Morning Calm v.14 no.96(1903 May.)

THE MORNING CALM. No. 96, VOL. XIV.] MAY 1903. [PRICE 3d. The Bishop's Letters. I. SEOUL: December, 1902. DEAR FRIENDS, The best news that I can give you in this letter has perhaps long since reached you through other sources. A doctor has at last been found for Chemulpó, and is on his way. So, at least, I am informed by telegram; and now, in the last week of December, I look anxiously for letters to tell me who he is, when he started, and when he is likely to reach Corea. Acting on this telegram, I have asked the Russian Vice-Consul to be ready to vacate the doctor's quarters by the end of January. He has, however, found another house, and is already settled in it; so that the hospital is once more empty, but now ready for the permanent resident as soon as he arrives. My next letter should tell you of the resumption of the medical work of the Mission in Chemulpó. Last month I think I told you that Mr. Turner had gone on a round of visits to all of our Mission stations. I need not say how well he was received, or how greatly interested he was in all that he saw and heard. But in less than three weeks he returned to Seoul, and prepared to settle in at Nak-tong, where for the present his work will Principally lie. I have spent Christmas this year at Chemulpó. On the Eve Mr. Steenbuch baptized two Japanese adults, and then presented three for Confirmation. The little church looked bright and festive and held a congregation which, with Christians and adults, numbered about fifteen. At the Corean Eucharist at seven next morning I celebrated, being assisted Mr. Bridle. There were ten communicants-a large number Chemulpó. At 9 o'clock followed the Japanese Eucharist, which was taken by Mr. Steenbuch. I attended as a member he congregation, and had the happiness of seeing the new Christians taking their place at the Lord's Table with their their. Then at 11 o'clock the church was ready for the English service with a congregation of twelve of the residents, A   26 THE MORNING CALM. all of them with scarcely an exception being Presbyterians. Mr. Bridle had taken great pains in exhorting these people to come to church, and I was glad to see that they responded so well. He took the opportunity of telling them in his sermon that now for twelve years services had been held every Sunday for the European residents of Chemulpó-a proof, if proof were needed, that the Mission, which is properly supposed to be for the Coreans, has always regarded (as the agents of the S.P.G. everywhere do regard) the English Christians as having the first claim on its services and attention. It is some time now since I have been able to go to Chemulpó on a Sunday, and I was thankful to note on this Christmas Day so many signs of healthy growth and advance. And so the year closes-a year which, with all its many anxieties, has given us much reason to be thankful to Almighty God. The health of the members of the Mission staff remains good-another cause for thankfulness in a diocese which is so understaffed as this diocese is, and for a long time, I fear, is likely to remain. The health of Nurse Hudson is improving. I am glad to learn that she is now allowed up, and has been able to come to church. Praying that much happiness may be with you all during the coming year, I am, yours affectionately and gratefully, C. J. CORFE. II. Seoul: January, 1903. DEAR FRIENDS, This New Year's letter must be a short one, and not a very joyful one either. We have had another disappointment. The doctor for St. Luke's Hospital in Chemulpó, for whom we have been waiting so long, arrived from England in the middle of the month, but proved unsuitable-so unsuitable, indeed, that there was no question of trying him. The only question for all of us was how speedily to get rid of him. Fortunately there was a ship leaving the port two days after he arrived, and in that ship he departed. I need not enter into particulars. His stay, short though it was, was long enough to put us all into a great difficulty, which I am thankful to say has passed away with his departure, and has implicated no one. And so, I hope, “least said soonest mended." I have hardly begun to think what to do next. Doubtless the way will be made plain. and when I know anything myself I shall not fail to inform you.   THE MORNING CALM. 27 All is well with us--the work at the various stations going on satisfactorily, and the health of the Mission is good. This last remark almost applies to Nurse Hudson, who has so far recovered that she is allowed to take gentle exercise. I do not know if the news has reached you yet. Out here we have heard with considerable interest, from the Chinese papers, that one of the latest official acts of the late Archbishop of Canterbury was to nominate the Rev. G. D. Iliffe, one of the clergy of the North China Mission, to be the first Bishop of Shan-tung. The same papers inform us that Mr. Iliffe has accepted; and yesterday I had a telegram from Bishop Scott confirming the announcement. It is a matter of great thankfulness not only that this long-standing vacancy has been so far filled, but that the dear Archbishop (than whom no greater missionary the Church of England has ever produced) was permitted to bring his long and anxious negotiations to a successful termina-tion before he was called to Paradise. Begging for more and more earnest prayers for ourselves and for the new diocese, I am, ever your affectionate and grateful,

• C. J. CORFE

III. HONG KONG : February, 1903. DEAR FRIENDS, This month finds me on my way to England, a project long entertained and, from what I have said in previous letters, one for which you will have been prepared, and yet it is one which requires a fuller explanation than I have hitherto been able to give. The loss of so many clergy, which for now more than a year Mr. Turner and my good commissaries have been unable to make good, has reduced the diocese to such a state that if one of the remainder falls sick the work in his Station must come to an end. This at the beginning of our Work is a calamity which I at least must do all that I can to avert. Moreover, if those who are now working so steadily do not fail through ill-health (which, thank God, there is no sign of at present) there are no younger ones being trained in the Pastoral charge, which of necessity gets more and more impor-tant. Thus the prospect of preparing for a native ministry is pushed back indefinitely, and with it the hope of welding together the Native Church into an effective organisation. A 2   28 THE MORNING CALM. Short-handedness compels me to think of nothing but the supply of our immediate and most pressing needs, and yet every one of my clergy is longing to expand his work and to rise up to the opportunities which in all our stations are forthcoming. Moreover, I have to face the possibilities of still further losses in the near future. The Director of the S.S.M. has written to say that he will feel it his duty to recall the two brethren who have done and are doing such good work for the diocese if in two years' time reinforcements have not been found for our existing stations, a decision in which I sorrowfully acquiesce, for I have long seen that the hopes of the Society in Corea have failed to be realised. So long, then, as the responsi-bility of directing the diocese rests on my shoulders, the most pressing need in the present and the immediate future is that of supplying men to carry on the work. I do not say one word about the anxiety which this has for many months caused me. It is sufficient for me to say that this is the cause of my returning to England to do what is, after all, no one's work but mine. But there is another matter which, though coming a long way after in importance, is very serious, namely, the present condition and future prospects of the medical work of the Mission. Judged by the results obtained, through God's mercy, on hundreds of thousands of Coreans at the hands of our doctors and nurses, this work for thirteen years has been wonderfully blessed. I for one should regard it as a great calamity, not only to Coreans but to the Mission and its many friends in England and elsewhere, if this good work were to cease or even to be retrenched ; there is no thought of its ever being extended. But how to continue the two hospitals in Seoul and Chemulpó is now amongst the greatest of the problems I have to solve. There is not only the difficulty of obtaining a doctor for St. Luke's, Chemulpó-that, in spite of recent failures, I would fain believe is only temporary-but how to obtain the small but necessary funds for continuing this medical work when my loyal and faithful naval friends can no longer provide them must needs be a serious question for me to consider, especially in the light of the future, when my successor (and I am now nearly threescore) has to take over this precarious legacy. It may be that the work of this part of the Mission is done, and that it is God's will that it should be closed, as being no longer needful for His providential designs for His Church in Corea. But I do not think that it has occurred to many of you to look at the splendid history of His   THE MORNING CALM. 29 blessings for the last thirteen years in this light. Certainly I shall require, besides tremendous courage, a clear conviction before I decline to receive, because I am unable any longer to make a proper use of, the annual gifts of these tried and generous friends. It may be that in the hands of a younger and wiser Bishop, and through sources which are hidden from me, this medical work will not only be maintained, but increase and bear in future years the fruit for which our doctors and nurses have been so patiently waiting. But, whatever may be the future of the medical work, it is its present condition and the growing inability of my naval friends to meet existing necessities which concerns me. Thus in both directions, evangelistic and medical, the Mission is in the undermanned state in which it was at the beginning of its existence plus the obligations which thirteen years of vigorous work are now making it increasingly difficult for me to discharge. What I shall do when I reach England to obtain the help we need remains to be seen. I will now only bespeak your earnest prayers on our behalf, and especially on my own, that in my deliberations with the Committees of S.P.G. and H.N.F. I may be guided with discretion, humility, and faith. At home I have left all well, Mr. Turner, as my com-missary, possessing the full confidence of both clergy and laity and still, thank God, in good health. I am always your affectionate C. J. CORFE. IV. LONDON : March, 1903. DEAR FRIENDS, The end of this month found me at the end of my voyage. I reached London on the 31st, and was met at the station by several friends and Secretaries of our various Com-mittees-an honour which I greatly appreciated. After landing in Genoa ten days previously, I found that the Quarterly Meeting of H.N.F. (at which I wished to be Present) was fixed for April 1. This gave me time to pay short visits to Paris, Dinan, and Pau, for the purpose of consulting two of the oldest and most respected Vice-Presidents of H.N.F. and a valued member of the Education Fund Committee. When at Dinan I was able also to take a Confirmation, for the Bishop of London, of nineteen candidates in Christ Church.   30 THE MORNING CALM. The meeting on the day after my arrival in England belonging to next month's letter, I will close this with an expression of thankfulness for having been brought safely to my journey's end. And remain your affectionate C. J. CORFE. Correspondence. DEAR MR. EDITOR, I am not going to write you a long letter this quarter, for I think you will have quite enough copy without it, but I want to write a line to correct a remark I made in my letter for February, in which, if I remember correctly, I said that the Nak Tong Hospital had been closed since last summer. I meant that the foreign ward was closed for lack of nurses. The Corean wards were open under Dr. Baldock's charge, with the help of only the Corean attendants, and they were fully occupied all the time. Indeed, on my first visit I thought they were more than fully occupied, for I found there were in two rooms of some 14 ft. by 7 ft. each about twelve to fourteen patients with various complaints, more or less serious. They were all sleeping on the floor, and though you can imagine the difficulty in dressing and properly tending cases in such circum-stances, especially surgical ones, yet not one case went wrong all the time, even such serious cases as the amputation of a leg or an arm. Of course it meant much more constant supervision for the doctor, and I feel I ought to let you know that the work was carried on in such a way to show all subscribers to the H.N.F. that their subscriptions were being put to good use. Now that we have the foreign wards open again, of course more cases can be attended to, and the dressings can be done much more easily and safely on the foreign beds, but the patients prefer the floor, and find the former cold and uncomfortable, at any rate at first. I am, yours sincerely, A. B. TURNER.   THE MORNING CALM. 31 II.

