon, Hyen Suk Chil, Kim Chang Sik, Kim Chan Heung, Kim Tuk Su, Kim Yu Soon, J. Z. Moore, C. D. Morris, W. A. Noble, o Kui Soon, Sin Hong Sik, Son Chung Do, Corwin Taylor, J. D. Van­Buskirk, V. H. Wachs, F. E. C. Williams, Yi Ik Mo, Bishop Welch, Chairman, ex-officio.

COMMITTEES ON REVISED DISCIPLINE.

Reading.-D. A. Bunker, Kim Chong Yu, Kim Hong Sik, J. Z. Moore, Bishop Welch.

Translation.-E. M. Cable, Choi Pyeng Hyen, H. H. Cynn. Publication.-S. A. Beck, Chang Nak Do, C. S. Deming, Pak Pong

Nai. Committee on Shadan.-Chung Chai Kwon, W. A. Noble, Son Seung

Yong, O. A. Weller, Yi Chang Hoi. Committee to Prepare Statistical Blanks. -Choi Sung Mo, A. H. Norton,

V. H. Wachs, Pai Hyen 8ik. Committee on Studies/or Women (to confer with Reference Committee

of Korea Woman's Conference) .-A. L. Becker, Kim Chai Chan, C. D. Mooris, Pak Yung Suk, Pang Kui 800n.

(c) Assignments for next session.

To preach the Missionary Sermon, Kim Ushoon.

Members of Committees are named in alphabetical order and will elect their own chairmen.

lD KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE,

DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS.

1.-Is this Annual Conference Incorporated According to the Require­ment of the Discipline ?

No; the law of the land makes no provision for such incorporation. 2.-Who have been Received by Transfer, andjrom what Conferences?

Henry D. Appenzeller, New York East. 8.- Who have been Readmitted?

None. 4.- Who have been Received on Credentials, andfrom what Churches?

None. 5. - Who have been Received on Trial ?

(a) In Studies of First Year. Cho Chung POIn, Han Tai Yu, 1m Chin Kuk, Kang Chung 0, Kim

Kwang Kuk. (b) In Studies of Third Year under the Seminary Rule. None.

·6.-Who have been Continued on Trial? (a) In Studies of First Year. A. G. Anderson, Hong Kui Hwang, Hong Sun Chu, Yi Chang Chu. (b) In Studies of Second Year. Han Yoi Kun, M. K. W. Heicher, Kim Tai Hyen, No Si Chwa, Pak

Suk Kun, Song Tuk Hu. (c) In Studies of Third Year. Kim Kwang Sik, ° Hyen Kyeng, Yi Moon Hyen, Yi Sang Man.

o (d) In Studies of Fourth Year. o Ik Pyo.

7. - Who have been DiscontJinued ? Yi YungSuk.

8.- Who have been admitted into Full Membership? (a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year. Chu Kui Won, Yi Yong Chu, Yi ¥un Yung. (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously. B. W. Billings, A. H. Norton.

9.- What Members are in Studies oj Third Year? . (a) Admitted into Full Membership this year.

B. W. Billings, Chti Kui Won, A. H. Norton, Yi Yun Yung. (b) Admited into Full Membership previously. Kim Chang Kyu, R. R. Reppert.

10.-What Members are in Studies of the Fourth Year? An Kyeng Nok, Choi Sung Mo, Chung 'Chin Su, Dong Suk Kui, Kim

Chong 00, Kim Hong Sik, Kim Pyeng Kwon, Psi Hyeng Sik, Pang

1917] DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 11

Kui Soon, Yi Eun Yung, Song Ik Chu, SOIl Chang Hyen, SOIl Chung Do, Yi YungSoon, Yi Yong Chu, Yun Sung Yul.

11.-What Members have Completed the Conference Cmu·se of Stu,dy ? (a) Elected and Ordained Elders this year. Kim Pyeng Choi, Yi Chang Hoi. (b) Elected and Ordained Elders previously. None. (c) Elected and Ordained Elders under the Seminary Rule. None. (d) Not yet Elders, Yi Chi Sung.

12. - What others have been Elected and Ordained Deacons ? (a) As Local Preachers. Chun SRi Yung. Kang Si Pong, Kwack Chung Sung, Saw Sang Yun,

Yi Wha Paik. (b) Under Missionary Rule. None. (c) Under the Seminary Rule. None.

13.-What others have been Elected and Ordained Elders 1 (a) As Local Deacons. None. (b) Under Missionary Rule. None.

14.- Was the Character of each Preacher examined? This was carefully done by the calling of each name in open Con­

ference. 15.- Who have been Transferred and to what Conferences?

Carl Critchett, Michigan. 16.- Who have died?

W. C. Swearer. 17.- Who have been Located at their own Request?

None. 18. - Who have been Located?

None. 19.- Who have Withdrawn?

Kim In Kwon. 20.-Who have been permitted to Withdraw under Charges or Com­

plaints? None.

21.- Who have been Expelled? None.

22.- What other personal Notation should be made ? None.

29.- Who are the Supernumerary Ministers, and for what number oj years consecutively has each ~JJd. this Relation ?

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HongSeung Ha 2, Kwon Sin II 4, Pak Hyen II 1, Pak Won Paik 1, Pak Yung Chan 1, Yi Chi Sung 1, Yi Kyeng Chick 1.

24. - wiW are the Retired Ministers? None.

£5. - Who are the. Triers of Appeals ? Choi Pyeng Hyen, ·Kim Chang Sik, J. Z. Moore, C. D. Morris, W. A.

Noble. Reserves: D. A. Bunker, Yi Ik Mo.

26.-What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Home Mis­sions and Ch~wch Extension ?

Nothing. 27.:- What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Foreign Mis­

sions ? Nothing.

28. - l¥ hat is the Statistica.l Report? See the Statistician's Report.

29.- What is the Conference Treasurer's Report? See the Conference Treasurer's Report.

30.- (a) What is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Conference, as reported by the Conjerence Treasurer?

See Treasurer's Report. (b) What is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by

the A nnual Conference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer ? See Treasurer's Report .

. 31.-What are the Claims on the Conference Fund? 1390.

92.- (a) What has been Received on these Claims? (b) How has it been Applied?

See report of Conference Stewards. 38. - What amount has been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges within

the Conference, to be raised for the Support of Conference Clai­mants?

Nothing. 94. - What amount has been paid by the Conference Treasure'r to the

Board of Conference Claimants for Connectional Relief? Nothing. .

95.- Where are the Preachers Stationed? See List of Appointments.

96.- Where shall the Next Conference be held? Seoul.

1917] APPOINTMENTS 13

APPOINTMENTS.

THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE ALL IN CHOSEN (KOREA).

Chemulpo District.

o KUI SOON, Superintendent. (P. O. Jinsen [Chemulpo] Chosen). Missionary in Charge,.... D. A. Bunker, (P. O. Keijo [Se-

Chemulpo, Kangwha, Kangwha South, Kangwha West, Kyodong, .. .. Pupyeng, ... . Tukchuk, ... . Yengchong, Yenghung,

oul] Chosen). Pak PongNai. Kim Kwang Kuk. Yi Chin Hung. SuppJied by Kang Mun Ho. Supplied by Choi Cho II. Pang Chok Sin. Supplied by Kim Hyen Ho. Supplied by Yun Hui II. Supplied by 1m Yun Muk.

Chunan District.

(Formerly Kongju East District).

F. E. C. WILLIAMS, District Evangelist,

Asan, Chinchun, I Chunan East, I

Chunan North, Eumsung, Yeasan, Yunkui, ....

Superintendent. (P. O. Kongju, Chosen). An Chang Ho, (P. O. Tenan, Cho-

sen). Supplied by Pak Sung Hu. ChungChai Kwon.

Cho Chung Porn. Supplied by Kim Eung Tai: Kim K wang- Sik. Supplied by Chun Hui Kyun.

Haiju District.

P. L. GROVE, Superintendent. (P. O. Haiju, Chosen). Chung-am, No Si Chwa. Haiju, Choi Sung Mo. Haiju East, Supplied by Kwak Chu Yung. Haiju West, Supplied by Cho Chai Sun. Hainam, .... Supplied by Hong Sung Whan. Kangyung, Supplied by Choi II Yung. Mukot, 0 Hyen Kyeng. Ongchin, ..... . . . Supplied by Pak Hui Suk.

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Paikchun, Putunei, ... . Yenpaik, ... . Yenpaik South, ... . Yenpaik West, ... . . Lovisa Holmes-Norton Memorial

Hospital,

1m Chin Kuk. Supplied by 0 Ung Chun. Supplied by Kwak Chung ~un. Supplied by Kim Chang Huen. Son Chang Hyen .

A. H. Norton. Member of Haiju Quarterly Conference.

Kangnung District.

Yr IK Mo. Superintendent. (P. O. Kangneung. Chosen). Missionary in Charge..... C. D. Morris, (P. O. Wonju. Cho.-

sen) . Kangnung. An Kyeng Nok. Pyenghai, Whang Chong Ho. Samchuk. To be supqJied. Ulehin, Yi Tong Sik.

Kongju District.

(Formerly Kongju West District) .

CORWIN TAYLOR, Superintendent. (P. O. Kongju, Chosen). District Evangelist, Son Seung Yong, (P. O. Kongju,

Chungyang, Hongsung, Kongju, .... Kangyungpo, Kyungchun,

Nolmi. Pooyah, Sawsan. Tangehin and Myengchun, Taichun North .... Taiehun South, ... Kongju Higher Common School,

Chosen). Han Tai Yu. Kim Pyeng Choi. Hyen Suk Chil. Pak Yung Suk. Supplied by No Choi Min and To

Sang Kyu. Yi Yong Chu. Supplied by Saw Kui Hun. Supplied by Hong Won Chik. YiSangMan. Supplied by Saw Sang Yun. Supplied by Kim Hung Pai. F. E. C. Williams.

Pyengyang East District.

J. Z. MOORE, Chilsan, ...

Superintendent. (P. O. Heijo [Pyengyang] Chosen).

Paime, Pongnongdong, ... Pongsan, ... Pyengyang: First Qhureh,

Supplied by Song Hui Pong. Kim Chang Kyu. Supplied by Yi Ti Yu. Supplied. by Chung KiI Hak. Sin Hong Sik and Pak Suk Han.

1917] APPOINTMENTS 15

Nemunkol, Saikori,

Sinkei, Suan, Syohung, ...

Hall Memorial Hospital,

ChuKui Won. Supplied by An Tong Won. Supplied by Song Chang Sik. Supplied by Han Pong Kuk. Song Tuk Hu and Kim Sung Hang

(sup). E. D. Follwell, member of Ne­

munkol Quarterly Conference.

Pyengyang West District .

• 1. Z. MOORE, Superintendent. (P. O. Heijo [pyengyang] Chosen). Chinnampo: Jacob Memorial, Yi Ha Yung and Hong Kui Hwang.

Oknangni, Supplied by An Suk Chun. Oktong, Supplied by Chai Pyung Hun.

Chungsan, Song Ik Chu. Chungwha, Yi Chan Chu and Chai Dng Kyu,

Hamchong,

Kangsyo, ... Pyengyang : Kookol, ...

(sup). Pyen Hak Yong and Chung Chin

Hyun (sup.) Kim Hong Sik and Han Yoi Kun. Pai Hyen Sik and Chang Ti K won

(sup). Nekandong (Appenzeller Memorial) Kim Chan Heung.

Samwha, .. Chung Chin Su and Tong Yi Kwon • (sup).

Seoul District.

CHor PYENG HYEN, Superintendent. (P. O. Keijo [Seoul,] Chosen). Missionary in Charge,... W. A. Noble, (p. O. Keijo [Seoul]

Changnai, Chanmunpat, Chongno, ...

Chungkok, East Gate Church and Circuit, First Church (Chongdong), ...

Kalwol, ... Kongdongni, Mead Memorial (Sangdong) ..•

Miari, Sacholi,

Chosen). Supplied by No Kyung Chung. Supplied by Pak Hui Do. B. W. Billings and Kim Chang

Chun, (sup). Kim Tai Hyen. Kim Chong Yu and D. A. Bunker. Son Chung Do, E. M. Cable, and

Kim Chin Ho, (sup). Supplied by Pak Hai Suk. Yun SungYul. Hong Sung Tak and Yi Chong

Wha: (sup.) Supplied by Sin Sung Tuk. J. D. VanBuskirk.

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Samgai, Syokang, ... Wangsimni, Yengchang, Union Methodist Theological

Seminary,

Chosen Christian College,

Severance Union Medical College, ... Agent for American Bible Society,

Agent for Board of Sunday Schools,

Language Study,

Dong Suk Kui. Supplied by Pak Yong Nai. Supplied by Yi Pi! Chu. C. S. peming.

E. M. Cable, C. S. Deming, and Dong Suk Kui.

A. L. Becker, member of Chamun-pat Quarterly Conference, and

B. W. Billing3. J. D. VanBuskirk. S. A. Beck, member of Chamun­

pat Quarterly Conference. Hyen Soon, member of Fir s t

Church Quarterly Conference. H. D. Appenzeller, member of

Mead Memorial· Quarterly Con­ference.

Suwon District.

W. A. NOBLE, Superintendent. (P. O. Keijo [Seoul] Chosen). Central Circuits Evangelist,... Han Chang Sup, (P. O. Yeaju): Namyang and Omi Circuits Evangelist, Yi Chang Hoi, (P. O. Namyang). Suwon and Ansan Circuits Evangelist, Kim Pyeng Kwon, (P.O. Namyang), Ansan, SliIPplied by Kim Tong II. Changhowon, Supplied by Kim Chi Ik. Cheungju, Supplied by Chang Chung Myung. Choichun, Yi Eun Yung. Chunyang, Supplied by Yu Hong Chun. Kwangju ~.. Supplied by Ham Chang Sup. Namyang, Supplied by Kim Kyo Chul. Ochun, Supplied by' Chun Sei Yung. Omi (Osan) Kim Kwan~ Sik. Suwon, Supplied by 1m Eung Soon. Yeaju, Supplied by Won Yong Han. Yichun, Yi Mun Hyen. .

C. D. MORRIS,

Chungsyung, Munmak, .. , ryengchang, Whongsung, Wonju,

W onj u District.

Superintendent. (P. O. Wonju, Chosen). Hong Sung Chu. Supplied by Pak Chong Syen. Supplied by Kim Yung Han. Supplied byJGm Hong Choi. Pang Kui Soon; .

1917]

Yengwul, '" Yoju,

APPOINTMENTS

Supplied by Cho Kun Yung. Supplied by Cho Yun Yo .

. Yengbyen District.

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KIM CHANG SlK, Superintendent. (P. O. Neihen [Yengbyen] Chosen). Missionary in Charge,... V. H. Wachs, (P. O. Neihen

Chapa, Heuichun, Kaiehun, ~.".

Pukehin, ... Sinehang, ... Taichun, ... Yangduk, Yengbyen, Yengbyen Cireuit,

[Yengbyen] Chosen). Supplied by Kang Si Pong. Supplied by Yi Wha Paik. To be supplied. Kang Sin Wha. Yi Yun Yung. Yi Yung Soon. Supplied by Pai Chung II. Kim Chai Chan.

. Supplied by Yi Won Sik.

Special Appointments.

Kim Y.u Soon, Conference Evangelist, member of First Chureh Quarterly Conference.

G. H. Jon!!s, Assistant Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, New York,

R. P. "Alexander, Benjamin Chapp91I, and W. de L. Kingsbury, Mission­aries in Japan.

A. G. Anderson, G. M. Burdick, N. D. Chew, M. K. W. Heicher, B. R. Lawton, R. R. Reppprt, W. C. Rufus, H. C. Taylor, home on furlough.

o lie Pya, left without appointment to attend school, member of Kongju Quarterly Conference.

Missionaries not Members of the Conference.

Miss D. M. Battles, Superintendent of Nurse Training, Haiju Hospital, member of Haiju West Quarterly Conference.

O. A. Weller, Chosen Christian College, member of Mead Memorial Quarterly Conference.

Assistant M!ssionaries.

Chunan District.

Evangelistic Work Kongju City, .••

Haiju District.

Evangelistic Work Haiju City, Evangelistic Work and Girls' School, •••

Kongju District.

Mrs. F. E. C. Williams.

Mrs. Paul L. Grove. Mrs. A. H. Norton.

Eva~ge1is.tic Work Kongju City and District, Mrs. Corwin Taylor.

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Pyeng Yang East District.

Evangelistic Work First Church and Sunday School Work, Mrs. J. Z. Moore.

Seoul District.

East Gate Church and Circuit Evangelistic Work, Mrs. D. A. Bunker.

Superintendent of Sunday School Work, Seoul District, and Evangelistic Work, Chong Dong, Mrs. W. A. Noble.

Instructor in Woman's Bible Training School and Evangelistic Work, ... Mrs. E. M. Cable.

Instructor in Chosen Christian College and in Woman's Bible Training School, Mrs. O. A. Weller.

Instructor in Chosen Christian College and Evangelistic Work at Chamunpat Mrs. A. L. Becker.

Chinese Evangelistic Work, Mrs. C. S. Deming. Instructor in Woman's Bible Training School

and Evangelistic Work Sacholi Mrs. J. D. VanBuskirk . ..

Wonju District.

Evangelistic Work, '" Mrs. C. D. Morris.

Yengbyen District • . Evangelistic Work Yeng Byen City and in­

structor in music in schools, ..• Mrs. V. H. Wachs.

Appointments of the Woman's Foreign

Missionary Society.

Chemulpo District.

Day Schools and Language Study, Margaret I. Hess, Evangelistic work, ... Blanche R. Bair.

Chunan District.

Evangelistic work and Day Schools, Mrs. W. C. Swearer, (P. O. Kong­jul.

Haiju District.

Evangelistic work, ... Gertrude E. Snavely.

Kangnung District.

Evangelistic work and Day Schools, Mary R. Hillman, (P. O. Wonju).

1917] APPOINTMENTS

Kongju District.

Evangelistic work and Day Schools, Mrs. Alice H. Sharp.

Pyengyang District.

Evangelistic work in Kyungmul Church, and West District and West District Day Schools, Henrietta P. Robbins.

Union Academy and Evangelistic work in Sinchunkol and on Pyeng-yang Circuit, .... E. Irene Haynes.

Union Academy and Evangelistic work in Namsan Church .... Mary Appenzeller.

Day Schools in city and Evangelis­tic work in Kukol and Waysung and Language Stu:ly, Maude V. Trissel.

Woman's Hospital and Dispensary and Director of Woman's Medi-cal Class, Mary M. Cutler, M. D.

Evangelistic work on ElSt District and Nimunkol, Day Schools and Language Study, Bessie C. Salmon.

Seoul District.

Lulu E. Frey.

Alice R. Appenzeller. Ora M. Tuttle.

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Principal Ewha Haktang, Assistant Principal Ewha Haktang,

Evangelistic work First Church, Superintendent Ewha Day Schools, Evangelistic work, Jessie B. Marker. (On furlough

from December, 1917) . . Instructor in Ewha Haktang, Chong­

no Evangelistic work and Lang-uage Study, ... Jeannette Hulbert.

Instructor in Ewha Haktang, First Church Evangelistic work and Language Study, Marie E. Church.

Instructor in Ewha Haktang and Mead Memorial Evangelistic work, Jeanette Walter.

Instructor in Ewha Haktang, Grace Harmon McGary. Instructor in Ewha Haktang, First

Church Evangelistic work and Language Study, Lola A. Wood.

Director of Kindergarten, Mead Memorial Evangelistic work and Language Study, Charlotte Brownlee.

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Lillian Harris Memorial Hospital and Baldwin Dispensary. (Until

[JUNE',

September, Mary S. Stewart), .•• Rosetta Sh~rwood Hall, M. D. Superintendent Nurses Training

Schools and East Gate Evangel-isticwork, Naomi Anderson.

Nurse, Superintendent of Social Servic~ work and Language Study, Elizabeth S. Roberts.

Woman's Bible Training School, ... Millie M. Albertson. Mrs. Anna M., Chaffin.

Suwon District.

Day Schools and Evangelistic work, Lula A. Miller. Evangelistic work, Lulu E. Frey.

Wonjll District.

Day Schools and Evangelistic work, Mary R. Hillman.

Yengbyen District.

Evangelistic work, ... Ethel M. Estey. Day Schools and Evangelistic work, Mary Beiler.

At home on furlough: Huldah A. Haenig, Hannah Scharpff, Jane Barlow, Olive F. Pye, Grace L. Dillingham, Rosa M. Raabe.

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THE JOURNAL.

FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1917.

The tenth session of the Korea Annual Conference and the thirty­third session of the Korea Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church met in First Church, Pyeng Yang, Korea, on Wednesday, June 20,1917, with Bishop Herbert Welch in the chair.

Opening Servwe.-Promptly at 9 o'clock the ConfereI)ce was called to order, the Bishop speaking on I John 4:7-21. J. Z. Moore, Superintend­ent.of Pyeng Yang District, had charge of the Communion service, as­sisted by all the District Superintendents.

Roll Gall.-P. L. Grove, Secretary of the last Conference, called the roll. A total of seventy-eight members and probationers answered to their' names, only the following being absent at first roll call: R. P. Alexander, A. L. Becker, B. Chappell, N. D. Chew, Carl Critchett, Hong Seung Ha, G. H. Jones, B. R. Lawton, C. D. Morris, Pak Hyen II, R. R. Reppert, W. C. Rufus, H. C. Taylor, J. D. Van Buskirk, Kim In Kwon, W. de L.Kingsbury, Yi Kyeng Chik, M. K. W. Heicher, Hong Kui Hwang, o Ik Pyo and W. C. Rufus.

Memcrrial Service. - When the name of W. C. Swearer was called the Conference stood, and it was announced that W. C. Swearer had passed to his reward at. Adams, New York, September 12, 1916. "When our heads are bowed with woe" was sung, prayer was offered by Sin Hong Sik, and addresses were made by E. M. Cable and An Chang Ho. Bishop Harris, who had been present at the funeral, spoke of the brief and im­pressive service in PittsbUJ:gh. With singing "Asleep in Jesus" the memorial service closed.

Greeting8. -On motion of J. Z. Moore, the Secretary was instructed to send the greetings of the Conference to Mrs. Swearer.

Organization.-On motion of W. A. Noble S. A. Beck was elected Secretary, and he chose B. W. Billings as his assistant.

Other nominations secured the election of Pai Hyung Sik as Korean Secretary, Yi Yun Yung, assistant; V. H. Wachs, Statistical Secretary, A. H. Norton, assistant; Pang Kui Syun, Korean Statistical Secretary, Chung Chai Kwon, assi8tant; C. S. Deming, Treasurer; E. M. Cable and Hyen Soon, Interpreters.

Nomination8.-Corwin Taylor for the District Superintendents read a partial report of nominations for the various committees. (See Com­mittees).

Reces8.-A recess of fifteen minutes was taken. Question 2.-The Bishop announced the transfer of Henry Appen­

zeller, an effective Elder, from the New York East Conference.

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Instroductions.-Henry Appenzeller, Miss Elizabeth Roberts, and Mrs. Anna B. Chaffin were introduced.

Statistics.-The Bishop asked that all statistical reports be at once handed to the Statistical Secretaries, and it was announced that tomor­row tbe names of those not reporting would be read.

Question 14.-The name of G. M. Burdick, Superintendent of Suwon District, was called, bis character passed, with all the effective Elders on bis -District, and he read his report in Korean.

Hong Seung Ha.-The character of Hong Seung Ha was passed, and he was reported as being very ill.

Bar .of Conference. -On motion of Hyen Suk Chil the bar of the Conference was fixed to include all seats within the two rows of pillars.

Ladies.-On motion of W. A. Noble the women of the Missionary Societies were invited to sit within the bar of the Conference .

. Committee Ordered. -On motion of Dong Suk Kui amended by Kim Ushoon a committee of two from each District was ordered, to pre­pare a plan for organization of a Centenary Commission. (Committee to be announced later.)

Adjournment.-After announcements the Conference stood adjourn­ed at 12:40, the benediction being pronounced by Rev. K. Ishizaka.

SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917.

At 9 o'clock the hymn "Down at the Cross" was sung, and Son Seung Yorg led in prayer. The Bishop spoke of the congregations in cities and villages and the scattered groups and individuals which com­bined constituted the Church of Christ, and based his message on Rev. 1:12-20. The half hour devotional service closed by the singing of "1 Love Thy Kingdom, Lord. "

Journal. - The Journal of the first session was read in English and Korean and approved.

Special Committees.-By motions of Hyen Suk Chil and Yun Sung Yul, Kim Ushoon and C. S. Deming were elected as a committee to pre­sent visitors.

On motion of W. A. Noble a committee of three was asked for, to recommend what reports of institutions should be presented. Committee, G. M. Burdick, Chang Nak Do, Kim Chai Chan.

Introductions.-The following were introduced: Rev. F. H. Smith, Superintendent in Korea of the Japan Methodist Church; Rev. K. Ishizaka, fraternal delegate from the same Church; Z. K. Kosaka, pastor at Pyeng Yang; Chung Choon Su, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Wonsan; Miss Mary Appenzeller; Miss Sue Hopkins, of the Seoul Foreign School; Miss Alice Finlay, Kagoshima, Japan; Rev. M. Watanabe, pastor of the Japanese Congregational Church,. Pyeng Yang. Addresses were made by Messrs. Ishizaka and Watanabe.

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Que8t1'on 14.-Kim Chang Sik, Superintendent of the Yeng Byen District, was called, his character was passed, and he read his report.

invitation . ..,Chung Choon Su, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was, on motion of Chai Sang Mo, ipvited to address the Con­ference after recess.

Recess.-A recel1s of fifteen minutes was taken. Special Music. - Two hundred and seventy-five Korean girls in Pyeng

Yang are receiving instruction in primary schools maintained by the Woman's Foreign. Missionary Society, and a group of these girls sang before business was resumed.

Introduction. - Oh Whii Yong, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Seoul, was introduced.

Address. -Rev. Chung Choon Su addressed the Conference on the desirability of the union of Methodist forces in Korea.

Question H. - The character of Choi Pyeng Hyen, Superintendent of the Chemulpo District, was passed.

Statistics.-On motion of Hyen Suk Chil it was ordered to report only by Districts in the statistical reports to be printed in the Korean Minutes.

On motion of Kim Ushotm the matter of the period to be included in statistical reports was referred to the the District Superintendents.

Length of ReportB.-On motion of Pai Hung Sik District Superintend· ents were limited to fifteen minutes in reading their reports.

