Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-25

Sankey was singer for Moody SO Sa-
kal Is the player for kimura.
The following day the correspond
ent was told by the revivalist himself
something OF his life and something
OF his hopes for the future.
Seimatsu Kimura, who is known by
his American friends as Henry XII.
mura, was born in Japan about 40
years ago Il was the son of a wine
seller he said, and when | was a
BOY of l6 | was kicked out Of my
house. | sold newspapers TO earn
enough to eat. At the age of 16 was
converted to Christianity and some-
how, since then, life has gone on hap
ply and fruitfully. | think, as | told
Dwight L. Moody one day, that 1t Is
case of Philippians 4-19. But my
God shall supply all your need ac-
I eording to his riches in glory by
Jesus Christ "
Tells of His Life.
II was one of three children" he
went on, "and of my brothers, Sell
shire lwamura adopted by the Iva
mura family, is now preparing for
sunday school service by studying at
the theological seminary at Hartford,
Conn. And ! would like to note my
, other brother and my father and
mother have been converted.
when | was - years old | went
to the United states to learn how to
win souls. Dwight l.. Moody was hold
ing reviNalist meetings in South CALI
fornia and so big We're the crowds
that | had hard time trying to hear
him. But | said To the big policeman
at the door: Look here, Mr.. Police
man. / have come 5000 miles to hear
Mr.. Moody and you just must get me
in
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 astounded to find me following
him on the train and was more as
founded when | told him that ] was
going with him told the great
preacher that | wanted TO become an
evangelist I asked him what school
l should so to. | said ! had asked two
people and they had given me differ
ent advices. Mr.. Moody said: II you
ask five people you will have FIVE diff
ferent adyiees. There is only one be-
ing who can advise you truly and
that is God And | said to Mr. Moody
at once: It's all decided. I'm going to
the Moody Institute at Chicago.
Mr.. kimura was getting interested
in his "reminiscences and was punct-
uating his story with some of his ex-
pressive gestures.
"Mr Moody looked up at me and
said. Young man, how much money
have you got?' answered. Mr.
Moody, | have got 35 cents The
great evangelist looked me over with
a good deal of establishment Well!
he calculated, how do you ever ex-
pect to study two years in Chicago on
35 cents? And | said quickly. Mr.
Philippians Ala.
Disciple of Moody.
Mr. Moody smiled broadly and he
sang out to one of his followers:
please remember this young man.
He Is going TO Chicago to study.
When ] got to Chicago. l found a
scholarship awaiting me
Mr. Kimura came back to Japan
and proceeded to have six years of
evangelistic work with the japanese
people He told his friends to give
him the most broken-down old
church in Japan. There were only
thirty-fve members when he started
but there were 300 when he finished.
Then he resigned TO take up bigger
eyangelistic work and in June, 1914,
he went to the United States, stopping
at Honolulu long enough to convert
over / ,000 Japanese to Chrlstanty
There is one thing that | have learn
ed from YOU Yankees, YOU Ameri-
cans" declared MI Kimura, as a
pleasant aside. "and that is your
sticktuitiveness'
II was in Denver that Kimura first
saw Billy Sunday ct was the first
time in twenty-five years that | had
such an experience" he said 81 wept
six times in one hour on hearing
him" He joined Sundays meetings at
Des MOines and during three weeks
attended fifty meetings.
Kimura came back to Japan in
April of this year and began to take
part in the great evangelistic cam
paign. He has been talking to big
crowds and every week for the next
year and half is filed with engage
ments. When he breaches he often
uses a blackboard upon which he
writes in Japanese or Chinese char
acters the texts of his sermons, This
method, he said, made things much
clearer to everybody. Sometimes,
when his voice fails he uses a mega
phone. He found that preaching two
or three times a day in the vigorous
manner he uses was very firing so he
! goes to bed every afternoon to pre-