When I was a child . MV FIRST MEETING WITH AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY should I accept this and return them all theirkindness when I succeed, or should I absolutelyrefuse this ? I went to Mr. linuma, my teacher friend,to ask his advice. There I met with anotherteacher, Mr. Ogawa, who was a friend of mybrother. They said, Why dont you come to I BECOME AN ADOPTED SON 75 our missionary college instead ? Of course theGovernment college has better literature andsciences, but i£ you want to learn the Englishconversation, our college is no less good, becauseAmerican teachers will teach you. We shall keepy


When I was a child . MV FIRST MEETING WITH AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY should I accept this and return them all theirkindness when I succeed, or should I absolutelyrefuse this ? I went to Mr. linuma, my teacher friend,to ask his advice. There I met with anotherteacher, Mr. Ogawa, who was a friend of mybrother. They said, Why dont you come to I BECOME AN ADOPTED SON 75 our missionary college instead ? Of course theGovernment college has better literature andsciences, but i£ you want to learn the Englishconversation, our college is no less good, becauseAmerican teachers will teach you. We shall keepyou to study, and our American missionaries wanta boy to sweep the schoolrooms every morning,and make his tuition free. I was so happy toaccept this offer. It was December of 1887. CHAPTER VII I AM BAPTIZED T^ROM the very next day I took my new school was situated in Minami-Buhci-Cho (street) just on the back of Aichi-Kencho(the Government Buildings of Aichi District).The school building was an ordinary nati


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