Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-21

3cnnot continue beyond the term of
:lass.. personal RESIDENCE =heressft ETH
turn is so busy keeping alive the
interest of his supporters, that he has
little time left for. actual work among. .
he~Japanese.. As an ffIfstratfon, Isl
| may cite the casey of lone man, per-
eohally AM dbrfsht, honorable and
t-eleasant- gentleman whose publication
INTENDED only for home consumption
gives the impression that he isl
tslfolsing TOXIC to asSeritable revifal:
Fret that man HAS been ahere nearly
A decade and does not speak the Ians9
F4uage so that ne IS pefsonalTy' qsss&
fess- as al preacher TO the Japanase
af4f the Hight III tc6ffditf6ns IN this
country, would say that the only
5ffeet5ial missionary WORT that c4nf
Dec pursued is that Conducted Q on "a
bf5ad basis and a long continued plant
6ys tIis great ehdfche 6faJapah' andii
sfsghfistian lands. sz5s7 ssJe1s -ae1
Taking Religion 10 Get English. y ]
asa bsi1dinS that is the cehter Of no.
hssnaif3 work is the big brick Young
fAIen's Christian association, Which
.a7soshRs Branches ana dorfnitoTies III
aany ef7Sthe educational institutions
here The Young pWorialfs christian
Dissertation has lately come to Jabans
Fananis opening dofmitofies for Young
lEe7aen students. Both these organs
gsations do, Bible class dwofk pas
This suggests a characteristic phasec
Isof1mission work in Japan-the conduct
iRgoof Bible classes. Every missionary
| from the 9new est recruits to the oldest
Evetefam,1 has 1aeasafeo Of this to dos
i Sumel1ef Gtlle EBfbles classes are as
large Aslamanys congregations ~ Thef;
gecuety of all this is, as is happarefit toe
everybody concerned,9 the desire Of
I5the7Japanese tor dearn dfr1glish The
leagerness of the Rativesgina this spar
lstieHlar is nothing shortsiofg3ag craze.
.FGeQuenHy 1a.havez shaas! Young men
/ aocest nae and 7enterIintO couv ersatiOn,
| pUrely2for the purpose Of practfcing
their little stock OF English. 15SC1ne3
| tines this sort OfsthiRs is FATHERS try4
ing, but fhel missionaries have had
! their; patience Welt trained. iS9Fhey
take, the. japanese Dns anystermsoa11t
| find, they 4say,rsthat sout OF sBible.
| classes attending from 5purely selfish
! motive, have come many 5Ofsthe most
earnest converts and Christian work!
! ers. ser sa tazaef a1a6 ~ as' yiw
L,soOther mission lands have manXTmis-
sionary hospitals; in Japan there are
| only two, both maintained by Ameri-
| can -Episeopalians,a one iatsQsaka nd
| one here. The reason for this is that
the Japanese have their own sphysi-'
oeians and hospitals. ST. Luke S J9hOs-
/ pital in Toxic, is lyrepdewed, sand
could not we'll he abandoned. AS a
matter of fact, it is 50 ipogulai, aarid
successful that it is entirely selffsups
! porting. 1T has. fine quarters near
church for Europeans and large, boys
school on the Protestant Episcopal
conn und, eds mo.1 7E3 .iGm nazs -i7'
l. egFr7s Baseball and; MissionssWo % Qt'
Often / hear theaauestion raised Jas
to, whether Ghfistiamtysiss.h avingaany
| practical effects ,upena the solgagacter9
of the converts,4t That tis not se'ssfnl@a
ple a question to answer as would att
first appear; the missionary Sis really
working ri for his converts grandehlh
dren. Yet / must admit that / have
run across cases that are not without
meaning. After speaking at tfhe.old9st
university in, Japanu an institution
.distinctively, not Christian, ;. was en-
tertained. at luncheon by the ,presi-
dent. and six Of the leading professors
were. invited to. he present. One Iof
these was a man, who in appearance,
s.rikingly. resembled- the young, col !,
Iege Y. NJ. c. a. men il. .AkAmeric ca, and
I he himself was an, active. Christian +,
worker. and Responsible. for II the reelEEgs
| foas organization existing in the ,Cpl;
| 1ege. / learned that his standing was
I high among the professors and his IS
1 influence among the. undergraduates
I pronounced - - -, -, - :,
On another occasion I met a n1ddle2
ged man who has invented a process
defor making articles Of wearing appar-
el-necktfes, shawis, q purses, > hats,
4 fanny vests, etc.-froIn wood shayings,
] He said he was about to Introduce his;
BnoveI wares into Americas Question,
ing him FURTHER, The said that about 1!5r
wears ago he became a Christian.
that awakened in him a desire to bet
ter himself and to @des something for
4 TJanan6s The result aisp lthisi invention,
T. Perhaps the Inostdctirioas OF many
ham eEpected. evidences of Christ ian ltys
! in this city islthe crack baseball team
n in the Waseda univefsitE, an insttu=
drtiof, 8 with more ethan 1900 students.
larrbe1 IA panese have z4akencardent TO
american sports, sande this Gpartiohlar
yltteaJnrmadeg successful tom ofIthe
H. Paci ffcz COAST last oyeaTsgt 1t 10wesD its.
efffciencN3 to Rev. F.GNIeprifi eld,sasBa an.
X list missionary who was a star ON sthe,
University of Chicago cffannp ionshlQ
baseball teams ia1feWsyearSs agoasTM err
Jbrifield goes three days "a week to
j.Waseda to coach the teanlfor thessake
Eof the opportunity thus given hAa TO
lido Christiana work & among etbeosstqq-,
\ gdentss9 asnliHq 70 sGizjz sea -
Of many forms of this soEtgef IN d. !,
rect missionary, work I5,haYes slearneedr
| directly and oipdirectly,s One InigAtl 4
! met with q, fine. body Of ,pllslness and
/ professional men WhQ, are lqrsanlized
into an English Speaking soeiaty,
and hold their meeting in the home OF
a Quaker nnissfoaarys2 There are dos
ens.of sewing classes ,afnsnis1the JapS
j anese swoAlan NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Iatn issienarieB1 take & the ,GhildfenlE of
4 prominent Iapaneseginto ;their5h9Ples
j to- teach them therrsA5nerieaps WAY OF
j -,living, The sonoand heir of1tbR2ate
/ Gen Kodqmo,ss the foreFGest. baiASSarY
I figure in Japan has with th9sfseR Of
another general, bee9s dining aweel4lg
/ at the Ihoae of one sef tbs niYYeslhg
i Mems Chhssils Christian ian ASSOCIATION asseFes
il ! f. e ylesf3scaE vifo sg5 nj ssaimeTg aid
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