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OF (,O-OPERATIX(l ,nTH THE CHURCH OF IX IssrED BY THE .KTBLICATIOXS COMMITTEE OF THE 'IL 1906
OF l\II~~ION~
(,O-OPERATIX(l ,nTH THE
CHURCH OF CHRI~T IX .TAP~\X
IssrED BY THE .KTBLICATIOXS COMMITTEE
OF THE {'or~{ 'IL
1906
KANEKO 'MEMORIAL PRESS
INDUSTRIAL HOME
OF NORTH J AP AX COLLEGE
SENDAI, JAPAX
()FFICER~ OF TfIE COl~XCIL
1~)06-1907
PRESIDENT
YIOE PRE~IDEN"rr
SECRETARY
TREASURER
G. 'Y VA::\HoH::\
.I. B. AYl:ES
PAT!. I.uUIBEllT (~E!lIlAIW
,To II X C. B.U.L\'UH
PUBLICATIO~~ (\>'~E\IITTEE
E. R. l\IILLEIt
T. :1\1. l\L\cNAllt
A. D. H.uL
tI. :M:. STICK
A. K. FAuST
R. E. l\lcALPIX E
1\11SS J eLLA E. HAND
MISS L. ~. HALSEY
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SECR,ET ARIES
OF THE
CO-OPERATISG ~IISSIOXS
,V ILLIAl\I hmlUE TOKYO
G. \V FUL'rox
E. R. l\fILLEIt TOKYO
rrOKUSHDIA
P.U~L L.umrmT GEIlHAIlD SENDAI
A. D. HAIL
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I. PROCEEDIN"G:--: OF rrHE COUNCIL 30
II. GE~ERAL R~POlrr OF THE vVOHK
OF THE YEAH :31-83
III. STATISTICAL rrABLES l'\4
IV ROLL OF THE COU~CIL 95
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Minutes of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting
of the Council of Missions Cooperating with
The Church of Christ in Japan
The Council assclubled ill Karuizawa, at eight o'clock p. 111., S~tlll'(lay, July 28th, lOOt>.
The opening sermon was preaehed by the president, the Rcy ;-.;. P Fulton. D. D., frOlll
l\Iatthew 28: 20, on the :-;ubject: "The P),(,:-;~l}('(' of Christ with the Church"
The business session ,ya~: called to order with prayer by the president.
The roll-call showed an attendance of ninety. The following were elected correspondirg
menlhers: lVliss Addie ,Vilson, 1\1r. and Mrs. \\_ T. Ellis, and all the Presbyterian and 'Reformed Missionaries present in Karuizawaduringthemeetings of Council, of WhOlll the following were registered: the Rev. and Mr.3. E. F Hall, of' Seoul, Korea; l\1iss Nellie Dresser, of Nanking, China; and Mrs. F~ P Gilman, of Haillan, China.
It was 1110ved and carried that the ininutes of the previous llleeting, having been printed, be taken as read.
The Conllnittee on Arrangements reported the follO\ying schedule, which was adopted:-
(a) Order of Services for Sunday, July 29th. J\Iorning service, the Rev. T.1\1:. 1facNair. ~.<\fternoonJapaneseservice, the I{ev. E. R.l\1iller. Vesper service, the Rev -';V F'. Hereford; followed
by the Lord's Supper, to be adnlinistered by the Revs. T. C. 'Vinn and 'V E. Lmnpe; the ele1nent8 to be distributed by ~fr. John C. Ballagh and Dr. 1\'1. N. "Vyckoff.
(b) l\Ionday, July 30th, Devotional Conference, with a social receptiop in the evening, to begin at eight 0' clock.
( c) 'Vednesday evening, prayer-I11eeting, to be conducted by Dr. 1\1. X. \VyckofI.
(d) Business sessions, d3,ily, from nine to twelve a. 111., preceded by a half hour prayer-nleeting, and from two to four p. 111.
- (e) The reading of the Annual Report to be the first order of business on Tuesday afternoon, July 31st.
The report of the COl11mittee on Devotional Conference was presented, announcing the following arrangenlents:
A Devotional Conference to be held on Monday, July 30th.
General Bu bject:- The Revival Experiences of
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the Apostolic' Church. Papers to be real1 .;:4
follows: (I) The 1((,I'll'al ({t Jerusalc1n:- _,Jd:; !l.I-f':5,
by the Rey. J. U. I)ulllop, the discus~ioll to be led lly the Rev. IT. \T ~. Peeke.
( 12) The Itcl'iral ({t Sruna]'i(( : - Acts J': tj - tj-o) hy the Rev. H. K. IHiller, with di~(-l1~~inll l(~d h;T the Rev J. B. I-Iail.
(J) The/(cl'i,'al at Oae.'Yt},(,({:- A(-(,..; 9:J12-JI;JJ', by th(" Rev. -<,L Pieters, with di;-;c·w·;~jon l('d h~' th(~ R,p,v ,J. "V 1\100re.
(tf) The RCl'intT at ~·l ntiudl : - _·let." II: 9-;;-J ((urI /,3: I!J -512 , by the Rey Ci. ,y \:ranHorll, with dis('n~~ion led 11'y the Hey- 'YB1. G. f-:l"iple.
After the reading of thi~ report, the COll1H'il ~ldjonrned.
The services of Sunday, tTuly 29th, weJ'(~ in the hands of the Council, and were carried out aecording to the pre-arranged sehedule. At the ~al~nllnental service the infant daughter of the Rev. J. E. Hail was baptized by the Rev. A. D. Hail, I). D.
On lVlonday, July 30th, the Council u;-o:,,:,em bled .at 8: 30 a. In., in a prayer-Illeeting conducted by the Rev. W B. ~lcIlwaine. The Devotional Conference was conducted according to the ::;ehedule l)reviously announced. The right to join in the discussions of this Conference was extended to those who were not members or corresI)onc1ing menlbers of the Council.
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The Couneillllet again on Tuesday, July 31st, at 8: 80 a. Ill., in a prayer-n18eting led by the Rey. A. Oltmans, D. D.
The business session was opened with prayer by the Rev- A. I\::. Faust.
The Ininutes of the previous sessions were rea(! and approved.
The following resolution was adopted: ~VheTc;ls : l\f any of the ]118111 bel'S of the CounciL.
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and 1110re partie-ulady 111Uny of their gne;-;;t:-: at th(~ annual celebration of the Lord'~ Supper, hayc a
preference for the use of unfennented juice of tlH'! grape as a Racnllllental e181n8nt, therefore
Resblyerl: That the c0l1ll11ittec lUI ying the' lllatter ill charge be directed to provide, whenever ])ossible, nnfennentecl wine.
A cOlllmunication was presented fron1 the Rev. Naohiro Sakamoto, of the Hokkaiclo Presbytery_ The following resolution was offered:
Resolyed: That this cOllununication be reft'1'l'8<1 to a conl1nittee of three, to be appointed by the chair, to frame a reply to it.
It wao llloved to aInend this motion by striking out the 'words, "frmne a reply to it", and inserting instead the words," to report upon it " Upon motJoll, this resolution was laid upon the table.
The treasurer's report was then pre~ented, nnel is as follows:
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Treasurer Council of :Missions. Dr.
'To Receipts, Balance on Hand, .................. yen 4~'.5.71
Collection for Light, etc., .................. 13.00 Assessments from Members, ............. 138.00 Iqterest, .......................................... 4.75
Yen -;J81.4G
Cr . .Ey Disuursemeuts,
'relegram to U. 8. Legation, ....... len 3.2.5 Use of Building, Karuizawa .............. 25.00 Printing Annual Report, ................. 151.65 Pu blishing Sunday School Literature,. 228.48 Incidentals, .................................... 2.33 Communion Expenses, ....................... 3.50 'Vriting Report, ............................... 7..41
By Balance on Hand, ............................ 15H.74 Yen 581.46
In yiew of increased expenditure antieipatecl, the treasurer recommends an assessment of three yen (Y.3.00) per member.
(Signed) John C. Ballagh, rrrec'1.surer.
The Report was referred to an auditing COlllmittee, to be appointed by the chair. As such eOlllmittee were appointed Dr. M. N. 'Vyekoff and the Re'Y 'V E. LaInpe.
The Rev. A. Oltnlanf:i, D. D., l)resented, on behalf of the Publications Committee, a partial report. Being called for, a paInphlet m~ntioned in the committee's report, intended to' supply
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tourists and' others with illforlnation in regard to the lllissionary work, was read in full. The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved: That the Council, having heard the -draft of the panlphlet already authorized, accepts the Salne and directs the Publieatiolls COlllmittee to proceed at once with the publication of three thousand (8000) copies, with such editorial additions as Il1ay be necessary, and that the co~nlnittee be authorized to collect the cost of the SaIne fr0111 thl' treasurer.
Upon Illotion, the report of the Pu blicatioIls COllll11ittee was tabled.
The report oft-he Standing COlllluittee on Statistics was '11resentcd by the ReV". H. K. Miller. The report was adopted, and will be found in the appendix to the printed Report of Council. The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved: That the Rev, H. M. Landis he Illade Pennanent Statistician of the Council, and ex officio chairnlan of the C0l11111ittee on Stati$ticf;.
The Special Conullittee on Co-operation with the Church· bf Christ in Japan presented its report through the Rev. A. D. Huil, D. D. The report is as follo~w"S:
"The Special Committee on Co-operation wou1c1 report that, 'as instru'cted, the action of the Council on co-operation was duly communicated to th3 six: brethren specified in the minute of instruction. The committee deemed that further events made
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any further action by the committee unnecessary at present ."
(Signed) A. D. Hail, A. OltmallS, '\'111. E. Lampe, H. V S. Peekc, S. P Fulton.
The report 'wa;:; adopted. The following resolution \Yas adopted: Resolved: 'l'hat the chair appoint a cOl1unittee
of three to prepare suitable llliuutes in regard to the membel's of Couneil who haye <.lied <.luring the year.
As such cOllllnittee were appointed the Rev E. R. l\Iiller, 2\Jitis G. f:;. Bigelow, and the I{ev. J. 'V ~100re.
The following resolutiOll was adopted: ,Vhereas: Since our la~t meeting there have
been published two conlln}1nication~ dealing with Inatters intimately concerning the members of the Council, the one addresseu by the Synod of the Nihon Kirisuto Kyok,Yai, in the name of its president, to the denOlnination at large a.nd to the Foreign Mission Boards represented in the Council; the other addressed by the Rev. WIn. Inlbrie, D. D., the Rev K. Ibuka, D. D., the Rev.l\L Uenlura, and others to the ministers and elders of the Kihon Kirisuto Kyokwai, therefore
Resolved: That a COIDll1ittee composed 'of two members frOln each Co-operating l\fission be
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appointed to consider (a) 'Yhether any action on the pa rt of the Council is called for in the prenlises, and (b) If SOlne action be deelned desirable, what that action should be; the comlnittee to Teport as soon as possible at this meeting of Council.
As such comlnittee 'were appointed the following: South Japan 1\1ission, B. C. A.,-the Revs. H. V. S. Peeke and G. Hondelink. 'Vest Japan Mission, Presb. Ch. North,-the Revs. T. C. Winn and G. 'Y Fulton. North Japan 1\Iission, R. C. A., -the Rev- A. Oltmans, D. D. and the Re\~ D. C. Ruigh. East Japan 1\Iission, Presb. Ch. North, - the Revs. T. 1\1. l\:IacN air and G. P Pierson. German Refonned Mission, - the Rev. H K. Miller and 1\1:r. P L. Gerhard. Cumberland Presb. l\Iission, - the Rev. A. D. Hail, D. D., and the Rev. 'V F Hereford. Southern Presb. l\1ission, - the Revs. J. W 1\1:oore and 'Y B. l\lcIl waine.
The COIDrnittee on Arrangements presented a supplementary report, announcing that instead of the regular prayer-meeting on 'Yednesday evening a IJU blic meeting would be held to hear an address by 1\11'. 'V T. Ellis of Philadephia, Pa., U. S. A.
The president announced the appointment of the N Olninating Comnlittee, as follows: the Revs. T. C. Winn, J. B. Hail, and G. Hondelink.
At 11: 30 the Council adjourned, with prayer by the Rev. H. H. Cook.
The Council re-assembled at two o'clock, p. m.,
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and was opened with prayer by the Rey 'V F Hereford. The Annual Report wa~ read hy the Rev. A. K. Faust. The following resolution ,rn:o; adopted:
Resolved: That the Report be adopted hy the Council, that one thousand (1000) copies be published, and that by a rising vote the thank~ of the Council be extended to Mr. Faust.
The tii11e for adjournnlent having come, it ,ya~ moved and carried to extend the ti111e ten Inilluh·~.
It was moved and carried to take f1'0111 the tahle the resoluti6n in regard to the conlll1unieutioll received from the Rev. N. Sakanloto. The pending amendment was discussed, but before the vote was taken it was nloved and carried to adjourn. The Rev- G. 'V VanHorn offered the c1o:-:illg prayer.
The Council assembled again at 8: 30 H. 111.,
Wednesday, August 1st, and was led in a pnlyurlneeting by the Rev. J. F Steiner.
The business session was opened with prayer by the Rev. H. Loomis.
The minutes of the previo"tls day's sessions were read and approved.
The motion to appoint a conJll1ittee to prepare a reply to the comnlunication of the Rev- K. Sakamoto was taken up as unfinished business. The pending amendnlent was adopted, and the motion as amended was carried, and reads as follows:
Resolved: That this cOlumunication be referred
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to a cOllllnittee of three, to lJe appointed by the chair, to report upon it.
As such cOl1llnittee were apl)ointed the Rcys. G. Pc Pierson, A. K. Faust, and E. R. l\1iUer.
The Special C01l1ll1ittee on Statistics appointed at the l)reyions 111eeting of Council reported as follows:
"The undersigned, the oIlly member of the Special Committee on 8tatistics at present in the Empire, rC'ports that immediately upon the adjournment of the last Council efforts were put forth, with considerable difficulty, to cullect the figures reqllired. Owing to the lateness of the session, the best resultR could not be obtained, but such as they are they are to be found In the back of the Annual Repo-rt for 1805."
(Signed) H. V S. Peeke. The -LL\nnual Report of the Presbyterian and
ReforIllecl Church Building Association wa~ presented by the Rey. J.l\f. Stick, and is as follow~:
Annual Report of the PresbyteTian and Reformed Church Building Association, - 1906.
The Board of Directors of the Presbyterian and Reformed Church Building Association beg leave to submit the following report:
"On October 25th, 1905, the sum of Yen 150.00 was paid to the officers of the rrakigawa church, Hokkaido, to aid in building their now church. rrhis money had been in the treasury for several months, having been assessed early in 1905.
"On November 25th, 1905, the sum of Y~n 170.00 was paid to the officers of the Tonomachi church at Kanazawa to aid in enlarging the old building. In
connection with this grant the Rev. G. 'Y Fulton says:-'I should like to say for rronomachi church that the improvements made on their building by the aid of the Association have made it like a new church, and their prospects for future gro\vth have been fully doubled. rl'he pastor and officers :ue hearty in their appreciation of the aid which made these improvements possiLle.'
"On .Jlay 8th, 1906, the last installment of Yen 5GO.OO was paid to t.he officers of the Kumamoto Church of Christ in tJapan to aid in the erection of their new church. fl'he Japanese pastor wrote a yery cordial letter of thanks and high rtpprecia.tion.
"rl'he Association has pledged itself to assist two other churches during 190G. The new church at Biogo (Kobe) is to receive a grant of Yen 500.00 and the Drennan ::.\
ol' (4) That all payments made in response to requests granted shall follow the regular urder of assessment~.
" (5) That Dr. Hail, as chairman, be requested to -'formulate a circular letter giving 'information as to what.has alrp.u.dy been accomplished by the association, its present plans and future prospects; also, that the R0V. J. M. Stick furnish occasional notes -concerning the -work of the Association to the editor of ;'CounciI News" for publication in the columns -of' the "Japan EvaJ;lgelist"
" (6) That the secretary publish five hundred (500) copies, in neat pamphlet form, of the circular letter by Dr. A. D. Hail, and of the rules of the As-1Sociation.
"At a meeting of the Board of Directors held at Karuizawa July -30th, 1906, the following action was taken:
Resolved: That hereafter only one aSHessment at a time shall be called for, and that an interval of at least two months shall elapse between the levying of one assessment and the next.
"During the Council year four new shares have heen taken, and five withdrawn, leaving, the present number of working shares one hundred a.nd twelve (112). We regret to record the sad death of the Rev. H. B. Price, at Tokyo, on June 26th last. It was largely through his efforts that this Association was organized and fostered.
"The terms of Directors expire as follows: The Rev. T. C. Winn, 1906. The Rev. C. K. Cumming, 1906. The Rev. J. M.Stick, 1906 (Tern poraril y elected to
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fin the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Rl'Y.
H. "\V Myers: which term was to expire ill 1907.) 'rhe Rev. G. VV' Fulton, 1907 '1'he Rev. A. D. Hail D D., 1908. The He,-. A. Pieterl', 1908.
"Ag will be secn, three elections will be necessary to fill the vacancies caused by the expirations of the terms of office of the Heys. rr. C. WinD and C. K. Cumming, and to fill the nnexpired tt~rm of tht> Rev. H. vV Myers, temporarily filled by the Her. tI. ]\If. Stick.
'rhe treasury shows !"eceipts of len 7Hl.7(\ induding bak.nee of the previous year, assesSlllent~, and interest on money in bank; and expenditures (If Yl~ll 3~34.50, h'[l.ving a lmlancc on haBel, Decem bel' :n:-:t, 1£)03, of Yen 4J7.:20.
'rlw 13oan1 of Directors reCOlll mCIlll that the treasurer's books be audited by the Auditing COllllllittv(~ of the Conncil. "
Respectfully sulnnitteu, (Signed) J. 1\1. Stick,
Secretary and Tre.1S11rL'r.
