The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-12-18
MISSIONARIES IN JAFAN.

The letters Of Col. John Cockeill to
the New York Herald, descriptive OF
tie japanese, have been interesting aud
have thrown a vast deal Of light on the
social, religious aud industrial,
con di,iops, that extiss In thatprogressive
island empire of the Orieut. Recently
he has devoted himself to study Of the
mission work that has been done and Is
now being carried on by missionaries
sent out by the Eoglish and American
Protestant churches. The indictment
he brings against the missionaries Is a
heavy one, aud be seem possessed ot'he
facts to substantiate his charges. he
says, in part:
The comparative wealth Of macy Of
the missionaries is regarded as STUN
bliug block. 10 TsukDi. Tokyo. the
finest residences belong TO the mission
aries. The richest foreign resident
there is missionary. aud another 10
noted alike for bis wealth aud his
parsimouy Reference is had to the
Rev. Dr.. Miller and the Rev. MIR.
White. At entertainments in the cap
ital the missionary ladies always dis
ulay the 6uest and most elaborate
toilets. By far the majority of mis-
siouaries sent to China and japan are
half educated. Some Of their doctors
have repeatedly exhibited gross iguor'
auce 10 their profession and earned the
scornful derision of the japanese. So
common is the lack Of education that
the japanese often declare that those
who are 80 ignorant as to be unable to
make living doing aught else abroad,
become missionaries. As school teach
ers eigot out Of every ten are unpopu'
lar or failures because they are not
firmly grounded in English and The
modern tongues. This ignorance,
moreover, make many content With a
mere smattering of japanese. So that
their sermons in that language are
often painful to listen to. Many mis-
sionaries whose stay may extend over
twenty years-as in the case of the
Revs. Ballagh. Loomis and Gu''ck-
fail to acquire even conversational COM
mand OF the japanese language
1.-The wives Of the missionaries have
been frequently beard to openly declare
their dislike of the natives, and this IN
the presence of their japanese servants
They do not seek to enter the home
life of the Japanese. They show no
feeling common With them, aud nearly
all their intimate acquaintances are
selected among those Of means or
social rank. This is quite gal''rs to
humble japanese converts.
with the missionary the day s
work is usually over after three h"urs'
teaching in some school, with one
hours study, perhaps, Of japanese
Much time is spent 10 domestic duties
wholly disconnected With the woss they
are sent to do The summer resorts ol
Japan all contain villas, built by the
missionaries. VINO are invariably the
FIRST to leave the hot cities and the last
to return. At Karuizawa there are a
score of pretty summer houses with
only one pi'iful stunted church. 'ibel
ou the missionary cause and sneered ''
by the japanese. Unlike the Roman
Catholics and the Greek Church pro-
pagaudists, the Protestant missionaries
generally to 60 among and i've with
and as the Japanese.
..Missionaries have every right tt
the consideration and respect Of Other
people, but it does seem peculiar to see
them striving for fellowship with peo
pie of high socia! rank. yet unfortu
nately uotoriously evil repusatlon-tt
see them mixing with wealthy foreign
ers who are openly immoral. A GER
tain doctor, we'll knowo, living in sh'
heart of the missionary settlement o
Tsukiji, Tokyo, was received 10 many
missionary homes and yet bis house
next door to a nissionary's home, wa