Christian herald and signs of our times . e andshrewd. They made excellent cashiers, tellers,book-keepers and clerks, so far as the mere ex-ecutive qualities were concerned. They pos-sessed every intellectual requirement necessaryfor carrying on a bank. But they were too in-telligent—they were so thoroughly acquaintedwith financing, that they understood many littlemethods of deflecting cash from the treasuryinto their own pockets. And there was nopower except fear which could prevent theirdoing so ; and fear had but little effect, as therewas hardly any danger that the capitalists,composed of
Christian herald and signs of our times . e andshrewd. They made excellent cashiers, tellers,book-keepers and clerks, so far as the mere ex-ecutive qualities were concerned. They pos-sessed every intellectual requirement necessaryfor carrying on a bank. But they were too in-telligent—they were so thoroughly acquaintedwith financing, that they understood many littlemethods of deflecting cash from the treasuryinto their own pockets. And there was nopower except fear which could prevent theirdoing so ; and fear had but little effect, as therewas hardly any danger that the capitalists,composed of effete Daimios and of governmentofficers unfamiliar with banking, could detecthow the cash disappeared. ?From A Budget of Letters from Japan. By Arthur CollinsMaclay, , , formerly Instructor of English in the Ko-Gakko Rio, Tokio, Japrrn; a deeply interesling illustrated work of392 pages. Price, $1. Published by A. C. Armstrong &> Son, 714Broadway, New York. 668 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Oct. 21. BBS. Battalion of Ghoorka Soldiers enoroute for Burmah, Offering Sacrifices to Drive Away Cholera. In this predicament, one of the bank, officers,with great candor and solicitude, came and ex-plained the situation to one of the frankly admitted that he did not believe inany religion whatsoever. He claimed that theJapanese intellect was of too philosophical anature to accept the Jewish myth called Christi-anity. But, said he, your religion doessomething that our religions cannot do—it makesmen honest. Now, we wish our employees at thebank to be carefully instructed in these princi-ples, so that they may learn to discharge theirduties with scrupulous integrity. This story isthoroughly characteristic. At one time thegovernment insisted that Christianity shouldnot be taught in their schools in any shapewhatsoever. They even went so far as to insertin some of their contracts a clause to the effectthat no instruction should be given on this s
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