ST. MICHAEL'S PARSONAGE, CHEMULPÓ: February, 1903. DEAR MR. EDITOR, Although I shall never dare to claim the same interest on behalf of my Japanese work as that which I am sure all the readers of the Morning Calm take-or ought to take-in the Corean work of the Mission, yet I hope you will forgive me for writing a short letter about the sub-department of the Mission, of which I am in charge, viz., the Japanese work, and I certainly trust you may be able to find a little corner for a prayer or two on behalf of me and my Japanese. As you will already know, when I came here in November 1901 there had been a one year's interregnum owing to Mr. Smart's going to Japan to be ordained deacon, and, unless Japanese are uncommonly well instructed, an interregnum, how-ever short, is apt to have disastrous consequences. For that reason the first part of my work here (while I was still a deacon) would naturally be to gather the scattered and prepare them for the improved-but for that very reason, changed - circumstances and consequent rules under which they would have to live, as soon as they would get their own priest. Hitherto, as you know, they had had no priest of their own. Thus after having done the preparatory work, as far as I could during my diaco-nate, I was fairly ready to start the more progressive part of the work after my ordination to the priesthood, yet for a very long time these two parts of the work, viz., getting the old Christians to realise their responsibilities as Christians, and (2) gathering new converts, had to go hand-in-hand. I have now got these old Christians so far that, although they are still far from enthusiastic, yet they are no more a stumbling-block to the new converts. This may seem but slow progress, but the Idiosyncrasy of Japanese is such, that if work amongst them is not done with the very utmost care, the results will only be superficial. It is not at all difficult to persuade Japanese to be Christians, nor to teach them the Faith, but the difficulty is to thoroughly inculcate in them from the very first the necessity of becoming Christians. And why is this difficult? Because (1) the moral standard amongst the Japanese is high, and (2) they know that many of the great men in the West, whom they have learnt to revere, are Atheists, (3) they very rarely see any results of Christianity in the lives of people of other nations whom they know, (4) the Japanese have during the last thirty   32 THE MORNING CALM. years or so made such progress as is never heard of before in history-and that without the aid of Christianity. If the missionary is kind to the Japanese, and especially if he does something for them, they will become Christians—but only superficially. I am sure I could get all the young men in Chemulpó and Seoul to become Christians if only I would e.g. teach them English. But I have made it a hard and fast rule that I will not teach them English. I am, of course, willing to help them if they are themselves studying the language, but to give them regular instruction in English is impossible. Another great difficulty is that I am the only Japanese-speaking priest here, whilst my Christians are scattered all over the coast. This, of course, involves my travelling about a good deal to administer the Sacraments and do other parochial work ; it would make no difference to speak of if the “diaspora" was confined to this part of Corea (viz., Chemulpó, Yungsan, Seoul, Chinampo), as the communication is easy, quick, and convenient, but the great drawback to the work is Fusan. This fort is situated on the east coast, about 750 miles distant from Chemulpó, and is altogether a Japanese Colony ; we have there some twenty-one Christians (grown-up and children) all faithful and loyal, whom, of course, I must visit now and again. But those visits to Fusan involve too long a separation from my ever-growing work in this part of Corea, and when I come back from my trips to Fusan I often find it difficult to pick up the threads again ; for if once Japanese get out of the regular swing it is extremely hard to get them into it again. If the Christians in Fusan did not care to extend the work the thing might be managed, but the fact is that they are all full of missionary zeal and therefore eager to extend the work amongst their fellow-countrymen in Fusan. Such zeal, of course, must not be checked ; but what am I to do, single-handed as I am ? If only we could get a catechist in Fusan it would do for the present, but a cate chist wants money, and there is no money to spare for the Japanese work. I am not dissatisfied and peevish, but I just wish to lay before you my difficulties, in order that you with me may lay them before God. Yet I am thankful to say that the bright spots in the Japa-nese work here are more numerous than the dark ones. Though I am the only priest to work amongst the Japanese, yet I have got some excellent fellow-workers, namely, my wife, who is doing a very good work amongst the women, and several of the Japanese Christians themselves. Fresh enquirers are   THE MORNING CALM. 33 forthcoming every week almost, and a fair percentage of them are admitted catechumens. Through the zeal and activity of a Japanese Christian in Mapó, a little congregation is being built up there, who, I hope, will in future make use of the little chapel at Mapó as a place of regular Sunday worship; Japanese Christians who have long been married to heathen are bringing their wives to be instructed in the Holy Faith. Last Christmas Eve two were baptized and three confirmed, amongst the latter being a schoolmistress, who is one of the leading Japanese ladies in Chemulpó, and full of zeal for the conversion of her fellow-countrywomen here. Next Easter I hope to baptize two more here, and also some at the other stations. I hope, dear Mr. Editor, that I shall not worry you by this rather uninteresting letter, but I just wanted to give your readers a sort of bird's-eye view of this department of the Mission; then, if you think it may be of any interest, I shall be very glad to give some more cheerful details now and again in future. I am, Yours very truly, C. STEENBUCH. Association of Prayer and Work for Corea. THERE are few changes in our list of Secretaries to notice this quarter ; a new branch has been started by one of our old members, Miss Norris, at Great Berkhamsted, where the children of the Sunday school have undertaken to support a Kang Hoa schoolboy. Perhaps in time other parishes may see their way to provide Sunday schools with similar interest. In Connection with this new branch, we should like to point out that it is founded by a member of our Streatham Branch, who now fulfils her duty as member of A.P.W.C. to "interest others in the work of the Mission” by starting work in her own neighbourhood, Great Berkhamsted. We shall be very glad If members, not living in the locality where they were enrolled, would gradually start branches of their own. If unable to actually start a branch, it might be often possible to get Corea Included in existing Parochial Missionary Associations ; that there is no chance of seeing any financial result is no reason that Corea should not be united with other Missions in prayer and intercession. Will Secretaries study their lists and see how far they can get their “non-resident" members to start fresh interest A 3   34 THE MORNING CALM. in their homes and parishes, no matter how small the beginning may be? Very successful meetings were held at Bath and Bristol in March, thanks to the energy of our County Secretary for Somerset and our Local Secretary for Bristol, and at Bath a working party has been held during Lent. Our County Secretary for York shire used the lantern slides for an address at Cawthorne, to a large and appreciative audience, the Vicar presiding. The Rev. T. Thwaites Mumford kindly journeyed to Lichfield to address the Theological students ; the Rev. A. G. Deedes has also given an address on the Mission to the King's College Missionary Guild, and as we go to press the Rev. H. Goffe is doing similar work for us at St. Paul's Burgh Missionary College. CONSTANCE A. N. TROLLOPE. BATH BRANCH. A well-attended drawing-room meeting was held on March 4, 1903, at the house of our kind friends, Mr. and Mrs. Castellain, who with their daughters' aid did everything to make it a success. The Bishop's brother, the Rev. E. C. Corfe, had promised to address those gathered together, but most unfortunately a sudden attack of influenza entirely incapacitated him for a time, and prevented his attendance. However, his place was very ably supplied at short notice by the Rev. C. C. Parker, of St. Mary's, Bathwick, who has often pleaded the cause of the Corean Mission, and who on this occasion gave a very clear and interesting account of the "Hermit Kingdom," with the manners and customs of the Coreans, and also of the work going on amongst them. He was followed by Commander W. N. Madan, R.N., who spoke chiefly of the Bishop's previous career in the Navy, and of the way in which the Mission was first originated. The Rev. Yorke-Fausset took the chair and spoke strongly in support of the Mission. Many Corean photographs, dresses, and curiosities were shown at the conclusion, and the collection realised ￡5. os. 6d. for the General Fund.

