Sims Harold Lois 1952 Japan

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CHR I S T I A XGo ye into all the world and preach thegospel to every creature ^ Marfe 16:15)V ol . 5 1 WHiiiort i ing, Poniia . fani iary-Fobri iary. 1952 um er 1

Annual Reports Of All Churches Show Mission Progressding tile niontlily and yearly cliurchchurches connected with the missionresolves for 1952. Here is what ap -

Receiuly Mr. Kamata, miiKSter of the Wakabac iio (Yotsuya) Cluirch made a black-hoard for recovreports. On January 3, a cold and snowy morning, most of the preache rs and some leaders of tlie variousme t at t he Minat o chu rch for fellowship, report s and reflections on the past year, an d to make p lans an d newpcared on th e blackboard:

(Yea rl y aver age a tt endance ) (Year ly total)Offering

50 140Chu r c h P r e a c h e r Sun . AM PM S.S. Pray. Meet. L ad ie s M . You t h

1. .Abiko i nouye 7 10 80 5 2. -Arakawa K i ku ch i 16 40 IS * 3. Kakio Watara i 10 4. Kam i um a Taylor 20 10 7 12 5 55. Mina to lijima 33 19 13 0 15 136. *Mikawashinia (Jap.) Osumi 20 40 5 107. Mikawashima (Kor.) S im s 25 10 5 8. Nakano Haruyama 23 15 80 15 10 159. Nishi-Hachioji Iwa t a 8 30 10. *Nishi-Ogikubo Nagai 62 39 15 0 31 11. Sakurayama Oba 8 4 75 12. *Setagaya Hanyu 95 28 300 23 15 20

13 . Wakabacho Kama t a 80 35 10 5 16 30 5014 . Yokosuka Buttray 20 . 30 15 . Yochomachi Wa t a r a i 35 13 80 6 16. Soka Sudo 11 35

h u r h e s marked t hu s liave buildings. R E M R K S A Il of these figures except the number of baptisms should be prefaced with about because the yen financial reportswere changed into dollar amounts in round numbers and because yearly averages include the summer slump etc., and may not always reveal the

p r es en t s ta t us of th e churches.The .Arakawa church is a new name formed when t he f ormer two small groups of Adachi and Ogu combined early in 1951. The lackof a suitable meetingplace lias hindered progress there, but a new building is nowunder construction which shouldbe of great help in that work.Soka is a small city not far outside of Tokyo City limitswhich has no church of any kind We began holding services there last Februaryafter two interes ted members of Mikawashima and a Chr is tian from another town nut in the country near th.cre had found a sewing school thatconsented~lo open their room for services. The superintendent of the sewing school and one of her daughters are two of those who have beenbaptizedand the work shows every sign of becoming a growing church. This was the only new preaching point opened in 1951Besides the baptism s reported there, there were 15 at the summer camp in Raku San So which we sponsored jointly with Mr. and Mrs.Fleener of the Mabashi Mission in Tokyo. i t. , , -ijr .These facts present us with some things that need praying for and remedying and other things tor which we should thank God. Won t youjoin us in prayer and thanksgiving?

105 470 40? 270 150 IS 400 100 380 420 100 200 152690

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ssup To Visit MissionThose of you who read the Christian Standr d ar e no doubt a l ready interested in PresidentW. L. Jessup s visit to th e Church of Christmi.ss ions in Japan. The plan is fo r h im to leavethe last part of February and s pe nd Mar ch and.^pril in Japan, vis it ing the several independen tMissions and part icularly the two Bible Seminaries in Tokyo and Osaka, conduct ing evangelistic meetings, and encouraging the work inevery way possible. He is going at t he inv it ation o f t he mis si onar ie s. They felt that he wa spre-eminently suited for the purposes of thevisit. Being President of San Jos e, Calif. BibleCollege, he will be understanding and .sympathetic with the problems of the Bible Collegesin Japan, and being strongly evangel is tic in hisnature his gospel messages will no doubt befruitful in winning Japanese to Christ. Wequote just one paragraph of a l etter f rom Marti n Clark of th e Osaka Bible Seminary:T he Christians of Japan realize their need,bu t a college education in the field of rel ig ion'is something new here in Japan. It is i li ff icu ltto persuade these young men as to the value ofsuch col lege work. Th e Christians at large an dth e students of th e B ible Colleges need a senseof t he spi ri t of uni ty with others of like hopesan d ambitions. They need a sense of onenesswith th e Bible College students in the UnitedStates, as well as in other parts of the world.If space permitted we would like to quotefrom other missionaries also. But th e importantthing is for us all to show our interest in thisbrief tw o months m ission o f Brother Jessupby praying earnestly for God's blessing uponhim an d hi s endeavor to help the cause in Japanand giving as the Lord directs to help meet theexpense of the trip. May God use him mightilyin His own way for the intrusted task.

Yamada San Improves Bible College ReportIn 1951 we graduated the first student fromTokyo Bible Seminary. .After several dropping

ou t we have now 26 s tudents full-t ime and sevenn ig ht s tu de nts a nd eight teachers .During the year our president .Andrew Pattonreturned to .Amer ica for about tw o years ofgraduate study and a few months la ter Mat thewIkeda, a senior student, joined him for study inCincinnati Bible Seminary .There are now 17 students receiving scholarships to enable them to study. This means thatthey get room and board and tuition free. Theymust work for the ir spending money and personal needs. Eleven of t he se bo ys ar e beingdirectly supported by churches, classes and individuals in America who send 20 every monthfo r that purpose.

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T H E T O K Y O CHRISTIANPublished bi-monthly fo r t h e information a n d i ns pi ra ti on o f every Christ ian whose heart 's desires ho ui d b e to obey th e Grea t Commission by proclaiming th e unsea rchab le r i che s of Christ Jesusi n all t h e world, to every creature, of every nat ionE n t e r e d a s s e c o n d class m a t t e r i n t h e W i l m e r d i n g .Pa., PostofBce u nd er t he Act of March 3, 1879.

T W O - YE A R S U B S CR I PT IO N 50 CENTS F LA M IN G T O RCH 50 CENTSMRS. W . D . CUNNINGHAM D i r e c t o rALFRED E. SIMS E d i t o rEV A D . G RE EN Forwarding Agen t

Off ice o f P u b li c at io n :Wi lme rd in g, P a .Please sen d all correspondence a n d offerings fo rt h e miss ion to : Miss Eva D. Green, 127 E. MercerAvenue, College Parlc, Geo rg ia . M a ke a l l c h ec k s p a ya b l e t o o u r f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t .

M IS SI O N S TA F FMrs . W. D. C u n n i n g h a m D i r e c t o r16 Wakaba Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, TokyoAndrew Pat ton, 2700 Glenway, Cinc inna t i 4, Ohio.Mr . a n d Mrs. Haro ld Tay lo r , 1003-3 Chome Eamaiuma , S e ta g ay a -Ku , Tokyo.

Mr. a n d Mrs. S ta nl ey B u tt ra y, 575 2-Chome.K a m i o c h i a i S h i n j u k u K u Tokyo.Mr. a n d Mrs. H aro ld B. Sims, 450 A ra l M ac hi ,N a k a n o - K u Tokyo, J a p a n .

Packages lo r J a p a n should b e s e n t direct byparcel p o s t to o n e o f th e missionaries whose ad 'dresses a re shown above. Packages o f c lo th ing c a nbe s e n t u p to 22 pounds, n o t over 42 i nc he s l on go r 82 inches i n gi r t h. Packages o f p ri nt ed m a t t e ru p to 6 pounds 9 ounces, n o t over 24 i nc he s l on ga n d 36 i n c h e s g ir th c an b e s en t.Con su lt y ou r local post office a b o u t preparationo f p ac ka ge s f or m a i l i n g .

Subject To God s Will;M o r e W o r k e r s N e e d e d

This s ta tement concerning ou r son's willingness to s ta y o n with th e w ork for an oth er year,when, he^had planned to come home on furloughth is y ea r, is something to make any parentsproud of h im, even though ou r hearts a re yearning to see them an d the grand-children. Howe ve r w e a re p ra yi ng t ha t o th er capable workersmay be consec ra ted an d le d to undertake th ework in th is miss ion field where t he oppor tun ityan d t he ne ed is so great. Will yo u join us inthis prayer? And perhaps someone of yo umight answer, Here am I, Lord, s en d me. E d i t o r

As we look ahead into the largely unknownfuture that this year hold s, it becomes moren d more appa ren t that we will no t be able tocome home in 1952, I know it will be disapointing to you all, but we just have to look thefacts in the eye. We got a reply from the Stillsweeks a go s ay ing that a ft er l ong conan d inuclr as Tihey^wanted to Comeo Japan, they felt it would be impossible. Thata bout t he l as t chance for replacements sor as I can see. If we were to come this yearwould have to leave about April 1, and thatpractically just a round t he co rn er . I t looks al l things coupled t og e th e r s how thato r s ome purpose, unknown excep t to Him, Godus to stay al l through this year. If Heows some way other than this we will gladly

The older missionaries used to always stay sixs even yea rs a term. So many missionariesthis mission have returned early, it might befo r someone to show he can stay t he fullTh e compelling reasons for our s tayinge the sho rt age of workers. (We are all taxedthe full just for teaching in th e Bible Coland have very little t ime for other thingsought to be doing.) In another 10 yearswill be more Japanese teachers and loss ofmissionary wouldn't be so much of a blow,t now, with Patton away, is a crucial timer the Bible College, and we absolutely mustve a s many teachers as w e h av e now fo r nextThe best thing about it is that we do n'tstaying. We like the work, so it is nottaking our cross to bear another year. Lethave i ts per fe ct work.

H . R . S .

T O K Y O C H R I S T I A NCus toms A n d T ra dit i o n s

Customs and t rad it ions have p la ye d an important part in the history of every nat ion . Nota lways have t he se been in harmony with God'swill and not even Israel, God's chosen people,escaped th is subt le ty of Satan. The Jews as anation were so strong in their convictions thatthei r cus toms an d t r ad i tions were equally as important as God's given Word, that they rejectedth e Messiah, even though thei r sc rip tu res werein detail ab ou t H is coming. And no w fo r tw othousand long years th e Jews have con ti nuedblindly in the toots teps of their tradition-madforefathers in r eje ctin g J esu s C hr ist as th e S onof God an d their Saviour. Go d had taught th eJews to train a child in th e way he should goan d when he became old he would not departfrom that teaching. The Jews were faithful indoing thi s very thing as God commanded, butno t only did they tram the child in God's Word,b u t in t he i r o w n a c cu m ul at ed t ra di ti on s as well .What happened? By the time God had sentJesus into the world, the Jews had sunk intothe depths and mire of their woe-begotten cu stoms. A sa d and g loomy pictu re indeed Fort hey cou ld no t recognize the face of t he ir l ongawaited-King, ^Brief ly have I d rawn you this picture of acus tom bedragg led Jewish nat ion in order thatyo u might be able to visualize th e nation ofJapan today. Custom ha s so bec louded t hem in ds o f t he se p eo ple that even w he n one doesbecome a Christian, he does so with customar y reservation.A llow me to tell you of this recent illustrationwhich happened dur ing t he October revival oft he Yochomach i Church. A woman attendingt he s ervi ce s one night asked M r. Watarai fo rsome advice because s he w as p la nn in g to takeh e r life. H e t a l k e d t o h e r a b o u t G o d s W o r dan d s he seemed to be satisfied. Howeve r, shedid not r et ur n t o th e meetings th e rest of th eweek. After a week had passed and nothingm ore had been heard from her, Mr. Warafajthought his adv ice an d done some good. Aboutthat t imOfie police called upon him and askedif h e knew this w o m a n fo r hi s n ame c ar d h adbeen found on he r dead body that morning. Ifa person fails in business, cannot find work orfamily life is v ery unhappy, the quickest andeasiest way out (to save face) is to commit su icide. This is a typical Japanese custom.