Chemulpo District. - Choi Pyung Hyen read his report of the Chemul­po District.

Characters Passed. - The characters were passed of all the effective Elders on the Cheniulpo District.

Report Rejerred.-Chang Nak Do reported for the committee on the matter of institutional reports, and on motion of S. K. Dong it was re­referred to the committee.

Time Extended.-On motion of Son Chung Do the time for adjourn­ment was fixed at 12:40.

Question 14.-The character of F. E. C. Williams, Superintendent of Kongju East District, was passed, together with An Chang Ho and Chung Chai Kwon, effective Elders, and the report of the District was read by Cho Chong Pom.

Adjournment. - Various announcements were made, and the bene­diction was pronounced by Yi Ik Mo.

THIRD DAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917.

"0 God, our strength in ages past" was sung to open the service at 9 o'clock and Son Chang Hyen led in prayer. For texts Bishop Welch took Acts 2:41-47, Acts 4:32·35, and spoke of the kind of Church the Apostles under the influence of the Spirit began to build. "Blest be the tie that binds" was s~ng to close the devotional half hour.

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Reading oj Journal.-The Journal of the second day, in English and Korean, was read and approved.

Question 14.-The name of P. L. Grove, Superintendent of the Haiju District, was called, his ch~acter was passed and he read his report of the District.

The character was passed of Yi Ik Mo, Superin~endent of the Kang Neung District, and he read his report. The character of Yi Tong SiJ,e was passed.

The name of Corwin Taylor was called, his character was p::.ssed; and his report as Superintendent of Kongju West District was read by Son Seung Yong.

The characters were passed of all the effective Elders on the Kongju West District.

Report of Nominating Committee.-Corwin Taylor read the list of men, two names <from each District, nominated by the District Superin­tendents to report a plan for organizing for the Centenary Movement, as follows, by Districts: Chemulpo,' Choi Pyeng Hyen, Pang Chok Sin ; Haiju,' P. L. Grove, Son Chang Hyen ; Kang Neung, Yi Ik Mo, Yi Tong Sik; Kongju East, F. E. C. Williams, Chang Chai Kwon; Kongju West, C. Taylor, Sin Hong Sik ; Pyeng Yang, East, J .. Z. Moore, Kim Chang Kyu; Pyeng Yang West, Hyen Suk Chil, Pni Hyen Sik; Seoul, W. A. Noble, Son Chung Do ; Suwon, G. M. Burdick, Han Chang Sup; Wonju, Pak Won Paik, Kang Sin Wha; Yeng Byen, Kim Chang Sik; Kim Chai Chan.

Reconsidered.-On motion of W. A. Noble the action of last year, concerning making reports to December 31st of each year, was recon­sidered.

lntroductions.-The following visitors were introduced: Revs. Chu Kong Sam, Yang Chang Paik and Kim Sun· Too, of the Presbyterian Church in Korea, and Miss Minnie Wilson, of the W. F. M. S., Hingwha, China.

Time included in Statistical Reports.-On motion of Corwin Taylor it was voted to receive statistical reports as prepared regardless of period included, and that hereafter reports should be made for the period between sessions of Conference.

Fractions to be Omitted. -Oh motion of Hyen Suk Chil all reports of monies were ordered to be made in yen only, fractions being omitted.

Question 23.-The character of Hong Seung Ha was passed, and on motion of G. M. Burdick he was continued· in the supernumerary rela­tion.

The character of K won Sin II was passed, and on motion of Pak Yong Nai he was referred to the committee on Conference Relations.

Pak Byen n.-On motion of Pak Won Paik, Pak Hyen II was refer­red to the committee on Conference Relations.

Committee Report.-W. A. Noble read in English and Choi Pyeng

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Hyen read in Korean the report of a meeting of representatives of Pres­byterian and Methodist Churches which nad considere d the matter of organizing a Federal Council of Churches in Korea.

Report Received.-On motion of Hyen Suk Chil the report was received.

Time Extended.-By motion of Kim Ushoon the time was extended fifteen minutes.

Participation in Federal Council of Churches Authorized.-On motion of 0 Kui Sun participation in the proposed Federal Council of Korean Churches was authorized.

Special Committee.-Kim Chang Sik moved that the suggested arti­cles of organization for a Federal Council of Korean Churches be refer­red to a committee of five, and while the question was being debated the time for adjournment arrived. •

Adjournment.-After announcements, adjournment was taken at -12:50, with-prayer by Chu Kong Sam.

FOURTH DAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1917.

At 9 o'clock the hymn "Awake, my soul, to joyful lays" was sung and Chu Kui Won led in prayer. The Bishop spoke from Col. 3:12-17, concerning the task of the Church in Korea, which he characterized as being far greater than merely to get people to believe and then to baptize them. (a) Habits and traditions must be changed; (b) Establish a Christian standard of morals; (c) Creation of an intelligent member­ship; (d) A trained ministry; Ce) A Christian literature; (f) Perfect a Christian organization. "Holy Ghost, the Infinite" was sung.

Daily Journal. - The Journal of the third day was read in English and Korean and approved.

Discussion resumed.-Thc discsssion of the appointment of a special committee on organization of a Council of Korean Churches, question pending at adjournment yesterday, was continued.

Substitute.-Son Chung Do moved as a subsitute that we listen to the reading of the proposed Constitution, adopt same, and choose ten delegates, giving them power to agree upon minor changes in the con­stitution. After considerable discussion the motion was adopted.

Privilege of the Floor.-H. H. Cynn was given the privilege of the floor dun.ng the discussion of the proposed constitution, on' motion of W. A. Noble.

Introduction.-Rev. K. Okayasa, of West Japan Conference, Japan Methodist Church, pastor at Chinnampo, was introduced.

Canstitution Adopted.-The proposed constitution for the Federal Council of Presbyterian and Methodist Churches in Korea was read seriatim, each article being adopted separately and the constitution being adopted as a whole.

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Solo.-Rev. F. H. Smith,<sang "The Ninety and Nine" by special request.

Introductions.-Yang Chu Sam of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mrs. Herbert Welch, were introduced.

Intermission.-At 11:05 an intermission of fifteen minutes was taken. Sow.-A little girl student very pleasingly sang a solo. Question 12. -' 'What others have been elected and orilained deacons,

(a) as local preachers ?" was taken up. The following names were called, the registrar and Committee on

Conference Relations reported, they were represented by their respective district superintendents, and on motion of the latter they were elected to Deacon's Orders as Local Preachers: Chun Sai Yung, Kang Si Pong, Kwack ChUng Sung, &aw Sang Yun, Yi Wha Paik.

Question 18.-Was called and the answer was "none." R6port of Special Committee. -Chang Nak Do reported for the

special committee to which had been commited the task of determining what reports of institutions might be heard. On the recommendation of the committee it was decided to have a report from each hospital, Severance Medical College, Chosen Christian College, one report for the Kotung schools, a report from the Theological Seminary, and from Pier­son Memorial Bible Institute.

Question B.-The name of B. W. Billings was called, his character was passed, the registrar reported, and he was advanced to the studies of the third year, and on motion of W. A. Noble he was recommended to be received into full connection, having previously been ordained Deacon and Elder.

The character of Yi Young Chu was passed, the registrar and chair­man {Jf Committee on Conference Relations reported, and on motion of Corwin Taylor he was advanced to the studies of the fourth year, elected a Deacon, and recommended for admission into full connection.

Question l1.-The characters of Kim Pyeng Chai and Yi Chang Hoi were passed, the registrar and chairman of Committee on Conference Relations reported, and on motion of their respective superintendents they were graduated from the course of study and elected to Elder's orders.

Yi Chi Sung was graduated from the course. Question 10. -The character of Yun Seung Yul was passed, the reg­

istrar reported the removal of the condition, but the studies of the fourth year had not been taken because it had not, been offered in the seminary this year.

Question B.-The names of Kim Kwang Sik, Yi Moon Ryen and Yi Sang Man were called, the registrar and chairman of Committee on Con-' ference Relations reported, and on motions of their respective superin­tendents they were continued on trial and advanced to the studies of the third year.

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Question 9. -Kim Chong 00, Pang Kui Soon, Kim Chang Kyu. 'Roy R. Reppert and Song lk Chu were continued in the studies of the third year.

C1wsen Christian College.-B. W. Billings reported for the Cho!fen Christian College.

Question 10. -The following names were called, the registrar and chairman of Committee on Conference Relations reported, and on motion of their respective superintendents they were advanced to the studies of the fourth year: An Kyeng Nok, Choi Sung Mo, Chung Chin Su, Dong Suk Kui, Kim Hong Sik, Kim Pyeng Kwon, Pai Hyeng Sik, Son Chang Ryen, Son Chung Do, Yi Eun Yung.

Time extended.-On motion of W. A. Noble the time was extended to complete the calling of the next question;

Question 19.-1t was imnounced that Kim In Kwon had withdrawn. Adjournment. -Announcements were made and Kim Chang Sik pro­

nounced the benediction.

FIFTH DAY, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1917.

"How firm a foundation" was sung and Pak Pong Nai led in prayer. Luke 4:14-21 was used 'as a text and the Bishop spoke on the ~'Pur­

pose of the' Church." J esUB cared for the 'bodies; minds and souls of men. The Church is to do the same, and is the instrument of ·God to establish his kingdom on earth. The devotional service closed with the Singing 'of "Love Divine."

Daily Journal.-The Journals of the fourth day were read in English and Korean and approved.

. Question 5.-The following names were called, the registrar and chairman of Committee on Conference Relations reported, they were re­presented by their respective superintendents, and on their motion were received on trial in the studies of the first year:Cho Chung Porn, Han Tai Yu, 1m Chin Kuk, Kwang Chung 0, Kim Kwang Kuk . . ' :' Question fla.-A. G. Anderson, Hong Sun Chu and Yi Chang Chu were continued in the studies of the first year. Hong Kui Hwang passed his conditions, and was continued in the stQ.dies of the first year.

, Question flb. - After report of registrar and Committee on Conference Relations, and on motion of the respective superintendents, the follOWIng were advanced to the studies of the second year: Han Yoi Kun, No !:Ii Chwa, Pak Suk Kun, Song Tuk Hu. '

Question 8.-Chu Kui Wun, A. H. Norton, and Yi Yun Yung were eaUed, their characters passed, and on 'recommendation they were passed ·to the 'studies 'Of the third year, recommended for admission into full con­nection,:and elected to Deacon's orders.

Question 7. - Yi Yung Suk was announced as discontinued. ; ... i' Question 6b.-M. K. W. Heieher and Kim Tai Ryen, not haVing been before the committee, were continued in the studies 'Of the second year.

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Question 6c.-After proper representation, on motion of his super­intendent 0 Hyun Kyeng was passed to the studies of the third year, conditioned on one study.

Question 6d.-0 Ik Pyo was on motion of his superintendent continued on trial and passed to the studies of the fourth year.

Farewell.-Rev. K. Mito, Sunday School worker in the Japan Meth­odist Church, made a brief farewell address.

Question 10. - Yi Yung Soon, not having been before the committee, was continued in the studies of the fourth year.

Kim Chong 00 and Song Ik Chu were represented by the committees and on motion of their superintendents they were passed to the studies of the fourth year.

Question 23. -On recommendation of the Committee on Conference Relations Kwon Sin II was continued in the supernumerary relation for the fourth year, and for the first year the following were added: Yi Kyeng Chik, Pak Yung Chan, Pak Hyen II, Yi Chi Sung.

Forward Movement Report. -Hyen Suk Chil reported for the commit­tee on Forward Movement, and on motion of P. L. Grove the report was adopted. (See reports)_

Intermission. -An intermission of fifteen minutes was taken. Music.-The congregation sang "At the Cross," and a class of seven

little girls sang a motion song. Admitted into Full Connection.-B. W. Billings, Chu Kui Wun, A. H.

Norton, Yi Yung Chu, and Yi Yung Yung were called forward, addressed by the Bishop, deposited with the committee on Conference Relations statements concerning debt and tobacco, answered the Disciplinary ques­tions, and were received into full connection in the Conference.

Language Committee Discharged.-On motion of C. S. Deming the committee on language examinations was discharged.

Kotung Report.-H. H. Cynn made the rep:>rt for the Kotung schools.

Support of Korean District Superintendents. On motion of Son Chung Do it was ordered that the Korean churches take a special collec­tion for the support of the Korean District Superintendents, the funds so collected to be credited on fi'mds raised by Korean Christians for tlJe Centennial Movement. Pai Hyen Sik moved that the method of raising this money be referred to a committee of five to be chosen by the Con­ference. Carried. The following were elected as the committee: Kim Ushoon, Pai Ryen Sik, Son Chung Do, Yi Chang Hoi, 0 Kui Sun.

Method oj Election oj Delegates to the Korean Federal Council. -On motion of Chang Nak Do it was decided to receive nominations for delegates to the proposed Federal Council of Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, and then to vote by ballot for ten.

Mi:r:ed Script.-On motion of Pai Hyen Sik the Korean Secretaries were authorized to print the Korean Minutes in mixed script.

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Adjournment.-Announcements were made, and P. L. Grove pro­nounced the benediction.

AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 P. M.

With Bishop Harris presiding the afternoon session opened by sing­ing "Looking unto Jesus." Han Chang Sup read the scripture lesson and led in prayer.

Journal.-The Journal of the morning session was read in English and approved.

Seoul District Report.-The report of W. A. Noble for the Seoul Dis­trict was read in Korean by the Assistant Korean Secretary.

Wonju Distriot Report. -The report of the Wonju District in Korean was read by the Assistant Korean Secretary.

Report of Theological School.-E. M. Cable read the report of the Methodist Union Theological Seminary.

Pierson Memorial Bible School. - The report of the Pierson Memori­al Bible School was read by the Assistant Korean Secretary.

Pyeng Yang East and West District Reports.-Were read by the Assistant Korean Secretary.

Mr. Bunker in the chair. -On request of Bishop Harris D. A. Bunker took the chair.

Korean Minutes. -The Korean Secretary having arrived, the Korean Minutes of the morning session were read and approved.

Report of Haiju Medical Work.-The report of A. H. Norton of Haiju Medical Work was read by the Korean Secretary.

Report of Conference Treasurer.-C. S. Deming read his report as Conference Treasurer.

Treasurer Preacher's Aid Society. -The report of the treasurer of the above Society was read by C. S. Deming.

Report gf Wonju Medical Work.-This report was read by the Korean Secretary.

Severance Union Medical College.-Dr. J. D. Van Buskirk reported in Korean for the Severance Union Medical College.

Adjournment.-On motion of Kim Ushoon the Conference adjourned with benediction by Kwon Sin II.

SIXTH DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 26TH, 1917.

At 9:00 o'clock a hymn was sung and Kim Pyeng Choi led in prayer. After another hymn Bishop Welch spoke on Ephesians 6:10-20, asking the question' 'What kind of men are needed to build this Church, and bring the kingdom of God on the earth ?" and mentioned three characteristics: they must be men of faith, men of courage, and men of patience. The devotional half hour was closed with singing "Stand Up for Jesus."

Journal.-The Journal of the afternoon session was read in English and Korean and approved.

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-Request f()r -Supernumerary relation. - W. A. Noble -read a l"equest from Pak Won Paik to be given the supernumerary rela~on, and the re­quest was referred to the Committee on Conference Relations.

Nomination of Delegates.-Nominations of forty names were receiv­ed and written on the blackboard, and the following were appointed as ;el~rs: .Chung Chai Kwon, An Kyeng Nok, Yi Chin Hyen, 0 Ryen Kyeng, A. G. Anderson. •

Vote taken. -After instruction as to method of voting the vote was taken for ten persons as delegates to the proposed Federal Conncila! Korean Churches, and the tellers retired.

Greetings.-A telegram of greeting from the Annual Meeting of the Southern Presbyterian Mission in session at Kwangju was read as fol­lows: "Greetings in the Lord. Ephesians 3:16-19. Southern Presbyterian Mission."

A letter of greeting from the Northern Presbyterian Meeting in ses­sion in Pyeng Yang was read by the Bishop.

On motion of W. A. Noble the Secretary was instructed to make f;luitable reply to. these greetinga and also to send greetings to tbe--Can-8.dian Presbyterian Meeting in session at Wonsan Beach.

On motion of. E. M. Cable the Secretary was also instructed to send greetings to C. D. Morris .

. .conference Stewards.-On motion of W_ A. Noble the following allowances were made for claimants on the Conference fund: Kwon Sin II, Hong Seung Ha, and Mrs. Chun Duk Kui, the same as last year, and the Conference Stewards were instructed to make further report at the next session of the ConferencEl.

Conference Evangelist. -The Bishop was requested to appoint Kim Ushooq, as _Conference Evangelist.

Report of Special Committee.-W. A. Noble read the report of the ~PElcW Committee to whom had been committed last year certain resolu­tions concerning territory, as follows 1 Whereas, at the Annual Confer­ence.of 1916, a committee consisting of the Bishop and District Superin' tendents was appointed to take up the question of the division of terri­tory, and

Whereas, The following items were referred to the Committee for consideration,

First, That where twenty or more of one denomination have moved to the territory of another denomination they be allowed to start a group of their own denomination, maintaining relations with their own church authorities.

Second, That all cities and villages along the line of railroads, having a population of one thousand houses or more, be considered open to all denominations, and

Whereas, A proposed reconsideration of the agreement should be, in its initial steps, taken up conjointly by al1 the parties en~ring therein.

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. Therefwe,. Your committee recommEnds that the matter of. read­justing the agreement on the division of territory with our sister denom'" nations be referred to our members of the Federal Council of Churches now being organized, with instructions to present the. question to that body when it shall appear suitable to do so.

On motion of P. L. Grove the report was adopted. Resolution.-J. Z. Mcor~ preE€nt~d the following resolution :. Whereas, The Commission on Unification of the Methodist Ji;pisC@al

Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church; South, is in session this week, and

Whereas, The consummation of this proposed union is vital to the pro­gress of world Methodism, and necessary for the success of the Methodist denominations in.Korea,

Resolved, That the following cablegram be sent to the Commission of Twenty-five on Unification:

"Korea, united we stand, divided we fall." The resolution was adopted and cablegram ordered. Question 10. -On proper representation by E. M. Cable for the Com­

mittee on Conference Relations and the Committee on Course of Study Pang KuiSoon was passed to the studies of the fourth year.

Revision of Korean Discipline.-On motion of W. A. Noble the Bishop was requested to appoint a-committee on revision of the Korean Discipline.

Collection.-On motion of Hong Seung Pak a collection was·taken lor the janitor. • Report of Missionary Society. -Choi Sang Mo read the report of the Missionary Society and on motion of S. K. Dong the report was accepted.

Report of Tellers. -The tellers reported the election of the following as delegates: 0 Kui Sun, W. A. Noble, Kil!l U shoon, Choi Pyeng lilyen, H. H. Cynn, Son Chung Do.

Time extended.-On motion of Kim Ushoon time was extended to take another ballot before recess.

Ballot Taken.-Ballots were prepared for the four remaining dele­gates, the vote was taken, and the tellers retired.

Recess.-A recess was taken from 11:15·11:30. Report of Tellers.-The tellers reported the election of J. Z. Moore. On motion of C. S. Deming it was ordered that the three receiving

the highest number of votes on the next ballot be declared elected. A new ballot was taken .

. To attend sohool.-On motion of Corwin Taylor the Bishop was reo quested to leave 0 Ik Pyo without appointment to attend school.

Report of Committee on Conference Relations.-For the Commitcee on Conference Relations W. A. Noble reported approving the request of Pak Won Paik for the supernumerary relation.

Statistical Blanks.-P. L. Grove presented the following:

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MO'/Jed, That the Bishop appoint a committee to revise the statis­tical blanks to harmonize them with the changes instituted by the last General Conference. Also that separate columns be added for statis­,tics concerning the "Kul-pangs" as apart from the schools.

Recommendations from Women's Conference.-The following re­commendations from the Women's Conference were read:

Recommend. - That in the opinion of this Conference it is desirable that a uniform standard be maintained for admitting women as Proba­tioners, and as candidates for Baptism.'

Furthermore recommend that before being admitted as Probationers, the women under forty be required to study Syung Kyung Moon Tap, and women above the age of forty be required to repeat the Lord's Prayer, the Apostle's Creed and the Ten Commandments, and that candidates for Baptism be required to pass examination in the Syo Nyun Moon Tap and to be able to lead in prayer.

, On motion of Kim Ushoon the Bishop was asked to appoint a Com-mittee to whom the recommendations should be referred.

Thankgiving Day.-Pai Hyen Sik presented the matter of a Korean Thanksgiving Day and on motion of J. D. Van Buskirk it was referred to the Federal Council of Korean Churches.

Report of Tellers. -The tellers reported the election of Kim Chang Sik, Kim Tuk Su, and ILyen Soon.

To Preach Missionary Sermon. - The Bishop appointed Kim Ushoon to preach the Missionary Sermon at the next session of the Conference

Triers of Appeals.-The Bishop nominated and the Conference elected the following Triers of Appeals: Choi Pyung Hyen, Kim Chang Sik, W. A; Noble, J. Z. Moore, C. D. Morris .• Reserves, D. A. Bunker, Yi Ik Mo.

Questi<m H.-The following names were called and their characters passed: W. A. Noble, D. A. Bunker, Yi Ha Yung, Hong Seung Tak, B. W. Billings, W. C. Rufus, A. L. Becker, Son Chung Do, E. M. Cable, Kim Chong 00, Yun Sung Yul"Chang Nak Do, Yi Chi Sung, J. D. Van Buskirk, C. S. Deming, Yi Kyeng Chik, Kim Ushoon, Hyen Soon, S. A. Beck, J. Z. Moore, Hyen Suk Chil, Pyen Hak Yong, 0 Kui Sun, E. D. Follwell, Kim Chan Heung, Kang Sin Wha, A. G. Anderson, Benjamin Chappell, R. P. Alexander, George Heber Jones, W. de'L. Kingsbury, C. D. Morris, N. D. Chew, B. R. Lawton, Henry Taylor.

Place of Next C011ference.-8eoul, Kongju, Haiju, and Chemulpo invited the Conference for next year, Seoul being finally selected.

Program Committee. -On motion of Corwin Taylor the following were appointed as committee to prepare program for next Conference: W. A. Noble, E. M. Cable, L. E. Frey, Son Chung Do, Kim Ushoon.

Special Collecti<m.-A special appeal being presented in behalf of sufferers from fire on the Yeng Byen District a special collection was taken. ~27.95 was received.

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Report.-E. M. Cable read tbe report of Treasurer of Korean Mis­sionary Society. (See Reports).

Petition.-A petition from the Seoul District Conference was read. Statistical Report.-The Statistical Secretary read a summary of his

report by districts. Introductions. -Thomas Hobbs, Acting Agent of the British and

Foreign Bible Society, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Carson of Hinghwa, China, and Foster Beck of Chefoo, China, were presented to the Conference.

Official Journal.-On motion of J. D. Van Buskirk the English Min­utes were made the official journal and the Secretaries were authorized to edit and publish the same.

Resolu:tions.-A. G. Anderson read the report of the Committee on Resolutions, and the resolutions were adopted by standing vote.

Petition.-A petition from the Seoul District Conference was on motion of Kim Ushoon referred to the Committee on Conference Rela­tions.

Adjournment.-On motion of Corwin Taylor the Minutes were ap­proved without reading, closing remarks were made by the Bishop, prayer was offered by Corwin Taylor, the Bishop read the appointments and pronounced the benediction, and the Conference stood adjourned without day.

Attest.-This certifies that the record of proceedings and all reports and resolutions herein printed, except the reports of the District Super­intendents, were duly approved and adopted by the Tenth Session of the Korea Conference .of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Pyeng Yang, Korea, June 20-26, 1917.

HERBERT WELCH, Bishop. S. A. BECK, Secretary.

r;;---'-------THIS is to certify that in the city of Pyeng Yang, Korea, upon election by the Korea Annual Conference, I ordained

~ As DEACONS: t Chun Sei Yung, Kang Si Pong, Kwak Chung Seung, Saw Sang

J

Yun, Yi Hwa Paik, and Yi Yang Chu on June 24,1917 j and Chu Kui Won and Yi Yuen Yang on June 26,1917. On June 24, 1917, assisted by elders, I ordained

As ELDERS:

LKim Pyeng Chai, Yi Chang Hoi.

HEBERT WELCH.

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Reports of District Superintendents. Chemulpo District.

CHOE PYENG HYEN, Superintendent.

(Compile,d by the Secreta~y from iD:formation furnished).

·Chemulpo -district has a population of 136,000, . with 6,244 believ~rs,' or.Un 22. Eighty-nine church officers have each an average of 70 be­lievers to care' for. We need more leaders who are Capable, energetil< and enthusiastic. '

The city of Chemulpo is a prominent ,seaport, with a prosperous market, a population drawn from all the thirteen provinces, and is a fine-field for Christia!l etfor1;. . .

Most of the men in charge of circuits have worked faithfully. The~ have been no l~e increases, and decreases are found in some places.

We have a number of good s,*ools, some for boys. and some for gU:'11!, all of them partly self-supporting. It has been nece~ to clos~ several of the schools bacause ot lack of funds.. '

The Sunday School wo~k has 'not deveioped as we ~ould have lilc:e~,: yet the Sunday Schools at Chemulpo and Kan,gwha are large and flour­i.~hing. We willit to see a good Sunday School at every preaching place.,

Three new churches have been built this year. For all purposes ili,e Church has raised and expended more than !;I,7,200., " . , The plan had been to visit all the churcbes at ,IelJ.St tWice during the year, but storms on tlle sea, cholera, and other untoward Circumstances prevented this in some cases.

In November we had a Bib1e Training Class at Chemulpo for two weeks, ann a Si1nilar-class at KangWha'in JafiUary: ,',.',.' .... ,,.';

The visit of Bishop and Mrs. Welch in December was greatly appre~ ciated; . . '1 By the superintendent 110 persons were baptized; 59 admitted t~ ~embership'; 23 received as probationers; united six couples in ma~ iiage; conducted -eight funerals; dedicated two churches. ~ ~ Brother Bunker hal! peen very active in his labors ,On the <listricti lnd has shown great statesmanship in handling the affairs ()f the church; , The ladies of the Woman~sFor~ign Mission-ary Society have' done ~ excellent work, and faithfully cared for all the interests in their hands. '. ~ "----- ~ ~ ~

Haiju DistriCt.

