. Christian herald and signs of our times . THE GREAT BRIDCE IN OSAKA. American Board an unhappy difference ofopinion has arisen as to the terms of thisownership. It is evident that the missionwork in Japan is passing through a crisis. Writing to the Church at Home and^Abroad recently, on the situation, Dr. Alexander, a prcfessor in a Christiancollege in Tokio, says: The lower andpeasant classes are still powerfuly underthe influence of the past and largely Budd-histic in faith. The middle classes aremore hopeful, but still largelv indifferent,not to say hostile, toward Christianity:while
. Christian herald and signs of our times . THE GREAT BRIDCE IN OSAKA. American Board an unhappy difference ofopinion has arisen as to the terms of thisownership. It is evident that the missionwork in Japan is passing through a crisis. Writing to the Church at Home and^Abroad recently, on the situation, Dr. Alexander, a prcfessor in a Christiancollege in Tokio, says: The lower andpeasant classes are still powerfuly underthe influence of the past and largely Budd-histic in faith. The middle classes aremore hopeful, but still largelv indifferent,not to say hostile, toward Christianity:while the higher classes, for the mostpart, are sceptical and distant in their at-titude. To meet these hard conditionsand overcome them is the problem. Manythoughtful and earnest Japanese preachersand laymen are giving their time andstrength to its solution. But a highertype of Christian living in the Church, adeeper consecration and sense of responsi-bility and most of all a baptism of theHoly Ghost are the desiderata at bespeak for
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