The Rev. Jonathan Goforth gives some striking instances of the
confessions of Korean converts during a revival:
A prominent Christian who had bought some property for the
mission confest that he had only paid eighty yen for the
property, but had charged the mission five hundred yen. He sold
his land so as to make restitution.
Another confest that he was proud and censorious, but this did
not relieve him. A few days later he confest that he had stolen
three dollars and a lamp. Still he failed to get peace. After a
few more days of agony, he confest that during the war while he
acted as manager of transport he had cheated the Japanese and
Koreans out of two hundred yen. He made restitution and received
blessing.
The leader of a robber band with some of his followers was
converted in the great spiritual movement. He confest his sin,
then went to the magistrate and delivered himself up. The
official was so astounded that he said: “We have no such law
that we can condemn a man without an accuser. You may have your
liberty.” Here the Spirit of God was more effective than police
and detective force. They needed not either to spend a term in
the reformatory, for they were made new men in Christ Jesus.
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