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Rh trips into the country where there were no Christians, and we always had to stop in the inns. It made little difference how long the day's journey had been or how tired he was, the first thing Mr. Yun did on reaching an inn was to preach to everybody in sight. Sometimes the courtyard of the inn would be filled with men and boys, and he would preach for a long time. His next thought would be the study of the Word, when he would take his seat on the floor and study by the hour.

When he had been a Christian four or five years, the great revival began in Korea. In fact. Dr. R. A. Hardie, with whom he worked, was the leader in the beginning of the revival, and meetings were held in some of the churches which Mr. Yun had helped to build. It was during one of these revival meetings that Mr. Yun began to search his heart as he had never before done. Under deep conviction he arose and confessed to what he called stealing. Twenty years before he had been employed in the government mint where the old copper cash were made. On one pay day he had received about two dollars more than was due him, and he kept it and said nothing. Now, under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, he looked back on that as an act of theft, confessed the sin, gave the money to his pastor, and requested him to return it to the government. It was returned, and Dr. R. A. Hardie, who was his pastor at the time, now holds the receipt, from the government for the same. This was doubtless the first conscience money that this government ever received. From this meeting he continued