The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-10-05
INFLUENCES AT WORK IN JAPAN
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Land u the Rising Sun I can testify
c1z- he rsal relation q Christ % The
religions q this, ths NOS progressive
and Interesting lard q all he Orient.
Is Caz primarily cnzr OF destruction.
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+ kl1g1cE u God l. being eS.zhllshsd
today cc foundations that have been
( ALREADY laid Nor need VIE hesitate 70
admit that these foundations have been
Laid ey the Lord q Truth himself, for
Re = Col The God Of ne Jews &Ions,
nor q lhoSs nations alone thai Claim
/ The CerlSz12c mana He : also rhs
Sod q ne Gs1Ellss. q the Chinese
and japanese and he has not LEFT him
SsI without witness anccS these
peoples. HIS providence through the
centuries k&S been ruling ovez them
10 les truly than over the nations q
me Wss--
Mul,f-u5es q The sQ.gaG Protestant.
. Christians who &re rcG2y 20 be found
n the more rhsn four hundred Chris
-lz- cAcrcEsS and c1&pslS II japan
attribute their ms preparation for
understanding and approaching and
{ accepting C1rtS- 70 the thorough 6rlu
which they had previously rscSlysG IN
I The teachings q Courteous.
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EC1y slTe- ne BY those 70 whom 7
lad PM the question IS 70 the rs2-
sons that had brought them 70 Christ
. Nc b-u&G--i1Gs5 student o. The srk-
les q CocfCcIuS can for : moment
GcGbs Gods hand i 10 De sesn II those
T ancient Chinese classics and in the
work CksE have been doing for the
r1S. 1000 ys2-s-
L i : faet Of 70 little significance
that the ideals held NJ by COrfuclUs As
the highest have been those suited %
Lad LhoCg1uul men and women on
ward mo the ChriS-5zr life. Il was
because these disciples Ct Contucius
saw The old ideals lifted ID by Christ
ID greater perfection. fulfilled. / =.
filed . The full that they LETT their
former allegiance and accepted : new
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less hui Chris CC-e IN Christ they
So CO-fCc5z1 IDEAS transcribed ideal
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tod bE Christian converts thar only
s1-ce Esy became Christians have
they learned really 10 appreciate and
love the teachings Of Co-fuclus-
Without attempting 70 specify What
each q the three native faiths Of jap
an Sti1totSu- Cocf1czznisu and
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5s1 Is 20 the main ways IN which
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cent rsllglo-S-
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mare ga-hst5c than that Of the cease
less CCesE q the human heart Elr prop
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+ diUE=d oE Chs coming goddess OF day.
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the night On the very crest OF this
MS Iotry peak q japan and Iet u
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weary hight they have been telling Up
4 s-s=cs that form the sacred summit Of
/ Vt FIJI = go feet above the sea that
they nay greet and worship The be1iR
goddess - sts rises from beyond the
1 bzL-0Ey deep Shfvsrizg II their sezl-
f - White EIIETIu dress slight protec-
ton from the piercing cold soEe OF
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q The ar and their stEen1CUs e1sr-
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i co1t0-r and joy. WEsreTer have
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sight I1cozzTTo1E indeed sesuz this
Spectacle Of real Eo-zhip Of the SUI,
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