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1st. Thursday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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2nd. Friday. Pretty. Hot mid-day.
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3rd. Saturday. Pretty. Hot mid-day.
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4th. Sunday. Pretty. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. With 恩, 明, 璋, 琦, 寶―spent 1/2 of the day at 傳巖亭. Had a refreshing bath in the cool pool
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5th. Monday. Beautiful. Pleasant―Hot mid-day.
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6th. Tuesday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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7th. Wednesday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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8th. Thursday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. The Annual Conference of the S.M.E. Church of Korea began today. A churchful of delegate looking all devout Christians. I couldn't help asking how many of them―missionaries excepted―one would feel safe to entrust with positions which require honesty and efficiency. That is, how many of these Christians one would prefer to non-Christians to be put in charge of a farm or a house or an office or a factory? The Koreans are well up in emotional or sentimental virtues―but sadly lack the sense of responsibility and of rectitude in matters of business. Christians are not much better than non-Christians in this respect.
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9th. Friday. Beautiful. Hot.
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10th. Saturday. Beautiful. Hot.
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Seoul home. The Conference celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the foundation of the S.M.E. Mission in Korea.
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11th. Sunday. Beautiful. Hot.
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Seoul home. Worshipped at the 宗橋 Church. Bishop Ainsworth preached.
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12th. Monday. Cloud―Rain on and off all day. Steamy.
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Seoul home. The members of Seoul S.M.E. Churches gave a dinner to the delegates of the Annual Conference at 淸凉寺. Rain and mud dampened the spirit of the guests to some extent but on the whole the event passed off quietly and pleasantly.
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13th. Tuesday. Cloud and sun. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. Dr. Reid of the Ivy Hospital said in the Conference that missionaries made a mistake to make healing the physical ailments the main and first object of the hospital and the preaching of the Gospel the secondary object. From now on this idea or principle must be reversed. A mission hospital is better closed if its main object is to cure diseases. Therefore he want a first class preacher for his hospital rather than first class doctors. What a nonsense. If that's his idea of a hospital certainly it would be better to close it. A sick person goes to a hospital not to hear sermons but to cure his sickness. Good and efficient treatment by skillful doctors and kindly nurses all serving in the spirit of Christ will win the patient sooner to the Gospel than all the prayer meetings and perfunctory sermons. one only too often sees inefficient doctors and rude and rough nurses carry on in a mission hospital.
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14th. Wednesday. Rain on and off. Hot mid-day.
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15th. Thursday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. Rain between 1 and 8 a.m. Cleared up 9. Mother-in-law after months of suffering has become unconscious. She is gone―practically―after a life of drudgery.
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16th. Friday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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17th. Saturday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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18th. Sunday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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19th. Monday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. Went to 傳巖亭 12 morning. Entertained Mr. 兪億兼, 金 Helen to a supper. Messrs. 申興雨, 具滋玉, 梁柱三 present. Mrs. Lee(兪珏卿) also came.
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20th. Tuesday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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21st. Wednesday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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22nd. Thursday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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Went to 溫陽 with 光善 to pay our visit to father's tomb. Returned by 4:47 p.m. train leaving 天安.
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23rd. Friday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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24th. Saturday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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25th. Sunday. Beautiful. Pleasant. Hot mid-day.
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26th. Monday. Pale sun. Pleasant.
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27th. Tuesday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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28th. Wednesday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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29th. Thursday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. Went to Song Do 8:05 a.m. train and returned by 2:25 p.m. train. Took supper at 百合園 with Rev. 申公□.
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30th. Friday. Beautiful. Pleasant. Hot mid-day.
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Seoul home. Almost too hot for the season.
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