The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-04-23
GREAT EvANGEl|ST|C
CAMP A|GN CONDUCTED
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
DR.. S. II. WAINWRIGHT, AMERI-
CAN MISSIONARY, is IN
CHARGE OF IT.
SUPPORTED BY LOCAL CHURCH
Wonderful Results Have Been Ac-
compIished In the Past Year Among
Japanese-WiIl Last for at Least
Two Years More.

The following excerpt taken fror
THE Lenten Evangelist" will be o
concern to those in the city who ar
interested in missionary work. 1t i
written by DR.. S. H. Wainwright
who is partially supported by the
Methodist church of this city. He il
head Of the Christian Literature So
ciety of Japan:
"a nation wide campaign, conduct
ed by the united Protestant forces
in Japan, and planned to extenC
through a period of three years, wa.
inaugurated March /, 1914.
THE movement grew out of the
Edinburgh Missionary Conference. II
originated in Tokyo, at the conference
conducted by DR.. Jno. r. Mott, who
came to Japan as representative OF
/ the Edinburgh Continuation Commit
tee.
"The campaign has been under
way, though with numerous Interrupt.
tions, for about one year The meth
cd of conducting it has been rather
unique. The fund, half of which
came from the churches and the other
half which was raised by the Japa-
nese Christians, was used for defray-
| ing travelling and other expenses. Not
single speaker in the campaign was
paid for his services.
The results of the work were very
encouraging. The leading people of
| the communities visited were drawn
out to the meetings and listened with
interest to the addresses. Women's'
meetings were every held, as a part
of the program, and were everywhere
well attended. Hundreds and even
thousands of students in the schools
heard Christian preaching, for in the
great majority of places visited the
schools were thrown open to the Wis
iting speakers. At certain places,
meetings were held for workingmen,
and as many as two thousand attend
ed some of these meetings.
Some remarkable figures appear
in this campaign. One of the more
striking is Ichizaemmon Morimura,
an aged Tokyo banker, converted last
year; he has given 100000 yen to the
cause, and is devoting his own re-
naming days to preaching the gospel.
He has made his fortune in the ex-
port tarde, beginning with about s.
cents capital. when l started out
in my career / was not acquainted
with either Buddhism or Shintoism,
but | thought there must be one
somewhere in the heavens who cared
for men, and prayed to that one
whom | did not know, and am sure
he has helped me, although | did not
know him. When | had time after
wards | studied Buddhism and Con-
fucianism and Shintoism, but they |
gave me no satisfaction. After sew
enty years of life spent in getting |
money, found that money would not
satisfy me. But at last | found what |
| needed in the Bible. In it | found |
Christ, and in Christ found God, and |
now | have given myself with all |
have to God, and | am as peaceful in |
my mind and heart as an infant in
its mothers arms.
In the last few years | have had
the only true joy have ever known,
The knowledge of the Christ is better /
than all the wealth of the world. |
am now eighty-four years old. Myl
sons and family, when | told them
that was going to witness for Christ |
tried to dissuade me- They said,
There are plenty of young men to
do that; you are old and should take
things easily. You do not need to do
this But said, 1t may be that as
l am old | will die on the road, but
am going to spend the remainder Of
my days testifying for my Lord.
have renewed my youth and am as
we'll as | ever was"
Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels. will lead TO chronic eonatina.