A n o t h e r custom is t h a t th e w om en a r e absolutely beyond any question, inferior to man. TheJapanese people ar e a superior race of peoplebecause they believe that t he ir ances to rs camedown from Heaven. E ven many of t hose whohave become Christian still retain this idea (andn ot b ecause th ey ar e Christians), bu t becauseof t hi s d eep r oo ted t radi ti on handed down fromgeneration to generation. Then there is an oldp rove rb whi ch is still taught in most familiestoday tha t, honesty is a poor policy. Becauseof this teaching to th e c hi ld re n down throught he yea rs , it is very difficult for one \v ho becomes a Christian to bring his standards ofethics to the level of Christ's teaching. Thisonly gives yo u t he b ar es t idea of what we ar eup against as we endeavor to lead these peoplet o Chris t .

But despi te thi s dark picture of a land overcast w ith th e m an y c loud s o f cus toms and traditions, th e Gospel is beginning to color theseclouds with a silver lining. The smile of God'slove is becoming evident more and more inmany of their lives. Mr. Kikuchi , one of ou rfourth y ea r s tu de nt s who p re ac he s at th e Ara-kawa C hu rch told m e ab out a twenty year oldgirl by th e name of Toshiko Kojima. Herfather is a B ud dh ist a lt ar m ak er a nd as is customary she helped him in making thesealtars which are found in every Buddhist home.One day Toshiko Sa n was invited by a Christian fr iend to visit the A r a k a w a Church . H e a ring of sin, sh e desired to be free from sin. Confessing Christ an d be ing baptized she became aChr is ti an whi ch bro ug ht h er to the secondgreatest decision of her life. .How wa s sh e go on working fo r ber father making altars, forthis meant serving idols. And if s he r efus edto work fo r he r father, this meant leaving home.Afte r much t hought and p raye r she finally cameto a solution of how to live a good Chris tian

Letter OfAppreciationMy work here has been usually encouragingbu t I have just enough of disappointments tokeep me humble. Sometimes everything movesalong so splendidly that I am very happy, whensuddenly there will be a flop that brings mypride right down and I realize more and moremy great need of a Higher Power. But some

times when I wonder if I'm doing any good atall as I see so little fruit f rom my service a niceencouraging letter like the following one comesto me. The letter was l engthy and I send onlypart of It although it's all worthy of print.22 Dec., 1951My Dear Mothe r Mrs . Cunningham:

I can hardly find ou t good words to ful ly express my profound gratitude fo r your kindnessof offering me the precious Holy Bible andsending a benevolent Christmas card, very beautiful.Immediately upon reading your writingMatt 6:33 on the card, I sought that Chapterand Verse and got : Bu t seek ye first the kingdom o God, and his righteousness; and allthese things shall be added unto you. In orderto perfectly understand the meaning, I read th epoetry, and logical an d powerful.I mus t t hank God to have granted me thechance through the kind introduction by Mr.Kawamura to ent er y ou r Bible Class. ThereI found truly the words I have been longingto hear; which I used to appreciate solely fromthe l iterary point of view. I realized that thosewords should be spoken by those who have trueand pure Christianity, and firm fai th, and thosewho ea t t hem jus t like dai ly bread. I r ea li zedso because I felt t ho se words ge t lustres andsound most dignified when I fo r th e first timereceived your lecture, and when you explainedt he ver ses on the temptat ion of Jesus.I love to listen to your lecture on the wordsof Jesus Christ. Your comment is always briefbut to the point. Your voice has something toencourage me. You gave me th e passion andpower to sacrifice myse lf when 1 was besideyou during the show of magic lantern slides.(The Life of Christ).Please believe me that I have written thisletter most faithfully, and forgive me if any partwould hur t your feeling with my clumsy mannerof writing English.Heartily I wish you a Merry Christmas.Your faithful disciple,

S. O k i m o t o

How Much Dare I Keep? The Chr is ti an Chu rch ha s broken at twopoin ts, in the matter of prayer and in the .matter of money. And this double failure largely

explains her present ineffectiveness. CountlessChristians -have-not -yet begun-to raliethat:they are no t owners, but only stewards of allthey possess, and that th e question for them toconsider is no t how much of their money theywill give to God, bu t how much of God s moneythey will keep and use for themselves tomisuse money is simply sinful, fo r it is a misappropriation and misapplication of what belongs to God. Keep thy heart with all diligence , for out of it a re th e issues of life. Prov.4:23. Sunday Schoo l Timeslife and be a dutiful daughter at th e same time.For on asking her father if she could justdo the housekeeping work, he gave her permission set ting her free from altar-making.This example of Toshiko San helps to bringto our work a true ra y of Heavenly sunshinesunshine which shines through and dispels theforeboding clouds of ant i-Christ customs.Stanley Buttray

If you change your address please not ify A.E. Sims, 310 Brown Avenue, Turtle Creek,Pa., giving both your old and your new address.We wan t to keep ou r mailing lists up to date.If ^ou make an offering you are entitled toreceive t hi s paper if you so request. Sendofferings to Eva D. Green, 127 E. MercerAvenue, College Park, Ga.


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T O K Y O C H R I S T I A N IOf Early Days Paying The Price Of

Being A Christian

Sunday School of the Nakan o Chu rch that meets in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sims.This church ha d 38 baptisms last year.Thi s tim e in t el li ng you of my early days inI shall tell you some of my ea rly trials.T h e first o n t h i s list is rain. 1 n e v e r s a w itin i 'ennsylvania like it rained here. Nothard pouring rain bu t a gentle sizzle sozzlewent on day after day. Some times foro w e e k s we n ev er s aw t h e s u n i found t hi s

t o b e a rT h e n we h a d to h e a t w it h s o ft coa l s t o v e sd that su rely was a trial. Everywhere Ipeople had big clumsy unsightly stoveWe decided to hav e our s mad e as smallp os si bl e f or l oo ks sake but that 's where we

our pride to run aw ay w ith our goodThe soft coal here is ver y s oo ty and invery short time our s toves were smoking beu se t he p ip es wer e filled with soot. On e eveou r bed room stove was smoking and 1d everything I could to stop it. I called i l rto come and do something and heH e poured a bucket of water into theAshes an d soot flew over every thing.the baby in he r little bed n earb y w asWe finally go t a bucket of e art h andinto the stove and smo ther ed out t heI t took me hours to clean that bed-roomd the bedding and then our good sense prefor we had large pipes ins ta ll ed . Nowam burn ing fuel oil and my fire problem seems

T h e n e x t t roubles we had were chilblains.o w we s uf fe re d w it h t h e m on o u r feet Ithat th e feet must be kept warm andlieavy wool stockings. O th at won'tan Old Timer wool stockings irritate]vcrything I did seemed to be th eong thing so finally I gave up in despair andey c ont in ue d as long as the frost did. Butseem to have out grown them and neve r have

a t all.Rats were awful pes ts . The Japanese ncigh-

di d not heat the ir houses and as soon asturned cold their rats al l found ou r home moremfo rt ab le and flocked there. Over head atit sounded like a lot of wild animals letNothing we could do would stop theirThey got through the house and manyn ight Mr. C imning li am thought surely theres a thief in th e house and he wou ld c re ep -ly steal out to the dining room and the ratsscamper. Now we have no rats.F le as wer e a great pest. They lived in th eraw mats covering the floor fwe lived in ancse house) and they wer e everywhere. Ii dn 't m in d them so much b ut t he ir bites werery p oi so no us to Mr. Cunningham and he suf-jred greatly from them, especially at night,omc one suggested flea-powder in the bed soeppered the s heet s with it. Mr. Cunningham'sea bites became infected and he l ooked l ik e anail pox patient. But now in my .American

h o m e I s e l d o m find a flea.Then when summer c am e m os quitoe s ca mewith it in hordes. Just at sundown a buzzingsound began and the h ou se w as full of themand s uc h mo sq ui to es as I never saw before,large black ones with whi te s tr ip es on them.My children called t hem t ig er mosquitoes andthat was a good name fo r them fo r th ey w ereso fierce. We slept under a mosquito net an dthe only way we c ould ha ve pe ac e wa s to ge tun der the net and when we finally captured al lthat had gotten under the net we could havec o m f o r t N o w in t hi s d is tr ic t w li er e I live w ehave very few mosquitoes bu t in summer I sleepu n d e r a net b u t th e h o u s e is s c r e e n e d a n d n o tm a n y e n t e r1 m ust n ot leave ou t earth quakes. We hadan Aunty-Doleful who o ft en vis it ed us, in thosedays, and she took pleasure in relating all th etragic things she knew about them which tome were not r ea ssur ing.When the house began to shake an d thingsdance around I would no t hav e b ee n s ur pr is edto se e th e hou.se collapse under th e h ea vy tileroof and have it come tumbling down just asAunty Doleful had said it might. Bu t now eventhe worst quakes hard ly d is tu rb me . I don'tget out of bed when they happen at night.The d ampnes s h er e the year around is agreat trial. The temperature goes l it tl e belowfreezing but the dampness in winter is so penetrating that we wea r much heavi er clothing herethan in th e bi t teres t cold in United States . Insummer our c lo thes mould and shoes overnightwill be w hite w ith mou ld around th e soles an dhealsBut we ge t accustomed to it an d thinknothing of it until we go back to the s ta tes andse e how nice it can he in a dry climate.

'J'hese all may seem like l i tt le t i lings to youbut th ey arc hard to contend with until we ge taccustomed to them. As some one has said,One can ge t used to anything but hanging. E B C

Most Japanese go to the shr ines , or stay ath ome an d drink, on New Year's Day. So wed ec id ed it would be good to have a service forthe Christians to go to so t hey wou ldn' t betempted to do something else. It was a littleag ai ns t c us tom so we di dn t know how manywould come, bu t there w er e a bout 30 an d wehad a good service.Miss Mabel B. Gould, Saranac. Mich,, ha sback numbers of th e Tokyo Chri st ian f or s everal ye ar s ba ck which she will don at e to a ny one

who desires them.Romans 8:34 Who is he t h at c ondemne th?It is Christ that died, yea r at he r, t ha t is risenagain who is even at the right hand of Godwho also maketh intercession for us.

