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MISSIONARIES
IN JAPAN ALARMED.
Japanese Students at Yale Bring
Back Broader Theology.
Japanese Keen and Relent
less Thinkers.
New Haven, Not. 20 There are
eighteen Japaese students at Yale.
Most of the Japanese students at
Yale are taking postgraduate
courses and It is noticeable that they
are to be found in many fields of
study. The love of the Oriental
mind for the perplexities of meta
physics gives the greatest number
of men to the pursuit of philosophy.
Without exception they are wide
readers and kee- and relentless
thinkers; they are the aptest of stu
dents and their veracity and delight
ful sense of bumor make them warm
hearted and sympathetic company.
They are all-around scholars; even
, the Japanese who spend most of
their time in the psychological lab
oratory investigating the properties
of accostlo space and the rhythm of
bodily movement find both, time and
the inclination to attend the lectures
on New Testament literature deliv
1 ered by Prof. Porter in the Divinity
school. There is much that is inter
esting about the religious beliefs of
these students. It seems impossi
ble to hold the Japanese student to a
prescribed-view of theology; he has
a horrdr of dogmatic religious teach
ing. Firm in his belief in the fun
damental truths of Christianity he
looks for natural law in the spiritual
world; he is thorough going evolu-
tionist and maintains that there is
' .4 progress In religion as in every oth
. ' ' er sphere of thought. Recent liter
ature of missionary authorship la-
ments the fact that there has been
a reaction among Japanese Chris-
. tians that the good old faith which
missionaries introduced has been
, tainted with new ideas. The mis
sionaries charge the students who
return to Japan with preaching
heterodox doctrines and with being
unfaithful to the teachers who
brought them out of the darkness of
heathendom. The days are growing
troublous for the missionaries in
Japan. They are meeting with op-
- position both from within and from
- without. The intellectual element
in their churches challenges their
conservative views in theology and
the native preachers are not proving
''y as docile as once they were. It was
. (, . bad enough to be assailed by clever
; debaters of the uilverslties, for hun
dreds of; Japanese students return
home every year from EuroDe, sat
urated with materialistic German
. philosophy and strongly influenced
.by Bsra-rckian nationalism, but
students returning from Christian
America take back some hing which
- disturbs them even more. The mis
sionaries of evangelical churches in
.Japan have been powerless to shut
out the broader theology which Jap
anese stuients imbibo at Yale and
other New England seminaries. In
stead of accenting the new freedom
in religious thought, so characteris
tic of the present day, and surren
dering nou essentials, many ot the
missionaries have held to narrow in
terpretatlons in Biblical narrative.
It follows that Japanese students at
Yale are out of sympathy with such
missionaries.
Tbey prize independence of
'ithougnt, and hope some dav to mak
(WtJhri8tian .church of Japan en
tirely independent of foreign con
trol, or, in other words, to send the
missionaries of narrow creeds back
to their own lands.- The Christian
Japanese student at Yale is singu
larly free and outspoken on this
Srestion. The missionaries of to
ay, to give his side of the case, are
- not like their predecessors of the
past, who were, all of tbem, Self
sacriOoing men. As a rule the mis
sionaries ot today are intolerant and
cling to antiquated forms of thought,
these Japanese students say. In
stead of trying to understand phil
osophical representations of Chris
tianity, they persist in holding to
old beliefs and doctrines and thus
become the laughing stock ot the
Japanese people who become iodif-
- i ferent or drift into materialism.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The actual facts in the above case
are not all told. Only last week, 4
cable from Japan informs us that
that government has prohibited re
ligious exercises and the teaching of
Cblstlanlty in any form in its public
schools. The Japanese government
is on to thn Christian racket, that of
fastening itself to the State, and
thriving at the State's expense. So
it t lpped in the bud, its first sly en
croaonment, that of the attempt to
insinuate Itself into the public
scl ools, and thus slyly grow Into the
b dy politic. '
From the most reliable reports,
these given by Christian mission
aries who are honest and truthful
enough to admit failure, and by in-
' telligent Japanese, toe Minister irom
that country to Washington, espeo- J
ially, it is veryvmuch to be doubted .
U uurmuupuj,. 1U an vuceo yceie ui
work and expense, has made one sin''
gle, kincere convert to Its teachings,
anralir tin lntalllrpnt. educated one.
Whatever advance tbey have madej
is from tie v.-ry scum of the popula-.
tlon, and it is well known that the
klocerety of kuvb, In every case Is to,
be doubted. Some of the Japs, for
the shelter and food to be received
at the missions, pretend to be Inter
ested in Christianity, those of the bet
ter class, likewise make the same
pretension of interest, in order to
acquire an English education and
as soon as the knowledge sought is
acquired, turn their back on Chris
tianity, and show it more contempt
than those who never come in direct
contact with it. The Japs are not to
be caught with smiles and soup and
beads and trinket and prayers.
They all know that Catholics and
Protestants bate each other and
wonder at It. It just one of these
superstitions had the sole right of
way, Christianity might make some
firogress with the Jap. He is a be
ng Intensely interested In the mech
anical arts, and as Christianity
flushes along professing and boast
ng that all progress and scientiflo
advancement are the result of its
teachings, the Jap, seeing our mod
ern inventions, naturally would In
cline to regard Christianity as a
superior religion, and gradually ac
cept it. But there seems to be
something in the Christian religion
Insurgent in Itself. It fs inoohesive
by nature, and that very incohesion
is proving its destruction. It must
have throats to cut, and when it has
no other victims it seeks them with
in its own ranks. Christianity is a
country never without an insurrec
tion, or one plotting.
