The Lambertville record., 1899-05-03
AMERICAN MISSION HoMr,
NOEnuANra Nov 100,

YOKOHAMA, Nov. 1, 1898.
No Dear Friends - Thank you very
much for your kind and interesting
letters, which were dated the 10th of
January and 25th of June, could not
express my delight when they were
handed to me by our dear teacher,
Miss Dorsey. | was very much inter
estcd to hear about the custom of go
ing out for wild flowers on the first of
May. oh | wish | could have such
Il nice custom in Japan.
Though we nre so widely separated.
by waters, yet We can unite in the
heart before Christ. My heart is al
ways with You in the love of God. /
never forget to pray to God for YOU
Really, / thank you very much that
You are supporting mo in this nice
school so many years. Though | can
not work for God directly, vet | nm
trying to lead unbeievers to Him.
am very glad to tell you that |
worked for Him during this Summer
vacation. | had a great many expert
ences. | will tell you about them. |
spent about ono month at my own
home and helped my parents. The
rest OF the vacation | spent my time
teaching some foreigners at Karuiza
wa. 1t is cool place, lying between
two high mountains.
Many foreigners come here to spend
their Summer. When wo are thore
we never know how hot the days are.
There il small town. The things
which were sold in the shops were al
most all for the foreigners so il seems
Just like small foreign town.
There are two churches. One il a
Union Church, the other is an English
Church. Every Sunday these two
churches were occupied by foreigners.
My boarding house was in the town,
and the foreigners whom | was teach
ing were living in n nice small house,
which WAS standing i'll the woods,
about half n mile from tho town.
went there every morning and after
noon, except Sunday. They are true
missionaries and they are very kind
and earnest people.
Every evening two or three persons
came to my boarding house to ask
about Christianity. SO | told them
about the creation of the world, how
Adam aud Eve were created and how
they sinned against God. told them
God so loved the world and sent His
own Son, Christ, to this world to save
sinners. also spoke to them about
the Birth of Christ, how lIo suffered
on the Cross for our sins. They list
enod to my tnlls very earnestly. Some
times | read the nice verses out of the
Bible and explained thom. They were
very glad To hear about Christ.
So many beautiful flowers One hill
in Karuizawa was filed with yellow
lilies and pinks, and purple flowers.
never saw such beautiful hill be
fore. One afternoon | went to the
summit of Use Mountain.
never had auoh pleasant vacation
as this Summer. After ] came back
from Knruizawa there was fearful
storm. heard that every bridge was
washed away and the railroads broken.
While | was away my brothers
daughter died. When | heard tho sad
news | was very sorry but | believe
she il now with the Father in Heaven,
20 it must be very happy for her.
am very glad to tell you that my
younger sister was baptized during the
Summer. She is very earnest. Ny
parents are believing Christ, but they
are notmembers of the church yet. SO
am praying for them.
There are five mission schools in
Yokohama, yet | can proudly say this
is the largest All other schools have
not more than fifty pupils, while we
have nearly one hundred, and would
havo more if we had more scholarships.
thank God for such an excellent
teacher as Miss Dorsey. She is very,
very kind to every ono of us, and
teaches us many important things we
had never learned. ! am worry proud
of our dear teacher
What wonderful change and i'm
provoment Christianity has brought
to our country, especially to the con
dition of women. Before Christianity
came they were far below mon, but
now they have nearly tho same posi-
tion.
The iong-cxpcctcd treaties are going
into effect next July. Now we arc to
have intercourse more directly with
foreigners. OF course, we will not see
much change ut first, but we cannot
imagine what will be the condition of
Japan after n few years.
| must stop now. Please remember
me to all.
Your japanese friend,
SHIzU TANAKA.
BY order of the Society.