BRISTOL BRANCH. A Meeting was held at St. Paul's (Clifton) Lecture Room on March 5, and an address was to have been given by the Rev. E. C. Corfe, the Bishop's brother, but for the reasons   THE MORNING CALM. 35 mentioned in our report of the Bath meeting he was unable to attend, to the disappointment of those present. The Rev. C. C. Parker, of St. Mary's, Bathwick, again most kindly supplied his place, explaining the large maps, and showing how the Mission was working in three centres among the Coreans, of whose customs and habits he gave a very interest-ing account. Commander W. N. Madan, the local Secretary, also added a short sketch of Bishop Corfe's life in the Navy, and how he was led to accept the leadership of the Mission in 1889. The Rev. H. W. Boustead, Vicar of All Saints with All Hallows, kindly presided. Many Corean garments and articles in common use were distributed on tables, and shown to those who attended, and the collection for the General Fund amounted to £2. 15s. It is to be hoped that our friends in Clifton and Bristol will unite once again to support Bishop Corfe's Mission with their sympathy and help. Association of Prayer and work for Corea. SUMMARY OF WORK, 1902. IN an Association founded on one single spiritual rule of Daily Prayer for Foreign Missions it is difficult to speak aright of the losses and gains of the past year. Our new members number about 100, new branches have been started at Balham, Barnsley, Bristol, Nottingham, Tandridge, and four old branches have been revived at Malta, Plymouth, Stoke Newing-ton, and Wokingham, county Secretaries have been found for Devon and Worcestershire, and the scattered members have now their own Secretary. The new scheme of using the Intercession Papers as a link between member and Secretary appears to answer on the whole, though it is difficult to adopt in some of the older localities, The use of the S.P.G. Diocese Map (price 6d.) is recommended to those who wish to make the Paper interesting to children or those whose geographical knowledge is small. The second new scheme of the year, by which the Magazine is to be had from the General Secretary, promises to remove a great financial burden from the Mission ; at present less than half of the number published is supplied by the General Secretary, but it is hoped in time that the remaining subscribers will make the change. It has been decided for the future to supply Morning Calm to all Theological and Missionary Colleges ; stęps have A 4   36 THE MORNING CALM. also been taken to keep such bodies as the Council for Service Abroad acquainted with the history, methods, and wants of the Corean Mission. A request that the Corean Mission might be remembered at the Eucharist on St. Nicholas' Day (December 6) was sent from headquarters to over 100 churches and priests, now or at any time connected with the Mission, and it is hoped that some latent interest was revived. Work for Corea has been done in a good many parishes not pledged to the support of the Corean Mission ; addresses have been given to several parochial missionary guilds ; in several cases S.P.G. speakers have made Corea their subject, and our lantern slides have been used for this purpose both in Devonshire and Lincolnshire. Meetings have been held in many different places by the missionaries on furlough, i.e. Mr. Charlesworth, Revs. H. Firkins, M. N. Trollope, A. B. Turner, and a joint meeting with the Missions to China and Japan was held in London in the spring, of which full accounts appeared at the time. The Association has given support to the other departments of the Corean Mission ; about £20 has been sent to the Education Fund from the Balham, Newcastle, and Worcester branches; one orphan is supported by the Southport Branch, and two Kanghoa schoolboys by the branches at Yiewsley and Great Berkhamsted. Sales of Work at Balham, Basset, Bromley, Buxton, and Portsmouth have produced the welcome sum of £100, in addition to the support given by many members of our Association to the Sisters' Annual Sale in November. With regard to future work the General Secretary would like to remind those anxious to arrange meetings that she is willing to help in any way with speakers, material for lectures, literature for work parties, lantern slides, curios, photos (for loan or sale), and also with advice as to methods which have been found successful in different localities. Local Secretaries should, where possible, communicate certainly on all financial matters with their County Secretary, but all inquiries about intercession papers, magazine, loan of curios, &c., for meetings should be made direct to the General Secretary, although these several departments of work are each thoroughly and silently managed by assistant secretaries. We would remind readers of a few simple facts. Morning Calm (1s. 4d. post free) should if possible be ordered from the General Secretary, who can make special postal terms for large quantities : to support a bed in the Hospital costs £10 per annum (apply to Sister Helen Constance) ; a Kanghoa Schoolboy costs £6 per annum (this   THE MORNING CALM. 37 is arranged by the C.C.K.M. Secretary, Miss Bunyon, 37 Phillimore Gardens, W.); an orphan in the Seoul Orphanage costs £6 per annum (apply Sister Helen Constance); for information as to needlework and the supply of hospital garments application should be made to Miss B. Seccombe, 12 Victoria Road, Clapham Common, S.W.

CONSTANCE A. N. TROLLOPE, General Secretary.

NEEDLEWORK, 1902. Towards the end of the summer a large number of garments was sent to Corea. About seventy-five skirts, jackets, &c., were made, as well as over 50 pillow-cases for the Hospital and Orphanage : towels, counterpanes, and workbags--all of which had been asked for—were sent out. Sister Nora has written to thank most heartily all who have contributed in this way to the Mission. She says "the children's clothes are very nicely made and a good shape, and the red (twill) skirts are charming ; please thank all your workers warmly for us.” Some of the garments "just fit our smallest girls” and have been “carried off in triumph to the Orphanage.” In another letter Sister Nora speaks of the “most delightful clothes for the Orphans, and pillow-cases, &c., for the Hospitals. Some of the skirts are in wear now. The boys' jackets are very nice. The larger skirts are just right for the greater number of girls about seven years old. The little cuffs gave great satisfaction ; we wanted them sadly, and they will always be welcome both in the Orphanage and Hospital, and as little gifts for our Christian women and children." It will be seen from these extracts how thoroughly the work which has been done is appreciated in Corea. In addition to all this work a beautiful Chalice Veil was made by one of the Clapham members and sent to Corea by Mr. Turner. The following working parties sent generous contributions :- St. John the Divine Mission Band (per Mrs. Medley), St. Peter's, Streatham, W.M.A. working party (per Miss Badcock), the Girls' Recreation Club, Exeter (per Miss Ina Milne), and St. Peter's, Streatham, Girls' Club (per Miss Fraser). The Bromley Branch again sent a good number of garments and pillow-cases, and contributions were received from the members at West Norwood and elsewhere. Lack of space forbids the mention of individual donors. B. SECCOMBE.   38 THE MORNING CALM. BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR 1902. RECEIPTS. PAYMENTS. LATEST £ s. d. te s. d. £ Balance in hand at end of s. d. Working Expenses : 1901 70 4 0 Cheque Book and commis Subscriptions, Donations, &c. : sion on Jersey cheque... O 24 General Fund W.560 17 10 Lecturer's Expenses B I 17 Surgical Instruments Fund 8 8 0 Postage Expenses : Kanghoa Bell Fund 13 120 General ... 13 17 9 582 17 10 Curios ... 0 7 8 6 4 9 Morning Calon Magazine : Spottiswoode (printing) ... 73 5 2 Miss Atkins (postage) ... 013 5 73 78 7 Less received for sale : Spottiswoode... 54 17 9 General Sec... 18 5 I -73 2 10 o 159 Printing : Spottiswoode, Annual Report 45 5 11 Children's Comer o 12 0 Newson, Pamphlet ... Forms, Cards, &c. Intercession Papers : Rev. G. R. Bullock-Webster 6 100 Postage .... ... .. 12 2 3 Dring & Fage, Spectacles for Mr. "Badcock .. Paid to A. N. Radcliffe, Esq., Treas. : Surgical Instrument Fund 88 0 Kanghoa Bell Fund . 13 12 O General Fund 0 --- 558 14 I - 580 14 T Balance in hand ... ... ... 2 13 4653 I 10 6653 1 10 60o 8 123 0 12 6 I have examined the above accounts and checked same with the Banker's passbook and the Vouchers, and find the same to be correct. Alex. N. RADCLIFFE, Treasurer. February 16, 1903. St. Peter's Community foreign Mission Association. To those who are regular readers of Morning Calm a report of the work and progress of the Association in 1902 is quite unnecessary, but there are one or two points that may be emphasised as showing the increased interest as compared with former years, and at the same time the need of steady, unfailing support. The appeal for a sufficient sum to defray all the expenses of St. Peter's Hospital, including the maintenance and salaries of the nurses, has produced most satisfactory results, and brought many new friends to the Association ; £498 was paid in to S.P.G. for the twelve months ending December 31, 1902, and of this sum £436 was raised for the Hospital only.   THE MORNING CALM. 39 This is considerably less than the estimate for working expenses for 1903, which is exclusive of a large and necessary outlay in drugs, which were sent out in February, at the cost of £40. It is most satisfactory to note that the greatly enlarged receipts are mainly owing to subscriptions, which show an increase of £20 on former years, while in consequence of the untiring efforts of the Misses Trollope at the Bazaar, and the growing demand for curios, the Corean Stall and other Sales of Work yielded an unusually large sum. The Sisters' Orphanage at Seoul has also been well supported ; three new friends have adopted children there, and out of the twenty-four inmates last recorded, fifteen are pro-vided for at the cost of ￡5 each child. Perhaps the most noteworthy fact in the year's record is that the active work of the Association has not been merely to provide funds, but two of its members have left England and gone to work in the Mission, one, an Associate of the Com-munity of St. Peter, and the other a member of St. Luke's Branch, who had been specially trained for Hospital work in Corea. They were most urgently needed, and were very warmly welcomed by the Sisters and small band of workers, some of whom are naturally hoping to be able to take a well-earned rest. To turn to the home working of the Association. The number of branches remains the same, though the number of members has grown considerably, and there are two changes of locality to notice while the secretaries are unaltered, viz., Bath has become St. Andrew's Branch, and Fryerning dis-appears altogether, reappearing Phœnix-like as St. Leonards-On-Sea, where the Secretary continues the work she has carried on for so many years in Essex. A list of branches and their respective secretaries, and also the names of all those who so Kindly sent contributions to the Bazaar stall will be found below, together with the balance sheets for the Hospital and Orphanage. It is a cause of much thankfulness that, while noticing all these outward evidences of steady growth and progress, the source of increase may be found in the prayerful interest of the members, as shown not only by the use of the S.P.G. Quarterly Intercession Papers, but in the zeal evinced in the great corporate act of the Association on the Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving held annually at St. Peter's Home in December. On this day a yearly increasing number of members, both from   40 THE MORNING CALM. St. Peter’s Association and that of prayer and work, meet for Intercession for the Missions of the Church ; in this way a strong bond is formed of united interest in the Mission cause, and each member is reminded that theirs may be the prayer that “ moves the Hand that moves the world.” SISTER HELEN CONSTANCE, Secretary, S.P.F.M.A. St. Peter's Home, Mortimer Road, N.W.

