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1st. Wednesday. Rain. Cool.
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Seoul home. Tremendous rain all the morning until 2 p.m. Went to Station at 4 p.m. but I was told that the line was damaged between 汶山 and 長瑞. Had to return home.
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The absence of our precious children make our Seoul home lone-some.
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Papers report the Tai-tong River rose 25 ft. flooding the city of Pyong Yang causing the loss of 700 houses and of scores of lives.
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2nd. Thursday. Cloudy. Steamy.
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Rain in the morning. Left Seoul 8:25 a.m. train for Song Do. From 水色 for miles and miles, the rice fields all under water―a disheartening sight. Poor farmers their hearts were scorched with a long drawn drought―then drenched with pitiless flood! Is Heaven hard on the Koreans? But think, just think! Had the rulers of the Yi Dynasty spent less time in reciting Confucian classics and in factional conflicts and more on building roads, bridges, proper dikes and reservoirs we would have been far better off today.
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3rd. Friday. Cloudy. Cool.
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Song Do home. Wind and cloud getting ready for another big rain.
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Hear that in taking stock of the goods in the Textile Dept. Mr. Deal discovered a shortage of 7,000 yards of stuff―estimated at ¥6,000.00 or more. R.S.Y. suspects Chang Yong Sup. Mr. D. employs too many young men in his office―young fellows who have given up old notions or standards of honesty and loyalty without having found new ones. To an average Korean young man the old virtues of honesty, loyalty and gratitude are not worth considering. Bolshevism is their religion and Lenin and Trotsky are their gods. But Bolshevism itself can not stand a day without these grand, eternal principles.
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4th. Saturday. Cloudy. Steamy.
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Song Do home. Tremendous rain part of the night until about 5:30 a.m.
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5th. Sunday. Fine. Hot.
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Song Do home. The first sunny day in two weeks.
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6th. Monday. Beautiful. Very hot.
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Song Do home. Office as usual. Sunny day.
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7th. Tuesday. Fair. Very hot.
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8th. Wednesday. Fine. Very hot.
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Song Do home. Intense heat tempered by refreshing breeze.
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9th. Thursday. Cloudy. Hot.
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Left Song Do for Seoul 6:50 a.m. train. Arrived home about 12.
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10th. Friday. Fine. Stuffy hot.
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Left Seoul 1:30 p.m. train for Song Do.
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11th. Saturday. Fine. Very hot.
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Mailed a letter to 致昌.
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12th. Sunday. Cloudy. Hot.
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Song Do home. Stifling hot all the a.m. Refreshing showers, vigorous and short, in the afternoon.
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13th. Monday. Cloudy. Rain.
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14th. Tuesday. Cloudy. Rain on and off.
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Left Song Do 1:50 p.m. train for Seoul on way to Wonsan Beach. Candler accompanied me.
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15th. Wednesday. Rain. Cool.
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Left Seoul 8:10 a.m. train for Wonsan.
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16th. Thursday. Beautiful. Very hot.
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Wonsan. Poor rest last night. Left 釋王寺 Station 5 a.m.
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train for Wonsan. The 釋王寺 Station perhaps the prettiest Station in Korea. 釋王 The early ride, the cornfield, the cool delightful morning―somewhat reminded me of my visit to Hawaii years ago.
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Arriving at 麻 Station went to the Beach by Rickshaw. Found a refreshing reception at Mr. Snyder's cottage. Read my report in the morning session of the mission meeting. After lunch visited Mr. Yun's orchard. He said he made ¥9,000.00 out of his orchard 15,000 tsubo. Up keep expenditure, ¥4,000.00. clear profit ¥5,000.00. I feel proud of this success because Mr. 尹 started the orchard at my suggestion when I was in Wonsan 1902-4. Went to 釋王寺 8:11 train.
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17th. Friday. Fine. Very hot.
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Left 釋王寺 11 a.m. train for Seoul.
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Learn from papers that tidal waves have destroyed thousands of homes and lives along the cost of Northern Pyong An Do.
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18th. Saturday. Cloudy. Steamy hot.
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Left Seoul 12:15 p.m. train for Song Do.
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Showers on and off in Song Do in the p.m.
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19th. Sunday. Fine. Very hot.
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Song Do home. Messrs. 具滋玉 and 兪億兼 paid us a visit.
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20th. Monday. Beautiful. Very hot
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Song Do home. Office as usual.
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21st. Tuesday. Fine. Very hot.
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Song Do home. Office as usual.
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22nd. Wednesday. Beautiful. Very hot.
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Song Do home. Lovely morning. Office as usual.
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23rd. Thursday. Brilliant. Hottest.
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Song Do home. One of the hottest days this Summer.
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24th. Friday. Cloudy. Hot.
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Left Song Do 6:45 a.m. train for Seoul.
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25th. Saturday. Cloudy. Cool
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Left Seoul 1:30 p.m. train for Song Do. Rain from about 3 p.m.
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26th. Sunday. Fine. Hot steamy.
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27th. Monday. Cloudy. Rain.
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Song Do home. From 10 a.m. began raining―rain all day―terrific rain early part of night.
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28th. Tuesday. Cloudy. Steamy.
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Song Do home. Tremendous rain―simply pouring down of sheets of water―the whole night.
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29th. Wednesday. Fine. Hot.
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Song Do home. Per p.m. train Candler left Song Do for Seoul on his way to America. God bless him day by day.
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30th. Thursday. Cloudy. Steamy.
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Left Song Do 6:45 a.m. train for Seoul with 文姬 and 恩姬 who had to return to Seoul to enter their schools. 明姬 also went with us. 恩姬 is a precious child while 明姬 is a perfect lady―inspite of being spoiled.
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31st. Friday. Fine p.m. Hot.
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Rain between 7 and 8:30 a.m. Precious Candler left Seoul today for America. Having to go to C.C.C. at 8, I had to bid farewell to my darling Candler about 7:30 commending and committing him to God's protection and grace in a prayer with my Candler and Mr. Namkoong Uk. God grant he will have healthy and profitable sojourn in America and come back in God's good time and season equipped to do good work for God men.
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Delivered an address to the triennial Meeting of the Korean Y.M.C.A. now being held at C.C.C. between 9:30 and 10:30. Then hurried back to 水標橋 Church to attend the Annual Conference of our Church now in progress.
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Left Seoul 4:55 p.m. train for Song Do.
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