Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
MR.. MncCAULEY IN JAPAN.
The Former Pastor OF All Souls an,
His Unique School.

The Former Pastor OF All Souls and
His Unique School.
In letter to the New York Herald Mr.
CockeriH says OF Rev. Clay MacCauley, for
| merIy of All Souls Church in this city:
There is, in this capital of the japanese
empire. an institution unique and remark
able. 1t is the Senshin Gakuin.' or School
! for Advanced Learning. It is part Of the
work of the American Unitarian Associa-
ton III Japan. and it's chief support and
inspiration comes, 1t Is hardly necessary
to say, from Boston. This school was es-
tablished four years ago. The second COM
| mencement exercises were held on the 10Th
instant. and despite the rainy weather
nearly 400 persons assembled in the hall to
enjoy them. Addresses were delivered by
Worship and the other on Individual
ISM. The ex-president, Mr.. Hiroyuki
Kato, ed an address on Occidental
and Oriental Ethics q most worthy and
thoughtful production.
AT the head Of the Senshin Gakuin stands
Mr.. Clay MacCauley president and founder,
whose published essay on The Religious
Problem in Japan; How Solve It?' has
has SO Tar had more than forty students,
who have devoted themselves to scientific
and philosophical study of religion, ethics
and social science. The method Is perfect
| ly FREQ inquiry-no prejudice being mani
| Tested toward any existing religion 1t Is
the only school of the kind in Japan, and
there are few like It in the world. The
faculty is composed of seven members. and
the examinations are rigid. There are no
text books. all teaching being through
lectures and essays. There are Christians,
education and association in the faculty.
but all have the same object in view
search for the truth wherever It may be
found. Mr.. MacCauley is a Christian. but
he fnterprets Christianity as large enough
to include the abject.
THE building in which the school Is
maintained is called Yuiitsukwan Unity
HalD. Its value with the grounds, Is % 900
yen. 1t was built out of the subscriptions
Of the American Unitarian Association.
The Japaa mission of the American UNI
tartan Association has a publication de-
partment and church extension depart
ment, besides Mr.. MacCauiey's Free
Thought School. Under these aussices
pamphlets and books are printed and sent
out, designed to further the study of re-
ligious ethics and social science, and
monthly magazine called Shukyo Religion)
Is published, which is an open arena for
| thinkers. dealing with themes concerning
This magazine has been in existence about
four years, and 1t is a decided formative
force in the literature of Japan. Its list
of contributors contains some of the
ablest and most advanced thinkers in
Japan-native and foreign.
In the winter of 1889, believing that his
health might be helped and feeling that
Mr.. MacCauiey might be of some use to
this mission in Tokyo and came out He
has done a vast deal of work here He
has pleasant home and fine library in
the neighborhood of the famous Fukuzawa
School He is personally popular among
japanese scholars and men of letters, and
Is fluent Japanese talker. He writes
great deal for his own and other maya
zi1.es. He expects to publish Funda-
mental Truths in Philosophy at an early
date, and also Philosophy of Religion
He is at work on An Introductory Course
in the Japanese Language an ambitious
and laborious product.
Il can bear personal testimony to the
exc ellence of the work being carried on
here No foreign mission is so popular as
his. because of his Hberaiity and geniality.
trust that his Unitarian friends in Boston
and throughout the United States will
make note of his excellent service and give
him a hearty and substantial support"