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM THE SISTER- IN-CHARGE, SEOUL. "Our kind friends and subscribers in England may like to hear something more of the work they have enabled us to carry on here in 1902. Foreign Mission work is not so exciting or full of interesting incidents as it is sometimes supposed to be ; it does not escape the cross of " drudgery" and monotony, so you will forgive me if there is nothing sensational to relate, and be content if I report steady, if not rapid, progress amongst the women. All through the spring the women's hospital was full, and occasionally extra beds had to be made up ; there were one hundred and three admissions during the year, and fifty-eight of these were operation cases. Many begged to be taken in after Corean doctors had told them they could not recover, and yet there were only five deaths, for several returned home cured, at least temporarily, to the great astonishment and delight of their friends. Some children, too, supposed to be cripples for life, gradually were enabled to walk and even to run about, not that Corean children ever run much; like their elders, they prefer sitting still and never care for the active games English children delight in. Many of the patients take interest in the religious classes held in the wards, learn the simple prayers that are daily used, and carry away a few elementary truths of Christianity and some idea of the love of God, which is a new thought to those whose only religion is the fear of evil spirits, and methods of propitiating them or frightening them away. One patient, who had been with us at intervals for some years, was baptized and confirmed, being carried to the church, but was too ill to come out again, and made her first and last Com-munions in the ward. Naomi was a good needlewoman, and always happiest when employed in mending or making in the hospital, though too ill to earn her living outside. Out-patients continue to attend in large numbers, in spite of the soldiers guarding the new Palace, whose presence at first prevented their

  THE MORNING CALM. 41 coming. There were 9,543 attendances in 1902, and there would have been more had not the dispensary been closed in August for cleaning and repairs. Many would have been better for regular treatment as in-patients, but it is very difficult for Corean women to leave their houses, and rather than do so they are content with medicines and dressings, which enable them to go on with their daily work at home. One woman brought in lately, whose leg had been shattered in getting out of a train and was amputated above the ankle, fretted most that she could not go out washing again. Their laundry is all done at the streams or round the wells, where they beat the clothes with sticks on flat stones, and they often walk long distances to the best running water, and seem to enjoy their ‘day in the country,’ at least if one can judge by their chatter over their work. "The Orphanage has increased to quite a large family; the average number has been twenty children, and for some months past we have had twenty-two, all over a year old. Some are delicate, but all are in better health than they were a year ago. The elder ones have learned to read and write ‘Enmoun,’ the ‘Women's language !' and are now learning Chinese characters, in which few English children of six or seven years old would care to compete with them. The girls sew well ; even little ones of five have made some patchwork counterpanes quite creditably, and the first class are learning drawn linen embroidery, of which we hope some specimens may find their way to the Corean Stall in the next Bazaar. Unfortunately, the moist heat of summer and sticky fingers are not helpful for fine needlework, and the girls have only begun this month to learn the stitches on some native coarse linen. Many of the children are musical and have good voices, and their memory and power of learning by heart is wonderful. They know and sing eighteen hymns, besides the Evening Canticles, and say all the responses, the Creeds, Commandments, and the greater part of the Church Catechism, &c. As a creed or hymn in Corean is three times as long and ten times as difficult, even to natives, as it is in English, children between five and nine years old do well to know so much. Their action songs, sung to Corean boat Song melodies, are a great delight to them, and learning by rote is evidently no trouble ; to think and understand are difficult, and these they are learning by degrees. Some enjoy lessons, some prefer housework or carrying a baby on their back, which is the natural position for Corean babies, tied firmly on so that the carrier can have her arms free to work, and the women do their A 5   42 THE MORNING CALM. washing, cooking, cleaning, &c., in this way, with the baby asleep or awake, as the case may be. "The accounts show that the cost of each child last year was between £4 and £5; both food and firing grow more expensive as foreigners increase in the country, else with the larger number the expenses should decrease per head, and we need not have asked the kind adopters of orphans for so much as £5 each. All the twenty-two are not yet adopted, but as we have had some donations I am not anxious about funds this year, unless we have to admit still more friendless little ones. “A new departure in Seoul is employing a native Mission-woman to teach the inquirers and catechumens to read, also to learn the first prayers and Catechism by heart ; few of the women can read, and we find it one of the best tests of their earnestness in asking to be taught Christianity if they will take the trouble to learn to read their Bibles and Prayer Books, &c. Sarah was one of the first catechumens here, and was baptized in 1899 ; her husband died last summer, so she has time at her disposal, and is anxious to impart to others what she has learned herself. She began her work last Advent, and has been so far satisfactory. A Sister superintends all she does, and examines her pupils who are making fair progress, and some have already been admitted catechumens. She cannot give her work gratui-tously, but is as yet content with two yen a month (about 4s. 3d.), and helps it out with some washing. As her teaching increases, she will not have time for the latter ; but if we can afford to give her 10s. a month she will be sufficiently paid for her time. We have only taken her on trial for six months, as an experiment; if it succeeds she ought to be of great use amongst the native women, who are so difficult for foreigners to teach. We feel sure that some kind friends at home will help with the necessary funds, if we see our way to making this plan permanent. "The Sisters at Kanghoa have promised to send you some account of their work amongst the women, which is growing apace, in Kanghoa City, at On-syou-tong, and several other villages which they visit periodically. The women are most persevering in coming to be taught, in spite of all hindrances, and they are many-e.g., after a long day's work in the fields, perhaps up to their ankles in water in the rice-fields, they walk some miles after dusk to a class, and are loath to leave at 10 P.M. The Sisters' work is with the wives and families of Christians and catechumens, in order that Christian families may become centres of influence for good amongst their heathen   THE MORNING CALM. 43 neighbours, and also test the reality of a man's or woman's Christianity, if he or she brings other members of the household to desire instruction, and in this the women have quite as much, if not more, influence than the men. "Owing to a legacy from one of our associates, we have been able to enlarge the Sisters' house at Kanghoa, where the Mission-room was much too small for the classes. A room 16 ft. by 8 ft. for twenty or thirty women and a harmonium was almost impossible for teaching, and now they will have two rooms of larger size, in one of which women coming from a distance can sleep on Saturday nights, which is their only way of attending the Sunday Eucharist."

ST. PETER'S COMMUNITY FOREIGN MISSION ASSOCIATION.

SUBSCRIPTIONS, &c., FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1902.

BATH BRANCH. Secretary: Miss S. ROBERTSON-MACDONALD, I Mardale Place, Edinburgh. LONDON BRANCH. Secretary: The Sister HELEN CONSTANCE, St. Peter's Home, Mortimer Road, Kilburn. £ s. d. £ s. d. ... 91 3 9 ... 29 5 O ...112 15 3 ... II 14 0 ... 15 5 7 Subscriptions Donations ... Sale of Work Cards and Boxes... Subscriptions Donations ... 3 13 2 0 6 0 5 13 6 Offertories - Special for beds ... ... 53 Io O -313 13 7 1 Halifax BRANCH. Secretary: Miss Mary STOREY, Clifton Road, Halifax. Subscriptions (1901) ...... 14 6 - (97) t ... 1 + 3 Donations... ons ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Boxes Offertory .. ... I 2 O 4 14 8 St. Luke's BRANCH. Secretary: Miss ADA COOKE, Heald Grove, Rusholme, Manchester. NOA A OOON a Subscriptions Donations ... 33 12 2 ecial for Bishop Corfe's Appeal 6 5 8 44 4 10 Subscriptions Donation

WOKING BRANCH. Secretary: Miss GRAHAM. ... 19 100 ... to ... 3 16 11 ... 3 3:0 27 cards and Boxes... y Sale of Work FRYERNING BRANCH. Secretary: Miss TUFNELL, Hextall, Seddies. combe Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. Subscriptions ... 4 13 6 - 4 13 6 OXFORD BRANCH. Secretary : Miss K. RAXDALL, Abingdon. Subscriptions as ... 3 7 6 376 NUNEATON BRANCH. Secretary: Miss M. Nason, St. Mary's Street, Ely. Subscripcions i ... ... 2 10 6 Boxes 0 14 6 9 11 Subscriptions LANGLEY BRANCA. Secretary: Mrs. LLOYD, Langley House, Langley, Bucks. ... II 13 3 - II 13 3 Secretary SYDENHAM BRANCH. Secretary: The Sister ANITA, 5 Taylor's Lane, Sydenhan Subscriptions ... ...ero 9 10 Subscriptions CHEDDAR BRANCH. Lary: The Sister MARY AGNES, St. Michael's Home, Axbridge, Somerset. ... 6 1 6 ... o 7 2 ... O 10 7 • 6.193 Boxes Offers Total ... ... 2427 16 0   44 THE MORNING CALM. HOSPITAL, 1902. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR 12 MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1902. EUTS. £ 5. d. 48 37 4 To Balance ... Cash receipts for 1902.. Special for beds From S.P.G. for Passages EXPENDITURE. To S.P.G.... For Passages Commission on Scotch cheques ... Balance 374 6 53 10 . £ s. d. $36 76 6 86 0 o ojo 39 16 0 Jogol

