The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
JArANisE STUDENTS Ar raAE.
Their Views Of christianity md of the Mis-
sionarics In Japan.

sionarieS In JRpnn.
NEW HAVEN. Nov. II -s-Therc are eighteen
japanese students n, Yale. The most promi-
rent among them are VI. Matsumo,o. Phi. ID. Of
both the Imperial University Of Japan and Of Yale.
now employed rs assistant in the Department Of
Practical Psychology, and y. Nakaseko Phi. d.,
Fellow in Chemistry In iAc Sheffield School The
observed Uf all observers. however Is a young
lady Miss Nush NamHguclIi, or to give her an
English name. Miss Good Ihcc.of.thc- Mountain.
MISSY amAguchi is a graduate Of leading womcn's
college Of her own country. and Is now taking q
post graduate course in music at Yale. Sho
shows her native pride by going to and from lee
lures In japanese costume
Most Of the japanese students at Yale are TAX
ing post graduate courses. aud IL is noticeable
that they are to b. found in many fields II study.
The love Of the oriental mind for the pefpcxities
Of metaphysics gives the greatest number of men
10 the pursuit 81 philosophy, five Japanese being
enrolled in that department. Each Of the dc
partmcnts Of theology, economies and law has two
while three Japanese students are studying his
tory and one is dcvO,ng himself ia invesig atoms
IN the realm Of social science All these students
speak one of more Of the Western languages flu
emily and display knowledge Of English icra-
turc that would put 10 the blush the average col
lcgc graduate Of this country. without cxcep-
ton they nro wide readers and keen and restless,
thinkers. they arg the aptcSi II students and their
yivacty and delightful sense Of hunlor make them
warm hearted and sympathetic company. They
are allround scholars even the japanese who
spend most Of their time in the psychological labO-
ratory investigating the properties Of acoustic
space and the rhythm Of bodily movement find both
tic time and the inclination 10 attend the lectures
on New Testament literature delivered by Prof.
Pori"r '2 the Divinity School.
r. Is much that is interesting ntout tho
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possible To hold lie Japanosc sluG,nt< PIC.
scrllcd view ui ih'oiog!: lie las a hcIIor d Cog.
IN the fundamental truths Of hrsitniy lie i,o OILS
Tor natural law in NE spiurhl vollu; lie IL a
| thrre is Progress in religion es in every oh,I
sphere 81 thought Recent literature OF n.i.sion.
AIRY authorship lsmen's The fact that there has
/ hat INC good old faith with missionaries IN.
/ ttoduccd has been tainted with new ideas. The
! missionaries charge Ne students who ie'urn
, 10 Japan win preaching hc,erodoX doctrines
! and Win ,hcins iniai'hhl 10 he 'cSchcrs Who
/ brought them out Of he darkness Of hchihen.
dom, The days are growing troulors for he
missionaries IN japan They are meeting with
The Intellectual element in heir churchcs cisl.
lenge- their conservative views in theology ard
the native preachers are not proving as doclc rs
/ II was bad enough 20 he assnilrd by clever
deha,ers OF !he universities, for hundreds Of Jap
Europe, saturated with niarerialiSrlc German
philosophy and strongly influenced ty Bismarck
IAN nhlOnullSUl, Dl' klultnIS returning rom
Christian America take back something which
dis,urNs them even more The missionaries o.
evangelical ehHIchcs in Japan have tccn power
less to shut out the broader theology which dnan-
4 esq students imnbc al Yale and Ohcr New Eng
land semnartcs Instead 81 accepting the new
freedom in religious thought, 80 characteristic
OF the present day, and SUR nhcrng ncr-,s.
sentials. many Of the missionaries lave held
i, follows ihSt Jap9rese s,udcnts at Yale are
out OF sympathy with such missionaries II
is common mistake 10 suppose that every Jap
AZ American ~ Ell
student at Yale University receives a dollar from
devoted Christians who intend 10 rcurn 10 their
native land and preach or 10 teach in some col
independence of thought, and horc some day 10
make ~" Christian Church OF Japan entirely
indepcntcn' Of foreign control, or in olhrr words
10 sand the missionaries OF narrow crtets back
10 their own lands,
Tn. Christian Japanese student a, Yale is
sinSularly free and ou'sroken on this question:
| The missionaries Of to-day 10 give his side OF
the ca 9, are not like ,hclI predecessors Of tho
As rulc the missionaries Of to-day are inioleTani
and cling TO nn'iauaied forms Of thought; these
SS5nss sSTs sS Of HIKING to
! Christianity. they persist in holding 10 old he.
! lic's and doctrines and thus become he laugh
indifferent or drift into mn,criNlism, a, any rate
sever their connection with the church before
! Eve In the Garden Of Eden. As a rule they say
| " missionaries live in too great ease and do
no. snnnS tSea hc o r rSs loo up a ,o
! tatorial. and while they allow the native preach
cLs who are under their orders to do all ne work
magnify their own industry. The Japanese
student 4, Yale who intends 10 return 10 his nnii,s
the simple gospel OF Christ 10 his fellow country.
men, viii not return without rinnirg the risk
SrnF e. Viii aSs Will s
assaults Of foreign scepucism engrafted on The
| homo stock