Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1961 Page: 3 of 8
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Chronicle Staff Writer
SEOUL. Korea—It is interest-
ing to be living in the capital
city of Korea, Seoul, just now
As everyone knows, on May 16
we had what is known as the
military revolution in Korea It
is interesting to read the news-
papers and see firsthand the op-
eration of the military in run-
ning a government. As is well
known, this new government
has promised to return affairs
to civilian authorities as soon
as possible
It is hoped that wisdom and
justice will predominate and
that this military dictatorship
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MEETING IN PAKISTAN
Gordon Hogan, left rear, stands with a group which
met for worship services recently in Lahore, Pakis-
tan. Hogan only arrived this spring as the first preach-
er for churches of Christ in this country. Attendance
at services has reached as high as 30 to date.
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Melvin. Harbison baptizes
Benedict Wong in the
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ing the Mayor of the township
In his boundless energy to
sacrifice and study, he learned
that Catholicism was not the
teaching of the New Testament.
Thus after 18 years, thorough-
ly convinced of this fact, he
made a complete break with
them in 1955. Consequently.
Wong was excommunicated by
the Roman Catholic church
There followed a period of per-
secution upon him for the stand
he took, but that did not deter
him
Long before we were able to
t-Ik with him concerning the
pure New Testament Christian-
ity we had heard from denom-
inational people about his cour-
interesting to be living here
where all these changes are
taking place. Please pray tor
M that ta the providence ft
God the church may find of
doors in this period of *
had him at the hospital. But. be-
> proper identification and regis-
number, the native attendants left him suffering in my
hour before they finally allowed the patient
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appendectomy and hernia operation a few weeks be-
was hemorrhaging. By the time I arrived in my
<ar at the old man’s mud hut. his sons had decided that
■ -3 was over and that he should stay at home.
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suggested that we take him on to the doctor then
he poor bush men
their decision stood.
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of the change that is coming
with the new government is the
effort upon the part of city of-
ficials to keep the streets clean.
It is noted on all hands that
the new government has made
wonderful changes in this as-
pect and the cleanup is contin-
uing. not only on filth in the
streets but also it is reaching
into the corruption of public
life. C
Another headline on the third
page to that the "Audit Board
Announces Policy Plans;” that
to, the expenditures of the new
government will be made
known to the public from tune
to time. There will be no sus-
picion about government spend-
By Melvin Harbison
Chronicle News Service
hong KONG—On June 5,
1961. Benedict Wong was bap-
tized into Christ in the beauti-
ful emerald green Hong Kong
waters. He became the 112th
convert in this work.
Wong is our Cantonese teach-
" er. and one of the most sought-
after language instructors in
the Colony. We had tried to
contact him when we first came
to Hong Kong in 1959 but were
informed of his busy schedule
Instead we took lessons for sev-
eral months from another teach
er
However, this situation proved
unsatisfactory and we dropped
out studies until February of
tier year when we succeeded in
obtaining his services This
proved to be a blessing to both
Wong and ourselves.
Through his exceptionally
good teaching methods, our un
derstanding of the Chinese cus-
toms. ■- language and history
has been broadened. It is most
important to know these things
which form the intricate part
of the Chinese culture in order
to convey to them the teaching
of Christ on a level they can
understand.
Benedict Wong has been
teaching Cantonese to Engl sh
speaking Government employ
ee and to missionaries for 25
years Early in his career of
language teaching, he was con-
verted to Catholicism while
teaching a group of Catholic
priests in Canton. China i
He became a catechist, and
subsequently studied under the ;
Jesuit Priests for eleven years I
to become a priest During this I
time, he also taught these
priests the Cantonese language |
S< great was his zeal for Christ. |
that in one province in China, i
he converted to Catholicism 2 i
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by village came to my door and asked that I carry an old
man who was in severe pain to the hospital He had under-
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By Dougins Lawyer
NIGERIA—George Benson has often related the story of the
capsizing of a boat in the middle of a large river in China
He tells of how he shouted to expert divers nearby to swim
to the boat and save as many lives as possible.
But while the divers haggled over how much he would pay
them tor their services, all the occupants of the boat who
couldn’t swim drowned A similar story occurred during my
first hospital trip in Nigeria.
At noontime on a Wednesday, some men
But think rmtaut^itawrha^to to to China or NlgerRTa^CarttonescGramn^-R^
money to poor neighbors who
have failed to pay him back.
Undaunted by persecution or
trials Wong rejoices that he has
found Christ!
The Tendencies of Korea's
New Government Policies
depression. Our mission i s
standing here to do our best
against the great enemies of
mankind, poverty, disease, ig-
norance. and superstition.
“Educators Are Asked t o
Stand Firm" one news column
gives us Not only is the press
called upon to further the cause
of national reconstruction but
educators are called upon and
seme fine things are said in
this news item. For instance,
education to not only giving in-
struction but also serving as an
institute for building personal-
ities.
Therefore, the importance of
integrity among educators must
be stressed. And then the ar-
tide goes on further to say "we
e'f u 1 ness. want to uproot social ills. We
want to rebuild the nation's
morals. All intellectuals and ed-
ucators are asked to assume
great responsibility in educat-
ing the younger generation.”
