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This choice does unnecessarily mean
that all must turf risht about face and
20 IN The apbosfte direction to that In
which We have been going. ! nm not
believer fiji tie tliedry0 mans total
deprnvity. Wherever ! travel per,
ceive marks OF sin sdeprayity, human
Imperfectlon. weakness but also per-
ceire evidences Of good intentions. good
endeavors noble resolves.
Is II moi because SIN at the present
time is profitable, aQS4ntageous. pleas
,uraDlc. or $ccms 10 g one or all Of
these, that It Is sought after desired
mud given SO large 4. control in human
affairs? Is moi this true because we
are now under the domination Of the
Prince of darkness, the Prince Of this
world. whom the Scriptures declare
shall be bound for thousand years
aud deceive the nations no more, by
putting light for darkness:
When the deception shall pass away
and mankind shall see clearly the Joys
ana rewards OF righteousness. will they
not prefer them? And II in that Rlo-
rious Elorh right doing brings bless
inc and pleasure. and wrong doing
brings all the disadvantages and
strIreS, may we not expect that the
majority Of humanity will seek right
eousncss, seek harmony with God, and
tins seek TIE joys and blessings oil
Divine favor and everlasting life?
NV brief stay in Japan has given me
II keen appreciation OF what the Japa'
nesc have already attained rs peo
ple-cntlreF aside from Christianity
| percelvc many tirlngsNin Japan, close
" connected with your religious Gus
toms. whitli put to the blush certait
couditlousa FrevaleHe in atSurOpe and
! Amcrlca, ylele Christianity has beer
dominant Sc cenfarlfs, Ifs are to &c
knowlRlget ne g96dkwllegGSef we see
It. and so ,now.i fEeely acknowledge
that | pere Give amongst your people 90
csthrti,. 4tusle. II gcntleness0f demeanbl
and IL loyalty of heart which fullS
appreciate. even though these quail
ties came 10 the japanese, not through
Christianity, but through ShlntoIsn
and Buddhism. indeed. must apollo
rf2c for much Of the rudencss ant
,rudeness OF tho socalled Christian ma
lions, Of which you have heard throug!
your learned men and OF which yor
know something through contact will
tho soldiers ana sailors of these land
who come TO your ports.
would have ron understand tina
Tho teachings Of Christianity cove
ovcry form OF courtesy. gentleness
srotherIy Kindness and hospitality
Tho very KEYNOTE Of ChrIst's instruc
lion to His followers is lorc, out Of :
orre heart-auCl that each shonlf IL
nnto his,neighbor as he womb that nt
ncighbor sbpuId 19 TO MN the I Il!3|
and graces OF the hotS Smfh p
Christ 1reI prominently SCI 70 lo[fh IN ~ w
Riblc-mcekuess, ,Fentlcpcss, patience
lHnG.suffering, fnitffE, hhope' ]e$: 'oSs'
You should know, moreover tna'
while these qualities pre- very genera
~ ignored amongst the rsel!'tfEe e
Of Christendom. there are heEer1ne
less. faithful disciples OF Jesus "n'
study daily TO put Into practice y
these qualities marked by DIVINE ap
provaI. The difference seems to d
that these esthetic qualities 0r grass
In your land lave become nat'oh !,
trait with the arlppaneSe'a WINE II
Chrlstendom, so-cal!cd' they are prar
tired only ny II proI'or'ion"''.F Sn."'
number, the remainder rather 0oastlh'
of and cuItivatlng qualities the rcNcrs'
Of these, as more helpful In the battl.
for life and for money winch IS MANI
fest everywhere among them.
pisaorees With Missionaries.
find myself unable to agree Will
tho teachings OF the mlsslonarie
which have reached you, however hon
oct some Of them may have been
Tsnowtnr that nm essential feature o
ShintoIsn is reverence for deceased
ancestors many. missionaries. fcnr
,.,,. 1ono ,.io,nnce IN vnur tcnilrreS