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T u c r e a t u r e Mark 16:15 7 Kimberhn Heights Tennessee

a nd I were invited by some o f our st uf r ie n ds to attend a Christmas party sponby th e Keio University UNESCO Club.w er e p eo pl e there from Burma Ceylonse v e ra l F u llb r ig ht stu den ts from t h e

as well as s e ve r al J a pa n es e . In typicalfashion each pe rs on wa s asked to

c o n tr ibu te s o m eth in g to the program so wes a n g Silent N i g h t f o r t h e m . Some of th eJ ap a ne s e p r es en t were very talented in th etraditional s lo w- mo ve me nt d an ci ng playingth e ol d J a pa n es e h a rp m a g ic t ric k s a n d otherthings so we h ad a vei-y interesting evening.

Haro l d Sims

Teaching EnglishOctober I b e ga n t ea ch in g E n gl is h co n

fo r tw o hours a t th e Y M C A a n d thena o n e - h o u r Bible C l a s s for those w h o

t o remain There a re abou t one hundredin th c on v er sa ti on c la ss es a nd th eattendance a t th e Bible Class is

bu t I feel it is a wonderful opto te ac h t he Bible. This is a night

a n d m o s t of the s t u d e n t s ax e o ld er m enwomen wh o work du rin g t he da y an d

E ng li sh at nightis obvious unbelief am on g m any of

b u t thos e w ho re ma in f o r th e B ib les e e m s i n c e r e in thei r d e s i r e to l e a rnof C hr is ti an it y. O ne of them said he

li ke to h e a r m o r e of G od b e c a u s e h esecurity an d hope. Another asked ifbecome a C hr is ti an e ve n though

d n ot b el ie ve al l of th e Bible. It is ap ri vi lege to serve th e Lord in this wayit is my e ar n es t d es ir e that every me mth e B ib le C la ss will come to a savingof Jesus Christ.

About th e sam e tim e I wa s a s k e d to t e a c ha young m an ho w t o be com e a C h r i s t i a n a n dI asked him to come on Thursday night.When he came he brought two friends withhi m a n d t h a t wa s th e b e e i n n - n s o f m v T h u r sda y night Bible Class. T he class ha s no wgrown to a n a v e r a g e a t t e n d a n c e of six a n da lt ho u gh t he p r im a ry p u rp os e o f m o s t of themis to learn English there is a growing int e re s t in th e Bible

On e of th e boys happened to b e gi n r e ad i ngon e of David s b oo ks telling the story ofN o a h a n d th e Flo o d a n d I to ld a ll o f t h e mth e story. Al l o f them have a g r ea t i nt er es tin th e Ol d Testament an d I h o p e to supplythem with b oth English an d Japanese copiesof th e O ld Tes tamen tWe as k your prayers fo r t he se y ou ng p eo pl eas they read an d s tu dy a nd h ear th e Wordof God t ha t t he ir h e a r t s a nd m inds m a y b eopened to th e Gospel. Pray fo r us too aswe te ac h the m t h a t w e m ay be t r u e a n dfaithful to th e Word a n d h a v e wis dom a n dunderstanding to help them in an y wa ypossible to find th e L or d Je su s Christ.

Mabel Buttray

PATTON F URLOUGHAndrew an d Betty Patton an d tchildren ar e booked fo r passage on td e n t C le ve la nd w h ic h is sch ed uled

Yokohama on April 11th. This wilbeginning of their furlough whichto begin this year. Six hundred andnine d olla rs h av e been received ftravel as of .Ian. 18th. Eight hundred ol la rs m or e will be needed by MAny help on this will be greatlySend all funds to their f or ward inMr. an d Mrs. Ra y Armstrong RE D310 Piqua Ohio. T ra v e l fu n d s shdesignated.

Aft e r April first all mail for th es ho uld be sent to them at their foagent s address. A n d r e w will befo r speaking engagements an d Chrisvice Cam ps from June f ir st . All inquc e r n i n g t hi s s ho ul d also b e s e n t tow ar di ng a ge nt .

G R A V E MARKER

On o ne o f o ur annual hikes o v e r thtainside trails near Tokyo with th e stth e Bible Seminary we came uponusual grave marker near the lop ohill. T h e r e h ad b ee n a c r a s h of a UForce plane killing 8 or 9 men an dpeople h ad e re ct ed this post in metheir souls in th e B ud hi st fa sh io nadded th e Cross. They also keptd e c o r a t e d w i t h f r e s h flo wers. W h e nq u i r e d a t t he n ea re st house th e olexplained al l a b o u t it adding th a t tha d also killed her son-in-law lead a u g h t e r a widow with 2 s ma ll c hil ds h e f a it h fu l ly k ep t t he spot h o n o r i n gAm e ri c an s c le an ed in spite of theirfo r a livelihood. W e helped withgesture by buying a round of soft driher l i tt le s t or e


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THE TOKYO CHRISTIANubUohed quarteilx by tho MUticmctrioa of theh of Ch ri st Cunaingnam Mission. Tokyo, lopcm,o fnformation ond inspiration of every Christiemheart is open to the cedl of Christ, cmd who isg to help in the supremo task oi carrying out theCommission of C l ^ h Matthew 28:19, 20.as second doss mott er in the Kjwmrille,, Postoffice under the act of March 3, 1879.

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MISSION ST FFand Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,

Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.ding agent : Mrs. Homer Anderson ,. 1, Meadville, Pa .. and Mrs. Andrew Fatten,

address same as ForwardingMr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt . 3 BoxPiqua, Ohio.. an d Mrs. Harold Sims, 450 Arai Machi,no-Ku, Tokyo, J ap an . Forwa rd ing agent:Sims, Alexandria, Kentucky.

TOKYO BIBLE SEM INARY27 Sakurayama, Nodcano-Ku, Tokyo, Japanfor Japan should be sent d irect by parcelto one of the missionaries whose oddresses areabove. Consult your local postoffice concerningrules an d limitations of size an d weight.

you change your address please notify H. L.l ton , K imber lin Heigh ts , T enne ss ee , dving botho ld an d your new address. If you mome an offerf 1.00 or more you ar e entitled to r ec eive thi sif you so request . Churches or groups making anof 10.00 or more may request a bimdle of 10for distribution.

TRIP TO KOREAmonths ago Harold Taylor of KoChristian Mission made an appeal to

missionaries in Japan-to go to Korea tosix-week courses in S eou l B ib le SeminThere is a critical shortage of teachers ins ch o ol a ii d the bre thren w ho a re now enin t hi s work mus t divide their time beth e seminary an d other miss ionary acTherefore I decided to help them b ythe firs t six weeks of their secondt er . T hi s tu rne d o ut to b e o ne o f th eenjoyab le exper iences I have ha d inOrient. Arrangements were made fo r th eteachers of Tokyo Bib le Seminary tomy classes d ur in g my absence. I flew

on October 21st and re turned toon Novembe r 29tih.r on e who ha s always been accustomedverdant environment the first glimpseorea from th e air is unimpressive an dThe bald hills with deep r av in esgullies running from peak to base ar ein appea rance to a large re lie f m ape st i ne . But Korea is not so barren as i tat first. A lo t o f p roduce comes fromred-looking hil ls and vaUeys. The nextthat caught my eye after my arrivalr ea w er e that the g re ate r percentageorean cars are U; S. made j eeps, thatKorean women can carry such heavyon their heads, that the little Koreancart d ra w s uc h enormous loads t h a t soof th e people are pover^-stricken, an dCh inese cab ba ge is a Kor ea n nat iona lKoreans are a very f riendly an d open-

people. Among them Christianityth e advantage of being almos t th e onlyon now accepted by tbem. The gospel

Tokyo Christianlish a n ew c hu rc h in a short t ime. But theg reat est need r ight now, it seems to me, isthe edification of the churches which arealready established an d u se t hi s strengthenedchurch as a basis fo r further evangelisticeffor t . I am convinced that Korea n ow o ff er sone of th e best opportunities for the establishment of New Testament Christianity thatis found in the Orient today. The churchesin Korea h av e a great opportuni ty and th epossibility of provoking th e rest of the Orien tto emula te thei r love and zeal for th e Lord.The re a re already about eighty Churches ofChrist in Korea. The next necessary step isto lead them on from t he f ir st principles ortheory of th e gospel to a more consistentpractice of th e good word of God.The Korean Christians are a vi d B ib le read

ers. The on ly tw o books whic h most of thempossess are the Bible and their song book.And dust does no t seem to settle on eitherof them. It is no t an extraordinary happenin g fo r a Korean Christian to read th e Biblethrough several times a year. If rightly usedthis ca n work out to the salvation of a vastnumber of peple fo r God's word is Hismeans of enlightening and saving th e world.This re ga rd for th e Bible can also be th emeans of reforming th e Korean brethren andleading them on to perfection.The Korean brethren like to sing th e praises of the Lord. They habitually pu t in theirappearance at th e place of meet ing several

minutes before th e appointed hour for worship fo r a time of informal singing. Theyhave no organs and in their singing there islittle that is melodious. The tempo is slowand th e pitch is low, bu t what is lacking inbeauty is compensated fo r by volume fo rthey sing with al l their might.Another charac teri s ti c o f the Korean church

is i ts steadfastness in church a tt endance andin th e Christian life in spite of persecutionand bitter trials. It has a remarkable capacityfor taking an unbelievable amount of punishment both f rom friend and foe without a largenumber of souls losing t he ir f ai th a s a consequence. The way they have held fast to th eirprofession in spate of the ravages of war an dth e o th er calamit ies that have befal len themis wonderfu l to behold. Like t ru th crushedto earth t he y r is e again.

