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persons crowded the Imperial Conservatory
of Music, and many members of the nobii-
ity were present or among the patron
esses, including the wife Of the field mar
shall Marchioness Oyama, several princess
es, Sir Claude Macdonald. the British min
lister. the German minister. the Italian
minister and the wives OF the Belgian and
American ministers Baron Micsui the head
of one of the largest firms In Japan. re-
Gently contributed 81 .225 to the work The
prime minister of Japan, Count Katsura,
has also given his hearty Endorsement to It.
All this greatly delights the missionaries
in Japan, who say that their work has
been put forward a score of years by the
Y. NJ. c. AS thus ensconsing Itself in the
heart of the nation.
From the beginning the work has been
avowedly religious in character, and no one
has objected One secretary in Manchuria
tells how a dozen men. all In heavy march
ing order. with packs, blankets. extra shoes
and sagging cartridge belts. just about to
start for the front. came into one OF the re-
tired rooms of the association to hold a
prayer meeting For 1t is said that Japa-
nese take as frankly and unaffectedly and
heartily to religion as they do to lighting,
and the sound of Christian hymns is not
unknown on the Manchurian battlehelds.
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headquarters are placed at army bases.
where new recruits are constantly arriving.
Ping Pong in Manchuria.
Mr.. George Gleason, WHO left the secre-
taryship of the Philadelphia association to
go to Osaka, Japan, taking with him his
bride. a Germantown society belle. writes
from Yingkow this interesting glimpse of
the sort of work he is doing at the front:
playing the little folding organ as If he
were charging a Cossack band, and around
him was a group of admirers, some OF
whom occasionally burst into the wierd
strains of the japanese national anthem.
After playing piugpong awhile with some
of the fellows, who in their thick hob
nailed boots, rough goatskin vests and
heavy coats find the game little too lively.
! was interrupted by some one who wanted
me to teach him to play on the organ.
sat down to the organ and taught him to
play the hymn Stand up for Jesus, which
is so popular among the men here.
Ping pong on the firing line. where two
nations struggle for the mastery of the east
verify. the world Is small.
The Crossed Flags.
This work is thoroughly American In its
management and support, as well as in its
origin. The national secretary of the Y.
NJ. c. A. for Japan, Mr.. Galen NJ. Fisher,
is now IN the Unlted states presenting the
work, and young American, v. w. Helm,
is the man in active charge of the army
work on the field Several American secre-
taries are at the front. The chairman Of
the national committee of the Y. M. c. A.
for Japan is a japanese, Rev. Y. Honda,
president of the Methodist College at Tokyo.
1t was American enterprise that seized
the occasion of the war as an opportunity
for aggressive religious work so that all
the outgoing attachments Of soldiers and
sailors were met at the point of enbarka-
ton and supplied with tracts and testa-
ments, and Christian songs and leaflets,
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OF all the Yankee notions which the YER
cattle japanese have adopted and adapted
to their own conditions none has been re-
ceived with more instant approval and en-
thus,asm than the army work of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Once 1t was
persuaded that the thing was of practical
benefit to the men, the government opened
every avenue to the workers and urged
the sending out of equipments faster than
the association could supply the demand.
While newspaper correspondents were be-
ing held In leash, the Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
taries with their outfits were on their way,
at government expense and by government
conveyance, to the army centers IN Korea
and Manchuria. Even Port Arthur and
Dalny now have their Y. NJ. c. A. rooms
for Japanese soldiers. AS for the soldiers
themselves, they are ready to fight for these
Yankees who have come to them on mis-
sion that expresses itself in terms suited
to the peculiar needs of the hour.
The method is identical with that made
familiar during the struggle between the
United States and Spain, when every army
corps and almost every regiment had it's
Y. NJ c. A. tent and secretaries.
Helping the Soldiers to Write Home.
These headquarters are freely opened to
officers and privates. They contain the lat
est newspapers from home, together with
books and magazines and funny pictures.
