Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-23
Visiting Mission Worker Points
Out Moral and Spiritual
Needs of Empire

religiously, and that there 10 no further
need Of missionaries. In fact, such
opinions were expressed BY a very few
Christian workers In Jap4n within the
past few yearS. In recent years. how
ever, such opinions have disappeared,
and even the most hopeful japanese
leaders now recognize that the task Is
too great for the Japanese church, and
that an addition to the pre-missionary
force IL even necessary
The foregoing statement IL made by
H. +, Coleman. formerly secretary Of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
and now engaged In mission work In
Japan, who arrived in this city Satur-9l
day In company with Mrs Coleman. en-.
route to the mainland for q brief va
cation. He goes on to say:
In Japan. in 1911, the conference Of
Federated Missions appointed a COM
mittee on distribution OF forces, ITO
study thoroughly the problem OF the
increase Of Christian forces in Japan,
looking forward TOT fuller evangelisticl
occupation Of the country 50 that the
people may have q reasonable oppor-
tunity to hear the gospel.
This committee have been carrying
on this study for the past three years
and they have found that very large
and unreached territory particularly
in the rural districts, constituting APP
proximate1y so per cent Of the total
population. where as yet little work
has been done. They have found that
the building up and the strengthening
Of the individual japanese churches
promises to engage the attention OF the
several japanese bodies so that there
Is little prospect Of making any great
advance towards occupying new terri
tory in the near future There are
practically forty millions OF people
in Japan who are yet unreached with
the Christian message.
At the time Of the continuation COM
mittee conferences In Toxic last year
the Joint conference OF the Japanese
and missionary workers came to the
following conclusions:
~First-The unfeanhed forty millions
OF the rural population, together with
the unevangelized masses Of the cit
les and towns, where work has been
established. constitute still gigantic
though inspiring task to the church
at large in its call to give the gos-
pei to the whole Japanese people
Second This work calls for large
endorsements Four times the pres
ent number OF japanese evangeiistie
workers are required TO put In the
field one worker to. approximately ten
thousand people. and at this stage Of
our enterprise a promotion less than |
the above would hardly suffice as .
proper goal OF effort. Moreover, both |
for specialized work in the larger cit |
les. and particularly for work in !
smaller towns, considerable increase
in the number OF missionaries is de- |
manded. The call from the several
district conferences which had in view
actual centers to be occupied, totaledl
q little less than 500 additional mis- !
sionaries fwives inclnded), as the |
minimum required to meet the evan
gellstic need at the present time. =
On account of the above findings Of /
the committee on distribution Of forc-l
es. the following resolution was ad0p-
ted at the annual meeting of the con-
ference of Federated Missions OF JAM
uary. 1914.
.Resolution- That the executive |
committee of this body he REL
Quested to appoint from among |
the missionaries expecting to be
on Through. q strong repre-
sentative committee, who shall Off
cially present to the missionary soci-d
cities, the conference boards, the Stu
dent Volunteer Movement, the exeeu.
tive committee of the Laymen's Mis-I
sionary Movement and 10 such other
as may be deemed nee
cssary, the urgent needs OF eyangek /
istic work in this country"
In accordance with this resolution
the following committee was appoint-
ed: III. E Coleman. chairman; Rev.
III. B. Bennington. Indiana: Rev. H.
w. Schwartz, Chicago; Rev. G. w.
Alabama; Rev. H. B. Newell
Cleveland. Ohio: Rev j.. NJ. Baldwin,
Toronto, Canada; Rev. j. c. Morley,
California; DR.. Sidney l. Gulick, Bos-
ton: Rev, E. H. zaugg, Lima. OHIO;
Rev. A. ID. Berry, Mexico, N. Y; Rev.
H. H. Munroe Nashville, Tenn; Rev
Z. T. Iglehart, New York; Rev. B. F.
Shiyeley. McKeesport, Pa; Rev r. NJ
Miilman, Toronto, Canada. - I
s'The members of this committee
while on furlough will be very glad
to the extent OF their time and
to present the conditions of
Christian work in japan before
churches, missionary societies, COL
Ieges and other organizations. Wei
have given their names and addresses
so that any ofgauixafio ions that wish
their help may be able to communicate
with them9' says Mr. Coleman.
Mr.. Coleman also calls attention TO
the present Tendencies in Japan
through the following i statement
made by DR.. M Motoda. one Of the
LEADING Christians OF Japan. &f1
when We look at the condition OF
morals and ideals I'm japan We feel
surely that there Is. need for a reSi-
val of faith. At present the morals