The following resolution waH adopted: Resolved: That thi~ report be adopte(l, alHl that
the hook::; of the Association be audited by· the Couneil's Auditing COllll11ittee.
The Publications COllunittee presented a :-illp
pieinentary report. It was 11lovecl and carried that the partial report previously made by the saIne conuuittee be taken fr0111 the table. It waH moyed and carried that the entire report be referred back to the conlmittee for the insertion of
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certain infonnation desired h~' the Council. The COnl111ittee appointed at the pre-dolls day's
session to consider whether an:· action b~; the Council was desirable in regard to hyo speeified docunlents, reported throngh its chairman, the Rey. H. ,~ S. Peeke, as follows;
"rrhe committee appointed toconsiderwl1ctherany action hytheCouncil wasdesirahIein regn,nl to (1) rrhe Jetter and historictd statement concerning co-operation sent by the committee of Synod to tbe Boards represented in this Council, and (2) The document containing proposed amendments to the Constitution and Canons of the Church of Christ in Japan and certain resolutionp regarding co-operatioll inknded -to be submitted to the next meeting of Synod, "'ould respectfully report as follows: "In regard to the first of'these paprrs, that no action is deemed necessary or expedient un the part of the Council.
"\iVith reference to the second paper, your committee would recommend that the Council go intu a Committee of the vVhole, for the purpose of an informal consideration of the subject, optaining such explanations of the purport of the document as may be of help to the missions.:'
(Signed) H. V S. Peeke, Chairman.
It was resolved: That this report be adopted, and that the Council go into Committee of the Whole.
This informal session continued through the ~·ema.inder of the day and the forenoon of the next
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day, Thursday ... Au~u: .. ;t ~ncl, and at noon the ('0111-
lllittee reportpd }H'( )~!ye:-;:-;.
The Conl1ril immediatel:' adjourned, with prayer by the Rey ~T ~r. Stie k.
The Conneil <\::;:-;('lllhled again at hy() u\·loek. p. m., and wa~ opened with prayer hy the Rey O. \Y Fulton.
The following n~!-)olntiulls -were adopted: Rcso1yed: 'l'hat a td(>gram he :-;pnt to Th. ':\[0-
toda, Chairman of the Y .:\1. C . . A. Summer :-:'chool, in :-;e:-:-;;..;ioll at Spll(Iai, (lxpre;..;sil1g the ;";\'111-
pathy of the Couneil with the ,york of the :-;aid e011Y8ntio11 .
Resolyecl: That the Re'.- .A. 1). Hail, D. ] )., be appointed a ~l)('('i(\l Committee to s{,lHl t11(' alJove telegranl.
R.esolved: 'That the .COU1H~illlOW go into a Com-1nittee of the 'Vhole, to reSU111C conf)ideration of the ,.;n hje~·t" disen6se(1 in the forenoon session. .At :): 20 o'clock the C01111nittee of the vVhole presented its report through the chairman, the Rev J. B. Hail. The report i:-; as follows:
"The Committee of the "'"\Thole reports to the Council as follows:
"The Communication addresseu to the ministers and elders of the Church of Christ in Japan regarding the financia.l independence of the churches anu cooperation with the :Missions has been considered with great interest and a deep flense of its importance; but inasmuch as it is simply a notice of certain
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amendments to the Canons and certain resolutions to l)e presented for adoption at the next IDp.eting of the Synod, no action on the part of the Council seems called for." This report 'was adopted. The Publications COl1nnittee presented itB final
report, which is as follows: REPOrt'l' OF THE PUBLICATIONS CmIl\II'I"l'EE.
"rrhe Publications Committee of the Council reRpl'ctfully su blllit the following report:
"( 1) 1'he committee had ]Jrinted one thousH,nd (1000) copies oftlle Annual Report, and distributed the same among the Missions.
"( 2 ) The following periodicals have heeH issnc(l ll}" mem hers of the Council: Y orokobi no Otozure; Chiisaki Otozure; Yak6; Fukuin Geppo; and TClhoku KyDkwai Jiho, Besides these, the following wpre is:med Juring the year: A leaflet of one thousand (1000) copie:o:, by Dr. J. B. Hail; Rules and a Brief Statement Regarding the Presb."I terian .and Reformed Church Building Association, by the Directors of the Associn.tion.
"(;)) After :Miss 1\1. E. Deyo, the editor of the "Council News", left Japan, the editorial work of this department fell upon the chairman of your committee. An editor will hayc to be seledcd at this meeting of the Council.
"( 4) The committee regret that tlw)' have not been able to publish the }1flmphlet setting forth the work of the Council, which was ordered last year. 'fhe committee have prepared a manuscript, which is herewith submitted to the Council for suggestion.s.
" ( 5) On tIle commi ttee for preparing the Sunday
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School lesson~, the Rev. A. D. Murray: D. D., Hnd the Rev. H. 1\1. Landis were appointed to represent the Council.
" (6) The que~tion of transferring the preparation of Sunday School literature from the various l\1issions to the Standing Committee of Co-operating Missions was by your committee Hubmitted to said Standing Committee and uy them referred to their Standing COlllmittee on Literature.
"(7) The publications of the Sunday School Literature Committee during the year have be~n as follows: Quarterlies, 8,000; Monthlies, 18,000; Leaflets, 520,000.
c: rrhe Council's share of the deficit for the rear was len 278.64."
Respectfully submitted, (Signed) S. P Fulton,
Chairman. This report was adopted. The comnlittee appointed to prepare suitable
minutes in regard to the lneml)ers who had died during the year reported as follows:
"We have to record the passing upward. offonr of our number during the last twelve lllonths, and we are the poorer for their paHsing away, whjJe heaven is the richer for their services.
"The first to leave UB for higher work was Miss L. E. Wimbish., 1\fiss Wimbish came to Japan in 1888, and though not of exceptionally strong constitution, she labored for eighteen years ,vith a zeal which in. its self-effacement was a reproof to many who,oqserved her efforts. Among the Christians of Nagoya, among men, women, and children, she
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went, constantly sowing the seeds of everlasting life. "Her health failing, she removed to K6be, and, not
improving, returned to America, but came to Japan again in 1 U04, wlwn f.;he again took up the work dparer to her than life. But an attack of pneumonia proved too violet for her Wt~akened constitution, and f'he passed away on Feb. 18th, lU06. Her earnest desire to reach c,Tery Roul with whom she came in contact was prolJably the dominant note in her life.
"On March 7th, lUOG, the kind Father of all ended the sufierings of our. dear sister, Kate Shaw. We wish to ex.press our sense ofhereavement. Although :Miss Shaw left Japan four years ago, we still felt that she was one of Uf.;, and the remcmllrance of her sweet life, her wonderful patience, ana her ready RYll1-
pathy, will always be a blessing to us and to many !Tapanese women.
"~irs. Florence S. Scudd'er left us for the higher ~enTice on the 2:3rd of April, 1906, in the thirty second year of her age and the ninth of her missionary work. One of the brightest, most lovable, and loving of our large circle of consecrated missionaries, she was devot.ed to he-r work, and her home was ever open in hospitable welcome to all her friends. A loving and sympathetic wife, a wise and gentle
. mother, a true and trusting friend, to our' poor human eyes it seemed as if a 10ngJife of Christian
. usefulness was- befor.e· her. And sooit, is_that:: by her early and sudden passing away our sorrow at our own Joss is deepened by our inability. to understand
-the removal of one so young from the midst· of her home when she had just-returned; to Japan,.:with re
-newed vigor and .interest, and when wider ·and'richer
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opportuuities for usefuh1E'ss set>mecl opening l)efon~ bel' in both horne ana church life. But what is dark to us is now clear to her; and we gladly resign our ignorance to Ol1r FcLther'l-i all-wise love .
• 1 The BeL Henry Bntler Price was born in ::\li:-1si:..;~ippi in lSG4, where he grew Ul' to young manhood, moying to Clarksville when his father, the Hev. Robert Price, was called to l)c a professor in the Southwestern Presbyterian U lliYersity then-. Here he took both co]bgiate and tbe:)k)gical conrseR; coming to Japan in Septem bel'; 18~7.
"Though ]o0ated at different times in Kuehi and :::\agoya, bis misRionary life was spent mainly in !"fokushima and Kobe. Returning on fnrlough in . .January, 1905, he spent a year of tireless endeavor for the work in Japan. Returning again in the f()llowing year to tTapan, he was taken sick two da,ys })efore landing, and though eyery available means was taken for his recovery, he passed peacefully away ()fi June 26th, 1906, at St. Luke's Hospital, in Tokyu.
" As a worker, Mr. Price was careful, consecrated, zealous, and succeBsful. He was a zealous friend of ,the Nihon Kirisuto Kyukwai. As a presuyter, he was wide awake, and rarely went to a meeting of his Mission, of the Presbytery, or of the Council without .carefully thinldng over the interests at stake, FlO far as he knew those interests.
H He was the originator of the Presl)yterian and Reformed Ohurch Building AssociatiOJI, and he gave to it not only money but his tireless energy. Vie luourn him as a brother removed from the midst of ens in the V~l"Y prime' of life~ '-
~'The: Council.not only expresses its own 'sorrOw at
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the loss of these our fellow-workers, but deeply sympathizes with the relatives and friends who have been 80 sorely bereft, and prays that the Saviour who suffered for us may comfort by His presence those left lonely at 11 time when they need the love and guidance of those who hayo been taken. l\iay the future, which is now so much in the shadow, 1~ lightened by the l:lhining of the Master's face, and may they be made happy by loying work flu' Him .
• ; The committee recommend that a copy of this minute be sent to the immediate relatiyes of those who have left us; and to the Boards to which t.hey respectiyely belonged."
This report was adopted by a rising vote. The Council adjourned at four o'clock p. In.,
'with prayer ll'y the Rev- E. R. l\filler. The Council re-asselllblecl .A .. ugust :-3rd, at 8: HO
H. Ill., in a prH:'cr-nleetillg led by the Rey. J. E. Hail.
The bnsincs~ session was opened with pra yer by the Rev A. P ·Vaughn.
The lllinntes of the two previous sessions were read Hnd appro\Ted.
The COllllllittee to which was referred the C01l1-munication fr0111 the Rey. N. Sakallloto reported, first reading a translation of the letter, which is m; follows: ..
• ; Hev. S. p, Fulton, D. D., Prnsicient of the Council of l\1issions.
&. ~I.ay I be permitted to make a few suggestions cONceruing the question of ';Co-operation"?
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l'I had hoped when, as a delegate) I attended the sessions of the Synod of 1905, that a perfect solution might be found for the great question before that body, especially in view of the new opportunity, under God, for united and aggressive work which the conclusionof the war afforded. Indeed, so strong was my desire for snch a happy consummation of the deli1erations of the Synod that, although I found myself in a. very small minority, I protested against the actual action taken. As the Synod resolved that no real cooperation existed, or was likely to exist, the question seemed closed.
"It is a matter of great regret in this our day of world-wide confederation of churches and the removal of middle walls among sects, that here in Japan we should witness the actual construction of a partition which separates such cognate bodies as the Presbyterian Church of ChristinJapan (NihonKirisutoKyOkwai) and the Presbyterial Churches as represented in the Missions connected with the Church of Christ jn Japan.
"Again, it was a matter of rejoicing on the part of the missionaries as well as the Japanese Church that the Synod passed the resolution looking towards self-supporting independence in 1907. There has l'een misunderstanding about the term" independence"; it stands for "self-support" I fail to see the reason why self-support is inconsistent with cooperation, since they are different questions. To confound these two distinct questions leads only to trouble. They are not contradictory propositions, since real self-support. leads to real co-ope!atiop ,for the further advance of Christ's holy banner and ex:-
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pansion of His kingdom. The great purpose of selfsupport (independence) is to promote wider evangelization. It is a mistake to aRsume that the proposition for independence sprang from an antiforeign spirit. I believe that the expanding of our evangelistic efforts rests upon a genuine co-operation; and I am snre the missional~ies agree to this sta tement.
"What, then, is the difficulty in securing real co-operation? \Ve need, an of us, foreigners and Japanese, to fleek diligently the solution of this question. r:l'he difficulty has lain, I feel, in the failure to appreciate each other's attitude. This has led to ill feeling on both sides. Although; we hayc Olle Lord, one faith, one baptism, yet, through mlltual misunderstanding, we have failed to realiz(~ the oneness for which our Lord prayed. Is it not a 'matter for real grief on the part of all of us that thus we have not yet adequately carried out the commission, c: Preach the gospel to every creature"?
"Let me attempt to explain why there has been niisunderstanding and unpleasant feelingiu onr work.
"(1) In the matter of administering moneyCl1dh01-ity.
a) r.t~here has been a desire on the part of the -Japanese ministry to ha,e equal authority in ad'mini::;tering evangelistic funds.
b) ]\iissionaries, on the other hand, have thought 'that they had no right to admjt others into the administration of funds of Boards, to which mis'sionaries alone are responsible. I imagine that; -too,' the majority of missionaries feel that such an -arrangement might hamper their work.
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"(2) In the matter of economy. a) As the Japanese view it, missionaries often
spend money without due return for the outlay. Therefore, they reason, there should be an adyisory committee of Japanese whose counsel the missionaries should !3eek; and the decisions of this joint committee should determine qnestions finaneinJ.
b) l\Iissionarics; on the other hand, thillk they should be at perfect liberty to nse funds as their own judgment directf-:, and regard su<.:h a(hice as gratuitous.
"So it comes to pass that you rnisi'lionnries look upon UR as unreasonable, while we look upon you as uneconomica1. Hence considerable feeling has arisen from this failure to see eye to eye.
"(3) Again, in the matter of employing evtwgelists-disccTnment.
l\iissionaries are sometimes unwise in their choice of evangelists, emp10ying men unworthy of the office. A1though the Japanese advise against such a man, it is difficult to persuade the missionary to drop him. This is one cause for the lagging of evangelistic work. l\len whom the tJapanese do not respect as to mental ability or character are employl~d. Because of failure to sec with the other's eyes mistakes have arisen here, t.oo. I have sometimes felt myself that foreigners have erred in estimating the character of some Japanese. rfhis is no more than natural when a person of one country attempts 1:0 estimate a man of another country, differing in thought, custom, and character. ]J'or example, a foreigner may mistake pleasant address and sJmpathy in opinion for flattery, or spiritlessness. Whereas a man may
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appear awkward or eccentric who is really a man of strong character, worthy of being entrusted with an evangelistic field.
"Let me speak now of the outlook It is clearly a fact that the Japanese nation, since the recent war, has come to a new stage of self-consciousness. And it is equally evident that the Japanese Christian Church, carried along by the prevailing wind and tide, has developed a new spirit of independence. This is a matter for congratulation. At the same time, it is to be regretted that there is reason to fear whether or no there is not a tendency, having abandoned all hope of co-operation, to associate with the idea of independence diverse opinion and ill feeling.
"Judging from the preFient tendency, it looks as though there might be ultimately a complete breach between the Church and the l\{issions. As the Church becomes stronger and stronger, the separation will become more marked, until finally, relinquishing each other's hands, the Missions will find it difficult to do effective work alone. Will the missionaries then go horne? 'ViII the evangelistic work make good progress--having no need of their help any l.onger? I do not believe that the evangelization of Japan is coming so soon. I cannot see that the Japanese alone are sufficient for the evangelization of Japan.
"rrhe Empire by the Chinese war added to ib;elf Formosa, and by the war with Russia half of Sagalien, and then, besides, all Korea and part of Manchuria have come under Japan's politiral control. Just as great as is an this territory is Japan's responilibility to evangelize. How can the Japanese church
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alone satisfy all these vast claims? Hence it is not true, brethren, that the work of the missionaries has become unnecesHary. On the contrary it is emphatically true that it is much more necessary.
"How, then, may we unite our forces and aCCOlll
plish this great work? There is only one way, laying aside all feeling, coming to a perfect understanding and sympathy, to open the way for work through real union and co-operation under the banner of our Lord. How shall we discover a true method of cooperation? Shall we present to the Council of l\iissions an amendment of the proposition. made by several paRtors last year? Or shall we offer an entirely new proposition, or how?
H Allow me to offer my suggestion, to wit: "That the several ]Iissions, hitherto working with
the Church of Christ in Japan, (Nihon Kirisuto Kyokwai) form a plan of co-operation with the Presl1Yteries within whose territories they labor. Each Mission should seek the advice of Japanese in the matter of use of funds and the employment and disInissal of evangelists, and should act in accordance with such advice as far as possible, striving after agreement in opinion and feeling, and thus securing real co-operation.
"If my suggestion could be carried into effect, I am sure evangelistic work throughout the Empire would receive a real impetus. Such co-operation I believe to be pleasing to our Lord and for the glory of God.
"l\ly dear fellow missionaries, I beg that you will give my suggestion your prayerful and faithful consideration and, I trust, your approval after mature
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consideration ." Respectfully yours,
N. Sakamoto.
To this lett.er the c0l11mittee recol1unended that the following reply be sent. The letter was adopted, ·with slight 111odifica.tion, and is as follows:
Council of Co-operating Missions, Karuizawa, August 3rd, 1906.
Rev. Naohiro Sakamoto, Dear Brother:
"rrhe Council has listened with great interest to your communication on co-operation, and is pleased to note the manifest sympathy with which the letter was written.
"We appreciate the spirit with which you advocated co-operation in the last Daikwai. We give thanks with you for the widened opportunity for evangelization in Japan itself and in the regions beyond. ",Ve rejoice with the Christian world in the independence of the Japanese church.
"As to the co-operation of Missions with Presbyteries, the matter is under discussion in some Presbyteries, and as the general question is to come up in Daikwai, we are not in a position to give a definite reply as yet.