T h e c hu rc h o f Korea is famous the worldover fo r it s belief in prayer. While I was inSeoul eve ry morni ng bef or e d aybr eak chu rchbells pealed out the call of the c hu rc he s t otheir members to come to prayer meeting.And this call was heeded. Many years agoa great revival broke ou t among th e Methodists and Presbyterians in Korea (the largestProtestant churches in th e land). These earlymorning prayer meetings are c arri ed o ve rfrom that revival. But, it seems to me, th eform rem ains without the true spirit andpower of prayer. For they m ake this moreof a singing a nd spe ak ing mee tin g than aprayer meeting. Numerous songs ar e sungand t he l eade r makes a long-winded speech.Finally th e c ongr egat ion spe nd s a bout fivem'nutes in p raye r, a ll praying at th e sametime bu t each praying his own prayer. I t

unto God. But t hey do pray and thhold fast that good thing. Whatthat can be after they ar e taughtmeaning and purpose of prayer. Into these meetings th e early prayerat Seoul Bible Seminary were l ikefountains of water. One song is sunage of scripture is read, and t hey pestly on e at a time in an orderly wis fellowship and fervor and allth e des ir e have also th e opportunitThis is good for th e soul, for thefo r one's Christian practice.The fact th at th ere ar e eightyof Chris t today in Korea where thbut five or six a few years ago is devangelistic zeal of th e KoreanIt shows that they have not waitemissionary or the preacher to so

th e word of life fo r them. Neitherwaited fo r a nice building to be builfrom foreign funds. Rather, they hatheir own homes an d improvisedplaces-,ncoemding to their abiliitye ighty churches in Korea are buthe fai th, if zealous evangeb' sts aand sent out, if a trained Koreanprovided for Seoul Bible Seminary,be no longer any need fo r missiforeim mission funds among theof Christ in Korea. But this wimany years of hard work and prays teady eye upon that goal beforebe real ized.

While in Korea I was able toof t he t hr ee orphanages sponsoredChristian Mission. I was amazed athey are able to feed the l arge norphans in these homes. These


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3MRS. KIKUCHI PASSES

March when Ti tu s Kikuchi vis i ted usto inspect th e repairs being made

h e c hu rc h p arso nag e preparatory to hi ss mov e i n as th e new pastor h e s eemedt roub le d a bout something. Finally he

us that his heart was s ad de ned b y t he irs d i sc lo s u re t h a t h is mo t h e r had canof th e throat. Since both his father (aca pt ai n) a nd only sister ha d died th e

the war ended his mother had livedhim an d th e main family responsibilityested on his young shoulders . His mother

a very quiet and uncomplaining perwa s no indication t ha t s he had an ymore than a s li gh t sore throat until

d it io n b e came so a dv an ced an d severean operation was beyond considera tionwhen they first visited th e doctor.s ev er al d oc to rs c on su lte d advised tha te ra tion would only be painful , disfigurweakening. So it was decided to usetreatments fo r a while and then letreturn from th e hospital to spend the

week s with th e family. Her remainingwas estimated at 6 months, but becauseW in general good h ealth fo r he r 65and because th e X-ray treatment wassuccessful, it was well over that.s he g ra dual ly g rew weake r and became

to ea t anything or to s le ep w it ho utthe sympathies of th e church peofriends and relatives were aroused andtook time for visits which she apprevery much.

Dec. 1, after about 2 weeks of anytimestrain, everyone knew that the endWhen Mrs. Kikush i heard the hymnsinging at the worship service in ther ium f rom her room in th e back of th e

Tokyo Christianpass food through her throat as sh e took th eemblems. Then sh e sang the Doxology in aclear voice and laid back to pa ss quie tlyaway

The next day th e body was c remated, andth e fol lowing day a l arge funeral service washeld at th e Nak an o c hu rc h. Afte r he r deaththey discovered some poems wri tt en dur ingher s ic kn es s whi ch were full of simple pat ience and fai th and l e f t a f ine Chris t iantestimony to he r rel at ives and friends. Sheha d been a faithful membe r o f th e SetagayaChurch of Christ fo r more th an 20 years.

We think Mrs. Kikushi was a good exampleof th e godly woman desc ribed in I Pet . 3:34,as the Japanese preacher who conducted theserv ice po in ted out to us .

Har ol d S im s

CHRISTMAS AT OUR HOUSEL ois S im s

This may sound like we do and think ofnothing fo r Vi of the year bu t Christmas,which wou ld be an exaggeration, but th e season always seems long, busy and very pleasan t to al l our family.

Our f ir st thoughts of Christmas come inOctober when we must shop for an d wrapsome gifts for th e home-folte to make sur ethey get there on time. Then in Novemberwe always spend a day or two in the pleasanttask of mailing Chris tmas cards to th e friendsin many parts of America and the world.

Early in December comes th e Christmasprogram at the Christian Academy. This yearHope and Sylvia sang in the large chorus,and Hope had to l ea rn the alto part. We hadlearned their songs very well before th e bignight because of the incessant prac tice athome. Perhaps even the bus and train conductors he ard th em singing on th e way toand from school each day.

Always after school is out we tr y to taketh e children to town to se e th e decorationsin the large department stores. The Japanesehave capi ta li zed on the commercial side ofChris tmas, and their artistic sense makesth e stores qui te b eaut if ul t o see.

On Dec. 22 t he re wer e Christmas programsat al l th e churches. Here at Nakano ou r classof middle-school ^rls presented 2 plays whichwer e wel l re ce iv ed by a rather large crowd.We had the Sunday School program in lateafternoon, an d then after giving th e childreng fts and sending them home 36 adul ts s tayedfor supper together and a candle service anda social meeting. There was 1 baptism an d1 addition by transfer to add to the joysof th e day.

Several days before Christmas we alsopacked boxes of food, used clothing, and afew toys for t he p reache r s families andsome of th e poor folks we know. The childrenenjoyed spending hours in the kitchen helping to decorat e cookies fo r these boxes, parties and our unexpected guests.Chri stmas Eve we gave a party at our homefor the Seminary students which was enjoyed

came in th e middle of th e n ig ht an dt he stre et by our house, but we wsoundly asleep to hear them.

Th e ch il dr en had been l is tening evto th e Amer ic an A rm ed F o rc es Stat iclaimed to be broadcasting directlyNorth Pole. On Chr is tmas Eve theyth e take-off of Santa s sled with verysound effects, and we noticed Jennigo gaze inte ntly ou t of th e windowfo r th e s le d g oi ng through th e sky.

Christmas morning you c an imagood time we all had with th e chilth e right ages to enjoy those s impleto th e fullest ext en t. A ll of us joining those who r emembe red u s inl ovel y ways.

The c hi ld re n w an t to have Chri stmday . Once a year is good enough, bualways glad to see the time come.

(Printers Note: D ue to a slup, we are not sure if this pture goes with this story or noWe will ru n it this way anthen make a c or re cti on n eiss ue if necessary.)

The custom in Japan is for allkeepers to give their main customerpresent at the beginning of th e newinvite their business again. We receivsoap, etc., f rom the meat-man, rice-mstore etc. Bu t th e top of them a ll c awhe n t he P os t Office girl gave us a nsoap. We are their best customers.


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3 KOREAN MEN BAPTIZEDDec. 15 three Korwin men wer e immer st the Nakano church. All of them hadsprinkled in infancy, bu t through studye Bible and several conversations theyconvinced that they should be immersedto th e Scripture teaching.

e f irs t on e is a Korean man about 50of age who had worked at various occuincluding a period of years as a Prespreacher in Korea and some timeect ed wi th th e und^ground governmentwhen th e peninsula was under Japa

control. He is a relative of the prea-of the Republic of Korea. For th e pastral years he has been working with th eof ROK sympathizing Koreansg in Japan. (The majori ty of those inincidentally, seem to s tand wit h th eKorean s ide) . But in time he grew tirede work wh ich se em ed a lm ost f ut il e a ndunsat is fying because of th e continuingof his count ry and th e practical im

of a solution in the near future.began to th ink about how his faith hadi ora te d d uri ng his absorption with afof th e world. He concluded that thesalvation fo r h is people wa s in th e gosof Christ, and also hi s own pur po se in

mus t be more in l in e w it h th e cause ofHe seems very zealous an d wants tomeetings in a part of Tokyo where therework among f te Koreans.e other two were younger men. Both ofare University students , one in Philosa nd th e other in Physics. One o f th esemen introduced th e older man to me.e rejoiced very much in the decision of

men, and ask your prayers fo r themth e sma ll wor k among the many Koreansin Japan.

Nov. 15, 1947 we set foot in Japan fo rfirst time, so we now have 10 years of

and w ill so on be known as veteranst least as fa r as time goes. Th e mission

of th e churches of Christ in th e Tokyohonored us wilth a large decorated cake

ne of th e semi-monthly prayer meetings,th e Bible Seminary students ha d a special

foreigner s favorite Japanese dishand program to mark th e day. We

thankful fo r th e many lessons learnmade, Chr is t s sustaining presenceus and countless other blessings from

^Harold and L ois S im s

i ng Thanksg iv ing week-end a shortmeeting was held a t th e little

in Abiko, which is a sma ll town aboutUes outside of Tokyo. The attendance

19. Thi s sounds small, but becauseover expectations it was very encour

to the preacher and th e few ChristiansThere was one confession and bapand five others signified a desire to

Tokyo Christian

THE L AS T D ECA DE

. The great post-war resurgence of missionary interest inWest er n c hu rc he s was also fe l tamong th e Chui ches of Christand Ch ri st ia n Chur ch es

Japan received a majo r shareof mis sionary i nt ere st. Manyfo rmer serv icemen re turned fo ra bigger type of service . Therear e today 45 Japanese missionaries , di rec ty s up po rte d. T heyare located a t Obihiro and Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo , Nagoya,Osaka, Hirakata, Tanabe, Kut-sugi, Shikoku, Kaagoshima, Ka-noya, and Nishinomote on Ta -negashima.

Fo r purposes o f suppo rt an dgeographical identification th emissionaries by groups selectedthese individual mission names :

1 Chrueh of Chr is t, Cunningham Miaaon 2) Christian Miss ionary Fel lowship 3) Christian Radio Mission 4) HokkaidoChristian Mission 5) JapaneseChristian Mission 6) KyushuChristian Mission 7 ) M iss io n toJapan 8 Maebashi ChristianMission 9) Nagoya Chr is ti anMission 10) Osaka .ChristianMission 11) Shikoku Church ofChristian Mission 12 ) TanabeChristian Mis sio n 1 3) TohokuKural Evangelism.Of the missionaries 16 areat the Tokyo and Osaka BibleSeminaries, Here the Bible is

th e chief textbook. Indigenouschurch principles are taught,though we claim no more su ccess in b rin gi ng th em aboutthan others

Fifteen miss ionaries work incities or are in language study;14 are in rural or village evangelism and one in r ad io evangelism.

From J ap an es e Har ve st

FROM THE MAIL BAGWe r ec ei ve d quite a few Christmas cards,and we appreciat ed very much the personalwords of encouragement added to many ofthem. Also w e app reciat e the notes that oftenaccompany offerings, although we seldom acknowledge them. Here ar e some quotations

from th e re ce nt mail :

We read the Tokyo Christian and enjoyhearing of the work done in Japan. Wish

W e trust your work in Tokyo isou t and that-there may be-receptfo r th e gospel.Just a word to le t you know wforgotten you. We hope your familand you ar e able to continue dn yo

there

May God guide, protect an d pyou.