PAUL L. GROVE, District Superintendent. (, f" ..... i .(leprous. showers ha.:ve-deseendedfrom-.the H-ea"Vens aiJmre--a:oo wat-ered and brought to marvelous fruihge the prayers and tears of many. We believed that God has breathed anew thruout this Haiju District, .

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warming hearts, and stirring to vigorous action, as never before. Faith, prayer, and works, on the part of our native ministry., have realized re­sults such as shamed even my boldest fancies. Jehovah is great; the Saviour of men still mighty to save; the Holy Spirit still eager to sanctify.

SELF-SUPPO R T.

The most outstanding achievement, is the unprecedented leap, for-ward in self-support. During the month of March, the culmination of much exhortation and prayer manifested itself in a sudden wave that swept over our territory. In this month, four circuits declared for self­support and began immediately. Three new circuits were also added to the original ten. Were fame our object we might have made some of the old circuits self-supporting, rather than divide them into more workable divisions. But we build for the future interests in the king­dom. In one month, then, we changed from ten circuits, one self-sup­porting, to 13 circuits, with five of them self-su,pporting. We doubt whether this record has ever been surpassed.

All honor to Kim Chang Hun, the first to step boldly forth upon God's promises; to 0 Ung Chun, who resigned a well-paying position to win 'his laurels in an attempt to make three-fourths of a non-self-sup­porting circuit, willing and able to support him, even tho he receive only two-thirds of....his present salary. Much praise is due Rim Chin Kook, who surprised me almost out of my senses by getting into the game ahead of schedule time and making one of his four churches pay the whole bill, whereas all of them together had been paying only half, Kwak Chueng Soon, resolved not to be outdistanced, and in the midst of discouragement took the step. This is not a spasm. All the men re­port being paid up in full, up to date,-some a month ahead. We con­fidently expect to see Haiju District pay all its preachers within five years.

TITHING SOCIETY.

Closely allied to the above movement, was the tithing agitation. We believe we hav~ struck upon something unique as a Tithing Society. The old rock, upon which so many Tithing Societies have come to ship-wreck, has been steered clear of. There is no quarelling about the disburse­ment of the Society's funds, for the simple reason that it has no funds. Every man disburses his tithe accordin'g to his own Divine leading. Em­phasishas been laid mostly upon the spiritual blessings and the sacred­ness of the obligation. A beautiful ritual has been prltpared, and certifi­cates prepared for the members, who promise in all sacredness and solemnity, to give one-tenth or more of their substance to God; second­ly, 'to induce others to follow their example; and thirdly, to surrender their certificate, should they for any cause cease tithing. No more sacred ,hQurhas ever been witnessed in the lovely Haiju City Church, than was

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to be seen on that morning when every member of the District Confer­ence but three, in seriousness and in reverence, arose by turns and inwardly registered their vow to God, the while all else kneeled in silent prayer, We believe that consecrated pocket-books make for consecrat­ed Korean Christians.

THE FORWARD MOVEMENT.

This movement, handed down by the Annual Conference, was taken up in real earnest and pushed hard. Leaving aside methods and plans, we will note the phenomenal results accruing to the ~fforts of the faith­ful ones among our workers and our laity.

30 205

No. of new Children's Sunday School started and maintained No. of new believers trained up until taken into Probation No. of families beginning family worship 117

241 ¥1,051.00

No. of days spent in special preaching .... Monies raised above all benevolences and current expenses

HAI-JU Boy's SCHOOL.

This lone institution, the despair of so many predecessors, has given us weary hours and much cause for anxiety. Stringent regulations on the part of the authorities are dooming us, unless heroic efforts be put forth to bring things up to standard. Reluctantly, but with optimism in God's own future, in order to wave the situation, we have lopped off the higher grades and are now in the process of registering it as a Lower School. This act will give it government standing, and draw students. Other advances were made. Over 200.00 yen has been spent in improv­ing" our present inadequate building, (a Korean dwelling-house); and new teachers have been added. Things have taken on a new life. Everyone is encouraged. But we realize that unless help comes in the, form of a new building, and an increased monthly income, we are condemned. The Korean preachers and Biblewomen and school teach­ers, in a scene of tenderest self-sacrifice offered up a month's wage each to help save the school. It is a poor business to let the p.ut drop off the wheel. This school may not drop out of sight without something happening.

COUNTRY "LETTER-ROOMS."

This is the literal translation of the Korean word, that is used to denote the old fashioned Oriental school, where an aged Korean, a ma<lter of Chinese letter~ would dole out Chinese characters, one at a time, at the end of a cane. The children sat on the floor and mo"notonously sang and drew the characters thruout the tedious hours. For lack of a better name, we have dubbed our country sohools as such. The government would not allow us to call them schools, nor give them a license to pose as such; we have neither money nor equipment to deserve one. But bya

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little encouragement, these informal family affairs have been carried on into dark places where ignorance is dense. The Bible is of course taught. Whereas there were eight "letter-rooms" a year ago, to-day we have 20 of them, with 24 teachers to man them. A friend in America has made it possible to help them, but the amount given to e~ch per month is so small that you wonder they would consider it an incentive. I believe in candles, when electric lights are not to be had. I count these little educational centers as of much value to our church, for ignorance will never be the handmaid of true religion. Of course, we have no such enterprises where government schools are within easy reach.

THE CENTRAL BIBLE 'CLARS.

This ten days class was a wonder for enthusiasm and spiritUal tone. 340 studied all or part time and 309 studied the whole time of ten days. It was self-supporting, too. Women were allowed to attend and came 40 strong, Miss Snavely being one of the faculty. Dr. Moore, Rev. Pieters, and a Korean Presbytherian from Pyengyang, did much to add power to the teaching of God's Word. The attendance being almost double that of any previous year, we cannot refrain from singing God's praises.

THE ASYLUM FOR THE DESTITUTE.

This much-needed institution, supported by friends in America, dur­ing seven months of the Fall and Winter, gave 2,230 meals and lodging to the lame, blind, sick and destitute. We feel that no effort put forth can rank any higher than this fulfilment of Jesus· own commands.

LABORS OF THE MISSIONARIES.

Only lack of space and fear of objection on the part of those concern­ed, leads me to speak so briefly of the efforts of our missionaries. Such evangelistic fervor as has taken possession of the foreigners, is a good omen for greater things. Miss Battles, by dint of faithful and consistent individual work, has reared up a new church, building and all, outside the West Gate, within Haiju City. Miss Snavely, besides much country class-work, has borne the heat of the day in house-to-house visitation among the Haiju people. Her eleven Bible women have been a valuable corps in the Forward Movement; in every movement she has taken an earnest and harmonious part. Dr. Norton is fast making a record for his hospital by developing its resources into direct evangelistic channels. Two groups have already been started and a third one is under contem­plation, to say nothing of the astounding fact that every worker attached to the institution is doing splendid work in the local church. Were all hospitals so out and out an evangelistic force, we feel they would not lack for funds, or sympathy.

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INDlVIDUAL EFFORTS.

The writer has tried to steer clear of idleness, and when not pegging away at the language, or the American correspondence, has busied him­self as below: Held 26 Quarterly Conferences.

Spoke 162 times, 98 of these being sermons. Baptized 55, took 64 into probation; and 48 into Full Membership. Made 412 calls. Entertainted the Koreans 26 different times. Spent 117 days away from home. Travelled 9,015 Ii, mostly by motor-cycle.

OUR NEW BISHOP.

In closing, I would add a word of appreciation to Bishop Herbert Welch. We are glad that the outstations are not being overlooked. His two visits were replete with vigor. Foreigner and native were help­ed by his presence. His geniality, optimism, and love of details, coupled with quiet spiritual strength, have won our confidence. May Haiju Dis­trict not only profit by his counsels, his decisions, his donations, - but may she never falter in holding up his hands in every enterprise that God puts into his heart. We look into the future with eagerness, and with repose in our God.

Kongju East District.

F. E. C. WILLIAMS, District Superintendent.

Rev. C. H. Ahn and I took up the duties of the work assigned. us at our last Annual Conference with many plans and hopes. Some of these plans have materialized. Others bid fair to bring results the coming year.

As I could give to this work only the three days each-week I was .not teaching in the Kongju Higher Common School, the need of conserving time and strength made it important to carry out at once the much dis­cussed plan of working the East District from its own centre-that cen­tre being logically the 'town of Chunan (literally translated 'Heavenly Rest'). Peculiarly fitting as the name may seem it had no bearing upon the subsequent establishment of a comfortable room there for the mis­sionaries, when traveling the District.

This town is situated on the railroad 65.miles south of Seoul. Tho it boasts a thousand houses not one Christian home was among them. Brother Ahn moved at once from Kongju into a rented house and he and his wife Bessie began to lay siege to the hearts of these idol and ancestor worshipers. They worked with an occidental vim and determination to win which we all rejoice to see manifested by many of our young men and women who have been trained in Christian schools. They went quietly together from house to house-he to the sarang and she to the

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women's quarters-;:arrying the gospel message into the homes with the power of spirit-filled lives, In less than three months they had won more than fifty regularly attending the Sunday services held on the porch of their home.

Rev. Ahn picked out the best site in the town and nothing daunted by the fact that it was owned- by a conservative gentleman made it a matter of definite prayer that we get the 800 tsubo of land with the 11 kan house for mission rooms and parsonage and its 8 kan new iron roofed building to be remodeled for our church. Soon after when the report came that the man would sell to us for 800 yen we borrowed the money to buy the property rather than let the opportunity pass. The local church though small and weak has raised 50 yen and the circuits of the District 50 yen toward remodeling the building for a church.

This property has already been worth its cost in furnishing us a temporary church and a place to hold our one day monthly conferences with the circuit preachers and colporteurs. These meetings have served to keep the men in close touch with each other's work and problems thus broadening their views and keeping their minds on the work as a whole. We have secured _special speakers to represent different phases of the work at these times. On the whole they have proved a great benefit and I believe our preachers are mOre systematic and diligent because of them.

Two circuit preachers left their work the first part of the year and it was found that in one of the circuits the report of members had not been correct which accounts for loss this year. In the other a great deal of dissatisfaction had arisen. It has taken much time, work and prayer to repair these breaches.

I have been able to attend three Bible Classes and one Helper's class. Our Bible Class at Eumsung was attended by 23 faithful men. Rev. G. M. Burdick and one of his pastors gave us able assistance for which we are truly thankful. From Jan. 27th to Feb. 6th a District Bible Class was held in Chunan for the men of our church 40 of whom attend­ed. Two came from a church 140 Ii (40 miles) and several came 100 Ii. All except four or five from the local church were farmers who came not only at a great inconvenience because of the severe weather, but out of their scant living brought enough for ten days' room and board. The members of the class also subscribed about three fourths ·of the amount needed for fuel and light. Dr. C. S. Deming, one of the Professors in the Union Methodist Theological School at Seoul, was a great help and in­spiration to us in the class. Rev. Hong Sung Ha of Suwon after three days of teaching and preaching was obliged to return home on account of hemorrhages' of the lungs. The men were put into their proper grades and classes. There were four such grades besides a special class for six men who had graduated from the Bible Class course.

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Miss Bair of the W. F. M. S. at this time conducted Bible study for the women and 20 of the new believers in the local church attended. A few words regarding the first believer in Chunan should be interesting. Mrs. Yu an old lady of 65 years whose family is one of the best in Chun­an began to believe only 14 months ago. In the past she did practically no work but spent her time scolding her daughters-in-law. Since be­coming a Christian she rises early, has devotions, washes in cold water, sweeps the porch and yard after which she reads another three or four chapters in the Bible. There is no more scolding and only love from her to the whole family. Her changed life has won the daughters-in-law and two grandsons to Christianity. So simple and sincere is her faith that she will not ask for church money from her husband but works in his drug store washing and sorting herbs to earn it. From these meager earnings she brought dainties to the pastor's wife, subscribed to the Christmas entertainment and helped the church in many other way~. She has been preaching in her quiet way and among those she has won is an old lady friend living three miles distant. This old lady comes faith­fully to church. After the service Mrs. Yu insists upon taking her home and sharing with her, her own table of rice. The friend's son too has become a Christian. Though Mr. Yu has not yet accepted Christianity, his wife through her sweet Christian spirit has influenced him to cease his ancestor worship. One of her sons recently came to the pastor and thanked him for leading his mother into this life. He said, "If I could be as good a Christian as my mother I too would believe."

Three nights before the close of the Class after a sermon on tithing several gave in their names to give one tenth to God's work. Before the meetings closed there were 30 members of the Tithing Society. The last evening was spent in a testimony meeting and some of the testi­monies were as follows: Mr. Saw a colporteur said that three years ago, he and three others after preaching and selling gospels in Chunan went up on a mountain to pray that God would lead to the opening of Christian work in this town. He praised God that now these prayers had been an­swered. Pastor Ahn told how he and others had prayed for the very property we now have for parsonage and church. Our first Christian in Chunan arose and though very timid told how he had persecuted b,eliev­ers of any faith before he became a Christian. Now though daily per­secuted by his brother he did not blame him and only prayed for his sal­vation. Our hearts were filled with praise to Him who gives us such un­bounded blessings.

In the whole District we have had seven good Bible Classes with a total of 122 men studying.

Miss Bair and her four Bible women have been most faithful in their work for the women of the churches and especially diligent in the visita~ tion of the non Christian homes. They have held 23 classes with over 300 women studying. Some who attended the Bible Class held at Chun:

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an in May walked 140 Ii (42 miles) and several carried their babies on their backs. Mrs. Williams besides teaching English and Music in the Higher Common School and carryinz on a school for our own children has been able to make several trips to the country and taught in the Chunan Normal Class for women.

In answer to question 36 in the new Discipline the fourth Quarterly Conferences report a total of 20 boys and girls in our Higher Mission Schools. We are anxious that many more of the young men and women of our church attend these schools, for in this is the hope and strength of the future church in this District.

The Forward Movement for Korea has been launched and as a result for the current year 150 yen was subscribed by the circuits for the Kongju Higher Common School, 100 yen for the Chunan church, 80 yen for a new church at Eumsung, 120 yen at Pongam and 25 yen at Sinyai­won for new church buildings. At Ponga~ over 70 days' work was donated by non Christian friends and even little boys carried water and helped mix the mud for plastering the walls. The five colporteurs have done good work. They have sold 18,946 copies of scripture and portions, preaching to many thousands in the homes.

District Conference was a red letter day for our District. For seven years since the separation of the two Districts the helpers and members of the Conference were obliged to go to Kongju for all their meetings. On May 29th and 30th we met for the first time in a separate Conference at Chunan. Out of a membership of 40, 33 were present. Bishop WeIch presided one day and gave two exceedingly helpful sermons. Dr. E. M. Cable represented the 'Theological World' which is a publication of the Union Methodist Theological School. Mr. Yun Chi Ho from the Seoul Y. M. C. A. spoke to a large crowd a~ong whom were many of his former acquaintances, on "The economy of our Time and Money." Some fifteen years ago Mr. Yun was Magistrate of Chunan which is his native county. The present Magistrate attended the meeting and gave good words of welcome and counsel to the members of the Conference. At this time 303 full members, 308 preparatory members, 135 baptized chil­dren, and 648 enquirers was reported. In the past ten months 134 yen has been raised for self support ani 578 yen for all other purposes. These figures seem small but we must remember that the work is only 10 years old and that the wqrking force has been too small for the task before us.

It is our aim to bring the laymen of the church into closer relations with the real work of the church. We are devising ways and means of inducing more of them to attend Bible Classes and carry on home sys­tematic Bible study. More stress is to be placed on the Nalyunpo (days of personal preaching by laymen). We are hoping also to see the fi­nances of the chu,rch put upon a more substantial basis by the monthly

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Official Board meetings and the semi-annual District Steward's meetings, the special features of which will be the further organization of the Tithing Society and the use of the adapted envelope system.

Though we have 120 Sunday School lesson helps in the 15 Sunday Schools the number should be increased. The Sunday School Superin­tendents' meeting will convene in the fall at which time we hope to have a Sunday School worker with us. We must plan for better and more Sunday Schools in all the well established churches.

During the year two new churches have been organized and several groups started. The coming .year we hope to strengthen all these and organize several more in strategic centers. For all. this work we should be much in prayer. We need two more preachers to send to parts of the District where the people are all still in ignorance and sin_ In order to care for the District efficiently the full time of one Missionary should be given which means more funds from the Mission Board.

The District has shown splendid interest in our Higher Common School at Kongju and we hope in the near future to be able to raise several hundred dollars a year toward the school budget. This is the only school of a Higher grade in or near the District and the church members year by year must feel that this school is theirs as well as being a school for the West District.

Twice this year death has brought sadness to the hearts of all. The loss of Brother Swearer has been keenly felt throughout both Districts by Missionaries and natives alike. His life of beautiful sacrificing love among us has left a lasting impression upon us all. From the home of Brother C. H. Ahn five have been taken within the last 16 months. Two sisters and two children died during the spring and summer months, and his wife was taken from us only a month ago. Mrs. Ahn (Bessie Choi) was one of the few of our pastors' wives who was a true helpmeet in the work. Three of her children have gone before and four remain to mourn her loss. Among her last words she tried to repeat Matt. 13:45-55 which tells of the pearl of great price. Her strength failed and she could not repeat all the verses. She also sang with Miss Bair part of the song 'Saved by Grace. Her life and death was a shining light in the darkness of Chunan. Brother Ahn has kept sweet and true during this year of severe trial and has done more work than could be expected un­der the circumstances. He has been an example to the Koreans in the care of his wife during her prolonged illness. Though we cannot under­stand we trust Him who knows best and pray that He may.give us all strength for all the trials, the problems, the temptations and the work of the coming year. We praise Him for His goodness and for the oppor­tunity He has given us to work in this District. We wish to thank the good friends in the home land for their prayers, their letters and gifts which have come to us this year.

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The summary of personal labors on the District in the past 14 months is as follows. 71 days were spent traveling 7,150 li (2145 miles) making 42 visits to churches and preaching 60 times; 15 Quarterly Conferences were held and 9 preacher's meetings; 28 days were spent teaching in 3 Bible Classes and one Preacher's class. Besides the District work 120 days were gpent in the Kongju school teaching 480 hours the subjects of Botany, Bible, Physics and Drawing for three terms; and Geometry, Physics, Chemistry and Drawing for one term. These classes were all taught in Korean using the mixed script Chinese and Japanese text, thus requiring a great deal of work with a teacher before teaching the lessons. Twenty days were spent in St:oul on Mission businefis.

Kongju West District.

CORWIN TAYLOR, District Superintendent.

The Kongju West District comprises that part of South Cheung Chung province lying south, west and northwest of Kongju city with the exception of the.southeast corner. It is 100 miles long and 30 miles wide, mountainous in character, interspersed with several broad plains, and considerable rolling land for dry farming is found in certain sections. Of the several islands lying to the west we have work well established in two and should have in some others but they are hard to reach. The pop­ulation of the District is about 500,000 and our following in round num­bers is 4,000 or about one in one hundred and twenty. Within the bounds of this work are to be found the seat of the ancient capital of the Paik Chay dynasty which was flourishing 1500 years ago. At Nonsan is the largest stone Buddha in the far east which dates back to the time of Silla.

On the Mokpo branch of Seoul Fusan R. R. we have three important railway stations and to the west a number of ports where a large amount of shipping is carried on. All the magistracies, important centers, and railway stations are connected by good highways which multiply the efficiency of the itinerant missionary.

ACTIVITIES.

The round of work has been similar to that of other years only more of it. All the Quarterly Conferences but one were held three times. making a total of 38; the communion was administered 42 times. Several prayer rooms were not visited, although 119 visits 'were made to the 74 groups. Assistance was given in five large Bible classes and in two smaller ones, which consumed 70 days of time; itinerating and conferences took 120 days; district conference, preacIJers' meetings, and finance meetings four weeks; in connection with the work of the district I have traveled 5,000 ~~. .

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HELPERS.

There are 13 circuits and 14 regular helpers; 2 men are District evangelists, and one man has had charge of two circuits. Of these 14 men 10 are graduates from our theological school and two more will finish this coming year; the other two have both had one year: of work in the schooL Five of these men are ordained, 2 are ready for ordination this year, and 2 are recommended for admission on trial and one for or­dination as a local deacon. Of helpers outside those having conference relation, we have 29 local preachers and 49 exhorters. Nearly all of these are persuing the prescribed course of study, and we have a rule that if a man drops from the course for two years in succession his license is not renewed. A large percent of these local preachers and exhorters preach every Sunday, so that all our larger groups have regular service every week. Pastors and local preachers have beld small classes and special services.

WORK OF THE CIRCUITS.

There are 55 places where we have church buildings and 19 prsyer­rooms. We have during the past year been able to get work started in three large towns and more firmly entrenched in others. The church in the small village has a very limited influence, while in· the large towns there is scarcely any limit to what may be done.

Son 'Sung Y ong has had personal supervision of the work ill the four circuits south of Kongju. He has labored faithfully, itinerat[ng, helping in classes and the work in general. He reports a gain on each of the four circuits for the Conference year, and the people though poor have main­tained five small schools themselves and two more have received outside help. In one village near a church one of our young men has been engaged to teach in the local school, and he through his efforts and good .example has induced a number of the boys in the shchool to'attend church and several have enrolled as seekers. The four circuits have contributed Yen 1,264 for the year, or an increase of Yen 293 above last year. There is a following of 803, or an increase of 114 over last year. Our greatest opportunity on these circuits is Taichon, the largest city on the District.

The Nonsan circuit has come up in fine shape this year and it is due in large measure to the effective work and prayer!! of pastor Kim Pyung Chay. He found some churches actually closed when he took over the work of the circuit after last Conference, but during the winter he has had a revival at every church on his circuit and conditions are greatly improved. The collections on his work have been been the best on the Distriet, and we also have a splendid Sunday School here under efficient leadership. At Kang Kyung Po, our most southerly circuit, we have a great responsibility, this being the larfest Korean community on the work. The people suffered terribly from the flolld last summer, but they are loyal to the church and to their pastor, amj with the building Qf the

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new church (which we are hoping can be done soon) the work will grow and our influence be felt in a far larger measure. The Nonsan and Kang Kyung Po churches are our two best churches outside of Kongju.

Kim Kwang Sik has had supervision of the six circuits on the west and being the only ordained man there he has traveled over each circuit preaching, baptizing, and doing the work of an itinerant. Most of these cireuits show progress along some line. They have paid up well on past­oral support and a number of new seekers have been enrolled. The work of Hong Sun Ho at Hami and Susan, and that of Yi Yong Chu at Tang­chin and Yeasan should receive special mention; they have been diligent and faithful, and as a result their work has grown. The work on the Chung Yang circuit has held its own in spite of the faet that the pastor has been in theological school for six months of the year; in his absence brother Kim and some of the local preachers have supplied for him. We have not yet made much impression on H~ngju, although the work of the circuit is in good shape. Brother Yi Sang Man and Brother Kim have both had sickness in their homes which has been a hindrance to their effectiveness. The work at Kalsan has been mueh more vigorous since the class lield in February; the attendance has been nearly doubled.

A beginning has also been made at Kwang Chun, an important port on the west of the cireuit, and prospects seem good for establishing a church here soon.

The Kongju city church has suffered greatly from removals, but the labors of Br~ther Sin Hong Sik and his faithful band of assistants has been rewarded by a large number of new believers, so that the statistics for enrolled following remain practically the same. Besides the two large classes held in Kongju for men, smaller classes of a few days each have been held at several of the surrounding churches; there are nine of these where services are held, seven of which have church buildings.

This circuit from the first of the year has assumed entire self-support, and the people are responding loyally and are keepiug ther pastor paid up to date.

EpWORTH LEAGUE.

Since last Conference Epworth League Chapters have been organiz­ed at Kongju, Nonsan and Kang Kyung Po. These societies have been instrumental in interEsting some of the young people and .getting them to attend church and become Christians. If we can keen these chappters from degenerating into mere debating societies, they nlay be a real help to us ; but if not, the more quickly they are disbanded the better. The Sunday School, if rightly conducted, can-do this work and do it efficient­ly.

The Junior League at Kongju has been under the supervision of Mrs. Williams. Among those attending are a large number of children of non­Christian parents whom we are trying to reach.

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WOMAN'S WORK.

The work among the women of the District has been efficiently di­rected by Mrs. Sharp, who has been ceaseless in her labors, alternating be­tween Bible classes and itinerating, together with the oversight of four girls'schools. We have enjoyed a larg~ measure of co-operation and are grateful for timely suggestions and advice which she has given. Two of the classes for women were held in conjunction with the classes for men, which arrangement was mutually· helpful to all concerned. Miss Bair has assisted in classes at Kongju and at Hami.

The statistics for women's work are as follows: Large classes held by Mrs. Sharp 7

Small classes " " " Classes conducted by Bible women

Total

8 23

38 Women Full members .... 371 Women Probationers .... 565 Women seekers 1,194

Weare greatly indebted to Brothers Deming and Williams for help in Bible classes, and to Dr. VanBuskirk for the money with which to help build a much needed church and for substantial help toward the support of helpers in needy places. The corning of Bishop Welch to Kongju was a blessing and inspiration to the Korean church.

The revivals held on the District this year were not large ones, but quality of work done was good and I believe that the churches are in a better condition spiritually than ever before. Our statistics taken as they are from the beginning of the year do not show a gain over last year's report; a goodly number have been gathered in since the report was made. Our collections have been very good; in actual cash the churches have contributed Yen 980.00 more than last year, and pledges for new church buildings for Yen 800.00 more have been taken, making a total of pledges and collections of over Yen 1,700.00. The number of members and probationers as repor~ed last year was 1,725, so the giving is pretty well up to the mark of one yen per member more than last year.

For the advance in giving in general and of self-support in particular, for the faithful men it has been my lot to labor with, for the souls that have been born again, and for. His presence with us I am pJ:ofoundly grateful.

Seoul District.

W. A. NOBLE, District Superintendent. GENERAL CONDITIONS.

The Seoul District comprises a population of about 350,000 people. It is limited in territory to the city of Seoul and its environs. In this territory, in addition to our own Church, are the Methodist Church,

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South, lIDd the Presbyterian Church, North. Also the Salvation Army, the Anglican Church Mission, the Seventh Day Adventists, and the Oriental Mission. These last four have a small following. Besides these is the Roman Catholic Church.

STRATEGIC OCCUPATION OF THE DISTRICT.

Our churches are located at central points within and without the city wall. Within five miles of the center of the city we have 30 groups and churches, and outside of that distance within two miles more we have five other groups. This is a larger number than all other Missions combined within the bounds of the District. The churches, as they are now located, practically preempt the territory. Within the wall are seven churches, on the east ten, the south five, on the west of the city eleven, and on the north two.

