Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-15
LAND OF FLOWERS
Past, Present and Future of
Japan.
C'TYs DENs OF lNiQUITY
Rev. L. }. MacKay breaches on the Vice.
fraeticed in Newport News and Says
That the Jail Is Not the Place
for Every Prisoner.

Sabbath and char, soars ,n,.p.S ~, -
full force.
Mr.. Yyattaro Ol1ano. Of lana, vas :,
the city and offic.aiE,I az no ss,r,.icas
speaking at the Secor,i Ra,,ti.st in the
morning and at the FIRST Prashvt.arisn
church in the evening .L,nsn prsS-
ent and Futu.e," vas Ih, sui.fet.t of Mr.
Okano's address, ard he said in mart.
Il ann very. mann, r., LIZ, -, -, -,
native Japanase ,anr..a, in ~, ~ ,,, az
Costume as YOU see I am, s,l,i ia cav
I am a C.gristian ard ali Won Win H.,
lieve in, Christian5,v are nv hrntbars
and my sisters
MIR, Okanrr then ..xhihitea th. 1an,-
nese ma tional flag. showing a round It,1
mark IN the centre Of a wrhife field rep
resen,ti1r. the s,,-,k.I. safS 80 ,.;sf,i-
sun.
traveller to anDs,I ,,'e WI
reason to a,,s;i.lv.a ~. .H'';r,s,, ICY ''.
seeking Japnn WHEN :, Itscn,..,-s-7
America II was IN 1s,g ,i,+ Eon,Ir,r'|
dore Perry. of rht Init So na,.,,
izatEo;l oyr, 200 49, Co C,th,iiI
missionaries arin1ortli IL, io,,on ,,,7
rual5t. many r>mvar,s a1,,n. so 49,
ago there IVES a [iyil wa, IN ,.,,ici, ~.
Catholics w:ra lliiiad ~. rnmnsl1al ~
give up ,hetr Religion
Il r..ioir,. ,i,,t Il vas .,,,..,.;,, ,,.7 noe
on. Of me O ~. 1ata~.n ,hot n,,,'n.,., ~, ~,
Japao TO civiliz,ttnn ;-b., NIL, 60, ~
caIls5 Jspi, is an~,r. ,,,.i.,, ~ S",ri
flrn6a and has a n,r,,,l. tfnr az -
millions of nannia ISL an anni1,,,
Athenian. t,ha ~ ONE a-a insn;rad NTH
a -s.asira FOR CIV sx}s,a - ~, 49,
The Christian civilization In H.. lata
war God was ON The sidt. of Janan and
she defeated China a country with
a rop,,latfon Of four bn,,z,s5 ,,,ii1;xr. of
1},5srlle "
There ara todav sn. Jana,, sava,>,d
aluryi,stl ty1Tistian SsfnnaI~ias r.snra.
selntin.r a5our fif{v 1anS1,ir,tE',s ona
;f,,sra Are f1,fv thousan,I r<,ti,..s 49, 80
ttans Eetny,.,a, ,g,r.ze a,nI fnnr ttn,7.
sand converts one made every yesr
Finally Japan. tha Ian5 or ths ,.isis,g
s sun. sees the rising of the sun Of risrht7
eousnees.
Eyyass sand here from, ,I,-s,,, nv INV
dsst III 4Ixs 1ayy III. In
stttutsoRs When came heae I could
mot speak a word Of English and n was
very different from Japanese.
There are forty-seve-. letters in the
Japanese alphabet. The Japanesy. Ian
guage is ntlsical. the letters glide one
into the other The japanese bows and
girls sing thair aiphnhet. The Japanesa
are a poettcal people; they have artistic
tasta arsi, !ove for truth. The Amari-
can babies speak just tie same lam
suage as the Japanese babies The
haby's language belongs 10 the baby's
world; it is ne,ar2st,ro that of the angels
When we reach heaven We shall oil
speak in ,-uR language
No. Okano told how some Of tra va
tive Japanese worshipea IDOLS of stone
and others worshiped the mountains
Thers We're followers OF Budha and fol-
lowers of Corfucaous in japan.
THE New Japan has replaced the Old
Japan. out il is still a heather nation
ans, many Of the natives do not know
what Christianity 1neans. A youn4,
Japanes= when told Of Christ wanted
to know What number. street and town
he lived in. so he could write to him.
Mr.. Okano is a scholar ans, is a grace
full and fluent speaker. After giving q
brief account of his conversion TO tie
Christian faith he closed by saving:
Il know Christianity is the religion OF
truth and taat Buddhism will go down
and Chris tian4ty become tbs religion o.
the whole world
This eX=ning at 1870 o'clt elk Mr. Okano
WIFI deliver a lecture at the First Pres
byterian chur2h. illustrating his re-
marks with ster@Gptican views. His
subject Will he The Sunny Side of Life
in Japan and the Battles the War
Between Japan and Chin ~
MIR; MACk.AY ON VICE.
At the Second Presbyterian church
Sunday evening Rev. Thomas J. Mac
Kay. the pastor preached to an over
flowing congregation. He chose as his
text GalationS. 6:14:17-"God forbid
that l should glory, save on the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ. by whom the
world is crlcgfied unto me, and L unto
the world"
Mr.. MacKay said, in part:
The words of our text are the utter
ance of a consecrated, sanctified heart,
filled with the divine spirit of the liv
ing God. They should be the expression
Of every heart in divine presence. They
We're written to church in which We're
false teachers. Paul cried: Oh, fool
ASH Galatians, who has bewtched you
that ye sHoWd not obey the truth?
sod forbid that ! should glory save n
the cross OF Christ. Paul might have
''gioried IN being a pharisee of the pharl-
sees lie mlsht nave Sioried IN nus pol
lsheo educStlon ana IN ms moral life
Let us ask Paul why glory in the cross
OF CHRIST! Ii IS the cause OF All your
sufIerlns; Paui, You We're beaten with
STRIPES three times, thirty-nlne iasnes
eaoli t ~ inree tlltles you we're beat
en- WIN Toos. faui, ana you were SNIP
wrecked because OF the cross OF Christ.