Each has n portable organ, at which the
natives grind out Japanese patriotic airs.
while comrades Join in song. Writing Ia
bles provided. and free stationery, con-
tanning the Japanese flag and the Y. NJ. c.
A. emblem. Hundreds of thousands of
pieces of stationery have been given out
since the opening of the war, and this priv
lege has been highly appreciated by the
men. for there is no room in the over
loaded soldiers equipment for letter paper,
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even could he keep it clean. OF course.
each letter that goes to Japan-and through
this army work the remotest points of the
empire are reached-containS a Christian
emblem which is really a more effective
method of propaganda in creating good will
toward Christianity than years of street
preaching The souvenir postal card craze
has been carried even into the japanese
army by the Y. NJ. c. A, three thousand
cards being distributed at one point on the
liaoyang peninsula by a secretary.
In addition to the free gift of stationery,
the association dispenses hospitality in the
form of the national beverage, tea Every
visitor may drink as much tea as he
pleases. though he cannot fill his canteen,
some desire to do. The scarcity of wa
ter at many points is the reason for this.
To the same cause may be attributed
rather peculiar regulation. which is that
while hair clippers razors and other bar
bering implements are freely supplied to
the men, with facilities for shaving. yet
water cannot be supplied with which to
wash off the face of the man who has
been shaved.
A New Sort of "Holy Show"
While it is an aphorism that trade fol-
lows the flag IT is equally as true
that vice goes along with IT, and
now the Y. NJ. c. A. has been set out to be
equally enterprising. In army life the
usual and most popular diversion is vice. so
1t is up to- the association to afford
other entertainment that will be interest
ing and vet innocent. The result, was
the case in the American army, is a var-
ETY. of entertainments that would fill dea-
con with horror, were they to be run within
the walls of a church There is juggling
and boxing and dancing and singing and a
general drawing upon local talent. One
non-commissioned officer, before doing his
turn, made little speech as follows: las
YOU have come here by the spirit of Jesus
Christ the Lord OF heaven, l express the
one-one-thousa ndth part of my gratitude
by this sword dance, A sword dance In
the praise of the Lord is rather an improve
ment on David.
But the best resource of all is the graph
ophone The part of the y. NJ. c. A. mans
equipment which he guards most jealousy
is his large assortment of graphophone rec
ords containing, 1t must be admitted, a
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Bringing beapen IL Earth,


fierce Minister Of All Souls Church
which our days are bound each to each by
natural piety"
Inc next essential is that We shall In
terpret religion in terms of our own expert.
ence and aspiration. The old story about
the mamma being gathered fresh every day
hides in it great truth. Kept too long,
even the bread of Heaven bred worms, We
cannot truly worship through old forms I'M
III We make those forms own. Then
they are no longer old but new Every
great impulse in religion has come from a
first-handed Interpretation of the facts OF
life. David cannot fight IN Saurs armor,
but must choose his own weapons The
few stones, worn smooth in the stream OF
your own experience, these are the things
by which victory comes 10 you. Thus q
ruddy David conquers a swarthy Goliath!
Ours is the age of science Our religion
must be interpreted in our own terms. We
must learn that God is one and that what
is true in the laboratory is true at the
altar. Religion can never be the violation
of what is called natural law; but. rather,
the extension of that law into the realm OF
things spiritual. Ours is the age of humans
tarianism. Our religion must lie interpreted
in terms of duty one TO another. The golden
rule is not ethics only. II is religion inter-
preted in terms of human relationship.
Religion is not an ccstacy to be induced at
intervals; ii is not matter OF emotion de.
pendent upon ones temperament; it is the
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African Dwarfs.

Nearly hundred miles north of the
Flat station in West Africa and much
nearer the coast, is the Presbyterian mis-
sion station at Lolodorf, established in 1897
with the special purpose of working among
the tribes of dwarfs in the Ngumba coun-
try. The dwarfs are great hunters and live
in the heart of the forest They are ex-
ceedingly timid and therefore difficult to
approach During a visit to the West Az
rican missions, made recently by the Rev.