DANGERS.

Within the walls of the city the two largest churches, Chongdong and Sangdong, are rapidl:\, becoming isolated by the fact that the Japan­ese population is steadily moving into these sections and forcing the Ko­reans out. In the early years these two churches were wisely located; they were in centers of great Korean populations, but national chang€s have made a totally different situation in the city of Seoul. These two churches were built to give Church privileges to the west and southern part of the city. One other large church was built at the East Gate. There are no other church buildings of our mission in this city that offer any possibility for development so that our position in the city is conse­quently threatened. We must erect other church buildings in Seoul if we are to maintain our pres~nt efficiency in the Capital, and, as a conse­quent result, keep our grip on the South Country. We. are, therefore, recommending to the attention of the Annual Conference and the Board of Foreign Missions the need of strengthening three churches of the city, one of which, namely, Chong No, is of paramount importance to all our work on the District and perhaps should be classed first in importance in the program for all Korea.

A significant movement in Seoul is the industrial revolution that is transpiring at this time. This is important to us because it affects the membership of the Church as well as the problem of self-support. The capital has always been a city of shop keepers. During the past, Korean merchandise alone was sold; now foreign and Japanese material furnish the bulk of trade. That means that many of the old shop keepers have had to change their occupation. Only the strongest have been able to remain in business. The high price of living has compelled a great many women to seek employment. The home life has thus been changed. The old system of family life has been broken up by the new conditions forc­~g the young men out into the world to struggle alone. Living has be-

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come so much more difficult that retired land holders who were living fro!11 the industry of their tenants have had to leave the city and move back to their farms thus greatly changing the character of the communi­ties. All this change has created new problems in our work.

Revival meetings were held about two months of the .spring. At the same time the several denominations have been campaigning to prepare the way for a general forward movement to take place next fall. The summer and early fall will be spent in placing the burden of the people of this' city on the heart of the Church membership represented in the sev­eral Missions having work in Seoul.

The campaign of the churches of the city during the early part of the spring and summer resulted in the addition of 1,034 names to the Church following. All the pastors of the city churches united in this work. Brother Hyen Soon conducted. most of the services. Our real problem is, not to get names on the Church roll, but to secure the conversion of the men and women who respond to our appeals.

The main drive of this field for the next ten years will, from the nature of our work in the Capital, be educatiortal. Here is located the educational plant to serve the whole country. The Chosen Christian Col­lege is now being launched. It is the only Christian sehool of this grade recognized by the Korean Government. This has been approved as a union institution .by all five Boards of Missions in America and Canada who are doing work in this land. It should be our main . drive to be loyal t9 this union; to meet the requirements of the Government; to produce funds for our share of the work; and to meet the demands from all over the whole country for an institution of this character.

The Theological School also is of strategic importance. To have an efficient ministry this school must be supported and developed. This also should be a part of the educational drive for the next ten years.

The evangelistic work of the country will depend largely upon the support given these institutions, therefore, if the main effort is in that direction then the best interest of the evangelistic work will be secured.

The Methodist Mission South, the Presbyterian Mission North, the Salvation Army, and a "Holiness Mission" are working in this territory, but our mission occupies nearly two thirds of the central points on the district and therefore, must assume a corresponding responsibility.

There are two main lines of work that engross our attention for the present and will do so for the year before us. First, is the campaign for the extention and development of the Sunday Schools, for which (al. is the organization of the Sunday School along the lines usual for such work; (b), is the creating of Sunday School classes among the non-Christian people, especially the children. The children are visited at the places where they resort for their sports, by the side of a stream, under the shade of trees, on the dusty streets, and wherever they may be found. Whell interest has been created a home is soon opened where the work

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maybe carried on to better effect. One object of this effort is to found. a nucleus for a Church organization.

The second line of work is more elaborate and involves a more thorough co-operation of all workers of the city. It is an evangelistic campaign to which reference has already been made. It will continue through the whole year and comprehend the union of all the Churches in the Capital, of all denominations. Eight months are being given to preparation and then the following months will be given over to aggressive evangelisHc work. There will be held mass meetings of all the churches and repeated visitation of all the homes in and about .the city. This work will be done by the whole Church membership of all denominations.

CHONGNO.

A glance at the map will show the location of the Chongno church in the heart of the city. It is at a point where all the activities of the na­tive city center and probably three fourths of the traffic of the city arrives and departs.

It is absolutely necessary for the work of the District and for the evangelistic work for the south country, to have in the Capital a church building that will not only accommodate the regular Sunday congregation, but also to accommodate the large classes which gather each year for Bible study. We need to arrange study rooms for at least 300 persons studying the Bible at one time. There is no place in the city for us to do that work at present.

There is no church provided with rooms for Sunday School work on the District. This department has grown to great importance during the last two years and is ever becoming more so. The loss of many of our primary scho01s make it the more urgent that we build up a model Sunday School, not only for the youth of the capital, but also a model for the churches throughout the country.

The two largest of the city churches are being rapidly isolated by the Japanese population so that if we do not in the very near future erect a large central church we will lose our hold on the city work.

The present building is small and utterly inadequate for the needs. It is, because of the character of its construction, dirty, nor can it be made clean. In this respect it is intolerable and a disgrace. We face the great­est crisis in Korea with a building in which no self respecting merchant would attempt to do business. In spite of these circumstan~es Chongno church camt! through 1916 out of debt and the membership is now in posi­tion to become entirely self-supporting. This ought to be a reason to help hold so strategic a position.

The proximity to the Y. M. C. A. make it an ideal location to sur­round young men of the city and students with Cb,urch influences and help. We have here the beginnings of a community center in a boys' and girls' Qay schOll, a night school, and. a kindergarten. It ~ilI furnish

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an ideal place for Sunday School institute work, Preachers Meetings, and general gathering of Church officers, in short, a clearing house for the work of central Korea.

The situation is not anew one; for several years it has been the most urgent property need in our Mission.

In Peking, China, a building costing $25,000.00 is being planned large­ly for the purpose of reaching the non-Christian community,-a building that may be used every day to that end. This is a move that mustappea1 to every man interested in the spread of His Kingdom. Here in Seoul we have a situation that has in its character a larger appeal, the building would meet the most pressing needs of the Christian community and alse serve as a basis for aggressive work among the non-Christian pop­ulation by a community of believers who have become known through­out Christendom as a self propogating Church.

CHANGNAI.

The Changnai church is located within fifty yards of the site of the Chosen Christian College. The present building is a thatched structure with mud walls, quite insufficient to house the present congregation. The nearest suitable buildings for worship for the students of the college are located in the city nearly three miles away. We ~hould erect a church here costing $6,000.00. It is one of the very urgent needs of Korea.

KONG DUI{ NI.

The town of Kong Duk Ni is about two miles from the city wall on the west. It is the center of population of about 25,000 people. There is only one other chapel within this section. For several years the people have "been praying for a new church building. They went to work to help out their prayers and raised \1500.00. The subscription has been made from their poverty and is the expression of an enormous sacrifice.

Last year they surrendered their old straw roofed building, permit­ting it to be torn down that the site might be used for a school building. They received in exchange a sum of money to purchase a better site and also the privilege to worship in the school building till money could be secured to erect a new church. Weare glad to report that from friends in America the total amount received for this enterprise is \12,000.00. The foundation of the new church building is now being laid and the building should be completed by the early fall.

SAM CHUNG DONG.

Sam Chung Dong is located in the northern part of the city, in a"sec­tion where no other denomination is carrying on active work. The pres­ent building is a straw roofed house made over for seating about 60

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people. It is a center in which a great Sunday School work could be realized. ¥6,OOO.00 for a church building would in a short time stimulate the growth of a Church membership that would be self supporting.

CHUNG KOK.

Chung Kok is about half way between the East Gate church and the proposed Chongno church building. This is another place where we shall have to develope our work in order to hold our place as a factor in the evangelizing of the capital 'city. There is no other church doing direct evangelistic work in this immediate section.

The present building is an enlarged Korean hut with straw for the roof. The people can not gather in any numbers and our opportunity for advance work is almost nil under present conditions.

The Church following is 50 believers. It could be doubled many times in a short period did we have a place to seat the people.

The main force of our appeal is in the strategic position of the site. We must capture this point and hold it in order to reach a large portion of the eastern end of the city for which we have become responsible.

NORTH WEST GATE.

The church services at this point have been held in a private home of a wealthy man for some years. Recently the man has failed financially and the property is about to be sold to pay his debts. ¥4,OOO.00 would build a church sufficient to house the congregation till it would become strong enough to enlarge its own church building. Weare hoping that the Forward Movement now inaugurated will give us this church.

THE FORWARD MOVEMENT.

];)uring the campaign of the early spring and summer 1034 persons have handed in their names with the purpose of becoming believers but of that number only a very few have really identified themselves with Us as true followers.

This fact presents a great problem for our solution before the cam­paign which we are planning to open in the fall. At different times during the past years united campaigns of the city have been carried out with the result that thousands of people have given their names into the churches but after the special period of effort was past their faces were not to be seen in the Church services.

To solve this difficulty there are several basic questions to be rec­ognized. First, there must be a continued period in which the candi­d!l.te is under instruction before he can have interest enough in the q.lestion of his salvation to become a real believer. Second, this interest can only be created by a personal contact of the seeker with a christian teacher. Third, anyone teacher, no matter how wise and spirit-filled he

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may be, is able to come into an inspirational eontact with not more than one or two seekers at one time.

The following method, then, is a suggestion to meet this problem: When the campaign opens in the fall let there be a united effort of all the forces of the city upon one section, not more than two churches at one and the same time. After an evening service, when all have been brought into the church made possible by the usual method of music and personal invitations, invite the seekers forward and seat them so that there may be one teacher for e~ch seeker. Let the teacher then proceed to make the acquaintance of the man before him, then tell the man of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. Let this instruction go on one or two hours, or even longer. During this time let the congregation take care of itself. If they wish to go home let them go, but do not form­ally dismiss them as in so doing the seekers become uneasy and will often abru'ptly leave the church never to return. Finally close the meeting with a prayer and invite the new seekers to return the next night, but not to the general meeting room. Invite them to another room which should be open exclusively to them and a few instructors. After opening the service give a brief magic lantern exhibition of Scripture characters, followed by a brief appeal to surrender to Christ, then form the company into classes with competent instructors. Each seeker should be supplied with a portion of the Scriptures. The classes should be graded so that the additions made each night during the period of the meetings in that particular church should be taught such truths as they can understand.

I would suggest that at the close of the meetings a number of in­structors should be left in charge of the follow-up work as will be neces­sary to keep up the interest and secure the conversion of these seekers. Within a reasonable period these numbers could be reduced and sent

.to join the campaign in another part of the city. The pastor of. such a church should remain to look after the new believers until they be.­came fixed in their attendance upon the church services.

While there will be experienced some difficulty in holding two services in some sections at one and the same time because of the lack of rooms, in most cases an adjoining building may be secured for the work.

An excellent follow-up method is to hold study classes in the homes of the people, organizing as many classes as possible with meetings every

. night. Let every pastor and every Church member get the burden of this

campaign on his and her heart and get behind the task when the time begins.

The whole summer should be spent in earnest prayer. Let every pastor so influence his congregation that daily conversation and the daily plans of all our people shall center in the one great purpose of the For­

. wal'tl Movement of savin~ the city of Seoul.

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THE DAY SCHOOLS.

The day school problem has given us much deep concern. At the last District Conference in March 1916 the District assumed the support of the School at the East Gate and also at Syokang. It has been a heroic struggle. The pastors and le"aders have borne the main part of the bur­den. At Chongno the members of the Church were able to keep the school going by a little aid from personal givers.

During the early months of the year we were much disturbed by the local officials demanding an immediate expenditure of larger sums of money for the development of the schools. We were informed that in case such improvements were not made the schools would have to be closed. Recently, however, we have been informed by the Government­General that the closure of the schools would not be demanded till the exp~ration of the ten year limit. At the same time, however, we are ex­pected to advance the schools as fast as possible. This information per­mits us to proceed with the work at the East Gate and a.t Syokang on the basis of last year. I, therefore, bespeak the interest of our Bishop and the activities of the pastors and the Church membership for the coming; year as in the past.

We do not know what will be the result of the Forward Movement now that the world war is in progress, but the latest information is en­couraging. Let us work our uttermost, trusting in God that he will keep the doors of these schools open for many years.

The Union School inside the West Gate seems to be an assured suc­cess and should be registered as soon as possible. The members of the Sangdong Church have again shown the heroism of the past few years in carrying forward the educational work at that point. I believe that here also we may have a feeling of security for the future.

BIBLE CLASSES.

We shall always be hampered in our work with the Bible Institute work until we are able to have a proper building suitable for such ac­tivities located at Chongno. Fortunately the new Memorial Bible School building has been completed which opens a way for certain kinds of ad­vanced Cible Class work. As the opportunity is offered us, we should take advantage of the privilege of associating with the other Missions in work in this building.

Let the pastors.of the District loyally support the plans of the Theo­logical Seminary. This institution is the source of life to our churches. The trustees have a plan to introdnce a course to be studied through English. Greek and Hebrew will also be taught that the pupils shall have the same privileges given by other institutions of the same charac­ter in other lands.

Since our last Conference Pai Chai has had such a marked success that it deserves special mention. We have here many of the young men

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from the best homes in Korea and the whole District should watch their progress with prayerful solicitude. While it is a registered school our pupils gather daily in the chapel for service and a large number are studying the Word of God. We have every reason to congratulate our­selves on the work done by the able Principal and the enlarged oppor­tunities given by the new buildings. The pupils number 410.

Ewha has 360 pupils. This institution has had an advance in the re­BUltS of academic work and in material gains above any year in its history. Every father-and mother who send their daughters here to be educated may rest assured of their securing the best education possible in this land to-day and also may rely upon the fact that the pupil has the possibility for the fullest development of her moral and spiritual life.

The Woman's Bible School has had enrolled 64 pupils. The old hotel building has offered an opportunity for development not known before. The work done has been of a high order. We are glad for the new build­ing now being erected for the institution.

The year records one of the greatest achievements in the history of Christian work in Korea, that is the final securing of the charter for the Christian College for Korea. This has long been the dream of every pastor not only on this District but in Korea. Our lamented co-laborer and friend Dr. H. G. Underwood gave the best of the latter years of his life to this great end. It has been a long striving which fact makes the, final achievement the more satisfying.

As soon as final settlements can be arranged buildings will be erect~ ed and work will be begun on the new site. This is a site pronounced by many noted men as the best suited for an educational plant of this charac­ter in Asia.

The enrollment of the college this year has been 90, an increase over last year of 30.

This report would not be complete did we not express our apprecia­tion of the many courtesies shown us by the American Bible Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society. We only wish that their funds would permit of a larger force of colporters.

We are profoundly greatful to Almighty God for the preservation of the lives and usefulness of our pastors during the last year. May each and everyone be Holy-Ghost-Men during the next year and may the year be filled with glorious results.

The following data will indicate activities of the Seoul District: Pastors Churches number Church following -Sunday Schools __ ._ Primary Sunday Schools Sunday School pupils Boys'D.ay Schools

35

5,891 32

3,760 5 Pupils 637

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Boys' Kodung 1 Pupils Men's College 1 Men's Bible School 1 Theological Seminary --_. 1

Total boys and men Women's Bible School .... 1 Students Girls' Day Schools 16 Day School of Ewha 1 Ewha Kodung 1 Ewha College 1 Ewha Normal Kindergarten 1 Ewha Kindergarten 1 East Gate and Chongno Kindergarten

Total Women's Bible School and Ewha

Total number of students Local Preachers Exhorters ....

Missionary teachers Women Missionary Teachers .... Other School Teachers ....

Total school teachers One hospital with Doctor and nurse.

28 54

5 12 81

98

SUWON DISTRICT.

"

G. M. BURDICK, District Superintendent.

55

410 90 32 74

1,243 64

766 110 120 50 13 50 65

1,238

2,481

The Suwon District has just completed nine years of history as a separate district. Having been organized in the midst of the troubled times just following the insurrection, it made its way through the uncer­tainties of the reconstruction period, the later anxieties of division of territory, and, emerging from these historic events, has continued the process of slow growth and development, until a degree of compactness and stability has been reached. There are now thirteen Quarterly Con­ference circuits, comprising one hundred eighteen churches. These congregations are cared for by one ordained elder in the local preachers' course, one traveling elder, three other full members of Conference, two probationers in Conference, and eight local preachers in charge. Of these men one man comes up at this Conferenl!e for elder's orders, two for admission into full connection with Conference, and one for ordina­tion as deacon in the local preachers course. There are also seven col­porteurs, eight regular Bible women, and two temporary, unpaid women,

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twenty six other local preachers and sixty five exhorters. Brother Hong Seung Ha, now lingering in last stages of consumption, sustains the re­lationship of supernumerary.

By order of the last Annual Conference the statistical report of the district was made to close with December. The figures going into that report show a net loss in enrolled believers of one hundred twenty five. However the principal efforts in evangelism have come since that time; and the report at the District Conference, held June 5-7, shows a net in­crease in enrollment of one hundred forty one. The statistics in this personal report are taken from the reports of the District Conference. These reports show 1249 full members, 1908 preparatory members, 525 baptized children, 2926 inquirers, and a total enrollment of 6658. This gives an increase of two full members, one hundred fifty one prepara­tory members, and six inquirers, a loss of eighteen baptized children, but a total net gain of one hundred forty one. During the year there have been one hundred eighty baptisms and forty eight children baptisms.

There has been a healthy growth in Sunday School work. There are now 73 Sunday Schools, 146 officers and teachers, 3390 pupils, 410 on the cradle roll. This is an increase of seventeen schools, thirteen officers and teachers, two hundred nineteen pupils, and two hundred eighty two on the cradle roll, or a total increase of five hundred fourteen. The con­tributions to tj:le Sunday School amount to S! 120.00, an increase over last year of ~23.

There are four boys' schools. In two places where we have boys' and girls' schools the teacher of Japanese divides his time between the boys' and girls' school. In the boys' schools there are a total of t~ teach­ers, with an enrollment of 269 pupils. During the past year six schools have closed, and there has been a decrease in number of pupils of 196. 'Ihere are also six girls' schools, with 12" teachers, and an enrollment of 338 pupils. This is an increase of 61 pupils.

In the women's work there are 573 full members, 1242 preparatory members, 1377 inquirers, and during the year there have been 101 adult and 24 girl baptisms.

This has been the best year the district has seen in amount of native contributions. The contributions for preachers' salaries are ¥845, or an increase of S!86, for current expenses, building and repairs, a total of S!3719, for Sunday Schools ¥120, for education ¥1381, for benevolences and all other collections ¥1l64, or a grand total of S!7229.

A multitude of duties attending the last year before furlough of the superintendent have prevented him from giving all the attention due to the projected "Forward Movement." But the district has made some ad­vances along the lines marked out by the last Annual Conference. Reviv­al meetings and Bible classes to the number of sixty seven have been held, and five hundred sixty seven new believers have given in their names. Fourteen hundred ninety days have been subscribed to preach-

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ing and personal work. In collections a per capita advance of 53 sen for full members and preparatory members has been made; and the total in­crease in native contributions amounts to ¥1675.

During the year three new church buildings have been put up. One of thes~ is at Cho Chi, on the AI! San Circuit, one at Mang Chung Kai, on the Choongju Circuit, and one at Yi Chun, County seat. At Yi Chun a seventy two kan brick building has been put up. This building is the result of the prayers and sacrifices of the native church backed by the Board. While the Board generously provided for the building. the na­tive church raised more than \11000 for the building site. The dedication was held on February 16th. Here we held our District Conference June 5-7.

We report ten less church organizations than last year. By reason of the death or removal of some of the members churches have entirely died out, while others have joined with near·by churches. The necessity of a rearrangement of the larger circuits, so as to give better super­vision to the weaker churches, has long been felt. At the last District Conference a beginning was made. Takingffom the Kwangju circuit six churches and from the Yi Chun circuit one church, we formed the 0 Chun circuit, to which a preacher was appointed. From the large circuit of Yi Chun, with twenty two meeting places, six churches were taken to form the Chyun Yang Li circuit, to which also a preacher was appointed. But the two weak circuts of Chyung Mi Myun and Eum Seung were unit­ed to form the Chang Ho Won circuit. In making. these adjustme,nts we were able to use the same number of men already at work on the district. The departure of the superintendent on furlough leaves his personal helper free to do circuit work, and he will be appointed to fill the posi­tion on one of the circuits.

Besides these important actions at the District Conference several other events conspired to make this a notable occasion. Bishop and Mrs. Welch visited the Conference, the Bishop remaining a day. Dr. Noble, Rev. E. M. Cable, and Rev. Henry Appenzeller also were present for a short time. A tender memorial service was held for Rev. W. C. Swearer, D. D., who had passed to his heavenly reward during the year. He had been in§trumental in establishing the work in many sections of this dis­trict. The county magistrate honored us by giving a dinner party in honor of Bishop Welch, to which he invited the leading Japanese and Korean officials and business men of the place, the pastor of the local church, all the Korean moksas, and two representative lay mem­bers. The Conference also gave the Bishop a reception. at which these officials were present, and their representatives extended hearty words of greeting. The district presented to both Bishop and Mrs. Welch each one fram:ld n::ledle work picture. At this District Conference also a fare­well reception was given to the district superintendent, who is just leav­ing on furlough. He was the recipient of a beautiful silver loving cup

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and a ring of Korean gold, the gift of ·the men of the district, and the women of the district made a present of a beautiful rice bowl, spoon, and chopsticks, all in silver, to be taken by the superintendent to his aged mother in America. In the whole period of the missionary work of the superintendent, this was the most touchillg moment.

At the last Annual Conference Miss Frey, in conjunction with Miss Miller, was appointed to the work among the women. The district was divided between the two workers. Despite her heavy responsibilities in connection with Ewha School, Miss Frey has done most efficient work on the district. She has made four itinerating trips, visiting all of her cir­cuits once, and two of them twice. In September she assisted Miss Miller in one training class, examined and gave pass cards in the home study course to 136 women. Her four Bible women held twenty six classes, at which 409 women studied. Where there were sick women or back­sliders, she called un these in every place visited.

To her other arduous duties on the district,Miss Miller has aqded the supervision of the building of girls' schools at Yi Chun and Suwon. These buildings are now'in process of construction. Miss Miller has held eight classes, covering a period of fourteen weeks. In these classes have been enrolled 200 women. One hundred twenty women have studied in the home courses, of whom Miss Miller has examined fifty eight. Her Bible women have hel::! twenty six classes, at which 500 women studied.

The personal labors of the district superintendent have in~part been as follQws. He has made nineteen country trips. During the fifteen months of the prasent conference year, he has spent two hundred sixty seven days in the co:mtry, has traveled eleven thousand four hundred seventy Ii, of which seven thousand two hundred fifteen .Ii were covered on foot. Of the forty two Quarterly Conferences he has held, one was a union con­ference of two circuits, one a uniotl conference of five circuits,' and one a union conference of six circuits. He has baptized twenty one adults, of whom eleven were students in the government agricultural school in Su­won; and he has received into full membership eleven members, of whom five were students of the above named agricultural school. The superin­tendent has taught in four Bible classes, three of which were on his own district, and one was in exchange with Rev. F. E. C. Williams, the super­intendent teaching in a class on the Kongju East Circuit, while Brother William3 taught in the Suwon class. The superintendent has made three hundred nineteen visits to churches and forty four visits to villages; where there are Christian families, but no church. He also held one preachers' meeting, of five days' duration, and officiated at one wedding.

The year has brought many and rich spiritual blessings; it has wit­nessed many good works on the district, all of which cannot be mention­ed here. For all these good things the superintendent returns thanks and glory to God.

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Pyengyang District.

J. Z. MOORE, District Superintendent.

This report covers what was known as the Pyengyang East and the Pyengy.ang West Districts last year. Brother C. D. Morris being on furlo all of the Pyengyang work has been in my care.

WORK OF THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.

There have been 461 days since the last Annual Conference. Of these days 132 were spent traveling'from church to church doing the work of the District. I made 24 trips covering a total of 7,120 Ii. Also five trips were made to Seoul to attend Mission and Finance Committee meetings. These trips took 22 days and added 5,000 Ii to the travel, making a total of 154 days away from Pyengyang and 12,120 Ii traveled, (1 Ii =5 mile); 260 sermons were preached, 51 qu8l'1:erly conferences held and eight churches dedicated.

THE DISTRICT.

The Pyengyang District is composed of territory lying to the West of Pyengyang City in South Pyengan Province and territory to the East of the City in Whanghai Province, as well as the work in Pyengyang City. The population for which the Methodist Episcopal Church is re­sponsible is about 300,000. In the territory there are 88 churches with 5,494 members and 6,329 enrolled seekers, making a total attendance of 11,823. This is an increase of 13% over last year and is just about one­fourth of the total following ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church in Korea. There are 68 fully organized Sunday Schools with a total enrollment of 12,191 which is an increase of 24% over last year. On the District there are 23 Boys' Primary Day Schools with 1,609 pupils. There are 16 Prim­ary Girls' Schools with 941 pupils. 'Ihis makes a total of 89 Schools and 2,550 children, an increase of 24% over last year.

SELF SuPPORT.

Of the thirty paid pastors, seven receive no Mission funds but are supported in full by the local churches. The total paid for support of pastors by the Native Church was ¥3,995 or an increase of 70% over last year. For Sunday Schools the contributions were ¥754. For Church expenses and building a total of ¥6,154 was given. For Benevolences ¥2,644 and for Day Schools ¥3,701. This makes a total of \117,248 or an increase of 40% over last year. This is ¥3.10 per member.

BIBLE CLASSES AND REVIVALS.

The Summer Worker's Class held in July was attended by 150 men. The most of these were Church officers. This was the largest attended and most helpful class of this kind we have ever held. The Winter Central Bible Class was held in Pyengyang in January. Nearly 300 were

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enrolled. This was two weeks of the most earnest Bible Study we have had in all our experience in this land of Bible Stu·dy. In December we held a Bible Class and revival at Pai Me for the eastern part of the work. Mso assisted Brotner Grove in the Hai Ju Class. After close of the Pyengyang Class each of the 88 chllrches had a week of special Bible study led by two of the Korean workers. Many of these Classes were followed by most blessed revivals. In Pyengyang City we held a most successful union Evangelistic Campaign. Several hundred new be­lievers were added to our churches, many Cb.ristians received new power of the Holy Spirit for service, and the churches, both Methodist and presbyterisl.D, were bound together as never before.

