Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-16
Jap Bishop Speaking at REesah-
odist Church Conference il
Augusta SCOTS at Idea OF
War.

OdISt Church conference Ii
Augusta SCOTS at Idea OF
War.
The climax of really great day
in the current session of the North
Georgia Methodist conference came
Friday night at st. John church, when
Bishop K. Usaki, of Kobe, Japan, ad-
dressed an audience that cmopletely
filed every available foot of space,
with an address that was truly elo-
quent and so permeated with the
spirit of positive sincerity, that the
multitude refused to scarcely move
until he had finished, although not
more than one half the people could
understand what the bishop was say
ing.
Judging from the number of peo-
ple present andtheir manifest interest
in what the speaker said, the Friday
night service was the most popular
one to be held in the conference SO
far. It was an occasion to inspire, for
the visiting prelate was greeted by a
sea of kindly faces as he entered,
making him feel so much at home
that he Immediately fell into singing
the hymn 'apn Jordan's Stormy
Ranksn which was being sung lust at
that moment.
Bishop Usaki, the third bishop Of
the japanese Church of Methodists,
was converted thirty-fve years ago
under the ministry of the late Bishop
Lambuth. Educated at Vanderbilt
University, he received his degree of
doctor of divinity from Emory Uni
versity, which he claims as his alma
mater. Bishop Usaki spoke as fol-
lows:
>"I am a born Southern Methodist.
Converted under the ministry OF
Bishop Lambuth, was in school with
DR.. FARRELL, journeyed through Japan
with Bishop Gambler and receiving
my degree from Emory, 1 feel at
home with Southern people, although
this is my first visit to Augusta. l
bring you greetings from $4,000
church members, $4,000 Sunday
school pupils and 500 workers in the
japanese Methodist church.
"Since 1907, when the Canadian,
Northern and Southwest Methodist
churches in Japan united, our one
purpose has been cooperation, for
that is the spirit of the age, nations
and peoples, and should be that of
churches. We are all one in Method
ism, with a fine spirit of co-opera-
tion without friction or division, and
we desire to maintain the friendly re-
lation to the mother church in Amer
lea. We feel that we owe special
debt to the M. E. Church, South.
Stress Evangelism
SIN the japanese Methodist church
we lay stress upon evangelism, which
spirit was eulogized by Bishop Lam
buth two years ago at our general
conference at Toxic. We are the off
spring of a missionary church, so we
are missionary in spirit, already car
rying the message to Korea, Man
churia, Formosa and other islands.
We are not rich and are small in size;
vet Methodism is in the lead among
the churches of. Protestanism in ia
pan.
"The aim of the japanese church
is to have $4,000 members by the
end of the next two years and our
members are all modified, men, wo-
men and young folks, ready to move.
In our missionary work we have met
obstacles and difficulties in the new
Japan, but our motto is to keep kick
ing, never rest, keep going, ever do
ing something.
"To meet the situation in japan we
have our movement similar to your
centenary movement, which means
a great forward movement and ma
tion-wide revival, and the campaign
is now ON. The financial phase of the
campaign has just closed, in which
we received pledges for $315,OOO
more than was asked; and the secre-
tary wrote me since left home that
everybody is paying pledges, except
those who are dead. (Applause.) Sub
scriptions were from 10000 yen to
10 cents, and stories of self denial
are abundant. Extra work was per-
formed, meals were missed, and