The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-24


SO as TO produce the most flowers on
e single bush. There was booth o.
mat roofs and sides. where the skill
o, TIE florist was shown in arranging
cut flowers in the guise Of court ladies
and brave gallant warriors and dimi-
nutire elephants The women garden
ers drive a brisk trade, selling the
ch-vsanthemums. the whole plant
stake and roots. for FIVE cents each.
These are taken home and set out in
/ pots OF in earth. where they viii bloom
/ for several weeks.
But the chief enjoyment OF the day
was the ride to Magoi. a fishing village
on the other side Of the Nagasaki pc
ninsula. Il was ride Of five miles,
I'D hill sides terraced to the summit,
on a well built road, rolled up, and
zigZagging up and down, TO get 8
suitable grade The Government had
recently made q deep cut al the top
OF the hill so as 10 secure an easier
grade and the road down on the further
side was through a wooded region that
made the trip delightful with charm
ing hits Of scenery down the winding
valley among the rounded hills. Pass
ing through the fishing village with its
mulJiudinous sheds for the nets, and
lis long strip of sandy beach lined
with fishing smacks. We turned q rocky
point. and sat down 10 enjoy the view
Of 2 pretty little cove. with eurving
outlines and rocky shores and quiet
water where the fish were disporting
-f-
den appearance among them of a great
black tern. diving down for his din
ner. and then lifting up his great black
head ike that Of some miniature sea
serpert The only other intrusion on
the peacefulness of the scene was the
sake drinking in a tea-house near by;
but the vile liquor had its vile influ-
ence in 3 luscious, rather than fatal
display OF quarrelsomeness There
was little general drunkenness, how
ever in all the things that We saw that
day.
In the evening the ladies of the NJ
F. Mission Girls School had a recep-
ton One is impressed with the mag
nitude OF the work done by the women
in the various missions in Japan. This
Nagasaki Girls School owes its success
largely 10 the great administrative
ability Of its principal, who has built
up a large and successful institution
rs buildings are not so well built nor
so well kept as those of Kobe College,
but the main object for which such
schools exist is evidently kept in front.
The culture here sought, is not simply
making the most of ones self, but the
due training of all ones person for
the service OF God and humanity.
Eleven Sunday Schools. and seven
neighborhOod prayer meetings are
maintained largely by volunteers from
among the girls of the school In the
company OF 40 or more. gathered that
evening. nearly one half were chance
visitors. some on their way 10 Korea, !
some 10 China, some 10 the Hindoos.
We met a Seamen's Chaplain. from
Tacoma, sent out under the auspices |
OF some Christian Endeavor Societies;
and the last one of a band of teachers
sent out by the International Y. N. c. |
a committee. The 10000. 600 of Jap
anese need the help of fresh reinforce
ments OF Christian workers. and this |
fact is impressed upon me with great |
force as I see the character and needs |
OF the people. II must encounter op-
position from a people so full of Nip |
pOnism. which the japanese mistake
for patriotism. No foreigner can own
land in Japan, and even under the /
new treaties. as revised. the utmost /
privilege allowed in this line is that /
Of renting land for 80 years. No for
eigner can expect 10 have the right of |
suffrage. and the property qualification |
Of SIS personal taxes excludes millions |
OF the japanese themselves. Yet if |
Japan is ever 10 make its national life
prosperous and progressive, this policy |
OF exclusion must give way 10 more
liberal dealings with the outside world. |
and less superlative ideas of japanese
self suficieney.
Nagasah has been an especially |
difficult field for Christian missions. |
Il was here that the fires Of persecution
ragged so hotly against the converts 10 |
Roman Catholic Christianity. The
mission premises where we were en-
tertained, occupy the site of the local |
ity where those converts were com
PEELED 10 trample on the cross. The
message Of the cross is q message of |
self-sacriicing love and lowly service. |
not malice and pride. As some vic
tories have often proven TO be disas-
trOus defeats in the exhaustion Of the
resources OF the victors. so the appar-
ent defeats of the gospel have often
proven 10 be the means and condition
OF its most signal triumphs. The
present condition Of relapse in the his
tory Of mission war in Japan is only
the prelude 10 a stronger effort and
more successful spread. Too much
must not be expected too easily. There
are altogether too many who when
they hear the dark side of the story Of
gospel work in Japan. are ready to
exelaim. and the gospel has been
preached for 40 years. It is the same
inconsiderate habit of thought that ex-
poets Hawaiians only two generations
removed from savagery, to have the
ideas and principles. that are merely
dominant and not universal. among
those whe=hExe been trained for 30
generations under the influence of
Christian Institutions.
NagasahHfs recoyering from the
commercial depression that prevailed
a few years ago. II is a lovely harbor,