CHURCH BmLDING AND DEDICATION.

. During the year eight churches were dedicated. Tb.e largest, the fine church at Kang Sa. During the year we built not only the church but a Boys' Schoof, a Girls' School, Pastor's house, Bible woman's house and keeper's house. This whole plant, dedicated by Bishop Welch, is one of the most complete plants in all our work. Next the First'Church Pyengyang and Jacob Memorial at Chinnampo this church has the largest congregation on the District.

PYENGYANG CITY.

We now /lave Ili}!: congregations meeting in pyengyang City. Four of these are fully organif;ed churches and full self /lupporting. One of the best tb.ings of the year's work was the splendid wl!.Y in which Ni Mun KoJ led tqe way into full self-support. Thill cb~rch was soon followed by !{u 1\:01 an4 Sin Chun KoJ_

lNSTITUTJONS.

1. The Pyengyang Boys' School. This school ..... Kwang Sung Hak­tang-has had the best year of its history under the faithful and efficient management of Mr. Tuk Su Kim. In last year's report the preparatory department reported 45, the Pptong 207 \1nd the Kotung 84. A total of 336. This year the preparatory or 'Kindergarten has 150, thlil PotQng 230 and the Kotung 145. A total of 225.

2. The Union Academy for Girls. This splendid schQol has had a ntost successful Year under the efficient direction of Miss Dillingham. There are now 174 students of which j~t one-third Are ?4ethodist girls.

3. Primllry Girls' school. Miss Triasel hils one of the finest Primary Sch~ols in Korea. A total of 276 gjrls ma\ces this one of tqe l>usi~st and brightest places in Pyengyang.

4. School for the Blind and Deaf. Under the direction of Dr. Hall tPi~ work has grown from year to year. Th~ total number of pupUs for the year is 55. T-\lese eqme ;from all over Korea. Graduates of this ~9Qpql are ma~ing th~if own way in the wprld by tl'llloChing and in other Ol,lc\l~tions.

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5. Hall Memorial Hospital. This Hospital has had its first full year in the neW building and by far the best year in the history of medical work in Pyengyang. 450 patients have received medical and surgical treatment in the wards. Of this number 292 were men and 158 women"; 242 were surgical and 208 medical. In addition 1,884 surgical and 1,077 medical treatments were given in the wards. ::rh~re were 213 opera­tions in the operating room. In the dispensary 11,817 male and 6,572 female patients received treatment. A total of 18,389. Of these 5,785 were Presbyterians, 6,872 Methodists, and 5,732 non-Christians. These dispensary results have been secured by the faithful work of Dr. Chang. Dr. Chang made 41 out calls and Dr. Follwell 231. Operations in the dispensary numbered 801. The total number of Hospital and dispensary patients for the Conference year was 22,002. Mr. Syo the evangelist has been faithful in his work and been a great blessing to those who on their white beds of pain must wait the Father's will.

6. Woman's Hospital of Extended Grace. Here Dr. Hall and Dr. Cutler have been busy caring for many women. 198 patients were cared for in the Hospital. 5,887 were treated in the dispensary and 106 out calls made. 10 operations under general anesthesia, '13 under local anesthesia and 187 without anesthesia. Obstetrical cases numbered 81. The Bible women have given most excellent service, not only working in the Hospital but making thousands of visits to homes in the city.

7. Book Room. This institution, even in its cramped quarters, has had by far the best year of its history. Besides hundreds of other books there were sold 25,600 copies of the Bible and portions of the Bible. This is more than double the amount for last year.

BIBLE WOMEN.

The report for the nineteen Bible women for the year is most in­teresting. They traveled 51,300 Ii. Visited 27,597 Christian homes and preached to 23,724 non-Christians.

FORWARD MOVEMENT.

One aim of the Forward movement was to add a new adherent for each member. The total number of members at the last Annual Con· ference was 4,448. We added 1,460 in advance of last year. This was a little over one-third of our aim. Another aim of the Movement was to raise, for local purposes, one yen for each member more than given last year. The total members was 4,448 and we gave over and above last year yen 4,865, hence exceeding the aim by one tenth.

It has been a year of joy and sorrow but the peace of God that passeth understanding has been with us all the way. This report shows some of the outward progress. God knows the progress in the growth in love in our hearts has not been what it should have been, The results of the year" have been secured by the faithful labors of the preachers, teachers, doctors, nurses and all others who have labored in the Lord.

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All the glory we give to him and pray that in true humility we may enter upon the· new year to make it, with God's help, the best year in the life of the Chosen Church.

, Yeng Byen District.

KIM CHANG· SlK, District Superintendent.

. Yeng Byen District ill wide and the people are scattered. Altho it is good exercise to travel this District, yet if we speak of preaching in comparison with the south, we can only meet about one third as many people in the same number of miles. In some sections you can travel six or seven miles without finding any houses.

If we measure the District in straight lines north and south, east and west, it is 200 miles by eighty four miles in breadth. There are 84,931 houses and a population of 405,227.

The Workers on the District are as follows: One General Board Missionary and wife Two W. F. M. S. Ladies Nine Korean Preachers Nine " Bible Women Four Colporteurs.

These twenty six receive wages, but there are also four lo~al preach­ers working without salary.

Our church membership is 2,816, an increase of 187 over last year. However the above is only until November of last year; if carried for­ward to May the increase is 400. From November until March is the harvest time in preaching in Korea.

Now we will speak of each circuit. There are ten quarterly con­ferences on this District. Yeng Byen is the Missionary Station. Here the Missionaries live, here also we have a Boys' School and Girls' School. If we look at the outside we would naturally think this circuit would lead the rest, but this is not so. If, for example, we would compare this .with Tai Chun or Pook Chin, either of these places with the same privileges given would far exceed. Yeng Byen. However from this year Yeng Byen is beginning to wake from its long sleep and put off its old customs.

Mr. Kim our pastor in Yeng Byen has been working with all his strength in the Forward Movement. Altho he is not strong in body he is strong in power and in spirit. He has preached not only in city but country as well and besides preaching has helped ~ School and Class work. Eleven new centers of work heve been started in this circuit the past year. Not even for one day has he looked after his ,own work, but d,ay and ni&"ht all his strength is spent inc4urch work.

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Altho Mr. Wachs' home is in Yeng Byen his work is all over the District visiting every church. If weather is good he is always away. Mrs. Wachs takes responsibility of home. She also teaches one hour a day in the Boys' School-and also in the Girls' School-both English and music. Every month, as Mr. Wachs is away so much, she must receive and send out salaries, receive books and send out to colporteurs, and in all the work is a great help to Mr. Wachs.

Miss Beiler's special work is School and Sunday School work but she also itinerates as much as possible. We hope for much greater progress if]. all our Sunday Schools because of her work in this and other lines. Already much growth is seen because of her work along all lines. Miss Estey has Class and evangelistic work: Also holds a normal Class for women capable to go out and teach others. Each church needs two Classes a year. Where women are not able to come to class to study she urges Home Study Course and gives examinations wherever she travels over the District. In our Northern District there are many women be­tween fifty and sixty years of age who cannot read but among our young women nearly all can read. Because of this it is easy for Government Officials to obtain statistics from our Christians, for while in heathen homes if the man is away no one can write or tell anything exactly, in our Christian homes even if the man is away the young woman can write names even in Chinese, tell ages and give needed information. This is due to the Class work that will not give the women promotion unless they study.

Tai Chyun Circuit. Pastor Yi Chin Hyung is the only paid Helper on this circuit. Population 50,000.

The people are prosperous in comparison with many other places and give largely in support of work. Nevertheless if it were not for Mr. Yi this would not be the case. There are two churches and two prayer rooms on this circuit.

Unsan Circuit. As no preacher has lived in Unsan town for some years that church and neflIby churches have been very weak. Pook Chin is the strong church in this circuit. Mr. Yi Yun Yung is pastor. He was supposed to visit all churches on circuit but there was so mnch work in Pook Chin that he could go little anywhere else. Also the Pook Chin church pays his salary. From this year on this church gives ¥31.00 a month for church work; also it gives largely for Boys and Girls Schools, one thing to regret however is that altho they give -largely for their own work the Missionary collections have ceased. This is the most prosperous church on the District. While it is praiseworthy in a church to pay the preacher's salary, yet if part came from the Mission and the church part, then they have zeal to raise more and pay for another help­er whereas if they must raise all of one man's salary, they then feel they cannot do more and hence there is only one man where on the old

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plan there 1\1Ould be two. This is a fact wherever no outside help is received.

Heui Chyun Circuit. Heui Chyun church is the oldest work on the District, established long before Yeng Byen City had any work begun. However as no ordained preacher has been iii charge of the work it has not grown as it should have done. A local preacher only has chlll'ge of all this work.

One thing of interest is that in the eight townships belonging to Hui Chyun we have christians in each. This is of great promise. Looking closely at this work we see great hope for it is on the :main road from Anju to Kang Kai and many travellers pass through the town and the people are fairly prosperous. As iUs a growing place our church should grow also to meet the demands of the people. We should make plans for this work. There is no church building here. The old building was sold and a new site purchased. The church has 1J500.00 towards the new buildingj they need 1J1,OOO.OO. If the Mission would give ¥500.00 then a church suitable to this place could be built and the work would grow greatly. There are eight churches on this circuit and a number of prayer rooms.

Sin Pyun Circuit. This was formerly in county of Kai Chyun now united with Soon Chyun. Five churches on the Circuit with member­ship of 250. From the time of establishment until now no preacher has been in charge, therefore the itinerating Missionary and District Super­intendent must visit often.

Sin Chang Circuit. Mr. Yi Yeng Byun pastor. This is the largest church in South Yeng Byen. There is a church, pastor's home, and both Boys' and Girls' schools in the town of Sin Chang. The Girls' school has been very insufficient, but this year a new school at cost of III ,000. 00 is to be built. In the midst of this good work last month a fire broke out and thirty homes were burned, nine- of our church mem­bers suffering loss. However great cause of thankfulness, for whereas the heathen homes were completely destroyed none of the christians suffered entire loss,-some saved their goods, and houses were partly burned only~ For this they return thanks to God.

Cha Pai Circuit. Local Preacher Kang Si Pong. There are four ehurches. For a long time like pillars these churches have stood-no real fear of the!r falling down but the sad thing i~ that there is no growth apparently. This year however sever!ll new villages have been entered and work begun.

Yang Duk and Maing Sung Circuits. These two united into one circuit. Mr. Pai Tyong II is preacher in charge. Six churches and 11 prayer rooms. Several new villages have work begun. This is one of the newest circuits-as yet weak but all work is growing. The encourag­ing thing is that whereas in other places only after ten years did self support begin, here from the beginning'the start has been made.

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As to my work-I have taught two months in inen's and women's Classes; have held Quarterly Conferences and visited every church. Some years have travelled all over District three times, this year only twice. Have held quarterly conferences three times in Tai Chyun. With Mr. Son Won Chai held a week's evangelistic meetings in Pook Chin with great profit and blessing. As there is no preacher in Kai. Chyem (Sin Pyun Circuit) work the churches are dependent on voluntary ser­vices therefore I have visited there many times and been called upon for marriage and other church s~vices. I hope a preacher will be plac­ed in this charge. According to the Bishop's appointment, from March 21st to April 14th was spent in Kang Wan Do and Kong Ju work.

Collections for new churches, repairs on churches and for Schools on District at the rate of ¥2.70 per full member. If we to this add pas­tors' support, Sunday Collections and other offerings it would be ¥5.00 for each full member.

New Members. New Members have been received at the rate of one for every five fun members. This is very small but the above only applies up to November of last year-if we bring it up to May it would be one to every two members. There are Children's Sunday Schools in twelve churches on the District. Sunday School children, eight hundred. Days work subscriptions amount to two thousand five hundred days. Selt Sup­port ¥865.00 an increase from last year of ¥148.00. From the Mission ¥1,748 has been received.

In the midst of thoughts and plans with prayers for work Miss Estey bas promised salary for one preacher to work in unentered villages on Yeng Byen and Tai Chyen Circuits for the coming year. A preacher by name'of Kim Wan Gak has been called and work begun. This is in an­swer 10 prayer.

On the District the Bible Women and voluntary workers have been working to obtain footholds in heathen villages. As soon as a room for prayer is promised the nearest church is asked to send men workers. The women have worked most faithfully and in many places new prayer rooms have been obtained through their efforts. The Bible women have worked 2872 days

Have Travelled Have visited Have preached to

18,0l6li 9,220 Houses 41,108 people.

Union Methodist Theological Seminary.

E. M. CABLE.

The work of the past year has gone on much the same as previous years. No startling incidents are to be recorded. It is the policy of the authorities to push as rapidly as possible to the attainment of the ideals

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of the school. There have been many problems and some disappoint­ments but we feel sure we are on the right road and that sooner or later success will gratefully reward all our efforts and prayers.

During the past year the attendance of the Union Methodist Theo­logical Seminary has been as follows:

M. E. Church. M. E. Church, South. Total. I Class 6 3 9

II "

6 2 8 III .. 7 2 9

19 7 26

I .. 5 3 8 II 7 2 9

12 5 17 DUring January of this year we held our first session for graduates.

It was attended by 17 preachers and all but one were from the Meth­odist Episcopal Church. Many more expressed their deep desire to at­tend but were not able to do so .because of the pressure of the work. This session provelMo be of very great value to these men. It is the pur­pose of the Seminary to have such a class each year .

. The Seminary has a total enrollment of 90 students and the low average attendance is due to the fact that most of them are doing pastor­al work, on account of which they are not given opportunity to attend the Seminary. We fear that the question of the education of our Korean preachers has not received the attention it deserves; of about 170 only 70 have finished a Seminary course.

It will be observed that no class was graduated this spring. The ab­sence of such a class is due to three considerations:

1. The return home of Rev. J. R. Moose early in the spring and the retaining at home Rev. B. R. Lawton, which left the teaching force in­adequate,

2. Inquiry revealed the fact that only four of the third year men ex­pected to attend, and it was therefore thought best not to give the time, upon which many other demands were being made, to so small a class.

3. The Faculty proposes to hold three sessions next year, graduat­ing a class in March, and thereafter to have the Seminary year begin in April instead of September. This last consideration is advisable because students from all the educational institutions in Chosen are graduated in March, and most graduates who enter the Seminary will desire to do so as soon as possible after leaving the College.

A number of College students have signified their intention to enter the ministry and have expressed a desire to take at least part of their studies in English. We have therefore, added to the curriculum a course to be taught in English. This will be begun as soon as a sufficient number of such students matriculate.

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The publication of the Theological World, undertaken by the Seminary last year, has thus far proved a marked success. The first year's publication closed with a prepaid subscription list of 750. We hope to realize at least 1,000 such subscriptions before the close of this year. We feel that this is one of our most urgent and important needs. It is helping to meet the great need for Christian Literature. We court your sympathy and help in this undertaking.

The curriculum of the Seminary, in connection with that of the Pier­son Memorial Bible School is, we believe, well adapted to the need of students preparing for the ministry in the Korean Methodist Churches, but we have thus far not been able to carry it out on account of lack of teachers. The department of Practical Theology and Homiletics, in some respects the most important department, has never been properly organized. It has been filled by men who have come in for a few weeks at a time. Such a method of procedure will keep the school running but will never make for efficiency and much less will it recommend itself to the students. The department of Old Testament Exegesis is 1l1so without a professor. We trust that some means of satisfactorily filling these places can be devised. -

The health of the students during the year· has been good. The grade of work done has been very commendable. However, the grade of students recommended by the District Superintendents can be very materially improved. We beg of those recommending men for the Seminary to use the greatest care and vigilance.

Since the moving of the Pierson Memorial Bible School to its new quarters it will be impossible for us to continue aid to the students attending the same. We shall be obliged to' limit our student work and help to the Semina'y students.

At present our staff of instructors consists of four missionaries, one Japanese and two native assistants. To make the school effiecient and such as will readily recommend itself to the Chnrch we must have two more foreigners. We trust that SUC\1 aid will soon be given.

Haiju Medical Report.

LOVISA HOLMES NORTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

A. H. NORTON, M. D~'

The year under review really is the first during which we have ·con­tinuously carried on hospital work and there have been many things we have had to learn, both from the patients' point of view and that of the service. Koreans do not willingly and readily submit to the restrictions of a well regulated hospital. Formerly when we had no nurses nearly all the cases treated as in-patients w.ere sur.gical cases needing a ~little

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time to recover from the operation or old chronic cases unable to walk but needing daily dressings. This year we have had many medical cases which we interpret as meaning that some at least are beginning to see that the hospital is a good place to be cared for whatever the ailment. At the beginning of the year I was skeptical as to the probability of having many small children as patients but we have found that they not only are brought to us but often left with us without the ever present bothersome grandmother. It is current talk among the grandmothers that if a baby gets sick before it is 100 days old it will die. We have up­set this tradition much to the amazement of the grandmothers. "Kyung Poom" is a common and deadly disease among Korean children. It is nothing more nor less than infantile convulsions caused in most cases by intestinal irritation. Our treatment is nearly always successful and many mothers now bring their children at first sign of "Kyung Poom."

In this connection'the Cradle Roll organized in our Sunday School has helped a good deal. The mothers have been taught in mothers meet­ings and encouragged to bring their children early for treatment. Though organized in the Sunday School the roll is continually augmented in the dispensary and the ~others are thus induced to go to church. This work could be prC?fitably extended if we but had the aid of the Bible Women whose support being dropped, left us last February.

Maternity cases are increasing. For a long time only boys were born in the hospital, a fine recommendation to the service in the eyes of an Oriental.

The difficulty from the service pOint of view lies in the fact that good nurse pupils are hard tq get, owing to the low esteem in which the nursing profession is held, being regarded merely as the very disagree­able work of a servant. This has been overcome in ~~me places and will be here in time, when people come to see the beautiful life that the suc­cessful nurse must live. It is hard and sometimes seems impossible to please all the patients, but this is the thing to strive for, as it is well known that a contented mind conduces strongly to recovery. One patient left us because he said we were not clean, another because we were too clean. Some because they are lonesome, others because they are not lone-, some enough. Some because we suggest operation, others because we refuse to "cut the stomach," but some come and stay because they like it and know that we are doing the best for them. Often they go home saying they can't afford to stay but come back in a few days and ask to be readmitted, as happened in the case of a little boy with an injured fwt. He was taken home because it was too inconvenient for his moth­er to bring food. lIe continually cried to return till he prevailed. An­other old grandmother, the only believer in her house, brings every mem­ber of her family with even the slightest ailments and asks to have them admitted. It is these evidences of appreciation which give hope of an ever.increasing work in the future.

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DISPENSARY.

The usual every day work of the dispensary has not been especially . different from former years. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. every day except Sunday, the stream of patients has been about 2,000 greater than last year, but has not yet reached the number treated before our furlough. It is hard to win back the 10s8. The blow a furlo gives one's work is hard to contemplate.

The helpers who have been with us for years have continued to give good service and we have acquired one or two more who are improve­ments over those whose places they are taking. As yet we have not se­cured a satisfactory Korean graduate doctor, but hope to soon. The right sort would have a tremendous influence and leave me time to develop other work mUch needing attention. The Japanese have been coming to us more and more as in-patients. This to our minds is an endorsement of our work as there are many competent Japanese doctors in the city.

The high cost of drugs and supplies has embarrassed us not a little and whereas we had a balance to begin the year with, we end with a de-ficit. .

ADDED EQUIPMENT.

We have added something in the way of equipment this year. A dormitory for the nurses and a house for the Korean doctor; an electric lighting plant, a well, and a partially fitted up laboratory.

NEEDS.

The Korean doctor's salary will have to be raised or we will run a greater deficit than last year. $20 per month will be needed. Salaries of any of the helpers from $5 to $10 per month, if assured by home friends will relieve our budget that much and give a personal represent­ative on the mission field to anyone whose heart is here but who has been unable to come.

The Free Bed Fund is always in need of replenishing. It is used for food for patients who can pay nothing at all and the demand on it is great. If it were used to pay for treatment as well, a year's receipts for the Fund would scarcely last a month.

An efficient Pressure Sterilizer (Autoclave) is an imperative need. A Water Still. We now have to buy distilled water in Chmulpo, an

expensive method. .. A Blood Pressure Instrument, (Sphygmomanom eter) , is indispensable

to proper diagnosis of many conditions. An Eye Testing Apparatus, (Ametropometer), for those who cannot

read the test card, could be made to add much to our income. An Incubator for'bacteriological work, a necessity in the laboratory. Anything in the line of hospital supplies such as bedding, towels,

soap, bandages, hot water bottles, rubber sheeting, and for the poor who are ever at our doors old clothing.

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Our Hospital Preacher, Yi Yung'Sik, came to us the first of July 1916, and has proven to be the man for the place. His report for the period from hill arrival to June 15th, 1917, may be summarized as follows: Of the in-patients, 10 men and 6 women have decided to believe. De­cisions among dispensary patients number 33 men and 13 women. He has been in charge of the group outside the west gate since it was started last fall, and reports good growth. Starting in with sixteen believers in six houses, there are now 45 adult believers in 23 houses. The only worker detailed to that work besides hospital workers is one Bible woman. Miss Battles and her teacher have warmly seconded the efforts of the preacher.

Over the mountain to the south other helpers have been at work and now one of them goes regularly to teach a little Sunday school of 15 chil­dren, practically all the children there are in that little valley. It is our intention to keep spreading out this way till each capable helper has a group of his own to look after. At present all the helpers are so deep in the work of the primary Sunday School of the city church that it is difficult to see how they can be released from that, but we hope it may be done and that the evangelistic spirit of the place may be the predom­inant one.

As usual we are thankful to our friends who have aided us with money and gifts. They. have all heard from us directly so I will not mention them by name here. We hope to maintain their interest and win more during the coming year. Detroit Area having taken us under ip; wing, in part at least, we feel more encouraged than ever before. Our work is growing and developing, we seem to be winning more and more favor with the people, and more than all we feel sure that God is blessing our work.

New Patients Returns

STATISTICS FOR 1916.

Total Dispensary Treatments ._" Number of Males Number of Females Charity Cases (Christian)

" (Non-Christian) Hospital In-patients

Charity Cases .... Operations under General Anaesthetic

" " Local

without Out calls by Doctor

" " Assistant .... Fees from Patients Receipts from all sources Total Expenditures

3,600 8,167

11,767 7,120 4,647 1,509

923 217 65 65

142 180

50 56

Ii 2,041.95 6,014.26 6,083.25

..

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Hall Memorial Hospital.

E. DOUGLAS FOLLWELL, M. D.

Twenty·one years ago the writer came to Pyeng Yang and commenc­ed medical work. so that we are of full age at this time ami I trust also of good report. The past year is the first one of work we have finished in the new hospital, for it was opened January, 1916. I believe I can say we have had the best year of service since we came to Korea in December, 1895.

The dispensary has been under the charge of Dr. Chang, who has rendered most efficient service. It has given us great satisfaction to see the way the doctor has developed his department, and he has also given valuable help in the operating room.

Miss Bessie Kim has been a most faithful and efficient hospital sup­erintendent. Her thorough knowledge of English has made her services especially valuable. Miss Kim has taken much responsibility and it is due in great measure to her loving care and thoughtfulness that our hos­pital work has been so successful from the first day we opened until the present.

I would thank, too, every one of our helpers, also our faithful cook and laWldress and 'outside' man for all they have done and which has en­abled us to obtain, at least in part, the measure of success which has come. We remember everybody in and out of our community who has helped and encouraged us and shown their love and sympathy. Some­times it has been an appreciative note, another time a bunch of lovely flowers for our patients and nurses, sometimes a kind expression of thought, or a grateful smile just at the right time, and sometimes the unspoken word, for there have been times when words failed, though our hearts understood. Once in awhile we have been misunderstood and our actions misinterpreted, but God who reads every heart knows we have tried to do our best. We know we have often failed, made mistakes, and even wished to lay the burden down and make room for others who could do the work better than we, and then grace sufficient for our needs has been granted to us and we have taken courage and gone forward.

The evangelistic part of our work has received earnest and loving attention under Mr. Saw. He is a man of fine Christian spirit and we are much indebted to him for his faithfulness in the dispensary and wards. Morning prayers are held daily, and during the year frequent. visits have been made at this hour and prayers led by each of our city pastors as well as by other friends.

Several interesting cases have come to our attention. Mr. Saw told of a woman who came to us to have an operation performed whose home was thirty miles away, and before she left the hospital decided to be a Christian. Her husband was not a believer, and when his wife returned home forbad her to attend church. The man could not endure it to have

,

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the Christians pass his house every Sunday on their way to worship, and would go inside to avoid seeing them. Some weeks later Mr. Saw visit­ed the village where our patient lived, and meeting her husband asked whether his heart had changed in allowing his wife to attend church. The man replied that she had been to the hospital, and having beco~e a Christian in the place where she received healing he just had to let her go although as yet he could not believe.

One day a woman came from Chinnampo, fifty miles distant, and en­tered the hospital for surgical treatment. She was operated upon and returned to her home cured. Our patient testified before every person she met how wonderfully she had been helped-now she was able to walk any distance and preach to her friends and neighbors, telling them of her wonderful salvation and blessing received.

An interesting case was told to us by Mr. Blair of the Presbyterian Mission of a man whom he sent to us for surgical treatment. After three operations had been performed our patient returned to his home com­pletely cured. His recovery was considered by his family and friends almost miraculous, and the result was Ii large factor in the growth of the Church the past winter. Mr. Blair also told us of a man named Kim Yong Do who lived up in the mountains north of Pyeng Yang with his old mother and two brothers. The family had been believing for four years and Kim had become an officer and one of the leading men of the church. Asked how he came to believe Kim said that fifteen years ago he was desperately ill and was four months in the hospital, that we preached to him then but he refused to believe. However, he never for­got what had been told him, and eleven years later when his old mother heard the Gospel from a Bible woman and decided to believe Kim was ready to come with her.

During the past fourteen months 292 men and 158 women have re­ceived surgical or medical treatment in the wards, a total of 450. Of this number 242 were surgical and 208 medical. We have had in the operat­ing room 176 operations with general anaesthesia, 32 with local and 5 without, a total of 213.

In the dispensary 11,817 ma:le and 6, 572 female patients have received treatment. Of these 5,785 were Presbyterians, 6,872 Methodists, and 5,732 non-Christians. Dr. Chang made 41 out-calls, and Dr. Follwell 231, .mostly to foreigners. Eight hundred one operations were performed in the dispensary as foll~ws, 62 with general anaesthesia, 297 with local and 442 without.

