The Spirit of missions . the home and so-cial life of Christians. One sees thisprocess already beginning in the case offuneral ceremonies and the use whichJapanese Christians make of All SaintsDay. In connection with Dr. Motodasprediction that in Japan will appearpious and religious men in large num-bers, but few theologians, and that Jap-anese Christianity will meet with largesuccess in all its attempts at ameliorat-ing social conditions, it is interesting tonote the great progress which JapaneseChristians have already made in thepractical application of Christianity tohelping the needs of so
The Spirit of missions . the home and so-cial life of Christians. One sees thisprocess already beginning in the case offuneral ceremonies and the use whichJapanese Christians make of All SaintsDay. In connection with Dr. Motodasprediction that in Japan will appearpious and religious men in large num-bers, but few theologians, and that Jap-anese Christianity will meet with largesuccess in all its attempts at ameliorat-ing social conditions, it is interesting tonote the great progress which JapaneseChristians have already made in thepractical application of Christianity tohelping the needs of society. The JapanYear Booh—an annual published by non-Christians—^says: It is a significant factthat by far the greater part of privatecharity work of any large scope is con-ducted by Christians, both natives andaliens, and that the part played byBuddhists in this direction is shamefullyout of proportion to their number. As toShintoists, they are privileged, in popularestimate, to keep aloof from matters ofthis MISS EMERY IN CHINA AND JAPAN I. WITH THE BOYS OFICHANG WHEN Miss Emery was inIchang, the farthest west ofthe Churchs mission sta-tions, in the heart ofJhina (perhaps people at home wouldhink of it as the farthest east), sheluickly made herself felt to be theriend of all the Chinese Christians andvorkers. During four hurried days she?Qund opportunity to address the boys ofhe middle and boarding-schools, and tospeak at a womans meeting. Her brief address to the boys struckhe note of the spirit which she madeelt and which she left behind her as a>leasant memory and inspiration for theChinese. A few notes taken at the time)ring to mind what she said: I come to you as an old friend. Youjiave given me the name of Mei Hsiaope.* That sounds new and strange, but[ am not really a stranger to China. Iim an old friend; and what is more, Iim of the same family as most of me tell you how these things are true. I am a, friend nearly a hundred yearspld. You think^
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