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1st. Saturday. Bright. Cold.
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Seoul home. A light snow on the ground.
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3rd. Monday. Pale. Cold.
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Seoul home. 5 to 9:30 p.m. to Y.M.C.A. to celebrate the Golden Rule Sunday for the relief of the Armenian.
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4th. Tuesday. Pale. Cold.
12
Seoul home. 7 p.m. went to Methodist Theological Seminary to give a series of talk on "Christianity and Progress"―a free translation of the Vanderbuilt Cole Lectures by Rev. Fosdick.
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5th. Wednesday. Pale. Cold.
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Seoul home. Went to the Seminary 7 p.m. and gave them the gist of Lecture II by Fosdick.
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6th. Thursday. Beautiful. Mild.
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Seoul home. Went to Station to see Mrs. Lipscomb of Nashville off for America. She told me she had lived with Helen at Mrs. Carpenter's house.
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Delivered my 3rd lecture at the Seminary 7:30-9 p.m.
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Went to the Seminary 1 p.m. and talked from Lecture III by Fosdick.
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7th. Friday. Cloudy. Chilly.
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Seoul home. Drizzling rain most of the day. Wretched streets. Went to the Seminary 7 p.m. to give a talk from Lecture V of Fosdick. Thank God I am through with it. My talks were received well.
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8th. Saturday. Pale. Mild.
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9th. Sunday. Pale. Chilly.
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10th. Monday. Bright. Mild.
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11th. Tuesday. Pretty. Mild.
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Seoul home. Wife's rheumatism on the left shoulder region gave me no rest last night.
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2 p.m. the Council of 14 met at Dr. Hardie's to formulate plans for the forward movement of the M.E. Church, So. in Korea. Bishop Boaz brought out 14 objectives toward which all efforts should be directed. All necessary and good; but the most important and far reaching ones were "closer co-operation with the Northern M.E. Church in Korea" and the raising of 20,000 in five years a Korea's quota to the Superannuates Fund of10,000,000 which the M.E. Church So. is going to drive for from the 1st Feb. to March 16th 1924. All the objectives were unanimously passed.
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12th. Wednesday. Pretty.
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Wife a little better. Left Seoul 12:15 p.m. train for Song Do with 璋善.
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Rain from about 7 p.m. on most of the night.
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Got a postal card from. 致旺.
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13th. Thursday. Bright sun. Cold.
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A letter from Helen dated Nov. 11th 1923.
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Song Do home. Office as usual.
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Mr. 尹錫圭, told me the other day that in Kang Won Do, many of the Public Primary Schools 公立普通學校, have several sinecure positions which are given to army officers who have nothing to do with the schools. Thus the taxes which the Japanese squeeze from the sweat and blood of the Korean people for the ostensible object of spreading education among the Koreans are liberally used or misused to pay the"sake" and "gesha" bills of the friends of the ruling Japanese. Can this be true? The Japanese are so mean and irresponsible in Korea that nothing may be too mean for them. The personal honesty or honorableness of a few men like Baron Saito or Count Terauchi acts only as a smoke screen for the diabolical national policy which Japan has adopted for the exploitation and expropriation of the defenceless and hopeless Koreans.
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14th. Friday. Bright. Very cold.
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Song Do home. Office as usual.
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Received a letter from Candler. Wrote to him one. Coldest day we have had this winter.
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15th. Saturday. Cloudy. Cold.
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Began snowing about 9 a. m. Left Song Do for Seoul 10:50 a.m. train.
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16th. Sunday. Pale. Cold.
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Quite little snow on the ground in the morning. Worshipped at Church.
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17th. Monday. Sun and cloud. Mild.
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Seoul home. A few minutes of snow about 4 p.m.
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18th. Tuesday. Sunshine. Mild.
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Left Seoul 12:15 with 明姬 for Song Do. □房 came on the same train.
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19th. Wednesday. Beautiful. Mild.
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Song Do home. Office as usual.
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20th. Thursday. Cloudy. Chilly.
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Song Do home. Office as usual.
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Luncheon with the teachers of the Southward School from 2 p.m.
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21st. Friday. Cloudy. Mild.
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Song Do home. Quite a little rain about 4-5 a.m. What a strange winter this is! The rain has covered the streets with a coat of grass, making it risky business to walk about.
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The Song Do Higher Common School began its Christmas vacation today.
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Left Song Do 7:18 p.m. train for Seoul.
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22nd. Saturday. Pale. Cold.
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Song Do Schools all closed, I feel grateful that the term has beer safely passed. The two Common Schools which gave me so much trouble during the Spring term on account of the conflict between Mr. 許興龍 and the young teachers have closed its 2nd term in peace.
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23rd. Sunday. Pale. Cold.
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Seoul home. Worshipped at 宗橋 Church. 洪秉璇 preached. He is a forceful speaker. He summarized the work of the Church during the year just being closed. Three things he singled out as having come during the year apparently to stay. 1. Higher Criticism. 2. The Spirit of Independence. 3. The Emphasis on Self Support. There is a tone of irreverence in his talks―but I am afraid that the prevailing attitude of the young men toward religion now-a-days.
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25th. Tuesday. Cloudy. A little snow. Chilly.
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Seoul home. Went to 宗橋 Church, to attend the Christmas service. The whole service was long and cold.
87
Took 文姬 to the dentist Dr. 三品 about 3:30 p.m.
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Y.M.C.A. family reunion in the Central Y. Took 文姬, 恩姬, 明姬, 璋善.
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26th. Wednesday. Bright. Cold.
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Seoul home. Took 文姬 to Dr. 三品, the dentist, 10 a.m. Lunch at Y.M.C.A. again to the dentist with 文姬.
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27th. Thursday. Bright. Mild.
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Left Seoul 12:15 for Song Do with 恩姬 and 璋善.
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28th. Friday. Bright. Cold.
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Song Do home. Office from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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An extra tells me that someone fired a pistol at the Crown Prince, the Regent on his way to the Diet in an auto. What a jump from the time, not very far away either―when nobody was allowed to look down from a window on the Emperor when he passed a street, to the time when a Japanese would so far forget or ignore the divinity of the Mikado as to fire―yes, actually fire―at him. The world is changing indeed!
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29th. Saturday. Pale. Bitter cold.
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Left Song Do for Seoul 1:50 p.m. train.
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30th. Sunday. Bright. Bitter cold.
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31st. Monday. Beautiful. Very cold.
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Seoul home. This has been a hard year―of drought, floods, earthquakes, etc. etc. I thank God that He has brought us safe thus far. I wish I had a wife who could appreciate the blessings she enjoys. Well, well, well!
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All is well that ends well!
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Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow.
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Praise Father, son, and Holy Ghost!
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