DIR. A. w. Halsey, secretary of the Pres
byterian board, he and two of the mission
aries made trip into the forests to find
the dwarfs The other natives are little
to be depended upon for aid in finding
them, as the dwarfs sell meat to other
tribes at very low prices. and the natives
fear that contact with white people may
make the little men disconnected with the
prices obtained. But by the gift of four
yards of cloth a guide was obtained for
DIR. Halsey's party and a dwarf village was
found.
Rev. Mr.. Hemnger tells the story of the
trip. "At about noon we reached a place
where we turned off the main path and
entered the forest, following for an hour
what the natives call a path, but what
came in the heart of the forest to vii
lage OF dwarH. This hunting for
dwarfs Is rather exciting. For If one
wishes to find them he must be
as careful dis IL H6 were hunting WIG
animals, or when he has reached a village
he will find that the dwarfs have disap-
peared. We were fortunate in finding two
of them in the woods chopping who were
persuaded to take us to their town. They
went ahead to prepare the people for our
coming, but in spite of this precaution we
found, when we came to the village. that
every one who could run, except three or
four of the older men, had gone into the
bush. We sat down and commenced talk
ing to them and laughing, thus winning
their confidence. In a short time others
began to return, and at 0, meeting we held
In the evening we had over thirty present.
We slept at the village that night, return
Ing to Lolodorf in the morning"
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steadfast resolution to do the fair thing
here and now. These are simply suggestions
as to what it means to interpret religion
ton.
The third element of this natural piety"
is that every man shall reverence his own
conscience as the supreme guide of life. II
ii is said that conscientious people make
mistakes, ii has also to be said that they
are most prompt to correct them. Where
one is led ast-ay by fosl0ing this monitor,
a thousand err by rely on that of their
neighbor To educate or, rather, to re-
lease. the moral sense; to look to it the
sanction and arbiter of our conduct, is to
drive ourselves back 10 the sources of life.
Whatever doubts we may have as to the
trustworthiness of this inner light, which
ligkteth every man coming into the world"
il is evident that we are more certain that
here is the voice than we can be that any
historic authority has rightly interpreted 1t.
Here is the real Sinai, where both law and
gcspe, are proclaimed.
After what has been said, it is satis-
faction to reflect that every day offers the
opportunity of putting these things TO the
test. II is an experiment worth the trying.
Let a man learn to see in his own day the
orderly revelation of the most high; let him
read these revelations in the light of his
fullest experience and hottest aspirations;
fo- single day let him DO the thing that
seemeth to him to be right, forsaking all
'-aims that end in self" and renouncing all
temporizing and bargaining; let him listen
like a child to the behests of this voice;
and ii shall seem no miracle that this
august and beautiful presence is able to
transfgure our days and make them even
'as the days of heaven upon earth"
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not In the least prepudicial to the strict
maintenance of discipline. My firm belief
is that there can be no better form of rec
reation and diversion for the soldiers"
The association workers regularly visit
the hospitals talking with the patients,
writing their letters, supplying them with
reading matter and holding occasional en-
tertainments and religious services.
Perhaps the most striking evidence of
the popularity of the army work among
the Japanese was the brilliant benefit con-
cert given last month by the Tokyo Young
Mems Christian Association for the army
fund An audience of more than 1900
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schools with the scholars studying the
catechism The new believers were divided
into groups of ten, each with a. teacher
while in other parts of the buildings preach
inc services were continued AS a result
of the revival the mission is facing the
problem of lack of room In the churches.
The large Central Church and the new
South Gate Church mot yet fnished) are
both filed and a third building is urgently
needed. as are additional workers. Dr.
Moffett writes that they are happy over
the situation, although perplexed as to how
To accomplish much that demands atten-
ton. I'VE are simply swamped:" he says,
"by the demands upon us for instruction.
oversight and organization.