One evening after prayer meeting YamaguchiSan and her mother came. She is the youngwoman who was told to either give up herChristianity or get ou t of he r home. Slie chosethe latter aiul came to ou r lionie almost a yearago. They later relented an d le t her return home.But again they want her to ge t out and this t imethe mother came to ask if we would take hersaid she liad a lmos t gone c razy since becominga Christian and they had lost hope for her. Theproblem is three-fold as th e mother said. Firstis the fact that they ar e s tr ic t Buddh is ts andwhen she refuses to worsliip idols and anccstor sthey say slie is wrong not a true Japanese, anddoe.sn t re.spcct he r parent s and ancestors. Thenthey say that they r ea re d h er to be a modelJapanese wife and gave he r an education so th atsh e co uld marry a wel l- to -do man and live anormal life bu t that instead she wants to marrya Christian an d gi ve h er life in Christian service. But th e crowning trouble of all is t ha t sh ewants to help the very poorbe a slum worker.They cannot imagine any daughter of t he ir s going down among those d isease ridden sinfuldirty people. The neighbors are even now tal king about her not offering incense bu t if shewent to the s lums they would r ea ll y lose face.They have t ri ed the ir best to talk he r ou t of itbu t she will no t bend, so they liave decided topract ical ly d isown her and adopt an o rp han todo the house work. Of course the new daughterwill have to be a r eg ula r J ap an es e who bowsdown to them in everything, It was reallyinteresting to talk to her be ca us e it is the wayth e ord inary Japanese thinks. That shell isreally a ha rd th in g for Chris tian ity to crack.This lady said she knew many o th er Christianswho went ahead wors ii ipp ing t he ir ance st or s.That is t rueit has been a compromising kindof Christianity thus far generally speaking. Thereal battle is just beginning. But tiiat it is winning i.s .shown in t he unshakeabl e faith of thisdaughter an d th e utter frustration of the pare nts in th e face o f it .

I t ol d h er that wc would be very glad to takethe g ir l in here. I a ls o h ad a good round withher about idols. Sh e said that people becomegod s when they di e and should be worshippedespecially our ancestors. I then pointed ou tthat her g od w as dead, ours is living; that a livi ng man is bet te r t han a million dead ancestorswho could do nothing, but that our God isalmighty. I asked why they pu t food beforeth em , why bur n incense, etc., and she cou ld n otanswer. VVe talked until a little after 11:00 p. m.The girl ha s not moved here yet , because theyhave n ot go tt en ano the r girl to do th e ho usework. At school th e next da y 1 a sk ed th e g irla bo ut t he m o th er s a cc us at io n t h a t s h e w o u l d n tev en ta ke a da y of f f rom s choo l to help whenshe was sick or had m any visitors. She said I would gladly do it if there were t ru ly a cause,but she j us t wan ts me to work while she goesto movies and to her Buddhist meetings. Thatis th e way th e Japanese think. The daughtersare to be t he mai ds , and if t he re a re none th ew i f e h a s to b e m a i d T h e h us ba nd d e m a nd sserv ice and if th e mother can p ush it off on th edaughter she is most pleased. This is nothingunusualjust an ordinary Japanese home.

H a r o l d S i m s

Saturday evening, January 26 we had the bimonthly Youth Meet ing at Mikawashima. Therewere 73 present, w hic h w as v er y g oo d fo r sucha cold n ight and at a church so fa r distant fromth e others. It w as one o f th e largest crowds wchave had in t he h is to ry of the church. Thespeaker was Mr. Sone, princ ipal of the Japaneseschool where I teach on Thursdays. He is afine Chr is ti a n and wel l educated. H e is a D o cto r o f S ci en ce a nd b ro ught a fine message on Science an d th e Bible. H e spoke for oneh o u r a n d 15 m i n u t e s a n d a f t e r t h a t w e h a d ashort movie, so that to ok c are of t he p rog ram ..A constitution for the Y outh Mee ting w as approved at a special meeting of most of th eyoung people after church.

from a personal letter, of Haro ld S ims


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Rope Holder ListDecember and January

ARKANSAS Mrs. Bertha O. Heist , 25.00.CALIFORNIA Mrs. M. A. Robb, 5.00;Mrs. J. H. Yates, 50.00.CONNECTICUT Mr. and Mrs . C layton R.Grimstad, 20.00.FLORIDA Major Walter W. Evans, 26.00;Eustis Church of Christ, 325.00.GEORGIA Carrol ltonAdult Christian Endeavor, 10.00; Miss Eva D. Green, 10.00.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Miss Julia E.BonDurant, 5.00; Mr. W. W.BonDurant 10.IDAHO BoiseFirst Christian Church, 40.ILLINOIS HerrinFirst Christian Church,12.00; Milton Christian Church, 81.25; Mr.and Mrs. Eldon Lawless, 150.00; Camp PointLoya l Sen io r Class, 60^00; Mr. and Mrs.Floyde Stewart, 2.00.INDIANA IndianapolisEnglewood Christ ian Church, 50.00; Misses Ethel and P earlSelf, 20.00; Bur lington Chr istian Church,55.00; ColumbusEast Columbus Church ofChrist, 75.00; St . JoeCoburns Corne rsChurch of Christ, 51.55; WaterlooDeKalbCounty Youth OrMuization, 69.37; Granger^Harris Prairie Church of Christ, 66.00;South Befid^Milburn Blvd. Church of Christ,47.05; WabashKum-Join-Us Class, TreatyChristian Church, 57.00; Columbus ChristianChurch, 50.00.IOWA Miss Bertha K. Sargent, 30.00.KANSAS Clearwater Chris tian Church,87.52; Miss Ellen Lawrence, 5.00; Mrs. RoyPigeon, 1.00; Mrs. Virginia G. Templetonand Nadine, ^.00; Norton Christian Church,41.67.KENTUCKY Cynth iana Unity ChristianChurch, 51.00; Miss Emma Fegenbush, 5;Sadiesville Women's Christian MissionarySociety, 13.00.MAINE Mr. William F. Brawn, 5.00.MASSACHUSETTS Mrs. E. S. Donnell,9.00.

- M I N N E S O T A M r. an d Mrs. Leonard Wil -fong, 15.00; Mr. Elwyn M. Nosier, 5.00.MISSISSIPPI AberdeenFirst ChristianChurch, 25.00; ColumbusWomen's Christian Fellowship, Chris ti an Church, 25.00;Water ValleyMissionary Group, First Christ ian Church, 25.00.MISSOURI Grant CityPrimary Class, Isadora Cnurch of Christ, 7.75; Mrs. James F.Boucher, 15.00; Ford CityYoung People'sClass, Island City Christian Church, 15.00.NEBRASKA Wakef ie l d Ch ri st ian ChurchSunday School, 19.00; Beaver City ChristianChurch Missionary Society, 15.00; Mr. VirgilMarshall, 500.00.NEW YORK Mrs. S. S. Myers, 1.00NORTH CAROLINA Scuppernong Churchof Christ VBS, 18.75; S t. C la ir s Church of^ Christ Missionary Society, 17.59; Mrs. T. H.

Davis, 35.00;' Macedonia Christian' Church,50.00; Phillipi Church of Christ, 21.93.OHIO SalemPhi ll ips Chris ti an Church,64.85; Glouster'LoyalDaughters Class, 35;HopedaleChristian Sunday School, 21.12;West Milford Church of Chris t, 26.00; Bel-mont^Women's Bible Class, Chestnut LevelChurch, 10.00; A Friend, 10.00;Mr. MarionEllis, 10.00; Mr. W. H. Bair, 3.00; LovelandChurch of Christ, 23.00; SteubenvilleLa-Belle View Church of Christ, 21.00; Morris-townThe Helping Hand Society, ChristianChurch, 10.00; Cincinnati^World MissionVolunteers, 23.26; Rushsylvania Church ofChris t, 50.00; Mr. Fred S. Thomas, .50;Shelby Church of Christ, 75.00; Miss MildredCovington, 5.00; CincinnatiMt. Washingt on Church of Christ, 76.66; Phalanx StationBracevil le Christian Church, 14.00; DaytonEast Dayton Church of Chris t, 25.00;ColumbusSouthwood Church of Christ, ^0;Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Deem, 10.00; WillingWorkers Missionary Society, New SomersetChristian Chur ch 20.00; RushsylvaniaChurch of Christ Missionary Society, 25.00;Christ, $10.00; CharlestonWest Side Churchof Christ, 20.00; Missionary Society, War-wood Chris ti an Church, 25.00.CANADA Highgate , Ontar io RidgetownChurch of Christ,. $30.15.Sale of F laming Torch , 19.06.T OT AL O F GIFTS. . . . .$4,398.13Balance brought forward. . 3,689.15 8,087.28

Disbursements during December and Janua ry ;Salaries of missionaries 1,350.00Transferred to Tokyo 1,000.00Printing ofTokyo Christian 260.00Stamps 6.75Typing paper 1.30Travel e xp en se o fAndrew Pa t ton 25.08Exchange of gift checks. . . . 1.59Salary of forwarding'agent.. 70.00Total Disbursed 2,714.72Balance 5,372.56From a personal letter from Harold S im s wequote th e following.One of t he Chr is tmas p resent s that we received wa s really an illustration of the saying,' I t is more blessed to give than to receive.'When we lived a t M ik aw as him a t he re w as avery poor family living close to t he c hu rc h ina s ha ck about f ou r feet h igh made of salvaged

b u rn t s h ee t metal . T h e wife w as s ick w it h m a s-t oid t roub le , so their life was not only hardbut they were the poorest of^ the poor. Wegave them r el ie f c lothes from tifne foT time aswell as food, and a little m on ey on occasion.Then for about two years we had heard nothingof them until last Sunday. Then, th e wife cameto c hu rc h a nd left a l ar ge box fo r the preacher .We found out t ha t during t ho se two years t heyha d started a business of cake decorating, andhave made goodeven to th e place whe re t he yemploy others outside the family. In o rder toshow that they remembered us she had madea large three-layer cake beaut if ul ly decor at edwith a miniature church on top and a rose ga rden all around. It was a gift we cer ta in ly didappreciate.v d 'qaaj. ') anJa j ' aauaAV ua\oju o iC * su i 8 a 'VXj 9on asvaiil ' a iqvja&napan sf Sfq) n : ja ) svansoa

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Tokyo Treasurer Reportsleariy rep..rt of funds received and disbursedby the Church of Christ Cunningham Mission,lokyo, Japan.Balance brought forward Jan. 1, 1951, 1 678.2CRece.pts 13,500.5t

15,178.7Disbursements :Language Study 163.27Bible College Maintenance 887.91Bible CollegeTuition and help 3,125.92Travel t o U .S .A 1,332.26Travel in Japan 2,271.07Designated Gifts 45.00Pos tage and supplies 12.45Building Repa ir s (Zaidan 552.68Outstation Evangelism 926.08Bible Women 33.33Church Building 2,500.00Tax es a nd I ns u ra n ce 651.36Automobi l e Taxes

Insurance 400.68A llo w an ce f or M e di ca land Relief 151.11Miscellaneous 39.53 13,082.6 (Total 13,082.66 2,096.1*The reaso n for the high amount of automobileta x an d travel, in Japan is that th is y ea r webought a second hand Chevrolet car.*T he trave l to the U.S.A. was th e f ar e fo r MrsCunningham an d -A.ndrew Patton.In response to Mrs. Cunningham's requestin th e last issue of the Tokyo Christian, packages of surplus Bible School literature have beerreceived f rom the following, which is very muclappreciated^Mrs. G. T. Cochran, Route 4, Lyons, GeorgiaMrs. Mark Enyeart, Route 5, Wabash, IndianaMrs. L. Corm an, Nelson, Nebraska.If others wish to help the mission by sendingsurplus chi ldren 's l i te rature (pre fe rably picture

papers), th e packages should be addressed tcMrs. Cunningham, Mr. Sims, or Mr . Buttray irJapan. Their addresses appear under MissionStaff on page 2 of t hi s p aper , as well as in-formation regarding mailing of packages.

