Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-24
ARE AGAINST CHRISTIANITY
CONGREGATIONAL RArIoNALIsM IN
JArAN.
A Methodist missionary says II Il
Being Used Against True Re
iigion By BuddhIstr.
Teaching Work.

devoted to hearing reports from various
auxillaries. which proved to be very in
teresting. They show that substantial
progress had been made. and lively
interest aroused in the work in addition
TO contributions TO the cause. which
were liberal considering the times and
the youth OF the auxlllaries which were
only recently organized.
An address by Rev. j. c. Newton on
the subject OF Mission Work In ia
pun" was interesting. Rev. Newton
has recently returned from that coun-
try. where he has long been engaged in
missionary work, TO represent the ia
pan conference at the general con-
ference OF the NJ. Il. church. South,
which meets at Memphis May 3.
He gave an interesting account Of
Christian work for women in Japan.
He said that in addition to the work be-
ing done by the Methodists there, the
Congregationallsts. the Presbyterians.
the Baptists and Episcopalians. both
the churches OF England, and the Anne
rican Episcopal churches were laborng
IN the field there for the uplifting Of the
heather women Of that land,
He described first the Teaching
Work." IA which these different de-
nominations were engaged. according to
their different plans. There were several
large girls boarding schools where the
little ones were taken in from the
street or brought from poverty-striok-
en- homes. They were educated here
with view to preparing them for life
us well as making Christians Of them.
Two OF the largest and best Of these
schools were conducted, one by the
Methudistg and the other by the Con-
gre gatiunulists. The Congregational
school he said. was one of the best
especially In the matter Of general Gull
ture They had recently erected n
splendid building for department OF
natural science. and placed 1t In charge
Of u lady who was a graduate Of the
university OF Michigan. They were al
SO hui ling another handsome addition
to be devoted to music. At this point,
with some hestancy, he said he "ques-
toned the motive OF some OF these large
advauCemcnts." Then, with evident
satisfaction. he spoke OF some OF the
good which had been accomplished by
Industrial education. He described two
or three Undertakings In that line which
had been attended with good results.
lie spoke particularly OF the work done
by Mrs, j W. Lambert, Il lady OF long
experience and rare talents and accom-
pllRhmeuts. who had devoted her life
TO the work among the women OF ia
pan. He commended her work TO the
consideration OF the association, and
said that the Industrial school establish
ed by her two years ago. and gradually
built up under difficulties was beginning
to accomplish important results.
Then he passed to an Objectionable
feature. which he had observed In the
EDUCATION Of the japanese girls Mt some
OF the mission schools, premslng his re-
marks on this unpleasant subject by
courteous allusion to the ladies' In
In charge OF those institutions who he
said II they were present might say
something to do away with his objec-
lions.
The Mistake OF the Missionaries.
Then he disclosed that the one great
mistake which had been made by the
missionaries was that they had neglec-
ted the native side OF the Japanese
girls education while cultivatlnR the
mind In other ways. They had, so to
speak, "forelgnl2ed' their pupils, edit
eating them out OF sympathy with their
own life. BY the time a girl was ready
TO leave the school she had become a
foreigner. She was no longer Japn-
nese glrl. Perhaps she had been taught
90 play on the piano When she re-
turned home she would ind no piano.
Music was good. indeed, for the sake
cation would not have been lost enc
tlrely. But there We're other thinRa be-
sides music and this was only an IL
lustratlon To show how In different
ways the slrl had been educated out Of
sympathy with her surroundings. and
her position made dlstasteful. and made
her untitled FOR her life among her own
people. This WAS the tendency OF a
course ~ education given up too much
to general culture.
10 Hal I.,l -. A..
dustrinl schools. and contracted their
education. which fits the girls for ia
naneso work. and gives them the skill
they need In the household as wives
and mothers. with the unsatisfactory
education which he had Just described
An Opportunity.
Continuing he touched upon the sub.
tect of ldndergartens and the Bible
Woman's Training School, and dwelt
nt length upon the evangelistic work"
which he called ''the most blessed
work OF ALL"
lie TRIED Not 10 Tell IL.
bringing his remarks to a close he
expressed deep regret that the NJ u.
church did not have In Japan a woman
missionary devoted exclusively 70 evan
gelical work, He expressed delight at
the reports showing how wen the work
Of the association was progressing IN
China and Mexico and Brazil and nsk-
ed the delegates II their hearts did not
also 80 out TO Japan whose heather
women needed their help so badlyg
The president, Mrs. A. j. Booty, re-
spending. thanked the missionary for
his address and said that the matter
OF a missionary FOR evangelical work
among the women OF Japan might be
brought up at the Waco conference OF
the association, when the idea OF a
memorial to the meeting OF the gem
eral board at Atlanta was suggested
by one Of the ministers present and ia
vorably received.
But now while the missionary was
seeking TO bring his discourse 10 a
close his audience seemed to wish 9TH
erwise, notwithstanding the hour had
crossed the noon mark. and they were
beginning 60 be hungry. though not at
all tired, and very anxious to hear
something which he had kept back fur
IL was evident from his rather strnined
manner IN some interesting passages
noted above and others which were
| observed. He had not told all he knew
about Japan and there was something
about the mission work there witch
MS faint illusions had made a very in
| tercsting mystery.
| 10. L.