To say we app re ci at e th e workdoing and that we are praying thatbless and keep you an d give youfo r al l you do fo r Him.The missionary class of th e CChi-ist . . . ha d the opportunity t

slides on Sims in Jap an in our lasand we enjoyed them ve ry much.is a. small gift to help in promotinpe l to these people.I do think of them often andthem, fo r I realize th e work getsing and hard. I think it is that wath e world. Materia l th ings get sucon people that s pi ri tu al th ings dofirst as they should especially duday seasons. Thank God fo r thosedoing His will and way during th

tmes. God has H is f ai th fu l chi ldreth e world doing what they can, andcon ta ct w it h t he se dear ones bringgladness.

I am enclosing a check . from tWe ar e deeply apprecia tive of tmissionaries and th e work they arethe cause o f Chris t .

Tokyo Bible Semi1C0R.|:2

H oldi ng f or th the Word Serving Churches of Chin Japan God-fearing faculty Conscientious in stewards your mission p ro ject in JWhe r e a LiHie InvesfPays Big Dividends

Tra ined You thAddress correspondence to :TOKYO BIBLE SEMINARY


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Tokyo Chr i s t i anGo ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature/ Mark 16:1557 Kimberlin Heights Tennessee Spring 1958 NumPAUL BUTTRAY

SON GRADUATESJune, our so n Paul will graduate fromState Universi ty with a B. S. degree in

s A dm i n is t ra ti o n. W e wan t to tak eportun it y to thank each one of you

who ha ve d ire ct ly or indirectlyin an y way to make h is educat ion aYour special in teres t a nd kin dn es sth e years are deeply appricated.

P au l B u tt ra yo f p re sen t business cond it ions, it

logical that the prospect of immediatea job is no t too promising. However,that God doe s p rov id e for His own,al l things work togethe r for good to

th at love Him an d are called accord ings purpose.

we sa y thank yo u fo r y ou r prayers ,per sona l int er es t, an d f inan ic al help inf o f ou r son.

S ta nl ey a nd Mabel Buuttray

sle y Walk er s mother and wife froma id o wer e v is it or s in Tokyo fo r a fewp rio r to th e annual Al l Japan Christiant ion in April.

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Pat tons N ow Home

Mr. and Mrs. Patton and family leaving on the USS President Cleveland.Griffith was also on the same ship on her way to Honolulu. Guen is on the left.Pa t t o n is in th e c en te r

THE POWER OF THEPRINTED PAGE

In scattering t he Pr in ted Page, we liberatethis t ledown laden with Precious Seed, whi ch ,blown by the winds of the Spirit, floats overth e wor l d .

THE PRINTED PAG E n ev er tire s or growsdisheartened it never finches and never showscowardice: it is never t empt ed to compromise,it t ravel s cheap ly and requ ires no hired hall:it works long after we ar e dead.

THE PRIN TED PAGE is a v is it or w hi chgets inside the home and stays there: it a lw ay scatches a man in the r igh t mood, for i t speaksto him only when he is reading it , it alwayss ti ck s t o w ha t it sa ys a nd n ev er a nswe rs back,and it is bai t left permanent ly in the pool.

THE PRINTED PAGE is deathless: yo u candestroy one bu t th e press can produce millionsmore, as often as it is mar ty re d i t is raisedagainthe ripple started by the given tractc an w id en down th e centuries unti l i t reachesT h e Grea t Whi te Th ron e.

STATEMENT ON THE CLOSINTOKYO BIBLE SEMINAR

It h as be en about 10 years since thspicuous ye t honefiil beginning oBible Seminary. The school has hadinteresting and varied his tor y andenjoyed and profited by our time s pework. We bel iev e that much good hdone .From fh e star t what we l ac kr ii in e xand ability was at l east par tial ly mazeal and vision, fo r we were convinceimportance and necessity of a semit ra in ing Japanese leade rs . In th e paation th e Chu rche s o f Christ in Amerbeen oni.standingly successful in desummer Christ ian camps and Bible Codifferent areas, and these have bpractical and good means of strengthemovement with dedi ted leaderrevived th e churches. Na tu ra ll y the mie s tended t o bel ieve in th e Bible Colhod .


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THE TOKYO CHR IST IANblished quarterly by the Missionaries oi theof Christ Cun^gnam Mission, Tokyo, Japan,information and Gispiration of every Christianhe^ is open to the ccdl of Christ, and who isto help in the supreme task of carrying out theCommiss ion oi Christ: Matthew 28:19, 20.

as s econd c la ss matter in the Knoxville,Poatoffice under the act of March 3, 879Subscriptionand Flaming Torch ^0 cents81.00

MISSION STAFFand Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,

Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.agent: Mrs. Homer Anderson,. 1, Meadville, Pa .. and Mrs. And rew Pat to n ,address same as ForwardingMr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt. 3 BoxPiqua, Ohio.and Mrs. Harold Sims, 450 Aral Machi,Tokyo, J apan . Forwa rd ing agent:Sims, Alexandria, Kentucky.

for Japan should be sent direct by parcelo one of the missionaries whose addresses ar eab ov e. C on sult y ou r lo cal postoffico concerningg rules an d limitations of siz e an d weightyou chang e your ad dr ess pl ease notify H. L.Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee, giving bothld and your new oddress. If you make on offer1.00 or more you are en tit led to rece ive thisif you so r equest . Chu rche s or groups making ang oi 10.00 or more may request a bundle of 10for distribution.

SEMINARY STATEMENT(Con ti nued f rom Page 1)we do n ot h old to such a traditionedient for it s own sake. We have beenng about th e future of Tokyo Biblefo r th e pas t 10 years, and especiallye past 2 years; and have now reached aimportant decision about which we feelould inform th e graduates, s tudents andWE HAVE DECIDED TO CEASEOF THE SCHOOL FROM

H 3 , 1958.Combi na ti on o f c ir cumst an c es and conconcerning evangelistic methods h asus to this step after long considerWe believe the re is su ff ic i en t r eason,we shall attempt t o exp la in briefly, andf ul l r es pons ib il it y f or this decision

others leading up to it . Bu t we also bethat th e Holy Spirit has been leading andthis is what God wou ld h ave us do .a ll humil it y before God and man , recogour failures, we first in honesty andconscience must deny certain reasonshave bee n imagined.do n ot a dm it f ai lu re . I t is tr ue th at theof s tu d en ts h as declined, but this isy because we have made th e stan dard sentrance requirements higher, and bewe do no t guarantee financial support . Ifcondi t ions had been di f fe ren t w e cou ldha d at least 6 new s tude nt s last April.

believe tha t the present quality of ins-and spiritual l ife in the school iswe have ever had .e do no t give up because the school ha sboycotted by th e Tokyo Bokushi ka i

Tokyo ChristianNeither do we quit because we believe thata Bible Seminary is sinful or anti-scriptural.The reason is simply that we have come tot hi nk t ha t a Bible Seminary and it s accompanying system is not the best method of building undenominational primitive Christianityin Japan at th e present time.What is th e accompanying system that

fits in with a Bible Seminary? I t is what wemight cal l the salaried pastor plan, or perhapsdenominationalism. A Semina ry i s a necessarypart of the regular denomination's organization. Graduat ion from the recogn ized schoolis tantamount to a g u a r a n t e e of life-timeemployment. The headquarter s take th e responsibility fo r placing each man and seeingthat he ha s a living. On th e other hand anyonewho ha s no t gone to school is not consideredqualified to be a pastor.Of course ou r Seminar ies in Amer ic a mak eno guarantee fo r placing their graduates, bu t

we do have h un dr ed s o f churches financiallyable to employ a full-time preacher, an dthey absorb th e Seminary graduates. I n J ap anwe have very few, if even one, churches thatare abl e t o pa y a preacher a living wage, andwe have no deminational headquarters tohandle such matters .So t he re a re 2 o the r al ternat ives . The onethat has be en followed mos tl y i s that on e of

th e missionaries taken each g ra duat e unde rh' s wing, supports h im and d ir ec ts in th e iwork.From the mis si on ary's v iewpoin t t hi s s eemsa ll r ight , a lt hough mos t wou ld feel that thisis no t th e ideal way and is something less thanindidenous principles. The Japanese in thiss it ua ti on u su al ly f ee ls at the mercy of th emissionary and , v er y often ha s only a vagueunderstanding of hi s r l tionship to th emiss ionary who gives him some freedom butstill holds th e purse strings.The other alternative is fo r the Japanesepreachers to ge t some j ob for their livelihoodan d evangelize in their free time. But f or t hi sou r Seminary gives l it tl e he lp- they have no

trade an d their diploma is a lmos t va lue les s ingetting a job. If we ar e goi ng t o put th em o nthe i r own a t th e end of the course i t woulds eem more k ind to th e students to le t them goto an accredited college or work at learningsome trad e in th e day-time instead o f a tt en din g full-time at the Sem inary. O f c ou rs e thisis no t to deny th bene fi ts o f Bible t rain ing ,fo r example, in a night course. Something ofthis nature is being defintely planned.Perhaps we have placed unneccessary bur

dens on the Christians in Japan by imposingth e full-time worker system prematurely. Themain thing is to build up full-grown Christian s in whatever calling they may be found an dle t t h em con ti n u e in i t T h is i s th e New Testament way. More empha si s n ee ds t o be put onBible training and evange li sm f or eve ry singleChristian. When men of leadership ar e foundthey will naturally rise to the top and whenth e t ime comes th e bel ievers will ins is t tha tthey give their full time to the work and paythem accor ding ly . O f co urse w e are no t opposed to anyone d ev otin g h is w ho le life-timeto evangel ism. Such men are always neededand should be prayed fo r and encouraged.But we bel ieve the re is a l imit to wha t shouldbe done with f or ei gn funds alone. Rightlyunders tood we believe tha t this decis ion wil l

Finally we wish to add that we dtend any offense or opposition to oSeminary in Osaka. This is a questiohod whic h e ac h must decide in freelove for Christ and e ac h o th er . Godbless a ll and i t is our prayer that he wabundantly. (Signed) Andre

HaMashah

Yoi

BUTTRAY STATEMENTConcerning the statement of the cthe Tokyo Bible Seminary found in t

