The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

there is. according 10 Mr.. owens. an in
tense longing for reform ana the great
est respect for Christianity The En-
re-or. who is q man near thirty, has De
hind him ali that is most progressive N
China, but old things, especially In sbch
an old country, are not TO be rooted OUT
with ease But Mr.. Owens enterta!ns
no doubt whatever that the progressive
t.rtv viii win in the end. Ii lung
Chang. OF recent memory, belongs to the
Empress party. and when the IAN
comes viii go rather further down into
the nit of disgrace than anybody else III
the empire Upon his return from TINS
country the King had to receive him
once but has taken care never TO receive
him since. Mr.. Owens works under the
London Missionary Society. the great
missionary body of English Free Church
men
some years ago the Methodist Church
Sonth sent the Rev. w. J. Callahan, OF
Atlanta, TO Japan, and now brings MIN
back to tell the Ecumenical Conference
something that may help missionary eli
fort if taken into account by those VINO
manage the non-Christian campaigns.
Mr. Callahan says the conditions III Japan
inst now so far as the recent education
al edicts are concerned, are very like
the old woman's clock. When one hand
7soi,tad TO two and the other to nine,
She always knew II was half-past five
The Department Of Education, 1t Will be
remembered, issued q decree that seem
cd to be favorable to Christianity, be
cause it put it on a plane with all other
religions of the Empire. But the De
partmeut added some postseTipts which
;irDcarcd TO take back all she decree
granted. Then the officials said in effect
E4ia hold Stll-
There is no occasion for alarm They
explain that there is a certain conser-
yative clement to be propiuated; in other
words the eiict is issued for effect only
Mr.. Callahan says the. construction put
upon it so far by the officials is most
liberal, and he considers the prospects
in the Empire to be most hopelui.
FROM SOUTH JAPAN.
While Mr. Callahan comes from north
the Rev A. d. Gring comes from south
Japan Mr.. Gring represents the Protes-
t;ant Episcopal Church in this country
and is serving under the Rt. Rev. DE-
Partridge, recently consecrated Bishop
Of Ilyoto The Episcopal Church here
and the Church of England are working
together to make national in its actlVl-
ties the Church in Japan A1nGrlcans
have the Bishops of Tokyo and kyoto,
while the English have four others, all
size ana population to the Two American
dioceses. the seats of which latter are
the ancient and the modern japanese
capitals Mr. Gring built the Cathedral
al Kyoto a large part OF the money for
Inc Same having been gwen by Holy
Trinity Church. hitadc3I3hla Nom ne
comes back to attend the Ecumenicai
Conference and incidentally TO raise $50
9;fn with which to build q boys school
and parish house, the latter of which
is To be also the church house for the
new diocese of ISyoto. He already has
school for girls and 132 pupils in at
tendance at it. He says the orientals
take to a liturgy as they do not to a
I.lain service sucn as is offered by Pres
~ terians and that in consequence The
Church to which he belongs is making
l,spid progress He does not believe
there is any danger that Japan viii turn
out iniidel IS nation. e To- no other
reason than that it secs Christian nations
commercially prosperous
Canon w J. EEharorlds Of Exeter Catfe-
dral, Eng, is q vice-preSi6ent of the
british and Foreign Bible Society. the
oldest and greatest of all Bible distribute
i!3:. ;7rencies There arc not many things
about Bible tYanslations that he doasn
knew India, he said, would stand as
we1 as any country for the progress
and outlook of the Bible circu2ations.
IMAM Htfl3iIN Nti%NttiL!' LIZ
Bible haze been in circulation among the
people the feNest circulating about two
and The most numerous ninety millions OF
copies. All these great TRANSACTIONS have
reached a very high Level. literally as well
| as spiritual. They have baen revised and
reFisei as spiritual Knowledge has accu-
u,lulalte1. and. as TIE native churches
have advanced, so as TO furnish schQt-
a,ly ;ranslations. abe to labor with the
English tiranslators in giving idionatc
accurecy-, and so enabling the Bible 10
| be at home in the land. These tTaffsla-
tons are of permanent value They do
not wear out and they don't die. TIE
future Christianity of India, Canon Ed
,,sonds thinks. is bound up inseI1aT,a ply
with This branch of Bible work. This
work of the British and Foreign bible
| sogiety. as wen as other societies, which
share with it the duty of sowing the
seed, not oi,ty provides that there Snail
e,,ervyssaeres he IA faithful translation OF
tie Bible. but saves native churches from
the siest:,uet.oa Of rival Bibles. and the
perplexIty of eccentric and unscholarly
transactions. And what IS true of In
dia is, with small variations of detail,
! true of other mission fields
| CLASSES IN INDIA.
IN india the attitude of the higher class