일본조합교회 간사 김린의 생애와 친일활동

Abstract

Kim Lynn was sent to Hansung Prison with figures of Independence Club in the last decades of Chosen, and after discharging from prison he joined in 'Hwang-Seong YMCA' and undertook the vice leader. However, directly after the 1910, he was dismissed going through with attempt to subjugate the Hwang-Seong YMCA into Japan YMCA with organization of Restoration Party. This paper aimed to trace his tracks and examine the ideological drivers which changed his whereabouts. In the last decades of Chosen, Kim Lynn got arrested and sent to Hansung Prison on charge of same conspiracy when Reform Party which consisted of progressive figures of Independence Club conspired the anti-government protest movements. In prison, he shared the Christian faith and modern sciences with 'comrade in prison', and after discharge from prison he joined the Hwang-Seong YMCA and participated in Christian Young Movement as a vice leader. However, he took the initiative to subjugate Hwang-Seong YMCA into Japan YMCA with organization of Restoration Party. It is hard to clearly investigate the cause of his action In spite of his position as a vice leader because of lack of materials, but we could inference the cause with his personal history and periodical background. In other words, while Kim Lynn experienced the 'civilization and enlightenment' through inspection in Japan, he witnessed the crisis of Christian group caused by the Event of 105 People' Case in Korea. Through this, he determined the incorporation of Hwang-Seong YMCA into Japan YMCA admitting the colonialization of Chosen. Kim Lynn, who was dismissed in Hwang-Seong YMCA because of participation in Restoration Party, worked in the Missionary Branch in Chosen of Japanese Union Church as a assistant, and in the time of 3.1 Movement, he propagated an idea to suppress the 3.1 Movement rounding Gangwon-do and Hamgyong-do participating in Great Special Movement of the Current Situation of Japanese Union Church.