... ... 86 oo 4562 13 4 £562 13 + I have examined the Accounts, and find the balances as shown by them agree with the balances at the Bank, ALEX. N. RADCLIFFE. Jamuary 22, 1903 ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. JANUARY I TO DECEMBER 31, 1902. EXPENDITURE. 3. d. RECEIPTS. To Cheques from Bishop Corse ... » Balance from 1got 1 41 Il 19 7 By Food ... Wine and spirits Drugs and dressings ... Wages.. Washing Fuel and light .. 1 Furniture and repairs... # Clothing, &c. .. Funerals ,, Lady Doctor's salary. 3, Nurses' salaries, board, uniform, &c. 115 Balance in hand ... 37 D 2421 197 going on +421 19 7 ST. PETER'S ORPHANAGE, SEOUL. JANUARY J TO DECEMBER 31, 1902. EXPENDITURE. RECEIPTS. L s. d. To Balance, 1901 ... 41 18 6 , Cheques, Bishop Corse 6o O o * Payments from children received in Corea 35 oo By Rice and beans Meat, milk, pantchan, &c. ... 1, Wages, servants and teachers 1. Soap, dye, &c. ... Fuel and light ... Clothing Stationery » Furniture and repairs... Funerals 2 Balance in hand

-OGNO 4116 18 6 L116 IS 6 Average number of children, 20.   THE MORNING CALM. 45 ORPHANAGE, 1902. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1902. RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE. & s. d. £ s. d. Mhe Guild of St. Catherine, for Katarina Soo Remitted to S.P.G. (marked for orphans) 61 13 6 St. Nicolas, for Nicolea 500 he School Children at Southport, for he Rev. Mother, for Emma Mary 5 0 0 iss Stanley, for Magdalena 5 00 es. Cooke, for Lucia Slins Cooke, for Theresa ISS 1. M. Trollope, for Madalina Dodge Miss to Iss Fr. R. Macdonald, for Helena Miss Turner. for Arthur ... Sydenham Branch, for Nora ... 500 St. Luke's Branch, for Luke 5 00 pliss M. Wright (donation) ... 100 Maria Onuuuuuuuunun COOOOOOOOOOO Lent Offerings

TEL 6 . £61 136 261 13 6 £61 13.6 P the Bank. have examined the Accounts, and find the balances as shown by them agree with the balances at ALEX. N. RADCLIFFE. January 22, 1903. SISTERS' AND WORKERS' MAINTENANCE. JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1902. RECEIPTS.: EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. om Bishop Corse, maintenance ... 145 oo By Provisions Tenants' repairs ... 13 0 0

, Servants' wages Kitchen stove

Teachers arough Sister Helen Constance ... ,, Washing... 18 18 4 EN Deficit, 1901 . 77 Oo

• Fuel and light ...

58 19 2 urses' board, &c., from St Peter's », Stamps and stationery 3 II I Hospital Fund бо оо , Furniture and repairs... II 17 a Duty and freight ... 2 11 0 „ Travelling for Mission purposes , Tenants' repairs - Kitchen stove, Seoul ... 6 8 10 .. Deficit 1901, repaid ... ,, Balance in hand ... I 5 8 (400 oo £400 OO Tiirough Sis O O OWO OMN to Do OR 12 7 - 74 ICO M Numbers—3 Sisters, 1 Associate, 2 Nurses, at Seoul ; 3 Sisters at Kanghoa. Total, 9. Bubcontributions to the Bazaar were received from the following: The Misses Addenbrooke, Miss Elune, Miss F. Bethune, Miss Lucy Blomfield, Mrs. Burland, Miss Chilton, Mrs. Cowell, Nurse Edith Crund. r unden, Miss Drury, Miss Falwasser, Miss Fowler, Miss Frampton, Miss Fraser, Miss Gilbert, Gore, Miss Gregory, Miss Hall, Mrs. Homersham, Miss Jones, The Misses Kent, Miss Jessie Miss Mackett, Miss Madan, Miss Merriman, Miss Norah Morris, Mrs. Picton, Miss Potter, aunders, Miss Seccombe, Miss R Sharpe, Miss Street, Mrs. Thornewill, Miss M. Ward-Fox, Wilson, Miss E. J. Williams, Miss G. E. Woodward.

WORKING PARTIES. Atherington, Berkhamsted, Charlton, Cheddar, Langley, Loughton, Norwood, Woking, Yiewsley. hospital Naval fund. THE list of contributors to the Hospital Naval Fund, a tabular satement of the receipts for the past five years, and the usual Financial Statement for the year ending December 31, 1902, are given below. If we compare the receipts of last year with   46 THE MORNING CALM. those of 1901, we find that the former fall nearly ￡192 below the latter. This however, is not altogether to be wondered at when we remember that in 1901 the Bishop was in England and working hard for all branches of the Mission. In that year he himself most generously gave the Hospital Naval Fund a donation of ￡100, and he obtained many other donations of considerable value from his friends in this country. Turning to the expenditure side of the statement we at once see that is cost the Fund ￡75 to send a doctor to Corea to take the place of Doctor Carden, together with ￡2. 9s. 4d., the expense incurred in telegraphing to the Bishop reporting the dispatch of this officer. It was considered advisable to do this in order that the Bishop might make the necessary arrangements on the spot for the reception of the new medical head of St. Luke’s Hospital at Chemulpó, and also to relieve his mind of much hitherto unavoidable anxiety. To meet these expenses ￡100 had to be withdrawn from the Fund’s Deposit Account with Messrs. Coutts & Co., which explains the diminished amount of its reserve, and therefore of the balance to its credit, as of its reserve, and therefore of the balance to its credit, as compared with the same items at the ent of the year 1901. BISHOP CORFE’S MISSION(HOSPITAL NAVAL FUND).  THE MORNING CALM. 47 TABULAR STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. Subscriptions, Donations, &c. Interest on Deposit Account Total Receipes 1898 1899 O 1900 1901 £ s. d. 359 14 II 302 98 248 18 5 483 19 3 291 4 9 £ s. d. 3 7 4 4 O 11 4 of 9 4 2 8 5 3 2 s. d. 363 2 3 300 10 7 253 3 2 488 I II 296 711 + 1902 Mean ... 337 55 6 3 91 341 9 2 I 17 H.M.S. Απιβλίου 22: : 500 hospital Naval Fund. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR 1902. (a) indicates " Annual Subscriber." s. d. £s. d. Acland, Hon. Lady (a) 2 2 O FitzGerald, Vice-Admiral C. C. P., R.N. alexander, Mrs. E. B. (a) I oO (a) 20 An Old Audacious" . (a) rooo Flent, Capt. E. J., K.N., Offertory, Anson, Commander H. B., R.N. H.M.S. Phaeton 1 9 10 archer, Rev. C.. R.N., Offertory, Flynn, Rev. F., R.N. I OO H.M.S. Pembrokes. Foreign Mission Guild of St. Peter's, ashe, Rev. Thomas, R.N. Eaton Square ... aston, Lt. Col. G. G., R.M.A. Frederick, Com. G. C., R.N. ... (a) Astin, Rev. T., R.N., Offertory, R. Fremantle, Admiral Hon. Sir E. R Church, Plymouth .. G.C.B., R.N. ... ... .. (a) I I exter, C. E. Esq. (1902, 1903). Gainsford, Mrs. .. .. (a) o 10 enyon, Mrs. E. M. Gillies, Secretary and Fleet-Paymaster, Fry, Rev. J. H., R.N. - R.N. (a) O 10 o 10 6 ourne, Rev. J. B.R.N., Off Goodenough, Rev. G., R.N., Offertory, Greenwich Hospital Chapel ... .. 3 2 O Atten, Rear-Admiral R. F., R.N. 5 00 Harris, Ven. Archdeacon, R.N.... Browning. Com. M. E., R.N. (a) 2 0 0 Hartley, Rev. W., R.N., Offertory, (a) o 3o H.M.S. Gibraltar - ... ... O 6 3 o 2 O Havergal, Comdr. Arthur, P.N. (a) Io (a) I oO Henderson, Rear-Admiral W. H., R.N. (a) o 10 O (a) OIO O Highmoor, Rev. W., R.N., Offertory, urch, Vice-Admiral E. J., R.N. H.M.S. Impregnable 3 2 ark, James R., Esq., R.N. Hill, Rev. A. P., R.N., Offertory and kson, Rev. 1. M., R.N., Offertories, School Collections, Eastney Barracks 3 o o rington, Bythorn, and Old Weston O 12 Hogan, Rev. J. C., R.N., Offertory, yton, Vice-Admiral F. S., R.N. (a) I H.M.S. Canopus ... . ... I II 6 rane, Rear-Admiral B. E., R.N. (a) I Howard, W. Spencer, Esq. .. o 10 6 us, Capt. Hon. S. C. J., C.B., Icely, Rev. J., R.N., Offertories, H.M.S. Calliope and Northampton Ffe, Right Rev. Bishop, D.D. ... Infants Sunday School, Royal Marine C .Capt. James H., R.N. .. (a) I O O Artillery ... . Edwards, Rev. J. C., K.N.: Jervoise, Commander E. P. E., R.n. (a mne Seymour, Admiral Johnstone, Rear-Admiral C., R.N. Jordan, J. N., Esq., C.M.G. stis, Lieut. Charles R., R.N. Kane, Rev. T., R.N., Offertory, Haul. miell, Lieut.-Col. 1. F., K.M.... (2) I I O bowline Dockyard Church son, Rev. H. P. R.N., Offertory, Ditto, Offertory, H.M.S. Black Mary's Church, Ascension Prince Dy, Vice-Admiral Noel S. F. R.N. Karslake, Rear-Admiral W. C., R.N. by. Rev. Reginald, R.N. .. Kenah, Rev. S., R.N. ... 26 8 0 Kinahan, Vice-Admiral R. G., K.N naresq, Miss Marion E. .. Ladds, Rev. J. S. ... combe, Miss Octavia (a) 1.00 Long, Mrs. A. J. ston, Sir A. T., K.C.B., R.N. az Longrigg. Rev. T. W., R.N., Offertory, As, Rev. Arthur C.,R.N. () Pembroke Dockyard Church .. . 500 tto, Offertory. H.M.S. Cambridge' 5 2 Lovett, Rev, S. H. W., R.N., Offertory, itt, Lieut.-Col. Herbert, R.M.A. ... I H.M.S. Serkern ... cityman, Miss Emily . IO O Der ... (a) o 5 Madan, Condr. W. N., R.N. (a) II. buttanshaw Mrs.... Cadenhall. Miss . Chads, Miss C. F.... Child. Rev. C. C... Clarkson, R Brington: Clayton, Noon HOM wango Wa Otam by NOOOO 0.0 Magon NOO 0000 OOM 90omo o odon енно он+н оно 00AOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON 000 000 000 000 000 00OOR Cochrane, ker Colville, Capt: H H OPE . Cox-Edwards Culme . Se H = 3 x Bart., G.C.H., R.N. - 4 O mon H mooo 0 OHOHO 0000000000w a St. Mary's Digby, Vice Dolby, Rey Orake, Rev. J. Dumareka с нннно Durston, Sir Evans, Rey   48 THE MORNING CALM. s. OO WONOOOHO Хоооооооо ONO O

