Dear f°ther and mother:
S^jikkol,   Seoul,
September 20,   1931.
This  is a  beautiful  f*ll day.    While I  am waiting for
Q   guest  to come  in  for dinner I ■ sha11  s+*r+  mvtletter.     The Federal
council  is in session now,   and I have Bruce Hunt as my  guest.     3ro.
Swinney also wrote  that.? he was  coming,   but|when I  went  to the  station
last night,   hefdid not  show up.     Someone  else  that  c^ne  from Wonsan
on the  same  tr*in told me he had not  come  in ^et  from a   country  trit>/
Bro.   Swi nney returned   from  furlough   just affewcd^ys *go,   *nd
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wrote  *o me he was  feeling the need  of some Fore^n;   °nc\  so wanted
to come here.     This  gives me 4   chance  to return  some  of the hospi
ta; 1 tty  I  received when I  wos visiting Bruce,   twice at his  own
home and  once with him at his parents.
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p.m.ITTe have had dinner, and Bruce is resting no
He is pretty tired from the gresbyterian^General Assembly to which
hw was a delegate last week, and he walked through the Diamond fits
in one day and'came on to Seoul that night on the train.  I
ThS Federal Council opened iast night with bxi  address
by the retiring president.  He came out clear and strong on two or
three good points. He said th*t mission schools, formerly forced
toohire some undesirable teachers because of government regulations,
had no excuse now for continuing.any teacher who was not a good
Christian, since our Christian constituency was now able to furnish
many able men. He aisofemphasized the necessity of making the
church Bible-centered as it used tobe.  I was especially glad to
hear these statements, M s the speaker, Dr. Cable, is principal of
our Methodist Seminary.
Tliis is thefbest timelof year to meet peoole from all
over Korea.  I have talked" with my good friends of (-Syenchun here,
Dr. and Mrs. Ross arid Dr. Chisholm. . . The first missionary of Pyeng
'Yang, Dr. 'Moffett, is also here with his 6*5** son, and Dr. and Mrs.
McCune.  The parents of Mrs. Emmerich of Chulwon are here visiting
for a: month or two, and seem to be glad they scot here at a time of
so many-meetings.
La st Thursday morning there was a Methodist missionary
meeting.  Gen. Sunt. -Ryana called it so we could hear an address
by Bishop Baker who h*s just returned to the Orient. He spoke of
the financial condition in America and said the M.E. Board was
facing a cut of ten or twenty per cent unless he could get a p
special gift from one individual who had given last year so that
there would need,  to be no cut'in ?:orea .  Then, reports were called
for from each station.  4fter every station ha dbeen heard from,
Bro. Ryang called on me particularly for a report; I do not know
why.  I toldla little of my recent trip with.Bruce.
'This is a spiritual spring time in Korea.
Ifhfilt the Korean church -h* s done infthe past
These are some of the striking statements of the day
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which I j ot tedf-d own.
There is expectancy. •»,.•,,  ^ „ ~ ,4.,,y,~  T +
is a Kuide to what great things -nay be expected in tne luture.  it,
is tile to go into non|Christian villages -and fart new g-oups.
In the Pyeng Yang District every circuit has pledged itself to go
into a new village this year, the Christians walking if there is