The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-12
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CORRESPONDENCE.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.

hGOTO, Japan, DeC. l0, 1898.
To the Editor Of the BaRner.-DEAF
SIR:-Some weeks since, fire destroyed
the rear of our house in Tsu, and rem.
dered the building unsafe to occupy
The Mission have transferred us to
Kyoto, temporarily, where | am teach
ing twelve hours week in the greatest
institution in tho land, the Doshisha
University, taking up other work out
side also, as able. (Piease change my
address to read Rev. G. NJ. Severance,
KyotO, Japan.
enclose letter which was handed
me by student, for correction. |
think it will interest the readers of the
BBNNER, because it shows what an in
huence for good Christian instructors,
even in Japan, exert. DR.. Ichihara Wis
tied my homo and gave an address in
the Old First Church once when in Ben
nington. Very respectfully,
G. NJ. SEVERANCE.
The following is the letter referred to:
MY DEAR FRIEND: Now, am full of
thankfuness for God who is love. By
His love, am always studying with a
very happy heart in DOshisha. l think
lately that the love which can make my
heart happy comes from only God;
therefore, God is the source of love and
love between intimate friends, or be-
tween parent and child. or faithful
Christian gives to other poor persons,
should be stream which comes down
from the source or spring. When l i'm
agine, as | mentioned above, the world
is very happy because it is filed with
such stream through every country.
We are feeling pleasantly of such a
love of, the stream, as the water of
stream has been done, on the everything
OF a country, beneficent operations.
This is my affective thought which hap
pened to be felt about something lately.
1 am studying SOCIOLOGY, chemistry,
physics, physiology, analytic geometry,
English, Chinese and japanese litera-
ture. composition and New Testament
So am very busy with my lessons Of
this term, but am very glad that these
are very interesting lessons. Now Pres
iIlent KOzaki is absent. but DR.. NJ.
Ichihara is doing his duty. DR.. NJ.
Ichihara is the teacher of the political
department of Doshisha University, and
he is one who graduated at Doshlsha
first with President Kozaki twelve
years ago He has been pastor of SEN
dai church, and professor of Tokwa col
lege for long time, but he went to
American and studied in Yale Universi-
ty, and this spring came back to the
DOshisha. He is very good man, SO
we are very glad to be obedient to him.
The present circumstances of our
school is very well, and the prosperity
of our school is increasing day by day.
On this September, we had about two
hundred new students, and four new
teachers in our school. But | am very
sorry to recol,ect that we have lost our
best teacher whose name was Professor
George G. Foulk. He was the best
teacher, as teacher, and good man,
as man, and faithful Christian as
Christian, but the Divine Hand took him
up from us. don't know why it
would be so. He was Lieutenant of
the American Navy, and his order was
progressing higher and higher, but
since he became a Christian, he retired
from his office; and he made up his
mind to do Gods work, and to work for
Afterward, he came to our
school as a professor. Whenever he
has been at home, he tried to give com
fort to others, and he was very eagar
in evangelistic work. l will send my
photograph to you, and am also glad to
have yours. Will you please send me
it? Now l will close this letter.
hope you will write to me sometime.
am expecting to have your letters and to
know your thoughts.
"Yours sincerely,
tx. INOUYE."