3 E s. d. Mairis, General Geoffrey, R. M.... @ I IO Robinson, Rev. J. L., R.N. Marshall. Jackson, Rev. H., R.N., and Roe, Paymaster-in-Chief H. F., R.N. (a) IO O Mrs. Marshall Jackson . (a) 1 1 0 " R. N." (a) 10 0 0 Ditto, Mrs., Thankoffering ... 10 Sadieir, Rev. R. G., R.N., Offertory, Marwood, Rev. G. H., R.N. (a) I oO H.M.S, Fox ... ... Ditto, Offertory, Royal Marine Ditto, Donation ... ...50 Depot, Walıner ... 2 3 8 Salisbury, Rev. C. H., R.N. (a) II O Metcalf, Rev. F. W. R., R.N., Offertory, Sclater, Lieut. Charles G., R.N.... H.M.S. Diana ... ... .. . o 16 Scott-Rogers, Capt. R. W., R.N. (2) 3 0 0 Ditto, Donations .. ... 2 10 0 Shone, Rev. S. A, LL.D., R.N., Miller-Stirling, Comdr. G. H., R.N. (a) 100 Offertory, Dockyard Chapel, Ports Mitchell, Rey. H. H., R.N., Offertory, mouth H.M.S. Cleopatra Sims, Rev. F. A., R.N.. Offertory, Moriarty Rev. j. H., RIN. ... ... (a) o 10 O H.M.S. Royal Arthur Ditto, Offertory, Dockyard Chapel, Startin, Capt. James, R.N. .. (a) 10 OO Chatham 3 8o Stebbing, Rev. F. C., K.N., Offertory, Needham, Capt. Hon. E.T., R.N. (a) I oO Dockyard Chapel, Devonport Nelson, Rear-Admiral Hon. M. H., Stilwell, J. P., Esq. R.N. 0 0 Sulivan, Vice-Admiral "T. B. M.. O'Callaghan, Capt. M. P., G.B., R.N.

• • • ... ... (a) I 0 R.N.

- . ... (a) I I O Sullivan, Rev. E., R.N. . Osborn, Major George, R.A. so o Tatham, Major Arthur G., R.M.A. Panter, Rev. 0. E., R.N., Offertory, Thesiger, Lieut. Bertram S., R.N. H.M.S. Trafalgar Tippinge, Comdr. L. F. G., R.N. (a) I o o Payton, Rev. James, R. N., and Mrs. Tod, Rev. W. McL. R.N. ... ( Payton ... Tracey, Admiral Sir R. E., K.C.B., Pelham, Capt. F. S., R.N. o 5 R.N. Perfect, Miss Katherine E. (2) I I O Walker, J. R., Esq., R.N. co (2) I I O Perry-Ayscough, Miss A., Collection ... I IO O Whatley, Rev. C. L., R.N., Offertory, Phillimore, Comdr. R. F., R.N.... (a) I TO H.M.S. Terrible ... Plant, Rev. A. W., R.N., Offertory, Webb, Lieut. Richard, R.N. . (a) oo Dockyard Church and Royal Hospital Wiles, Deputy Surgeon-General Julius 10 11 Chapel, Malta ... Williams, Fleet-Paym. M. B., R.N., and Poore, Major-General F. H., R.M.A. Mrs. Williams Pratt, Rev. Philip C., R.N. ... Wilson, Miss Eva D. Preedy, Comdr. Henry, R.N. ... Winnington-Ingram, Capt. Ditto, Donation ... R.N....

• Price, Rey. A. R., R.N., Offertory

Wylde, Rev. 1. H.M.S. Boscazuen York, Rev. C. E., R.N.... Pryn, Stuff-Surgeon W. W., R.N. York, Mrs. ... Rainier, Rev. W. V., R.N., Offertory, Ditto, Sale of Work at St. Jude's, H.M.S. Maguificant ... Southsea Ravenshaw, Rev. Thomas, R.N. " In Mem. H. E. C." Read, Mrs. S. G. ... Interest on Deposit Account Rice, Rev. A. C. H., R.N. Rind ROU H , R.N. .. ( Ring, Rev. B., LL.D., R.N. 0 5 0 £296 7.11 Robertson-Macdonald, Adiniral R.N. ... ... .. 5 oo! o un Nrw Uma o OOO O (a) I нонни in 00009000 OH 000OHHH 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 OPEN +ANA NO WHOOO in DONDO ооноо ao now ao 0000 -... 5 3 2 Note.—Subscribers who do not find their names in the above list are earnestly and respectfully requested to kindly forward their subscriptions for the year 1902 with those for 1903.