I do no t concu r Stanley Buttra

ITAGAKI'S INFANT SON DOne would need to k now th e youngat Kashiwa (Peter Y. Itagaki) andto fully understand ou r shock and saon hearing of t he sudden dea th of t

s ix-month-old son. They ar e b othfaith an d conviction, engaged in apioneer evangel ism effort that seeself-supporting from th e s ta rt . Thi s bperfectly matched couple made an eChris t ian home radiating love an d joth e who le h ew hou si ng devel opmentthey ar e located. Al l their friends abo rs sm iled during their monthsantiaipation of the baby's a rr ival andwith th em w he n a s t rong and beauboy wa s b orn . W e t hough t o f ten of hna te the li t t le one was to be b o rn i nloving home.But although it was diff icult t o uit wa s nevertheless true that th e littl

gone. Th e doctors did all they couldied of dehydration following ei therfl u or dysentery.The funer al was held Jan. 23 witcrowd of f r iends an d neighbors in atOnly a f ew cou ld g et in to th e sm allmost stood outside in the cold wind ds imple se rvice . The re wer e 2 sincemessages, and Jesus Loves Me wa s suwhole congregation as th e tears roleach p er so n p r es en t l ai d a flower inand th e l id n ai le d shut The s er vi cepleted at th e crematory.To me the unforgetable impressiwhole d ay was the living, calm anfaith of this young couple, who in tyet firmly believed an d confessed Geousness an d love an d gave thanks fmonths of blessing and joy and thes ee ing h im again. I hope that manyneighbors were impressed in th e sSurely they were, because th e testimvery obvious and forced it s way intoBlessed ar e these few among th ehere. Their hope cl in gs not to ththread of human life, but t o Chr is t w

is real and e te rna l life.Ha r

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3THEY MAY KNOW THE TRUTHrder that th e people in this neighbor-might come to a better understandingmeaning of Chris tmas, I went from toto house placing a Christmas story

in each m ai l b ox and to those people 1personally encouraged to read the trac tAlso taking advantage of the New yea rsI again r epeated the process using antra ct fo r the occasion.then I have h ad bui lt a 4 ft . by 6 ft .bul le ti n boa rd and had i t erectede v acan t lo t n e x t to o u r h o u se w h e r eth e pre-war K a m i o c h i a i Church of

T h u s f a r I h av e u se d f ou r d if fe re nts i l lus tra ting simply such texts as John3:16; Matthew 11:28. Pray w ith us thatbr ing fo rt h fruit from t he hundr ed save already read t he se Gem t ru th s.p os te rs are in th e process of beingMy hope is to put up a new poster ato nc e a m o n t hare also cons idering changing ou r car-though small, into a place fo r teachingSchool and Bible Classes. The u lt ima teto reestablish a church in this locationbu il d a p lace to meet where the pre-war

s toodwe h av e a man translating te n sermonsZ. T. Sweeney's New Testament Christiwhich I hope will be ready fo r publithis summer. Translating and checkingll going on for th e two books. The

i an Sys tem an d On th e Rock. For theof 1500 copies of e ac h o f th es e books,cost approximately 1000.00 pe r publiOf the 520.50 received f or p ri nt in gth e past three years, more than half ha sused for translation work. Therefore,these needs as you bring your t ithesinto the storehouse.

GRADUATIONfinal g radua ti on excercises of TokyoSeminary were h e l d at th e Seminaryon March 3, 1958. This was th e conevent in th e ten-year history of th es ince it was decided to cease th e oper

o f th e school f ro m t h a t t imeen t s were g rant ed Bachelor o fLitera ture degree by th e Seminary an dr eceived cer ti fi ca te s showing th e comof a four-year course of s tudy, leavingfour o th er s tu de nts i n the school. Thishe r w ith the fact th at there were noects of any new s tu dent s f or this yearfactor which helped us to m ake the deto discont nue operation of TokyoSeminary after March 1958. The studentsdi d no t graduate or finish th e four-yearwere given cer ti f ica tes indica t ing theof years of s tu dy th ey h ad successfulin the Seminary.

Ishimine and Yu ji ro It o were g rant ede lo r o f S ac re d Literature degr ee s; HideoGoro Hara, and Mr. Sugiura werec e r t i f i c a t e s showing th e successfulof ou r four-year Bible course; Mr.and Mr. Yamamoto r ec ei ve d t hr ee -certificates and Mr. Nakata a two-yea r

Tokyo Chris tianhelp those students gain access into othercolleges or universi t ies . Owing to the fact thatthousands of youth ar e rejected by th e schoolso f h ig he r education in Japan every year , i t isvery difficult for a young person, who hasbeen put of high school long enou^ to h vebecome unfamil ia r wi th th e sujects of general culture and who ha s spent two or threeyears in a Bible College, to gain admittanceinto a col lege . Two of our students failedth e rigorous entrance examination fo r Intern at io na l Chr is ti an Unive rs it y an d another,after being rejected by Tamagaya University, took th e examinat ion for entrance intoMeiji University and passed. Each of theseyouth intend to devote their lives to th eChristian minis try when they have preparedthemselves fo r that important task.

Chozo Ishimine is a n at iv e o f Miyakojima,Ryukyu Islands. He learned English on Okinawa and t he re h e came in conta ct wi th missionary Mel Huckins who converted him to th eChristian faith an d employed him as hi s interpreter. Mr. Huckins sent Chozo to TokyoBible Seminary in 1954 and supported himduring t he g re at er part of th e time that hewas i n th at school. During his school days Mr.I sh imine served as a part-time in terpreter forthe Sieminary. After his graduat ion Mr. Ishimine r et ur ned to Okinawa where he is teaching in Nago English School and is preachingthe Gospel as he has opportunity.

Yujiro Ito was born, reared, and went toschool in Tokyo. He entered Tokyo BibleSeminary in 1951, transferred to another seminary in 1953, and returned to TBS in 1955. Toenable him to follow th e occupation of a publicschool teacher while he preaches he ha sentered Meiji University of Tokyo fo r ateacher-training course. His parents havepromised to support him while he is in schooLHideo Fukuda h as s ecur ed a position in apaper shop in -order to support himself untilhe can reach some conclusion as to whetherhe should be a public proclaimer of the (lOspelor not. Goro Hara .has also secured secularemployment and he also has not fully madeup his mind as to the phase of Christian service^hich he should enter. Mr. Sugiura withdrew from Tokoyo Bible Seminary in 1957 because his mother was il l and unable to workand-he was th o only p e r s o n on- whom-^she -could depend for a livelihood. He already had -

received enough credits in the Seminary, how-ever, to enable us to give him a certificatefrom the s c h o o l indicating the success-f-.l completion of our four-year course inChrist ian Education. His mother s health hasimproved enabling him to give up his job andhe hones to spend a year or two in personalstudy before entering some fruitful field ofevangelism. Mr. Yamamato and Mr. Nakataboth faile d the entrance examination fo rInternational Christian University of Tokyoand will spend one year in prepara tion forentering some university next spring. Mr. Nashiro has returned to Okinawa to work withmissionary Carl Fish who sent him to schooland supported him while he was in the Semina r y

Thus ended th e f inal phase of the historyof Tokyo Bible Seminary. We spent ten

epoch in th e history of th e work of th eof Christ Cunningham Mission. To oua te s a nd former s tudents we presentgering challenge of an unevangelizeTo those who have upheld us by theirand o ff er ings dur ing the past te n ygive our thanks and we wish you to Imt hi s wor k of ith and l a b o r of l opatience of hope has not been in vaijLiord. For we ar e confident t ha t H e wa good work in the graduates andstudents of Tokyo Bible Seminaryform it until the day of ou r Lord Jesu

nd re

BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAYApril 8th is celebrated by the JapBuddha s birthday. On this day specia

were held at various shrines througland and thousands of people madeffort to vis it these places to worshipOn that afternoon as I was returningdiscovered that th e sidewalks in fronhome as well a s another main street ablock away were literally lined with tof people (especially young men betages 01 16 and 25). Being Buddha sI. thought they were worshipping at sdhist temple near by. But accordneighbor they were Shintoists (worsthe Emperor) waiting for the hearsby. with the remains of some higpriest. Two or three. feet apa rt thesstood waiting for hours. That wasthat t he Scr ip tu re pos te rs on my ntin, boa rd were well read., The. people were kept notifiedapproximate time the hearse wouldSo .that, when the appointed time cere -aliwith prayer beads in hand fway from which the car came. As t hein s ight they in unison bowed theirprayer, at the same t ime rolling thebeads in their hands. As th e car pthey ,all turned (heads s ti ll bowed inin th e direction of th e departing ccontinued praying for about two minugradually they stopped and s ta rtedway home, hardly saying a word.The above example is typical of theSfof^be people .of Japan , and onlyTr remind me of th e fact that next

missionaries, and Japanese Christiansbrate th e hundredth anniversary oturn of missionaries and Christianiw e r ea li ze that of th e 90 mil li on pJapan o n ly one-half of one p e r cChristian of any kind, and that ont h o u s a n d ar e simply N ew TChr is ti an s. And yet , s ur el y t he fewwho have no t r e tu rned and bowed doto the Gods of J apan a re precious ino f J eh ov ah

Pray that God wi ll bring forth oupeop le a great harvest of souls in tdays.

The Bert Ell is f amily on their wayKorea, to work with th e Alex Bills


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Household Baptizedof you readers have a lready seen th e

(picture in Horizons Magazine, an d knowentire family was baptized on Feb. 16unusual case o f hous eho ld baptism . InI would like t o give a little backto this story. Needless to say we ar eencouraged by an d thankful fo r this

M ik aw as hi ma c hu rc h where we haves in ce coming to Japan, is one of asmall number of churches serving th eKoreans living in Japan. The onlyon e in Tokyo is t he C en tr al Church,is suppo rt ed by th e Uni te d Chu rch o fThen there ar e s everal p reach ingin certain districts where l arge numbe rs

a re foundday one of t he Chr is ti an Korean youngbrought to my hou se a man of about 50who had been working several years fo rtical organization of Koreans in Japanto South Korea. He is a cusianiof Pres. Sygman of ROK and hade xp er ie nc e as a la y- pr ea ch er a s well ass p ol it ic al offices. The man told med become discouraged with hi s politicalt ie s a n d c on fl ic ts and also fel t he hadfa r f rom Chr is t. He wanted to spendf e fo r more use fu l purpose, and felt hebest serve h is count ry by serving Christas the only hope fo r Korea. After sever

visits he decided to dedicate his l i feri st anew and wa s immer sed he r e in th echurch in December.

he w a n t e d to start a newing point in the Shinagawa district ofTokyo where great numbers o f Koreansnd there is no church for them of anyI was a little skeptical of his ability tod also of the possibilities but agreed to

go with him to a meeting in th e home of oneof hi s f r iends in the area . I t was the hom e oft he R he e family pictured above.