Mr.. F. B. Guthrie. who is stationed at
Flat, West Africa. in one of the missions
of the Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sions, tells of missionary work among the
native tribes, which includes Industrial
training as well as religious teaching. Flat
is about a hundred miles east Of the At
lantic coast, and is three degrees north of
the equator. 1t is in the heart Of
the country inhabited by the Bulu
tribe The station has 136 acres of
land about half of which has been cleared.
Fruit trees have been set out and plan
tains. bananas, pineapples. mahabas "a
vam-lke tuber) corn. white potatoes and
other garden vegetables are raised.
Mr.. Guthrie tells of plan to devote a
large part of the station area to the cui-
tivation of rubber Rice cultivation IS also
to be tried. He adds: I'VE hope within the
year to have 100 head of sheep and goats.
ten or twelve native cattle, a beginning of
a herd of swine and possibly some import
ed milk cattle. If you could spend a
month or a year in Africa living on timed
meats butter and milk, you would appre-
ciate the missionary's desire for stock. The
great need OF the natives, after Christ is
the knowledge and opportunity to make q
living. This we are convinced must be
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larger proportion OF funny songs and mono
logues and japanese patriotic airs than
sermons or hymns; there are the latter, of
course. but the secretary sensibly feels that
the first part of his work is to entertain
and divert the men whose lot is hard
Enough at the best And the graphophone
is as source of endless amusement to the
soldiers. They never tire of 1t, but gather
IN front OF the horn by scores and hum
dreds day after day and night after night.
The stereopticon, too. is useful adjunct,
and one set of pictures will go long ways.
because the crowds OF men are constantly
changing, inasmueh as the association
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church. on 18th
street northwest, Is what Is known as an
early English Gothic. 1t preserves all the
essential features, the flying buttresses. the
central spire. and its cruciformity. This
church is true architecture and true con-
struction. No advantage has been taken
OF the modern methods of interior finish.
The church is built inside as it is out-hewn
from the rock and keyed together. The
parishioners of ST. Thomas Church might
well be congratulated on their church. and
the designers on a conservative rendering
of a style SO famous and so admired. Gran
lite for this church was cut in Scotland and
shipped to this country as ballast.
The rectory and hall of st. Patrick s
Church is very fine example Of sixteenth
century Gothic, what is known as perpen-
dicular.. deriving its name from the tend
ency of all lines in that direction. 1t Is
indeed a symphony in form and color, and
takes it's place high in the ranks Of rep
resentative ecclesiastical architecture.
1t Is fitting that Washington should be-
come All educational, ecclesiastical and art
center well as the home Of the federal
government, and the advancement the local
churches have made in the last decade is
particularly pleasing. In addition to those
cited above, there are many other good ex-
amples of church architecture in Washing
ton.
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found from the soil. and for this reason
are paying much attention now to agricul-
tural work Craftsmen are also needed and
we are about to start a class of six boys
in carpentering. and tailoring. shoemakinA
and blacksmithing classes will follow"
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Nobility Honors the Y. M. C. A.

Although at first this army work of the
Y. NJ. c. A. was looked upon with some
what of suspicion by officials as being
merely a PROSECUTING device, its value was
so quickly made apparent that military Of
ficers telegraphed back to Tokyo, urgently
requesting that further outfits be sent to
the front; and as rapidly possible the
association workers have occupied each
army base. The minister of war. General
Terauchi. said: Il express both the opin-
ion of the men at the front and in Tokyo
when l say that this work has proved sue
cessful beyond our expectations"
Lieutenant Colonel Y. Miyazak was COM
missioned by Gen. Nishi to report on the
Y. NJ. c. A. work at YiD3kow. He said:
Since the place has been opned 1t has at
tracred most of the garrison and commits
sariat soldiers In its vicinity when they
were off duty. The number of soldiers who
find it their best resort now averages about
$50 day. What the men most appreciate
is the writing material which they re-
ceive free. Those that need to, can get
their letters written by the kind workers
there The two above mentioned japanese
secretaries are busy from morning till night
with letters for the soldiers. Then. too,
there are newspapers, magazines, musical
Instruments graphophones and various
other means of amusement. All these
are greatly appreciated by the troops, who
are remote from their homes, and I am
quite pleased to see that these things are
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IN FOREIGN FIELDS
INTERESTING DATA FURNISHED
BY MISSIONARIES.