Number of dispensary new patients Number of return cases Number of surgical dressings in the wards Out calls

GRAND TOTAL

. ... 7,646

.... 11,123

.... 1,968 272

.... 2~,009

1917] REPORTS 73

Though our hospital is a new one our needs are many. The great war has caused all medical and surgical supplies to soar in prices, and the burden falls heavily upon us. We need very much some free beds at $75 a year each, also some scholarships for our pupil nurses at $50 a year each. We are constantly in need of towels, sheets and bandaging mat­erial, and we would not refuse to receive a money order or American bank cheque for any sum large or small that anyone finds it in his heart to send us for the treatment of the sick poor attending our dispensary.

The work is too much for one foreign and one native graduate to pro­perly care for, and we are hoping that soon our hands may be strength­ened by the union of the Presbyterian Mission and our own in medical work which will give better service than we are now able to. The two Missions have already agreed upon a basis for union and only await final arrangements by the Boards in New York.

Finally we ask, does it pay? Do we need our Christian hospital in the most important and largest city in North Korea with its population of 55,000, with its large government hospital and numbers of private hospitals and physicians, both Japanese and Korean? We answer, yes, it pays just in proportion as we exhibit the Spirit of the Great Physician in the work we are. engaged, and make our hospital a place where the Master loves to dwell. When we come to lay the burden of life down and stand in the presence of our Lord we shall wonder why He gives us such a blessed invitation to inherit the Kingdom prepared for us, for we shall tell our Master we never saw Him hungry, or thirsty, or sick, or needing the cup of cold water, or the touch of a gentle hand, but the King will answer us, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren you have done it unto Me, enter into Life Eternai and the Joy of your Lord.

RECEIPTS.

From Jan. 1st, 1916 to Dec. 31st, 1916. Wages, per Mission Treasurer Yen 1,644.00 Medicines and Surgical Supplies 600.00 Fuel.... 260.00 Itinerating' .... 70.00 Balances 134.50 Special Gift-Spaulding Fund 133.34 Presbyterian Mission 650.00 A Friend of the poor 12.50 A Friend for hospital chairs 20.00 Hospital patients' fees .... 1,900.00 Dispensary patients' fees 2,935.79

EXPENDITURES.

Debit balance Jan. 1st, 1916 Hospital patients' food ....

"

YenS;360.ia

Yen 287.92 366.83

74

Wages Fuel ....

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Medicines and Surgical Supplies Repairs Lighting Ele.ctric light fixtures Water Current Expenses Itinerating " ..

[JUNE;

2,234;90 453.39

2,457.82 311.85 153.01 167.00 99.98

1,209.43 130.00

Yen 7,857.13 Credit balance Dec. 31, 1916" 503.00

Yen 8,360.13

Wonju Medical Report.

A. GARFIELD ANDERSON, M. D.

The past year has had its full share of problems and trials, but it has· also brought joy 'in the Lord and victory, for which we give praise to him. We are pleased to'note an increase in the attendance over that of last year of 35%. That is not as much as we would like to see, but it is all we can expect, perhaps, on account of the prejudice of the people. It seems that they are very loath to give up their faith in the old school "needle" doctor, and nearly every case tells us that he has eaten all kinds of special medicine without help and now has come to see what we can do for him. It is amazing to what extent they sometimes suffer be­fore they come to us. Recently a woman actually died of toothache. A decayed tooth produced an abscess which grew to a large size, poisoned the system, finally burst into the mouth, the pus was aspirated into the lungs and pneumonia produced. She died a most miserable and pitiable creature. And at our very doors! They called us when she was in a dying state, and of course we could do very little for her. A case of cataract came to consult us about two years ago, but would not submit to an operation. After two more years .of blindness h(l came back with courage screwed up for an operat.ion. When he realized that he could see again, he was so happy he didn't know what to do, and remarked to me, "What a fool I was to suffer these two long years in darkness, when I might have enjoyed sight all the time! Think what I might have done and the places I might have visited!" The confidence of Christian people even in the efficacy of Western medicirie is not unblended with doubt. The son of a man who has been a Christian worker for years recently got bit by a mad dog. The family consented to give the preven­tive treatment for rabies, but on the sly they gave him apricot seeds and tiger meat! The latter is the Korean doctor's specific for mad-dog bite. . When men who have ,heen associated with W estern th~gs so long

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show that weak a faith in our treatment, what can he expected of the non-Christians who have seen little of Western ways and treatment of disease?

While we have not been fully occupied with professional work, con­siderable time had to be given to raising special funds for running the work, and ·our efforts resulted in a 50 % increase over receipts in that line last year. Local receipts, too, have been fairly encouraging, show­ing a 28% increase over last year and amounting to 28% of the sum total of receipts. It is also noteworthy that 40% of our work is charity work, i.e. 40%, of all who were treated did not pay anything for their

.. treatment. During this time of working up a reputation we find that we have to do charity work for some who re~lly ought to pay something even if only a trifle.

The cataract case referred to above turned out to be a very interest­ing old man. When we operated on him we prayed for him and I also admonished him to pray. One day he asked me if I was praying for him, and I answered "Yes." "Well, how can you? . You don't know my name even." "Yes, I do," I said, "it is Mr. K. D. A-" He laughed when he heard that, and said, "That's right, and I live in - district, Wonju, House No. - and I am gray-headed and 74 years old." He wanted to make sure that I describe him right in my prayers to God. One day he asked me what city in America I came from and where my parents came from. Fearing that he might forget, he charged some children in the house to help him remember. I wondered why he was so inquisitive and so anxious to remember the facts. I learned that he wanted those facts for his prayers. He wanted to describe his doctor right when he prayed to God for him.

Another interesting incident was an old man who had been bitterly opposed to Christianity who came to us for treatment and became an in­patient. He was given the book of Proverbs to read and it fascinated him so all prejudice was dispelled and he asked for more. He then read nearly the whole New Testament and before he left he was a devout Christian.

We have felt during the year the lack of up-to-date laboratoryequip­ment, isolation ward, water system, lights, and good sterilizing plant. We should have these for efficient service.

We are exceedingly sorry to leave the work closed during our fur­lough, but there is no solution of that problem this time.

We wish to express in public what we have said in letter to our many friends, a word of thanks for their loyal and generous support.

We also wish to express our pleasure over the complete recovery of Miss Hillman from a trying illness.

Above all we give thanks to God who has stood by us and supplied all our needs both spiritual and temporal, and we are especially grateful for the refreshing the church received ·during the winter revival. It put

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new life into all of us and certainly made the hospital force more effi­cient as servants in the Kingdom.

STATISTICS FOR 1916.

12 months 10 months Total treatments 3005 2513 New Cases 1253 1143 Return 1752 1420 Males 72% 72% Females 28% 28% Christian .... 24% 24% Non-Christian 76% 76% Relatives accompanying patient 1343 1183 Out calls .... 50 44 Major Operations 81 79 Minor

" 2 1 New Believers 9 6 In-patients 119 104

Severance Union Medical College.

J. D. VANBuSKIRK.

Since I last reported to the conference there have been many ad­vance steps taken by our union medical college, and we are now at the beginning of a new era in our history.

We have been endeavoring by consistently doing as thorough a grade of work as possible, and by constant improvement in both equipment and teaching force, and we have at last succeeded in gaining recognition from the Government-General and have new articles of incorporation and a new charter for the medical school, giving us full standing under the present laws as a "Semmon Gakko," i. e. Special School. The new charter was granted on May 14, 1917. This removes all doubts as to the value of our work in the estimation of the government and as to the per­manency of the work. It is now for us to go ahead with renewed efforts to justify this step the government has taken, to make our work con­tinually of a higher grade than that of the past.

This has meant a revision of our curriculum, and some internal .changes in the affairs of the school, but we had already made our course to conform practically to the government standard, and it will be our aim never to fall below their Ininimum, but always to do a little better whenever we can.

Since the last report, there has been a good increase in the number of Inissionaries in the institution. The Southern Presbyterian mission

1917] REPORTS 77

has appointed Dr. T. H. Daniel to the school and his work has been of the highest type. The Canadian Presbyterian mission is represented by Dr. F. W. Schofield, and he has proven the right man in the right place. The Northern Presbyterian mission has added a dentist, Dr. W. J. Schei­fley. The work in his department is of constantly increasing value. The Southern Methodist mission has recently appointed Dr. F. D. Cook to the work and he fills a most needed position, that of pharmacist. There have also been added two Japanese doctors, Dr.S. Oka, and Dr. G. Kano. Both are active workers in the Japanese Methodist church. Prof. M. Oshima is a great help to our school. He is a tried educator of the highest rank, and we are most fortunate to have a man of his efficiency in our work. So, that now the total teaching staff consists of 8 missionary Professors and 1 on furlough, 2 Japanese Professors, 1 Korean Professor, 1 Jap­anese Associate Professor, 3 Korean Associate Professors, 2 Instruct­ors, making a total of 17 teachers; there are besides this a staff of assist­ants and internes of 8 more. In the Nurse Training school, we have Miss Shields, Miss Napier, Miss Reiner, and Mrs. Campbell, representing three missions. While the work is now in as good condition as it has been, yet there is need for increase here on account of furloughs, and the amount of the work to be done that now must remain undone.

May I ask that you remember our work in your prayers, and that you send us only thoroughly qualified students of genuine, active Christian character. We want to train Christian workers, but it is hard to make workers of young men who have never done such before. We now have 58 medical students and 16 nurses in training. Help us all you can to make them effective witnesses for the Master.

Epworth League.

Your Committee recommends the re-organization of the Epworth League under the following limitation:

1. No League shall be organized without the consent of the pastor and District Superintendent.

2. All Leagues shall follow carefully the Constitution as prepared and translated by the Committee.

Recommendations.

CONCERNING THE SUPPORT OF THE KOREAN

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS.

1. It is recommended that the budget for the support of the Korean District Superintendents shall be made up by assessing all the districts of the Conference at the rate of 6 sen per member.

78 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE,

2. The method and time of the assessment shall be determined by the Committee for each district by consultation with the officers of the churches within the district.

·3. The funds, when collected, shall be turned over to the Treasurer of the Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Conference.

4. The Bishop and the foreign missionaries shall constitute an Ad­visory Committee for the promotion of this undertaking.

Pierson Memorial Bible School Report.

We are at last able to report that the school occupies its new build­ing. The dedicatory services were held on Sunday, May 20th. Rev. and Mrs. F .. S. Curtis were present and took the leading parts in the pro­gram. The building might easily have been occupied during the winter but for the long delay in the delivery of the furnace and other indoor fixtures. The building committee have given such careful and intelligent attention to the supervision of the work that we have a building unusual­ly complete and satisfactory in its construction and finish.

We would again express our thanks to the Union Methodist Semin­ary for housing us during almost the whole of the year's session. Our quarters there were comfortable and excellently adapted to efficient school work. We feel though that the school is now prepared to do bet­ter and enlarged work. It has now become in every sense a separate entity and its character and aims will be known as was not possible be­fore it occupied its own premises.

As the school begins its new era it will be interesting to note what has already been done as revealed by the following statistics.

FROM SEPT., 1911, TO JUNE, 1917.

Total number of students who have studied not less than of three months, 339

Of this number 126 have studied one term only 54" ,,2 " 16 3 14 " 3

4 5

" " "

" " 23 have completed the course

one term

and graduated. A large number of those studying one and two terms only were students who thus made up certain work preparatory to the entering Theological Seminaries. Besides we encourage students to corne in for short courses, even when they are unable to take the whole course.

During the past year we had a total enrollment of 49 students, who studied one term or longer. These students were from the following

1917] REPORTS 79

provinces: North and South Pyeng An, North and South Hamkyung, Whanghai, Kangwon and Kyengkeui. The number of graduates this year was eleven, or nearly half the total number to date.

The school began recently a short course to be conducted one month in the spring and one month in the winter. The purpose is to provide a course for helpers and church officials, who cannot leave their' work for a longer time.· The number entering for this course was only seven and of this number only three continued throughout the inonth. The lack of dormitories near the school was given as the main reason for the dis­continuance during the term. We hope to be able to make this a popular course and one that will increase the efficiency of this class of church workers.

We have so far had no catalogue of the school either in Korean or English. This is to be remedied this year and we hope to get out a short catalogue both in English and Korean. We believe that this will at once be a means of answering enquiries concerning the schoo}' and also ad­vertise the school.

We find that there are gradually more enquiries and applications ·for admission from graduates from the church and government schools. As these schools begin their school year on April first we propose to change this year our date for opening and closing so as to fit in with the school system of the country. This will enable the graduates of the other schools to enter the Bible school at once and save the danger of their being diverted from their purpose to take the Bible school course by reason of the delay in entering upon their studies. Such a change will involve some inversion' of the terms for the coming year but its advant­ages seem to justify this temporary confusion. A slight change has also been made in the date of the term which from now on will be as follows:

1st term April 1st to June 20th 2nd term Sept. 20th to Dec. 20th 3rd term Jan. 4th to Mar. 26th.

We are greatly indebted to C. W. Otto, and C. F. and B. F. Strecker of Marrietta, Ohio, for their gifts in maintaining our share of the expense of the school.

Below is a brief account of current expenses for the year. Balance reported last year 195.01 Methodist Episcopal Church, South 300.00 Methodist Episcopal Church 200.00

Running expenses to date Teaching Staff Taxes

Balance

695.01 201.31 292.85 162.66

656.82 38.19

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Sunday School Work.

S. HYEN.

Beloved Bishop and the members of the conference:

Another year has come to a successful close. This is my second year in the field of Sunday School work, and I praise the Lord, that through His protection and guidance I have been able to exert my energies more and more in this precious field. I bring my report before you with pro­found gratitude to our Heavenly Father whose blessings have been rich­ly resting upon thiS branch of His vineyard.

The task in which I am engaged as Sunday School secretary, is es­sentially that of co-operation with the District Superintendents and pastors in charge. Especially I desire to thank Dr. Noble who has wise­ly directed me in every way and provided me with the year's plan.

September last my country work began and I learned a lot about traveling a foot through the rough hills and the lofty mountain passes. Mine is a heavy body to carry, but thank God, He has given me a light regenerate heart that can fly in the sky. So I was able to walk 700 miles somehow or other, with sore and swelled feet on W onju, Kangnung, and Suwon District. Six Districts have been visited during the past year, four Districts having been left out because of the lack of time. In all I have traveled about 2,300 miles by various means of transportion.

ORGANIZATION.

Last year I endeavored to awaken interest in the Sunday School by lectures and addresses to tpe preachers and the members of the church. This year I have put these things into practice and helped in organizing new schools for children directly or indirectly where there has been no school at all. I have organized 34 new schools with an enrollment of 2,500 children.

VOLUNTEER WORKERS FOR NON-CHRISTIAN CHILDREN.

In connection with the organization, another interesting factor is a plan for organizing Sunday Schools among the non-Christian ~children by volunteer workers who pledge service by hours or days. The plan is to visit the non-Christian children on the way side, along the river bank, and wherever they meet to play. The first thing to do is to gather them together under the shade of the trees and talk to them with picture cards of Bible lessons. After several such meetings a room is secured from the village people in order to hold regular meetings for the religious instruc­tion of the non-Christian children. Thus many new schools have been started. 110 volunteer workers, male and female, have been secured in this campaign.

1917] REPORTS 81

CRADLE ROLL WORK.

Cradle Roll work was started by Mrs. Noble at Pyeng Yang seven or ~ight years ago. This seemed an insignificant thing to us Korean Christ­Ians for a while, but we are more and more realizing the necessity of tak­ing care of little babies physically, and religiously. So this work nat­urally meets our need. It gradually reaches to the heathen homes and furnishes a most happy approach to the hearts of fathers and mothers. I have prepared some helps such as certificates and birthday cards. It was reported last conferen ce for the first time that 2,240 babies were enrolled in the cradle roll de partments. This work has been pushed this year wherever I have gone, and 29 departments with an enrollment of 900 babies have been organized. Already we see the great significance of this department for the future.

INSTITuTES AND CONVENTIONS.

During the year forty-five places have been visited, in which insti­tutes and conventions have been held. These gathering'S are usually of teachers and workers under the direction of the District Superintendents, and have been helpful and inspiring. Along Sunday School lines,a series of lectures has been given, informal conferences have been held in each place for three or four days at least. They serve as training courses for many hundreds of workers on the field. In connection with this kind of work, I had the opportunity to give some courses in the theory and prac­tice of Sunday School work to the graduating class of the Union Meth­odist Theological Seminary in Seoul f or three weeks in April of last year. In January this year, an institute was held for four nights at one of the Southern Methodist churches in Seoul. Mr. Hitch of the Southern Methodist church and Mrs. Noble, with four native workers were engag­ed in this work. Over a hundred workers received instruction and the interest of the young people in Sunday School work was stimulated.

CHILDREN'S MEETING.

The history of the Christian churches in the land of Morning Calm, has been one of the adult churches. But going forward in Christian pro­gress, it is being realized that the formation of the child is better and easier than the reformation of the man. I do not know why, but we have been wonderfully moved to hold religious meetings for children al­most every where, have witnessed many wonderful and blessed incidents of children who were deeply touched and accepted Jesus Christ as Sav­iour and Lord. As I put my hope in the children of our dear land, I can not but rejoice with the Master who said, "suffer little children to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."

EVANGELISM.

I have been known as revivalist or evangelist rather than Sunday School worker. It is my public confession before God and men that I

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was given power and grace to preach His Word to all creatures through long .consecrate4 prayer some four years ago. I have ,been criticized as an insane preacher, or as imitating Billy Sunday. But at any rate, I ascribe glory and thanks to God. He has strengthened my faith and love.in preach!ng His hqly word to our dear people. Opportunities have sprung op~n for. ,carrying-on evangelism. The secret in communion with God for, me is to have early· ~orning prayer to wrestle .with Him for long hours for help. Thus comes power to help people that I never could before. I have held revivaL meetings not only in our churches but in many of Pres­byterian and Southern Methodist churches and'have preached at Y. M. C. A. conferences and 'in. many Christian schools.

In July last I visited Songdo, Pyengyang, Kangsaw, and Chinnampo with an evangelistic band composed of eight young men. We spent the month in these places holding evangelistic campaigns and obtained over one thousand new inquirers. Since April this year I have had an op­portunity to pre~ch in five of our churches in Seoul, one week in each church and we have obtained 950 new inquirers. I dare say, Sunday S'c.hool work and evangelism must go together. The essential elements of' a man's 'life are food and exercise. So Sunday School work is the food and evangelism the exercise,of the church ..

STATISTICS.

Miles traveled Places visited New schoolS organized

'No. of ~nronment ... Volunteer ~orkers for the non-Christian children Cradle roll departments organized No. of enrollment ..• No. of lectures on Sunday School People attending l'(o. of sermOIlS to adults

. People attending , No. of new inquirers

,No. of sermons to children Children attending .••

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.

1916 1917 No. of Schools 327 360 No. of officers and teachers 1,827 1,977 No. of Students .,. 25,013 28,296 No. of Babies in C. R. Dep'ts ... 2,240 3,296 No. of Teachers and Students ••• 29,098 33,569 CoUection ¥ 1,305 ¥ 2,095

2,300 45 34

2,500 110 29

900 250

1,200 300

20,000 3,000

50 2,000

.Increase 33

143 3,283 1,056 4,471

¥ 790

1917] REPORTS 83

The Centenary Plan.

On April 5, 1819, the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. In observance of the one hundredth anniversary of that important event the General Conference has planned the Cen­tenary Movement.

It is to be celebrated during the years 1918 and 1919, coming to its climax in the spring of the later year. Its chief features will be rejoic­ing over the past, reconsecration for the future, review of the situation and needs of the church and of the world, and renewal of effort to grasp that situation and to meet these needs. This is not only a financial but also a spiritual movement.

It is expected that the American church will give generously of its means for the foreign field. For the work in Korea it has been hoped that enough might thus be contributed to bring our church properties, our schools, and our hospitals up to a high standard of efficiency, and also to increase our working force, both. native and foreign.

What part should the Korea Conference have in this movement? Evidently it is our part to hold fast all that we have attained in church membership and attendence, in Sabbath observance, Bible study, and prayer; while at the same time we lay new emphasis on some of the for­ward steps which ought to be taken. Five such may be mentioned: (1) The more thorough Christian instruction of church officers, ·that we may develop a strong, wise, and devoted leadership; (2) The cultivation of our Sunday Schools, as trainers of the children and promoters of Bible study; (3) The recognition of the Christian stewardship of property, for self-support and for the propagation of the Gospel; (4) The improve­ment of family religion and life; (5) The evangelization of the world as a command of our Lord for whose fulfillment we are in part responsible.

At the appropriate time in 1919 we wish also to share in the festivi­ties in celebration of the Centennial of the Missionary Society, by whose assistance our Korean church has been established.

We venture to suggest to our brethren of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, that if it is their intention to observe this anniversary which is of common interest to them and to us, we should be glad to combine our forces and co-ope:-ate in all possible ways in this effort.

Since the'Forward Movement initiated in our Conference a year ago is now to be merged into this larger movement, and since we desire to take our place with all other sections of our great church and to har­monize our plans with theirs, we appoint, to carry out the general ob­jects here indicated, a Centenary Commission for Korea, to consist of the Bishop, the District Superintendents, the Missionaries in Charge, and enough other representatives of our institutions and churches, to be selected by the Bishop, to constitute a commission of twenty-five. We

84 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE,

authorize them to prepare detailed plans, to collect such funds and to print such literature as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Movement, and to organize the Districts and Charges to this end.

May the blessing of God rest upon their labors and upon the united efforts which we all pledge in this movement to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ.

Treasurer' 8 Report.

PREACHERS AID FuND.

RECEIPTS. DISBURSEMENTS.

Reported last year .... By drafts from N. Y. By bank interest

¥ 12,393.06 1,954.71

2.67 946.14

li! 15,296.58

Kwon Sin II (16 mos.) 240.00 240.00 300.00 780.00

Chun's wife " Hong Sung Ha 15 mos.

By interest on loans ....

Loans .... Current Account

Balance

STATEMENT OF ASSETS.

14,516.58

¥ 14,448.50 68.08

¥ 14,516.58

Annual Report Home and Foreign Missionary Society.

E. M. CABLE, Treasurer.

DISBURS~JMENTS.

Kim Won Kak per B. R. Lawton Tokio Work April, 1916-June, 1917 .... Cashing Draft

RECEIPTS.

Balance on Hand Last Conference Bank Interest Collections

Balance on Hand

7.94 625.00

.15 633.09

1,064.66 18.88

917.65 2,001.19

638.09 1,368.10

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Committee on Resolutions.

Whereas, the General Conferen!!e of 1916 has made Seoul an Episco­pal residence and assigned Bishop Welch to this field,

Be it resolved that we record our gratitude to the General Confer­ence, and that we express our sincere thanks to Bishop and Mrs. Welch for their selection of this field and their willingness to come and labor among us.

Whereas, Bishop Welch has given himself with such devotion, sym­pathy, brotherliness .and efficiency to the work of the Conference in all its phases,

Be it resolved that we give him our heartfelt thanks and assure him of our appreciation of him and his labor and thank him for the inspira­tion and instruction we have received from his devotional addresses.

Whereas, our beloved Bishop Harris has returned to us and has worked unceasingly for the Kingdom and has favored the Conference with his presence and inspired us again by his saintly life,

Be it resolved that we express our joy in seeing him again and our gratitude for what he has done for us.

Whereas, our hosts have shown such cordiality in entertaining the Conference, and .

Whereas the local church has given the Conference the pleasure of a picnic and boat ride on the river,

Be it resolved that we record our thanks to them and appreciation of their many kindnesses.

Whereas Governor Kudo favored the Conference by a visit and an address,

Be it resolved that we express to him our sincere thanks.

Whereas the Lord has seen fit to call to his reward our beloved co­worker, Wilbur C. Swearer,

Be it resolved that we record herewith our thanks to God for the work accomplished by our departed brother and for the sacred memory of his Christian life and character, that we express our sympathy with loved ones who mourn his departure, and especially with Mrs. Swearer, and that we assure her of a welcome to return to Korea to take up the work of her beloved husband.

Whereas Brother Yi Yun Young has lost his beloved helpmeet,

Be it resolved that we assure him of our sympathy and pray that he will receive comfort from our Lord and grace to bear the grief.

Whereas Brother An Chang Ho has lost his beloved wife and help­meet,

Be it resolved that we express our sympathy to him and assure him of our prayers in his behalf.

Whereas our brother and sister, Rev. and Mrs. Moore have sustain-

86 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE,

ed the loss of the little life that was instrusted to their care for a few brief days,

Be it resolved that we record our sympathy with them and a prayer that God may sustain them in their sorrow.

Whereas the Missionary Societies have strengthened our ranks by !lending H. D. Appenzeller and Miss Mary Appenzeller, children of our pioneer missionary, Rev. H. G. Appenzeller, also Miss Elizabeth Roberts,

Be it resolved that we thank the Societies and extend a hearty, wel­come to our new workers.

Roll of the Dead.

Place of Birth- Admit- Joined NAMES Age Date of Death ted on KOrea

Death place Trial Con-ferenee --

Chun Duk Kui .... 38 Korea Mar. 22, 1914 Korea 1907 1908

Wilbur C. Swearer - America Sept. 16, 1916 America 1897/ 1908

Former Members of Mission.

Appenzeller, H. G. 1884, Deceased 1902 Scranton, W. B., M. D. 1884, Dairen Ohlinger, F. 1887, U. S.A. McGill, W. B. 1889, Redlands, Cal. Hall, W. J., M. D. 1891, Deceased 1894 Busteed, J. E., M. D. 1892, Deceased 1901 Hulbert, H. B. 1894, Spring4ield, Mass. Cobb, Geo. C. 1898, U. S. A. Sherman, H. G. 1898, Deceassd 1900 Brooks, A. M. 1898, Las Angeles, Cal. Sharp, Robert A. 1903, Deceased 1906 Hahn, Dr. D. E. 1905, Seoul Loeber, Charles 1908, U.S. A. Rockwell, N. L. 1908, Deceased 1910

1917] W. F. H. S. 87

Ladielil of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.

