The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 74

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

urgent business of the Lord halted by members who
could easily have helped if they had only had the
will; but on the other hand he had many an oc-
casion to thank God that so many had learned the
joy of giving.

One of these days all of the earth’s activities will
come to an end, and we shall then be asked to give
an account of our stewardship; so it is most urgent
that we have the case presented to us just as it is.
Of course, the work of the Kingdom will go on
whether we participate in it or not; but can you and
I afford to be mere lookers-on when there is so much
to be done. Dear reader, just for once take God at

and conyimce them that those brought to the knowl-
edge of Jesus later in life are more thankful for
God’s mercies than are most of us who have heard
the sweet story of Jesus from the days of our child-
hood, permit us to tell you a few stories about such
former heathen living in Korea, and then may these
‘newly made” Christians put us to shame!

Song Ssi, the Woman Who Saved a Church.

The Chai Ryung City Church, with its Korean
pastor, elders, deacons, and membership of nearly
400, has a usual Sunday congregation of 700
or more.

A Korean Village on the Border of Manchuria.

His word and give cheerfully and liberally to serve
the destitute, the unfortunate, the ignorant, the
little ones, and you will never again give grudgingly.
The grace of giving once enthroned in the heart of
“one of God’s children will work miracles now and
miracles that will bear fruit in eternity. F. J. L.

Stories from Korea.

We often hear the questions asked, “Do the
people reared in heathenism actually appreciate the
Gospel of Jesus? Are they really grateful to Chris-
tian missions?” In order to answer these people

This church is a monument to the faith and
perseverance of one woman. In the late nineties
of the last century the little group in Chai Ryung
suffered severely from persecution. The men fell
away from the church, and even the building was
about to be sold. But God sent to the church
a wealthy widow named Song (the “Ssi” is merely
an honorary title) who, single-handed, saved the
situation. She bought the building, occupied it as
her own home, opened a little school for poor boys,
and finally arranged with a neighboring group of
Christians to send a leader each Sunday to stimu-
late the few disciples whom she could bring together.