NAGOYA

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THAT THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MIGHT COME TO KNOW THE RISEN SON
VOL. 1 JULY 1951
NO. 2
A DEAD RELIGION?
By Kathryn Davis
Buddhism in Ja-
^ definitely not
a dead religion, in
everyday thou-
sands of Japanese
goto the Buddhist
Temple Grounds to
worship the idols housed there.
Upon entering the temple grounds
they stop at one of several small
counters, where men are busily en
gaged writing out prayer slips, and
make their purchase. Then with prayer
slip in hand they pause for a moment
and pay homage to a large statue of
the founder of one sect of Buddhism.
They proceed on to the Gong Tower
and wait patiently until the Priest
takes their prayer slip and lays it on
the altar. Here the people sit with
heads bowed reverently while the Priest
prays, sounds the large gong several
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CHAMBERS BEGIN TRAVELOGUE
July 1st marked the beginning of a
long trip that would eventually end on
the mission field in Japan, for Bob and
Hazel Chambers. As they set out to
visit the churches to tell of their plans
to serve God in Japan, they went with
these words of recommendation from
the President of Midwest Christian
College in Oklahoma City:
" I am very happy to recommend these
fine young people to all of our brethren as
young people well qualified for the work to
which they have dedicated their lives. They
are seeking "support" that will make it poss
ible for them to sail to Japan at the earliest
possible moment. You may subscribe to their
support in full confidence of their loyalty to
our Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son
of the living God, and their whole hearted
commitment to our historic plea for a return
to New Testament Christianity."
LESTER H. FORD
The Lord willing, the Chambers will
speak in churches and serve as camp
missionaries in Oklahoma and Kansas
until Oct. 1st. Then they plan to travel
among the churches in the eastern
states until sailing time. They make
this request as they begin their tour:
"As we begin our work for Christ in far
away Japan, we want to ask each of you to
pray for our work. As is true with all mis
sions, our work for the Lord is one of Faith.
Faith that He will be with us. Faith that He
will provide the way. and Faith that He will
answer jour prayers and ours."
The Chambers are booking passage
for about Feb. 1st from San Francisco.
"We must work fast and we are ask
ing your most welcome prayers."
NAGOYA CHRISTIAN MISSION
Howard & Kathryn Davis
Box 49 Naka
Nagoya, Japan
Forwarding Agents;
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Birney
Sublette, Kansas
Bob & Ha?;el Chambers
Forwarding Agents:
Mr. & Mrs. George Spies
Hydro, Oklalioma
Gong tower
times and again prays in their behalf.
The people, themselves, pick up the
prayer slip from the altar and proceed
to the temple where Buddha is housed.
The size of the Buddha Temple can
be judged by noticing Judy and Janet
Davis and Kathleen Bills standing on
the steps of the one being constructed.
Certainly Buddhism is not dead when
structures such as this are being con
structed.
At this temple the incense is burned
and the offering is given. On bended
knee the Japanese earnestly pray to
the huge cold idol that can in no way
hear their prayer and be merciful unto
them.
The last stop is made at a Turtle
Tl'.e red and gold house of the huge idol.
Pit where hundreds of prayer slips can
be seen. Here they stand and after
offering one last prayer toss their paper
thin, wooden prayer slip into the hol
low back of a large turtle in the pit
of water.
This completes the ceremony and
they go on their way feeling that
Buddha has heard their prayers. Most
of the Japanese who worship Buddha
are sincere, but, since Buddha is just
a man made idol, they are without
hope. There is salvation in none other
than Jesus Christ, who died for the
souls of men. Pray for the people of
Japan that they might come to know
the Savior of all mankind.
MISSION PROPERTY
PURCHASED
The land has been purchased
and the foundation started for
the mission home in Nagoya. The
reasons for purchasing this par
ticular piece of land were several,
among which was the opportunity
it presented for living and preach
ing in a Christless community,
and secondly, the City owned
property was much cheaper than
any we had previously considered.
You, our co-labors, made it
possible for us to take advantage
of this opportunity when it arose,
through your gifts and prayers.
Your support and backing has
been splendid, and we are deeply
grateful. May the Lord richly
bless you as you continue to
Serve Him, is our prayer.
The Davises
We are deeply grateful to Dr. O.Alton
Watson of Oklahoma City. Dr. Watson
cancelled the balance of our bill, S49.50,
as a donation to the Lord's work in
Japan. The indebtedness was for eye
surgery for Mrs. Davis.
"This piggy went to market" The way our
meat gets to the butcher.