" As to the practical difficulties in administering evangelistic funds, we have not been unmindful of them. We regret most sincerely the existence of any barrier, great or small, real or imaginary, that may have arisen between us. Be assured we are not 810w to acknowledge freely errors in judgment. Despite the life and the faith, the hope and the love that make us one, natural differ-
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ences of birth and environment-as you have pointed out-ha,ve no doubt occasionally been the cause of misunderstanding and failure in s)'mpathy.
"But from the beginning, and increasingly nR time goes on, the spiri tual well-being of the Clmreh of Christ in Japan has been the point of our prayers and the focus of our effort. Such prayer and e1i'ort is a willing Racrifice, and we are more than really to continue in the same so long aA our he] p may he necessary.
;( We feel, as you have indicated, that it would be most unfortunate, especially at this stage, for Church and lVIissions to draw apart. ,Ve cannot but agree to your statement that there is still neecl of our united effort, and we are grateful that this fact has been so frankly acknowledged. Our great desire is to know in what way the Lord would haYt> us ullite our effort: this is our common problem.
;, vVe shall not be behind in seeking the valued counsel of our Japanese brethren. We shall always be glad of any method of co-operation bearing this stamp of Divine approval-that it meets with cOl·dial acceptance on your part and on ours.
"rrrusting that such a day, in God's providence, may not be distant, and with most cordial assurances of our respect and love for you and the Church, we remain,
COl'dially yours, The Council of ~1issionA,"
(Signed) S. P. lfulton, President.
The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved: That copies of the Rev. N.Sakamoto's
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letter, in English, and of the Council's reply thereto be sent, with Mr. Sakamoto's permission, to the Missions and Boards represented in this Council.
Resolved: That the Publications Comnlittee be instructed to print the full official minutes in the published Annual Report.
The following report was received: "Your committee appointed to send a telegram
to the Japanese Y. M. C. A. Summer School in session at Sendai reports compliance. The following telegranl was sent: Asia for Christ, 1. Cor. 16: 13 & 14."
(Signed) A. D. Hail. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved: That the question of an editor for
the" Council News" department of the" Japan Evangelist" be referred to the ~ommittee on nominations. I
Resolved: That a special comnlittee of three be appointed by the chair, to prepare a report on the financial relations of the Council to the Hymnal enterprise, and to present the same at the next meeting of Council.
As such committee were appointed the Revs. E. R. Miller, H. M. Landis, and A. Oltmans, D. D.
Resolved: That the secretary be authorized to have a suitable metal case prepared for the preservation of the Council's archives.
Resolved: That the Council assemble next year at Karuizawa, on Saturday, July 27th, at eight o'clock p. m. .
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Resolved: That the Council express hearty thanks to the Union Church at Karuizawa for the use of the Auditorium, and that the trea:o>urer of the Council be instructed to Inake a contribution of Yen 25.00 to the Union Church.
At twelve o'clock, the tilne W<.IS extended twenty lninutes.
The following resolution was adopted: Resolved: That the COJlllllittee on DenJtional
Conference he instructeLl, if possible, to :-:eeure the service of SOlne one of the distinguished men who are expected to visit Japan next year in eonn"ection with the International Y 1\1. C. A. COllYelltion, for the purpose of holding a two weeks' Bible Study Conference, either before or afwr the meeting of Council.
The Auditing Conllllittee reported that they had audited the books of the Council, and of the Presbyterian and Refonned Church Building ~t\.~sociation, and had found the sarne to be correct.
The report was adopted: The following resolution was adopted: Resolved: That the recomnlel1dation of the treas...,
urer be adopted, and that the assessment for the eOll1ing year be fixed at three yen (Y 3.00) per menlher.
Conlnlittee on Nominations reported as follow: "Your cOlllmittee respectfully presents the follow
ing nominat.ions: OFFICERS:
PRESIDEXT, the Rev. G. VV. Van Horn. VICE Pn,EsIDENT, the Rev J. B. Ayres. SECRETARY, ~:1r. Paul Lambert Gerhard. TREASURER, ]VJ:r. John C. Ballagh.
STA~DING COMMTITEES: PUBLICATIONS, the Revs. E. R. Miller, T. IVI.
:M:acNair, A. D. Hail, D. D., J. M. Stick, A. K. Fanst, R. E. MacAlpine, Miss Julia E. Hand, and ]\1iss L. S. Halsey.
ANNUAL REPORT, the Rev. G. W Fulton. STA'l'IS'l'ICS, the Rev8. H.}\i. Landis, ,J. ,V ]\100re,
A. Pieters, and VI[ E. Lampe. DEVOTIONAL CONFERENCE, the Revl'. H. Brokaw, C . .A.. Logan, and ,V. E. IJampe. DIRECTORS OP THE PRESBY'l'ERIAN & REFORl\IED
CRimcH B"UILDING ASSOCIATION,
The Hev. H.]\1:. Landis, Term Expires 1909. The Rev. C. K. Cumming, " " 1909. The Rev. J. M. Stick, "" 1907
ARRANGEl\IENT, the Revs. J. B. Ayres, rr. M. ]\{acNair, E. R. Miller, ]\irs. A. Oltmans, and :Mi~s S. L. 'Veidner.
EDITOR" COUNCIL NEWS," the Rev. A. Pieters."
This report was adopted. The In in utes of the present session were read
and approved. The minutes as a whole were adopted; and the
Council adjourned at 12: 30, with prayer by the president, the Rev. S. P. ,Fulton, D. D. Karuizawa, August 3rd, 1906.
Albertus Pieters, Secretaty~
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General Report of the Council of Missions
I905- I 906
Compiled by
Rev. Allen K. Faust, A. M.
The past year has been one more than ordinarily checkered with occasions of joy and of Eorrow, of disappointment and of encouragement. Once or twice did the wedding-bells ring within the Oounci1. Several memuers on aecount of sicknesR were obliged to retire to tlw home-land for recuperation. Others ·struggled with sickness here in Japan. In a few instances ·other reasons made further service in Japan impossible or undesirable OIl the part of those affected. In four very sad cases loved ones were :summoned to lay down their armour to join the blessed hosts in the world of eternal peace. But the Oouncil has also had many valuable reinforcements during the year.
Besides the interruptions which are caused by regular furloughs, the following changes in personel should be reported: VV ITHDRA W ALS:
Miss l\fary Dero, lIission of the Reformed Church in Amer.rea .. ···
l\Iiss Anna W Jones, l\1ission of the Presbyterian Church (North), to become the wife of the Rev.l\lr. Bennett of the Congregational Church.
The Rev. and.,Mrs. J. O. Worley of the Oumb;:~rbna Presbyterian· Missi0n.
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The Rev. and ~rs. H. L. Latham of the Cum berland Presbyit>rian Ohurch. DEATHs:-
:ThEss Kate Shaw, Vvest Japan Mission of the Presbyterian Church in U. S. A. (North).
:Th1:iss L_ E. Wimbish, Southern Presbyterian :Mission. ]\1r8. 1:!-'rank Scudder, Mission of the Reformed Church
in America. The Rev. H. B. Price, Southern Presbyterian :ThEssion.
REINFOIlCEMEN'l'S:
R~formcd Chm'ch in Al1wrica, TheRev.andMrs.D. C.Ruigh, and :ThlissJennie:ThLKuyper.
Prcsbyte?'ian Chu1'ch in the U. S. A_ (No1·th). Mi~s Janet Johnstone, Miss E. R. Campbell, the Rev. and Mrs. A. K. Reischauer. .
Southen" Presbyte?'1'an Chu'rch: The Rev. and Mrs. S. :Thl· Erickson, the Rev. H. H. nionroe, :Miss Lois Russel, :ThEss Addie Wilson (self-supporting).
Omnberland Prcsbyte1'ian Cku?'ch: Miss Elva Robertson, Miss Ruth Roach.
Reformed Church in the TJ. S. A. : Dr. and l\irs. 'V. G. Seiple, the Rev. J. F. Steiner, :Miss 1\fary E. Gerhard, and the Rev_ and 1\irs. Elmer E. Zaugg.
1'he year has also been remarkable for the large numb!:'r of Christian scholars and statesmen who visited Japan and made their influence felt wherever they weut. These also can be claimed as new missionaries, as they have ~one Doble work in the Council's field of labor. A mong such should be mentioned, The Deputatio'n from the Boards of ·the Reformed Church in America) Dr. Bowne, the Hon. William J. Bryan, the Hon. John G. \i\Tool1ey the Rey. James 1. Good D. D.,'an-d many others.
",\\'\..t- UNIVERS/t ~. r Ev geiistic;:W~aLONS
SOUTH JAPAN M~S!¥O~ gEFORM~~ (DUTC CHUHCH,·.~QF .A: l\fER rc A:':' ""
Nagasaki Station:-Mr.Pieters reports that the Sunday School of the Nagasaki Church is making good progreBs. The attendance has increased ten to t"we,nty per cent within the year. Two new classes for boys haye been organized. The pupils are mostly from the two 1tfission schools. A large number of the day pupils attend. In regard to Sabbath-keeping there is no general improvement noticeable, but there have been several ycry encouraging incidents. A young man gave up a fine business position because he was ol)ligeu to work 011 SUll
day. He said, "I see clearly that it is essential to my spiritual growth, and my growth in faith and knowledge is of far more importance to me than the money I might make."
"There is much talk of self-support hut not mnch real progress. 1tfany plans are advanced, but mo~t of them turn on getting a cheap pasto~', or doing without one, rather than putting the hands deep into the pocket~."
Saga Station:-The possibilities of Saga as a field of work are brightening. Kawanabe also has taken on new life. The organization has been perfected and a sort of spiritual rebirth seems to have been experienced. Mr. Peeke, who does a great deal of itinerati~g in eleven out-stations in Kyushu, notices a considerable growth in the spirit of responsibility, and in the spirit and fact of self-support. Sunday School work is looking up everywhere. "The best of it is that the Japanese shoulder gets under the load more- and more and goes ..ahead. 'rhue i" much Bible study amoDg. Middle School students.
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l\1:rs. Peeke has conducted a cooking-class with good results, though it is not eaRY to tabulate such results. ~ahbath observance is as yet pretty limp everywhere. rrhe relation between the .Japanese and the foreign workers is very cordial.
Very good evangelistic work was clone at the Saga Exposition, held this spring. 'rhe workers of the different churches and .Missions operating in Kyushfl combined their efforts in preaching thc ,Vay of Life. The work was financed with grants by the Reformed Church in America., of 150 yen; Lutheran Mission, 50 yen; Briti~h and Foreign Biule Society, 50 yen; and nearly forty foreign Christians in Kyushu subscribed about five yen each. In addition to this, several of the l\Essions supplied two or more weeks of preaching. Probably O\'er three hundred people heard considerable of the preaching daily.
I{agoshim.a Station:-l\1:r. Hondelink states that the Sunday School work is more prosperous than it has ever been before. rfhe three Sunday Schools connected with this station have an attendance of 55, 100 and 160 respectively. Very friendly relations exist, and house-tohouse visitation is getting easier constantly. The teachers in the Sunday Schools are of a bettcr grade than formerly. Attendance at prayer-meeting is improving, and systematic benevolence is being greatly- promoted.
Mrs. Hondelink is doing much visiting among nonChristians. She also wa,s invited to address the students of the G()vernment Normal iSchool. 'l'hough a purely religious address could not be given, the subject "Unconscious Influence of the.rfeaclwr" gave amp]eopportunity for ·Christian teaching.
Miss Lansing notices an increased in t~rest in, the study
of the Bible among the stuclcntH of the ::\ormal ~l'1lOLll .. A number of the students come to her twice a wcek for Biblc instruction. The children are more regular in a.ttendance at Sunday ~chool, a,nd thc homes of tLl' people are always open for Yi~itation.
I{ulllallloto ~tation:-In spite of numerous drawbacks, the work here has had good Sllccess. rrlll'l"C' arC' thirty or forty Christia.m~, but they are not ynt I"l'ady to be organized into a self-supporting church. Three year;.; ago a movement \Ya~ stm·ted wllich has resulteu ill a new church building. The entire expense is estimated at 3500 yen. Of this amount 1050 yen was collected by 1\'[1'. Pieters froml friends in America and in Jallall; ;")1)0
,en was granteel by the Prei'll),terian and Ht:f;)rIm'u Church Building Association; another 500 Yl'll lly the Denda Kyoku Church Building Association, and abuut uOO yen will be borrowed on easy terms, and the rest has been contributed or collected by the Christians. rrhc work in this church has been greatly stimulated.
~:fISSION OF THE SOUTHER~ PRESBYTERIAN CHl"HCH.
J{ochi Station :-~1iss :sterling on account of illness could not report her work fully, but she says that in all departments of' her work, hospital, house-to-house visitation, children's meetings, and tract distribution, she has had a very encouraging and happy year. rIo-day there is a quick, almost eager response to the claims of the Gospel, and an honest, earne~t defire to "learn ChriEtianity." This is not only encouraging but· inspiring, and often deeply touching. .
Mr. 'l\fcIlwaine writes: "Itinerating hus been much neglected on account of Jack (f "·orkerp. I did some visiting in: the hospital at the garrison la'3t fall. As a
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l"esuIt two or three have called to say that they believer and will study the Bible.
There is a flourishing Sunday School in the Kochi Ohurch and one at Ani. ~
"~{y work is purely evangelistic, visiting and teaching the girls and women all the time, and God is most wonderfully blessing us, and many souls are being convicted of sin and led to Christ through the power of t.he Holy Ghost."
As a result of l\Iiss Annie Y Patton's evangelistic work about ten girls and women have professed their faith in Christ and are now studying for baptism. Among the -children Miss Patton and her Bible woman have fino meetings each week in various parts of the city. The classes are composed of boys and girls mostly under fourteen years of age. One of the meetings, haying an average attendance of 60, is held in Miss Patton's bouse. The other meetings are attended by about 25.
The Rev. Chas. A. Logan makes the following report: "'The church at Tokushima was burned on October 2, 1905. Fortunately we carried insurance. To this we added our contributions, and six. months later we had a church twice as large and much neater than the old one, as wen as a new parsonage. Following the dedica.tion of the church, special evangelistic services were held for ten days, 1\Ir. Wilkes and Mr. Takeda preaching for us. Deep interest was manifested and a number confessed their sins. Prayer was continued daily for three weeks. During this time, quite a number of the Christians experienced a new and deep work of the Holy Spirit in their hearts. Since that time, the Lord has graciously continued His work among us in regenerating and sanctifying power.
"During the year, there were 60 additions to the -church in thjs field, and here and there, both in the city and in country villages, the Lord has put a desire to knmv the Word into ma'ny hearts. At one place, two Chris ..
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tians '\';ere used to open a Bible-study class; nine officers were appointed and 35 members have been enrolled. A very interesting feature has been the individual work of the Christians. One physician has led the nun::es in the ho.3pital to Christ. Another member taught a class of Toung men in the courthouse. During this spring and snnuner) Bible c01porteurs have canvassed the city: selli ng many portions of the Seri ptures. 'Vv" e ha ve a few Christian teaahers, and these have shown their colors at school. Four young men are looking forward to the ministI·~T. "
]\11'8. Logan adds :-- I' I wish to tell how God has bles2-eel n wnman'f; meoting held every Tuesday night for m,\T neigh hors. Some of them cannot read but God's Spirit is l'('Y(;aling Christ to their hearts. I send niy serva1lt out to call them in when the hour comes ;--in fact, th~'."
get two invitations every Tuesday,-one in the afternoon to remind them it. is 'ruesclay, and one after supper to see they don't forget. the meeting.
"I have no Bible woman, but different church members have helped me, not for money, but for love to Christ. The ladies of the upper classes are harder to reach.
"Of Iny cooking-class, three have confessed their sin~. One has l)een ill for some months in the hospital and tIl(' wal God is leading her is a joy to my heart.
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attend. The Christians are cliyided into classes and the different classes meet weekly in their respective sections of the city. The head person of each of these clasHes has more or less responsiblity in seeing that the mem uers of his class are regular in their a.ttendanr,e upon ehurdl serVIces.
rrhe church made a, special effort to help those in the famine district l,y an offering of rice.
As the rent and other expenses amonnt to auout 30 yen a month, the members do not yet pay any of tho pa~tur's salary, Imt pay 20 yen it month of the current expenses.
M:r. Cumming has two Bible classes in the Normal School situated about four miles from Kobe. Oue of these classes is for the teachers and one for the students. The principal himself sometimes attends the class. Last. frLll a large preaching meetilJg was held in the ha]] of the schooL About 200 students attended. A class composed of the teachers of two primary schools meets once a week at Mr. Cumming's house .•
The Rev. ,Villiam C. Buchanan's work is purely e,'angelistic. From Septemler to the close of December he and his family were located in Nagoya, though his work Jay in Gifu Ken. During thef.:e four months a great deal of itinerating was done, confirming the faith of some, and doing general seed-sowing in many places. Sinc~ January, Mr. and l\hs. Buchanan are living in Kobe, and have taken up work in the east end of the city, but Mr. Buchanan is 8till supervisi ng the 'work in Gifu KeQ. He is a firm believer in street-preaching and puts his belief into practice by doing a great deal of this kind of work. If all noisy methods in this kind of preaching be scrupulously avoided and the services be engaged in
with a dignity and earnestness commensurate with the greatness of the message, Mr. Buchanan believes that a great army of people can be reached who otherwise would never hear the Gospel. In Gifu City he has conducted Bome very successful street-preaching. In Oya bll the same method has beed used.
In general there has been no change for the better during the past year. The work is doing little more than holding its own. In the Kobe work there are now from 12 to 15 rather hopeful inquirers.
Mrs. Buchanan reports that it is no longer necessary to use classes in English or cooking as a means to gain ac.cess to the women. "The work amollg women may be summed up in two words- 'Abounding opportunity.' The people are far more accessible here than-in the interior cities in which I haye worked."