Entertained By RoyaltyOn Janua ry 31, Mr . Buttray, Mrs. Cunningham, an d several Japanese f ri ends wer e entertained to te a by Prince Misaka (the youngestb ro th er o f th e Emperor) . Befor e t he war sucha thing could no t have happened , an d we feelhighly honored to have been entertained in his

home .Mrs. Cunningham i nv ite d h im an d PrincessMikasa to have te a w it h her, and they readilyaccepted th e invitation. So on February 24, allth e party who w^e pfesenryesterday, includingt he P ri nc e a nd t he P ri nc es s, will take te a at heihome. E.B.C.Proverbs 3:9, 10 Honor the Lord with th js ub sta nc e a nd w it h th e first-fruits of al l thin(increase, so shall th y barns be fil led with plentjan d th y presses burst out w ith n ew wine.

FLAMING TORCHinspirational InformativeGIVING THE EARLY

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T O K YO CHR I S T I A NGo ye into all the ivorld and preach the gospel to every creature,'' [Mark 16:15

Vo l . 5 1 Wilnierdi i ig , Penna . Maroi i -A| i r i l , 1952 um er 2Mrs. Cunningliam Entertains TheEmperor's Brother And His Family

On January 31st I was invitt d to -the homeof J r in ce a n d Princess Mikasa f or t ea . Pr inceMikasa is th e youngest brother of th e Emperorand one of th e few nobil ity left.When J ap an became a democracy a ll t it le s ofnobility, were aboli shed e xc ep t t he immed ia tefamily of th e Emperor.I was in troduced by Mr. Yasue who was formerly a high army official. I thoroughly enjoyed th e c.Kperience.

When I was about to leave I i nv it ed t hePrince a nd P ri nc es s to nij- home fo r tea nev erthinking tliey would humble themselves to comebu t to my .surprise t hey ag re ed to come a nd weagreed on February 14 fo r th e time.P rompt ly a t th e time set th e Prince drove hisca r up to my gate with his two young sons an dth e Princess .I h ad i nv ite d Mr . an d Mrs . Noguchi , their

News And Needs O fThe Tokyo Bible College

Th e three seniors, who will graduate i farch19, are preparing a scrap-hook recording theirictivitics during the four years of t he ir s tu dy.vhich will also he a history of th e first four^ears of th e school. I t will contain pictures,listory, :;nd messages from var ious former .stu-ients and faculty members. T hese arc the firsttudcnts to comple te the full course of study atI okyo Bible Semina ry and we have high hopesor their usefu lness in th e work of Chris t torhich they ar e committed.Chapel is held every morning from 10:000:30 affording a break between c lass per iods ,our days a week the s tuden ts bring shor t mes-tges on an assigned weekly topic, such as Love,ight. Consecration. Prayer etc., and one dayich week the program is len gthened to oneDur with a f ac ul ty mcm li er b ri ng in g t he mes-ige. Mrs. Isabel Dittemore brought us a fineessage on on e of t he se d ay s in January.P repa ra ti on s a re now b ein g ru sh ed fo r th e)cning of a Correspondence Course in con-iction with the B ib le Colle ge beginning inpril. It h as a lr ea dy b een adve rt is ed in th etional Christian Weekly Newspaper an d we

daughter , Dorcas , .Mr. an d Mr.s. S ims, M r. an dMrs. Buttray, Mr. Yasue, Mr. Vandevecr an dMrs. Sumida to be present. We had a very informa l p leasan t two hours togethe r.I bought t he bes t Japanese Bib le I could findat a cost of 3.35 and presen ted it to the Princeand Princess. They t iiankcd me very graciouslyand seemed glad to have it.

We sang several hymns together and thenwent outside to have Mr. Buttray take somephotographs, First of the Royal Family andme a nd t he n of th e whole group. Bo th o f whi chappear above. Emily B. CunninghamP. S. Mrs . Cunn ingham is standing on theright of the older son but the photographer

failed to focus th e camera r ight and sh e wasleft out. E.B.C.

have received many inquiries. We are hopingfor a much larger ministry by this means , andwc ask your p raye rs for its success. Stephenlijima has agreed to give much of his time tot ra n sl at ion and office work which arc essentialto t he ope ra ti on of the course.The Bulletin fo r 1952 is being done in bothEnglish and Japanese so that wc can send copiesto interested brethren in Ame ric a w ho w ant tosec actually what wc are doing in the Bible College. Anyone des ir ing a copy please contactMr. .\ . E. .Sims, 310 Brown Ave., Turtle Creek,Penna. We would also app re ci at e any suggestions for improving the school program.The nee ds o f t he s choo l ar e many. We needbooks for th e library, which now ha s only about200 volumes. We need s cho la rsh ip s f o r fivestudents who have not as yet been taken by an ygroup. The monthly scholarship is 20. Halfof it goes for food and the other half for tuition,room and other school expenses. The studentsal l have to work fo r t he ir p er so na l s pe nd in gmoney. The school gives some of them a l it tl ework and th e rest is earned in var ious ways ..Also we will need som e money fo r the correspondence course. After it gets in full operation it will he almost self-supporting, bu t weneed a lo t of capital for the beginning . Everything must be translated, mimeographed andsorted. Paper, envelopes, ink etc., must be

Missionar ies Gree tPresident Jessup

Bro, W. L. Jessup, presiden t of San Jose,' Calif. Bible Col lege arrived at Haneda airport. in Tokyo on February 27 to begin his visit toI japan and the Far East. All of the missionariesIwere there to meet him, for though some ofus d id n t k now h im per so na ll y we felt as if hewere an old friend. After getting acquaintedall around he went to Buttray s house whichwa s to be hi s headquarters fo r t he l eng th of hi sstay in Tokyo.The nex t evening all of the Tokyo mission-aric.s and tw o from Os aka m et a t Sims housefor a get-together welcoming of Bro. Jes.sup.He showed us some slides of the Bible Collegeand some of th e beautiful Cal iforn ia scenerywhich we enjoyed very much. The n ex t d ay heleft for nor th J ap an where he spent the weekend with Chaplain Russell Barber in Misawaand Chaplain C. R. Nichols in Hokkaido. Therewer e s er vi ce s at th e chapels an d on e in a Ja panese village near the Ai r Base. On Mondayevening. March 3 he returned to Tokyo byArmy plane to begin a schedule which we willbri ef ly descr ibe be low.For two weeks Bro. Jessup lectured at theBible College every morning from 9:3011:00.This was the big purpose fo r his coming andwe all received great benef it f rom these talks.Every evening he visited a different churchto speak and also to see as much of the workas possible. This was his schedule:Tuesday, March 4 Informal question andanswer meeting at Mabashi church.Wednesday, March 5 Evangel is tic meetingat Yocho-machi followed by questions fromseveral. (Attendance of about 50.)Thursday, March 6 Af ternoon meeting ina Buddhist temple speaking to a group of _2women on t he Chr is ti an home. Evening discussion meeting at Mikawashima on the Christ ian Life and War .Friday, March 7 Afternoon meeting withthe student preachers to discuss Bible Collegesand some other things. Evening evangelisticmeet ing at Soka. 34 present on a snowy night.Saturday, March 8 Afternoon meeting atY okosuk a. Six inc he s of s now .Sunday, March 9 Morning attended Sunday School and church at Mabashi. Eveningservice with. Taylors at Kamiuma.Monday. March 10 Morning meeting withthe ministers. Evening open.Tuesday, March 11 Evening evangelisticservice in the country village of Wado. Attendance of about 80.Wednesday. March 12 Evening meeting atNishi-Ogikubo, attendance of 30.Thursday. March 13 Met with the prayermeeting at Minato church.Fr iday. March 14 Morning at the graduation service of the Seminary. Evening at Na-kano church.Unfortunately Bro. Jessup was here for someof ou r worst weather. It rain ed ev ery day b uttwo wiiilc he was in Tokyo. We a re sor ry forthat, hut we arc glad that he came and wantto thank everyone who had a part in sendinghim. His fine Clirist ian jjersonali ty, straightforward Bible messages, and untiring zeal willbe long remembered here. H.R.S .

John 12:48 He that rejccteth mc. and re-ceiveth not my words, hath one that judgethhim: the word tiiat I have spoken, the sameshall judge him in the last day.bought and someone paid for the translatingand office work.Harold Sims has been appointed PresidentPro-Tern while Andrew Patton is in Americaon a study furlough.


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Religions Of Japan(translated f rom th e Japanese)By Kamata Tadashi, Minister of Yotsuyachurch and professor of Religions of Japan inTokyo Bible Seminary

I t is said that 1,500,0U0 people visited theMeiji Shrine in Tokyo dur ing the first six daysof the New Year. Offerings amounted to about1 600 000 which is not very good since it is onlya little over one yen per person. (This is about1/3f, but th at many people make it quite anamount). Whi le the Emperor descended fromDivine posit ion to be ranked among his peopleand democracy is just being established in Japan,it is t errible to .see so many people .still keepingthe old custom of Shinto worship. As long asthe Japanese people worship the Shinto Shrine,I think it is hard to establ ish real democracyor to rebuild a new Japan .