Oops!! On one of Japan's main highways.
Christian broadcasts over this .station in
Nagoya are in our plans for the future,
with the help of V. Alex Bills.
"GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD"
There are approximatly two billion
people on the earth, of this number
are still waiting to hear the
Gospel. Portions of the New Testament
have been translated into 1,185 lan
guages and dialects, but the peoples
of 1,789 languages and dialects have
no Bibles.
Lawrence Hallum
William Scott
John W. Conard
Sandy Lake, Pa.
Avoca, Ark. S.S.
Fred Reiswig
Ralph Holloway
Mulhall, Okla. S.S.
James Herget
Mrs. Roy Hobbs
Pauls Valley, Okla.
Henry Smith
Gene Bimey
Margaret Lycan
Columbians, Ohio
Plainville, Kans.
Miss. Soc.
Liberal, Kans.
Jr. & Inter. C. E.
Savonburg, Kans.
H.B. Siemens
Enid, Okla. Davis Park
Mercer, Mo.
Tampico, 111. Yorktown
Erma Dressier
Edna E. Peterson
Sterling B. Wilson
Beulah Hoobe
Shattuck, Okla.
Miss. Soc.
A. B. McReynolds
Delmar Prickett
H. B. Schock
Coldwater, Mich.
Syracuse, Kans.
Miss. Coun.
Lexington, Ky. First
Mrs. K. P. Russell
Davis, Okla.
Mark -G. Maxey
Norman Jasper
Owosso Mich. J. C. E.
Dr. F. L. Ingram
Mission Receipts
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Howard & Kathryn Davis
May & June 1951
$ 10.00
10.00
2.00
10.00
120.00
90.00
24.00
15.88
1.00
10.00
30.00
5.00
15.00
10.00
10.00
137.00
14.00
5.00
25.00
25.00
9.00
25.00
5.00
50.00
25.00
2.00
10.00
2.00
5.00
5.00
25.00
4.00
21.50
3.00
25.00
10.00
5.00
50.00
$ 850.38
LIVING LINK
Avoca, Ark. S. S.
Fred Reiswig
Eads, Colo.
Selmer, Tenn.
Guthiie, Okla. West Side
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Central
Central Junior
Arcadia, Kans.
Carney, Okla.
McKinney, Texas
Berean Class
Hepler, Kans.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Draper Park, W. C.
Martelle, Iowa
Living Link Receipts
Mission Receipts
Bal. May 1, 1951
Total Receipts
Purdy, Mo.
For Native Evangelist
DISBURSEMENTS
$ 30.00
20.09
25.00
25.00
20.00
100.00
5.00
20.00
120.00
10.00
15.00
60.00
100.00
$ 550.00
850.38
414.46
$ 1814.84
$ 10.00
Salary $ 600.00
Expense in Yen
Nagoya News 21,000
Apartment,
Key Money 19,000
Travel Ex. 47,400
Freight 4300
Stationery 11,065
Postage 29,489
Land 164,400
Building Ex. 15,867
Chg. Yen Ex. 2,700
360 Yen - $ 1.00 877.00
Total Disbursemenjs $ 1477.00
Total Receipts 1814.84
Bal. July 1, 1951 $ 337.84
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IN A BUDDHIST MONASTERY
By Howard Davis
The Davises and the Buddhist Priest.
One Sunday morning, with the Bills
family returning from services in
Osaka, we chanced to pass a Buddhist
Temple. We stopped for a brief look,
and were invited by one of the p! iests
to a tour thn)Ugh the monastery. We
saw the many feast rooms and class
nwms of the huge rambling building.
We entered several worship chambers,
and then we were allowed to look into
the 'intermost' room. It was without
windows, the walls had coverings of
Mr. Bills presenting the priest with the
Gospel.
cloth; red, green, white, and purple
panels about two feet wide, and all
the furniture, even the floor was
upholstered in white.
Finally we were escorted into the
main worship room, where we saw
several idols and objects of worship
that were made of pure gold. As a
climax they demonstrated to us how
each thing was used, including the
ringing of the huge gong.
Upon leaving the monastery Brother
Bills presented our priest guide with
a portion of the Scriptures, and each
of us left with a keener desire to reach
more of these idol worshiping people
with the message of Christ, who died
for them.
Baby bibs on a temple gate. Each repre
sents a petition for a little one that has
died.
We are ga-ateful to the Missionary
Group of thii First Christian Church,
Pendleton, Oregon, Byother Hiram
Dawson is minister, for a new ink
roller and ribbon for our Multigraph.
