George William Gilmore provides an informative and engaging account of Korea's history, society, and culture, from the perspectives of an American missionary who spent several years living in the country. With a focus on the capital city of Seoul, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning more about Korea and its people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV. MISSIONARY WORK. rTIHIS little book should not be closed without a word on missions. Other works on Korea were for the most part written prior to the occupation of that country as a mission field, or were the productions of men who had no special interest in the work of spreading the gospel. The missionaries and others who from occupation or from love for the Master have felt an interest in the religious welfare of the Korean nation have written, now and again, to periodicals such as The Independent of New York, giving isolated facts or the bearing of certain occurrences on the work of missions, or the yearly summaries of things accomplished. But the situation of missionaries, the disposition of the government and of the people toward Christianity, the receptivity of the population, the obstacles and limitations of missionary enterprise, have not been set forth in their correlations. And yet there is a very general interest among Americans concerning these matters. Wherever the writer has preached, and has mentioned that he has been in Korea, the request has come, "Tell us about the work there." Eager inquiry and pointed questioning have demonstrated that people want to know the status of Christianity in the hermit peninsula. The dramatic circumstances under cover of which Dr. Allen, by cautious and judicious action, aided by his medical knowledge and practice, secured an entrance and a sure footing for Christian work at the capital have heightened the feeling of interest. Those acquainted with the circumstances have remarked upon the providence of Dr. Allen's presence at the banquet when Min Yong Ik staggered in, bleeding from wounds inflicted by a wouldbe assassin. Nor has the dramatic element been entirely absent in the...

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Excerpt from Korea From Its Capital: With a Chapter on Missions The narrative is confined to what a person may see and learn while sojourning in the peninsula. Doubt less the experienced will find many mistakes of vari ous kinds. For those the author asks pardon, and will be thankful to any one who will indicate the lapses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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