Fifteen Years Among the Top-Knots; Or, Life in KoreaUnderwood, Lillias H. (Lillias Horton)
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Fifteen Years Among the Top-Knots; Or, Life in Korea
Underwood, Lillias H. (Lillias Horton)
Korea -- Description and travel; Missions -- Korea
Early in the day Christian men and boys were distributing copies of the
tract and hymns throughout the whole city, and long before the hour of
meeting men of all classes began flocking toward that vicinity, and
when the speakers and missionaries arrived it was almost impossible
to obtain access. The building was soon packed with a solid mass of
standing people, and all the wide exits were thronged, the steps and
the immediate vicinity.
The services were opened with prayer, addresses (mainly religious) were
made, hymns were sung, and finally were closed by the Lord’s prayer,
repeated in concert. It was thrilling to hear those words repeated
reverently by so large a number of people.
I will give an interlinear translation of the prayer, so that readers
may know just what are the words used by Korean Christians:
Hanalau Kaysin oori abbachi-sin jah yeh, Ihrahme keruk
_Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed_
hahsime natanah op se myh, narahhe im haopse myh, tutse
_be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy_
Hanalaya-saw chirum dahaysoh deh iroyohgeita, onal nal
_will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give_
oori ai gay il young hal yang sik eul, choo apsego, oori ga
_us this day our daily bread. And_
oorigay teuk chay han charal, sah hayah choonan kot
_forgive us our debts as_
katchi, oori chayral, sah hayah chu up se myh. Oori ga
_we forgive our debtors, and lead_
seeheumay teul jee mal kay hah up seego, tahman, ooriral,
_us not into temptation, but_
heung ak ay saw, ku ha ap soh soh. Tai kay, nara wha,
_deliver us from evil, for Thine_
quansay wha, eing guanqhi, choo kay, eng wani it
_is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,_
sa-ap-nay-ita Amen.
_for ever. Amen._
CHAPTER XII
A Korean Christian Starts Work in Haing Ju--Changed Lives
of Believers--A Reformed Saloon-keeper--The Conversion
of a Sorceress--Best of Friends--A Pleasant Night on the
Water--Evidence of Christian Living--Our Visit in Sorai--A
Korean Woman’s Work--How a Kang Acts at Times--Applicants
for Baptism--Two Tonghaks--In a Strait betwixt Two--Midnight
Alarms--Miss Jacobson’s Death.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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