Name Branch Year Present Addreslil Apptd Mrs. Rosetta S. Hall, M. D. New York ..... 1890 ... Pyeng Yang, Korea Miss Mary M. Cutler, M. D. Cin. and N.Y .... 1892 ... Pyeng Yang, Korea Miss Lulu E. Frey ... Cincinnati ...... 1893 ... Seoul, Korea ... ... Miss Mary R. Hillman ... Cincinnati .. , ... 1900"'jwonj u, Korea .. ; '" Miss Ethel M. Estey... ... New York ...... 1900 ... Yeng Byen, Korea .. . Mrs. Alice H. Sharp .•. New York ...... 1900 ... IKongju, Korea .. . Miss Lulu A. Miller ... New York ...... 1901 ... /ChemulPo, Korea .. . Miss Henrietta P. Robbins New York ...... 1902 ... Pyeng Yang, Korea Miss Jessie B. Marker... . .. Cincinnati ...... 1905 ... Seoul, Korea ••. ... Miss Gertrude E. Snavely ... Philadelphia ...... 1906 ... /Haiju, Korea .•• .., Miss Emily Irene Haynes ... New York ...... 1906 ... Pyeng Yang, Korea Miss M. M. Albertson... ... Cincinnati ...... 1907 ... Seoul, Korea... ... Miss Ora M. Tuttle ... '" Cincinnati ...... 1908 ... Seoul, Korea .•. . .. Miss Huldah Haenig ... . .. Northwestern ... 1910 ... ;New York... ... . .. Miss Mary Beiler... ... . .. New England ... 1910"'IYeng Byen, Korea .. . Miss Hanna Scharpff... ... Northwestern .•. 1910 ... Chicago '" ... .. . M~s. Ml;lry S. Stewart, M.D. Philadelphia ...... 1911 ... iSeoul, Korea ... . •. MISS Ohve Pye ... ... .. .. New York ...... 1911 ... Rochester, N. Y ... . Miss Grace Dillingham .•. Pacific.... ..... 1911 ... iYorba Lindo, Cal. .. . Miss Jeannette Walter ... Topeka... . ..... 191l'''ISeoul, Korea ••. '" Miss Naomi Anderson... ... Northwestern ... 1911... Chica~o ... ... • .. Miss Blanche Bair... ... .., Desmoines ...... 1913 ... KongJu, Korea .•. Miss Charlotte Brownlee ... Cincinnati ...... 1913 ... Seoul, Korea... . .. Miss Margaret Hess .... '" Cincinnati ...... 1913 ... Chemulpo. Korea .. . Miss Alice Appenzeller ... Philadelphia ...... 1914 ... Seoul, Korea... .. . Miss Jeannette Hulbert ... Cincinnati ...... 191<1 ... Seoul, Korea Miss Maude Trissell ... Desmoines ...... 1914· .. Pyeng Yang, Korea Miss Lulu A. Wood ... INorthwestern ... 1914 ... Seoul, Korea ... .. . Miss Marie E. Church... . .. Col. River ...... 1915 ... Seoul, Korea ... .. . Miss Rosa M. Raabe ... ... Desmoines ...... 1915 ... Chemulpo, Korea ... Miss Bessie.C. Salmon... ... Northwestern ... 1915 ... Pyeng Yang, Korea Mrs. V. D. Chaffin ... Desmoines ...... 1916 ... Seoul, Korea... .. . Miss Elizabeth S. Roberts ... Minneapolis ...... 1917 ... Seoul, Korea ... .. . Miss Mary D. Appenzeller ... Philadelphia ... 1917 ... Pyeng Yang, Korea Mrs. W. C. Swearer ...... Desmoines ...... 1917 ... jKongju, Korea ...

Former Members of the W. F. M. S.

Mrs. M. F. Scranton ... 1 ... 1884 ... I Dectlased, 1909 ... . •. Miss L. C. Rothweiler... .. .... 1884 ... Columbus. 0.... ... . .. Miss Meta Howard M. D. .. .... 1886 ... IU. S.... .. ... ... .. . Mrs. Margaret B. Jones... . ...... 1891...1150 Fifth Ave., N. Y .. .. Miss Ella A. Lewis...... .. ..•• 1891... Seoul... '" ... Miss Josephine O. Paine.. . ..... 1892 ... Deceased, 1909 Mrs. Mary Harris Follwell ... .. .... 1893 ... Delaware, 0 .... Miss Lillian N. Harris, M. D. .. .... 1897 ... Deceased, 1902 Mrs. Nellie Pierce Miller ...... 1897 ... Seoul... ... Miss Emma Ernsberger, M. D ....... 1900 ... U. S.... ... . .. Miss Sarah H. Miller ...... 1901... Stamford, Conn. Mrs. Esther K. Pak, M. D.... . ..... 1901... Deceased, 1911 Mrs. Margaret Edmunds Harrison ... 1902 ... Mokpo ... Miss M. L. Guthapfel ... ... '" ... 1903 ... Philadelphia, Pa ... . Mrs. Sarah Hallman Beck ...... 1907 ... Seoul... ... .•. .. . Mrs. Olga P. Lomprey ...... 1910 ... New York, N. Y .. .. Mrs. Grace McGary... .. .... 1911... Seoul, Korea ... Mrs. Ruth E. Moore... .. .... 1911. .. Pyeng Yang Mrs. Ruby Krook ... ..1913 ... Chicago ... ...

88 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE,

Annual Meetings.

No. Date. President. Secretary.

1 August 17, 1885 .... H. G. Appenzeller H. G. Appenzeller 2 July 10, 1886 .... .... H. G. Appenzeller W. B. Scranton .... 3 September 12, 1887 Bishop Warren .... W. B. Scranton .... 4 September 24, 1888 Bishop Fowler .... W, B. Scranton . ... 5 September 25, 1889 Bishop Andrews .... W. B. Scranton . ... 6 August 20, 1890 .... H. G. Appenzeller W. B. Scranton . ... 7 June 10, 1891 .... ... - Bishop Goodsell .... G. H. Jones . ... .. _-8 August 25, 1892 .... Bishop Mallalieu .... G. H. Jones .... .. .. 9 August 31, 1893 .... Bishop Foster .... .. -. G. H. Jones .... .-.-

10 January 16, 1894 .... Bishop Ninde .... .... G. H. Jones .... _ ... 11 August 28, 1895 .... W. B. Scranton .... J. B. Busteed .... .... 12 August 19, 1896 .... Bishop Joyce .... .... H. G . Appenzeller 13 May 5, 1897 .... .... Bishop Joyce .... .... G. H . Jones . ... .... 14 August 25, 1898 .... Bishop Cranston .... G. H. Jones .... .... 15 May 12, 1899 .. '-. .... Bishop Cranston .... W. A. Noble .... . ...

16 May 14, 1900 .... --.- W. B. Scranton .... G. H. Jones . ... --.. 17 May 9, 1901 ... - .... Bishop Moore .. .... W. C. Swearer .... 18 May 16, 1902 .... ---- Bishop Moore .... .... W. C. Swearer . ... 19 May 1, 1903 ..... .... Bishop Moore .... .... S. A. Beck .... .... 20 February 9, 1904 .... Bishop Moore .... .... S. A. Beck . .. - . ...

21 June 21, 1905 .... .... Bishop Harris .... _.0. S. A. Beck ... _u· 22 June 6, 1906 .... .... Bishop Harris.... . ... S. A. Beck .... . ... 23 June 18 1907 .... Bishops {Cran~ton i S. A. Beck .... . ... HarriS 24 March 11, 1908 •... Bishop Harris .... .... S. A. Beck .... . .. -25 June 23, 1909 .... .... Bishop Harris .... . .. - W. Carl Rufus U·· 26 IMay 11, 1910 .... .... Bishop Harris .... . ... W. Carl Rufus . ... 27 June 21, 1911 .... _ ... Bishop Harris .... ... - Corwin Taylor . ... 28 March 5, 1912 .... -... Bishop Harris .... Corwin Taylor .0 ••

29 June 6, 1913 . -.- .... Bishops {Bash~ord ~ HarriS Corwin Taylor ._--

30 June 3, 1914 .... Bishops {Lewi~ } HarriS .... S. A. Beck ---- ...

31 April 21, 1915 .... Bishops ~ Lewi~ } .... S. A. Beck .... .... HarriS 32 March 8, 1916 .... Bishop Harris .... -_ .. P. L. Grove 0 ... 0._.

33 June 20, 1917 .... ._.- Bishop Welch .... .... S. A. Beck .... --.-

1917] STATISTICS 89

Summary of Statistics.

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CONFERENCE TREASURER'S REPORT

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Kangneung District ... ... ... ... 1.95 1.45 .71 7.46 - - -Kongju East District ... ... ... .. . 7.05 7.21 3.26 21.65 - - -Kongju West District ... ... ... ... 4.60 6.10 3.76 38.94 - - -Pyeng Yang District ... ... ... .. . 8.55 3.50 1.32 115.47 8.60 .75 -Pyeng Yang West District ... ... .. . 19.55 7.75 2.00 160.80 42.90 - 4.80

Seoul District ... .., .. , ... '" 17.94 8.94 2.48 145.83 - - -Suwon District '" ... ... ... . .. 6.82 6.82 4.22 64.50 1.15 2.40 -Wonju District ... ... ... ... .. . 1.91 1.30 1.04 21.99 - - -

Yeng Byen District ... ... ... . .. 4.05 4.43 3.16 97.40 1.00 - -, Total .. , ... ... ... ... ... 113.84 62.50 34.55 931.26 73.41 3.15 4.80

MINISTERIAL SUPPORT. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Baptisms During Year

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.

NAME OF CHARGE. NAME OF PASTOR.

CHEMULP(f DISTRICT P H. CHOI. SUP'T. 1 Chemulpo City Circuit ... Dong Suk Kul ...... ... ... 368 2 Po }>YUng ..................... Pang Chok Sin ... ... ... ... 148 8 Kang Wha City Circuit Pak Pong Nal ... ........ 220 4 " •. West ............ Chun Pyung Kyu ...... 66 5 .. .. South ......... Kim Kwang Silk... ...... 222 6 Kyodong ........................ Chol Chok II... ...... ...... 99

.7/NYeng H yeung ............... Nim Yeuu Mook ....... . 8 Yung Chong .................. Yun Hlii n......... ......... 87 ~Tuck Chuck .................. Kim Flyen Ho ............ 36

Totals ...... ...... ...... ... 1201

388 '" 8 37~ 2 28 275 ... 303 250 2! 9 10 194 274 183 212 883 5 3 7 6 12 99 49 8 107 6 21 350 ... 371 320 11 29 11 123 903 110 293 829 40 1 2 6 8

227 '" 9 236 1 20 268 25 313 180 49 10 11 208 220 153 305 888 12 8 4 12 6 66 ... ~ 71 2 8 70 ... 71 45 1 4 9 94 146 45 79 984 4 & 4 6 6

157 65 9 166 5 20 200 ... 220 170 10 29 12 123 480 139 103 845 82 ... 6 28 8 99 10 109 5 8 310 ... 318 21;0 5 22 42 92 249 171 78 690 19 8 2 7 II 41 11 42 1 2 3... 32 22 ... ... ... 33 57 84 50 183 ... 2 4 48 39 5 53 1 3 55 ... 58 50 3 15 12 86 184 59 1.,7 418 ... '... 2 10 2 28 8 2 3( 2 3 29 ... 34 20 4 5 13 42 28 21 109 3 '" 1 4 \I

113M l61 m!iil ~.;Im T4iiO 25l:EUi14uil lITfl22 112 ~ liiUO,!1i7 "'i297 ~Ilifu ~,To) 8a '16

I HAIJU DISTRICT. p. L. GROVE, SUP'T.

lOng Chin ....................... Pak Heui Sook............ 192 192 ... ... 1;~ 9 23 335 22 380 ~45 49 ... ... 58 40 4 no 316 34 3 1 4 S Kang Yung .................. Choi II Yong............... 14808 48 iio '" 15~ 4 12 90 50 2150~ 145 3 ... ... 55 43 1~ 107 :M 11 1 1 2 1

3 Halju W .. .st Circuit ...... Cho Chll,! Soon............ 150 ... 7 18 187... 162 5 ... ... 4' 83 1~8 12 2 ~ 4 Halju East " ...... No Si ChwR ............... 72 71 1 ... 71 6 29 317 346 \6;1 10 1 67 1"3 16 183 41U 11 ... 2 6 S 5 Halju City .. .. .... Choi Sung Mo ............ 300 300 '" ... 3211 4 37 5UO 245 5'18 \87 61 21 15 151 178 82 3H', 797 ',0 ... 1 7 8 6 Yun Palk West ...... Son Chang Ryen ......... 84 74 10 ... 74 5 25 212 21 361 ~ao 15 ~ 8 15 10:1 48 119 '.85 J 2... 2 5 7 Yun Paik Eup ...... Kwak Chung ·Soong... 108 90 12 ... 96 7 25 a40 ... 365 330 4e 12 ... 77 120 n 156 37:1 ,4 5 1 G 1 S Yun Paik South.. .. .... IBm Chang Hun ......... 100 120 '" ... 120 2 10 71 ... 81 50 6 ... 72 102 18 159 3.;1 ... ... 1 4 ~ 9 Palk Chun.. .. ...... 0 Hyen Kyeng ............ 216 207 9 ... 207 4 18 357 75 4;;0 4:15 16 2 1 95 10;1 34 277"fi7() ;I 5 1 3 10

10;Paik Chuu North.. .. ... 1m Chin Kook ............ 114 116 ... 116 1 24 S03 .. 217 16' 15 ... ... 31 92 10 147 28B ... 2 2 j 9 .,-, Total.. ......... ......... Jia6lffi 6'i -:" l:ffi T!i I:m: 25ii1ir-mr:JiN:' ?ffi):!ii r8i' -Uili6iYT07s 7r;ij ~ ~)oi:j lRll:! 4ii all

~If-~O~~U~~.~I~~.~.~~~J.IJ 1~.1~. M~, 8~~:::.... ~01171 1 211914 OlIO I'" 108 901 4 10 3 32 39 21 94 186 10 61 1 J 4 U\ Chin ........................... YI Pong Sik .............. 120 91 22 7 98 7 37 'i31 ... ';68 ~53 9 10 1. « 133 36 101 364 18 5 3 8 6 3KangNeullll' .................. AIlKyungNok ............ 40 15~~~..!~~._~+_~ ~!i~,~ 814 71; 1.16,~ 182 451 22 H 1 ~ 4.

Totals ...... .............. 180 12:11 46 12 1~6 14 ou 57~ 1 641 6,ml 1, ~~ au 1~1 308 115 -m 100i 1m -25 fi 1~ Ii KONGJU WEST DISTRICT. U. '.l'AYLOll, !:lUP·T.

1 Kongju City ................. Sill Hong Sik ............ 392 2 Chung Yang .................. Han Tai Yll ...... ......... r.6 3 Hong SUng ..................... Yi So.ng Man............... 56 4 Kang Kyung Po ............ Pak Ynllg Suk ... ......... 68 5 Nol Mi ........................... Kim Pyellg Chai... ...... 120 6 Susan ........................... HOllg Soon Ha............ 44 7 Tal An ........................... YRng Chi Ok.. ............ 18 STang Chin ..................... Yi Yong Ciln............... 42 9 Tal Chon North Circuit· .. Saw Sang yung ......... 56

10.. .. South ............ Kim Hung PaL.... ...... 13 11 Kyung Whun ...... M .......... No Chai ~Iin............... 61 12 Poo yaw ........................ Saw Kui Hun............... 63

Total .................... .

392 ... ... 39 4 24 Ho 70 814 200 45 15 19 2J6 250 110 6.)1 1247 25 30 10 8 \I 19 37 ... 19 4 7 184 12 203 153 15 4 4 59 43 21 109 232 3 ... 2 1 1 56 ... ... 56 4 6 222 31 25\) 16.j 1... 54 42 12 151 259 8 1 8 '" 68 ... ... 6 3 13 320 18U 513 300 15 12 4 99 80 111 213 483 22 1 1 5 1

130 ... ... 1311 2 20 220 18 205 320 14 26 14 101 9~ 63 256 519 24 7 3 • 4 U ... ... U 2 5 85 15 105 105 2 8 2 40 22 8 77 14 7 12 2 1 8 \I

~~ 3 ::: ~~ ~ 1~ ~~g 100 ~:~ 3~ ~ ~ "2 1~~ ~~ 1~ ~~~ M~ 25~ ::: ~ ~ "2 45 11 ... 45 6 20 166 35 221 .10 8 2 2 56~1 49 31 72 221 7 ... 'l ~ 1 13 ... ... 13 2 4 75 79 79... 4" 23 11 126 211 5 6 3 1 2 61 ... ... 61 5 15 175 15 205 119 5 7 ~. 3

261

64 36 66 202 11 1 4 4 3 83 63 3 5 ll5 12r 95 5 8 n 3'~ 15 101 169 D 1 'l 1 1

948 51 -:::.~ 4:i T;H T66'7 ill -:3,;:1;~~8'·2~08:7;711..,1"1;;211-""'~;4:1--:;-: lHilc88~,1-7,.;ti;:::o 44U Tuifj -mi 7iii 4ii:rr 6i lii V89 C&> • -

NAME'OF CHARGE. NAME OF PASTOR.

MlNlSTERIAL SUPPORT. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Baptisms DUrlnr Year

CHURCH MEMBERSmp.

i i ~ .... ~ .;! ~.; Jj ~ i.; ~~~; ~ fi it ~CDj!i It l;j ! ~ ~~ t U.; i J I i j jl!! 1 ; ~ ~~ ~,§ .;:: 'd'a d 8. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~= J,.I 0 'Cril ro ell ~ .. ~. ~ .. ]'al ~ ~ .. ~ ~ (15 til cd til '01 §' '0 ~ 0 eo! "0 ~ ~ c a :§ :a e :a - • ~ o.~ §~ 8 ~ :D

~~E~~m~FE~Wflill~~="~.~~~P~~~~~~f~="~I~~~I~~~W~8~W~u~Z~O~~Z~I~jO~~8~S~<L"~W~u~~~~OU~~~~.~~~~~W~8~~tu~~~~~~~~~A 1 Ansan ........................... Chung Chai Koon '" ... s~ 26 11 '" 2 3 5 65 ••. 70 45 9 S 5 127 84 69 186 46ft 13 15 2 3 n 2 Chlnchun& Chunan East PiI.k Sling IIu............... 2VI :n 9 '" 11 3 5 107

1

", lI'l 88 1 4 ... 85 77 21 211 399 7 10 1 2 1 a Chunan North ............... Chung Chong Pom...... 38 37 I ... 3 4 8 155 ... 163 111 5 4 36 5] 15 162 264 2 4 2 4 1 4 Eum Sung ..................... Kim Eung TaL.......... 68 55 13 ... 55 4 4 90 ... 94 76 3 J J 44 69 27 53 187 7 1 4 4

..! Yun Ki ........................... Chung Hui Kyun......... 9 __ 6 4 --= __ 5 1 ~~I ... ~ ~ ~ ... __ ~ 27 9 36 83 ... ...... 1 TotalR ..................... 176 134lii1 '" 13 15 25 461 ... 486 348 lY 17 6 ~u~~-m64iiliiU4 2900liliT4

~~:;:~:!D~Ggal~:':~~~:~~: ii~i·~r~O~~li:~:~~~~:·:: m ~!g ::: ::: ~!g ~ ~~ lig: 400 1~~~ ~~g 1:~ 151 ~.~ 2~~ 5g~ 10~ ~g~ 1ge: 212 23 ~ 1~ 8 a Yi Moon Dong ............... Chun Kui WOll............ 360 360 ... '" 360 1 44 393 42 479 344 15 16 ... 58 71 2 329 460 30 : 1 4 .. ~ 4i Koo Koi ....................... ~~i Hyeng Sik............ 3!11 341 '" ... 341 2 17 1338967 138

27 1463451 312 12962 13 16 20564 114 33 96 297 31 3... 4 2 Chinnampo .......... ; .......... I~!m Chll.Il Hung ......... 553 55~ .. ... 553 4 69 1063 76 13 379 47 752 1384 108 3 6 6 9

6 Sam Wha ........................ Chung Chin Su............ 260 260 ... ... 260 7 80 1269 43 1392 1055 5 64 ~~ 171 271 34 916 13U2 92 8... 6 8 7 Kang San ..................... Kim Hong Sik ... ........ 3:17 3S7 '" •. 337 7 74 1051 260 l~~i 922 49 62~ 0<5 146 332 58 746 1281 71 21 2 4 2 8 Chung Sam ..................... Son Chang Sik ............ 87 87 ... ... 87 5 47 629 55 470 29 92 282 36 374 784 44 31 3 6 .. . 9 Chunll: Wha .................. Ye Chang Chu ............ 180 175 5 '" 176 6 44 568 ... 612 451 36 29 6 92 200 39 288 012 37 16 2 7 3

10 Ham Chong .................. pyen Hak yong ......... 803 308 ... ... 303 7 69 101i0 30 1149 893 81 45 20 206 28:1 56 678 1223 120 10 2 8 4 1\ SinKei ........................... KJm Cilll.llg Kyu......... 36 36 ... ... 36 7 11 250 ... 261 280 6 4 I 68 66 3 165 292 7 ... 2 4· 2 12 Su an .............................. Song Ik Cliu .............. 156 156 ... ... 156 3 21 298 ••. 319 266 48 12 ~2 42 102 24 190 358 191 10... 6 4 13 Pong San ................... · .... Kim Won Kak............ 48 48 ... ... 48 5 16 220 ... 236 2d6 10 2 32 111 6 177 326 3 2 4 6 14 Saw Heung ..................... Song Tuk Hu............... Jill .101 ... ... 10] 4 1~ 34U ... ~5U 330 3 12 4U 178 ... 41Y 632 20 ... 1 5 1 15 Chil San ........................ Song Heui nong ......... 96 87 9 ... 87 4 40 640 ... 680 470 6 26 11 50 235 20 270 581 24 1 6 3 IGPongNong ..................... Yj,JIY\l ..................... ~~ 18-.::,: 66 1~~~~~~~ 8~~~ 201~ 14 32 2.....! :.:: Totals ..................... f40Tl 3995"27 ... I'lilNb 168 6~U 1U~7~ 112U 121 Yl 8544 754 54U I-rn; 15YM :137M fi17 ~ I1H2~ 8lii m I-fo 8'i 55

SEOUL DISTRICT. W. A. NOBLE. SUP'T. 1 First Church .................. Hon Chung Do .......... .. 2 Mead mem orial church Hong Soon Tll.k .......... .. ~~!'8t Gate Circuit ......... Yi Ha Yung ............. .. ~I"'hong No central ......... Chang Nak Do .......... .. 6 Suw Kang ..................... pak Yong Nai .......... .. 6 Ahyen .......................... Choi Yon!! Hyen ....... .. 7 Kong Duk Li ................ ·• Yun Sung Yui ........... . ~ Chang Nal ..................... No Kyung Choon ...... .. 9 YI Tal Won ..................... Yi Chi Sung '" .......... ..

10 Chung Chon Dong ......... Yi Kyung ChilL ......... .. 11 Chang Eni Moon Pat ...... A. L. Becker ............ .. 12 Sa Chog LI ................. ·- J. D. Vll.n Buskirk .... .. !!! Han Kang ..................... An. Suk Ho .............. .

Totals ..................... .