These supplies make it possible for us
to print our own News Letters at a
great saving of mission funds.
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A rider on the Japanese street cars
must pay the fare at the end of his
ride, not when he boards the car.
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WHICH WILL IT BE ?
I This little five
year old girl and
2^ her baby brother are
1-"^childrenof Buddhist
parents. Their lives
were begun in idol
worship, they are
learning to bring
and toss their offerings before the
'centuries old' idols of bronze, and then,
kneeling, bow until their tiny foreheads
touch the floor.
These two little ones are typical of
Japan's millions, who are being school
ed in the heathen religions, holding to
them mainly because of the customs
and practices handed down to them by
their forefathers. Yet Japan offei's one
of the greatest opportunities to Christ
ianity today. In spite of the active
opposition from Buddhists and Shinto-
ists, these little ones and their parents
can be reached and won to Christ.
The section of Nagoya called "Naka-
mura-ku" is without any touch with
fW:]. 'r
Christ at all. It is reported to us to
be 'extremely hostile to Christianity',
but since it is one of the most needy,
we feel this is where Christ would
have us begin work.
The Buddha pictured here sits with
his hand extended, palm up, like a
beggar in the market. It is as if to
say, "give", yet his empty shell has
nothing to give in return to his devotees.
Jesus said, "Suffer the little children
to come unto me." Christ loved these
little ones and he placed the responsi
bility, upon all who claim the name
Christian, to tell them the precious
story of His coming.
In this heathen land, on every hand
we see the idols, the temples, and the
shrines, but over it all we hear the
voice of Christ callingthe answer will
depend upon the Christians in Amer
ica and Japanwhich will it be?
The purchase of the mission property
in Nagoya ran true to Japanese form.
The land was selected, the purchase
price paid, the deed officially sealed,
then the next requirement was to seek
permission from the Japanese Govern
ment to buy land.
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It has been our pleasure
to make many friends
among the service men and
their families in Japan.
Many on leave fi'om Korea
visit the missionaries and
lend a helping hand in the
work. For the benefit of any
of our friends in Japan and
Korea, who might bo coming
f)ur way, here is our name
and address in Japanese.
Marine S^ts. Searle and Bunch. Background,
famous pagoda at Kyoto.
Many thanks to the Park Church of
Christ, Goldfield, Iowa for the two nice
gift parcels. Since their arrival some
things have been appearing on our
table that we haven't seen since leav
ing America. Our diet consists mostly
of foods purchased in the Japanese
markets, with some canned goods from
the Overseas Supply Store.
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An electrical inspection in Japan
consists not of having the newly wired
house inspected, but of taking all the
fixtures and switches to the Electric
Company's office for an inspection.
Moving from Osaka to Nagoya.
When we left America we owned a
1949 Mercury sedan, which we brought
to Japan with us. We soon realized
that conventional type automobiles
were not suited to" the type work we
planned to do hero. Through the guid
ance of the Lord we now own a Jeep
Station Wagon, which is much more
profitable to our work.
Two new laws in Japan moved us
to make a quick trade for the Jeep.
The first was the banning of the law
that Japanese private citizens could
not own automobiles. The new law
allowed them to buy 1949 models and
older. This made the value of our Mercu
ry go up considerably. The second
law was a new customs tax, total
ing 60^, levied at all foreign made
cars. If we were ever to secure a Jeep
it had to be before the tax went into
effect.
The result was, we traded our 1949
model for a 1951 Jeep and received
some money to our credit in the ex
change. With the Jeep we are able to
carry the 'good news', by means of
the Public Address System, through
Japanese streets and villages that were
inaccessable to us before.
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The New Testament in Japanese
reads from right to left, any foot notes
would be at the top of the page, and
Matthew begins at the back of the
Book.
A native song and dance.
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A DEFINITE SERVICE
You may be too old to offer to be a
missionary, and too poor to finance the
outgoing of new ones, but you can
PRAY!
MAILING LIST
The NAGOYA CHRISTIAN
NEWS is edited and published
in Japan as a report to the
churches directly from the field.
Anyone desiring to be placed on
the mailing list, please send name
and address to: Mr. & Mrs. Clyde
Birney, Sublette, Kansas. This
publication is free of charge.
In Japan, spring house cleaning is
a law. Every house must have the
proper sign on the front showing the
house has passed the inspection of the
authorities.