There were 40 kinds of religions in pre-warJapan, but we can see more than 350 kinds ofthem newly ri sen in these six post-war years.Shinto ( the way of the Gods) is the properreligion of Japan. Orig ina l Sh in to consists ofanimism and nature-worship. It involves manykinds of gods which are commonly known asKami (god), such as deified woods, stones,mountains, ancestors, heroes, emperor and manygods and goddesses led by .Amaterasu Omikami

(the g reat g od who m akes heaven shinethesun goddess). As th e years have passed it ha sbeen changed into various forms.Everything on th e earth an d in th e universeis believed to have s pi ri t o r soul. These spiritswere n amed k am i by tlie ancient Japanese .The c o rr ec t c li ar ac te r of Amatcrasu is unknown to us. Kojiki and Nipponsiioki (twooldest historical records) ar e tlie oldest r ecordsconcerning Shinto. The r el ig ious i de as o f t he se

books have continued to th e present. The storyof th e creation of the world involving th reec re at or s w ho a re said to have been b orn o ut ofchaos is believed to liave originated in China.These three are Amcnominakanush inomiko to(leading god) and Kimimusubinokami an d Tak-amusubinokami (following gods). M usub i isan old J apanes e word meani ng bear. The tenthgo d below musubi wa s a couple named Izan-agi (calling man) and Izanami (ca ll ing woman) who are said to have made th e land ofJapan. They had t hree chi ld ren ; .Ymaterasu-omikami (the sun goddess ) Tsuk iyomino mi-koto (the moon good) and Susanono mikot o(the storm god). Th e nature worship inJapanese mythology has peculiar simplicity.There are two theories as to the meaning ofkami (god).1. The personal or K.M. theory. In Shintop raye rs the re are the words Kamiiroki andKamiiromi. Iro is th e modi fi er , so when weremove it and kami we have r ema in ing k iand mi which no doubt mean male an d female. This is seen in t he f ol lowing ins tancesof presen t words :Isanaki (brave man) Isanami (brave woman)Hiruko (son of the sun) H irunie (d augh ter ofMusuko (son) t he sun )Dtoko (man) Musume (daughter)Otome (woman)K always signifies male and M always sig-lifies female. The tone of K an d M joinedogether makes kami.2. The other theory is th at k am i ( go d)5 th e same as the other character pronouncedkami (above) in fundamental meaning. Inther words tw o different c ha ra ct er s a re p ro -oun ced t he same. On e mea ns uppe r or abovead th e other means god , so th e thought is thatley mean the same fundamentally and thatod is anything superior to us. The modernse of kami (above) is shown in these in-ances: 1. Hair on th e to p of th e head is.lied kaminoke (upper hair) . 2. The guestsom, which is best in the house is calledamiza (upper or honored place). 3. Kami-ri is th e word fo r thunder, nari meaningundThe Japanese idea of God is quite differentim that of the Bible, but there is no other

TOKYO CU I I I S T IA I ^suitable Japanese word for God, so we mustus e it , But if we do not unders tand this background there is apt to be confusion.There may be som e c on nectio n betweenJapan, in th e rar east of Asia, and Judea whichis ill the far west. In comparing the ages ofthe two countries, for convenience sake 1 presume japan is 2600 years old.The very beginning of Japanese history iscalled Kamiyo (the age of th e gods). Thisis divided into two parts, Tennokami (gods ofiicaveii) seven gene ratio ns; and Chinokami(gods of earth) five generations. Th e Kamiyoperiod ended when the first emp er or J immucame to liic throne When w e c on sid er th a tth e judean kingdom is nearly 2000 years olderthan Japan it is very possible that th e k nowledge of God ent er ed Japan during the ag e ofth e gods.Genesis 17:1, 2, 4. 6, 7, 12:2, 16 15:5.T hes e a re the o ra cl es whi ch God gave Abrahamabout 1300 years before Jimmu. Who can guarantee that this great thought of th e Old Tes tament neve r came to Japan? The following pa ss age was given to Niniginomikoto (grandson oft he su n g od de ss ) f rom Amatcrasu (th e sun go ddess) when the former descended from T a-kama-ga-hara to reign on earth. Tiiig nationo f re ed s an d rice-fields is th e land of my seedan d I will make a nation of thee, kings shallcome out of thee. Go thou and reign overt h is na tion. This imperial throne shall prosperas long as earth and heaven shall last. Thi.s ismuch simila r to Genesis. According to th etheory of Mr. Shirayagi, a famous historian, thesite of Takama-ga-liara seems to have beenon th e border of Kor ea a nd Man ch ur ia , w he rethe cul ture of the Ryo and K im periods flourished. We can well imagine that the story of. Ab ra ham had b ee n introduced into th e fa r eastby about tlie year 169 of the Kamiyo period(8 or 9 centuries B.C.) Ninigi seems to havecome over fr om Takama-ga-hara with his fam-ilv to reign in Kyushu.Long before the accession of Emperor Jimmuabout 1,500.000 Jews lived in Egypt. Thosethat followed Moses out were 600,000 fighting

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The priests garments arc also very similarto those of the Jews. There is much similarityin the idea of the ark and the god box thatshould be explained in more detail. There isno idol, but God s presence is represented bythe three divine t reasuresthe mirror, bead andswordwhich ar e th e divine treasures an d ar esupposed to represent the necessities of theancient people. At least a mirror is in MlShrines and Japanese people think it is the spiritof th eir a nc es to rs . S ome people have comparedthe sword to Aaron s rod, the bead to the po tof manna and th e mirror to th e table of th e tencommandments wh ich w ere p laced in th e ark.As in th e ark of t he c ov en an t t he se th in gs a rcplaced in the box.

Th e Shrine is considered in Japan as the placewhere ancestors dwell. The Japanese believe in

nien bes ides women and children. I t is writte:in the Bible that most of them perished in thwilderness of Arabi a, but it is uncer ta in thall of t iiem d ied right in the desert. Somethem may have disobeyed Moses and gonastray into th e Orient. The lime of Saul aniDaviff and especially the progressive reignSolomon when the Jews ruled from thEuphrates river to Egypt was all over before thEmperor Jimmu, the first historical ruler oJapan. Seventy-live years after the accessioiof Jimmu, judah was defeated and carried awainto the Babylonian captivity. The Bible saythat the number of people that returned to theicountry a fter being released by Cyrus of Pcrsi;was about 42,000. The number is so smallshows that not all of them returned to Jcrusalem. The native land is not always so beIove


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Culver City Church ofChrist, 49.00; Covina Mrs. P. E. Stanton,Treasurer, 35.00; Dr. Walter Scott Rudisill,1.00; Mrs. T. R. Appleburt , .50; Santa RosaMissionary Council, Christian Church, 20. Mr. Clayton R. Grimstad,25.00. DeLand Chris t ian Women sFellowship, First Christian Church, 37.50.

Fores t Park Ch ri st ia n C h ur chBible School, 10.22; Jefferson Park ChristianChurch, 28.00. Potomac Christian Church, 43;Camp Point Homebuilders Class, FirstChrist ian Church, 180.00; Dr. Leila G. Scott, 10.00; Urbana Webber S tr ee t Chu rc h o tChrist, 25.00; Mrs . Zelma Huber, 1.00; Mrs.S. B. Vance, 10.00; Mrs. Joyce Allison, 25. Union City S ou th SalemChurch of Christ, 50.00; Burnettsville Christian Church, 10.00; Mr. an d Mrs. KennethEade, 5.00; Monticello Oak Grove Missionary Society, 50.00; Sullivan ZelmaHarbaugh Missionary Society, ChristianChurch, 100.00; Miss Ethel Self an d MissPearl Sel f, 2 .00; Liberty Church of Christ, 47.25. Mrs. Harry J. Gist, 10.00; ClintonChurch of Christ, 15.00; Miss Bertha K. Sa rgent, 30.00; Counci l Bluf f First ChristianChurch, 150.00; Mt . Auburn Church ofChrist, 15.00. Mrs. L. T. Bellinger, 21.00; Mrs.Roy Pigeon, 1.50; Mrs. Virginia G. Temple-to n an d Nadine, 5.00; Norton ChristianChurch, 63.94. Mt. Olivet Christian Church,25.00; Mrs. William J. Owens, 10.00; Sadie-ville Chr is ti an Church , 35.00; TollesboroChurch of Christ, 21.62. Mt. Ranier Christian Church,125.00. Mrsr E. S Donnell,6.00. Antioch Christian Churchy30.00; Columbus Women's Christian Fellowship, First Christian Church, 25.00;Shannon Young Married Class, Oak Valley Church, 45.50. Forest Hill Church of Christ,10.00; Miss Mabel B. Gould, 1.00. Fairmont Church of Chr is t,15.38; Mrs. James F. Bucher, 15.50.CAROLINA Mt . Pleasant Christian Church, 120.00; Roanoke Rapids EastTenth Street Church of Chris t, 53.25. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Deem, 10.00;Steubenville LaBelle View Church ofChrist, 10.00; New Antioch Church of ChristMissionary Society, 17.25; Mrs. Nellie Kouts, 10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Albe rt J. Schlyer, 10;Farmer Church of Christ, 6.85; WinsomeClass, Mt. Washington Church of Christ, 25;Indian Run Church of Christ, 30.00; MissMildred Coving ton, 5.00; New LexingtonChurch of Christ, 20.00; Bever ly Church ofChrist, 15.00; HelmockMain Street Churchof Christ, 20.71; Mr. and Mrs. Addie H.Pelfrey, 10.00; Centerburg Church of Christ,17.00; Mt. Gilead Pleasant Grove Church,30.00; Phalanx Sta tion Bracevil le Christ ian Church, 31.00; Columbus SouthwoodChurch of Christ, 20.00; New SomersetChristian Church, Willing Workers Missionar y Society, 20.00. Mrs. Joseph Nicoll, 10;Meadville Loyal Gleaner, c/ o Mrs. FrankRiemann, 40.00; Carpenters Corners Missionary Society, 10.00; Mrs. Howard Cramblett,1.00; Sandy Lake Christian Church, Women's Missionary Society, 10.00; ConfluenceChristian Church, Prayer Group, 10.00; Lancaster Church of Christ, 15.00; Turtle CreekFirst Christ ian Church, 125.00; Mr. andMrs. Roy E. Smith, 10.00; RomolaChurchof Christ Missionary Society, 30.00; Mrs. J.G. Bailie. 2.00. Erwin First ChristianChurch, 40.00; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hodges,5.00: Harrison Church of Chris t, 25.00. Mrs. Cora B. Halsell , 200.00; Mrs.W. S. Blodgett, 2.00.

TOKYO CHR IS TIANVIRGINIA Portsmouth Tidewater Sing-spiration of the Churches of Christ, 13.00;Mr. and Mrs. H. E. House, 7.00; Waynes-bor Chr is tian Church, 13.41; Miss AdelaideB. Sims, 50.00; Newport News ColonialP la ce Chu rc h of Christ, 15.00; Ellerson The Young Married People's Class, Geth-s emane Church of Christ, 40.00; EllersonGethsemane Church of Christ, 125.00; Richmond Fairmount Avenue Church o f Chr is t,50.00; Charlottesville First ChristianChurch, 390.00.WEST VIRGINIA Mr . J. Maynard Bragg,1.00; Charleston West Side Church ofChrist, 20.00.CANADA Strathroy, Out. Miss ElizabethM. Kellar, 1.00 Welland, Ont. CharlottieElizabeth Hodgkins Estate, 100.00.F RENCH MOROCCO Casablanca Mr.Edgar Sage, 18.00.MISCELLANEOUS Sale of The FlamingTorch, 9.00.TOTAL OF GIFTS 3,309.38In te res t on bonds 244.38Annuity GiftMrs. Edwin D. Gardner 600.00

Brought ForwardS al ar ie s o f missionaries &children's allowances 2,150.00Transferred to Tokyo 1,000.00Printing of Tokyo Christian 260.00Adding Machine(T o Tokyo) 114.25Travel ExpensesAndrew

Pa t ton and A. E . S im s 40.43Exchange on gift checks 1.12Post Office Deposit 25.00Stamps 14.90Typewriter repairs 5.75Salary of forwarding agent 70.00Tota l disbursedBa lanceTokyo Treasurer ReportsReport of funds handled in Tokyo for Januaryand February by the Tokyo Treasurer .Balance brought forward, Jan. 1 2,096.10Received f rom the Georg^ia Account 1000.00Received f rom chu rc he s andindividuals 453.00Received in yen 8.33Refunds 2.78