Education Fund. It is with much pleasure we are able to report an increase of £27. 11s. 5d. in our receipts for the year 1902. May this be but the beginning of a “good time” for the Education Fund, whose important work needs every encouragement. The Rev. W. A. Renwick has kindly consented to act on the Education Committee in the place of the Rev. E. Hinchcliff, retired from St. Michael's, Tenbury.   THE MORNING CALM. Bubb, Mrs.... Cnthcart, Mrs. Collings, J. B., Esq. EDUCATION FUND. £ s. d. B. Kingscote, Hon. Mrs. Brock, Kentish, Esq. La Serre, Mrs. -. 0 5 3 Lee, Sir H. ... Carcy, Cyril, Esq. ... Le Cocq, Miss ... Carey, Major C. Le M. Mann, f. S., Esq. ... Carty, Sir Godfrey ... o 50 Mansell, J. L., Esq. Carey, Captain W., R.N. Mourant, J.. Esq. .. o 50 Nell, Mrs. Sale of Work Newcastle-on-Tyne... Corbin, Miss ... o 50 Nicolls, Mrs. De Havilland, J. T. R., Esq. Ozanne, E. Charles, Esq.... De Jersey, Rev. Carey Ozanne, E. Chepmell, Esq. De Sausmarez, F. B., Esq. Ozanne, Rev. W. Dobree, Miss de Lisle o 50 Perseverance, Ward of Tenbury, Warden of St. Michael's Fox, Percy, Esq. Tenbury, Boys' box ... Gillard, H. A., Esq., K.C., Bailift of Tenbury, Premium on above ... 1 I O Tupper, The Misses F. and B.... Guernsey, Dean of ... Utermarck, Miss Guernsey. Elizabeth College Guille, Miss O 100 Fayley Church, Worcestershire ... 47 S (Guernsey currency) Щооооооооноооноон анго es unionmononnon ho nenOmO0000000000000000 онн онол тооносон 6 wenn man OUI OUI NOUS оооо оо оосооооооолох u Oui Durand, Colonel ... Guernsey 464 136 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 1902. S. d. 35 0 1 64 13 6 I o I £ s. d. 52 11 3 Balance to January 1902 r. Subscriptionis for 1902 Interest to date Sent to S.P.G. Special Fund ... (Equivalent to £50 Britisb.) Postage ior two years Balance in hand Jan. 1, 1903 ... ... 0 7 5 ... 47 to O £100 138 £100 13 8 The Balance of £47. 155. od. is equivalent to £45. gs. 6d. British. Rosalie M. Corbin, Hon. Treasurer, C.E.N. Children's Branch of the Association of Prayer and work for Corea. THE year 1902 has been in many ways an encouraging year for those interested in our Children's Branch. Eight of the elder members have been transferred to the Adult Branch, and fifty-six new members have been added to our Association ; of these, thirty belong to Swindon, a new centre which promises valuable help to the Mission. There has been a decided increase, as compared with 1901, in the number of members who have contributed to the Children's Fund, and this I hope shows a corresponding increase of interest among the children. But I still feel that our fund is not nearly as representative as it ought to be, and that there are a great many children who, with a little encouragement from their elders, would delight in giving something (if only a few pence in the course of the year) towards the support of the Hospital Cot. I hope next year to see a still longer list of givers. Many thanks   50 THE MORNING CALM. are due to those Secretaries and corresponding members who have done so much during 1902. As I mentioned in our last report, the children's daily prayer for foreign Missions must be their first thought, and as the natural outcome of those prayers they will do what they can to help. In addition to the donations mentioned below, ￡1. 10s. has been sent by the Rev. C. E., Mrs. and Dora York (through the Children's Branch) as a first instalment towards the support of Mark, one of the Corean orphans ; this is a cause for special thankfulness for those of us who are particularly interested in the children in Corea. MAUD I. FALWASSER, Secretary. Number of new Members, 1901 Number of Members transferred to Adult Branch Total number of Members Amount of donations received 1901, 29. 45. 5.d. s . We. 163 Local Notes. THE MISSION. - There is no very important Mission news to record this month beyond those matters with which the Bishop's letters will have made you acquainted—viz, his own departure for England, where we hope and pray he may succeed in the difficult mission he has undertaken, and the lamentable fact that the new doctor for Chemulpó was unfitted for the work he came to do, and had to return to England at once. As soon as this question was settled and everything was put into order so far as possible that there might be no hitch during the Bishop's absence, he left by the Russian steamer Argun for Shanghai, from which place we have had a letter to announce his safe arrival after a journey which was peaceful to him, owing to the inability of the other passengers to appear in public, The Rev. A. B. Turner has been left in charge as Bishop’s Commissary during his absence. An account has been sent in of the Christmas season at On Sou Tong, and any remarks on the same season at the other stations would probably be only a repetition, so that nothing further need be said on that subject. Now we are preparing for Lent and looking forward to Easter, so fast does the time run away when there is work to be done. In Seoul the service will be as usual somewhat increased in number both for Coreans   THE MORNING CALM. 51 and English, and the same at the other stations, while special effort will be directed towards those who are to be prepared for Holy Baptism, especially in On Sou Tong, where at present there are no resident Christians, but where there is now a strong class of catechumens coming forward for Baptism. By the time this is in print their Baptism will be very close at hand, and your prayers for these people are earnestly asked, that they may be freed from ignorance and superstition, and may, after Baptism, hold fast to the faith they have embraced, and especially that their faith may be a living practical faith, shown not only with their lips, but in their lives. JAPANESE WORK. --Mr. Steenbuch, in his letter this month, tells enough of his own difficulties to show how greatly he needs your sympathy and prayers. The work among the Japanese is very necessary here in Corea, and in some ways is quite as hopeful as, if not even more so, than in Japan itself, but it has its special drawbacks and dangers, and the change of teachers has been an added stumbling-block, especially among people to whom personal influence means so much. The per-sonal element in the Church's work can never be entirely eliminated, and changes of personnel must always be a difficulty. It takes long to build up new converts into true living members of the Church of Christ, and until that is done there must be great danger of slipping back into old heathen ways, amid the constant temptations of their old surroundings, especially when the personal influence under which they have come is removed. But we have great hopes for Mr. Steenbuch's work if it can be carried on steadily and continuously. HOSPITALS.—The hospital work in Seoul always has two sides to it ; for while recognising and rejoicing in the excellent physical results obtained by the Physicians in charge, we always feel that we ought to be able to make more use than we have yet done of the opportunities given for teaching the faith. The difficulties are great, as, especially in the men's hospital, we have had no priest in charge for any length of time who could carry out a definite scheme for the work, and further. no foreigner can do the work satisfactorily, but we must rely on our own Christians, and at present we have no one we can entrust with it among the Christians in Seoul. It requires special powers, and Coreans with such powers are not very numerous ; but we earnestly look forward to doing more work hereafter, and certainly the indirect results of the hospital work have been great, and the Coreans themselves greatly appreciate what is being done, and has been done, for them there. For though   52 THE MORNING CALM. often they seem not to be grateful, theirs is rather the gratitude and ingratitude of a child. One does not blame a child for soon forgetting kindnesses done, nor does one blame him for not always showing his gratitude ; that does not mean, as we know, that he is ungrateful. The Coreans, like children, may soon forget, and do find it difficult to express and show their gratitude ; but still they are, we feel sure, really grateful in their own way and in their hearts. At Nak Tong the work is again in full swing both in the Corean and foreign wards, and nurses Mills and Helena have their hands full, while the number of patients both in and out has been unusually large for the time of year. The Corean New Year is always a great holiday season, and everybody wishes to be at home at that time. However, this year many patients remained with us, and we had to do our best to enter-tain them a little. They seemed even more grateful for a New Year's meal of "bread soup," as they call their New Year's food, a most indigestible concoction, and none too tasty to our ideas, than they were even for their medicine. At the women's hospital, in-patients are always a greater difficulty than among the men folk, and this year has been no exception to the rule, so that the nurses have had an easier time than usual ; but the out-patients have been very numerous, and we are told very "interesting and satisfactory" from a doctor's point of view. The men's hospital building is getting more and more unfit for the work that is being done in it, and one looks forward to hearing any day that it can no longer be used, and must be pulled down or burnt. Corean buildings, being built of wood and wattled daub, are utterly unfit for the proper treatment of surgical cases under modern methods, and it is only by the exercise of the very greatest care that such good results as we have had out here have been obtained. Mr. Laws is carrying on his work in Kanghoa with great satisfaction to the Coreans, and he is the best-known man in the island and neighbouring islands, and in many ways such country medical work is more encouraging from a Mission point of view that the work places like Chemulpó and Seoul, though there the work is very greatly needed. THE NEW YEAR. --Since our last number the great event of the Corean year has come and gone, viz. the New Year according to Chinese reckoning. This goes entirely by the moon, and requires a frequent insertion of extra months equalise matters, so that this year we have two fifth months. We have never heard that Corean ladies have the same privilego   THE MORNING CALM. 53 allowed them as is said to be allowed to English ladies on February 29 in leap year, but it may be so. This year New Year's Day fell early and was kept with the usual honours. Though the official New Year is now coincident with ours, the people generally, beyond official circles, still keep to the old style only, and the Court observe both. The day begins with the homage done to their masters by all servants, who come and bow before them--rather they kneel--and with hands clasped bow the head to the ground, and all boys come and greet their elders in the same way. Those of about the same age and standing rise and bow to each other, with the invariable greeting, "Have you passed the New Year well ?” The girls bow in rather a different way, with the two hands separated, on the floor, not joined as with the men and boys, who clasp their hands together. It is usual to give some small present to all who come, and a stock of oranges or coppers is convenient to have handy. Then everybody puts on new clothes and promenades the streets and visits his friends and, I fear, a good deal too much wine is drunk. The Chinese dispense with the wine to a great extent, but spend a lot of money on letting off crackers by the thousand, rejoicing their hearts with a deafening noise and unpleasant Smell in front of their house. Then the stone fights between village and village have been maintained with great vigour out-side the city, but, so far as we have heard, with no very serious results, though the stones fall heavily and the clubs used look dangerous ; however, they don't often come to close quarters, and their clothes are well padded. The holiday is kept up with more or less completeness till the full moon, when again the streets are promenaded by those who wish to keep free from trouble in their legs for the year. This is attained by crossing so many bridges on the particular night, "leg” and “bridge” being the same word in Corean, an excellent reason for such a promenade. Then the bays greet the full moon with lighted torches and great shoutings, and as the moon rises north or south of due east the year will be a good or a bad one for the crops. This year we hear the outlook is not very promising. Altogether the new year is an interesting and exciting time for the Coreans, but to foreigners rather trying, for one can get no work done, and everything is extremely dear. PROSPECTS.-Apart from the prophecy of the full moon, the prospects of next year are very favourable. So much rain and snow as we have had this winter is most unusual, and “the oldest inhabitant” has never known so heavy a snow as fell in January, about a foot deep ; that may be true or not, but probably   54 THE MORNING CALM. no one has ever seen the roads in such a state in town and country as they were for two or three weeks. It is no exaggera-tion to say that in the main street men were ankle deep in mud, and the bullock carts cut ruts over a foot in depth. However, now everything is improving, and bicycles are coming out again, and goloshes are being discarded. It is, too, an ill wind that blows no one any good, for all this moisture will do the fields a great deal of good, and the prospects for the spring crops are excellent, and for the rice crops probably good, if only we get a fair share of rain in the summer. Another interesting event besides the snow was a sharp touch of earthquake which occurred on January 6, accompanied, or rather preceded, by a stormy wind and heavy fall of snow. Those who live in two-storied houses were a good deal shaken, in Corean houses it was hardly felt. THE COUNTRY.--There have only been two crises in the country in the last few months. Mention of one at least has been in the home papers. The most important person at Court at present is Mr. Yi Yong-ik, a man of low birth, but strong, determined character, who manages the finances of the country and everything else, so far as he is not hindered by the inter-ference of foreign Powers and his Corean rivals. He is naturally not popular among the officials, and they took occasion to resign as a protest, when, being uneducated, he likened the chief lady of the Court and King's favourite to a famous or infamous Chinese Messalina of ancient history. He thought it was a compliment, and so did she, until it was explained to her, and then she joined in the petition to the King to dismiss Mr. Yi. However, the King was loth to ruin his favourite, who alone can procure money for him, and procrastinated, but the move-ment was too strong for him, and the minister only saved his life by taking refuge in the Russian Legation. From there he was safely escorted to Port Arthur “to buy rice for the Corean Government," and now he is safely back in power, and his late opponents have gone into the country for their health. A more serious matter has arisen between Japan and Corea, in the attempt made by the Corean Government to stop the issue of bank-notes by a Japanese bank here, which they had previously officially authorised, and they only climbed down two or three days before the arrival of a Japanese fleet, which was to be sent to enforce Japanese rights. The country indeed in a bad way, with all the foreign Powers bring pressure to bear on her one way or another. She would like go to the dogs quietly her own way, and some try to prevent   THE MORNING CALM. 55 her, and some pretend to do so, but would really help her on her downward path, though one may suppose that if a strong government were possible, all the Powers would be ready to welcome it, so as to put on one side for a time at any rate a possible casus belli. All this uncertainty and misrule naturally affects our work considerably, for the Coreans quite see how the Powers are Working for their own hands, and not for the good of Corea, and naturally they object to foreign selfish interference, and as a consequence to all foreigners, whether they interfere or not, and further, the misrule makes a settled condition of affairs in the country impossible, as no business or trade can be carried on successfully when men know that the money they make, or the crops they grow, or the cattle they rear may at any moment be seized and appropriated by the officials in the name of the King, but often only for their own pockets As a consequence many are ready to join the “foreign” churches, hoping they may obtain some safety under the ægis of the foreigners, for though generally disliked, not often personally, by the officials, their influence is also feared, and they can do many things no Corean would be able to do. The consequent danger is that the Coreans become Christians to avoid persecution by the officials, and in some cases have obtained their end, seemingly in a most unlawful manner, but it can be imagined how little reality there can be in such Christianity, and how the very name of Christian stinks in the nostrils of the official class. We ourselves, our numbers being small, have kept fairly free or such dangers by absolutely refusing to take any part in trouble between our people and the magistrate, but it is hard to refrain when one sees gross injustice being done. We can only urge them to pray for their king and country, and hope for brighter times, but one can hardly wonder that they cry “How long?" and often give way to despair. We would then ask our readers to remember not only the worker in Corea or even the Christians, but the needs of the country itself. It is very hard of those in England in the midst of a settled civilisation to understand the condition of unsettled civilisation amidst which we live. Note. THE attention of our readers is called to the note which appears at bottom of page ii. of the cover, wherein it is stated that   56 THE MORNING CALM. letters for members of the Mission Staff should be addressed : English Church Mission, Nak Tong, Seoul, Corea. The mails for Corea are made up every Friday night, and the postage is 2½d. per half ounce, newspapers ½d. per two oz., postcard 1d. Christmas Day in a Corean Village. THE writer had the privilege of an enjoyable visit to one of the Mission stations in the country during the Feast of Christmas. Thinking that perhaps a few casual jottings would prove of interest to readers of Morning Calm who have the good fortune to enjoy the blessings of a Christian civilisation, he ventures to send a few notes to the Editor. To begin at the beginning. On the Sunday before Christmas those learning the “Doctrines of Christianity” (“Kyo-in," as they are called) resolved themselves into a committee of ways and means, literally "went into supply." In Corea very little is settled without a great deal of dispu-tation. Amidst the din of three people talking at one time loudly, one heard, “What shall we have ?” "No!” says one ; "let's see how many are coming, and what it will cost per head!" The village shopkeeper, with a business turn, remarked, “One hundred mouths, how many measures of rice shall we want?” “Let's go shares in a calf!” suggests another, with gastronomic instinct. "Listen to me!” says a third, but the rest of his wisdom was drowned. Eventually the teacher, armed with pen and paper, was voted into the chair, the Mission house cook was impressed into undertaking the preparation of the viands, and, something like order prevailing, the House voted the calf, the rice, eggs, various condiments, pickles and sauce, and rejected the proposition have wine included. Christmas Day opened with snow and cold wind, but this did not affect the attendance of those from long distances—some six, some eight miles off--as they arrived overnight. As my sleeping place adjoined, the din of their conversation was not conductive to sleep. It must have been near midnight when I heard voice of the catechist still expounding on the events of the first Christmas Day. We two foreigners and the catechist with his wife (being the only Christians) were up early for Matins and the celebration of the Eucharist-said in Corean, of course.   THE MORNING CALM. 57 The services differed very little from the ordinary Sunday routine, excepting that we sang the Adeste Fideles instead of the Veni Creator while the priest was vesting. The vestments were made by Corean women (who are expert needlewomen and embroideresses from Corean silk. While we ate breakfast the din of conversation increased with the new arrivals ; every room in the little cottage being utilised, till the sound of the handbell called all to the little thatched chapel. How men, women, and children, to the number of one hundred, could crowd into a floor space of 16 ft. by 24 ft the writer cannot explain, but he counted over a hundred pairs