We p ark ed th e car that ra in y mornin g o nth e nearest paved street an d then walked somedistance through narrowing, muddy alleys be tween crowded an d shabby tenements. Soon ween te re d o n e door, slipped out of our shoes an dthrough a l on g dark corridor and up th e stairsto the one room with it s low ceiling and onewin ow through whi h they had acc^s to theroof that served as their porch. Yet I was imp re ss ed w it h th e s tr en gt h o f c ha ra ct er displayed in t hi s very crowded home. There werescriptures quotations papered o ver th e cracksin th e walls. The Bible and hymna l were wellused. The children w ere polite an d clean. Ilearned that they had once been rather prosperous, bu t ha d lost everything i n t rading ventures and were now doing whatever work theycould find. It was largely because of mymeeting t hi s family and th e good impressionthey m ade on me that we decided to furnishthe necessary funds fo r renting a hall andbeginning an evangel is ti c effort in that area.We began services on the second Sunday ofJanuary in a rented public hall in th e area.The m an who red ed icated h is life an d ask edus to beg in work there ha s proved to be azealous worker, and the attendance averagesabout 15 adu lts and 6 or 7 chi ld ren eve rySunday. T he first re su lts of the effort therewere th e Rhee family. The mo th er an d fatherhad been sprinkl ed, but when they decidedto be im m er se d a ll of th e c hil dr en decidedwith them. It was a day of rejoicing for all ofth em . We b elie ve they wil l become th e nucleus for a s tr ong church in th at section of Tokyo one of these days.

Haro ld Sims

THE KYUSHU CONVENTIOThis yea r t he conventions were hesou thern end of Japan-Kagoshima p

on th e island of Kyushu. S ince th eApril 1-5 corresponded to the springat Christian Academy and l angu agHope and Sylvi a and Lois were ableo f c ou rs e J onni e a nd Bobble ar e alwable fo r a trip on the choo-choo traitook th e whole family.In Japan there are third-class sleeif you ar e lucky enough to ge t resth ey make traveling fairly inexpenenjoyable. The bunks ar e narrow, thclose together and so short I had to smy head in the luggage rack but itting up al l n ight a nd th ere are nohere who might poke their heads in athey were looking at a jumbo sandwireaso nab ly safe. R iding down fromwith us in our shelf-car were also Graham, and Mrs. O li ve Walker and MrsWalker an d little so n from HokkaidoTokyo late Monday a ft ernoon and aKagoshima the following evening. Warrived at th e small ferry dock inrain-me an d 3 small boys, a nd a ll th osan d 20 suitcases-we created quite a sThere was an Amer ic an g ir l down thsightseeing trip who was going tobay on the same ferry with us. Shewould surely never s ee ano ther suchall her travelsWe arrived on the other s id e o f th ewere me t by Mark Maxey and taken(I am presuming on this word becauan hour-long, bumpy and windingroad) to th e J ap an es e hot el whe revention was just ending the firstsession. We wer e soon b at he d i n t he hand a sl eep on th e straw-mat floor. Wall day was spent in various discussfellowship with the Japanese brethra ll ove r Japan and listening to sermonwe re about 120 present-perhaps mhalf of them from th e local prefectuthere ar e several strong churches.morning I preached th e closing sermoconvention. Unfortunately there wtinual rain an d we could n ot enjo y tl en t s cene ry the ho te l was suppos ed toI t w as b eside a beaut i ful bay andtowering active volcano, but al l weclouds

Following th e n in th J ap anes e coall of th e missionaries traveled to thKanoya b y c ha rte re d b us f or our ownwhich continued through Friday anday. We enjo ye d th e stimulating disth e inspirational singing, good messaMaxey hospitality and other things, ahome e nc ou ra ge d a nd s tr en gt he ne d

We stayed over in Kanoya fo r Sund6. I attended sunrise services at tcolony nea r t he re an d then preachedDea th to L if e to a packed church that

We have a very good group of misin Japan: welded together by th e f ir esrea l iza t ion o f o u r w ea kn es s a nd t h eChris t

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Tokyo C h r i s t i a nGo ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

5 8 Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee, Summer, 1958 N u

SUMMER ACTIVITIESby Loi s S ims

Summer ha s rolled a round again andof yo u f r iends in A me ric a a re busy

n g i n DVBS, preparing lessons fo r cam por listen.ng to th e W ord of Go d beingin a practical way to be used after

re turn home from a week in C hr .s ii anCamp. How good it is to have a fe w

of the year se t a side for stud y of Gou'sof us here in Japan have had

to have part in DVBS and camps

Daily Vaca ti on B ib le School(picture th e 4 Sims ch ild ren s tand inga ca rdboa rd s ai lo r girl which Sylviaas a prize for memory work. It ha dusgd-Jo adyfirtise Lhe_scJiool.)This June ou r who le f am ily went to

for 2 weeks. Many missionaries he pe American Armed Forces Chape l Centerand early this spring a call for

teachers went out, so I acceptedto le ad t he s ing ing an d teach a class

e Primary Department. The themefor the school th is year was SailingCh.isL, an d th e Chapel artist made veiy

decorations fo r each department7.ore then given to th e children asds for memoriz ing the Bibl e v ers es (s ee

There w ere ab ou t 75 o r 80 In th eDept., both Armed Forces, m.ssionary civilian children,

was in charge of th e hand-workinging in the Intermediate Dept. Thosewere treated to a boat-ride in Tokyoas a reward tor th eir achievements.was in the Junior Dept., Jonnie in th e

During th e past year my Ladies BibleClass met with th e larger group from th enearby Mabashi c hu rc h o f Chr is t 2 or 3 times,an d s ev era l of them spoke of how nice itwould be to have a short summer camptogether. Miss Grace Farnham, missionaryat Mabashi, a nd th e Julius Fleenor f amily owna ho use in th e m ou ntains ab ou t 3 hours t r a nr ide f rom Tokyo, and they graciously consented to le t th e ladies group use th e house fo ra few days of rest and study.

Women 's camp. ( Pi ct ur eLady Campe rs OnTh e Mountain-Top

Of course it is n ot e asy f or th ese moth erso f l arg e families to tak e se vera l days of v a:a-tion, but all hoped they 'would be able to gowhen the tim e came. Last Sept. they beganputting aside 100 yen (28c) a piece eachmonth after th e regular meet.'ng and o ff er in gin Christmas club style, so that when th etim e came th ey would be able to go. Naturally plans were gone over in great de tail inorder to make eve ry thing as c he ap a nd interesting as possible.

Japan is no t a Chris t ian counthat th os e p ro fe ss in g Christianitstitute a rather small minority of ipopulation. But the fact is bdispute t hat J apane se Chiistianshfollowers as well as outstanding lof th e faithhave made s ignal cotions to the social progress and spuplift of th e nation, weilding a pomora l i nf lu ence out of a ll p ropor tth eir nu mbers th ro ug h th eir exemconduct, their piety^ their spirit of san d helpfulness.

Prime Minister of Japan NoK ish i a t th e opening session of thWorld Conv en ti on o n C h r is t ia n E d umee ti ng i n Tokyo August 6, 1958.

NNOUN EME

Mr. a n d Mrs. A n d r e w P a t t e n at he b ir th of t he ir t hi rd child, a son,on July 8, 1958. He h as b een name


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E R A CT IV IT IE S, Con tUnfortunately when the tim e came some

th e w o m e n found i t impossible to go beof f a m i l y r e s p o n si b i l it i e s, a n d w e w e re

d i sa p po i nt ed . H o w e v e r we h a d 5 froma n d 9 f r o m M a b a s h i c hu r c h i n a t

d an ce. T he y a rr iv ed fr om T ok yo o n Tuesa ft er no o n a n d rented s le ep in g m at s f ro mo cal dealer. T h a t night we h a d a c h a l

mes s age b y Miss Corrie T e n B o o m, aD u t c h C h r i st i an w ho h as w r i t t e n m a n y

an d traveled widely telling of h e rr ie nc es i n Nazi prison camps. Th e fo lmorning I b r o u g h t t he d e vo t io n al messAfter some d is cu ss io n a l l w e n t to a hot-

n g a nd di d some other sight-seeing. Th a twe ha d another message b y Miss Te nan d th e following morning Mrs. Fleenor

A fter th at we climbed th e n ea rb yu ntain . L ate t h a t a f t e r n o o n th e l a d i e s w e n tk to Tokyo.

Ou r family rented a h ot el room n ea rby ,H ar ol d se rv ed a s b ab y- si tt er w hi le I helpwith th e ladies c am p. W e a ll h ad a wondertime, an d hope to have a s im i la r p r og r amy e a r .

E va ng eli st ic m ee ti ng s w er e h el d a t th ec h u r c h J u n e 15-22 a n d A b i k o c h u r c h13-22 at which several of th e missionaries

T h e a t t e n d a n c e w a s a ve ra ge o r ab o v em any new p ro sp ec ts w er e c on ta cte d in

t h m ee ti ng s. This is often th e principalof s pecial m ee tin gs i n J a p a n .

Both Mr . a n d Mrs. Kikuchi, m i n i s t e r i n gNakano, have been w arn ed b y th e doctorst s to ma ch uclers . L e t u s p r a y fo r t h e i r

Tokyo ChristianDOWNEYS TO OKINAWA,

HAMMONDS TO TOKYOMr . an d Mrs. Gerald Downey an d their2 l it tl e d au gh te rs l e ft Tokyo July 19 to returnto their work in Okinawa after 18 monthsof language study. We ar e thankful for and

proud of their accomplishments in the language, an d also hav e be en glad to have theirfellowship these months. Our p ray er s ar ewith them as they go to their c ho se n f ie ldof service, that God may lead them in Hisw o n d e r f u l way.

W e h a d b een wondering w h a t we woulddo with th e W a k ab a -c h o m i s s io n a ry residenceafter Downeys vacated, because we knew oino ne w missionaries wh o might b e i n te r e st e d .B ut a bo ut t he f ir st o f July, as Downeys w e r ebeginning to pack their belongings, we re ce i ve da n i n qu i ry from t h e H am m on ds wh o h av e b ee nharvesting souls on a little island of f t he s ou thend of Kyushu. Because a n ew Japanesem i n is te r a n d h is b r i d e h a d b e e n c al le d t o l e a din th e work there t he y f el t th e ti me f or somemore advanced language study ha d come.