To ta lD isbu r semen ts :Travel 151.34Designated gifts 85.05Postage 26.39Repairs 94.44Out st a ti on and N. T . H er ald 47.77Bible Women 5.56Tuition and help 460.56Taxes 80.25Ren t 9.72Language S tudy 19.45Seminary Maintenance 294.28Building 1,250.00Supplies .83Yen Tax 2.88Special al lowance for Vitam. 24.40

Total expendituresBalance on hand,February 29, 19522,552.92

H,153.765,372.56

9,526.32

3,681.455,844.87

3,560.21

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All Japan Rally ProgramTheme: Seeking the Lost. April 1, 2, 3TuesdayMorningMessage of welcome, Mrs. Cunningham; Message of welcome. Shin Hanyu(Tokyo). Greet ings from American brethren,W. L. Jessup (San Jose). What shall a mangive in exchange for his soul? Kenji Kawamura

(Tanabe).Afternoon H e cleanseth it that it may b ea rmore fruit. Mark Maxey (Kanoya) Discuss ion: Evangeli st ic methods .Evening Now is the day of salvation.Chap. (Maj.) Russell R. Barber (Misawa AirForce Base) . WednesdayMorning The power tha t worke th in us,Howard Davis (Nagoy a). Open Forum Developing Uni ty Among Churches of Christ inJapan. Unity in Christ, W. L. Jessup (SanJose).Afternoon I will make you fishers of men,Harold Cole (Osaka). Discussion Establishingchurches.Evening Go ou t into the highways and byways, Harry R. Fox (Ibaraki).ThursdayMorning The fields are whi te , Ray Mings(Osaka). Open Forum: Obstacles to Evangel ism in Presen t-day Japan and How to Overcome them. As t he f at he r h ath s en t me , sosend I you, Akira Oda (Kyoto) .Evening Mass evangelistic meeting inYWCA auditorium, centra l Tokyo, Whosoeverwill may come, W. L. Jessup.There will be a 30 minute prayer meeting before each one of th e morning sessions.

Church BuildingA t Nakano

We need a church building at Nakano. Whenwe began hol di ng services on ThanksgivingSunday in 1950 we never d re amed of th e pr ogress that would be made in a little over on eyear. There ar e 40 membe rs , and aside fromfour th a t a re sick with T .B . and one th a t hasmoved away the y ar e al l active and cooperatingan d looking forward t o g reat er things. Up untilthis time we have me t in the living and diningrooms of th e S ims hou se w it h the folding doorsopened and folding chairs pu t in, but soon thetw o ro om s will not a c commod at e t he crowd ifit keeps growing. Even now th e Sunday Schoolpacks all available space a ft er t ak in g out allfurniture that cannot be sa t upon.The people are ready and anxious to beaipart of t he expense of a building. They analready putting money into a building fumsacrifically every month. Th e building fund novapproaches 100 and they have set a goal o500 to be reached by July. To Americans thiseems small, but h ere t he av er ag e wage earnemakes only between 25 and 40 a month, anabout half of t he members a re s tu dent s w it h nregular income above the barest living expense;We are sure many of ou r friends at hornwould like to help with this building in ordethat it may be had quicker. If you like, desifnate your gifts for this purpose or send the;directly to us. H.R.'

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T O K Y O C H R I S T I A NGo ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ^Mark 16:15)

V o l . 5 1 Wilmerli i ig , Pei i i ia . 1952 IVii inker 3M o re Bible T r ain e d P r ea c he rs Needed

This picture was taken immediately after the Tokyo Bible Seminary graduat ion service.Pres. W. L. Jessup of San Jose, Calif. Bible College was the main speaker. He is the tall manin the picture. Mr. Hanyo stands at the opposite end, with the three graduates s tand ing between. The Mission benerited much f rom Brother Jessup's visit.Training Preachers ImportantJapan Ua,s a comparatively liigli liducationalstandard. The Japanese peopl e h av e about th esmallest percentage of illiteracy of any natijn

in th e w or ld . T h e U n ite d S ta le s has a m uchhigher r ate of illiteracy than docs japan. Theyhave their colleges an d universities, bu t untilrecent y ea rs t he re were no B ib le Col le ge s orSeminaries such as we are familiar with inAmerica. But we a re g la d to .say that at leasta start has been made in providing Bible College training for Japanese preachers and churchworkers. This is important, because a Japanesepreacher will naturally appeal to Iiis -own peoplemore effectively than a Foreigner, othert hin gs b ei ng equal. How ev er a n uneducatedpreacher would be handicapped among a peoplethat i)Iace so much stress upon education.Tokyo Bible Seminary is just a little overfour years old, bu t four have a lready graduatedthere, an d are bearing an effective wit ne ss f orChrist. The three who graduated recen tly hadbegun full time preacliing even before graduation an d a re now pastors of churches .VVc feel that th e cost of th e Seminary (andit does cost) is a good investment. How man yof yo u tiiat ar e able will be willing to invest20.00 pe r month fo r training a young Japanesepreacher? Where coul d you find a better inv es tm e nt fo r e te rn al dividends?

S E MIN AR Y N EW S N OT ESThe fifth school year of Tokyo Bible Seminary opened .Vpri l 15 with a special chapel service followed by a welcome meeting f.or th e newstudents. There were 3 new student.s, t wo boy sand one girl. A few days later another boyentered th e class an d ye t another is expected

siiortly. .As of now, t he re a re 23 students,T hi s y ea r a new Japanese mu.sic t ea cher hasbeen added to th e staff. H e is Shuichi Tsugawa,w ho is wel l known as the w ri te r .o f severa lhymns and tlie director of th e Bach-Handelciiorus of the YMCA. This group specializesin a capella singing of classical rel igious music,g iv in g s ev er al concerts every year to packedhouses .Mrs. Buttray an d Mrs. Fleenor arc n-ow teachi n g Fngl is h.Signs are n-ow being p repa red for severals t ra t eg ic spot s on tw o main streets close to th e

President Of San JoseBible College WritesDe a r Bret l i ren in C hr i s t :Greetings in the Name of tiie World 's Won

derful Savior .During the months of Marcli and April I hadthe happy privilege of visiting many of ourmission stations in th e f ar e as t. During thistime I spent over 6 weeks in Japan.I was richly blessed during my two weeksin the Tokyo area. Th e weather was cold, bu tthe blessings of Christian fellowship warmedmy soul. Th e workers there arc t-o be commended for th e fine work the y are doing. Ienjoyed very much t he fellowship at the TokyoBible Seminary and with the Cluirchcs in that

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There is a great harvest field in an d aroundTokyo. There is a need for more workers inthis area and all of Japan. The door is nowopen wide and we should flood Japan withGospel preachers immediately. It is either Christor Communism. W'e need to invade Japan withmissionaries and back them up with ou r financesand prayers. If we fail Japan now, the futurewill be dark. The y ou ng people of Japan ar eready to l is ten and to accept Chris t. Dare wefail to carry tiie Gospel to them?Every missionary in Japan needs our encouragement and we must also send many more. TheJapanese must be t ra ined and sent out to evangelize the people of Japan.God bless al l ou r workers in Japan.

Yours in Christ,W. L . J es su p.

Seminary so the school can be more widelyknown a nd easily found.Th e operation of the schoo l cos ts just about

the same per month as the sustaining of onemissionary family. About a dozen peopl e g iving 20 a month wou ld do the job.

H . R . S .

A Day To Remember |Try to imagine yourself in the middle ofFebruary with the temperature Iiovering closearound thirty degrees and the snow has beencoming down since the early morning hoursand you had made plans three weeks bef.jre topreach the Gospe l on that day some sixty milesup in tlie country. You had never been to thissmall village before and this was your firstjpportunity to preach the wonderful news ofGod s love to a people of which the majority hadnever hea rd the sweetes t story ever told. Whatwould you do? Well, with just such a situationjefore me I made my decis ion. In spite of the. oibidding cold and snow and also my back had

been giving me quite some trouble, I decidedthat as long as I had an appointment to bethere I would no t disappoint them even if onlya few came to the meeting. So with Mr. Kikuchias my interpreter and Mr. Takeuchi as^niy P.A.system announcer we left the city of 1okyo at7:30 a. m. Outside of the city l imit s we foundthat the sn-ow was not c ling ing to the liighwayno r was it freezing for which we were verythankful. Despi te the snow which clung to ou rwindshield most of the sixty mile.s we reached, our dcsination in safety. Again we thank Godfor His goodnes s. Travelling ve ry s lowly notknowing where we were going and trying tolook every direction at the same time, our vigilance was finally rewarded by the siglit of waving arms ami a face all lit up with a big happysmile. I'or the re in th e ce nter of Ashikagacity standing on an unusually vacated streetcorner was Fukuda San who had been anxiouslywaiting for us more than an hour. And yet.my watch read exactly 10:30 tlic time arrangedfor -our arrival. After Fukuda San go t in thecar, we drove on three or four miles to the village of Hajika and we immediately made ourway to the office of the Town Master and_ tothe principal of the school to receive permissionto advertise and also to use tiie auditorium ofth e Town Hal l .After an hour of announc ing and pass ing ou thandbills it was d inne r t ime an d though eachof us had brought -our lunch. Fukuda San ins is ted tha t we go to the honte of his s is te r whereshe was already preparing dinner. Having onlytasted of Japanese food a few times I was notsure that 1 was going to be able to eat whatwas se t before me, l et a lone cnj-oy it. But my

fears were unfounded and we blessed th e foodand I was able to eat almost all of three of fourdifferent kinds of dishes. I must say thatFukuda San's sister is a good cook for of thefood which was served, rice was th e o nly onethat I wa s accu stomed to eating.Aft er d inne r we announced th e meeting fo ranother half hour and then made ou r way tothe Town Hall not knowing what to expectbut just a few minutes later there were nearlysixty people there. After a short song servicein which Mr. Kikuchi taught them on e or twosongs, I had the privilege of teaching themabout Jesus Christ, the S-on of Man. At theclose of t he servi ce we found t ha t t he re wereabout six persons who were definitely interestedin the Gospel of Chris t. These .said they wouldbe back for the evening service at seven o'clock..Again we arc indebted to Fukuda San .s sisterfor her k indness and hospi tali ty ( even thougha good biKhlhist) she and her husband treatedus in true Oriental style. Upon a rr iv in g attheir home at si x o 'c lo ck we were introducedto th e master of th e house who had just returned from one of the grade schools wherehe teaches. Once more we were led up thesteep winding stairs to the second floor to atypical Japanese sleeping room. .About ninefeet square wi th large sl id ing windows on each

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2THE TOKYO CHRISTIAN

Pablished bi-monthly fo r th e in format ion and ins pi ra ti on o f every Christian whose heart s desireshould be to obey th e Great Commission by proc la iming th e unsea rchab le r i ches of C hrist Jesusin al l th e world, to every creature , of every nation.E nt er ed a s second c las s m att er in th e Wilmerding.Pa., Postofflce u nd er t he Act o f March 3, 1879.

