The farmer and mechanic., 1906-10-30


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l-.H."In. NcD.. Oct. ). I9ob.-lh Tor
.. rttrt4 have mentioned the mis-
..#rE work being done by Americans
ID lHr bN"ut. and | deem the subject
.nu.tluf enough fuF an article. IN
...@ ul the conflicting reports WhlcH
.'e h'ru brought back by tourists.
W. uad I'm opportunity to hNeSu-
d.. Ju" work done by American ms
'le.f'"s lh iaWail, Japan. emma, the
H'.tItu.|, singapore, lhdld, Egypt.
.'"-. lun and Turkey. We met rep
t..tItUt.\t@ of nearly all the churches
. lH. various departments of mission
.rr work. and as Il result Of our oDSer-
...un. our interest in foreign mis-
.nla has brcu uuickcned. In Hawai-
ac missionaries laid the foundation
..r tur present civilization in the is
Nna~ aud cNeIted "a most beneficial Ill
G.Hn, upon the natives.
Iu l.ltlu the missionary work has
.tt.d rapidly. ana IS carried on un-
..r four heads, The religious teach
.r u#o@ .utS the gospel and establishes
.un.,s. tho school teacher arouses
.H interest i'm education and estab-
-ln# schools: the medical missionary
.F un-~lii~hiy rendering an obvious
-.l.i... opens the way for both the
..r. .lrhtr and the school teacher.
billie the Young mems Christian as
.Iuf.an and its accompanying organ
at.au. the Young Women's Christian
a-sac5at.ou. weld The church member
In into Il religious, but unsectarian
working body. The rapid growth in
'Hhic Instruction has somewhat
f.a3rtej the relative importance OF
'u- mission schools in Japan, and the
spread of the science of medicine has
made the work of the medical mis-
oua'T less conspicuous. but the re-
) -I"u- teacher in Japan has field
" tirh is not surpassed anywhere
= .e JAPANESE people are rapidly drift
ia- away from Buddhism, which until
l'f"NjlN was the national faith. Shin
j.'.m, which has become the State
rt.igjoH. is not a religion at all. but q
r"Tefence for ancestors. Japan mus,
haNt Il religion for no nation is likely
to avoid decay unless its morals arc
r"-cnforced by religion. II [ had the
""lhori1y to decide the question, ]
#"uil send some of the leading mer
Of each denomination to Japan tC
present Christianity to the educated
i1ranese without the aid of an inter
IfcioT. This proposition l tested sew
rr"l times. While it would be an ad
vantage to have preachers who coul,
sGrak the Japanese language. still /
is more important that we shoui6
-rnJ our abIest divines there-mel
IN" can meet the most intelligent o
lac Japanese upon an equal footln2
4H deieAd before them the Chrisuai
IhIoS"N2Y of lie.
Japan is the gateway of the Orient
ana today is eXerting an int1uenC
upon china greater than the com
hIned influence of all the Europea1
nations. Western civilization IS like
~ 10 enter China through Japan. L
1lct I believe that the Christian re
laion. presented to the Chinese by tn
Japanese. would spread more rapid
iA0n if presented in anv other way. fo
China has come to regard Japan a
Leader of thought. Moro than 500
Chinese students are now at school i
'tr"n. and Japanese teachers are be
n" more and more employed j
CHINA. Some of the most earn