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NAGOYA
THAT THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MIGHT COME TO KNOW THE RISEN SON
VOL. 1
SEPTEMBER 1951 NO. 3
Pictured ab;)ve is the Air Force De
pendent School Judy and Janet are
attending this year. We are thankful
that we were allowed to enroll our
children there even though the cost is
very high. The tuition for them is
62. per month or 560. per year. We
are required to pay this in two pay
ments of 280. in September and Jan
uary. The payment has not been
made as yet but we trust God will
supply the need as He sees fit.
This privelege relieves us of the
responsibility of teaching our children
at home and enables us to take
advantage of many more of the op
portunities to serve Christ here in
Nagoya.
BY THE WAYSIDE
A Buddhist Priest closed a discussion
with a missionary with this remark,
"The trouble with you Christians, you
mix religion and morals, they are two
separate subjects."
A NEW LIFE
Yoshie San
Yoshie Konichi, baptized July 21st at
the Asahi Church of Christ, became
the first convert of the Nagoya Christ
ian Mission. Having worked in the
home of the Davises for several months,
she had many opportunities to hear
and study God's word and from the
darkness of Buddhism she came to see
Jesus clearly as the "Light of the
World". Her request to become a
Christian was purely voluntary, as has
been her help in the cliristian services.
As soon as services are opened in our
new home she will have opportunity
to further serve her Master with
Kathryn in the childrens work. Because
this young lady has become a part of
our every day life and very dear to
us, we rejoice greatly in her decision
to serve Christ.
: Do you keep up with the current
; Missionary News in Among Our-
' selves ?
NAGOYA CHRISTIAN MISSION
Howard & Katliryn Davis
Box 49 Naka
Nagoya Japan
Forwarding Agents:
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Birney
S iblette, Kansas
B.)b & Ha:^el Chambers
Forwarding Agents:
Mr. & Mrs. Gsorge Spies
Hydro, Oklahoma
The Davises front yard, like most Japanese
yards, has the traditional stone lantern and
high board fence. The Japanese place a candle
inside these lanterns at New Years time to
drive all evil spirits out of the home.
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We are thankful for a box of groceries
from the Christian Womens Fellowship
of the West Point Christian Church,
Yukon, Oklahoma, a part of which was
given to a needy Japanese family.
MISSOURI GROUP SPONSORS
NATIVK EVANGELIST
The Womens Missionary Union of the
Ptfdy, Missouri Christian Church has
become the first to support a native
evangelist of the Nagoya work. These
ladies are sending five dollars each
month toward the twenty dollars re
quired for a native worker.
Maruki San comes to us from the
Osaka Bible Seminary. Besides his
many Christian duties he has spent his
summer vacation here in Nagoya help
ing to build the mission home and
overseeing the Japanese workers.
Maruki San
He has proven to be a very able
preacher of the New Testament Plea
in the regular services held in our
sewing school building. We have just
closed a series of special meetings on
Tuesday night and are laying plans
for similiar weeknight meetings regu-
larily on Friday and Saturday evenings
in the Nakamura Ku and Nishi Ku
sections of the city.
During the winter school term Maruki
San will make the trip 'over the mount
ains' to Nagoya each week end by
train to help in the evangelization of
the many Christ-less communities in
and around Nagoya.
LIVING LINK CHURCH
SUPPLIES P. A. SYSTEM
We are greatly indebted to our friends
of the Central Christian Church, Okla
homa City, Oklahoma for supplying us
with a complete 25 watt mobile public
address system for our street and out
door services.
We first attempted to purchase this
equipment on time payment but were
refused because of non American
residence. Next the chairman of the
Missionary Committee of the Central
Church, Afrs. Rodgers Stevens attempt
ed to purchase the set through the
church for us. Just when all seemed
settled, the church received word that
the company had withdrawn the order
because of the plan to send the equip
ment out of the U. S. before payment
was completed. The only way to get
this equipment to Japan was to make
a cash purchase. This the church did,
and now we are looking foreward to
receiving this much needed equipment
in the next few days. We are grate
ful for the interest and sacrifice of
these friends of Central.
TEA CEREMONY
Drinking Japanese Tea
One of the young men who has at
tended every service we have conduct
ed in Nagoya, came to our house one
evening and invited us to attend a tea
ceremony the following night. This
was a welcome to us and another
couple from a group of Japanese
people. During the course of the three
hour program we enjoyed beautiful
childrens dances and the strange music
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Childrens Dance
of Japanese instruments. The high
point of the program was being served
tea with all the ceremony handed down
for generations. The thick, bitter,
green liquid was hardly recognizable
to us as tea and somewhat less appeal
ing, but out of it all we came to a
better understanding of these people
to whom we preach Christ. To our
amazement many times the people of
Japan have gone with us the second
mile, and even to the third and fourth.
