The Spirit of missions . therhood. And brotherhood to thehigh-minded Japanese does not meanmerely that all his own people are hisown brethren. The Japanese ideal isthe Christian ideal, that all men arebrothers. These things, of course, couldnot have come about in a nature thatwas not prepared. to receive the newlight of the Christian revelation. Godhad been working during the many cen-turies past in Japan, and it had in itsown way received His revelation. With-out this the Gospel would have been noGospel to them. The new light is come,but the old is not lost. In Japan, aseverywhere, the words


The Spirit of missions . therhood. And brotherhood to thehigh-minded Japanese does not meanmerely that all his own people are hisown brethren. The Japanese ideal isthe Christian ideal, that all men arebrothers. These things, of course, couldnot have come about in a nature thatwas not prepared. to receive the newlight of the Christian revelation. Godhad been working during the many cen-turies past in Japan, and it had in itsown way received His revelation. With-out this the Gospel would have been noGospel to them. The new light is come,but the old is not lost. In Japan, aseverywhere, the words of Christ havecome true: I am not come to destroy,but to fulfil. At the present day the Christian prin-ciples are everywhere approved, and thepreaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christeverywhere welcomed. This happystate of things is due in chief part tothe many missionaries whom theChurches of America have sent toJapan. For this inestimable benefit Idesire in the name of my country andmy countrymen to return hearty


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