Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-11

ought not to be uncomfortable, but toa
the Japanese mind It is not polite that
comfort should be the most obvious
characteristic of life in Tsukiji.
Nov, another thing. Though the
missionaries cannot write letters to our
native papers, they write to the En-
glish papers occasionally. There are
several English papers published in
Yokohama, which is only eighteen
miles from Toxic. Educated Japanese.
especially newspaper editors, read these
English papers. Some OF our native
papers are hostile to Christianity-and
some are in it's favor. Letters from
Tsultiji make copy for these papers,
because, unfortunately, missionaries OF
different sects disagree, and are so i'm
polite as to write about their disagree
ments. They are now on record in
black and white. The tone of some of
these letters is harsh, and betoken a
lack of harmony in Tsukiji. The ire
ligious have laughed and the anti
Christian papers have made the most
of these sectual controversies. This
display on the part of the letter-writers
has not advanced the cause of Chris
tianity. The spirit of Jesus is not
manifested thereby. Sect differences
should not be aired outside of Tsukiji,
for the students in the schools there
are observing. We heard many
wrangle there when 1 was a student.
think the Japanese are as cosby as
any people in the world, and object les
sons in minding their own business
would not come amiss, but we did not
receive them in Tsukiji. 1t is small
place. The people there are far from
home. They cannot read the daily pa
pers, so they have little news to dis
cuss. Each cannot we'll help know
ing and noticing what all the others
are doing. There is scheming, gossip,
wrangling and some uncharitableness
just as there is probably in every COM
munity in the world. l am sorry, for
the example is bad. The foregn mis-
sionaries should lose themselves out
side of Tsukiji among the Japanese
people. The example of Tsukiji society
is not, in japanese eyes, of an exalted
sort. If the missionaries scattered and
lived as we live, and taught us in our
own language, it would be good thing
for Japan. l hope they will do so.
CALL FOR DIFFERENT WAYS.
ITO us their homes are palaces.
Their pay is as large as some of our
Governors receive, larger than the sal
aries of most of our officials. They
haven't rent to pay nor doctors bills.
The women do not do a great deal of
they would be most welcome. They
spend a great deal of time in their own
homes and pay some attention to en-
tertaining and to decoration. | would
see foreign ladies teaching readily in
Japanese in all our native Sunday
schools and day schools. | would have
them at all our women's meetings. I
would have the foreign missionary men
at all our native services able to take
part as intelligently and to speak as
fluently as our native workers. Tsukiji
gives a ia leo i,raprossion to the true
inwardness, the humility, the self-sac-
rifice of Christianity.
mission reports are not always q
perfect indication of the views of all
the missionaries of any given mission.
A report may be adopted by major
ity OF one. The views of the minority
missionaries are not heard at home ex-
tensively. l know, however, that some
of them think as | do, for they live in
the way l believe is the most effectual.
They talk over matters with me, too,
and can agree with them often. In
America l know several hundred
clergymen who believe that japanese
preachers should not be under the con-
troll of a board 5000 miles away and
composed of persons who cannot read
even the japanese daily papers.
MONEY QUESTION TO THINK
ABOUT.
"The money question is important to
us, of course. Like all missionaries
and all church workers, we are greedy
for more money all the time. We are
greedy So when board threatens to
withhold funds-to boycott us-we
have something to think about. Our
new stations are supported by funds
from abroad, because a new station,
where converts are nil or few, cannot
be self-supporting Now, the churches
form the Presbytery and the Presby-
terry controls the stations. The church
es can be independent and do without
foreign aid, but if they break away
what will become of the stations? We
are in dilemma.
Il am here to raise funds for my
work. I speak only when l am official