Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-19
JAP ANESE BILLY
sunday TACKLES
WHOLESALE JOB
Kimura, Disciple of American
Evangelist. is Saving
Japan From He'll

Tokio's Billy Sunday is hard at
work. In Sundays yernacular he has
tackled wholesale job md he amt
going to quit until he's. saved Jaran's
$4,000. 900 souls from hell, writes
Jcaa Airiie. in the Japan Advertiser,
Although Kimnra followed Sunday
about while he was in. Philadelphia
and Denver and has adopted his Wig
orogs style in driving home simple,
gospel traihs In language that can be
understood by the common people, he
has none OF the traits that 20 to make
Sunday unpopular in certain circles.
Pie does not ter OF his coat and shirt.
he does not use vulgar Language.
he, does not blasphcme, he does not
tell the people they are going to hell
so fast you can't see 'em for dust" or
that II they don't "play ball they'll get
kicked out OF the game, but he does
drive home come bitter truths touch
ing PREVALENT immortality, Indifference
and belief In pantheism.
Nobody goes TO sleep in Kimura's
audiences. His sermons arc not filled
with classic Japanese that is over
their heads. custom adhered to by
many OF his colleagues. neither does
he carry on a theological Marathon
and weary his hearers by the length
OF his arguments Clear cut. crisp,
easy OF application. his illustrations,
like Sundays, are from the llomely side
OF life, and hold. the attention every
second. He thunders out his 1enun-
Citations insno uncertain terms fsreachH:
ing forward with his long arm. he
points with his index finger until tlie
person in direct line s1uirms under
~ IRE. rs he tells them -of the @still
small voice. or speaking Of the Book
OF Books he brings down his FIST upon
the Bible with resounding whack
that would wake my tired mother in
Israel
He is a born mimic and his aud
fences roar with laughter at some of
his telling anecdotes which ,,he illus
trates with much of Sundays kxlber-
ance, dashipg across the platform,
jumping up and down, crouching neer-
ly to hts knees az as when. he Illus
frates how baflsli1 Gf6 hl15 he meek
ly bows his head, covers his eyes and
peeps through his fingers at the con-
gregation
After two years in. Moody Institute
he went to ST. Louis where he de-
clares, In the home OF the Rev. Mr..
Mclean, he received the baptism Of
the Holy Ghost with fire." Speaking
at Moody Church one night there
were representatives from Brazil, from
Chi1e and Japan. The man from Bra
I'll sook up all the time Of the meeting.
.leaving about one minute for the other
two speakers. Kimura says he had
even then learned the value OF brevity
and so he arose and said: my name
is Kimura. am from Japan have
no mission board or fence behind me.
only God Almighty. Remember me in
your prayers. God bless you'll /"
After the meeting little. old gray,
haired woman came 10 him and slipped
an envelope into his pocket z ex.
Eected. said Kimura, rthat on open
ing II | might find 4 silk handkerchief
and perhaps IS. Instead | found
enough money to pay my passage to
japan and back again several times
never knew that woman's name but
do know she was one Of Gods mes.
sengers end q direct proof OF Philip
plans 4:19. came back to Japan and
preached up and down the country for
six years, one of the biggest CONVEX
sions I ever made, being that of 500
prisoners at the obihiro jail in the
Hokkaido."
While he does not indorse Sundays
methods in detail and believes they
would never apply to japanese aud
fences, Mr.. Kimura says that his OBJ
servation OF Sundays work in soul
saving gave him new hope and zeal
for the great task that he has set him
self 10 do-to bring his 60.g00.000
countrymen to realization or the
truths and besuty of christianity and
that Sundays earnestness and dynam-
ic force must be initiated by Christian
workers II japan is to become Chris
tian nation.