DR.. H. K. Carroll, formerly United States
Commissioner to Porto Rico, and now one
of the corresponding secretaries of the Mis-
sonary Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, reached New York recently after
tour extending over a large part of South
America and including visits to the prin-
cipal mission stations of the denomination
on both the west and east coasts. He
ma with view to the establishment of
Methodist missions in the new republic,
and called at the principal ports in Peru
and Chile, where he inspected church and
school properties. He then crossed the
Andes, visited the principal mission sta
tons in Argentina and Uruguay, and sailed
early in April from Rio Janeiro for New
York, reaching that city after a nineteen
days trip by direct steamer DIR. Carroll
had the following to say concerning his
l5,OO0-mile journey:
LAS to Panama, l have no question that
it is true missionary ground. The future
of the 1sthmus must be changed by the
canal, how much no one can predict. The
fact that 1t is American enterprise not
only insures it's success, but makes the
presence Of large numbers of fellow
countrymen along the line of the canal a
moral certainty. 1t u.s. moreover, the half
way point between the United States and
the South American countries, and it
should by all means be occupied by mis-
sionaries.
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Il have had good opportunity to learn
much about the resources and political con-
ditions of the sections of South America
have visited, the moral, spiritual and social
state Of the people and the need and prog
ress of missionary work among them. The
result is, in brief, a profound conviction
that this part of the new world is entitled
to much more consideration for what it is
and what it may become than 1t has yet re-
ceived. Its varieties OF climate, immense
mountain ranges, tremendous coast line
and river system, the richness of its soil,
the possibilities of its mineral resources
velopment of its products, its industries,
its commerce-in a word, of a prodigious
wealth-only awaits intelligence, energy
and capital. These requisites are being
supplied from Europe and the United
States, mostly from Europe, and the be-
ginning of great transformation may al
ready be seen, more particularly in Argen-
tina, Brazil and Chile.
Two things are associated with South
America in the popular mind of North
Neutrality-suspicious. and earthquakes. The
structive than the latter. While 1 on
the continent one revolution began and
ended, and another, better organized and
| more persistent was brought to a close;
but a single, slight seismic shock at VAL
paraiso was the extent of the subterranean
trouble. The political world, however, is
becoming more secure and stable. Revolu-
tionists rarely succeed now, and are be-
coming sadly discouraged. There is a con-
slant expansion of liberty and therefore
| less cause for instructions.
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while companies of Christians gathered at
the stations day and night and sang with
and for the soldiers and in general heart
were about to leave their native land The
American Bible Society furnished each SOL
der with a copy of one of the gospels in
japanese. These were but two inches long
and an inch and half wide, and weighed
only half an ounce or less. 1t Is significant
of the peculiar relation that America bears
to Japan that the covers Of these books
bore the Japanese and American flags
crossed. In fact, nothing has ever hap
pened since Commodore Perry opened the
gates of Japan that has more endeared the
United States to the Japanese people than
the broad gauge and humanitarian work
for the soldiers done by the Christian
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worlds acknowledged classics James Ear
ley, also of England, an architect and sculp-
tor OF distinction. worked assiduousiy In a
like cause, and 1t is matter of consider
able local interest that his son and grand
son have taken up his profession in this
country, and In Washington and elsewhere
many examples are to be seen of their mon
umental skill.
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That thy days may be as the days Of heaven
upon earth.-Deuteronomy KILL
And could wish my days to he
Bound each to each by natural piety.
WORDSWORTH