780 780 ... ... Bu 5 55 970 217 1242 415 2~~ 21 2;; 28J 759 211 1030 2283 30 5 10 11 12 566 566 ... ... 566 1 25 315 51 391 200~: 8 3 192 175 86 189 642 20 23 4 4 4

~~~ ~~~ 1~~ ::: ~~~ 1~ 1~~ ~~~ ~~ m ~i~ ~g ~~ ~~ 2g~ m ~~ m 1~~~ ~~ ~ ~ 2! ~ 1~; 1~~ "6 ::: 15~ ~ 2~ ~~~ i"!i i~~ ~~~ 1~ "5 .. : 3~ ~~ ~.~ 1~: i~~ .. ~ .. ~ ~ ~ ~ lU IH ... '" 114 2 22 210 '" 132 180 27 1 4 9 88 52 137 286 1 1 2 9 2 134 13' ... ... 134 1 22 280 25 327 210 26 7 12 65 102 60 119 M6 16 8... 7 8 J2 10 2 ... 10 1 1~ ~~ ~~ 90 85 4 3 5 15 21 5 45 86 ... 1 1 1

i~ 1~ ~ ::: 18 ~ 5 50 ... ~~ :~ '2 "3 ~ i~ 2~ 1~ ~~ :: .. ~ .. ~ .. ~ : .. ~ 30 44 ... '" 44 2 6 85 ... 91 76... 3 ... 11 30 2 14 57 2... 3 2 12 12 12 1 5 70 6 81 60 ! '" ... 9 10 5 40 MIl

25YO 2485 150 -I~ .~ ""E2 3Iijj '"i8d"1iiOi im6 To7 -U!i5 ~ Tsiii 63ii ~. ~ -m 6ii ai 7J """]

•

NAME OF CHARGE. NAME OF PASTOR.

SUWON'DISTRICT. G M. BURDICK. SUP'T. 1 Suwon City & Circuit ... Han Chang Snp ....... .. 2 Nam Yang '" .................. Kim Choo Chnl ....... .. 8 An San· •••.•••• " •..• ·· .. ·•··•· .. Kim Dong II ............ .. 40 Mol· ......... · ............... N, Kim Kwang Sik ........ . ~ Chei Chun ..................... Yi Eun Yung ............ .. < Choongju ........................ CHang chnng Myung ? Eum Sung ..................... Yu Hong Chun .......... .. B Chung MI Myen ............ Chun Sei Yung ......... . 9 Yeaju .......................... Kim Chi lk ................ ..

10 Kwangju ........................ Won Yong Han ....... .. lllchun .............................. Yim Hyon cllai ....... ..

MINISTERlAL SUPPORT.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Baptisms During Year

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.

m ~;; ~;1;~ 1; '~~ ~~~ 70 m ~~g i~ ~~ : ~;! 2~ i~ :~~ :~g ~Z .. ~ ~ ~ 52 18 3~ >0 7 16 370 386 290 20 12 15 30H 7k 150 120 656 33 2 8 1fi 23 23 23 2 6 140 146 90 4 ~ 118 76 17 161 361 7 2 3 3 49 49 49 8 21 32U 70 411 300 15 15 3 87 121 89 205 452 5 3 6 5

~~ 4~ 2 4~ ~ 1~ 2g~ ~~ 3~ 2~~ I! 28 .. 2~~ 1~~ 3! 1~~ m 6~ i ~ ~ 40 36 4 36 6 6 122 72 200 116 5 61 66 24 87 2:lR 7 3 5 3

125 125 125 6 8 240 13 261 180 \J 14 3 116 126 35 4U3 679 10 3 6 1 103 103 .. .. lU3 7 16 380 90 486 305 14 26 3 210 175 59 283 727 11 . 5 6 13 5 ]93 193 193 13 18 703 90 1111 630 2; 21 12 101 1711 55 579 9311 2M .. 7 7 4 B8H 81iil 40 ~ Mfa liil '3:iUii 4H(1 4Ulii 28tib1 W lRo -'4K i8i\5 l2;jij ""525 2im 6:ii!i '.ffii1"'Jij fa;i 6ii 4'i - Total .............. , ...... .

WON Ju DISTRICT. PAK WON PAIKSUP'T. ~ W m 1 Won Ju ........................... Kang Sin Whan ......... 57 57 5 62 2 21 180 47 248 150 1~ 211 1 133 111 ~5 187 456 15 3 4 1 ~ 2Wholng Sung ............... Pak Pyen II ............... 17 12 5 2 14 3 11 80 10 101 711 2 2 14 104 15 115 263 4 2 1 1 1 ..... 8 Yeaju N. Supplied 4 4 2 6 70 .. 76 7t1 4 4 5 29 C6 9 70 25U ., 2.. 3 ..; 4 Yeang w~i·:::::::::::::::::::: " .:::::::::::::::::::: 120 46 74 2 4~ 3 G 50 .. 56 4R 4 2 4 46 66 '.0 87 219 6 1 2 1 -5 ChunA: Sun ..................... Hong Sung Choo......... 15 5 ~ --.31~ -2 ~ --2:! -..:.: ~1~ ___ 7 __ " -E ~ -..:.: _0_' ~.2!! I 2.. m~

- Totals ..................... ~U" 1~0 ~\I 16 J.i., 1~ fi~ 46~ ·01 oti4 40" ~ 3~ 2H ~69 ~94 '" 651 I~H., 41 r \I 6 Ii 'A YENG BYEN JJISTRICT. KUI CHANG SIK SUP'T. 2141 '.00 .n 2 ~ Yeng Byen ..................... Kim ChalChan ............ 2U 212 2 2 2 34 430 664 280 5. 35 20 66 171 47 158 442 39 5 8 4

• Unsan ........................... Yi Yun Yung... ............ ~85 260 25 6 266 " 19 290 309 170 55 7 75 135 ~6 197 433 10 1 1 2 8 Tai Chun ....................... Yi Ohin Byeng............ 182 182 a ]85 3 29 540 569 300 49 27 23 58 139 40 337 574 23 2 II 10 4 Soon Chun (Sin Chun) ... YI Yong Soon ........... }40 110 30 a 113 2 34 458 87 579 . 05 2' 16 49 19] 37 103 47U 7 ] 4 6 5 Hui Chun .................... Yi Who. Paik ... ............ 75 7r. 75 6 26 307 3a:! 11111,]2 6 58 156 14 153 :l81 3 5 1 1 1 6 Hui Chun (Sin Pyeng) ... Yun Dnk Soon ............ 27 21 6 :J 2{ 5 24 ~86 30 340 270' : 7 45 8~ 10 11:) ~51 17 9 1 3 ? Sung Chun (Cba Pal) ...... I{ang Si Pong ...... ...... 90 62 28 a 6. 4 41 375 416 3001 t 8 24 1W 10 13~ 27/j 10 2 5 8 Yang Duk '" .................. pai Chnn II ............... 7Q 48 22 4 ~ 3 6 240 '" 24r. 200 . ..".:.; 4 .. 41 77 5 1118 281 5 3 2

- Total. ... ................ 1083 !i'fijl TIii 24 !l1i4 ""Pi ""IT:l--;;:;i; ill"T4iffi Jii'i:i 204 ~ -WI TIii liiiii liiii llii 3iii'i ill 24 \I W 2iI

~~~t~~~~t~;~~.:~~:~~:~~:~: ~'. ~~~!~ .. :.:.:::::::::::: ~m m: 19~ 57 tm i~ ~H ~ig~ 4~~ ~Z;~ ~!~~ ~~~ 1~ J~; ~g~ :~~~ ~~~ m~ ~~~ m i~ ~g :~ ~~ : ~::: r:E!~·::::::::::::::: ~~ ~~-:nviiii;.;~~·:::::: m m :~ 12 ~1~ ~: 25 ;~~ 1 m m~: i~ ~ ~g~ ~b~ g~ :~ ~:~ g~ ig ~~! ~! ; fi:~~~~~~'.~~~::::::::::::::: ~.i:~;~if~·:::::::::::::: ~~~ ~;~ 1~~ m; i~ *~ l~m 1m lill} ~~!: ~~ 5~! I!~ l!~i ~m ~J g:~ l!Hj Eg ~! :g ~! :g 8 Suwon ........................... G. M. Burdick ............ 888 865 40 865 7~ 146 3390 480 4016 2806 145 180 48 1855 1230 525 2694 6304 216 13 37 oii 47 P Won Ju ........................ Palo: Won Paik ............ 209 120 89 15 135 12 52 462 57 564 408 25 33 ~8 269 394 69 55] 1283 41 6 9 6 8

10 Yen,. Byen .................... Kim Chang Slk ........... 1083 ~ ~ ..2!1~ ~ ~l=' ~~ ~ 204 94 6~J 416 1()61 189 1441 3107 Ul 24 9 26 28 Grand Total for lUl7... 1282512147 786 1U81~ ~ 19B6!~~!!OUO 33861,!,IH~I~ 1922 123U 6~6 J9~312'J.70 :1.795 ~ i390i iOd7 -fsf, ~ <I,," 322

.. .," 1916... -m -sm m -ora I~ 127 ffih5"1:I1 ~I~ 21:16" i3ub I~ -m sm Ern 3J3ll~ rniiI ffif ;IT;; 2iiU i2ii rOO . Gain ...... ...... .................. 33:.10 3<1118 30 !I.iii "iii 159 2919 1146 <1250 !aII'd 617 a81 10\1 .. 1<16 -m ~ ~ 473 70 '4: ;)0 22 ~ -Loss... ...... ................. 42.-1 .. - --.. r-m-.-. 1-=----::----::-:-:- -:-:--:-:-

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1 Chemu)po City Circuit ... Dong Suk Kui ............ 2 2 Pu I'Yung ..................... Pang Chok Sin ............ 1]

10670 '2 1530 95 210 600 1 50 160

4504 1 300 139

101 15900 810 37 650 70 1351 1 5 I'3 2 8 2~~ 162 132 1~6 2 200 478 17 11 506... 1 1 10 ~67

8 Kang Wha City Circuit Pak Pong Nal ............ 5 128 730 552 16 613 40 1221 1 3 92 1 3 48 116 Iii? 'liio 8 690 1 20 65

140 4 .. H West ..... ··· .... Chun Pyung Kyu ...... 9 5 .. .. South ......... Kim Kwang Suk ......... 15 1686 1 60 215

26 315 163 23 612 103 SOl 2 63 1 2 17 72 48 89 ,

2;g 1~g ::~ i~ ~~~ 2~ 1m ~ : ~: ~ ~ ~~ l~~:~ ~~ ~~ 1780 1 40 90 6 6 Kyodolllf ........................ Chol Chok II ..... ......... 7 '~y.ng Hyeung ............... Nlm Yeun Mook......... fi 8 Yung Chong .................. Yun Hili II.................. 8

28 90 7 97 ... 26 7 15 245 1 20 20

...!' Tuck Chuck .................. Kim Ryen Ho ...... ...... 3 29 ... 110 9 27 151...... ......... 3 62 79 75 7 570 1 30 SO

Tntals ..................... 65 1O~_._ .. ~~~~..1!! 1-2~ __ ---.:.:.: ... 18--.!2!_2

802 17606 ... 8H8 1;1 24.i~ fi.:i 6:lU 11 2:i 41111 ~ 2U .'l.ir7~ 45tj 64" tH 245 ... 15

20890 Ii 2U50 829 216 1411

lOng Chin ....................... Pak Helli Sook............ 5 470 1 50 52 75 70 368 22 316 90 801... 13 '2R UO Kang Yung ...... " .......... Choi II Yong .............. 5 180 '2 80 37 28 116 14 2.1 ',2 In... 22 33 50

I HAIJU DISTRICT. P. L. (iROVE. SUP'T.

8 Haiju w .... t CIrcuit ...... Cho 9110.1 Soon............ 6 272 2 10 15 48 45 218 7 au 50 314.. 4 47 88 8 4 Halju East •. .. .... No iil' Chwa ............... 10 480 1 14 1 89 7'0"0'lonl";;; ... 121 16 92 2! 77 88 89 6 Haiju City .... ... ChO! Sung Mo ............ 3 489" 1 670 182 287. I"""" 830 31 617 87 1565 1 55 1 7'5 107 84 169 15 6 Yun Palk West.. .. .... SOil Chang Ryan......... 7 820 ~ 80 146 54 28!l 30 120 6 Hi,... no 10 60 3 7 Yun Palk Eup .. .. .... Kwo.k Chung Soong... 4 1870 1 450 119 55 120 316 . 18 800 114 74ij... ... 1 1 34 74 32 70 9 8Yun Palk South.. .. .... Kim Chang Hun ......... 7 740 1 40 180 100 408 17 30 9U 543.. 8 9 19 9 Palk Chun.. .. ...... 0 Hye~ Kyeng ............ 9 1170 1 60 137 1:, 150 40 300 41 28 770 66 1 7'0 2 4 8(, ::: 28 85 175

!Q:,Pall< Chlln North.. .. ... Im Chm Konl< ............. .!, 854 2 ~~ _ _ 73 610 '8'; 35 ~ ~I~ 2: -2. ~ _ _" 50 -2!. 00 , Tnh.l. . .................. 60 115411 13 17~2 V4!1 13 Ino 7iiii 854510001 Ha6 '18' 8~fi 71a Hi! 4 I~ lij~ ~ 6liiiil-ii '4i, .167 8iiii w

11l,!-::~h~~U~.~.~I~.~~~.~~: y~.~. lI1~, ~~~:~:.... 3 25ul'''I~'' 141"'1'" 30~" ... 67/ 4 151~2 1081"'1"'1~" "'1'" ... \ 9~1125~9 8 2 UI Chin· .......................... Yi Pong 91k ............... 9 ~6J 1 5 31...... 51 ... ... 189 7 ... 88 284... ••• ......... ... 3 68 23 72 7 ~KangNeunll' .................. AnKyunRNok ............ 3 ~70~ 150~--..:.::.--..:.::.h.~ .. ~--"'~~~1124~.!....:! 40~ ___ ~E 64~ 75 7

Total. ...... ............... 15 981 8 200 ~14 ... '" 16! ... ... na 21 1,,9 ~a4 1140 M a 40 2 . 2R ~4 1:l:J 86 186i2ii KONGJU WEST DISTRICT. U. 'l'AYLOH, bUP·T.

~ ~~~!!:!~:~.::::::::::::::::: ~t~!~~!~:::::::::::::: ~ 5~ii·~ :: 1~ l~i 2100 ~~i 2: 4 I\ang Kyung Po ... " ....... Pak Yung Silk ............ 6 265 1 100 83 46 162 7 5 Nol Mt ........................... Kim Pyeng Chai......... 6 93G 2 4~~ 125 178 600 447 9 6 Susan ........................... Hong Soon Ha............ 2 185 1 7" 120 12 178 3 7 Tal An ........................... Yang Chi Ok.............. 2 62... 62 3 85

200 60 8 77

1211 llU

4 37

15 32

14U 17 13

8 Tang Chin ..................... YI Yong Cbu............... 4 440... 110 23 174 4 9 Tal Chon North Circuit ... Saw Sang Yung ......... 5 140... ... 12 11 74 3 221, 98

10.. .. South ............ Kim Hunl! Pal...... ...... 2 80 1 ~~~ 13 4 30 2 7 10 11 Kyung Wbtm ...... - ........ · No Chai Min............... 7 820 1 1"" 48 ... 00 280 204 6 135 58 12 Poo yaw .................. " ... · Saw Kul Hun............... 8 435 1 20~ ... ... 83 -;;";;;:I_..:.:::a-::.;.lfl;,6;1_.,,;;5 47 188 - Total. ...... ...... ......... li5 904110 1830 717 -::: -::: 6iiii 2980 2410 66 Ull 717

1081 1 224 ... 127 .. 426 2 724 ... 202 ... 136 .. 178 ... 401 8 49 ...

403 1 406 ..

4350 7 16

50 1 5 7U

69 1 2 40 ... 1 2 31

128 126 {50 8 2U39432 26 24 91 sa 89 118 6 52 108 189 21 12 23 46 G 8 7 24 1 9 89 72 ,

62 ... 11813451 ............ 1830502 ~ 1 2 ~ 27 22 37 6

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2 Chinchun & Chunan East Pa.k Sung Hu............... 6 241 1 35 a .... 44 2 5.! 59... ... ... 1 .. , . 8 Chunan North ............... Chung Chong Porn...... 4 R51 3 460 37 ... 532 60 ... .. 139 7 50 4! 2H...... ... 2 4 80 1 28 2f 103 ~ Eum Sung ..................... Kim Rung: T .. L.... ...... 5 320.. ... 41... 16... 115 4 B 10 137......... ... ... 39 15 U"8 ~ Yun Ki .......................... Chung HIll Kyun........ 3 ~ "" _'_" ----.!!! -:.:..:~~ __ '_" ~ -=.:.: __ 2 -21~ .:.:. ..::.: --:.: .:.:.~ ~... 13 7 32 ...

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1 NlLm San Chal ............... Hyen Snk Chi!............ a 7920 2 1050 2i6 .. , 262 25660 1901)0 1500 38 66 84 1680 1 12 " 8 350 361 150 420 92 2 Yu Kan Dong ............... Pang Ki Soon .. ,......... ~ l,?"'" iJ~ 7 47 ~~~ 1. 127 4~g 8d1... 34 22 65 3 Yi Moon Dong .. ,. ........... Ohlin Kui Won ........ ,... 1 88·.. 45 7 1051... 35 20 115 6 4 Koo Kol ................... ,. .. Psi Hyeug SilL.......... 2 1250 .. · 380 5*~ 36 3250 447 ~~ 14 19~ 482 2 6 258 ~ 4 125 79 38 51 8

~~~~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::: K{~~l~§,~~~ill:~:::::::::: : li~~~ ~ ~~~ 12~~ 500 ~!i 2~~3 :i~~!~ ~~~ 5~~ m: ~ ~ g~ ~ ~~ ~ m ~~~ ~:~ : 8 Chung Sam ..................... Sou Chang Sik ............ 8 1960 I 4~ 53 1~·r. 150 PO <130 all4 If, 231 39 679 2 5 89 1 40 <I 153 45 ~~~I ~u SChun .. Wha .................. Ye Chung Chu ............ 6 2390 <I Uti 24 ... 257 1335 402 1:l 485 483 1473 a r; Illl 2 5l au 4(1 67 1~

10 Ham Chong ........ ,. ........ pyen Ha.k yong ........ , 7 2500 3 21U 795 194 36U 137a U 163 12U 1680 2 <I 120 2 75 148 94 litO 26 11 SinKei .............. ,. ........... KIm Chang Kyu... ...... 7 1120... 411 72 130 163 12 158 3' 365 1 2 49 2 <I 41 4:l 111 2 12 Su an ........... ,. ................. Song Ik Chn .. ,............ B 598 3 16u 237 2B 140 112 o'Jll 581 14 3:19 43 977 2 a 49 51 6 2 10 2 18 Pong San ..... ,. ................. Kim Won Kak ........ ,... 7 840 lilJ 2B 65 141 7 14 18 1~? 1 1 52 5 1 6 14 Saw Henng ................. ,. .. song Tuk Hu............... 12 1340 1 5V 81 34 219 12 1& 71 32u 1 2 62 1 I 24 :1 OU 18 1118 16 Chi! San ........................ s,?nl; lIeni Bong ......... 4 1350 1 4~ 26 5 '" 67 220 ... lUI 26 6 7 2~~ 1 2 30.. '" 1:12 a6 llq 19 16 Pong Nong .................... y, Jl Yu ..................... 3 983 1 8 '"'''''' 1:1 41111 ... 8' 18 826 lit 513 2 9 106 16 2 H 7 5U - Totals ....... ,............ 8H ~ ~126'4iI :iffili In 7W rrnn "IT:ITi MiUi. iiMiU:iii7 ';Wl E'i'i ~ A:l tIT iiiW iii 71uil ;n ffiii .. TIl M iOO

SEOUL DISTRICT. W. A. NOBLE. SUP T. I 1 First Church .................. ';on Chung Do ... ......... 20000 300 3U] U ~~UOUU 912 19 31 212 1234 2Mead mem orial church Hong Soon Tak............ I 101100 250U 420,2 245 7500 1282 19 595 197 209 S East Gate Circnlt ......... Yi lIa ynng .............. 12 8552 800 U7 28 1l'~ 128 5UOII ;1000U 627 :m 6i. 285 1146 4 Chong No Central ......... chang Nak Do............ I 1350 600 40 H 158 10110 625 2:1 240 34 932

,5 Suw Kang ..................... PlLk Yong Nsf .......... a 2250 100 61 71 3400 255 10 343 601 6 Ahyen .......................... Choi Yong Hren......... 1 300 ... 4 9 57 15 3 29"'; 2'~? .. 7 Kong Duk Li .................. Ynn Sung Yu ............ 2 260U 1 80 l~IG 98 2~50 2055 15 38 • ~~ H Chang Nai ..................... No Kyung Choon........ 2 400 1 40 2U 130 70 72 126 a8] 15 92 48' .. 9 YI Tal Won· .................... Yi Chi Snng ............... 1 350... 3 16 28 61 3 3 11 ?~ .. .

10 Chung Chon Dong ......... YI Kyung Cbik............ I 29 :lIl 1 .J, .. . 11 Chang En; Moon Pat ...... A. L. Becker............... 2 900 1 70 7 6 32 2 :l6 20 9... ... 1 3 3C 12 Sa Chog LI ..................... J. D. Van Buskirk...... I 200 ... ... 35 12 15 37 128 lU 23 161... 1 1 35... ... .. ..... . 18 Han Kang ..................... An. Suk Ho 1 ~oo.. .. 14 •. -,;;;;\..,,;1,,,8;\,,,,,;6;:,;00;;\::-;:::;:0:1-=4;:91,,,,;''::'' ... ... 4, '''I~ 21~J-!=' - Totals ..................... 2» 4'/'JU~ lil"U1itj ~12f2 4U7 v~O 4:llilimauow U601 211 '""i45ii iii'i4 :m:- filii 86416 "&:i11l3, 4

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I SUWON DISTRICT. G. M. BURDICK. SUP'T., I 1 Sowon City & Circuit ..• Hao Chaug Sop ... .•. ... 3 3.10 2 200 50 20 •• 104 4000 • . 396 10 267 820 993 1 4 113 1 4 H3 62 286 1150 27 ~Nl\m Yl\DJ'" ' ................. Kim ehQv ehul ........ 16 1246.. 126.... 60 480 •• 824 8 180 26 5~~.. •• .. 1 2 6S 1 101 192 ll!' 111 ~~ .U SAD· ............... ; ......... , Kim Dong 11............... '!l u87 1 30 215 •• •• 226 30 .. 479 5 292 7~~.. .. ~ a~ 165 48 8 ~ (}Mol ............................. Kim h.~a.ng Sik ......... 5 430 1 100 42 •• •. 40 .. .. 109 3 80 16 208 1 1 30 1 1 25 ~ 28 46 70 •• ~ Chef Coun ..................... Yi Eun Yuug......... ...... 8 1000 1 50 140 .• .. 160 •. •. 364 6 28 150 541" .. .... .. ..... 47 1~~ 105 " ~ GhOOitrju ." .................... Chang Chong Myong 6 l{)1l0.. •. 173 .. .. 140 '" .. 402 7' 17u 50 629.. .. •••. .. .. 8 20 .~ 40 8 '7 Bum Sung ..................... Yu Houg Chun...... ..... 2 76 .. •. 9.... 6 •• 27 G .. 10 52.... ........ 7 9 4U .. ~ Ohung MI My",,' ............ CllUn Sel Ynng .......... , 5 20:1 2 83 15 •• .. 16 .. .. 72 7 .. 16 95... .... 2 26 89 '6 _~ Yeajb .......... : ................ Kim Chi lk .................. 11 650 1 80 116 .. .. U3 .. 323 10 168 SO 537 1 2 25.. 5 49 87 191 8 !~ Kwallgju ............ ; ........... Won Yong Han ......... 14 1187 1 50 5U .. .. 185 ~70 .. 862 9 215 13 699 1 2 85 2 4 70 80 UO 14,9 23 11 [chun" .. ; ......................... Ylm Hyen Chai ... ;..... 19 808r, 1 100 1312 '" .. 361 .. .. 1891 14 32a 221 2449 1 2 41 1 2 42 91 181 285 8 - Total. ... .................. 118 "'i:7ii8ii iii 69ii -2228 21 - i'iii'i1 ""'i7iiU -- 4749 85 138111"" '7i'i4 fil-ti ::iiii filii if:iii~ Iiifil 00 iH'i7 wi

WON Ju DISTRICT. PAK WON PAIKSUP·T. l i] t. 1 Won Ju ........................... KIlng Siu Whan ......... 8 66011 2 100 5U .. 1600 110 .. 13000 237 2 150 50 603 1 1 11 1 1 '11 4 53 69 84 11 2 Wholng Soong ............... pak pyau II ............... 5 1047 1 56 71 .. 36 a~ .. .. 119 a 200 13 335 .. ] 2 15 1 60 18 4 .. 8 Yeajo ........................... Supplied ..................... , 8 ]090 1 100 2.. 6 S'l •. .. 42 S 63 '19 137 1 1 15 2 .. •• ~ •• " YeanII' Wol .. .................. " ..................... 7 17. 6 10 .. 24 .. .. 92 4 4.1 139 5 Cbuog Son ..................... goug Sung Choo......... 4 104 1 60 72 10 24 24 .. .. 113 17 1 25 156 • .. •• •• .

Totals ............... ".... 801~ - illii 2o"'Aii m m --. iiiO 6if:j ---;w -m T6i112u6 1117 a '4 6i '7 ~ 'Ii? Tai 11

YENG BYEN DISTRICT. KI>l CHANG SIK SUP'T. I II ! I ~ } Yeng Byen .................. · .. Kim Chai Ch .. ll ............ ,55 6 80 3 820 150 .. .. 117 14200 200 539 68 305 133 1045 1 6 70 1 4, 60 lU 104 63 US 1100

, , Un.an ........................... Yi Yuu Yung............... 2000 2 230 18 145 .. 86 1000 •• 449120 618 lor. 1242 2 3 65 1 1 a5 2 88 41 78 3 Tal Chun ........................ Vi C!rlll Hyong............ ~ 800 1 50 70ll .. 300 189 350 .. 1123 49 98 65 1335 2 2 15.. .. 1 77 2S 168 16 "Soon Chuil(Sln Chun) ... Yi' Youg Soon ............ 4 120 1 400 23U .. .. 58 50 .. 423 0 221 45 695 I 1 31 1 1 37 6 70 20' 86 9 511ul,Chon .................... Yi Wha Palk ............... 6 850 1 160 5 3 .. 139 100 .. 308 10 lOa .&2 463.. •• •. 1 2 2 6 18 37 143 5 811ui Chon (Sin Pyeng) ... Ybn Duk Soon ... ......... 5 560 1 3U 251 .. 100 23 .. • • 805 3 76 62 446.... • .. • .. •• 2 46 19 68 , , SUng Chon (Cha Pal) ...... Rang Si Pong ............ 4 1250 40.. 100 2131 7 2 32 254. 2 77 2a;;!, 65 8 BYan!!' Dok ..................... pal CI11m II ............. " 6 520'i 100 30 .. :: 30 :: :: 186 8' 1 26 167.: :: :::: :: :: B 89 ~ 7n 8

Totals ..... ............ .. 37 134611 iii l'iliii ~ m 400 ffi 157L1L1 200t 3iiiIT m"1iffi 560 '56t li l'i ill 48 liii! aM ,57U ~UII 7411 63

,Recaplt1l.llLtion by .lIi.t. I l~hemulpo ..................... p. II. Choi .................. ~g m:~ 1: m~ m 2~~ ~g ~o~ 1~~ 10000 :148 151 2~38 ;9~ ;a0211 i~ 483 ~ 20 473 7 895 54~ 549 58

a~:·N~~~r:::::::::::::::::: ii tk-:~~~ .. :;::::::::::::: 16 981 3 200 214 .• 1~4 •• .. ~~ .2~~ 2i~~ 2~4, ~!~ ~ a 1:~ 2 ; 1~~ ~ ~:: 830 ~: ~~ "Kong Ju East ............... T, E. C· William ....... ~26 .290428()OI05 585 198 31 647 98 .. •. 480 20 130. 82 712.. .. 3 5 88 125 127 2SU 8 5 RonII' Jo We.t .............. C. Taylor..................... • 1830 717 " •• 633 298U .. 9410 66 011 717 4356 7 16 221 5 12 1St) 19 851 5121162 61 6 Pyeng Yan!!' .................. J. Z. Moore ................ 88 4465H3 2640 3882 176 7902097 12221 S900u 10900367 370122771724828 611609 16 27 941 321746 817 2849 ~OO , 7 Seoul .......... : ................... W. A. Noble ............... 29 47202 9 4390 2517 262 497 040439870 6501 212 14561074 \0392 5 31 86416 601132 .... .. 8 Suwon ........................... n. M. Burdick ............ 98 1768810 693 2228 20 .. 1391 4780 .. 4740 85 13811159 7474 5 11 294 6 13 3~S 28 57812!~ 1877 01 9 Won Ju ........................ Palt Won Paik ............ eo 8016 5 310 201 20 2!! 222 .. 13~1J(J 603 29 n~ 160 1~~ 1 1 17 8 4 5] 103 87 ~~ 10

10 Yeng BY'ln ................... Kim Cnang Sik ........... 37 13460 101~ 1496..g:; 400 721 15700~ 3591 171 1324 560 0646 6 12 171 4 8 ISS 88 579 260 74ii 63 Grand Total for lUI7... lU9 175761 ii7 162UO l:i2:iU YU! T7ii8 17ilii7 5iif151 6>1OUI s;.276 Diiii ii'i8ii 'fuir.j tiU4® ii5 iW "1187 6ti f.j) iiiill iXo 4Y88 ~ I1I4U 1611 .,....,~".

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