Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . T. Ito has opened a Home for Discharged Prisoners at Yoko-hama, where spiritual instruction is combined with industrial its inmates start out for their work in the morning a Christianservice is held. Mr. Miyoshi, formerly President of the Supreme Courtof Japan, has interested himself in the founding of a Christian reforma-tory for children in Two things are apparent from this survey: first, Christian missionshave been influential in hastening the introduction of an improvedprison system;
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . T. Ito has opened a Home for Discharged Prisoners at Yoko-hama, where spiritual instruction is combined with industrial its inmates start out for their work in the morning a Christianservice is held. Mr. Miyoshi, formerly President of the Supreme Courtof Japan, has interested himself in the founding of a Christian reforma-tory for children in Two things are apparent from this survey: first, Christian missionshave been influential in hastening the introduction of an improvedprison system; second, Christian Japanese have been alert in seekingthe welfare of prisoners, and befriending them when they are dis-charged. Japanese prisons are as yet in many respects seriously defec-tive, so much so that British residents are protesting vigorously against 1 The Japan Evangelist, June, 1897, p. 291. For a biographical sketch of , see The Christian, June 16, 1898. 2 The Japan Evangelist, February, 1896, p. 195. 3 Ibid., December, 1896, p. 95; January, 1897, p. Z <v ^ THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 373 the possibility of their being liable to incarceration therein after thenew international treaty goes into effect in No Oriental nation,however, can compare with Japan in the excellence of its penal Judicial and punitive methods in Korea were until very recently scan-dalous and cruel to an extent hardly credible. A change seems to havebeen brought about, partly through the influenceof the Japanese, who have had much to do with Less cruelty toshaping the course of events during the transitional prisoners in Korea,period which has followed the war between Japanand China. Mrs. Bishop sufficiently intimates from her own personalknowledge the summary methods formerly in use in the name of justiceand for purposes of The new clemency lately shownin the trial and treatment of criminals, without the torture, intimidation,and coercio
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