. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. THE GREAT BUDDHA (DIABUTSU) AT KAMAKURAyThis gigantic figure of Buddha (a mans head would barely reach the statuesfeet) singularly expresses the spirit of serene contemplation for which theBuddhist religion stands; is indeed, hauntingly suggestive of that dreamyNirvana which it teaches is the goal of existence. There is perhaps no finerpiece of statuary in the East than this. THE DEGENERATE KOREANS AT REST AND AT WORKThe favorite occupat
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. THE GREAT BUDDHA (DIABUTSU) AT KAMAKURAyThis gigantic figure of Buddha (a mans head would barely reach the statuesfeet) singularly expresses the spirit of serene contemplation for which theBuddhist religion stands; is indeed, hauntingly suggestive of that dreamyNirvana which it teaches is the goal of existence. There is perhaps no finerpiece of statuary in the East than this. THE DEGENERATE KOREANS AT REST AND AT WORKThe favorite occupation is smoking, but in the lower picture three mentogether are managing to operate one spade. One man rams it into the ground,and the other two (by means of ropes attached) jerk out the shovelful of earth! BUDDHISM, SHINTOISM AND CHRISTIANITY 55 Hail, you cant ever make me believe that my wife is as goodas I am! On another occasion she was teaching a Sunday-school class concerning the woman of Samaria, and asked:Why did Jesus ask the woman to call her husband? Andthe Japanese answer was: Because he was going to talk onintellectual things and she needed some man to help herunderstand! Dr. Sidney Gulick, with whom I had tea in Kyoto, tellsof tying his wifes shoes on the street, on one occasion, onlyto find the Japanese amazed that a man should so humblehimself. His wifes taking his arm in walking was also re-garded as the height of impropriety! No religion of the Far East has ever recognized the dignityof woman, probably beca
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