TWO -YEAR SUBSCR IPT ION SO CENTS FLAMING TORCH SO CENTSMRS . W. O. CUNNINGHAM Direc to rA LF RE D E . S IM S Edi to rEVA D. GREEN Forwarding Agent

Off ice o f P u b li ca t io n :Wilmerding, Pa.Please se nd a ll correspondence and o ff er in g s f orth e mission to : Miss Eva D . Green , 127 E. MercerAvenue, College Park, Georgia. Make a ll c he ck s p ayable to ou r f o rward ing ag en t.

M IS SIO N S T AF FMrs . W. n . C u nn in gh am .Di r ec to r16 Wakaba Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, TokyoAndrew Pat ton, 2700 Glenway, Cinc inna t i 4, Ohio.Mr. and Mrs. Ha rold Taylo r, 1003-3 Chome Kamaiu-ma, Setagaya-Ku , Tokyo .

Mr . and Mrs; Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,Kamiochlai , Sh ln juku Ku, Tokyo.Mr. and Mrs. H aro ld B . Sims , 450 Aral Machl ,Nakano-Ku , Tokyo, Japan .TRUSTEES

Mrs. W. D. Cunn ingham M rs. E . G . N ab el lM r. T . O. Ha t h cock Miss E va G re enMr . L aw r en ce Bain J . E. LipscomheOrv e l C . C row de r A lf re d E . S i m s

Packages fo r Japan shou ld be sen t d i rec t byparcel pos t to on e of th e missionaries whose addresses a re shown a bo ve . P ac ka ge s of c lo th ing canbe sen t up to 22 pounds , no t over 42 inches longor 82 inches In girth. Packages o f p ri nt ed matterup to 6 pounds 9 ounces , not over 24 inches longand 36 i nches gir th can b e s en t.C o ns ul t y o ur local pos t office abou t preparat ionof packages fo r mail ing.If you change your address please notify A.E. Sims, 310 Brown Avenue, Turtle Creek,Pa., giving both your old and y ou r n ew address.We want to keep ou r mmlmg lists u to date.If you make an offering you ar e entitled to

receive this paper if yo u so request. S end allofferings to Eva D. Green, 127 E. MercerAvenue, College Park, Ga.

NotesThe Fifth National Miss ionary Conventionwill be held at Dodge City, Kansas , September24-28, 1952. Go an d meet your missionaries.All missionaries on furlough and Missionaryrecruits should, be there. We expect a largeattendance of Missionary-minded people.Ralph Sims and Donna Auerswa ld were married on-.June 1st. Ralph is th e 2n d son of youreditor, an d minister of t he Garden City Chu rch,ColumbusV Ind: Doffnar1sthe~daughref o f~MT.an d Mrs. E. C. Auerswald, of North Vernon,Ind. Mrs. Auerswald is th e forwarding agentfor Mr. an d Mrs. Mark Maxey, missionaries in.Southern Kyushu Island, Japan.

Need For More PrayingWe notice that the offer ings for April andMay fell about 1,000.00 under the expenditures.That might make us apprehensive, were it no tthat we r emembe r God s g oo d providences inthe past. Also we remember that the offeringswere well above the expenditures for the previous two months. _But we need especially to bepraying about this mat te r a s we are enter ingthe summer months when many are on vacations and we frequently notice a falling off.Bu t le t us r emembe r t ha t th e expenses go on,and that the Lord s way of supplying theseneeds is usually through the instrumentali ty ofHis good and faithful Stewards. So go to Himin prayer an d do according as He directs.

A,E.S .

Don t cease to pray for t he missionaries, butpray also t ha t o th e r needed workers will volunteer for this great field of opportunity. PrayG od to ch oo se and call those whom He can usebes t .

TOKYO CHR I S T I ANThe Original Church

By Alfred E. SimsThe m ov em en t to restore the Chu rch o f

Christ as i t w as in the New Tes tamen t t imesis th e greatest rel igious ideal before th e worldtoday. Unfortunately there a re m an y who donot know about it, or who do not unders tand it sreal significance. The ideal is no t to restoreal l t he u ne ss en ti al deta i l s . I t doesn t meangiving up our modern hea ting or l ighting systems or any o th er mod er n conveniences in ourchurch buildings. Such things are purely matters of expediency. I t does mean restoring thedoctrines, the ord inances an d t he spi ri tua l lifeof the New Testament Church. I t means recognizing Ch rist as th e o nly rightful Head of th echurch, and the New Testament as the onlyauthoritative guide-book. It doesn t mean turnin g th e wh eels of progress backward. I t meansge tt ing r ight with our Lord in order to makegreater progress in th e wor k He has given usto do. When, in th e da y of J osi ah , t he Book o fthe L aw wa s found, resulting in the res torationof the worship of Jehovah, it meant new lifeto the Kingdom of Judah, with progress an dprosperity. Just so , nothing w.ould mean moreTo~th is~generat ion than a full an d completerestoration of New T es tame nt Christianityth roughout the whole world.

Some ye ars a go a v as t sum (several milliondollars) was spent in th e l i tt le ci ty of Williams-burg, Va., to restore some buildings an d featuresof Colonial days. I f it was worth millions to restore a few buildings a s t hey were 300 years ago,w hat m us t i t be wor th to r es to re th e ch ur ch ofou r Lord Jesus Christ as He established it inth e beginning?

It need no t be surprising if men fall short ofsuch a great ideal. I t is easier t o r es to re th edoct r ines and t he o rd in an ce s t ha n t o r es to re t hespiritual life. But th e ideal is incomplete, an dstill challenges us, u ntil th e spiritual life an dzeal an d conse cr at ion o f t he o ri gi na l church isalso restored. Let us p raye rf ul ly work an dstrive until-we-attain the-great ideal. -

Can you give th e Scriptural answer? Herea re f requen t que st ions :Q. When was th e Church of Christ founded?

Ans . On th e firs t Pen tecos t a ft er t he r es ur re ct ion of Chris t . Acts 1:4-5 and 2:41-42.Q. Who founded th e Chu rch o f Christ? Ans.Jesus Christ. M att. 16:18.Q. What is th e Foundation of th e Church ofChri st ? Ans . Jesus Christ Other foundationscan no man lay. I Cor . 3 :11; Eph. 2:20; I

Pe t e r 2:6.Q. Who is t he Hea d of th e Church of Christ?Ans. Jesus Christ. Eph. 1:22; 4:15; 5:23; Col.1:18; 2:19.Q. What is th e creed o f t he Church of Christ?Ans. Jesus Christ, the Son of God. No man-made ~creedr No~creed bu t ^he Christ.^ Matt r

16:16-18.Q. What is th e discipline, o r ru le o f faith an dpractice of the C hu rch o f Christ? Ans. The

New T estam en t. Th is alone is all-sufficient.(The O ld Test ament is a ls o God s Word an dshould be studied, bu t we ar e no t living underth e old dispensation.)Q. How does on e become a member of th eChurch of Christ? Ans. Just as in the New

Tes tamen t t imes. The Lord a dd s th ose whoare saved. Acts 2:47.

Q. How is on e sa ve d? Ans. In th e same wayt hey wer e saved in New Testament times. Wehave the same Savior, th e same Gospel, th es ame p lan of Salvation which is se t forth in th eNew Testament as follows: 1. Hearing th eGospelor reading it f or one s self. Rom. 10:17.2. Believing on Christ. Acts 16:31; Heb. 11:6;Mark 16:16. 3. RepentanceLuke 13:3; Acts2:38; 17:30. 4. Confession of Christ. Rom. 10:10;Matt.. 10:32. 5. Bapt i sm into Christ. Mark 16:16;Acts 2:38; R om . 6:3-6; Gal. 3:27; Col. 2:12;I Pe t . 3:21.Each of t he above five steps is a part of th edivine plan. No one thing should be magnifiedto the exclusion of the rest. No p art of Go d splan should be rejected or neglected. Follow andobey al l that God s Word says on th e subject.Thus we are b rought into C hrist. An d, If any

man is in Chris t he is a new c r ea t ur e . 2 Cor.5:17.

Q. How does one keep saved? Ans. 1. Bycontinuing steadfastly. Acts 2:42, 2. By enduring unto the end. Matt. 24:13. 3. By abiding inChrist. John 15:4-14. Of course Bible-studya nd p ra ye r should no t be neglected, and notforsaking the assembling of yourselves together. Heb. 10:25.As we seek to restore Christ s original churchwe nee d to dis tingui sh c lear ly be tween what isessential and what is non-essential, betweenmatters of faith and ma tt er s of opinion or expediency. Again we go to the Bible for theanswer. Where the Bible speaks we speak;w he re th e Bible is silent we are silent. TheBible has spoken on al l essential matters offaith, an d we have no other course than to fo llow th e teaching of th e Word. But there arenumerou s mat te rs of opinion or expediencyupon which the Bible ha s no t spoken, an d onwhich we dare n.ot to speak dogmatically, bu twe are free to use our own good judgment.Where such matters of opinion or expediencyc on ce rn t he whole local church, then the decision of th e majority of t he members should

prevai l and sh ou ld b e re sp ec ted , in Clirist i ;iilove an d forbearance. I n faith, unity; in opinions, liberty; in a ll things, charity.We ar e here pr imari ly to serve ou r Lord an dMaster, Jesus Chris t , who, on earth, went aboutdoing good. We sincerely and ea rnes tl y wan tto do good and to help all people of good will.I t is our desire and purpo se to se t before th eworld a living example of pure and simple unde-n.jminational Christianity. We recognize thatt her e a re good an d consecrated people in th evarious denominat ions , bu t we remember thatour Lord prayed, that they al l may be one. . . that t he wor ld may believe (John 17:21 .

The love of Ch ri st a n d of al l s ince re Chr i st i ansconstrains us to seek to res tore th a t Chris t ianunity fo r which our Lord and Savior so earnes tl y p rayed. There were no denominationsin the New Testament Church. Therefore byt ak ing t he ~New Testament-as our only-guide,ou r only r ule o f faith an d practice, we ar e hopin g a nd p ra yi ng that th e wor ld may be able tosee a true example of th e original Christianityand be const ra ined to believe on Christ andexalt Him as Head over al l things t o th e churchwhich is His body.

There a r e t h ou s a nd s of local churches imbuedwi th th is great ideal of res to ring the originalchurch w ith all its e s se n ti a l c h ar a ct e ri st ic s .Some are called Church of Chris t and some arecalled Chris t ian churches . They prefer not towear any denominational name, but only suchnames as a re acceptable to al l Chris tians . Theirplea is for Chri st ian Unity on th e New Tes tament basis. They do n.ot claim to be th e onlyChristians, bu t just Christians only. If youar e a member of o ne of these churches, then beaTgood^itness:^Don^htde^ourlnlhrenCe, bu t -tell o th ers a bo ut t he i deal church. I f you ar eno t a member , t hen at least give it a fair an dhonest investigation. Seek out one of thesechurches. They a re g lad to welcome inquirers .Above al l study your New Testament. Ma yGod help you to see the light and may He guideyou all t he w ay .