And then on the inside pages
these news items, "Draft Evad-
ers Given A New Chance.” Ko-
rea has a draft law and as in
our country there are some in-
stances of draft evasion. The
week beginning June 19-July 1
is given over for voluntary reg-
istration of those who are in
the draft age.
There is also an item on the
second page “Cleanup Cam-
paign Conducted”. Unqualified
public officials are being re -
period
Bible.
1 With little urging from
' he began to attend the worship
I services of the church at Prince
Edward Road, which are now
all in Cantonese with Dan-
iel Yeh doing the preaching.
Since Wong understands Eng-
lish thoroughly, he asked for
additional teaching each week
in English
In our class on June 5, I
told Wong the story of the 10
virgins. He was so impressed
with the story that at 130 p.m.
he came to our house and said
that he had been thinking about
the story all morning. He did
not want to be caught unpre-
pared. therefore, following his
last morning class, he rushed
I out to our house without even
stopping to eat dinner so that
he could obey the Lord’s com-
mand in order to become a New
Testament Christian without
further delay.
After gathering sufficient
clothing, we drove to the beach
II miles away where Benedict
Wong was born into the family
of God through baptism.
Wong's literary ability is out-
standing. He speaks Cantonese,
Mandarin, Japanese. French,
English and Latin. He has writ-
ten a book on Cantonqse-English
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still in extreme pain,
.... But, since
felt the lospital cost would be too much.
Before it began to dawn the next morning, (here was a
1 Pounding at my front door. The old man's sons had come
»Rain to ask me to take their father, who was now nigh unto
’’;,th. to the hospital. Darting through the jungle in the dark-
es‘> of early dawn, we soon I
there was no bickering.
Within 15 minutes we l.-v. —
ause his family didn’t have the proper
’•ation ........ .........
‘ar while they continued palavering with the family. We stayed
n the office for an hour before they finally allowed the patient »n<ni<in
admittance. But it was too late. The man died a few minutes ten a book on CanUHMMe-jungiun
b » f We had taken him the da* before- he wouId have,Iived th? n»lon^T a Can
for the sake of a few shillings ... a life, a soul was its kind in the Colony) a Can
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O discover such cases? There are teaming hundreds of souls
uiikaUr community who are on the U _
v<» . »Uk a Saviour- A call, a prayer or a -•— —--- - -
you the opportunity to relate the story of Christ and Him
' lucified,
anWAs.• result another soul might make his confession of faith;
• with further obedience, be prepared for eternity,
life, to etS$tybe Chrlstian’ A trip f<>r Christ ln t,me may ’aVe *
Hong Kong
Important Addition to Work
I age to stand for what he be-
I lieved—a rare quality in Chi-
I nese. As a result of this com-
I mon knowledge of his desire
| to find truth, nearly every de-
I nominational missionary at-
I tempted to convert him to their
| way of thinking.
| He attended a number of de-
| nominational churches, but nev-
er aligned himself with any of
them because he found from
■ his observation that they dif-
1 fered little from what he had
I left.
I Although confused, he contin-
j ued to seek the truth of Christ s
teaching knowing all the while
that he was not living in com-
plete accord with the word of
God
During the course of our stu-
dying the Cantonese language
under Wong’s tutorship, he
would express some denomina-
tional teaching and tell us the
Cantonese phrase or word that
meant the same. We would then
open our Bibles 'which we car-
( ried each day hoping to find
I just such an opportunity) and
point out what God had to say
about the subject in question
Even though he was delighted
to have the Biblical answer, he
remained aloof and uninterest-
ed at first
Days passed and new oppor-
tunities arose He began to ask
more questions He wanted to
know why there were so many
different groups of people claim-
ing to follow Christ's teaching,
and yet. each taught many
things contrary to the other.
His observance that we always
opened our Bibles or quoted
Bible scriptures for what we
taught him caused him to in-
crease his interest and thirst
for Bible knowledge to the
point that we spent half or
nearly all of our Cantonese les-
son period in discussing the
twill not contin-
ue beyond i t s
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And may I say
that as far as
lour work here
[on the mission
*s concernc(l we
have had no in-
and
have the
^^^^®same liberties
Hotton and even more
than we had under the old gov-
ernment.
But to indicate some of the
firsthand impressions that one
g^ins here, let me point out
some instances of the govern -
mental activity. For instance, in
the morning paper of June 20, moved. One of the evident signs
just to give you some of the
headlines of this paper will be
an indication of aims and plans
of the government. There is on
the front page “Editors Asked
For Assistance;” "The Fourth
Estate Asked to Help the Min-
istry of Reconstruction.” The
government seems to recognise
the force of the press and the
Ministry of Public Information
* get every-
r of informa-
tion" that" is needed. Freedom
of the press to guaranteed by
the Revolutionary government.
And then there is a headline
on the front page “December
Survey Estimates the Nation’s
Jobless at 131.000.” Over 100,-
noti nf these are the city of
S has0?/! the JJbtess^of the cate some of
nation There is no way of tell- mg the new government. It it
ing the spiritual and economic
tragedy that to raised up in
these figures.
You only have to remember
what happened in the United
States in the years of the great
is very anxious to
body in possession
is guaranteed by
nary government.
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