The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-21

toey VIII u660 D Small CuurCn. Their DupitS,
already suic'sny progressed IN our language TO CON
1,voena cnuf via attend pasuy IRON ua
iosy partly from the desire TO learn They will
be Decffafy struck by the strange aud sublime truths
shich uttered with such reverence will
become the first convsrts and will subsequently ha
.nce their irienos. This may be called fancy sketch,
but strange IL the unsierabe opinion OF nine
Of tea persons with whom have conversedthe s'tenth
unfortunately being energetic, though this Gaze
mistaken, minister of my 0wn church, who advocat 3
sending at once as many missionaries as we can CON
mand. ] cannot predict all which his c,rtse
wonld accomplish; bat OF ooe thing AN ee'so.
would strengthen To certainty The present suspicion
VI the Japanese mind, that 10 ev,ncing too m icn
anxiety, and In spending 40 much money to effect
tire tiss have been acastsd mainly by
sire 10 force our religion upon them.
ii is not dculI " what revasion Of feeling this
conviction would create toward Americans. Az preseat
s'aDd higher in their eyes than other people,
us not dig away our own foundation.
now wish TO say few words as regards the manner
in which our chaplain taught his eight pupils. wish 10
show how they induced VI their accord to con
verfe upon religious topics.
IT pleasant 10 hear the church bells ring" was the
Of exercise which. he left them TO study oat
The next DAY they knew all about It, With the exception
Of The word ''cburcn"
"wba, Is 'churchf' asked one Of them.
"a church, J" answered Mr.. W, ga church ia large
building in which worship God 1t Ia not ike your
emples however, for while yours filled WITH large
dols, ours are almost empty We do not like TO be DO
hered with such clumsy pieces OF wood and stOne which
DO good which God tells us will
certainly do US harm, because wo should worship only
Now, these idols your churches cannot vel be OF
,ervce YOU from fact that you yourselves must
first make Them and after wards OF them How
you expect them 10 take care Of you, when it is you
o tai ing care of them ?''
At this laughed acqaescently others look grave
ano remained silent. Here s anolher specimen Of DIS
teaching
1.-The decoration Of the graves OF our friends is beaut
full employment" This exercise, which he also left with
them TO DC studied at their leisure, Of both
qualification and surprise
Then you Christians do not think II wrong to make
beautiful the graves Of your frenos and cherish their
nsmoryf was the sense Of question nov asked by one
"By no means, replied Mr. ". "On the contrary, we
highly approve Of it. In America We select, like you the
monuments over hem plant trees and Towers and visit
once my brother!'"
The following day OF them wrote ava do not un.
dersand about the black people, Why Is SKIN OF the
African black aud the heal Of the European reds"-or
words to that effect.
tuniiy for explaining St their request Of the
great points Of the Christian belief eagerly took ad
when had ended they were not only pleased but ovi
IDENTIFY excited.''
Let US hear what you told Them" pettoned
81 told them that great many years since God
had created this world; then man. to govern it, then wo
man. 70 keep man company; that he blessed them with
Of these children became bad that they tired oI
earth and strove to reach heaven aud that succeed
thus they had commenced to build very high tower,
reach heaven that God had become ofYended
at their presumption, and in q moment changed
the speech Of each family into different language, and
then scattered them the entire EARTH That Europe
peopled by Of these families, Amerca by another,
Japan by third and Africa by fourth What had
operated change the color Of African such mark
ed weauppoeed 10 the effects Of climate Of
life, diet and intermarrisge We consequently ai
brothers, the children of the same parents and all had
souls 10 be saved by God Foe Nh0u they
did not acknowledge the LORD Jesus Christ he still pro-
tected them pity for their ignorance and would day
show us HE infinite love, which passeth all understand
ing" this one Of them jumped 10, clapped his hands
and exclaimed, Eyes, is true, we are all brotners-we
are all brothers %
Thus ends my remarks upon the very prac
teal and sensible course pursued by chap
lain Here we see Japanese-(ne was Nsh Kch-
euro, tire chief interpreter 70 Aawa Iwa-mi no.
kani the venerable Governor Of Nagssak )-Decomiog
excited simple relation Of the history Of the hu.
man race, clapping his hands, with gistening eyes
and ready to embrace his teacher but take my word for
1t, had that teacher gone to japan 10 comoaay with
dozen OF more MISSIONARIES as viii undoubtedly be the
case and said ~ have come here because the treaty per-
mts Ito preach the Christian sion Japanese and
will be glad TO see OF at house that will comet"
take my word for IL, not Japanese would have
crossed his Threshold Let therefore, look before
leap towards the execution Of the most important
project Of the age. Let send to Japan teachers
not only our best Christians md most able men, but
our most liberal minded Christians Let Intolerance
or medocry be the first to grappie with The deeply
ed preJudices OF forty millions OF unusna ly intelligent
man beings. fhe stake is 30 grand that We we'll
ford the exercise or little paence TOE Japanese mind
differs widely from that c other Oseutls IN important
point-tbere Is nationally OF feeling, If E1ay
press ny self which upoa gfeat viii drive them
ike flock Of sheep in The directon Let dozen
more intelligent pous ana LIBERAL minded missionary teach
once secure any ruuber OF Scholars Ties,
will become Let the do the
oos OF siugie Temple and it viii no uger be
question g tme. IL "iIl spread Ike wd1re.
AZ this nome ut beJapa know 10 difference between
the Ghurc Of Rome OF Enpiand- be
tween the hundreds OF n'nost hostile
our own country. lhey look upen us nil as followers Of
the Cross; aud lhOuld ze4l fJs oWa par
scuar religion destroy this impression, ever chow
them one half OF tie intolerance and uncorstaa oter-
which has but ol,eo been displayed among W
Ourselves the bsGviCEt BLOW O all VIII Llen
against the reinrotucton Of Christianity into Japan
SO much for this important question for tne present
Singapore any tiOg but pleasant place tlis thu
18th of March, 1859 RAIN rain, uohGg out ram, with
and then ray Of aunshne to tempt shore in order
that another shower may catch You before gaining
beach Convereug with friend the morning, ne informed
that they had bad no hue weather for our moa,ns
At Houg Kong, on the contrary, have had
months So falls the rain at the equator, and
the sun at the ropic Of Cancer from october TO March
wonder if you suo~ what has bFongnt the Powha.an
thus far toward home Just as we about leaving
about that time communication from the Nary Depart.
Dent ordering US here TO meet the Hon. John Ward,
carry him PeHlo and thus has pleasant cruise bse
postponed tor the present.
And now, before concluding, let remark that the
serVices OF our CHAPLAIN as teacner To the Interpreters
particularly cceftabie to the authorities Maya
saki SO much so, indeed that both the Governor aud
Vice Governor Thanked bin in the most earnest manner
sent him most beautiful presents wnsn We weee
about leaving There vast change ipocatsd in the
feeling OF japan By tins action 0. the Governor for ii
must be remembered that ne-ths same Old msn-is the
country 10 the wold when Commodore Perry frat
them. In the Of the Vice Governor IL different
for he Ia Of the leaders OF the intercourse party
who have always bstsed against their exclusive poll ~.
Five since the aged Governor remarxed--Wny Will
you seek to change our life admitting intercourse with
the world? Nippon is now happy, what would you
have2 She will never be so happy more"
And only four months since he thanked minister u
the Gotpe TOT teaching his officers TO learn arrange Ian
gUagc, and asked him 70 come back. Here certainly is
great change