In connection with the work of the Fukiai Chapel, there are ten women inquirers who are now receiving instruction preparatory to baptism. These Mrs. Buchanan teaches in their homes. By special request Mrs. Buchanan attends the women's meetin~ of the First Church and belps in Bible teaching and house-to-house visitation. She is also helping out a sister Mission, the Southern Methodist, by teaching five hours weekly in the Lambeth Memorial School for Bible women.
Susakl Station :-The Rev. J. W. Moure reports that -considerable itinerating was done during the fall and early winter. Large and attentive audiences were usually present. One or two lay-workers are faithful and quite efficient. The Christians have undertaken work at two .of the out-stations. The contributions are not large but pretty regular. Five yen a month is paid towards the -evangelist's salary.
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Nagoya Statlon:-Mr. McAlpine writes: "In the city of Nagoya there is one strong self-supporting church, the nucleus of a 2nd. church, and two street chapels. In the surroullding region are nine out-stations. All, except the church, is J\Iission work. Our relations with the Japanese Church are most cordia1." The meetings are all quite well at.tended. The 2nd. Church nucleus is steadily growing, so that the present rented house is too 13m all , and plans to buy and enlarge are being made. In the out-stations, good progress is made in almost all cases. Twenty-eight were baptized during the year.
Sabbath-keeping is slowly improving. An elder in the church at Seto employs ten men in his pottery works. Last year he decided to give them rest every Sunday yet pay that day's wages. Ever since, about eight of the ten attend services and give signs of interest.
Self-support is being emphasized. The 2nd. Church raises all expenses for fuel, light etc., and more than five yen per month is put in bank for the church building fund.
III the Ella district of l\Iino province, five places are served by one preacher. The plan has been suggested that these five places unite and pay the entire salary, and call the preacher as pastor. rrhis will likely be done soon. Work has been carried on in the military hospital all winter, and classes for students were kept up. In these Mrs. l\1:cAlpine has shared as her strength and time permitted.
Toyohashi Station:- The Rev. Mr. Hope says, that in his large field for itinerating the people in many places show no desire whatever to hear the Gospel. In a few places large audiences and some apparently earnest inquirers are met with. Mr. Hope,'s principal work in Toyohashi is among students. Since he began work among
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the 1\1iddlel School students a considerable number has joined the church. As a rule the students come at first solely with the desire to learn English, but this has led in several eases to the knowledge of Christ, and a profession of faith in Him. ,Vork among teachers and military officers is also carried on with considerable success. rrhere is no progress in number and efficiency of lay-workers, nor in Sabbath-keeping, nor in prayer-meeting attendance, and self-support is still a long way off.
Dr. S. P. Fulton, who for many years was engaged in evangelistic work under the Southern Presbyterian Mission, is now teaching in the theological department of the Mejj i Gakuin. Mrs. Fulton is giving much time to teaching in the Tukyo School for Foreign Children. She is 3,]80 conducting a mothers's meeting in connection with the Dai l\fachi Church, and another meeting of this kind among women of the Shin-Sakai Church. .At present some work is being done by conducting private classes in the English Bible, the explanation being given III
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CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN l\iISSION.
The Rev . .A. D. Hail, D. D., of Osaka in outlining the general conditions of his Mission's work writes to this effect: The state of the country' has affected the work in varions ways. The absorption of the public mind in the war, andl its still deeper absorption in the question of peace and its conditions, have relegated the religious questions to a subordinate place. Moreover a very large number of the members of the churches has been drafted into the army. Rents a~d living expense have greatly increased so that not much financial progress can be expected from aided churches and chapels. But on the
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other hand, there has been a very great change in the country as a whole towards Chri1:!tianity. But it is truer hn"wever, that there has been aJRo a reyival of Shi ntoism. This is especially noticeable within the circle of intlu(~nce of the Ise shrines, but even among these religionists a growing conviction exists that there are yearniugs ill the heart which the Yao Yorozu no Kami (The Hundreus and Thousands of Gods) can not appease. This f,let has l)rought bleeding hearts to the sympathizing SOil of God, in more than onc instance. The young men who l!ave come back from the army have as a rule reported first of a]] to the churches of which they are mcm bers.
rrhe Sunday School work is becoming better develuped and organized than ever before. One church; rrc.nabe in the province of Kii, has to rent outside rooms ill urder to accommodate its ncarly 300 pupils.
Opportuniti(~E to extend the work to the rural distl'ids are not wanting. Especially encouraging i:-; the direction the work is taking among school teachers. In one of the common schools, the principal, his wife, and all the teachers "were baptized.
rrhe Rev. G. W- VanHorn says, that the year has been a difficult one, though not unmixed with real joys. His Osaka work, Ajikawa Chapel, is in good condition. A series of meetings in this chapel closed with twelve conversions. Of the ou t-sta tions in Izumi and Settsu some are good and some very poor. People are alway:-; ready to hear. Sometimes the stereopticon is used with excellent results. An Engljsh Bible class is conducted which affords access to the students of the various schoole. Attendance on prayer-meeting usually is small, though specially arranged prayer-meetings have a good attendance. Very little progrel;s, if any, is made towards self-
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support, The work is not above the average, but the spiritual life of many seems to be deeper. Twenty persons have reeeived baptism.
Mrs. VanHorn is teaching classes in English. English singing is taught to a class of young men from the Government schools, and this affords good opportunities to teach Christianity. She also conducts a working-class for the purpose of making articles for sale to secure funds for furnishing the church which is to be built soon. There is a desire for independence but no special tendency to make the necessary sacrifice to bring it about. WakayaIlla Station:-Dr. J. B. Hail writes: "My work is altogether evangelistic, covering twenty-two places in Wakayama Ken. In five of these places, we have churches or preaching-places. The remaining seventeen are visited regularly once a month. In connection with churches and preaching-placeB, there have been sixty-five baptisms during the year 1905. Sunday Schools are in fine condition. J\hs. Hail has a woman's meeting which meets at the houses of the Christians. Average attendance about 110. Special outdoor meetings were held in the park in \Vakayama, four nights a week duringthesummer of 1905. There. is a marked development in the earnestness and effici~ncy of lay-workers. Contributions have also increased. Three of the churches are preparing to build or repair their church-buildings. Opportunities for work are open on every hand. In Wakayama oyer a thousand yen were contributed-for orphanages, homes, and so forth, during the last year. Some of the Christians who were at the front have returned with their .faith greatly strengthened and with a more healthy :and robust Christian manhood.. God is at work in manifold ways bringing Japan. to his Son." '.
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Mr. Hereford has charge of the evangelistic work in the district along the Kii River. :Much itinerating ha~ been done. l\1rs. Hereford has had a Sunday School for children in her own home, with an enrolment of 100. A Girls' Society meets there also. Ten of the members huye been received into the church. English and singing classes are being conducted.
In the village of JHike .Mr. Hereford blptized five teachers. There are only six teachers in the school and the sixth one was already a Christian. Over the door of the school is the motto, "Loye one another." 'rhcre is u, recognition among the Christians of their own responsiLility in the leading of their people to Christ and a determination to meet their obljgation, but without hatred or dislike of the missionary.
Tanabe Station :-l'l1iss Julia Leavitt writes: "I haYI~ just returned from a ten-clay's trip into the country. It was mostly tramping over the mountains, with a meeting for inquirers at the end of each day. The main object was a visit to the Shingu Church, sixty miles away~ now without pastor or evangelist.
"In Tanabe, the Sunday School has been the most satisfactory work the church has done. It includes about 250 pupils, from kindergarteners to l\liddle School graduates. A little irregular work has been given to teaching singing and cooking, and a weekly knitting class of 60 or more has been held regularly. A cla.ss of English Bihle student8, mostly from the ]iiddle Schoo], has brought more members into the church than any other branch of work. ..t\. neighborhood meeting for women has been held in my own home."
Yamada Statlon:-The Re,-. and Mrs. Worley, and the Rev:. and ~fr3 La.tha.m, on account of sickness in their
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familie~, are now in America. Mr. ",Vorley's mother remained in Yamada to help with the work, of which the Rev. J. E. Hail of Tsu has charge. }irs. Worley and her Bible \Voman have kept up the weekly woman's meeting. A cooking class of 25 met once a month. Three of these women were received into the church. Two children's meetings a week were held. These meetings have been well attended. Yamada, on account of its being a great ShinE> center, is a difficult place in which to "'ork) but the missjonari~s are treated with much kindness.
W.EST J AP AN :MrSSION OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (NORTH).
J\£atsuyalll.a Station:- The Rev. A. V Bryan writes: "At the beginning of the year, 96 students in the Normal School entered the t:;cripture Union and bought the booklets containing the list of daily readings. Our pastor has had a Bible class for them on Saturday afternoons, with an average attendance of 15. Four of them have been baptized during the year and are working earnestly among their fellow students." Great interest if: shown in the prayer-meetings. The Christians recently approached the pastor and asked him to let them help him in the Sunday evening services, and the leading men are now preaching in turn. They also take turns in leading the prayer-meetings. There is nothing to report about selfsupport.
YaIllaguchi StatioD;-The Rev. J. P Erdman ha~ seven out-stations an(l at present fOllr evangelists under his supervision, besides aiding with advice, etc. in· the church in Yamaguchi, and preaching in a street preaching~place. The evangelists have been doing faithful work th.e past.yeur, and ill all places more. or less advance has
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been made, hut the men have not the hold on the community in which they work that they ought to h11,\"e and the Christians are not so actiyc as they ought to he and might be,-that is, Christianity is not proclaiming itself through the people with as much yigor and enthusiasm as must bo the case if Japan is to be eyangelized. rrhere is a dire lack of efficient workers in eyangeli!-'ts and Bible womcn. One new Sunday School hn.s been i'tarted. As to lay-workert:,. the young men of the Higher Sl'hool Y. M. C. A. have heen yery active this year and materially assisted in the wurk here and in some of the out-Btationl". Self-support is much talked about in all places, but no real advance has yet heen made.
Miss Bigelow reports that Sunday School work is often interrupted in Yamaguchi because of some older people's advising the children to stay away from Sunday School. ]\fiss Bigelow has a class of ladies 'who study cooking and the Bible on alternate weeks. This class takes much interest in the new hymnal.
Kure Station;-On their return to Japan last September, the Rev. and Mrs. Brokaw, by ~1:ission action, were transferred from Hiroshima to the new mission station of Kure. 1\11'. Brokaw is still i~ charge of a part of the Hiroshima field. Up to the present there are only two out-stations in the new field, lack of funds preventing the opening of more. Sickness of the evangelist and other causes have prevented much itinerating. In the Kure Naval Works, nearly 25,050 men are on the payroll. The best efforts are made to reach these. The ~vangelist holds a "'\Vednesday night inquirers' class ill ~ddition to the regular service.
As a result of some experime~ting ]Ir. Brolm\y has about decided on teaching English out and out when he
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teaches it, making it, however, perfectly clear, that it is his purpose to teach Christianity and that if English is taught, the stndents are expected to attend some service and to read Ohristian Literature. The result is that all who are taught English are receiving the Bible in some form.
Mr. Brokaw says: "Our young men are willing to do any work that they have time for. They lead the weekJy prayer-meeting occasionally. and they are conducting by themselves a very good Sunday School."
Sabl>ath-keeping is about as bad as can be imagined. But l\Ir. Brokaw add~, "'i\Te have one of the best prayermeetings that I have any knowledge about in Japan. Over half the Ohristians in connection with our work attend and also some of tbe inqnirers. In the matter of contributions the church has taken a notable step. From a budget of six or seven yen, by a systematic canvas~ of the membership and the -envelope l)lan, they haye brought their budget up to nlnetee~ yen per month. The rhurch receives no direct l\iission aid, but the l\:'[ission employs the pastor for half his time."
An important part of the work in this field is the Correspondence Plan. Good results have been secured hy this means. l\ir. Brokaw is constantly receiving calls from Nayal men and sailors who receive the Fukuin Geppo and othel' Christian literature. He is also carrying on a Christian loftll library. He has 50 or 60 good books and over one third are out all the time. He says: ""","-e don't need to stand around and wait for people to ask for the books. Say to the callers, 'Here's a fine book, have you read it? Take it along and when you are done with it l)ring it back, according to the rules in the book/"
:M1"s. Brokaw speak!3 of her splendid opportunities for visiting the Naval Hospitals. There are no obstacles in the way except the lack of money to buy tracts and books. House-to-house visitation is a most importa.nt work here and most successful. The large official class, as a rule, are glad to haye calls from a foreigner and many are nnt averse to Christianity. It is impos~ible to meet all the opportunities.
"The women's meetings are a helpful feature of the work. These meetings are held from place to place at the invitation of those attending, C\'cn tho.ugh they be non-Christians. rrhis has given the women more iuterest and responsibility.
HiroshiIna Station:- Dr. Langsdorf writes: '~In this district are the Hiroshima church, one out-station at Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Ken, which is in a very promising condition, and a preaching-place in Hiroshima.
"The Correspondence Plan, together with the Fukuin Gepp6, has been continued. .Although there has been a great falling off in the demand for our library books, the Geppo has a larger circulation than ever before, ha.ving reached 1450. It is used in the Yamaguchi, l\Iatsuyumn, Kure, and Osaka fields as well as in our work."
Women's meetings are held in Hiroshima and I wakuni. At the latter place a large cooking class is held once a month. Whenever it is not possible for Mrs. Langsdorf to go, she teaches the Bible woman and sends her as a substitute. Every week are held two knitting classes and eighteen hours of Bible class work, taught by Dr. Langsdorf's mother, a Bible woman, and Dr. Langs .. dorf. Four baptisms have r0sult3d from these various classes. Recently Dr. Langsdorf re:::eived a request from six military OffiC?rd to gi \~e t~:em inskuc.ticn in English,
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which has led to a, little English and a great deal of Bible. rrhe Hiroshima church which had been nnder the Home
Board for two year.:; has become self-supporting. For a number of months the church was running behind auout ten to twelve yen a month. A post office official from Yokohama, ·who ]md been temporarily put in charge of the Ujina office, offered to pa.y all out-standing debts of the church, if it would h('com(~ self-supporting. After making a thorough can,'ass, including the promise of a monthly contrilmtion of throe yen for one year from the same gentlem,1n, the church aec1ared itself self-supporting.
During the 'val' Hiroshima occupied n unique position. 0"0r 2~O,OJO men passed throngh the hospitals there. rrhe Christian community tried to reach all of these, but from the very nature of the case 110 direct result:, conld be expected. Sced-!:owing was the purpose of the work.
A union meeting of the evangelists of Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Kure stations was held in eonnection with the meeting of the Sanyo Chukwai, (Presbytery) where deyot.ional and practical questions were considered.
In connection with the work in Iwakllni, there is a yery promising young me.n'Fi society, composed largeJ.r of the Government Middle School f'tudentFl, but is presidc<l over by a tracher in the primary 8cho01::-:.
Hccently with the evangelist's he1p, two concerts were giv(-ln in the preaching place (104 mat building) for the benefit of the f~lll1ille sufferer~. A bout 350 were present each time.
Osaka Stntion:-Dr. :Murray says:" Our work has gone on quite Fatisfactorily during the year. ,Ve hfLre SfLbbath Schools in connection with ull our preaching-1,1aces, eight orten in all. ::Mrs. -VVinn has resumed quite
a number of her cOJking-c1asses and opened new OIles since her return, with en~onmging prospect~.
aFor about a rear~ I ha\'c be~n lecturing on Ethic:;:: lTl the Higher Technical School in Osaka. rflH'ir pnrpo~(' douhtless was cheifly to hear English~ lmt I had (1)(' Hibln dass from among the students; and altogether it WetS nd llnprofitabl('~ work.
I. InourOsalm work "-0 haye maintained fonr preachingplaces 'with meetings every night an maul1ccl hy tlw ~tudents of the school. In tlirce of t.he p1aC'c:- il1cre i~;
now a. permanent resident, mmany a married student who ]s thus aLle to keep track of and follownp any that llccome interested. rfhe result has be011 qni tt' a largl' Illlll1b8r of' conversions. My wife has a:-:sistecl (luring tIw year in Loth the school and eyangelistic work." J{anazawa Station:- The Rev G. ,V Fultoll rCl)Ol't..~·
HOur country ,vork is in a very good conclitiolJ, ,,\Ye still find considerable opposition of' a silentquality, awl \\'C han; also a goodly number of those who positi ,'ely rei'llS(' to 11ave anything to do with the Christian religion, but a \·cry l'apidly increa~ing number is willing to hear, and thoughtfully to consider its clail11~." 1'be Bunda,\' Schools an' .(loing Yery well in the field with which Ur. Fulton i:-; ,('ollneeted. In some places the attendance is irregular, and usually the boys are hard to manage. rfhe teacher problem too isa difficult one in the ont-stations. Perha] I., .as many as 400 children are enroned in all the Echouis .of that region, and about ten adults. A nc,,· school ]1as been opened during the year in the city of Tal-:aokn, and it is in a thriYing condition. Large BiLle classes in English hayc becn conducted and the students in the main have little personal objection to Christianity; indeed often are quite receptive.
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"The Christians are interested in the growth of their organization and take an ordinary part in helpiug it along, but they migh t do cOllsidera bly more and not hurt \,hemselves or the work. Judging from the number of times many Christians absent themselves from Sabbath scrviccf', the Sabbath is not kept as wp-ll as I should like to see it. The prayer-meetings are proportionately ,yell attende(l, and form one of the most interesting and helpful of t.he church seITices.
"House-to-house yisitation is the most fruitful method of work. Mrs. j1-'ulton if::: conducting some cooking clas~er.: and then visits the homes of those w bo attend, as well as other homes. The Temperance society is working more faithful1y, and is reaching a wider circle. Through its influence the giving of sake to t.he returning soldiers W;lS
l)rCvented anel so, no drunken hrawls occurred at tlw statioll or elsewhere. rrhe people are more than eyer inclined towards Christianity since the-war, and our opportunities are great and not to be neglected."
