A modern pioneer in Korea : the life story of Henry GAppenzeller . nd ten other personsstarted in an American man-of-war for Washingtonarriving at San Francisco September 2d. Thejspent three months in the United States. WitJ-this embassy, I had the pleasure of spending theevening of Nov. 25, 1883, at the Hotel Victoriain New York, conversing with them through th«medium of the Japanese and especially with theaid of Lieutenant Foulke, This nobkChristian gentleman, who later became the intrepidexplorer of the Eight Circuits, was ever the undis-couraged friend of Korea, despite the attack o
A modern pioneer in Korea : the life story of Henry GAppenzeller . nd ten other personsstarted in an American man-of-war for Washingtonarriving at San Francisco September 2d. Thejspent three months in the United States. WitJ-this embassy, I had the pleasure of spending theevening of Nov. 25, 1883, at the Hotel Victoriain New York, conversing with them through th«medium of the Japanese and especially with theaid of Lieutenant Foulke, This nobkChristian gentleman, who later became the intrepidexplorer of the Eight Circuits, was ever the undis-couraged friend of Korea, despite the attack on hislife by native ruffians. In crossing the American continent, the membersof the Korean embassy were met by Dr. John of Baltimore, the distinguished educatorand founder of Goucher Womans College in Balti-more. Learning of the conditions and opportuni-ties in this virgin field, Dr. Goucher offered $2000to the Methodist Mission Board in New York forthe founding of a missic n in the Land of MorningSplendour. The fifteen or more editorials of Dr. >3. The Methodists and the Appenzellers 53 Buckley, in the Christian Advocate during the year,also brought forth further gifts from Methodistgentlemen, amounting to $2000. A little girl inCalifornia, nine years old, gave $9—an earnest ofthe noble work later done by the young people ofthe Epworth League. Things had hardly quieted down in Calm was hardly yet a fitting name forthe country. Against the brilliant woman QueenMin, the undying hate of her father-in-law waskindled and burst out unquenchably like volcanofires. The story of the relations of these twoambitious rivals and clan leaders is a travesty onthe idea of filial piety and of Korean theory, ortho-doxy and tradition. It is one in which envy,hatred, maKce and all imcharitableness naled, andin which attempts at murder by the sword, poison,powder and dynamite were common incidents. Thefeud finally culminated in the old fellows leadershipof an armed bo
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