The Spirit of missions . the edicts against Christianityand there came that astonishing re-action which swept the Japanese peopleinto an indiscriminate adoption of al-most everything western—religion in-cluded. These were the days of wonder-ful opportunity, and the ChristianChurch was quick to respond. One ofour most conspicuous contributions wasthe establishment by Dr. Laning, in1873, of St. Barnabas Hospital, Osaka,the first Christian hospital in the the close of this year we find BishopWilliams holding services in his privatechapel, surrounded by the Rev. , Miller, Qu
The Spirit of missions . the edicts against Christianityand there came that astonishing re-action which swept the Japanese peopleinto an indiscriminate adoption of al-most everything western—religion in-cluded. These were the days of wonder-ful opportunity, and the ChristianChurch was quick to respond. One ofour most conspicuous contributions wasthe establishment by Dr. Laning, in1873, of St. Barnabas Hospital, Osaka,the first Christian hospital in the the close of this year we find BishopWilliams holding services in his privatechapel, surrounded by the Rev. , Miller, Quimby, Blanchett andCooper. In 1874, Bishop Schereschewsky hav-ing been appointed for China, BishopWilliams was relieved of that responsi-bility, and became Bishop of were enlarged, churches built,hospitals opened and the day of activeprogress had begun. But under all thatwas afterward accomplished in Japanthere lay, like a strong foundation, thepatient faith and undiscouraged labor ofthose earlier
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