1\1iss Gibbons's work in the street Sunday School JUtS
been quite prosperous this year, having an average attendance of 65. For a t.ime 40 very lmd boys came whom it'-was ,~erI <lifficnlt to manage. 1\fiss Gibbons, thinking to keep their hanclfl, eyes, and minds all uusy, started them in drawing a map of the Holy Land and having them locate each place eyery week, thus following Chri~t in his going about the land. This plan proved very helpful.
A good deal of visiting has been done during the past year _in the homes of the girls, but no result::; are as yet -\risib~e.
Fukui Station:- rrheRev.~1r.Dunlop writes: "In the city of Fukui and in the town of rrakefu we haye this spring been able to 1 ent two exce11ent pl"e~ching-Illaces
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where we gather larg~r audiences t.han we can get to our principal preaching-phce. There have been t'ix adult~ bapti~ed in Fukui during the yectr. Our :Fukni Sunday School ha~ decidedly improved and is attra.cting a better class of children, whose parents are interested in having them attend, and among whom the work of the school has a better chance of bringing forth its proper fruit. rrhe improved Sunday School is largely the result of n n excellent cooking class which lVIr.3. Dunlop has carried on for two years.
"Our position in Fukui continues to be one not ~o much of rejoicing over past achievements as of hoping for good tlays to come. 'Ve comfort ourselveH by sH.ying, 'After furlough it will be different/ and furlough comes this summer. Vve pray that we may come back not only with a better equipment of health and the means to set up a better plant with which to work, but with, first of all, a new measure of that power without which human equipment is but as stubble."
Shimonoseki Station-During the Council re~Lr, Dr. and 1\'1rs. VV Y. Jones have been transferred from Fukui to Shimonoseki. Dr. Jones reports to tbis effect:" Of the five churches in this immediate vicinity, four arc entirely independent of 1\fission funds, and on(' aided, while cordial in its attitude, seems to feel no need of the missionary's assistance.
"\Vork is being done by the Mission evangelist on the Kyushu side of the Straits, in Yanagawa, Muji, Ech~michi, Orio, and Nagata.. Yanagawa ·is down towards the central part of the island. 1\ir. Sasao the evangelist who has been working there for fifteen com-lecutive yearR has done faithful and fruitful service but, sad to report, his earthly service seems near its end.
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"I am using the correspondence method and have a list of above fifty names tu which I am sending printetl matter t,,"ice a month. In the Shimonoseki Church :-Sunday Sc;hool, I haye a class in the English Bible, COill
l)osecl of students from the city Commercial School. In the :3Ioji church I haye an English Bible class with comments both in English and Japanese.
Ii "JrrB. Jones has a class composed of members of tlH~ same church with whom she practises hymn-singing on(;c eac;h w.eek; and has been agreeably surprised at the sustained interest they show. Like classes have been asked for by the churches at Kokura and "Takamatsu, and ::\Irs. JOlle~ wilt probably be able to help at one or both places. Prayer-meetings are yery well attended. During last year in the 1)![6ji church the average attendance eqnallecl half the membl~r~hip."
XORTH JAPAN l\tIISSION OF TIlE
REFORMED (DlTTCH) CIIunCR OF AMERICA.
l\lishin1a Station:- Miss L. Winn reports that the l\1ishima church is ·waking up from its long sleep of indifference and lethargy. For more thall two years thl'r~ had been no accessions by baptism, but recently there have been six baptisms, all young people of' promise, amI there are more new inquirers. It is a regrettable fact that many of the early believers have fallen away. Stilly new life is coming into the church. The people han~ bought and paid for 250 t8'ltbo of land, and hope, in due time, to have a church building and parsonage.
l\iishima is good soil for Sunday School work, for beside the church Sunday Schoo], there are six very well attended neighborhood Sunday Schools.
At Gotemba, the work is most hopeful. There have
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been seyen accessions by baptism and there· arc many more inquirers. One young girl from Gotelllha lm~ entered l\f.iss Pratt's Bible Training School in Yokohama. At the little village of Kashiwakubo t(~n ha,Ye becu added. tu the church and one young man, a fanner's SOD, ha~~
decided to be all evangelist. Miss '\Vinn's cooking class at l\1:ishima gives entranL:~'
into lImny homes. At ull the stations the people h:t\'U
heen induced to take up collections, e\'el1 in tlw Sunday Schools, and the results ha\'c been most gratifying.
Yokohanl.a Station:- Since last year the work uf this station has been divided, the field ill the region of' Yokohama. being placed in charge of Dr. l\1. X. vVyckoff, and that of South Shinsliii, ill charge of the Re\'. F. ~. Scudder.
Dr. ,Yyckoff on account of other duties has not been able to yisit his part of the field, hut has kept up correspondence with the workers. rrhe evangelist at Gutemba, has resigned on account of ill health. Two students of the l\ieiji Gakuin cared for Fhe services; and their work has been much blessed.
In Boshu an evangelist was maintained a.t Oyama, by the :Mission: and at Tateyama the 1\:1ission aided the believers by paying one half of the salary of the evangelisL In both places there is encouragement but no marked progress.
Dr. 'Vyckoff is giving the greater part of his time to teaching in the l\1eiji Gakuin, but in addition to thft business affairs of the l\1ission, he has been conIlp.ct.ed with the work of the l\1eguro Leper Home and that. of The Japan Book and Tract Society and has had an outside Bible class. l\irs. Wyckoff has also heen teaching a few classes in the Meiji Gakuin and has been connected
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with the Leper work. She has two Sunday Schools for poor children, one of them held in her. own home.
Nagano Station:-The Rev. F. S. Scudder in his report says that in the South Shinshu field there are four out· stations and innumerable large towns which are untouched by Christian workers. A former Bible-dass student now located in Fukushima has a young men's club for the study of Christianity, and is conducting a Sunday School of 80 scholars. Very fine opportullitie~
are awaiting the missionary everywhere. Nagano city has beer.. without a settled pastor for quite a time. The church has sustained very heavy losses by death and removal, but has been greatly stimulated in faith, hope, and love. A ten day union evangelistic campaign was held last fall under the leadership of 1\-1r. -Rawahe of Osaka, by which the Christians were especially blessed. A decided stir was made in Nagano by a certain man, once a convict, now an earnest Christian. Years ago he had sold his daughter to a life of shame and had not heard from her since. By a remarkable providence, and in u most dramatic way, he found his daughter, undllow has lpd her to Christ.
Tokyo Statlon:- Rev. and 1\hs. E. R. 1\1iller returnerl to Japan last October. Since then 1\11'. 1\1iller has made twangelistic trips to Boshu, Mishima, and Kashiwaku bo, and one through Rofu into Shinshu by way of Suwa. On these trips preaching, baptizing and encouraging the Christians formed the main items. 1\fr. 1\iiller writes, "After much negotiation and waiting, a house has been bought in Rami Suwa and our headquarters have been transferred from.Shimo Suwa to that town. The Sunday School is growing, but the attendance at the preaching services is not so good as it was several years ago, though
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there is every reason to think that the interest and numbers will increase. The Christians, though scattered a.ll over the plain, are public-spirited enough towantto calTY on a kindergarten for their children."
:M:rs. :M:iller reports: "vVe returned from furlough of a year and a h~lf in America, October 13th, 1905. I had prepared, ready for the printer before leaving Japan, sufficient copies of the Yorokobi-no-Otozure to cover the time of my absence, and to continue to the close of 1905.
During the war, somewhat over 1500 copies semimonthly were distributed among the soldiers in l\1anchuria and those going out and returning to Japan. TheRe were mostly· paid for by friends in America. The remainder has been used mostly in the Sunday School of the various Christian workers in Japan, Hawaii, and Formosa. Just at present, 4020 Yorokobi-no-Otozure, and 3800 Chiisald-Otozure are published semi-monthly, making together 15640 per month. These are distributed and nearly all paid for."
:M:orioka ~tatlon:-l\fiss Deyo's work here up to the time of her return to America was continued along the same lines. The neighborhood children's meetings have been an effective means· of seed-sowing. Three young men belonging to l\fiss Deyo's English Bible class applied for baptism. At Hizume two girls were baptized. Dr. Niita, the head of the general hospital, asked l\iiss Deyo to give a talk on Christianity once a month to the nurses and the pupils of the training school. These meetings have been among the pleasantest and most encouring work of the year.
'VOMAN'S UNION MISSION.
YokohaIlla:- Miss Pratt has held regularly a Bible
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class on Sunday morning in Kaigan Church, besides ,yomen's meetings twice a month. She finds that the women are more wining to take part in the meeting~ than formerly. She has made trips to country station:' connected with the work and has found increasecl interest everywhere. l\:1ueh house-to-house visiting has been done. She says: "Our Bi.ble women that work in OhiLa have had some persecution bllt also great blessings. One young woman, who has been working alone for some time, bas had great difficulties in her work; stones have been thrown ,,,hile meetings were being held, and anonymous letters telling her to leave have heen received. She was gj,'en courage to stand alone and explain her position to the crowd. As a result, a large number are inquiring the Way; and while she was attending our convelltion this spring, she received a pustal from the same peoph~ who had urged her to leave, begging her to return.
H As a result of the 'Work in another village two young men have decided to enter the ministry. One is the SOll
of a prominent man of the village. ,Vork has been ht~gun afresh in four places, and in two villages the Christians asked especially that a, Bible woman might be Hent
them. The number of baptisms has been larger than for some time. I do not notice allY special endeavur on the part of the Christians to become self-supporting."
EAS'l' JAPAN l\:1ISSION OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN OHURCH (NORTH).
Tokyo Station :-:M:r.l\facNair has continued his evangelistic 'work in Tokyo and the adjoining district of Ohiba. This work consists in visitation, preaching, and other evangelistic duties. He has no special changes to report in any of these directions.
Dr. Thompson has had charge of cyangelistic work in Tokyo a.nd at se\'eral other points, Adachi, UriLwa., Utf'llnomiya, Kiriu and Tochigi, ftll in the countr~r to the nurth of Tokyo. nil'S. Thomp~on has charge of one Sunday School in the tity and cares for four more at country stations. She also works with a BilJ]e woman, holding women's meetings at six different places.
All the work il'i difficult, but not less promising than ill former years. Those with ,yhom the missionarie:;; work are harmonious and disposed to do the best in their power to build up the church. Besides a number of aclmis8ions tIl the organized chureheR in his field, Dr. rrhompson h:lptized l-1adlllts at the preaching statiolls visited since r--;c ptem ber of last rear.
Miss Youngman's work among children has been especially blessed and as the reports of the workers in this line have come in, she has been impres8ed with' the thought that the greatest hope lies with the children of Japan. Her firm purpose in the future, if she is permitted to recover her health, is to put forth renewed effort ill this branch of the work. It is much easier to lahar among the pupils in the schools than in former years, as the opposition through the school teachers if-: \"ery much less than formerly.
Her work among the lepers, is gradually making its way into the hearts of the Japanese people, and efforts are being put forth by many able men to carry out this worthy enterprise in connection with the Government. Contributions from Japanese friends have increased during the past year and an enlargement of the present premises and buildings is expected. But as yet the greater part of the funds comes from the" MisRion to Lepers in India and the East," through Wellesly C.
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Eailey, -Esq. Mrs. J. K. :M:cCauley reports: "Since October, 1905, to
the close of April I have held two song-services weekly in the recreation haH at Toyama Hospital for the sick and wounded soldiers when sermons are preached, altd visited the wards weekly, distributing literature. There has been a constant revival among the men. The smallest number to come out definitely in one day has heen .30, and the largest, 150. Up to April 16th, more than 3000 publicly confessed themselves saved. But as some may have made the confession more than once, it is safe to say that the number is ~woo. ]fany of the men.are now working in their home places starting Sunday :::;chool~,
Temperance societies, and Bible classes. The money for .carrying on this work for soldiers, and for paying an organist and evangelist has come from ou tsic1e sources month by month as it was needed, without any special solicitation.
She has two Sunday Schools connected with her day -schools, with an average attendance of 250. She has had an -opportunity to distrilmte purity literature to the students .of Waseda Gakko, when 3900 "leaflets were given away . • Niigata Station:- The Rev. and MrH. A. P Vaughn moved to this station during the last Council year. :Mr. Vaughn has found in his itinerating that attentive audiences of a good size could usually be had. In one city, however; absolutely no place could be found to hold a serVICe. Even the hotels would not receive the Christian workers.
Good sized classes in Bible study are possible. The .students enjoy singing from the hymnbook.
The -one supported church is asking an increase of l\Iission aid, w"hich increase together with the gift of one
influential member, would practically cover the entire church expenses, making gifts by the church unnecessary. The Niigata church has become nominally self-supporting, the fact being-a pastor largely self-supported.
Sapporo Station-The Rev. T. Johnson says: "During the year, we have had an increase in evangelists. 'Vt~ have been pntying for a new man for llluny years, and now the prayer is answered ill t.he form of two men, one of whom is going into the Kushiro district and the other is to he utilized in a district where we formerly had work Had we the men, 'we could place at least hvo more in districts that have been calling long for wOrkt'fs.
"The Chri~tin,ns in Takiguwa have built a, new preaching place and parsonage in a morc desirable part. of the city The believers in 1\Iuroran are contemp1ating huilding a parsonage and pu tti ng some Tepairs on their preaching-place. The church at OtclTU has Leen enlargc(1 to accommodate the growing audiences. rrhe pastor, !lince his return from America, has been preachirlg 'with great power and increasing effectiveness.
':l\Iy work among the students is growing daily. I find that it pays to yjsit the young men in their rooms."
Asahiga"a Station -The Rey.l\,fr. Pierson reports tllat he and nil-so Pierson haY8 been much interested in working for the forty families of Ainu l)eople about them. Thesp people suffered from the want of common necessitiesr
Through contributions of friends they have been enaLlecl to supply the wants of all who have applied for help, amI the average has been 1 to 3 a day. This has gi\'en an opportunity to wOTk with the older people in the missionaries' own house, a.nd in the Ainu Sunday School held in the preaching-place.
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lay-workers show a good spirit in the Hoklmidi) church. ,Ve have opportunity of visiting the military hospital. Vve have a reading-room and preach ing-place for soldicr~. At this place many soldiers of the 7th Division heard the Gospel for the first time and the only time, as many never came back. rrhe return of the troops afforded us a fine opportunity for showing our interest in their spiritual welfare. At a festival, we sold a large number (If Gospels and Testaments."
l\lISSIO~ OF THE REFOmJEJ) (GERJ\IAX)
CHURCH IX THE UKITED STATES.
Tokyo Station:-Dr. J. P. }\100re is in charge of thi-.: Htation. Unfortunately, on '~lCcont of Mrs. Moore's feehle health, the family was obliged to return to the home-lanel.
The unprecedented increase! in membership in the Kanda Ohurch is still going on. 'fhe growth seems almost too fast to he solid. The ordinary attendance at regular 8ervices and the present financial progres.;;; of tIl(> church are not keeping pace with the large number of additions.
The. preaching-places in, n,nd near 1'okyo are in goocl condition, though progress in several places is slow.
At Iwatsuki is an assoeiation which calls itself" nei~'i)kwai ", Spiritual Improvement Society, which now numbers nearly fifty merhbers. It holds meetings at which moral and Christian speeches ure made, engages in street-preaching and house to house visitation, and is in this way proving a great help to the church-work of the place. As a result of this work ten people have been baptized and ot.hers are earneEt seclmrs.
Sendai Station:-Dr. D. B. ·Schneder writes: "Itinerating is more interesting than before. Everywhere
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there are signs of a new a,,'aking. ::\un-Cltristians come to public meetings in large numbers. rnlC spirit of independence and self-support is stronger than it has been hefore, and this leads to increased efforts in all ]ine~.
Howen',L the famine in the northea~:t has no dou IJt lUHl an unftvorable effect upon financial progress."
The Rev. \\'illiam E. Lampe has done mnch itinerating <luring the year, and thinks it Ycry valuable work. Ht' finds that the Japanese show ~L desire to do morn of it. Students can easily be reached and tbere has llcen a great increase in interest.
Mr. Lampe writes: "By encouraging the Christ.ians to nse the envelope ::::ystem for month ly cOlltrilmtions, there has been some progress in systematic uenC\"olence but there has Leen no astoni~hing ::::pirit of henevolence shown. )lore young men are willing to cllter thtl ministry. SOlll~
wish to be baptize<l so that they may study theology and l)eColllC' evangelists. One reason for this is that the evangelists are now respected hy society and their gcneral status is such tlmt many wish to join the ranks.
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cerned the workers, Japanese and foreign, have worked harder and with better success than in other Years, but the number of laborers has Leen so sman that it is a question if any 811 bstantial progress has been made."
Of the evangelistic work carried on at the eight differen t plac.:es under the Rev .l\fr. Faust's su per vision , he reportf:, with hut one or two exceptions, genuine improycment. rrhere has been an increase in mcm bers as well as in cOlltributions, and, he believe!:l, a deepening in the spiritual life of the believers.
rrhe famine has afforded Christianity an opportunity to show in a practical way the spirit of love which it
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fosters, and this is producing wonderful results. Through the generous gifts of kind friends, whole yillages haye beeen favorably affected. In one place 105 inquirer~ have asked him to senu them an evangelist. In his recent evangelistic trips he has been profoundly impressed with the great, white harvest, but the scarcity of missionaries, and especially of Japanese workers, casts a,
cloud of discouragement over this otherwise beautiful scene. The Rev. J. ]\1:. Stick made a number of evangelistic
trips during the year. In four instances the people paid all his ex.penses. Mr. Stick is superintendent of the Nibancho Sunday School, Sendai. This self-supporting church has a membership of over 400, and the average attendance at Sunday School for the year, was 326. Mr. Stick conducts It teachers' training cla8s in -his home. These meetings haye heen richly blessed.
Good haa been done by teaching mu:o;ic. Four members of the orchestra have accepted Christ and now attend church and Sunday School.