DID YOU KNOW? \
MISSION YOUTH is a non-profit {
religious association to encourage f
missionary evangelism and report -j
news of missions and missionaries
all over the world.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Howard & Kathryn Davis
July & Aug. 1951
2.00
1.00
10.00
Carl W. Ellington
Charles Porter
Emily O'Brien
Smith Center, Kans .Childrens Dept. S 14.00
E. R. Henry 3.00
Morristown, Tenn. 18.00
Purdy, Mo. Womens Missionary Union 20.00
Enid, Okla. 1.00
Ray Mings 60.00
Nora Hohn 6.00
L. C. Pool
20.00
Hampton. Iowa 20.00
Cincinnati, Ohio Montgomery Road 40.00
Hepler, Kans. 15.00
L. D. Hook 5.00
Smith Center, Kans. 15.00
Mission Receipts $ 773.39
Huntington, W. Va. Sixth Ave. 1000
Ralph Holloway 16.00
LIVING LINK
Ripley, Okla. 20.00
Hepler, Kans. $
30.00
Dodge City, Kans. 3.00
Guthrie, Okla. West Side 10.00
Mulhall, Okla. 15.00
Fred Reiswig 20.00
Webster City, Iowa 10.00
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Eads, Colo. DVBS 20.00
Central 200.00
Frank Bates 10.00
Central Junior 15.00
Alton, Okla. 50.00
Colchester, 111. 100.00
Liberal, Kans. 1000
McKinney, Texas Eerean Class 10.00
Robert Byers 5.00
Eads, Colo. 100.00
Shattuck, Okla. 10.00
Arcadia, Kans. 20.00
Tulsa, Okla. Cinn. Ave.
Scranton, Iowa Mary and
Friendly Neighbors Miss. 100.00 Martha Miss. Soc 15.00
Calista Avery 5.00 Thayer, Kans. 25.00
Burlington, Ind. Miss. Soc.
5.00
Living Link Receipts $ 545.00
James Hill 2.00
Mission Receipts 773.39
Harold Steele 1000
Bal. July 1, 1951 337.84
Grove, Okla. 5.00
Total Receipts $ 165623
Roy Holloway
20.00
Purdy, Mo. Womens Missionary
Bob Wetzel 4.00
Union For Native Evangelist $ 5.00
Portland, Ore. Central 75.00
Rosemary Smith 1.00
DISBURSEMENTS
Don C. Wilson 1.00
Salary 8 600.00
Mrs. Ray Snuth 1.00 Teaching Supplies 2125
R. H. Hudson 10.00 Gasoline @. 40 gal.
77.25
Erma Dressier 5.00 Inoculations 15.00
D. D. Ensley 25.00 Nagoya News . 57.05
Syracuse, Kans. Jr. C. E. 1.50 Postage 68.02
Arthur Carton 1.00 Lagnguage Teacher 5.65
Amy L. Ward 10.00 Registration of Land 4.50
H. B. Schock 10.00 Building Permit 1.95
Beloit, Wise. Cen. B. S. 17.89 Printing 21.67
Scranton, Iowa DVBS 10.00 Rent for Services 5.65
Morristown, Tenn. Kings Daughters
20.00 . Photographs 3.35
Donald C. Curtis 5.00 Duplicator 13.08
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Display 4.75
Hot Water Heater 27.75
Building Expense 822.60
(Itemized Account When Completed)
Charge for Yen Exchange 7.50
Total Disbursements
Total Receipts
Deficit Sept. 1, 1951
$ 1757.02
1656.23
$ 100.79
Bob & Hazel Chambers
May Aug. 1951
INDIVIDUALS
Mr. & Mrs, Bob Carruth 8 100.00
Mr. & Mrs. George Spies 100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Newton 70.00
Mrs. Lydia Cope 25.00
Bob Davis 25.00
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Davis 15.00
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Gardner 10.50
Mr. & Mrs. George Murphy 10.00
Mr, & Mrs. Curtis Jones 10.00
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Anderson 10.00
Miss Gayle Kenoyer 9.90
Mary Ann Watson 5.00
John Ball 5.00
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Fox 5.00
Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Dooley 4.00
Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Denham 3.00
Mrs. Ray Smith 2.00
Mr. & Mrs. Art Bradley 2.00
Mrs. Harry McGriff 1.00
Total " 8 412.40
CHURCHES
OKLAHOMA
Hydro Womens Group
Hydro
Draper Park, Oklahoma City .
