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nothing they  could do but pray;   *spend the afternoon in,prayer,"
he  said;   and without their working any more,   one by one their
problems disappeared,  and they got  several  of the best preachers
in their^fncult charges,   and  so they were  greatly delighted. J
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I think everyone was pleased with hie handling&of the work", and
beinp- both P.E. of the Seoul
appreciated his difficult position in
Dist. and chairman of the Cohf. The
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Cohf. met in Seoul at
the  same dime,   and1 one day we had a   jojft  session  for a  few hours,
with addresses  from the. M'.E.  bishops and  several preachers.  The
bishops  stretched out the  figure of a marriage in describing the
union of the  two Methodisms.     It was one of the new style,  not
arranged by the parents,   but a n&tural love match between the couple.
Who was bride and who the  groom they could not  say.     Then our Choon
Chun presiding elder made a 'speech which  swept the Conf.,   and far
surpassed  the bishops.    He enforced  the thbught  that we were not two
bodies: uniting in marriage,   but  onelbody under Christ the He&d.  The
bishopsactried to be humorous;   the P.E.  was  serious,   Scriptural,  and
gripping,   and marked  the climax of the  session.
church eight;
fourteen M.E.
service in our
oE.•bishops had
Sunday morning
that night  five
The morning service
church.     I was in
::" :| in the absence of our bishop'Kern,   the
to ordain the deacons and elders of both churches,
we had thirteen deacons and the M.E
Sou.  Meth.   elders were ordained and
was in the M.E.,. church;   the  evening
the  group of deacons  ordained.     That morning I rose at' four and went
over to the Setninary to  join the  students and  some of the preachers
who were  staying there in their weekly praver meeting.    vi Yong Do,
the    John Wesley"of Korea   ,   led  +he Service,! *nd touched the deep
things,   especially when he prayed.    He ha^ marvellous power in prayer,
very  simple and unaffected and  extremely earnest,   oftenlfborde^ing on
to tears.    What a  Contrast to the Bishop's  sermon that morning,  utterly
powerless and not even anything striking from an oratorical  standpoint.
^^Sunday night I   gave a  guitar solo.fS..' f| f
I have Pak moksa  and Sin moksa  of the two Seoul country
circuits,   Sin moksa who lived in this house last year and went to
Chulwon,   and No moksa  of the big Choon Chun church here.    Kim voung Whan
couldtnot come.    They eat breakfast and  supper here.    Kim Won Kyung of
Koo Am Ni  came in  for two days.     At noon I have invited other friends
for lunch,  ii ^ong Do,   vi Ho^ Bin of Wonsan,   Bro.   Swinney*s former
teacher,  Yu Han Ik the  former mayor of Wonfcan and. king's  jester,   the
two  superannuates, ^nd the cla-ss' that entered the Conference on trial
with me,   the preacher in whose circuit I  traveled' with Bro.  Brannon
last year,   and the preacher from another place I visited last year.
The rest of this week during the Preachers1   Institute,  Yi Ho Bin Is
going to stay with me  too.     I am very happy to have these preachers
With me;   I  tell them it is a  thank  offering for having such a house
as this to live in.   If I  lived |in a   foreign house I  could not do this.
These poor preachers have a hard enough  struggle without having to pay
a  lot  of board during Conference.     If I had  the money,   I would build a
large Korean house' and have a  good  share of the preachers in every year.
Yi vong Do asked me  to eat with him at a  restaurant" one^.day,  and  several
of us who entered  the Conference together ate together another time at a
restaurant.     A  great  friendship has developed;'between vi vong Do and me.
He wants  to  go to America  next  year if the way opens up,   and  I was
wondering if I   could  send him to you for an introduction to ways and
manners in America,   if it  should prove advisable and  convenient.    He
thirty and would be a  son to you in my place.    You would have to do    .
nothing extra,   forhyour poorest.would be. better th&n he ever saw. /** iLjA*yn
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