]\ir. Stick writes: "A few Sundays ago a small Sunday School scholar begged me to come to his home. I declined, saying that I was too busy. He asked me again the following Sunday, so I went to his hOlne. I found a fine family there, and was cordially received by all. Much to my delight the entire family, fat4er, mother and three children can since be seen in church every Sunday, and they are earnest seekers now, under the care of the pastor.
"At Easter time the Sunday School gave a contribution to the Famine Relief Fund instead of taking the cards and Easter .egss al in previous years. Several quart3 of rice, with beans, hard-tack, clothing and a good collection constituted the Easter offering."
As the result of a Christian colonel's .gOM work among
the officers who are his friends, a Bible class of ten high officers was started early this year. This class is very promising and already three have expressed their decision for Christ. I t is the eager desire of this colonel to get all the officers to become Ohristian~. - Mr. Stick teaches the Bible to 32 young ladies, two of whom are generals' daughters. All except four are Christian8.
The Rev. H. H. Cook gives the following report: "This year I have gradually been passing from school work to evangelistic work, but as the language is still my main difficulty, most of my time has to be spent in acquiring thc same. Yet I have also made several trips into the country, on which I was generally very much impn~ssed by the willingness of the people to listen to the 'V ord of God.
"Of the five pr~aching places under my charge, the one at ~lasuda is the most promising. Here the four Christians, whom I had the privilege of baptizing, are taking an active part in the work and are persuading some of the former Christians to take part in the same. l\iany of the teachers of the Primary School at this place, as well as SOllie of the prominent men of other occupations, are interested in the Gospel."
Yamagata Station: - The Rev. H. K. Miller writes of his work as follows: "The average attendance at church services and at Sunday School has increased, but this improvement is largely due to the opening of three new places. Native contributions in genera], and to the ecclesiastical organizations of the Church in particular, have also increased. However, in this increase I see DO
directprogr-CSB towards self-support. " "Towards the end of the year the YaDlaooata-Akita
field mlffered~ from insufficiency of workers. Moreover,
the average efficiency during the yea-r has not been much ahove that. of the preyious year.
"~\s far as my ohsenration goes, the number of people here who seem to have a deep-seated feeling of religious need, as we understand the term, is not. large. rrhe phrsuitof,vorldly pro3perityis very keen, and most. people's intere~t. in religion seems to be "directed to some material end. There are, of course, exceptions, b~lt t.he rule 8celllfl to he as stated. . '
"At first it was thO:'lght that last year's famine had not affected this part of Japan, but it now appears that in places there was a shortage of crops and some people are more or less inconvenienced."
l\:fiss B. Catherine Pifer reports that progress ha~
crowned her endeavors for the last year. rrhe more she works in the Sunday Schools, the more she is able to set the import:1nce of this early training for the benefit of the Church. It has been her privilege to teach the Bible to the lady teacher,;; of the Normal School and Kindergarten, and also to some of the nurses of the hospital in Yamagata. She Dmnd this class more earne~t and easier to con vince than the mother.:; of the homes among the 1<1 boring classes.
~"Al\IlXE RELIEF WORK.
The failure of the rice crop in the North last year and the famine relief work which followed have had a very important bearing upon C·hristian work.
As there 'vas only ] /5 of a crop in the famine district the loss there aInountcd to more than thirty million yen . .Ab3Ut one million people were class~d 'as poverty~!;)tricken (kyumin) and for Fe,'eral months the mo~t wretched food was ,eaten by many thousands. The miser-aulr. condition
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of those in greatest distress called forth uni ,-er:-;al ~yll1-
path}·. \Vith the dawn of a better day there was great rejoicing that deaths actually due to lad\: of flll)d h:tll heen very, very few
Missionaries and other Christians were very prolllinent in the work of relief. A committee of six. missionaries, with one other Ohristian gentleman, was the fir~t committee organized to se::::ure funds for the help of tlll' ~tricken people. In addition to securing nearly a quarter ()f' :t
million yen, which was dishur.3ecl b.\' thellls('h-('.~) they were brgely influential in raising nett1'1.'" another milliol1 yen, 'which was sent through official channe]". rrlw Chairman of this Foreign Oommittee of Relief 'n1.8 till) Rey. 'V'illiam E. Lampe of Sendai.
In.pan is nominally a Buddhist country, but although the Blldclhist c)mmittee held meeting.3 a1l oyer tilt' I~mpire and tried to collect money whereyer possil,le, the .Japanese people contributed very little through them. On the contrary thousands of yen in money and goods were given through the committee of Christian pastors.
The famine region is on the northeast coast of tllf' main island ,~~ith Sendai almost exactly in the center. Miyagi and Fukushima, the two worst proyinces, are st udded with churches and preaching places of the German Reformed Mission, while the Dutch Reformed Mis~ion haH
two preaching! places in Iwate. The German Reformed ~iission has as many missionaries, and the N'ilw'Jl. IG7"i.8uto I(yokwai has as Inany pastors and e\rangelists, in the famine region as have all other :Missions or denominations put together. All Christian churches gave for the -relief of the famine suffers, but it is not strange that our church' took such a la~ge part in, and 'will reap such a 'large proportion of the spiritual han"est from, this bit of
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Christian work l\lembers of the Oouncil gave very liberally, and as
sisted in raising funds in the places where they live and in securing contributions from constituen ts in the homeland. Four of our Boards sent out altogether more than 35,000 yen through the regular l\1:ission treasuries. Some tel?- thousand of the fourteen thousand yen given 1Jy In embers of the German Reformed Church, was used for food put into "sympathy bags." A Japanese towel of good quality was folded ~everal times and made up into a hag holding about two quarts. rrhe bag was then fillecl with rice or other food and a copy of one of the Gospels put on top. In the center of the made-up bag is a cross on the right of which are the words ;, Chl'istian Sympathy Bag" in Chinese characters, a.nd 011 the left the name of the church or preaching-place. On the hack of the bag is the character "Love." Of the twenty-fi '-e thousanll such bags, several hundred, or several thousand, accorclingto the need in tha.t district, were given to each church or preaching-place, no matter whether independent or connected with the German Reformed l\1:ission, the Dutch 'Reformed l\iission or the Japan :Mission Board (Dendo Kyoku). A successful effort was made to have not only the pastor or evangelist but a number of the members take part in the work. rrhe local Christians not only di8trilmteu, hut also made up, nearly all of the hags themselves. In some places not only the members but the "seekers" as well rejoiced to have a part in the good 'work. Thus nearly eyery church and preaching-place was arouseu and made activt'.
Christians helped to IH'ovide foed and clothing for the b0dyancl in addition gave medicine for those who were sick;" they took about 12CO helpless children from their
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homes of poverty and put them into Christian orphanages; they rescued a number of girls who were in danger of being sold into an evil life and locat(:ld them in good homes in other cities; they preached a gospel of comfort and of hope and in many other ways showed that Chrii"tianity is a vital, practical religion suited to the Japan of to-day.
This was perhaps the greatest opportunity in the hi/!tory of Christian work in Japan to show in a practical way the meaning of Christian love and sympathy. A profound and indelible impression has been made upon the whole nation. Those who were helped are deeply mo\'ed and are anxious to hear the Gospel. Regular preaching has been begun at several new places and there are many requests for sermons and addresses. Great results are expected in the near future.
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Educational Work.
l\Ieiji Gaknin (Tokyo).
Dr. Oltmans writes:-" Our theological school hai:! at present 18 students in the two dcpartll1ent~, and eight or nine others are taking the t.wo years' prepal:atory conrse in t.he Higher Department as candidates for the ministry. 'Ve hi'Lve had to refuse (L number of applicants became of lack of means for their support.
"Our theological students haye a preaching-place Tlot
far from the school where also Sunday School work is carried on. :Thiany of the stuclen ts are doing work of SOUlt
kind in the different churches of the city, while twu or three go regularly to places ouside of the city.
"We gratefully acknowledge that the special prayer-: of Council for an increased number of candidates for tlw ministry are being definitely answered through the Church." Tohoku Gakuin (Selldai).
The theological department of the Tohoku Gakuin had five students during last year. They did earnest "york and there has been manifest among them a growing ~em(' of responsibility for the salvation of their fellow countryluen. Two graduated and one dropped out. Nine new ones have been admitted, so that now there are eleven.
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B. SCHOOLS FOR LAY-WORKERS.
Dendo Doshikwan (Osaka).
Dr. Murray reports U/:-; follows: "'rlle Dendo D6shikwan, our'theological training school, has had a Yery satisfactory year. The numbers have gradualJy increased until at present we have twenty in attendance. rrhree of the students received licensure from tllis spring's Ch~l7'-'1()(LI, two of them are already settled. Two others also ,vent out into the work during the Tear, though not yet licensed. At presGnt we ha~'e three Japanese and t\\'o foreign teachers. The student.s haH~ for the most part done Yl'rr satisfactorily, both in the class room and in the practiLal ,york, eac;h student lJeing expected to take IJart in the services in the preaching-places three or four night .. ; each week, besides Sabbath School and other worI-:." li:aisei Den<lo Jo Gakko (Yokohama).
From JEss Pratt's report of the scho01, we learn that the fifth Commencement of the Bible School "was helli this spring, when a class of four was graduated and an entering class of twelyc received. In connection with the Commencement was helJ. the second Bible ·Vlnll1all'S Convention, continuing for three days. rrhe first Jay was given up to evangelistic addresses, reports from the:: field, and a question-box. The next day methods of work were discussed. On the last day all addresses pertained to the deepening (If the spiritual life in the heart of the believel', The women returned to their work greatly refreshed. and strengthened.
During the three years of training in the flchoo], each woman is given her own special Sunday Schoo], and house-to-house visitation work. Two of the women hase work in the prison among the women.
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FerrIs Sem.lnary BIble Course (yokoham.a). This course prepares students for practical evangelistic
work. Three graduated last year. One was married to a Christian gentleman, and two work in Aomori. Three of the graduates of the Grammar Department have entered the Bible Course. Selsho Gakkuwan (Tokyo).
This school is doing good work and is carried on by l\Irs. l\lacNair and Miss West. Mr. l\{acNair also helps in the school.
C. Boys' BOARDING SCHOOLS.
Steele Academ.y (Nagasaki). The Rev. Mr. Pieters writes: "The past year has been
one of reorganization. In consultation with the Board, the policy of making Steele Academy a Ohu Ga7cko has been adopted. For some time it has been our purpose to get exemption from military conscription, but in so doing extraodinary difficulties had to be overcome. rrhe Board now pays the fixed sum of 4000 yen a year to the school.
H During the calendar year 1905, not a single student made confession of faith, but recently six did so together and others are known to be seriously eeeking the way of salvation.
" As to an increasing desire to enter the ministry, there is nothing startling to report, but at least six are known to have the ministry in view.
"During February, our students, touched by the reports of the destitution among the starving and freezing population of the famine districts, p,evoted two days to collecting clothing arid money. They obtained more than 170 yen in cash, and three or four thousand garments, which were forwarded free of charge by the R. R. Companies."
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l\Ielji Gakuin Academ1c Department (Tokyo). Tho number of students last year was 231. ~fore than
20 applicants for admission to the highest classes of the ]\iiddle School could not be received, as those classes were a'3 large as accommodations would allow. It was a great pleasure to have the deputation of the Boards at the graduating exercises in March. rrwenty-nine from the Middle School, and four from the Higher Course were graduated.
Dr. 'iVyckoff, the greater part of whose time is given to teaching in the Academic Department, sayr; that while there has been no special reli~ious interest in connection with the school work, the attention to religious instruction has been encouraging. rrhere are now about 60 Ohristians in the school. Seven have been baptized during the year and there are others inquiring. The Christian students hold an early morning prayer-meeting every day, and three of them have recontly opened a Sunday School in a hitherto neglected part of the city.
There seems to be an increasing desire on the part of the better grade students to enter upon the work of the Christian ministry. Tohoku Gakuin. Academic Department (Senda!).
Dr. Schneder, the president of this schoo], writes as follows: "The l\iiddle School and Literary courses of the Tohoku Gakuin have been prospering. rrh~re are now abmt 274 students in these two courses. There haye been 12 baptisms in the school during the year. The religious spirit of the school has been kept up in various ways, one of the most important of which has been the morning prayer-meeting of the school Y. M. C. A. every Wednesday morning. The Christian pupils have been doing some Sunday School work, some help the .city
Y.l\L C. A. work, a band went out for famine relief, and many take part in pra.yer-meetings. There has been no marked increase in the desire to study for the minish-y, but a, number of students are looking forward to the ministry.
Prof. p, L. Gerhanl writes of an English Literary Society, meeting at his house: consisting of the students of the 2nd Literary Class. They chose the name of ;; Friday Club" becau~e, a.s was fmggested by one of themcmbers, like Robinson Crusoe's man Friday, they too are very earnest in the study of English. The Club has its own officer.;; and all the business as well a s the entire program is in English. As a result of the interest a wakcnetl by the meetings of the Club, the members have agreed among themselves to speak English during several honr~ every morning. The interest taken by the students ill this practical work brings Mr. Gerhard into very friend·· Iy personal touch with them and so gives abundant opportunity for personal influence.
The Rev. A. K. Faust is teaching in the three uepartments of the school. He says that the work which is being done in the newly-built and commodious building"~ and with the improved equipments, is very noticeably of a higher quality than that done under the old conditionf'.
D. GIRLS' BOARDING SCHOOLS.
Sturges Seminary (Nagasaki). According to Miss Sara .M:. Couch's report, the highest
enrollment of this school was 98 at the opening of the school year in April. .At the close of the fall term in December, 78 remained; of these 34 were boarders. 'rhe whole number of Christians was 22, six having been baptized during the year. Several of the older Christian
pupils work in Sunday 8chools superintended by the teachers of Sturges Semi nary.
'fhe King's Daughters' Society and Christian Endeayor brings the girls in touch with snch forms of work afo:, giving to the poor and needy; keeping flowers in th(~
church; visiting absent pupils. During the past year there has been a greater number of day pupils attending church and Sunday School. Also the parents of' tl18 day pupils have seemed to show more interest in the school than formerly. Kojo Jo Gakko (Yalllaguchi).
l\Iiss Bigelow writes: ;; rrhere have heen larger entcril1~ c1assc~ dnri11g the past two yl~ar8 than ever l)eforc. Nc)\y there are 60 pupils of whom 24 are boarder,-- and 12 professing Chri~tian:-:.
Four pupils graduated in "Jlarch. The Christiall pupil:-: work in four Sunda,v' Schools. There is a King's Daughterf:' Society in thc school to 'which most of the pupils belong. They have worked for the soldiers, the local orphanage for soldiers' children, and for famine sufferers." 1V1hnina Girls' School (Osaka).
l\Ess l\lary H. Ransom reports; Ii Our school has hil<1 an enrollment of over 240 pupils with 70 in the boaruing department. Last year there were 26 baptisms, including one teacher. Special evangelistic meetings in February were conducted by the Evangelist Mr. Kawabe, with good results. A .large proportion of the pupils is active in Christian Endeavor work. Thirty-frve·are drilled in methods of teaching each week, and on Sundays they teach in ten Sunday Schools reaching at least 500 children."
One of the teachers in the school writes that the union of the "\Vilmina Girls' School and the N aniwa Girls' School was a step in the right direction. rrhe greatest
need of the school to-day is better equipment, more classrooms and a more commodious chapel. Applicants are turned away each session because the class-rooms are full. The Christian Endeavor Society has an attendance of about two thirds of the pupils enrolled, more than 100 of whom are members, active and associate.
Miss Jessie Riker, who has recently come to Japan, is teaching -in this school. Besides studying the Japanese language, she does Sunday School work and teaches English Bible classes. Hokurlku Jo Gakko (Kanazawr.l).
From Miss Johnstone's report we learn that all thegraduates this year are Christians. ]{ore of the day-pupils are showing an interest in Christ, and more of them have been baptized than of the boarders. More than 50 of the girls are active workers in the Christian Endeavor Society, and about 40 are members of the '-';'l· C. T. U. Fourteen are teaching in Sunday School. The Enrollment is 170. The number of baptisms during the year was 10.
]iiss Gibbons relates an interesting case of modern persecution. A certain girl was baptized against the wishes of her people. Her family came to th~ city and evidently wanted her to give up her faith. First the aunt said, "If you don't give up I will cut my throat." The girl pleaded, and· then they said, " Well, if you don't give up when you graduate, we will take you home and put you in your room, and the Buddhist priest will visit you every day until you give up this foolishness." It was a severe test, but she has won their hearts, ancl they have consented to her being a Christian. Kinjo Jo Gakko (Nagoya).
Miss H-ouston: writes: "The year's work has been that of steady growth, with numerous ,hindrances, such as iil-
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difference and lack of personal interest on the part of some teachers. The enrollment is 72; Christians in school 28; united with the church during the year 9; and the number of graduates in :March was 1u.
CI The Society of E~trnest ,Yorkers by selling articles macIe by the society, has been ahle to contribute to various benevolent causes. They sent to the famine snfi'ererg several hundred smaIl bags filled with rice, with also a tract or booklet in each." Kyoritsu Jo Ga~.:!.:o CYol.~ohallla).
Miss Tra.cey gives the following report: II rrhe past year has been a prosperous one with an attendance of ahout 90. nrr. Omura, a most. earnest Christian, has been aclded to the tel:LChing force. He has gained the confidence of the girls, and is now helping them in many wap"
"In N ovem her, 1V1r. Kimura, of rrokyo, held a series of meetings for the girls, which resulted in new interest in religious matters, both among the teachers and the scholars. During December and January, 20 of the girls were baptized.
"The teachers and scholars assist with music in three of' the churches of this city, and in two of the chnrches they teach in the Sunday Schools. rrhe older scholars have charge also of two Street Sunday Schools with an attendance of 25 t.o 40, and Home of the girls assist in a large Snnday School for pOOl' children.
