The Mission in 1893--“The Shelter”--Opening of Japanese War--Seoul Populace Panic Stricken--Dr. and Mrs. Hall in Pyeng Yang--Heroic Conduct of Native Christians--Condition of Pyeng Yang after the War--Dr. Hall’s Death--Preaching the Gospel at the Palace--The Queen Seeks to Strengthen Friendly Relations with Europeans--Her Majesty’s Generosity--A Little Child at the Palace--The Slaves of the Ring--A Christmas Tree at the Palace--The Queen’s Beneficent Plans--The Post Office Emeute of 1884--A Haunted Palace--The Murder of Kim Oh Kiun. In the fall of 1893 we moved too early into a house recently repaired and not yet completed, with wet mud walls and no windows fitted in some of the rooms. It seemed a necessity, but resulted in continued sickness through the entire winter for the little one and myself, so that I was largely debarred from the good work going on among the Koreans. Many of the middle and lower classes were coming into the church, men’s and women’s meetings were well attended, and even the little boys in the school seemed full of Christlike zeal, and spent some of their holiday and play hours in telling the good tidings and distributing tracts. One of our missionaries, Dr. Moffett, had been appointed to Pyeng Yang, other appointments of Presbyterians to the same place soon following, as well as that of Dr. and Mrs. Hall from the Methodist Mission. On my own part, a little, very interrupted medical work was done, and women’s meetings were begun and carried on with great difficulty on account of deficient knowledge of the language, but little by little, in trying ever so lamely to use what I had, I rapidly gained more and more, so that I could soon talk and pray with freedom, if not always with perfect elegance and correctness, and as my chief aim was to be understood by the Koreans, not to display myself as an accomplished linguist, I was satisfied and happy when I had proof of this. Other women by this time were prepared to do this work well, in all three missions; and our poor native sisters were being reached in various quarters. I had been invited to the palace several times, my child was also asked there, and petted and loaded with kindness.