The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-07-16
The OBSERVATORY
THE BILLY SUNDAY OF JAPAN

derful black eyes and his expressive
face to bring home the thought he
was trying to communicate.
Suddenly he flung his right arm
upward toward sign which rested
above the platform and read in both
Japanese and English: Christ for
the citizens Of Tokiol The citizens Of
Toxic for Christi 'Harken to the
words, my brothers. Harken to the
words, my brothers and sisters. My
aim is to convert to Christianity every
one of the 100000 souls in Japan
to day. / believe in sudden CONVEX
sions. Come here now, and give me
your hand as an emblem that you
have accepted the faith
The following day the correspond
ent was told by the revivalist him
self something of his life and some
thing of his hopes for the future
Seimatsu Kimura, who is known by
his American friends as Henry Kim
ura, was born in Japan about 40 years
ago. l was the son of wine seller.
he said, and when | was boy of 10
| was kicked out of my own home
sold newspapers to earn enough to
eat AT the age of l6 was converted
to Christianity and somehow, since
then, life has gone on happily and
fruitfully. / think as l told Dwight
L. Moody one day, that it is a case
of Philippians iv. 19: But my God
shall supply all your need according
to his riches in glory by Jesus Christ.
az was one of three children he
went on, and of my brothers, Seishiro
Iwamura adopted by the Iwamura
family, is now preparing for Sunday
school service by studying at the
theological seminary at Hartford, Ct
And l would like to note my other
brother and my father and mother
have been converted. When l was
10 years old l went to the United
States to learn how to win souls
Dwight L. Moody was holding re-
vivalist meetings in South California
and so big were the crowds that
had hard time trying to hear him
But said to the big policeman at the
have come 5000 miles to hear Mr.
THAT was how first met Mr.
Moody. | stayed close by him and
when he left for the North, it was
who carried his satchel. Mr.. Moody
was astonished to find me following
him onto the train and was more as.
founded when l told him that | was
going with him. told him that
wanted to become an evangelist.
asked him what school | should &c
to. | said l asked two people and
they had given me different advices
Mr.. Moody said: IF you ask FIVE peo
pie you will have FIVE advices. There
is only one being who can advise yot
truly and that is Cod And l said tc
Mr.. Moody at once: It's all decided
I'm going to the Moody institute a
Chicago"
Mr., Kimura was getting interested
in his "reminiscences and was punctu
ating his story with some of his ex
pressive gestures: Mr.. Moody look
ed at me and said: Young man, how
much money have you got? | ans
wered: Mr.. Moody, | have got g.
cents The great evangelist looked
me over with good deal of astonish
ment.
'Wellr he calculated, how do 70,
ever expect to study two years in Chi
cago on IS cents?' And | said Quick
ly: Mr.. Moody-Philippian iv: 10.
Mr.. Moody smiled broadly and h
sang out to one of his followers
Please remember this young man. Fl
is going to Chicago to study Whe,
got to Chicago | found a scholar
! ship awaiting me-
Mr.. kimura came back to lana,
and proceeded to have six wears O
evangelistic work with the Japanes
people. He told his friends to Civ
! him the most broken down old churc
IN Japan There were only IS mem
J bers when he started. but there wer
800 when he finished. Then he resign
ed to take up the bigger evangelist
work, and in June, 1914. he went I
the United States. stopping at Homo
lulu long enough to convert over 90
japanese to Christianity. There !
one thing that l have learned fror
you Yankees. you Americans declar
ed Mr.. Kimura, as a pleasant asid,
and that is your sticktoitiveness.
at was in Denver that Kimura frs
saw Billy Sunday. 1t was the frs
time in Is years that had such an ey
perience,' he said 4 wept six times
one hour on hearing him He joine
Sundays meetings at Des Moines. an
during three weeks attended over 5
, meetings.
"Kimura came back to Japan j
April of this year and began to tax
. part in the great evangelistic can
s. naign. He has been talking to bi
! crowds, and every week for the neS
: wear and half is filled with engage
I ments. When he breaches he ofte
{ uses a blackboard upon which
> writes in Japanese or Chienese char
q acters the texts of his sermons. TIL
!. method. he said, made things niue
clearer TO everybody Sometime
when his voice fails. he uses mega
!. phone. He found that preaching tw