W he n t he y f ou nd th a t t he h o us e wa s available they rushed preparations an d arrivedin Tokyo fo r th e s u m m e r s es s ion a t th elanguage school. T he y b ou gh t some thingsfrom Downeys, and everything down to th edetails worked so moothy t h a t H a m m o n d sbaggage arrived ju s t in t ime so Downeysc o u ld u s e H a m m o n d s s t o v e a n d b e d s f o r afew days after theirs ha d been packed an ds e n t

Go d works a ll t o g e t h e r fo r good , as thissimple, every-day incident shows.

PT he ef fects of being born andup in Japan are sometimes evidenchildren s play. Fo r instance, th e otthey invited us up to their roomdrama which they ha d been p la nseveral days. It proved to be a 9 ac or tragedysometimes there is only

line between) f or w hic h th e m ain p rJapanese tea set. The mistress (Hoped in 2 o r 3 of Lois discards) wa t 9 different times between first wabed-time, and each time sh e askedto serve her tea. Sylvia, dressed inwedding veil, was th e maid. Jonniecourt jester, so he wore Hope s s kcape, and strove to make th e mistreFinally in th e l as t scene t he r eq ue scoffee, because sh e ha d drunk too mBobby was a most en thusi as ti c specthought it was a howling success. In a m e d

On July 20 Mr. Rhee Sung Wordained as eld e r we prefer) o r pprefers) of th e Slilnagawa ChurchHe h as b een leading in this workbeginning last December an d both h12 m em b er s r eq ue st ed that he beso they could be a regular churchFleenor preached th e s er m on a nd H agave t he c ha rg e a nd th ey both laidT h e r e w as a c ro wd o f 50 o r 60 , a n dfrom many other of Mr. R he e s f r ieing h im well in h is n ew life an d wothe service a n in fo rm al m e e tinga t w hich m ost of th e people m a dein Oriental fashion. Many of th ewere non-Chris tians y e t gave r e a l exto h i m .

Mabel B uttr ay s T hu rs da y n ig ht E ng lis h Bible Class


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3ACT I V I T I E S

Ândrew Pa t tonyouth at one of th e camps I visited

p ra ye d t hu s: Lord, w e thankr th e rain, but don t yo u think yo u havei t? The f ir st t hr ee months of ou r

h h av e been crammed into tha t shortwe are now wondering if we haven ti t.ou r arrival in Piqua, Ohio on April

have b een staying at the home of ouring agents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Arm-, Bet ty s parents. April 29th I leftn f or Michigan City, Indiana to attend

Rally sponsored by t he b re thf Fi rs t Chris t ian Church. B oth hom er eign missionaries participated in th eand exhibits representing their field

4th we visited the^ Sexton churchIndiana. TT is church has beenin supporting our work since th e timefor t hem f ive yea rs ago. When weneed of travel funds to bring us hometh e Sexton church a lone rai sedhalf of th e funds needed. There weth e homecoming they h ad plannedAfter t he morning service a deliciousmeal was served. In the afternoon

owed s li de s of our work in Japan an dour items we had on display.y 11th we visited t he c hu rc h at Piqua,This church has supported Betty since

of her missionary activities,1949. Both mornn g a nd evening

were given to us to present th e worksage , song, sldies an d display. We hadmet with th e Piqua brethren on Apr ile day we arrived home. What a wondtime of fellowship we had meeting ourand new friends and fai th fu l sup

s o nc e again.th e evening of May 18th we met with

Ohio church who has supme for the past ten years. Time wasto do al l th e visiting with th es ewe wanted to do. On May 19thLee and I lef t fo r North Carol ina

two weeks with my parents. WePiniia-on, Mav-29th to prepa re fo rcamp activities.

on the morning of June 6th I se tth e first leg of a long journey. Th eary group of the Webber Street church,a , I ll ino is invited me to speak to them

evening. This was on my way to myamp in Iowa. I met many f ine peo plec h r ch and enjoyed the r fellowship.in Urbana I enjoyed th e generousof Mr. an d Mrs. Horace Mullikan.he next day I drove nearly 500 miles

Iowa where a former schoolmate,Stacy, ministers. Bob serves as camp

fo r Central Iowa Bible C amp whic hme to serve as missionary during

week. I had f el lowship w ith th eat Scranton al l day on th e Lord sd enjoyed their interest in the evangeo f Japan . On Monday morning we

Tokyo Christianspeaker during the week. Thursday afternoonI sh owed s li de s to the Ladies Missionarygroup at th e South Side Church, Des Moines.Aft er t he wonde rful expe ri en ces o f the weekat camp w ere ended I j ou rn ey ed t o GreenBay, Wiscon sin. On th e Lord s Day morning,I spoke at th e Green Bay ch ur ch whe reBrother B ru ce Bur di ck is minister . In theafternoon we started for Mountain, Wisconsinfo r a week of camp at th e Michicon ChristianTraining School. I taught a class on missions,on e of stewardship, on e of choosing voca tionsa n d s er ve d as Dean o f Men.

The n ex t S at urd ay I drove 565 miles toHanging Rock Christian Assembly, West Lebanon, Indiana. On th e Lord s Day morningI went with Hugh Ridlens, man ag er o f th ecamp, to th e S ta te L in e Church. In CampI taught tw o classes on Missions an d servedas a group sponsor. Again th e fellowship wassuperb. I reached home the night of June27th exhausteîn mind and body after the242(nniles of travelling but rejoicing over thememorab le expe ri en ce s whi ch I ha d had during the 3 weeks I had been away from home.

Th e week July 29-July 5 has been t he onlytime I h ad be en free of camp act iv it ie s s inceJu ne. Durin g this week we tried to make th emany preparations which had to be made toallow me to a tt end t he camps on my schedulefor th e following two months.

I worshipped with the brethren of SextonChurch on July 6th before attending th eMahoning Valley camp just outside of Rush-vfllerlnd. During th e week a1 camp I taughtMissions classes a nd s er ve d as chapel speaker.On July 8th I recei\^d a telephone call fromPiqua, Ohio saying I was th e father of anotherson, Philip Holt. It was Friday evening before I saw Betty and th e new arrival .

I wa s th e missionary gu est an d chapelspeake r a t Western Buckeye Camp near PiqueOhio during July 13-19th. The next weekwas spent at Clearwater Camp, Vevay, Indiana.The foPowing Lord s Day morn ing I spoke toth e b reth re n a t C en te r S qu are C hurch . T he nI l ef t for Allendale Chris tian Assembly in th ea ft er noon for a no th er wee k o f camp. Besid esteaching 3 classes, I served as chapel an d vesp-week I presented th e work to t he b re th re nat t he Un iver si ty Heigh ts chu rch and FairfaxChurch at Indianapolis, Ind.

Only two more camps are scheduled fort he summer months. One is Camp Wakatom-ik a near Ashland, Ohio a nd one c amp at RoundLake Chr isPan Assembly, Lakeville, Ohio.

A ro un d th e first of Sep tember our plansare to move to Cincinnat i where I will enterthe Seminary again fo r one year. While inschool we will be able to accept week-endspeaking engagements within driving distanceof Cincinnati. During our furlough we hopeto visi t a ll ou r supporting churches and fellowship with them. Fo r speaking engagementscontact us by writing to oi r forwarding agents,Mr. and Mrs. Ray Armstrong, R. R. 3, Box

FUTURE PLANS OF THE PATTWe plan to return to our home awork in Tokyo, Japan in SeptembeAfter that we have several projects iwhich we hope to be busy wit h durnext term of missionary service. Of

since we do no t know what shal l bemorrow, these plans ar e made subjectprovidence, wisdom and mercy of oheavenly Father Who knows th e beand the end. Since ou r hom e is neto th e building built in the past toTokyo Bib le Seminary, we intend to pbuilding to use by starting a newand p er haps a Christian k inde rgar tenBible-centered English school there. Wcontinue ou r efforts to help young anChurches already es tabl ished who newant our help to be strong in the Lmighty in th e doing of Hi s will. Wewrite, publish and distribute a niungospel tracts. We will spend parttime in further^study of th e Japanese lato enable us to more effectively workthe Japanese people. And if time perintend to start more new churches inand vicinity. We have no fear ofour of work for there are more than 8people in that one city alone Will yus in prayer that these aims be fulfi

Ândrew an d Betty Patto

NOSEGAWA CAMPI was as ked this year to be thespeaker for the Young People s C

Camp in the Osaka area fromrJuly 261. So, tak ing th e slow, smoky trait hr ough t he mountains of central J aa delightful change of scenery, I wencamp is situated on a cool r iv er i n thfoot-hills just around the com er frsteaming, bustling Osaka-Kobe incomplex. Being so near the city gcamp an adv an tag e i n o ne way^peocouldn t a t tend fo r th e whole w ee kof employment etc. coul d come fo r aso . Thus there was some turn o ve r oevery da y as different one s came anThe a t tendance averaged over 60, butmor e t han ICQ different people attend

The t heme So ld ie rs o f Christse rmons and d isc ussio ns. A lso th erlively games an d swimming e ve ry ain th e hole in th e river. We hadpro fi ta bl e t ime togethe r. There werefessions of f ai th dur ing th e camp, an dheard of on e th e fo llowing Sunday.campfire on Thursday night manyyoung folks gave very serious an dtestimonies that were a real encourto me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYSharon L ee P at to n celebrated h ebirthday July 30th at th e home of he

parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray A rm stro ngwas her first American bi rthday partinvited th e neighborhood ch ildrensupper of weiners, potato chips, ican d cake wa s enjoyed by al l a tt end


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DIARY OF A TRIP10 Beautiful weatherwarm and clear.Woke ear ly an d enjoyed th e gr ee n mouns and th e narrow sheltered valleys neatlyl of wet rice paddies through which thewas climbing. At 7:30 Mr. Osumi metat th e station and we went up to the l it tl eurch by bus. The old but well-preservedilding is in a nice quiet locat ion on thege of town. After breakfast we toured then of Iga Ucno, which has quite a few aparances in Japanese history. We went alongrow of anc ient temples , up into th e topth e big white cas tle on the hill and to aus p oe t s tomb .In t he a ft er no on we went about an hourtrain to the other side of the plain where

had an evangel is ti c outpost with servi ce sSaturday night. I preached to a niceup of 10 adults at night after talking toSunday School chi ldren i n t he afternoon,

d was surprised to discover that in th eof 30,000 people i n c en tra l Japan thiseffort was th e only Christian activitycarried on by any group. Home about

p.m.

ntrance To Ise Imper ia l G r and Shriney 11 Light rain.We had 22 fo r th e morning service, atich I preached, and I enjoyed meeting

of the older members who each hadinteresting life story. Aft er d in ne r weto visit th e I se G rand Shrine in sp iteth e bad weather. The grounds were veryau ti fu l, b ecause th e forest o f tall stra ightptomeria trees and t he c le ar smooth riverd been le f t almost un touched The fewwere of th e simple, unpainted pri

Japanese construction. I t wa s a littlethat we couldn t get near thel di ng wher e the sacred objects are storedd the sungoddess is worshipped. Th e

folks were only allow ed to go upth e main gate a nd wor sh ip (W E DIDN T)th e bu il di ng whi ch was hidden from

by a whit e cu rt ai n. I t reminded me ofe Scriptural exp re ss ions abou t th e veil.

