The majority of families in Korea today live in squalid huts thrown together of flattened beer cans, straw mats, scrap lumber and cardboard. This "dwelling" is elaborate compared to many, says Dr. Ferguson. They Sing Through Their Tears
Korean Christians Walk Barefooted Through Ten Inches of Snow to Worship Service.
A m is s io n a r y , in an interview with a communist prisoner of war, discov ered he was talking to a former member of a firing squad detailed to exe cute a group of Korean Christians. Said the prisoner, “ I couldn’t understand those people—here we went out to shoot them and they started singing.” Yes, in spite of the indescribable suf fe r in g in Korea this Christmastime— there’s still room for a song in the hearts of the Korean Christians. Says Dr. Fer- This is the third, in a series of messages informing the people at home about the awful postwar con ditions in Korea and to earnestly appeal to the Christians to stand behind these faithful people with their gifts.
guson, a representative of The Oriental Missionary Society, “ They are the most loyal, most victorious, the most resistant to succumbing of any people on the face of the earth.” He reports seeing many Korean Christians walk barefooted through ten inches of snow for miles to attend a religious service. “ It is impossible to ex aggerate conditions as they are today in Korea,” says Dr. Ferguson. Because there is no situation in the world comparable to the misery and suffering in Korea, it is impossible to convey to the people at home a true picture of the awful pain in that land of heartaches. This is the fourth year of suffering for these valiant people! They have had more than their share! One missionary reports seeing a Korean tot wandering in subzero weather with just a flimsy ragged jacket to cover his body. Winter is already upon them again and death is stalking in and out of the devastation taking a heavy toll of lives
for whom Christ came to save. Think what it would be like to have subzero winds blowing through flimsy makeshift “ homes” such as you see pictured above— and the hunger of souls for spiritual peace is as intense as physical hunger. We of the O.M.S. are praying to the Lord asking Him to open the heartstrings of the Christian people at home, thus mak ing it possible for us to continue bringing physical and spiritual help during this time of need. “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have clone it unto me" Matt. 25:40. Send b edd ing, cloth ing and con tribu tion s fo r K o r ea n r e lie f to The Oriental Missionary Society 900 North Hobart Boulevard Los Angeles • California
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