Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-22
JAPANESE BARON
OCCUPIES PULPIT
KANDA EXPLAINS NIPP0NESE
SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
CLAIMS CHRISTIANS DO MUCH
GOOD IN ORIENT
Declares Far East Needs Missionaries
Who are More Liberal and Who
Teach More Modern Sys-
tenn of Religion


f guest of Los Angeles and prominen
educator of Japan, made a brief addres
at the closing of the morning servic
at the First Congregational church yes
terday. Baron Kanda was graduate
J from Amherst college, of which DI
William Horace Day. the pastor, is ais
an alumnus.
Baron Kanda speaks English fluently
He began his address by stating he hat
been advertised to preach, which. h
said, was as likely as that oranges
should grown on pepper trees. He de.
clared he spoke as a layman and from
a layman's standpoint ne told of tn,
work accomplished in Japan. He said
Twenty years ago an imperial edic
on education was issued by the EN-
peror, a document on which the Who'll,
educational system of Japan is founded
Although it was issued but twenty
years ago, in substance it is the senti-
ment of centuries. / had n hand III
translating this edict into the English
language, and in it we decided to adhere
to the original stiffness better to con-
Vey the original poetry. This edict is
read on all public occasions. especially
in the schools, and is regarded as sa-
cred as your Ten Commandments, and
we treasure the dignity of the original
as you treasure the original of King
David
I'm Japan, while we tolerate all, we
| do not teach any particular religion in
the schools. l wish to speak especially
| Of the indirect work of the missionaries
in our country. Not being actively en-
gage1 in the mission work. l cannot
give the number of converts for last
year or the statistics, but great social
and philanthropic works have sprung
| from the missionaries.
All Gf,an
I'VE have a home for released pris-
oners, where Christian preachers-and
Buddhists, too-visit. We have laws
enacted against the selling of tobacco
to minors and laws enabling fallen
women to abandon their calling by
reporting to the police office. We have
homes for sailors. orphans and delin-
quents. All these have been established
by Christian initiative. Buddhist
priests visit the prisoners, it is true, but
the custom was founded by the Chris
tians
Il stand here as a layman working
in government institution to pay trib-
ute to the Christian workers.
What do l think of the Christian
workers? After thirty years in Japan
since | was in your country, l find re-
ligion different. America has ad-
Vanced in her notion of Christianity |
and has become more liberal with re- |
ference to dogmatic teachings. But |
the men who have gone to the east |
have been there many years and they !
have held to their own ideas and dog |
mas all alone. They are behind their !
brothers in this country. The young
men of Japan who are receiving a |
liberal education must feel a certain |
in this and therefore [
think there should go to Japan men
who are far more liberal and will study
the Orient and get in touch with it:
who will interpret the Bible from the
standpoint of the Oriental and uplift
men and women rather than try to
secure certain number of so-called
converts.
The east is mystical and poetical;
our aim is to graft in the practical
and material of the west.
In Japan we educate our women
but there is no co-education. We do
not educate our women for the pro-
feFional life. Although in the begin
ming the boys and girls receive similar
education. after they enter the
primary school they are separated
Girls are admitted into high schools.
but not into the universities. 1t is
generally conceded pedagogical work
eventually will fall into the hands of
women but not as rapidly as in the
United States. We have yet to see
he day when the suffragette will lay
siege to Toxic
ITO you our custom of marriage
seems strange and odd. especially the
hird party or so-called go-between.'
Who plays a prominent part in most of
he marriages In this system an
elaborate course of inquiry into the
antilles of the interested parties is
made and when all are satisfied then
'omes the ceremony corresponding to {
rour exchange of engagement rings
We sacrifice romance of love and I
Ourtship until the last. Many would !
prefer TO put it first Our order has {
Disadvantages as well as its advan- !
ages, but in the long run the larger !
lumber find happiness. The system
ends toward the decrease of weak off
pring and puts last the question of |
PERSONAL appearances which at best ]
re but a varying quality. But even in
he west, where you have ample OPP !
,ortunity and time to discover per
onal compatibility. all your marriages J.
% not turn out satisfactorily"
Dr. Day i'm his sermon preceding the :
ddress of Baron Kanda, took for his =
ubject, "Habakkuk the Skeptic." Rev. I
lagojiro Furuya pastor of the Jap Il
nese Congregational church. read the r.
tllDluIt ltSSOl anu lllt ClluiGl was a
dorned with American and Japanese I
ags. A large number Of the japanese Y
f the local missions occupied reserved |
eats. II
Speaks of Prophets S
DR.. Day took his text from Habuk- S
uk 1-3, and spoke of the prophets of [
le seven centuries before the Chris $
an ers He said: l
"Habukkuk was a new kind of d
.eacher. He did not say thus saith ,
ahovah,' but asked of Jehovah. 'Why?' =
he burden of his preaching was the u
,er repeated 'why'-hoW could God =,
1rmit evil in the world? TW hundred !,
ears before Plato argued the ques- n
on and the voice of the Hebrew I,
'ophet also tried to solve the question :,
He did as we sometimes do in a
merica-looked to the machinery of h
stice and found it wanting. Ii
After the downfall of the great el
ng, and after the uplift of the Chal- p
ans, Habakkuk realized the voice of fC
ID. Woe to the nation, modern or OF
lcient that makes strength its God RI
'oe to us if the hand of American
'wer shall reach out over the seas or to
'er mountains, north or south. east ii
west. if American power shall ever "
welded in the spirit of Nebuchad- es
zzar &c
Whenever man has learned to live st
It by bread alone but by faith he IN
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