A little Korean boy named Twee-Sungie was brought by his
Christian mother to church Sunday by Sunday and learned about
Christ and accepted Him as his Savior. His father was a heathen
and worked seven days a week, and forced little Twee-Sungie to
do the same. The boy was broken-hearted at being deprived of
attending the church services, but he also felt that he was
sinning deeply in desecrating God’s day. Calamities came upon
the family. A younger brother died, another, Twee-Sungie, was
taken ill. As his strength failed he seemed to lose all desire
to live. “If I live on in this world, father makes me break
God’s commandments, and I will only add sin to sin, so it is
better for me to die and go to Jesus.” He tried to turn his
father’s thoughts Godward, but the man’s heart was full of evil
and bitterness. When the boy died, the relatives proposed that
they bury with him the Testament and hymn-book which he loved,
for, said they, these books were the cause of his change, and
if they are put away, his mother will return to the worship of
spirits. So there lies in the grave of the little boy believer,
outside the walls of Seoul, the printed page whose message the
little lad wished so much to obey.
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