12 Clear w it h a cool breezeWe arrived in Nara a t 10 a.m. a f t e r a niceon the express train. The efficiencyth e private electric railway in that section

s a lmost m ade the form er s oc ia li st O s um io an advocate of private and free enterI wa s a little ashamed to admit to him

a f te r 10 years in Japan I s ti ll had not s ee nwhich is a hou se ho ld wo rd to touris tsd students of Japan s history, religion etc.

Tokyo Christiant hr ough t he quiet lanes between th e famousold temples, pagodas, shrines, gates and otherrelics o f th e days 1200 years ag o when thiswas t he c ap it al a nd c ut ur al center of Japan,an d it was much more pro fi tab le because Iha d this preacher with me as a guide.

Harold f ee di ng c ra cke rs to deer in th eNa ra Pa rk

Bes id es havi ng th e o ld est wooden b ui lding and one of the largest ones in the world,as well as t he l ar ge st b ro nz e statue o f Buddh aan d th e la rg est temple bell, th is t own is alsoremarkable fo r th e l arg e number of very tamedeer which roam the park all day and th emany ol d lanterns o f b oth stone and met al .

We went on from Nara by bus to th enearby city of Tenri, which is the home ofTenrikyoone of the stronger and more activesects of Shinto. All of the adherents of thisreligion wear short coats with the name ofthe rel igion in large let ters in the middle ofthe back and their local church on the lapelsin front. The town was full o f t he se devoteesgoing to and from the large temple. We wentin a nd wat ch ed their wor sh ip f or a whilethere was no idol and the people just continually chanted the formula prayer which wassomething about ask ing c leansing from eviland help for life. Then we went over totheir Univers ity and looked at the very well-equipped library which had 7 drawers fullof i ndex cards l is ti ng books concerning Christianity and most of the name theologicalquarterlies in English, French, German, Latinand Japanese. This electric religion, whichunblushingly adopts some Christian teachingalso, is very impressive i n nume ri ca l an d fi nancial power and is a major force in present-day Japanese religious life.

Arrived in Osaka a t 5 p.m. with eyes fullof s ights, head full of his tory, a nd s ore feet ,but was soon comfortably situated besideMart in Clark s supper table.May 13 A beautiful spring morning.

Spoke fo r th e chapel service at OsakaBible Seminary at 8 a.m., p in ni ng o ne of Mrs.Cla rk s t hou sand s of pink rose-buds to mylapel as we w en t ove r to th e school. I hadgood visits w ith v ario us members of th efaculty an d student body during th e day, taughtt he homi le ti cs class, an d bought some readingmatter in the book-store. In th e evening Ipreached at a meet ing in th e home of oneof th e members of the Moriguchi church.There were about 20 there and we had a verynice t imeMay 14 Ano ther per fect spr ing day.

J us t a ft er noon I left f or N ag oy a oelectric special express train and ef as t r id e. The Davis and Ch ambemet me a t t he s ta ti on and we wChambers house for a big chicken fevening we went across town fo rone-night stand in th e school buildthe Mukojima church meets.some time going through th e streetin g th e services with th e loud speacar. There wer e a bo ut 20 people tencouraging, because the attendanceb et te r t han expected.May 15 Rained al l day.

Small meeting in the eveniHoward a vis h om eMay 16 Back home

Ha ro ld S i

YOKOSUKAYokosuka is a Navy base abou

sou th of Tokyo. T he c hu rc h therthe home of U.S. sai lor Ogdenwhen he an d h is family were sJapan. W ith the help of Stanlea good work was started an d a nbuilding finally erected in 1953.time there ha s been a succession oan d preachers, an d th e work ha s beally dead fo r some months. The fothere was a member of wha t isPastor s Association in Tokyo, anumbering 4 preachers who are linEloise Cunning ham a nd opposed t

In April we missionaries heindirect wa y that th e pastor there wto return to his home in Kyushu.him a nd a sc er ta in e d tha t this wai mmed ia te ly b eg an m ak in g c on ta crangements fo r ano th e r p r eache rplace. One of th e 1958 graduateBible Semina ry ag reed to go.

When Stanley Buttray took hbelongings down in the car on Mwere surprised to f in e s omeone uus occupying th e bu ild ing. He e xpth e Pastor s Asso c ia t io n h ad askedcaretaker an d that they plann eservices Sunday afternoons. Stan Bto him that we owned the bui ldwas our prerogat ive to de ci de w hc ar et ak er . A ft er some a rg ument2 days later tw o of t h e Past o r s Assin Toyko agreed to hi s l eaving andt he ir car et aker s belonging be brto Tokyo by th e missionaries.Just as we thought everythingSugiura-san (the young man weto preach there) c ame wit h th eth e f o rme r ca re t ak e r ha d mov ed bibiy at midnight and refused to getbuildingon in stru ctio ns fro m thThen began a series o f unsuccfercnccs trying to work out a soluPastor s Associat ion cla imed thethei r terr itory although they hadthat t he former preacher had failedplan was inadequate. Every rusewas tried to keep us f rom taking oFinally they gave up, and Mand his mother are now settled therthe pas t month he has been givingbuilding a badly needed coat ofcleaning. He has also opened se


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Tokyo Chr i s t i anGoye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 26:15

Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee, Fall, 1958HE KNOWS

home from the Monday eveningClassseveral weeks agoone of the youngsaid, For many months I have believedChrist is my Saviour and now I believeme for me to be baptized. My heart wasby his words and I r ejoiced with himdesire to obey the Word. Coming homehis baptism he commented, Always bewhen I was asked if I was a Christian, Iknew whether to answer yes or no, butknowThursday of th e same week anotherm an c am e to th e Bible Class w ith th is

I have made my decision toe a Christian . How happy we all weree have been praying for him for manys. He was amazed and suprised at h.sand light feeling after his baptism.these two young men wenton their waying. We covet your prayers for them inoming months, that they will remain trueaithful, and that they may be used mightGod in winning many others to Christ.Mabel Buttray

NEED FOR MENspite of th e fact that Japan boasts almcstmen f or ev ery local chur ch , tliefor t ra in ed an d qualified men for theis a pressing one. Muny of the present

ar e n ot s er vi ng in th e churches. Ofserving in churches many are near orretirement ag e. Acco rd in g to t he I nt er -Commit tee Publicity Office in Tokyo,ti ve m in is te rs o f th e United C hu rc h o f

t (Kyodan ) ar e beyond th e age of 70 an d13 6 are ove r 65Japan Cliristian Quarterly, July 1958

AL RELIGIOUS STATISTICSBUDDHISM 80,741 Temples 74,102 24,232 Churches 5,191

centers10,752Preaching Centers10,366 115,777 Total 90,059 182,904 Priests 127,580

nts79,221,216 Adherents39,720,8 4(Prot.) CATHOLIC

3,767 Churches 69 3Centers1,239

Catechumens17,177 5,006 Total 17,870 11,328 Priests 1,427 576,202 Adheients 241,745th e Ministry of E duc atio n's R eYear BOOKClristian Quarterly, July -958

MOTOSU CAMP - 1958Two years ago we held a camp at Lake Motosu,

which is a bowl of volcanic ash with a 5000 ft .variegated rim at th e foot of Mt. Fuji containing cool, blue, deep and very cl ear wat er saidto be potable . This year we again had an opportunity to re nt th e ra th er nicely developedgrounds (owned by th e non-inslrumcnt churchof Christ) for the last we ek of th e season August 18-23. Seve ra l p eop le we re cooper at ingin th e project from th e b eg in nin g and w ith t heguidance an d help o f God w e ha d a very wonderful week of camp that answered ful ly our expectations.

Plans were begun late in the spring by acommittee of th e 3 preachers of Abiko, Kam-iu ma an d Nakano churches a nd C la ud e Likinsa nd H aro ld Sims. During th e summer weeksth e schedule was f ixed , campers were recru i t eda nd man y other de ta il s we re a rr anged . Ha ro ldSims was c amp man ag er, C lau de Lik in s wasvespe r s peake r, th e 3 Japanese preachers taught classes, spoke at morning worship se rvices, di rec ted recreat ion etc. Lois Sims wascamp nurse, an d t he Japanese p rea che .' s wivessuperintended th e cooking-purchasing etc.Hope a nd Sylvia S im s an d Patty Likins ra n alittle s to r e s el li ng apples, gum, an d candy toth e campers. So all of us were very b us y t hewee k before th e camp mak ng purchases , f inalarrangements, finding another cook, settlingdisagreements an d try in g to persuade some

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The camp is locat ed at the oppositth e lake 4 miles) from the end of thethat brings you from th e end of th etrain line. For Tokyo young people iexperience to be apart from electricitpeople, news, and other aspects of ion , and I believe they enjoyed t hacamp life as much as th e swimming an

We left home Sunday afternoon Augth e ca r over-packed. Almost 5 hoursth e end o f t or tuous , washboard moun.awe finished th e 88 mile trip with aspring an d a coat o f dust on everythingLikins took much longe r with th e traof sunplies. Then Mon/^av af noon wecampers and brought them over to buth e l ake

There were 55 campers , including thsionary families. (We s ho ul d be i nc lucause we ate Japanese food w it h t hemhalf of th e young peop le were non-ChTwo g ir ls f rom th e Nakano chur ch weized, and at th e concluding campiire mpressed their deep appreciat ion of thi ences o f th e week and a r esolve to s tua bo ut th e Bible a nd C h ri st

We followed th e u su al c am p schedwe all t hought t he s tunt night was pargood. All o f t he g ro up s presented Biblesuch as t he Weddi ng a t Cana, MoseBulrushes, F ee din g o f 5000, The MBlind etc. a nd t he y then climbed t he man d walked back to th e c amp a lo ng toverlooking th e beautiful scene.The camp was goo d fo r al l of us ,came back to Tokyo refreshed physic


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T HE T OK YO C HR IS TIA Nl ishod quotr tor ir by tho liOsslonaries of tiioof Christ Cuiminghcm Mission , Tokyo, Jopoai,the information and i^p iiot ion of every Ch^tianheart is open to th e ocdl of Christ, an d who isto help in t he s up reme t as k of car ry ing ou t t heCommission of Clirist : Matthew 28:19, 20.

as s ec on d c la ss matter in th e KnoxviUe,Postoffice under the act of March 3, 1879.Subscriptionan d Flaming Torch _S0 cents31.00

MISSION STAFFr. an d Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,iochiai, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.

agent: Mrs. Homer Anderson,. 1, Meadville, Pa .Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fatten,

address same as ForwardingMr. or Mrs. Bay Armstrong, R t 3 BoxPiqua, Ohio.Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sims, 450 Arai Machi,no-Ku, Tokyo, J ap an . Forwa rd ing agent:. Sims, Alexandria, Kentucky.ackages for Japan should be sent direct by parcelto on e of the missionaries whose ccdêsses ar eabove. Consult your local postoffice concerningrules an d l imitat ions of sto and wei gh tf you chang e y ou r add re ss p le as e notify H. Lilton, Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee, ^ving bothold and your new addre ss . If you mcme an offerof 1.CK or more you ore enti tle d to r ec ei ve thiaif you so request. Churês or groups maldng anof 10.00 or more may request a bundle of 10fo r distribution.

