Yeo-Jung Kim: From Germany the Gospel of Love Echoes to the Whole World

By Yeo-Jung Kim: Publication: 1968 <Modern Literature>; Recipient, The Korean Poets Association Award; Recipient, The Korean Literature Award; President, International P.E.N. Club Korea Headquarters; The Korean Poets Association Board Member

Forty years of European Campus Mission!
Long, hard years of plowing,
Yet full of grace and blessings.

Every gospel seed sprinkled on European soil
Grew, receiving God’s rays of love,
And flourished into a thick, dense forest.

European pioneering missionaries’ young
Have become spirited, brilliant gospel workers
And sprinkle mustard seeds over all nations
“Our Almighty God,
Hear our earnest prayers,
That Europe may be Your Holy Nation,
A Kingdom of Priests.
Endow us with courage to spread the gospel to Africa,

To Muslim lands, to even North Korea.
Hear our prayers for Europe
To make it a missionary-sending continent once again.

God saw that campus missionaries’ plowing was good;
His smile floats down upon them like snowflakes of blessing
Heavenly songs of praise echo to the ends of the earth.