Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-22

improbable It will doubtless die off with present genera
ton of Japanese who immigrants from Japan Jap
anese children who have gone through the public school system
eancpated both from their parents and from their priests
Unless however they to personal relations with Chs
tan churches they will continue support the Priests and the
shnes in have their services for the burial Of Their
dead. "~5.s:. ts AAsrtiNa0A.!
The coming decade is time of opportunity for
Christianity Many thousand young Japanese the point
of reaching maturity Shall they rule drift Of into skeptc
isnl egon and immortality with all that that OF poiit
cadanger3 Shall the plantation villages become OF n
religion with increasing unrest Or shall the japanese youth
as rule be won for Christ? If this rising generation Of young
Japanese can be for Christ subsequent celebrations will
largely take care of themselves. We are now reaching the
formative period Of the Hawaiian japanese cenanung What
the spesent generation of young people bseanes largely
determine that of those who follow Should hfst genefa
tionbecefe Christian, the villages whole Chris
tas Village life will be satisfying and yaing local
psre democratic institutions ccess
fill and Characterization of the Asiate pro-
Apacsian long become complete Sodd this Rrsgs
eraon not be for Christ will bs possible IN any lafgsof
I9gsiera way their children hat kind of village life
either moral Of political be expecteof thousands Of men
and women who acknowledge neither Sod nonoH nor
pc aw What will the consequences totte plantations
the Hawaiaa where such people constitute an
Such of the considerations that make the aggressive
work OF the Christian church imperative just now
What then the steps that should be taken early date
the Chianzaton of the rising generation Of japanese
youth Fl venture few suggestions: &
l. Able pastors from JAPAN one or two in year. should be
secured for visits from three to months In that
time eashoud make unhured tour of all the plantations
preaching several times each all the larger villages The
operation of the plantation managers should be secured and
influence exerted tonae the results eryaze in every village
definite decisions and the upbuidg of the local Christian
1 organization. eti&1satza @E .@#-
Special efforts should Be made to reach the youth from
twelve years age and upward 1t be noted that such
young people; educated public schools understand neither
English Japanese perfectly though their mastery of English
that of Japanese The japanese and addresses
of japanese pastors cannot for that have much effect
expected This fact renders imperative that Jap
pastors located for the regular work in the plantation
villages shall be equipped with both languages. No
do the work needed who familiar with and speaks easily
only language either Japanese English The language
used by the youth the plantations is strange mixture of
English and Japanese and will be for generation to
follows that who effectively pastors in
villages be Japanese who have attained free of English
and who addition have been Hawaii long enough under
stand and the Hawaio Japanese lingo The present jap
evangess and pastors who not able English
pretty freely cannot hold their places much longer for they
reach the young generation coming For these,
gous services should soon be held largely and finally exclusively
in the English language
g. Effort should be put forward to find promising young
and born and educated Hawaii to enter Christian
service life work Such individuals should be aided their
education Privilege of study the States should also be given
them if they are to reach the highest efficiency. *
f. Until the supply of Hawaiianborn and educated japanese
the Christian work fairly adequate the deficiency be
from Japanese born and educated Christian workers Has
the time when such workers be given opportunity
become fairly proficient English? Such proficiency how
be secured by them while in the regular work the
Islands, except perhaps those Honolulu They have little
opportunity either to hear English 1t follows that
those Christian workers that have approved themselves by years
of faithful should have the opportunity of study and
acquisition of English by the grant of furough with
for travel to and for study in California The individual aided
would of course be under obligations for further service the
Islands. So i .4E. ssz.s=z s.
In connection problem Of