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== Career ==
After graduation, on April 12, 1888, he was appointed a missionary of Toronto University's [[YMCA]] and was sent to Korea.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|490}} On November 13, 1888, he set sail from [[Vancouver]], arriving in [[BusanPusan]] on 12 December, from where he took a coastal vessel to Jemulpo, present-day [[Incheon]].<ref name=":0" />{{rp|145}}
 
In 1889 he visited Haeju, in [[Hwanghae]] province and from there moved to Sollae (often called Sorae) village, in Jangyeon District, Hwanghae from March to June.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|145–46}} This village was home to [[Seo Sang-ryun]], one of the first Korean Protestants<ref name=":0" />{{rp|146}} and his brother, who had been baptized by [[Horace Grant Underwood]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} From August 1889 to May 1890 he lived in Pusan.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|146}} In 1890 he taught English at the "Christian School" (예수교 학당). In February 1891 he and [[Samuel A. Moffet]] visited [[John Ross (missionary)|John Ross]] (who had first attempted to translate the Bible into Korean) in [[Mukden]], [[Manchuria]] and returned to Seoul in June.