"Of the 5 graduates, one will remain as teacher in this school, three wish to take an advanced course of study, and one will be a missionary's assistant after September." Ferris SeDl.iIJary CYol;:ohullla).
~'he year, 190,), has been more than ordinarily eventfu1. The Deputation of the Boards visited the school at the .time. of the Commencement, Dr. Hutton conferriug
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-the certificates upon the' graduates. Van Schaick Hall has been enlarged and much improved. Miss Jennie Kuyper arrived in October to work in the school. rrhere has been a number of changes in the Japanese teachere.
On account of the interrnption caused by the building .operations and on account of the advance in the boarding and school fees, the number of students has slightly de.creased~ But the influence of the school is larger and. deeper than ever before. Twelve students were baptized during last year, and out of an enrollment of222: eightyone are Christians. Joshi Galnlin CTol.:yo).
In this school there is an increasing interest in the Bible among the non-Christian students. trIte year has brought exceptional opportunities and greater results than usual. The total enrollment is 276 and oat of thiA, 75 are Christians. Miy::tgi Jo G"'1.kko (Send::ti).
l\iiss Zurflllh reports: "The enrollment of the school is 203. There are seven Japanese lady teachers in the school, and all of these teach in Sunday Schools. One of the seven gentleman teachers in the school has been in the war and passed through twenty-nine ba.ttles without heing either wounded or sick. Being a Christian, he feels boundless gratitude to God for his safety. Nineteen pupils go out as Sunday. School teachers, be~ides 7 Bible ·Vv~oman and three'helpers, making an army of 35 people ,from the school compound, and many teach in two Sun·day Schools every Sunday.
"'Ve had eleven graduates this year, 1906. Of these some have become Bible Women, and one a helper; the .()thers are at their homes living the Christian life. All ·the graduat-es of this year are Christians except one."
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Teachers and other workers from this school still continue to visit the military hospital, and have had the .joy of seeing a number baptized iato the church hen', and sume were baptized before returning to their homes expeeting to join the church there. rrhere are three foreigner~ teaching in the schoo], ]\1is3es \I\T eiduer, Powell, anLl Zurfluh. Seishu Jo Gakko (Otaru).
According to the report of :JIiss Clara Rose this school has had a good year. Three of the students have recei"ed haptism and two others seem to be ready for the rite . .:.\. numher of very interesting girls ha,ve been recei\'c<i into the Home,-poor girls from the country where nothing happens, and existence consists in eating, Flleeping, and earning a few sen. These girls are absorbing what they find in school, and it is startling to notice how quick they change. Sewing, knitting, cooking, house-keeping, special lessons in music and English, and the usual daily visitors, give the teachers of the school little time fur idleness. ',,"ork has gone on as usual in the Sabbath Schools. rrracts are di!:ltributed at the doors. All the teachers and Christian girls are engaged in religious work. Hokusei Jo Gakko U~::tpporo).
Miss Smith, for the Hokusei Jo Gakko reports: "Our school has 160' pupils. There seems to be an increased interest in the educa.tion of girls and in Christianity in the Hokkaido. The school gra~nated 17 Fltudents this. year, all professing Christians. J\iany of our girls teach in Sunday Schools. 'Ve have in t.he school the Christian ~ndeavor and Junior Endeavor. All the boarders attend, but none of the day-pupils; though some of the latter attend the C. E. of the church. We have but six 8chola~ship~ i~ the mhool and mor~ than 50 boarder8. A' few
do work in the house and school, to pay their dues. The remainder all pay. During the war we made and sent to the front over 100 cholera-bands, fifty pairs of socks, and 500 filled comfort-bags."
1\1:iss Alice 1\-1onk, who in November last removed from the Joshi Gakuin to the Hokusei Jo Gakko, speaks of the very great interest which the girls take ill the prayer-meetings which arc conducted by them in the school. rfhe Christian students are fervently pnLying that the non-Christians may be led to Christ.
DAY SCHOOLS.
l{eim.o Nos. 1 & 2 (Tsukiji Tol::yo).
1\1:rs. 1\1:cCauley has two day Echools with an attendance of 350 children, boys and girls. In these schools there is a flourishing Junior Christian Endeavor, and also a Loyal rfemperance Legion. The Christian Endeavor Society meets once a week and the 'l'emperance Legion, once a month. l\fany of the children have definitely gi "en themselves to Christ, but as they are young and from non,...Christiall homes, they have not entered the church as yet.
F. KlNDERGAR'l'ENS.
Tok.yo: Mr~. McCauley conducts a Kindergarten in connection with the Shiba day school. The attendance is about fifty. Every six months all the l)arents of the children are invited t~ a meJting especially arranged for them.
YaIllaguchi :-·Last· fall Miss Mayo and the Kindergarten teacher st:uted a new Sunday Seheol in co~nection with the Kinder6arten. Over feVtnty are 'on the roll. ~'he enroHmelltof ,-tile KindergaTten -prOper '.is; ,32.. . In
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this ~chool there are two Japanosp, workers, one H trailwd and one an untrained assistant. Thc' llwthers are all yisited each month and invitc(1 to a mothers' meeting'. 1'alks 011 the care amI trailling of cllih1ren and on the Dibll' are giVOll. Except in one or two Ci1se~; the~' are women ·who Heyer come in <.:ontact with Christian tenelli ng otherwise, and their polito indifference wUllhl make it llphill work if do'nc in one's owu :-;trength.
Kallaza-\yu: The Kin(lcrgll,rt.l~ll here i~ u nder l\Ir.~.
Fultonis care, and is in n. prosperous contlitioll. A1l tli{' 1eachers arc earnest Chri:-;tians and are tryiug to l\~iH'11 the homes of the children as nm-er l,cfol'l'.
Otaru: One of the worker:" in this illstitutiun SilYS tlwt the enthusiasm is ever at white heat. r1'he Kil1l1cl'!..!'Hrtcll i~ full at 100, but this year 1:20 were ernwcled in, although all have never l)een present at OIll' tillle.
RESCl-E "\YonJ\:.
:ThTrs. :31cCanley h<1.s superintended t1lC Flureuce Crittenton Home (Ji Ai Kwan) at OkuLo on the out~kirts of Tukyo. Duriug the year 17 girls were j n the llOme. III DccemLer, one was married. '1'\\'0 have been placed ill the Semlai Orphanage, one was placed in a Lonrding schoo1, one pnt to sen'ice, and three have returned to their parents. Eleven at one time decicled fur Chri~t. They receivp- two Bible lessons daily, and attend ehUlTh service and ~unday School.
For four and a half 1l10nth~, 26 f<lmili9s of destitllt(~ ~o1diers have come to the Ji Ai Kwan twice it month and haYf~ received aid in a small.WilY. A Gospel sermon was preached by l\fr. Kimnra, and a goud hot meal ,'..-us sern'rl. 'rhree hundred and forty-nine' meals have t1111s beon SCl"
n~d, the cookin cr bein o' done br the Ji Ai Kwan oo·ids. o o. •
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When m1diers r8huned, they came with their wives and mother:; to the meeting.:, and a 1l10~t cordial relation has be:m est.ablished between these fi:ul1iljes, and many of them are now attending preaching-places. Xine ll1eetin;..;~ in all hn,~e 1een held.
III conclusion, and 1y way of recapitulation, "-e mention the fdlowing factR,-
(1). ..:\t the time of last year's Council, the cannons of war were still active in their ueath-dealing; to-day, peClce rules thfl bnd, and those of Japan':-; brave 130ns who were not called npon to sacrific.'c their 1iY(:,8, have come back to their homes. rrhousanclH of the so1dier:>:, either in ]\fallchuria, or in the hmpitals in ,Japan, heard for the first time, the sweet strains of tho Gospel of Peace. Many of these are now stanchtril-hearers in the army of the Lorc1,
(2). From non-Christian newspapers and in many other wayB, we learn of a decided improvement in the attitude of the pr.ople in general tmyards Chl'istianit.r. The number of inquirers is larger than last year, ancl <1
new seriousness anel readiness to hear the- Gospel is noticeable almost everywhere. rrhis readiness and serion~ness has heen wonclerfullJ~ felt, especially ill Xortheast(~ru Japan, where Christianity wa~ given a splendid opportnnity to show forth the spirit of the l\laster ,dlo gUYe,
bread to the starving thousa.nc1~. (3). ,\Vithin the tTapanese Churr.h, there has been n
quiet spiritual growth, and a marked growth in the spirit of responsibility. Deeper fonndatiolls have been laid, and the Christians ha.ve hetter nnderstood their privileges allel obligations, though very little visible progress has been made in reaJ self-support.
It is a pleasur3 to notice how Christian hymn-singing appeals to the Ja.panese people. rrhe seconu edition of
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the hymn book ln~ been issued and it:-: circnbtion con~ tinurs to be quite remarkable, re'lching to allOut )-\O,OO~)
copief:!. A third edition is now in press. (4). rrhe schools are all fnIl, with the Christian spirit
aetiye throughout the i'tudent body. rrhe theological :-:cl)(lnl:-: and tha training schools all report an incrl'ase in 1Ioth the number and the quality of their student:-:.
(5). Christianity, prouably, has neyer 1)0011 cunfront.,d with more favorable cOD<litiOllS than exist in ~TapnD to-day. An intelligent peoplo that is natnrn,lly r('ligiou~, a large Dumber of missionaries at work, a well-e~tablislH'd .Tapanese church manned ,,-jth Jllany :-:trong and faithful ministers and enLTIgelists, and all these nobly supported and strengthened by lllany n,nd efficient Chri:-:tian educational institutions ;-and yet real progress has been ratber :-:low and not at aU phenomenal. It b01100ves the ChriRtinn forces to join hands in the long and hard 11lHl('rtaking in which they are engaged. Patient, faithfnl and .. elf-sacrificing service for many, lllany years to cume, confront the church in thiR land and we 11l1l~t eyer remember that it is "God that giveth the increa~e."
One manifest lesson that can be learned, and on~ht to 1)0 learned ~vell, is, that while the foreign missiona~''y haR set a large part to take in the upbuilding of Gocl':-; Kinguom in Jap.1n, it is clear that the hea"iest burdem:, financial and otherwise, must of necessity fall upon the Japanese themselvee. That the Japanef'c Church i:-: beginlling to realize this fact in seriollsness is the most hopeful l)art of this report. l\fay our one 11rayer be, that God use all His serVcl,nts in Japan, both ~J,lpanese and fureigncrfl, to bring this people to His Son.
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STATISTICAL TABLES
Uompilec1 by
BEY. II. I~. :ThI1LLEH l HEY. H. 1\1. LAXDlS J Committe"
BEY. J ,y l\iooRE
MISSION OF TIlE
Pres. Church of U. S. A. I~ast Jllpan West Japan
Totals
Hefd. (Dutch) Church in A. North Japan South Japan
rrotals
Pres. ellUl'ch of U. S. (South)
Hefd. (Uel'Iuan) in U. S.
Cumberland Pres. Church
'Voman's Union
MlssrON i'iL\.TISTI< ';0-; F(JH 1005.
E(\tleatioJlal 'York
5 20
I
iSdWO]S r foil\!-for I dents
Hib)c ill W~)('II I_sallie
20
20
10
s
5
MISSIOX RTATISTICR FOR I905 (CONTINUED)
Edllrationnl Work [contin.llrc1].
MIBSIO~ OF THE
=====================-=-=-=-====~==========================~I MI~~I():I f-;'t';\TI;-;Tf(':-4 FOB, 1905 Cl'f)~CLUl>1m).
--~-~-~ ------~~------~---------- -~~~-- ~-- -~~ .. -
Ed. wk. I Evangelistic Work [('oncJ~~ ~ ~~ ___ ~ _~ _~ __ _
l\IISRWN OF THE (3r~1!ed Ja)lall~ '''alarie' Itil)(>la~ t'nor- '."al:llil" Ttil1('r:t • Salaril's tin~ I (;l'allt('(1 , I I I I I [ I lIt i nel'a-[ ).. ~SC. I .. r till!.! 1':1: (lainl'(l: "I' ,ling ex! BIble of (,XpCIl~ I by the
JlO<\11~ 11I1111~~ I "[IIIIC 1"'11'1', pl'each~ ~allle : pellses I \1'0111('11 ~:Ullt' ~e" of [HoardS ____ ~ ___ ~_~._ __~ __ --~~-- tels [yen] .. t-:IlIlI 1'1'';' ofsa1l1el __ 1__ ~I ~~~c
Pres.Cll11rchofU.R.A, (North) I' j I I I l-East J:lpnn 12010 12 J78S' 200 8 41(,1) Soo I I 1188[ 4()01 12722
._~-"'I.f,,p"n ___ .. __ __ I 4467 I 10 1(,81 27 0-'4° II 1386: ! 17800
1I _____ 'l_'o_t~\~~__ ~_~ __ ~ __ 16477 J 22 34(,C; 200 3S 10408 Sao' 22 25741: 40" ! 30522
00 Herd, (nlltl'lI) Church in A. -T North .Tapan 9484 ('3S
1
5 17('4 T 77(' 1(,(, 5 i4ol1th Japan 8462 305
7 4 1~)20, 304 8 32Sn 4 23 2
Total~
Pres. Church of IT. R. (Sollth)
Hef(1. Church (Germ:lII) ill l-.~, i
CIlIIILcr}:lI1d Pre!:'. Chnrch
"TOlllan's Union
Grnlltl Totals for 1904.
1340
19 200
]800
9 3( 1)4 30 4
4 154C : 21)0
10 I 3275: 2S1
3r-;~~i
IS S02(" SXI,I~ 7
20 722') J2JO 5
7 I J('i 714 1 20
13 3I~() Ji O !), 10 I ; ----
()256 GIlt!-
12440
35' 1340 8
750 ]6]39
2 5(' 4000
6635
STATll'TI C:-;
GIRLS' SCHOOLS.
1905
;;; ! ~ t5 £! ~~. ~ ~ ~~ I ~ ~- i ~-'
H I ~ I
- STURGES SEMINARY, NAGASAKI. 1~~5 ~T-=5 I So--I 20
-::-~:::~::C-H'-. -TS;-I-;; I 54 23
~-MINA JOGAKKO, OSAK~~-- ~~-1--;-1~5
IS
14 I 66 21 216
9 ,:
8 I I
44
~ ----::~o JO-GAKKO, NAGOYA. --~;~-1-~-1-65-00
12 10 60 18
KYORITSU JO-OAKKO, YOKOHAMA.- -;-051-~6 92 22 14 i 83 33
FERRIS SEMINARY, YOKOHAMA. 2-22-1-~7 I 174 40 ~I~--
_H_O_K_U_RI_K_U_J_O_-G_A_K_KO_K_A_N_A_Z._A_W_A_. __ : __ 17~ ~[5;' -I ~ IS° 7 ~ -;-~T 163
5S I ~-5-1 35 1 --I ~-1 I 55 SEISHU JO-GAKKO, OTARU. II
~;~~--1--3~ -1~~5~-1 IS I 9
-J-O-SH--I-G-"-K-U-'N-, -T-O-KY-O--.----! -;~6--1-- 36 -~1-~250~--1- -;5 I 21
--------- ---------1----- ---- -1- --- --~.-
MIY'AGI JO-GAKKO, SENDAI. \ 201 8 166' \ 24 21
HOKUSEI JO·GAKKO, SAPPORO. I 187 I 21 . I
I -25 1 -1-54~ I -'
--~
37 68 7 6
34 55 ~-I-- -5--1-
9-
73 I 7--I-;C:l- 35 .-----~ -----v
3 I 9 I II 45
57 35 3 I 20 I 16
115 _I~_0 __ 7_~~~_-_7--__ ~~]_ 2~ 55 115 I I I 10 I 14
20 35 4- --6-1- 6
6 10 12
120 9 2 9
--I- 21
STATISTICAL ITE:'t[S
OF THE CHURCH OF ('mUST IX .TArAX.
Fmm "DEXDO HOeH} ", (Feb. 20 and June 2 1 1, 1906).
Synod
Presbyteries
Churches
FOIt lnOG.
Companies of believers not organized as churches
Ordained ministers
Licenti:ttes
Elde.rs
Deacons
Church members
:\ vcrage attendance at the communion serv ice
Baptisms during the year:
Adult
Infant
Sunday School teachers
Sunday School scholars
Offerings of the Japanese Church (not including individual gifts
to the Board of ~Iissions)
~Iission assistance
Value of churches and endowments
89
So
1 I 2
86
88
273
201
IS,076
... 8,J49
... J,3 J7
1~4
666
'" 8,887
YS8,204
26,634
262,639
Tokyo 35
Naniwa 18
Miyagi ~II-------------
Sanyo
Chinzei
6
7
7
I::j)
~ ~ 00 ~ ~ ] C)
0 .= Q)
>=.. ~ .0 tJ:
e- ~ c.. .~ Cii ..ci T, ~ ~ V r< :::
~
rn
-------
20 6:771 4,012 707
30 9 4/258 1,962 384
22 1,638 1,006 -------- ----1------1-------1 ------
9 2 686 357 59 ------ ------1-------1 -------- -----
7 73 1 I 339 69
5 --6-=_ 2 -!----9-7-0--1----47-3-1-- 49
2 Fu:<un 22 I FlIsan 12
Hokkaido
In China Grand Total _______ , _____ 8_0 ____ 1_1_2 ____ 1_5_[ _____ ,3_5_ 15,076 8,149 Dalney 1,14';
2 II 5 1145 645 379 -~I--~I-------- --------Increase over 1904 ----------~----~----- -------1-Decrease from 1904
Reccived from other denominationR 144 Compared with HI03 +21
Dismissed to other denominations 109 " +2
Died 184 "
-23
Erased from Roll 2G9 J: -287
Attendanco at Sunday servicc 5,3D5 "
+271
Attendance at PraYEr Meeting 2/>24: "
+!Ii
S. S. Pupils 8,8R7 "
-74 <:.0 S. S. Teachers GGG -2l. ~ ,.