Beaver
Forrest Hills, Oklahoma City
Mooreland
Mooreland DVBS
Shattuck
Pauls Valley
Pauls Valley DVBS
Fairview
$ 123.40
93.70
93.06
74.10
57.43
57.00
33.30
40.00
30.00
11.00
36.90
Waynoka 10.25
Boiling Springs C. S. C. 53.31
KANSAS
Hugoton 133.00
Russell 98.64
Liberal DVBS 68.36
Protectimi 50.10
Bucklin 29.00
Valley Center 23.00
MISSOURI
Jennings 60.00
Total Churches $ 1175.55
Total Individuals 412.40
Total 1587.95
DISBURSEMENTS
Printing (Semco, Hydro, Memograph) $ 85.00
Stationery 40.44
*Jeep Payment 42720
Movie Screen 3029
Movie Film 15.00
P(Ktage 14.17
N. A. C. Convention 25.00
Car Expense 37.50
2nd Hand Stove 50.00
P. A. System 150.00
Gasoline 30.00
Living Expense 188.43
Total Disbursements $ 1093.03
Total Receipts 1587.95
Bal. Sept. 1, 1951 $ 494.92
*We have purchased a Jeep Station Wagon
for the Mission work, and paid $400 of our
own money for the initial down payment of
$700, and took $300 out of the Mission Fund.
It is our express desire to pay 850 each
month of our expense (living) and take 850
out of the fund, thus we will pay half of. the
Jeep.
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It isn't any great breach of Japanese
etiquette for a man to wear his hat
in the house, but the most unmannered
would not think of entering the house
without first removing his shoes.
Breaking Ground
The building of the mission home
has progressed very nicely and is Hear
ing the stage where we can move into
it.
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Beginning Foundation
This house is built from concrete
type blocks made with furnace ash
from a glass factory- Since the most
abundant ingredient in the blocks was
without charge it makes the construc
tion cost very economical. The estimat-
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ed cost of plumbing and electrical
wiring amounts to more than the com
bined cost of labor and materials for
the rest of the building program.
At the present time all the blocks
have been laid and the roof is being
put up. The Lord willing, we will
move into it in the very near future.
It will have neither plaster nor ceilings
and only window screens and sub floor
with temporary doors, but we know
God will provide the means to com
plete it before the weather turns cold.
The people of the neighborhood have
already begun making plans to attend
the worship services that will be start
ed as soon as we move into the mis
sion home. The children and many
adults have come to inquire about the
probable date and time of the services.
We want to express our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends and co-
laborers in God's work for making
this mission home possible here in
Japan. We need your continued prayers
and support that we can do His will
in this land of idol worship. Please
nray for us often!
A Day's Work
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Our thanks to Mrs. E. W. Rabbins
of Bellville, Kansas for the box of used
clothing for the Japanese.
Again we want to express our grati
tude to the membsrs of the Park Church
of Chris'., Goldfield, Iowa. This time
for two lovely boxes of new clothing
for the whole family which included
many such items as shoes, and winter
clothing.
.-iaA
This 100 Fe^t High Buddha is Situated
Atop a Hill Near Nagoya. The Huge I'iol
Can Be Seen For Several Miles.
A man's true value is not what he
is worth in himself or to his earthly
state, but what he is worth to God;
and that worth is bestowed on him by
the utterly gratuitous Love of God.
Wm. Temple.
SI of your annual contribution to
MISSION YOUTH for the year 1951
pays for your subscription tv> the
missionary paper, Among Ourselves,
a monthly digest of the current In
dependent missions story.
Address:
Mission Youth
Willernie, Minn.
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NEWS is edited and published
in Japan as a report to the
churches directly from the field.
Anyone desiring to be placed on
the mailing list, please send name
and address to: Mr. & Mrs.
Clyde Birney. Sublette, Kansas.
This publication is free of charge.
Buddhist Graveyard
'Tn the red" means business is good
in Japan. Red ink is not used on the
deficit side of the ledger but on the
credit side.
Their idols are silver and gold, the
work of men's hands. They have
mouths, but they speak not; eyes have
they, but they see not: they have ears,
but they hear not.
Psalrrxs
This Bright Colored Idol Holds Prayer
Beads in Hand and Fromisfs Good Fortune.
God is never still. In prayer it is
not wo who momentarily catch His
attention, but He ours. So when we
fail to hear His voice it is not because
He is not speaking so much as that
we are ntjt listening.
Charles Brent.
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