Is Christ real to you? Th e aim an d purposeo f Ch ri st s c hu rc h is to m ake H im kn.own to a llwho will give heed to His W ord. The Bible isliving message from God and it has a life-giv ing message fo r you. Have you g iven t hi swonderful Book it s rightful place in your homeand in your life? I t can m ean a new life toyou. In Him was life; an d th e life was th elight of men. John 1:4.

Th e above article is copied from a tract,writte n b y your editor an d published by theTennessee Valley Printing Co. We will sendyo u a few copies if you s en d pos ta ge fo r same.If you would like to have a larger quanti ty withth e im prin t o f your ow n church etc., on thef ront page t hen wri te to the Tennessee ValleyPrinting Co., Kimberlin Heigh ts , Tenn ., ask ingfor price on the quan ti ty yo u can use. We needto make a greater use of tracts.


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side of th e room permitting th e room to be wellaired an d the sun to send its warm r ay s b othmorn ing and afternoon, causing one to feel thatnature itself is b ro ug ht i nto th e v ery room.The re in t h e c e nt er of th e room w ere tw o sm allt ab le s ( su ch as ou r six year o ld chi ld ren wou ldhave). Upon t he u su al la rg e flat cushion besideth e table we sat in typical Japanese s ty le w it hour l egs folded beneath us . B y t his time 1 wa sthoroughly cold from my feet up and gladlydid 1 warm my hands over t he h ib achi (something like our large vase.s, tw o foot in diameteran d about twenty i nches h igh within which theybur n s omet hi ng like o ur charcoal). Betw eenth e heat warming my hands an d th e phycho-l og ic al e ff ec t of it, 1 began to feel a littlewa rme r . J hen w e were to ld th at w e w ere to beserved sukiyaki. Immediately there w en tover me th e joy of anticipating this deliciousJapanese food-of which I had become very fond.Needless to sa y I at e to my fill an d enjoyedevery bi t of it.Leaving th e t ho ught s a nd pleasures of th ematerial food behind and the good fellowship

we had around the table I has ten on to seveno'clock th e time appointed to beg in the eveningservice. Arriv ing promptly at seven we weregreeted with a l ar ge c rowd of children agingfrom eight to thirteen. In spite of the cold ands now man y were shabbi ly dressed and as usualmany were without socks or slippers. But theydidn't seem to mind th e cold too m uch (theroom wa s without h ea t) a nd were pa tient ly an danxiously awaiting the pictures w e were goingto show. Kikuchi S an showed t he p ic tu re s ofth e b irth of Chr is t a nd told th e story to morethan a hundr ed children tha t filled th e room .That was twen ty minutes of unusual quietnes.sin th e life of those young children f rom whichonly God and time will bri ng forth the desiredresults. However , t he Lor d willing I am planning to go b ac k o nc e or twice a month beginning in April in o rd er t ha t these children maybe le d from the darkness and cus tom s of th eanc ient and prevailing religions, u nto the pure,holy, and eternal g iv ing l ight of th e Word ofGod .After th e showing of the slides a bout t hr ee

four ths o f the ch ild ren w en t to th eir h om es an dmany older people came to take their place.When I began to spea k on the subject Jesus,th e Hope of th e World there were at leastfifty persons present. Most of them were youngmen and women an d only a few were olderp er so ns ( it is very difficult to reach t he o ld erpeople). A fte r the benediction three or fouryoung men came an d aske d m e som e questions_ahout God. th e Bible and Jesus, and how tolive a Christian life if it was impos si bl e to attend Church. Most of all, I was impressed byon e young man who with t ea rs a lmost show ingin th e corners of his eyes an d in hi s face andattitude a l ook of awe and humility, and whenhe spoke t he re was a tremble an d huskiness inhis voice as one who had been dee ply m ove d.'Why? Why? From the s imp le teaching ofGod's Word which is still sharper th an a ny tw oe dg ed swo rd and able to enlighten th e u nd erstanding of those in darkness. He said thathe believed what I had spoken but that hewanted more tim e to study and read beforemaking a confession.Words cannot express o ur g ra tit ude to Fu->

kud a S an 's s is te r fo r as we w ere le aving a t t enminutes to nine, insisted that we take tenminutes to ea t a bowl of s te am ing ho t cookedand sweetened brown beans, warming our bodiesand g iv in g us added strength to d ri ve saf el yan d r ea ch home by 11:30 p. m. Please prayearnestly fo r these people, an d to r us as wel abor fo r HIM . Yours in Christ,

Stanley Buttray

T O K Y O 1 I 1U ST 1A>Dedica t i on O fA ra kaw a C h urc hOn Sunday , March 30th, will be th e dedication of the new church building at Arakawawhe re Mr. Kikuch i, a graduating senior of th eSeminary preaches. Thi s mar ks a no th er milestone ill ou r chu rch bui ld in g program here in

rokyo proper and is the sixth to be rebuilt andfinished since 1948. The average size of thesechurch bui ld ings is 40 feet by 60 feet an d atpresent are u su al ly qui te a d equat e fo r the cust omary congrega tion an d Bible School. Thesec hu rc h b ui ld in gs a re not cons t ruc ted th e sameas those in t he s ta te s, materially, financially orotherwise, which makes it possible for us to pu tup an ama zi ng number of churches for anequally amazing amount of money. To giveyou a def in it e i de a of what ca n be done withthe money which is s en t h ere for foreign mission work , the bui ld in g of the se six c hur ch eshas only cost approximate ly 30,000.00. Thisis an average of only 5,000.00 fo r each, church.And yet these liuildings ar e quite sufficient, fo rthey will hold an overflow crowd of one hundredfifty per sons and will t ak e c ar e o f more than ahundred children in th e B ib le S ch o ol and a lsop ro vi de s amp le room fo r a minis ter and hisfamily to live.At present we are very m uch interested in

Evangelistic MethodsUsed In TokyoHere ar e a few of the m et ho ds w e us e in advert i sing meetings . They m ig ht b rin g somei inght ideas to those that have never t ri ed them,and at least they will show h ow it is done inJapan.1. Signs. Here a st and ing s ign is usedto advertise e ve ry sp ec ia l meeting. First aframe about 6 f ee t h igh and 1 f oo t w id e is madeI of cheap one inch sipiare lumber. On this isIt cked a piece of white p per with the ottomIabout one foot off the ground. Then the factsabout th e mee ti ng a re w r it te n in l a rge Chineseciiaracters with a brush. The ink, both redand black, is reasonauiy priced, and anyone canwrite the large l et te rs t ha t will make a nicelooking sign. Tlie size is j us t a bout right topu t in all essential information about the meetings an d since t he J ap an es e write in straightcolumns down from the right to left th e shapeis j us t r ight for them. These s igns c an be conven ient ly t ied to a ny t el ep ho ne pole or tree,taken in when it rains, a nd the f rames used an ynumber of t imes . Police in some sections pro- i

liibit pas ting pos ters on fences an d poles, bu tno one objects to t he famil ia r standing signs.Many p re ache rs make o ne e ve ry S at ur da y t oa nnounc e t he S unda y subject. For evangelisticmeetings 8 or 10 ar e placed around the community.2. Newspaper publicity. Here in Japannewspapers a re only 4 pages, so advertisementsar e very costly. I t is much c he ap er t o p ri nt a

smal l hand-bi l l and l iave one fo lded in to ea chlewspaper in your community on a certainmorning. Last week to advertize our mee ti nghere we ha d 2000 copies of th e hand-bill foldedin at a cost of 1.40. This announcement went' in.side of 2000 home.s, which pretty well coversthis neighborhood.3. L anterns . M any churches have a largenanese lantern specially made with the name

of th e chu rc li on it wnicn they hang out in frontbefore every meet ing .4. Announcement. Where possible we useth e c las sic loud -speaker method of broadcasting the services, bu t in other cases young menwalk around th e s t ree ts shouting through megaphones. In th e country beating a drum isalways effective for getting a crowd. i5. Post c ard s a re usually sent to al l mem

bers and occas ional comers .Th e main pur po se of t he average evangelisticmeeting here is to brin g new peopl e to churchfo r th e f ir st t im e. Last night at ou r cluirchalmost half of th e aud ience we re exp er ienc in gtheir first time at a Christ ian meet ing. Whenthe service is over these new ones arc givencards an d pencils and asked t o w ri te th ei r n amesan d addresses . Afterwards th es e c an be used

for fol lowing up pro sp ec ts . M an y time s pe oplebegin coming during special mee ti ng s and ar efinally baptized 3 or 6 months later. Everytime one of th e young peopl e s it s at a tablenear the door, like a n i nf or ma tio n desk, andgives out songbooks and Testaments to thosewho h av e n on e as w ell as gett ing th e names ofnewcomers . Haro ld Sims

James 4:14 Whereas y e k now no t what shallbe on t he morrow . For what is your life? I tis even a vapour, that appeareth for a l i tt le t ime,and then vanisheth away.

If you receive this copy as a sample, pleaseconsider sending us your subscription at only50^ for two years, or 1.00 for The FlamingTorch (a t hr il li ng missionary book) and asub sc ript ion to the Tokyo Christian. If youcontribute 1.00 or more to the Church ofChrist Cunningham Mission y ou are entitled toreceive the Tokyo Christian if you reque st it.Any organization that contributes 5.00 or moremay r eq ue st a bundle of 10 copies f or d is tribution to your members.

This is a side view of th e Ara kawa Chu rc hbuilding whil e it was under con st ru ct ion.building two more churches by the end of thisyear. The church at Nakano w hich h as beenestablished in th e home of th e Sims ha s 40membe rs a nd th e church at Yokosuka ha s 20members , which at present is meet ing in a verysmall room of an English school, have respectively grown until fur ther growth is hinderedwithout a church building. We need funds tperect these buildings, approximately 4,500.00each. If you will, permit me to suggest a planwhereby this can be accompl ished and yet notbe a great burden for any on e person or church.If every church, whether in a bu ild ing programof t he ir own or not, would raise a hundred do llars for five hundred towards the budge t, andplace this plan into effect immediately. Godthrough you would supply the necessary amountfor the building of these churches this year.May God be our guide in f inding the answerto the se pressing needs of His people. Whensending g if ts for these church building projects,please designate Nakano or Yokosuk a a nd s endall checks directly to Japan.

Yours in Christ,Stanley ButtrayI Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon Him;for He careth for you.I John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the loveof God, because He l ai d down Hi.s l ife fo r us :an d wc ought to lay down ou r lives for th e

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Rope Holder ListApril and May

COLORADO lilbcrt Cliristian Church, 80.FLORIDA Miss Grace Cununiiig.s, 40.00;Euslis Church of Christ, 325.00.GEORGIA Tlie Baldwin C hurch , 10.00;Mr . Marvin Blackwell, $25.00; ACC Worldfo r Christ, 4.00.INDIANA P avn esv il le C hu rc h of C hrist ,$31.57.IOWA Lovila Church of Christ. 10.00;Council Bluffs First Chris t ian Church , 50 .KANSAS Mrs. R-oy Pigeon, 2.00; Mrs.Virginia G. Ten ip lc ton and Nadine, 4.00;Miss E lle n Lawrence, 5.00.KENTUCKY Lccsburg Chri st ian Church,$76

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