The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-30
BISHOP Of
OLD JAPAN
John MCKim Tells
of Encouraging
Progress.

Among the passengers on the Amer
lea Maru is Bishop McKim, who is re-
turning to his diocese at Toxic, Janan.
The Bishop has been in the States
three months. He went via Sucz
While in San Francisco, he attended
the general convention of the Episoo-
pal church.
Bishop McKim has labored in the
great field of Japan for twenty-one
years and has been present at three
general conventions of his church.
His diocese covers AIS miles from
Toxic north, to the end OF the main
island. The population of the diocese
is about 100000.
In an interview with a reporter last
night, Bishop McKim stated that the
whole empire contains four English
and two American dioceses. He said
that the American and English
churches work together and have
formed native church, which uses
| the same prayer book, hymnal, consti-
tuition and canons. There is a Japa-
nese missionary society made up of
missionaries of both churches. This
society constitutes the native church.
The name of the society is the Nj
which is the Holy Catholic Church in
Japan. The native church has today
| 5000 members and supports one Japa-
nese missionary in the island of For
mosa.
I'VE are trying TO inculcate the spir-
| II OF se'f-support," said Bishop Nc
Kim; and don't ordain to the minis
try until there is a congregation will
| ing to guarantee at least oae-third of
the support In my diocese there are
twelve clergynlen, and in the entire
country 100 Episcopal cIergyreu, Of
which fifty are American and English
men and the remainder chiefly Japa-
nese.
THE growth of the church in Japan
during the last three years has been
wonderful, and this year especially SO
OF late a new interest seems to have
been ariused in Christianity. At q
general missionary conference held in
| Toxic last October, it was resolved
to send preacher this year into every
city AID village in Japan, and to this
Another thing working greatly in the
church's favor is that the JAPANESE
have come to realinZe the Importance
of religion for the people, and thu
utter inadequacy of the old religion o
Buddhism and Shintoism to fill tina
need
There is a great desire among tn,
missionaries since the October confer
ence. to bring about Christian unity IL
Japan; that is corporate unity OF al
the Christian bodies, and not a unit.
of sentiment merely"
Bishop McKim and his wife were il
Canton the night before the late Pres
ident McKinley's funeral. Speaking O
this, the bishop said:
: at rained fast all night and throng
: ing the railroad stations were severa
thousand people, who had come O.
special trains to attend the funera
and who had been unable to find &C
Communications. The tracks were file
with cars and into these the peopl
swarmed for shelter from the in
, clemency of the night. And yet, de
spite the great gathering, everywher
the utmost solemnity prevailed and q
far as noise went the whole tow
a might have been deserted
. Speaking of Honolulu, the travelle
/ said:
/ 1T is an ideal place to rest. but Civ
: me Japan to work in. The people ma
l have their defects, but they are yer
good people when you come to kno'
them"