TWO MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION. of shoes outside--all kinds of shoes. Wooden sabots, straw shoes, hemp shoes, skin shoes, a pair of leather foreign shoes belonging to an ex-soldier, a brilliant pair of red and blue silk with white soles belonging to a little bride, the neat black cloth and white lined shoes of the bridegroom, all told of the various stations in life of the worshippers within the chapel. As to the service—the writer was not present, being told off to mind the house ; he was informed that it consisted of the usual daily prayers, of hymns and sermons dealing with the great event of Christmas Day. After the service came the feast, the standing dish being a pot-pourri of rice, shredded beef, onions, and condiments, helped down by high-smelling pickles. Followed nuts, dried persimmons   58 THE MORNING CALM. and oranges--all except the latter provided for by the Coreans themselves, and, lest any should be too poor to pay their share, the Mission priest added a small sum kindly sent by a friend of the Mission. All ate in groups of eight or nine on the floor, round large brass basins (the size of a foreign wash-hand basin), each man provided with a large brass spoon (the size of a foreign table-spoon) and a pair of chop-sticks. Then returning to the Mission House, tobacco was smoked ad lib. till the time for afternoon service, some playing Corean chess, others telling tales-every room filled to the doors. The smaller boys spent part of the time with British games of "tiddlewinks" and "draughts," part in practising Christmas hymns with the help of a small harmonium, the elder boys and young men stealing off to a small room to enjoy a surreptitious pipe away from the ken of their fathers and elders. What did the women do? Talked and smoked while the younger women washed up the pots. The ordinary evening prayers followed with yet another discourse by the priest-missionary, ending with the hymn “Te lucis." One must not omit the wedding reception we attended by express invitation a few days previously, when the little bride, aged seventeen, led by her mother, came and bowed very gracefully to the ground towards the two visitors seated in the spare room. To those who have not read the description of a marriage, I will add that both bride and bridegroom don court attire for one day only, usually hired, like the rest of the properties, for a small sum, in this case twenty nyang, about one shilling of our British money. The bride was fitted out with new trousseau, wearing a cap of state-not unlike a biretta, only very much smaller, and pinned to the top of her coiffure, a huge hairpin reaching almost from shoulder to shoulder, her face carefully whitened with poudre blanche, a red spot of the size of the finger nail on each cheek, the lips reddened by the same rose-coloured paint, the eyebrows darkened with black pencils. The bodice was of emerald green silk, above skirts of cardinal and blue silk respectively, ending in brilliant red shoes lined with white, the toes being upturned slightly. After a small gift from the two visitors, the little maid retired to the women's quarters. Never a word must she utter on her wedding day, although   THE MORNING CALM. 59 her friends do their best to make her break her silence. The father has taught both his wife and daughter how to read, in order that they can read for themselves the New Testament and follow the Church services. They are all candidates for Holy Baptism and have been catechumens for two years. Altogether, it was a very happy festival and quite free from the quarrelling and drunkenness of the usual Corean festivals. A. F. L. Children's Corner. MY DEAR CHILDREN, You will remember that last time I wrote to you I told you that little Mark, one of the Corean orphans, had just been adopted. Since then I have heard another good piece of news, and that is that Richard Chang, who is the youngest boy in the school at Kanghoa, is being entirely supported by a num-ber of children who live at Yiewsley, a village not very far from London. These children call themselves “King's Messengers" because they want to do some work for Christ, Who is their King, and be His messengers to the poor heathen. They pray every day, as you do, for the children in Corea, and they often give their pennies and help them in other ways too, so they are joining with us in doing the same work for Christ. Let us all see that we do that work in the very best way we can. You will like to hear something about Richard Chang. He was baptized by his father's wish when he was five years old, and he is now twelve. His father died some years ago, and his mother is living with the grandfather, in a little village by the seaside, about three miles from Kanghoa, where Richard is at school. Richard's grandparents are Christians, and his mother is being prepared for baptism, so we hope she will be a Christian too before long. There are about sixteen boys in Richard's school ; they are not taught any English, but learn the same lessons in Corean and Chinese that are taught in the ordinary native grammar schools, the only difference being that they have Christian teaching as well. The boys live at the school-house in charge of a Christian native teacher. They are only a few minutes' walk from the church, and they always go to morning prayer in the summer at six and in the winter at seven o’clock. After church their lessons begin, then comes breakfast, followed by a Scripture lesson, then other lessons again from ten   60 THE MORNING CALM. till twelve, and from two till half-past five, when they go to even-ing prayer in church. The boys have an hour's study in the evening, and at half-past eight they say their prayers and go to bed ; but, instead of getting into comfortable beds as we do, they simply lie down on the warm floor in their clothes, and wrap themselves up in a quilt, with a block of wood for a pillow. In their playtime, which is generally after the mid-day meal, the boys go for walks or play football, of which they are very fond. On Sundays they form the choir in church, and sing very well. I should very much like to go to one of their services, and I expect you would too. On Christmas morning they sang “Hark ! the herald angels sing," " O come, all ye faithful," and "The First Nowell," with Corean words, but to the English tunes that you all know so well. I think I have told you all I can about the boys this time; perhaps when I write next I shall be able to tell you how the little orphans are getting on. Before finishing my letter I want especially to thank all those whose names are given below for the money they have sent me for the Children's Fund. I am, Always your affectionate friend, MAUD I. FALWASSER. Newlands, Liss: April, 1903.

AFFILIATED TO THE CHILDREN'S BRANCH. “King's Messengers" at Yiewsley (47). Secretary-Miss Eleanor Kelly.

CHILDREN'S FUND. Children at Harvington, 25.; Joan and Peter Crofts, 45.; Ruby Henry, 25. ; Nessa Tawke, 25. 6d. ; Pearl Bracher, ed. ; Lizzie Searle, id. ; Rhoda Wells, 4d, Total, 11s. id. Receipts. Balance, January 1, 1902 Donations received 1992 £ s. d. .0 13 O .... 9f 5 EXPENDITURE. Paid over to Mr. Radcliffe ... 9.17 58 £9 17 37 69 17. 53 [Owing to the great pressure on our space the " Spirit of Missions” is held over until next issue.-ED.]