Ministers 8G ," -3
Evangelists 88 " -2
Elders 273 "
-3
J)l'acnns 201 -R
Offerings Y 5S,203. 7~ ., + Y12,13G.00
Pl'0Pl'l'ty 1:2G:2,638.78 + Y20,3;')0.29
.. \sf'i~tan('c frolll l\[issiol1F: Y 2n,G:J:1.97 +y 531.:~() .,
500 or more members
Kaigan (Yokohama) 692
Kochi 630
Churches with Offerings of YlooO or more
Eujimi-cho, Tokyo, Y4,726
Sakae 2,753 Kochi 2,189 Shiro 1,854 Osaka, Higashi, 1,706 Shiba, Tokyo, 1,353 Taihoku 1,252 Sapporo 1,248 Kobe 1,142 Kaigan, Yokohama,
1,107 Ichigaya, Tokyo, 1,106
Kumamoto 1)093
Churcr.es with average attendance of 100 or more
.Sendai 233 Kaigan 226 Kochi ]63 Kanda 137 Fujimi-cho 125 Sapporo 122
J~AHGES'l' CRUnCHES.
300 or more members
Fujimi-cho, Tokyo, 487 Shiba 448 Sendai 439 Kanda 415 Sapporo 349 Shiro 341 Ushigome, Tokyo, 327
200 or more members
Daimachi, Tokyo, Kagoya ()saka (:\linami) Kanazawa Ryogoku, Tokyo,
LABGEST SU~DAY SCHOOLS.
200 or more Sd:olRrS
Kagoshillla 506 Kanda 361 Aomori 250 Sendai 240 Tanabe 230
92
100 or more Scl:olars
KOJimachi 160 \Yakayama 143 \Yakamatsu 143 Morioka 141 ~li.kamura 135 Daimachi I"'''' .).)
Sapporo 130 Muroran 123 Shinsakae 122
Nagasaki 120
Higashi Rokubancho
Kochi 'hihoku
JIG II3 100
Churches with :;:0 or more baptisms
Kanda 2II
Kaigan 39 Sendai 37 \Yakayama 37 Shiro 36 Fujimi-cho 34-Sapporo 30 Yokosuka 28 'fokushima 28 Ushigome 26
Shiba 21
Contribctions per l\Iemher Actually Communing.
Entire Church Y6.5 I
Chinzei Presbytery
l-ianyo
Nani",a
Tokyo
Hol.:kaido "
Tlliya;,:i
::\c. of Baptisms per 10 Actual Communicants.
Elltire Church
Cbinzci Presbytery
Kaniwa
To1;:ro
I. is
I.ine ,If .\\"crago.:
________________________ Line uf Averag-e
Sanyo
Miyagi
Hokkaido
1.60
1.55
1.0 36
Av, Attendance at chl:rch service per 10 Actual Communicant:-.
Entire Church 6.6.!
Sanyo Presbytery
Chinzei
:r.1iyagi
!':miwa 7.32
__________________ l.ine of Average
Hokkai(lo
Tokyo
626
5·65
93
BOARD OF l\ir:::lSIONS-CO:HPARA'l'IVE
FI~AKCIAL SL\''l'El\IEXT.
RECEIPTS
1904 1905 F rom Congregations under \'2168.781 1'1716.967 Board's care
" other Churches 2057. 805 1897.414
" Societies 1047. 21 7 610.4 14 Individuals 2673·4C2 4224.951
Miscellaneous 88.790 74.700
Bal. 'War-time Evangelistic Fund 173.286 129.425 Bal. last year's acct. :;6.1 23
\,82°9·281 Y8690.061
EXPEXDITURES
Salaries \'5950.000 1'5°34.000 Rents 729.500 837·5°0 Expenses Evangelistic \Vork 132.570 617.680 Itinerating (Ryohi) 224.530 438.890 Printing 194.650 98.050 Postage 149-410 117.205 }\Iiscellaneous 212.065 139.210
Special Depo<;it 1350.000 Beneficiary Educati?n 10·558 Office Expenses 309.910 1903 Deficit Paid 97. 237 Balance on Hand 36.123 ~'2~
\'8035.995 \,869°.061
KA'l'AOKA l\iE:lfORIAL FUND
RECEIl'TS
Balance last year's acct. Y563.906 Receipts during 1905 281.067
Total Y844.973
vV AR-TIME EVANGEUSTIC FUND
I~cnEASE on. DEcnEASE
- \'451.814
- 160.391 -436.736
+ 1551.549 - 14.090 -43·86 [
-+- 36. I 2 ~
+ \'480.780
- \'9 16.000 + 108.000
+ 485.110
+ 214360 -96.600
- 32 .205 -72.855
+ 135°.000 + IO·SSg - 3°9.910
- 97. 237 + 1O.84_~
+ 655.066
RECEIPTS
Last year's balance From Churches
Societies Individuals
Miscellaneous
EXPENDITrRES
Y173.286 Honoraria and tray. expenses 35.II9 Printing
Y47.000
37·44° 12.620
Total
2.000 Postage 7.500 Miscellaneous II.:~O" Ba!. on hand
):'229. 2°5
94
2.7 20
129-425_
Y229·205
Roll of the Council (1906)
E .. \"~T J.\"PA~ ~lIS~10S OF THE PR]~SBYTEnL\~
CHTltCH IX THE U. ~ .. \. (XORTllEH:\")
Ballagh, 1\1:r. J. C., 187;")-1. P ,;; Ballagh, :Mrs. J. C., 188-1 Imbrie, Rev. Wm., D. D., IN75 P Imbrie, Mrs. \Vm., tTohnson, He\T. \V rr., 1902 .Tohnson, 1\irs. \V T., Lancli~, He'.'. H. JI., 1 H88 P Lan(.li~, 1\1:1'."'. H. M., MacNair, Rev. rr.l\I., 1883 p MacNair, l\:1:rs. rr. :M., 1880 P Pier~cn: Rev. G. P., 1888 P Pierson, :Mrs. G. P., 1891 P Reischauer, Rev. A. K., 1905 P Heischnuer, l\irs. A. K., :, p rrhompson, Rev. David, D. D., 1863 rrhOlllpson, :Mrs. David, 1873 Vaughn, Rev., A. P., 1904 P Vaughn, Mrs. A. P., 1904 P Ballagh, l\1iss A. P., 1884 Oampbell, Miss E. R., 190.5. p. Gardner, Miss Sarah, 1889 Halsey, Mir:s L. S., 1904
in U. S.
" " "
McCauley, Mrs. J. K., 1880 in U. 8. l\1il1iken, Miss Elizabeth P., 1884
t Year of arrivJ.l in Japan as mLsion::try. '* Present at Ccuncil.
95
" "
~apporo
" Toky()
" .:\~al1iga'nL
"
" rl'okyo
" Siigata
" rrokyo fl'G1\:yil
" Tokyo
" "
Monk, :Miss A. 1\1:., 1901 P 8ap])01"0 OtanI Rose, I\1iss C. H., 1886r"
ShenB:iltl, I\fi:ss-1ifury·-Be:W~r..l.OO.Z"i I -£lj1vt.. Sa ppo1'o Smith, l\Iiss f). C., 1880 'Vard, IVIisH I~ahel Mae, 1901 p V{ e~t, :M:iss A. B., 1883 \\T yc1~o{f, l\fisf! He]e~ V_{ 4.A '-
~t~'ln:?2~~~:~~.(:L, 187J L' '
" " rrilkyo
" \Y:E~T .TAP.AX )rb~lOX OF THE PRE:-:BYTEIUAX
(,HrRCH IX THE r. S. A. (XOHTHERX)
Ap'es, Be,'. J. B., 1888 P (}A~ 1\Ioji Ayres, nIl'S, J. B., p tI " Brokaw, Bey. H., 1896 P Kure Brdmw, l\frs. 1:1., .., p " Bryan, Hey. A. Y., 1882 ]\fatsuyulllll Bryan, l\ir:::. A. Y., 1)-;S7 " Curtis, Rey. F S., 1887 Kyoto em·tis" l\I r8. F S., " Dunlop, Hey. tT. G., 1890 P ~ Fukui Dunlop, J\ir~. J. G., 1894 P " " Erdman, Bev. J. P., 1904 Yamaguchi Erdman, l\frs. J. P ... 1904: 11
li'ulton, Rev. G. ",V., 1889 P KanaZ1\\Yil
~"u1ton, :Mrs. G. 'Y., " Gorhold, BeL R. P., 1905 P " Gorbold, l\1ri-'. R. P., 18~)2 P " tTone~, Bey. "r Y., 189.5 P Shimonosl:ki tTones, Mrs. \,V Y., 1884 P " I.J3.ngsdo1'f, Bey. 'iV. B., Ph. D., L:tt. D., Ul02 P Hiroshima IJangsdorf, l\ir;c. VV B., p " l\1Ul'ray; Bey. D. A., D. D., 1902 Osaka
91)
:l\Iurray, l\Irso D A .. 1902 Winn, Rev. T. Co, 1878 p Winn, ::Ur:-:. T. Co, p Bigelow, Miss G. S., 1886 P Cooper, Mi~s jlary B., 1903 P F~t@l, ~s Ao-r;:-:i\-., 1083-Garvin, ~iiss A. Eo, 1882 p Gihhons, l\iiss K. Anna, 1 ~02 Haworth, :M:iss Alice, 1888 .. Johnson, IVliss J. l\I., 1905 JI
in V. S.
I.uther, l\iiss Ida R., 1898 II I ,
)fayn) Miss Lucy E., 1901 P /l 'I
U~idm
Dairen , ~
Yamaguchi Hiroshima Y~l1llt::>uchi ()salm Kanazuwa Kyut,' Kana:t;uwa
"
. ~;~~1;~1.1\;~s~s~lli,~n? l~O?:, J '- ~1~~t~;1~T!an:_~L4~: . NORTH JAPAX MJSSJO~ 0];' THE HEFOIOIED
(DL"TCH) CHURCH IN _A 1IERICA.
Ballagh, Rev. J. H., 1861 in n. S. Ballagh, Mrs. J. H., Booth, Rev. Eugene S., 1879 in U. S. Booth, l\1:rs Eugene S., " " " Miller, Rev. E. Hothesay, 1872 :JElIer, l\irs. B. Rothesay, 1869 p Oltmans, Rev. A., D. D., 1886 P Oltmans, Mrs. A., p Ruigh, Rev. D. C., 1905 P Ruigh, 1\1:rs. D.O., 1905 P Scudder, Rev. Frank S., 1897 P Wyckoff, 31. N., D. Sc., ] 881 P 'Vyckolf, l\Irs. ]\II. N., p KUyper, J\iiss Jennie 1\1.; 1905 P lIoulton, Miss Julia 1891 in U. S. Thompson, nEss Anna De F., 18g7 P Winn, l\iiss M., 1881 P
97
Yukohuma
"
" Tukyo
" " " Morioka
" :\agano Tokyo
" Yokohama Yokohama
" Mishima,
SOPTII J.APAN ~[J~:'HON Of THE I{EFOR~IED
(DrTCH) CHL"RCII IX .:DIEIUl'.:L
Hondelink: Rev. Garret, 1~)03 p Hondelink, :Mrs. Garret, }l
Peeke, Rt-'v. H. V S.~ 1888 P Peeke, lUI's. H. Y S., 1893 Pieters, Hev. Albertm:, 1891 p Pieters, Mrs. Albertus, ",Y'"alvoord, Rev. A., 1905 ",Val W)ord, 1\1:r::: . .A., 1905 Couch, l\Iiss Sara 1\1., 188:J. Lansing, :Miss H. 1\f.., 1893 P Piete1',o.:: Miss Jennie A., 1904 rrholl1asll1a, 1\:Iiss Grace ~I.) 1904 P
Kagoshima
" Saga
" l\agflsuki
" "
" Kumamok Saga saki Kagoshill1<i
:JIISSIOX OF THE pnE~BYTERIAN CHrnCH
IX THE r ~. (SO CTHEHX)
Buchanan, Rev. ",lV. C., 18~H Buchanan, 1\1:rs. ,\~ C., Buchanan, Rev. ,Yalter l\icS., 1895 Buchanan; 1\11'8. ,Valter l\icS., 1887 Cumming, Rev. C. K., 1889 Cumming~·1\1rs. C. K., 1892 Erickson, Rev. S. 1\1., 190.j p Erickfion, 1\11's. S. 1\1., " p Fultoil, Hey. S. P., D. D., 1888 P Fulton, 1\1rs' S. P., Hope, Rev. S. E., 1892 Hope, 1\11'8. S. H., Logan, Re,. C. A., 1902 Logan, 1\1rs. C. A.,
98
Kobe
Takamabu
Kobe
" Talmll1u iSH
" Tokyo
" Toyohashi
" ToknshimD.
"
){cAlpine, Rev. R. E.~ 1 S~5 ML~\l]lin(', 1\11':::. H. E., }Iellwaine, He,', ,y E., I8K~t P )lcIlwa,ine, Mr~. ,\, IL :Unnroe, .n(~\". lL. H., 190G P )[oore, H(w. J-. 'Y., 1890 P
in l~. ~.
)1 lIl)l'('., J'lIrs .• T. \ \-., IS!)3 )[.\"e1' . ..:, Hev. H. 'Y., 1897 )Iyl~r:::, :Mr~. H. \\'., " ~[orton, Rev. E. S .. ] 904 Price, :\Ir.;;. H. E., 1890 Atkinson, Mis.; l\[aria, 1899 ~ W, Dowel, :Miss Annie, 1888 p E,'ans, Miss Sah, ]893 p Houston, jIiss Ella:; HW2 J~,~hmc, Miss :J1. G., 1904 P ])atton, ~Ii;;.;r.; _\. V., 1900 ]'ll,tton, l\liss Floren~e, 1895
J\JjcL i
~:\kawa
::\agoya rJ\jkyii Tol\:usb imft
Uusscl1, Miss Lois, 1906 p I\(-Ilw ~terling, l\Iis::; Charlotte E., :I )-)S8 K(Jchi \Vil:::UIl, Miss Adelie, 190G p (IlHlependent.) X :1goya.
}IIf-'SIOX OF THE REF01DIED ( ;EI!~\L'lX)
('H l-nCH 1 X TIlE r. ~.
-Cook, Ho,'. H. H., 1902 P 4~()ok, Mrs. H. E., P FctUst, Rev. A. K., 190::> P 1\J..Ust~ l\Ir~. A. K., 190:3 P ~}erhard, Mr. l?c-ml Lambert, HiD7 p Herhard, 1\1rs. Pitlll Lam bert., 1902 p chorhaI'd, Miss Mary E., 1905 P J.Ja.mpc) Hev. \V E.: 1900 P
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L~lmpc, l\ln;. "\Y E., p :M ill cr, Hey. H. K., 1892 P :l\1illcr, l\1n~. H. K., p :Muore, lte\". J. P., D. D., 18S;) in F. S. 3luure, ::'IIr.;;:. ~T. P., " n "
Schneder, HC'\". D. B., D. D., 1887 " " " Schnedcl": Mrs. D. E., ,. " :~ Seiple, Ht'y. ,Ym G., Ph. D., 190;) p Seiple, l\Irs. 'Ym. G., p Steiner, Rey. J('~~e J?: ] 905 P Stick, H(;L J. 1\1., 1902 ]J
Stick, -:'Ill'.;;;. tT. ]\1., p Pi fl' !', i,\Ii~s B. Ca.t.herine, 1901 p PU.lr\'e1J, Miss Lucy ]\1., 1900 "\YeidnC'r, l'.Iis~ Sallie Lea, 190J p Zurfluh; l\li:~s Lena, 18!)4
Sendai Yamagata
S<.'nclai
" Seudai
" " "
Yamagata Bendai
"
.JII~SI(lX OF TIlE (Tl\lBEIU • ..c\.XD
Hail, TIc'\". A. D., D. D., IRIS P ~ ~- Osaka Hail, J\1r:,. A. D., l' I I "
Hail, Rev. tT. B., D. D., 1877 p "\Yakayam:t Hail, l\h~. tT. B., )) Hail, He\". J. E., 1900 P Tsn Hail, J\lr.~. J. E., 1898 P ~,
Heref()l'd, Hc\". "\Y F., 1902 P Yamada, Hereford, J\1r.~. "\Y F., " Ya.ll Horn, Rcy. G. "\Y., J 888 11 O . .::aka Yan H·orn, J\lrs. G. 'Y., P ,. Alex<luuer, Miss S., I8D4 in r. ~. " Hail,.nLiss~. K.,.1902 (Asscciatc l\Icml~er))}.,"
v Lea\"ltt, MISS Julm, 1881 . 1anabe ?J c-rv.-- I' )~ Q¥- ~J, 1'1
100
:Morgan, Miss Aglll'~ E., 18~9 1 LlllSOll , l\li:::.-: .l\1ary E., 1~J01 Hiker, JUi:-:!:' tTe:-::::it', 1004 Roach, JUi~:3 Huth, 190,) ltollPrtsolJ, l\li::::;.: EIY:t, 190,)
, . . I j- n ,-,/-" '., (
O~akn,
,.
IrU}Ll"X ~ l-"XIO"X )IISSI()S"U~ Y ~O(,IET¥
('ru:-.l)y, l\Ii!'~ tTulia ~" 1871 Hand~ 1\1iss tTulia E., 1900 J ... oomif', l\Ii:::::: Clara D., lUll1 Pratt: l\[i~s ~. A., 18fJ3 Strain: }\Ii~~ He1en Kuox, 1 ~i()( I ill r, ~. Trac~-: ::\Ii~::: ':\hry E., l~O:1
101
Yukoilluna
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KARUIZAWA UNION CHURCH (PLACE WHERE COUNCIL HELD liS SE:SSIONS)
