4
Grandfather's Memorial day―uncle sick. Couldn't come.
6
2nd. Saturday. First rain of the spring.
10
Morning worship at 宗橋 as usual.
12
4th. Monday. Cloudy―Mild.
16
5th. Tuesday. Cloudy. Pale sun.
17
Found a thin coat of snow on ground.
20
6th. Wednesday. Pale sun.
22
Shocked to hear that Prof. 高井 of the 延禧專門學校 was turned to death last night.
24
7th. Thursday. Beautiful.
26
My birthday. For the first time invited the office friends to lunch.
28
8th. Friday. Beautiful.
30
Baby 恩姬 sick―couldn't sleep. Wife began travelling last night.
31
At 2 p.m. wife was delivered of a daughter―quite a disappointment.
32
At 4:30 p.m. 高井's funeral service in the large auditorium. Arrivals and departures―life is a railroad station!
33
元奎漢 has the cheek to ask me for 50 of unhulled rice―to be paid back in 5 years! The insatiability of parasitic persons is equalled only by their cheekiness!
35
9th. Saturday. Cloudy.
37
Wife so disappointed that she cried a great deal last night. May this disappointment soften her, make her sweeter, more loving and lovable. That will be turning a disappointment into blessing. But I am hoping, too much. Blessed is the man who doesn't expect, for she shall not be disappointed.
40
Worshipped at 宗橋 Church as usual. Mr. 李商在 gave a good talk on being faithful in little things.
42
11th. Monday. Pale sun.
44
New Years Day according Lunar Calendar. Koreans observe this day more and more as their holiday unconsciously almost, because it is the only national holiday left to them―made sacred by associations of centuries.
45
Received a letter from 李鍾元.
47
12th. Tuesday. Beautiful.
49
Candler left Seoul for 溫陽省墓 by 8:40 a.m. train.
51
13th. Wednesday. Pale sun.
54
14th. Thursday. Beautiful.
57
15th. Friday. Beautiful.
60
16th. Saturday. Beautiful.
62
Received a card from 南宮檍 saying "二月十六日即今早七時 四十分 光善生男 産母占無恙黙賀萬萬耳. God bless the young mother, her husband and the son. God bless them!
68
17th. Sunday. Beautiful. Windy―cold.
69
Worshipped at 宗橋 Church as usual.
71
18th. Monday. Beautiful.
73
8 p.m. had church worker's social meeting. About 22 persons out representing five denominations―Decided to start a women's social circle―first to meet on the 22nd April.
75
19th. Tuesday. Beautiful.
77
Very windy in the morning.
78
At 5 p.m. with 局長 called on 金允植丈 asked him which of the two names chosen for my grandson he would recommend viz: 駿求 or 龍求. The reference being to the Horse year of 戊午. He preferred 龍求 on the classical ground that 馬高八尺曰龍.
80
20th. Wednesday. Windy―Sunny.
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21st. Thursday. Beautiful―Chilly p.m.
85
From 7:30 p.m. had 윳 party in my 舍廊. Three of my cousins 趙哲熙, 趙重協, 李丙琳, 朴勝彬, 方斗煥, 玄侍從, 張斗徹, 元往常 and myself, made up the party played until after 12. A chinese refreshment. Bed 2:30 a.m.
87
22nd. Friday. Beautiful and Windy.
89
Wrote 白樂俊 and 白雲◉ to be careful in making 賣買契約 as the large sum of ¥8,250.00 have to be paid out my and two brothers' income. T is year as the 2nd instalment of our 廣業會社 shares.
90
Had 윳 party at 2nd cousins home―Too tired to enjoy it.
92
23rd. Saturday. Pretty―Chilly p.m.
94
東大門小學校音樂會 in the large auditorium.
95
Pretty cousin came. She is certainly one of the prettiest and sweetest of wives in the world. She is a perfect treasure. I wish I had a wife like her to make my remaining years happy.
97
24th. Sunday. Beautiful.
98
Worshipped at 宗橋 Church as usual. The life of Livingston rendered into series of songs―very grateful change from a monotonous ordinary service. Miss Myers is certainly a wonderful woman. She is one in a hundred for her tireless work for and among the young people of the church.
100
25th. Monday. Beautiful.
102
A regular spring day.
103
8:30 a.m. went to Station to see 金容河 off for 伊川.
105
26th. Tuesday. Rain a.m.
108
長. 監聯合協議會 met at Y.M.C.A. from 9 a.m. 37 members present.
109
Had a social party for 茶話 from 8:20 p.m. A pleasant evening―$5.28.
111
27th. Wednesday. Cloudy.
113
The Korean Federal Council met from 9 to 12 a.m.
114
Treated 山本牧師 and 金貞植 at Pagoda Restaurant. Told 山本 my desire of resigning the Y.M.C.A. position and of devoting my time to translation of the New Testament and of visiting the Korean emigrants in Manchuria. 山本 thought I was right.
115
7 p.m. with 局長 went to 崔在鎬 to attend his father's 還甲宴. Most of the U.S. missionaries present.
117
28th. Thursday. Beautiful. Warm.
119
金鱗 tells me that Japan has mobilized 19師團 for certain war like purpose in Siberia!
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