FURLOUGH ACTIVITIESe b rea st of a mis si onary on fur lough iswith mingled emotions. On th e one hand,feels an urgency in getting back to th efo r he knows that h is t ime in th e work,ever long it may seem, is very, very short.thought runs through ou r mind constantOn the o ther hand, th e fellowship of faithand loving friends i n t he faith of ou r Lordter than honey. We have certainly madelong t ri ps and met many f ine Chr is tiansfriends during ou r furlough journeys.swee t fellowship and k indness f rom ou rat home is like a drink of fresh, coolto a weary and thi rs ty traveler.th e early part of August we spent a week

he Waka tomika Camp near Butler, Ohio.had visited this camp about s ix yea rs ago,of course t he s tudent body ha d changedthere were some new f acul ty member s.ng the week mission work was se t beforestudents in classes an d through slides.Wil ki n, o f A shl an d, Ohio, a friendSeminary days, arr an ge d fo r u s t o sp eak

he E den and Be ll Chur che s near St . LouisOhio an d th e Clearcreek Church where

ministers, an d at th e Church at Sullivan,tty and th e children joined us for ourweek of camp, th e on e at Round LakeAssembly. Philip wa s then over two

old an d was ready for his debut asitinerant missionary That wonderful weekth e attention he r e ce i ved conv inced himthe othe r two c h il dr e n that mission workit s blessings as well as it s hardships, sohave accompanied their parents everon their i tinerary. While at this camp

visited th e Church at Butler, Ohio, wheregood friend Da le Sne ll is minister, andChurch at Manchester. A special treat fo r

Tokyo ChristianJapan, Miss Lucille Sherman and her Japanesefr iend. Miss Kikkawa, when we visit ed theKenmore Church of Akron. We were surpr is edt o fi nd that we were able to speak a little Ja pa ne se sinc e c om ing home After camp wasover we visited Union Grove Chu rch fromwhom we had received offerings d urin g th epas t five years. Our final program of the tripwas presented at the Lancaster Church inOhio. There we met again some of th e youngpeople we had met in camp and became acquainted with other fine people.Our travels in Sep tember began with a tripto th e Painesville, Ohio Church where wespoke to th e Mission group. These folks ar egreat frien ds a nd p romo te rs of world-widemissions a nd t he y man ife st ed a sincere interes t in th e work we ar e engaged in . We hadt he p le as ure of mee ti ng t he re Mr . and Mrs.J. Franklin Baxter, who ha s retired from th eChristian Ministry an d who have very activef or y ea rs in th e promotion of missions. Afterou r r e tu rn hom e we s e t ou t fo r Cincinnat i insearch of an apartment, b ut o ur e ff or ts p roved to be fu til e and we abandoned our plansand hopes of moving to Cincinnati and goingto school. Another trip t o C in ci nn at i to ok usto th e Montgomery Road Church where Harold Sims' brother Ralph min is te rs , and whereBet ty had been featured as th e guest speakerfor the women's meeting. It is needless to saywhat th e topic of conversa tion was

On our way to and from th e National Missionary Convention we visited Andrew's parents at Hayesville, North Caro lin a. T hi s wasthe f ir st time t hey had seen their two grandsons, Noel and Philip, and they hadn't seenBetty fo r f ive years At th e National Missionar y Convention at Winston-Salem the threePat ton chi ldren in their beds lined up against the bawl-room window seemed to be quit ea n a tt ra ct io n

From North Carolina our path le d acrosscountry to Danville, Illinois fo r a MissionaryRal ly sponsored by Second Church where C.M. Read is minister. Floyd Butle r, brother ofBurris, an d hi s good wife were ou r hosts du ring th e Rally an d w hat wonderful hospi tal i tythey showed us The Rally program was goodand th e fellowship superb. We believe thatsuch reg iona l Missionary Rallies are helpingto mee t t he g re at n eed o f placing th e missionscause before Christian people.On October twenty-third we had th e pleasureof renewing ou r acquaintance with manyf r iends a t th e C ha se A v en ue Church of Cincinnati. Former n avy man, Hubert McQuire,who ha d visited in our home in Tokyo manytimes, i nt ro du ced u s to those who attendedth e Missionary meeting.The Church at Orrville, Ohio planned anOriental Festival for Oct. 23, an d we wereinvited to be guest speakers. Mr. an d Mrs.Stewart Rodge rs whose daugh te r a nd son-in-law, Ermalee and Gerald Downey, ar e missionaries to Okinawa, ar e ministering to thisChurch. The l ad ie s of t he Chu rc h under Mrs.Rodgers' leadership did one of the bes t j obsof decorating th e ro om w ith scenes found int he O ri en t we have seen . The presence ofcherry blossoms. Kimonos, souvenirs from Ja pan, shoji (paper) doors, a Japanese garden andfish pond, paper lanterns, low tab le s and cushions on th e floor, and Japanese dolls addedmuch to th e program we presented to themon Japan. We only regretted that Mr. Rodgers

long was unable to be present becahea r t condition.

In th e lat ter part of October we vMissionary Rally sponsored by th ei n t he G re at er Pi tt sb urg h a re a a nd wheld at Centr al Church of Pi tt sburgthere we visited our good friends oquesne Church who have so faithfulto support us dur ing th e p as t fivespoke to them of Japan and th e Lothere. While in Pittsburgh we enjwonderful hospital ity of the VictorBryn Maiwr Church. The regrettablabout that wa s that th e nights werefo r us to ge t al l of th e t al ki ng donwould have liked to have done Thewell planned and pre sent ed , th e fwas g ra nd , a nd are sure that it s efbe far -reach ing. One night duringBetty presented a program to a groyoungsters an d she was ass is ted by aLo is S ims of Tokyo. On Sunday mofore th e Rally started we v is it ed that Homeville fo r th e first time.

The f irs t week o f Novembe r was tof al l fo r us. The College of theof Louisville had planned a Missionfo r th e latter part of that week, so oTibbs Maxey arranged speaking engfo r us before and after th e Rally. Wthe Church at Ashland, KentuckyClaude Likins ministered before goinan, th e Church at Hartford, Kenthave helped to support us duringfive years, th e Clif ton Heights Churchville, th e Georgetown and Mitchellin Indiana, and the Church at OlneyWe enjoyed seeing the work of thof the Scriptures and the progressmaking. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hyatt olege showed us some real Kentuckyity by allowing us to make theirheadquarters during the week.

After a brief stay at home we tagain at th e Queen City fo r th e ConfEvangelism sponsored by th e CinciSeminary. We were g ue sts in the hoan d Mrs . A . E. Sims, Haro ld 's p a ren tsandria, Ken tucky dur ing t he Confereven p ro longed our stay an extrat ha t th e Simses and their two sons, REarl, and their famil ies could ge t toa talk fest and a delicious meal a tS im s h om e

Thus w en t n ea rly fo ur months oflough travels during which we engood hospitality and fellowship of brNorth Carolina, Kentucky, IndianaOhio, and Pennsylvania. Travelingtance with three small children wasmea ns a n e as y mat ter but that was tupleasure by the kindness of so manwherever we went. We now pauseGod for protection from harm dutravels an d for giving us suchf r i ends

Ândrew Pa

Harold Sims is in Seoul, Korea frothrough Nov. 28, teaching 2 coursSeminary th ere and visiting the m


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time flies like an arrow Onlyeight months from now we hope to ber way back to Japan. So lest be caughtunprepared to return to ou r work ino we are already beginn'ng to preparehat event. One of the major items alongline is the raising of sufficient suppor tus and carry our work forwardother term of missionary service. Withhe confidence and support of ou r brethnd friends at home it will be impossibles to get back to the Orient. Therefore,w make known to ou r brethren th e amof funds required to take us back to, to sustain us while there, and to carryard the work which we have set ourto do .

Annual Budget fo r 1959-1964for the family ( 250 a month) .... 30 0ral-purpose needs 3000hildren's schoolinghelp (hired)upplies, postage, publicityexpense, ca rl p f or new Churchesr lo ugh Fundamount required annually 60^0amount pledged to date 2516of pledges yet needed 34:4and freight expense to Japan .... ?23'0of the 2000 needed for travel andback to Japan will have to be onby March when we will have to makehipping arrangements. The rest of it willto be raised by August 1959 when webegin our journey back to Tokyo.you feel that we are worthy of your supand desire to share regularly with us inevangelistic labors in Tokyo please writeyour agreement to help in ourand the amount you wish to pledge

X Churches pledge 50 a month all ofpledged support would be takenof. This is merely a convenient and senway of helping us plan for our futureand it will obligate no one if it shouldimpossible for him to fulfill the pledge,all funds and correspondence to:Andrew Pattonc[o Ray ArmstrongPiqua, Ohio

SIMS HAS APPENDECTOMYis had been having stomach upsets and ang side from time to time during August,e decided to v isit a Japanese doctor in theand consult him about it. Heit as chronic appendicitis and adan operation. Since he was highly recomby everyone as one of the best surgonswn and a specialist on appendix (averagesthan 1 operation a day) we decided tohim do the operation. The hospital is justt he cor ne r from our hou se a nd wouldlot more convenient for visiting t han ourlar hospita l, and besides it would be verycheaper. After she entered the hospitalwaved f rom her window to our children

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