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In the Providence of God it was my privilege to be among the very first missionaries to go to the Hermit Nation, and He has permitted me during the past twenty-three years to be present and to watch with keen interest the progress of His kingdom and the developments of the work, and to have some little share in it We have seen His Church grow from nothing to a body of believers over one hundred thousand strong. From the very start Koreans have shown a receptivity unequalled by the people of any other land, and as a result the success that has followed the preaching of the Gospel has been phenomenal. Thousands have been won to the Cross, and the only limit seems to have been the physical power of the missionary to cope with, guide, and direct the work. Very early in the history of the work, almost at its beginning, God, in His Providence, led us to adopt methods that have been said by some to have been unique, but in reality are simply those that have been adopted by numbers of missionaries in different parts of the world. The only unique feature has been the almost unanimity with which these have been followed by the whole missionary body in this land. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Horace Grant Underwood was born in London, England, the fourth of six children of John and Elizabeth Grant (Maire) Underwood. His father, whose inventive work as a manufacturing chemist had won him recognition from the Royal Society of Arts, emigrated to New Durham, N. J. , in 1872, and engaged in the manufacture of inks and special papers, a business which developed into the Underwood Typewriter Company.
At ten Horace was sent to a Catholic school in France. He continued his studies in America at Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City, at the University of the City of New York (later New York University), from which he graduated in 1881 and at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, where he completed his course in 1884.
Having had a missionary career in view from childhood, Underwood was ordained in November 1884 to the Dutch Reformed ministry and commissioned missionary to Korea by the Presbyterian Board. He arrived at Chemulpo, April 5, 1885, and, though missionaries were not welcomed in that newly opened land, he was given duties at the government hospital just established.
He soon acquired the language, and in 1890 published A Concise Dictionary of the Korean Language. He began the translation of the Scriptures into Korean, and was chairman of the board of translators until his death. In 1886 he opened an orphanage at Seoul, which became the John D. Wells Academy.
In 1889 he organized the Sai Mun An Church, of which he was still the pastor when he died. At Seoul he married at the same year and on the wedding trip to the northern border, Underwood crossed over into Manchuria with thirty Koreans, whom he there baptized, thus conforming with the letter of his promise not to engage in such work while so traveling in Korea. This promise was exacted because of a proselyting trip he had made with the Rev. Henry Gerhard Appenzeller in 1888, which resulted in the issuance of a decree, later recalled, forbidding the teaching of Christianity in Korea.
After the assassination of the queen in 1895, he became the trusted intermediary of the king, even conveying his food from his own table to avoid the danger of poisoning. This activity was criticised, certain publications calling him "Underwood the schemer" (Underwood of Korea, post, p. 154). He died at Atlantic City and was buried at New Durham, N. J.
He was the author of An Introduction to the Korean Spoken Language (1890), The Call of Korea (1908), and The Religions of Eastern Asia (1910). He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and the British Foreign Bible Society. He lectured on missions at Princeton in 1908 and at New York University in 1909.
Underwood's work raised Korea to the foremost place among mission fields. From 1897 to 1901 he published at his own expense a native paper, the "Christian News". He was the founder of the John D. Wells Academy and Sai Mun An Church. He was instrumental in organizing the Seoul branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, and aided in establishing the Severance Hospital and the Chosen Union Christian College (Presbyterian-Methodist).
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Member of the British Foreign Bible Society
At Seoul Underwood married on March, 13, 1889, Dr. Lillias Stirling Horton, then serving as physician to the queen. His wife died in Seoul, October 20, 1921. She was the author of "Fifteen Years among the Topknots" (1904), "Tommy Tompkins in Korea"(1905), and "Underwood of Korea" (1918). Their only son became an author and a missionary in Korea.
