The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-09
WoMAN'S WORK
ELEyATEs A GREAT PEOPLE TO
" CHRISTIANITY
fChristianizing tho Women, Children
and Homas-Jnpanese Domesticity--
The Womcn's PorcignaIissionary
S0riety-Mrs. q. w. Green's
Eloquent Narration.

Mrs. c, W. Green, of Dover, who has |
returned with her husband from eight
years OF missionary experience In |
Japan, gave description OF Japanese |
Sunday school work to the Sunday |
school OF Scott NJ. Il. Church yester-
day morning. With $50 pupils seated |
oil straw mats in small room 1t was |
found to be slow work to teach Chris |
tian ideas. The large Berean pictures |
were efficient. The street schools in
the fishing villages proved successful. |
The only employment of young girls
was To carry babies tied to their backs,
but they made bright, interesting and
refined little ladies' when educated In
the Christian schools. Mrs. Green
sang, to the great delight Of the chill
,iren, translations OF "Stand up, Stand
up for Jesus" aud Jesus Loves Me,
in the Japanese language, which was
soft and ineliiiuous. Thus Christianity
Is established In the homes OF the
people.
The Scott Auxiliary OF the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society hold their
anniversary exercises at 1880 Il. III.
After the opening devotional eSer-
cises and reading the 49th chapter OF
Isaiah by Rev. Vaughan s. Collins,
pastor, ."."
sa MISS IRENE HEPBlON,
+, Secretary, read her annual report OF
the statistics and doings Of the society,
In which she gave special attention to
the Girls Colleges ut Lucknow, India,
and Nagoya, Japan, and plead for
prayers, sympathy and co-operntion i'll
behalf OF giving the gospel to heathen
women. In conclusion, Miss Hepbron
said:
We believe 1t TO be the duty of all
Christian women to be interested in
the conversion OF their heathen sisters.
We have so many liberties and bies1.
ings In our Christ,,.a,u mtnd, We some-
tl,nsSs forget the sufIerings OF those
who are without the light OF Gods
precious Word. The question of indi-
vidual responsibility rests upon us
this morning. Are we doing nll our
Saviour requires OF us for those who
arc without the Bible2
We are not to judge each other, but
rather medltate and pray about it.
The resvls Will be manifested by our
fruits, Are We not the children Of one
great Father? Tho bible says: God
80 loved the world that he gave his
only begotten son, that whosover be-
lieyeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life." We do hope
our monthly meetings will have a
larger attendance. When one gets
deeply interested in foreign mission
AIRY work IL becomes fascinating. We
are anxious TO double our number OF
members and to have the Heathen
Woman's Friend enter many new
homes. Not long since in the Iincin-
natl branch, lady OF lovely Christ
ain character, almost ready to pass
AWAY, said To her fellow. membera,
dismiss every other cause, II ne1d bC,
but never dismiss the W. +. NJ. s.
ave must work and not he weary,
Though we conquer not to-day,
For the rescue OF our sisters
We must work rs well rs pray
We extend to all very cordial inVi-
tation 10 Join our society, the require
mcnts being two cents u week and
prayer.
RiRs. G. W. GREEN
Had more than the object OF en-
tertaining and desired to bring the
heather nearer home-not simply to Il
few missionary workers and the min
listers but to all Christian heurts.
She described her voyage OF II days
and II hours from San Francisco to
Yokohama, in which she lost one day
on the 180th meridian and did not lind
Il until 8 years afterward on her re.
turn,
She gave description Of the harbor,
Yokohama, Toxic, the country, lIako.
date, the streets, the houses the wo-
men, the children, the customs, the
food, the Christian schools, the method
of intoxicating Christianity cite.
The educated Japanese ladies she
thinks highly refined, kind aud polite.
The climate and range of latitude OF
Japan corresponds to our Atlantic
coast, including Florida and Maine.
Fish and rice are the great staple
and most attractive articles Of their
food, Foreigners do not like their
vegetables but commerce has intro
duced some they do relish.
They travel in modern, steamboats,,
English compartment cars and sedan
chairs, carried by men, etc.
Their temples of worship are archi-
teeturally splendid. but filled with
idolatrous symbolism that is mean
ingless to Christian intelligence.
Hakodate, where Rev. and Mrs.
Green lived, is in about the latitude OF
Philadelphia. They felt their hearts
here especially burdened in behalf OF
$4,000 souls. The winter was chilly
by dampness from the ocean air. The
GUNNER was sunshlny and delightful
from July TO September.
The Japanese people are generally
small of stature. They always have
black hair and black eyes In all other
respects there Is the greatest variety
OF personal appearance, except that
they have no blonds.
II Is customary TO leave ones shoes
outside upon entering their houses,
which are not large, and are entered
by sliding doors, 6 feet by 3 feet,
which are opened In the day time and
closed at night. Their mats are soft,
white bamboo, from 1% in. to 3 In.
thickness, and always 0 feet by feet
In size. House dimensions are multi.
plies of mat sizes. A room is 9 mats,
s mats or 4 mats, etc, large. II may
be 0, 8 or 10 mats, etc.
The inner doors look like paper
Hight, durable and easily folded, 80 the
whole can be thrown into one room.
The people all sit on mats. They do
not sit tailor-fashion, but their heels
are behind them and turned inward.
Their tables are low-say inches
high-and their dishes tiny. They have
tea, coffee, and abound In soups, ol
which fish Is a prominent ingredient
The rice girl sometimes helps person
to bowl OF rice for fourth, fifth oil
sixth time at one meal. Their oranges
are very nice.
- WEDDING.
BThere was O bright and beautiful
Ypupil,, II years of age, in one OF theii
schools, by the name OF Miss Ebenit.
with whom promising young high
!, caste gentleman, Nh. Shlriasan, fell II
love.
Z He made hia nronoeal fo tho Ton char.