The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-12

were on hand before daylight and saw | him finally out of their city and em- | bark for Foochow at s a. m. month later an older missionary visited Yeng- ping and was nearly beaten to death by | the mob. There are schools and hos | pitfalls there now, erected to the mem ory of the brave sufferer, and In the chapel there's a daily song which tells of great and happy harvest home. Mir. Ohlinger has been prominently connected with the educational work of his church in China. The resc1ing of outcast little girls and of blind chill dren has occupied much of his time. He is either the author or translator of about one-fourth of the hymns sung by the Methodist and Congregational Christians of the Fuihkien province.
 During the last four years his work has been almost exclusively literary and he has dozen or more Chinese books and, tracts accredited to his name.
 "A Forward Movement was inaug- urated In Japan under the leadership of the Japanese Missionary Society. for the prosecution of vigorous evangelis- tic campaigns at ten central points, reaching out into as many districts, in each of which daily meetings were held for one or two weeks. This effort has called forth the energies of the Japa- nese pastors and laymen in an unwont- ed degree and results have been most encouraging. The Kumi-ai churches which now number eighty-seven, be- sioes others not fully organized, have oy dennite agreement taken upon them selves the support and care of their own body, with a comparatively small grant from the mission each year. and tnls grant to be decreased annually, Ihis IS an heroic effort on their uart in -HsaNN Rnzk ship in these churches Is 12,604. of whom 1,s5s were received the past year.
 Bible classes in government schools nave been multiplied and the Chris tan schools have been filled to their utmost capacity. The change in the attltude Of the student body of Japan soward ie christian. teaching, within the last ten or dozen years, is declared to be almost incredfble."
 the American Board. with It's head quarters here. has missionaries in Ja- pan 10 the number of seventy-one. The absolute freedom of religious faith and practice is secured by the constitution. but there are no Jess than is3.29s shrlnes within the Empire. dedicated 10 ancestors or eminent men, but be- longing to no religious sect, many of which are supported from the public purse.
 Rev. Horatio B. Newell a mission Ary Tor twenty-one years of the Amar- lean Board in Japan. is now visiting in this country, and will return to Japan In the fall. It used to be said that mis- sionaries for the foreign field were men unable to gain a livelihood in this country, and were sent abroad to con. vert the heather. but the missionaries In Japan have had to be men of intel- iectual ability and keenness, or else tney Tailed to make much of an im- precision on the astute Japanese Mir, Newell has familiarlzed himself with Japanese history, literature and cus- toms. He Is able to look at questions rom the Japanese viewpoint He is at island of Shikobu
 In the matter of education, hs says. It will be found that Japan stands well up to Switzerland so far as illiteracy is concerned. It is rarely that a Japa- 'nese of~the younger generation is found unable to read and write. The educa- tional bystem was developed In 1872. and now the country has over 33.000 public schools of all grades and an en- rollment of over 6.o00000 pupils. The Jinrikisha men and the fishermen on the shore are reading the papers when they have leisure. It is the opinion of MT. Newell that intellectually the Jap- anese are the equal of any people. They have. always been an intellectual peO- pie and have had ashigh civilization since the eighth century. Their uni- versailles are fine. and an American physician who Is familiar with the best European medical schools gives 1t as his opinion that the medical school at Tokio is the most highly developed school of the kind to be found any where.