The Catholio missionaries In Japan
proclaim the Protestants to be here
tics, corruptors of morals, followers
of strange gods, anarchists who will
destroy the government, and people
who are not recognized as Christians
at home. The Protestants tell them
that Catholicism is a low form of
superstition, that Its followers are
image worshippers, idolaters, . that
only the ignorant and depraved at
home are connected with it, that civ
ilization has outgrown it, and it Is
only the relic of a barbarous age.
This leads the smart Jap to take in
both schools, and study both
branches of Christianity, and find if
he can which is' the liar. Almost
without an exception, he finds out
that both tell the truth about each
other, acd this is further verified by
Japanese students who arrive from
England, Germany, France and
America.
The result Is that Christianity is
nak'ng no advancement In Japan
whatever. It has missions and
schools galore, but the Japs attend
them, not for the religion taught,
but for the knowledge they may
acquire. They play Christianity
just like millions of professed Chris
tians in this country do, for just
what they can get out of it.
A protestant lady missionary who
has taught for years In Japan told
me that while attending the Prot
estant schools, the Japs were seem
ingly, tbe most pious, meek and
humble creatures she ever saw, aod
often when they were congratulating
themselves on gainiog a bright con
vert who would go out and spread the
gospel be would pick up and go
over to the Catholic school, and
t here be just &i humble and as seem
ingly wrapped up in the Catholic
faitli as he had been in the Prote
stant. 'Likewise those who come
from the Catholic schools to the
Protestant would take on Protestant
piety. She further said the only
hope of making a Christian of a Jap,
was to take him when he was young
and keep him, if possible in one
school, and educate him tn one faith,
for it be learned ot both, he was
sure to turn out an Infidel.
To red the reports of Missionar
ies, oue would believe that churches
aregingup everywhere, and the
Japanese are tumbling over each
other to uet into them. It is true
that a good many churches are
building and a great many Japs at
tend, but their profession ot religion,
unless.it be with the very ignorant,
is all a pretension. The late impe
rial decree, prohibiting Christian
ity b4ng taogbt in , the public
schools is a set back which has lifted
the missionary from his leet, and
bumped the hard ground with his
pious posterior.
How can Christian!' y expect to
convert a country, whose students,
educated in Christian countries, re
turn and report that Christianity is
on the decline on its own ground;
that it is hopelessly divided in its
own ranks; that the great United
States government will not incor
porate U Into the state; that states
everywhere are inclining lo its dis
. stabllshment; that the very head
of the Catholio church is repudiated
by bis own native state and people;
that all nations have come to regard
him as an offensive political meddler;
that the Christian clergy everywhere
fail to get people to come to church;
that in the United States, less than
one third of the people are Chris
tians; that Its great colleges teach
doctrines in opposition to the Chris
tian system; tnat science utterly
ignores its origin, its dogmas and
its av'hority.
Can anything be mora childish or
pitiably amusing than the honest
misguided efforts ot Christian mis
sionaries themselves, who know
that vice, lawlessness and ignorance
abound in Paris, London, New York
and Chicago, to an extent not known
In Japan?
Can there be anything more ridlo
ulous that Christianity's attempt to
convert Japan, when two thirds of
the population of the United States
remain unconverted, and Infidelity
Increasing every day? The Jap
anese are not fools. They are nat
uralists, materialists by Inclination
and disposition. Joan Is destined
to become a great Infidel country.
Civilization will lead tbem from
their own superstition, and con
flicting Christianity In their midst
will teach them to beware of any
other.
The Japanese minister at Wash
ington In Sbveralable Interviews, has
made this plain. I shall send him a
mimber of copies of this issue of the
Blade, and request that he forward
this article to leading Japanese pa
pers for publication, and for the es
peolal benefit of American mission
aries, whom I advise to come back
and try to civilize, Instead of killing,
the Indian here, and civilize Chris
tian white people who burn negroes
at the staka, and purify our cities,
corrupt In politics, and foul with
vioes, that even the beasts of the field
Instinctively shun. W.
SIMPLE QUERIES
GROW FAMOUS-
Popular Discussion Which Have
Sprttag From Insignificant '
Qusstloaa'Aaked At
Random.
It Is surprising bow soon a simple
question may in a short time become
a public question, and one which may
eventually concern the whole nation.
"Why don t men gotocnurcnr
Is one of the national questions
which originated in this way. It
was asked in the correspondent col
umn of a daily paper, and hundreds
of answers - poured In with such
promptitude that It was found Im
possible to print a quarter of tbem,
and the interesting discussion had to
close.
The following was one of the fav
ored ones which was printed in the
Chicago Times-Herald.
.BICAUSI THIRl IS NO HILL.
Rochelle, 111. Editor of the Her
ald: I do not go to church because
there is no hell. If I thought hel.
was a terrible reality I would go
there to church, not to hell to
keep out of hell. If there ' is a hell
the church is paramountly the
greatest necessity to keep us out
of hell, not out of church. If I
thought any church could prove that
there is a hell and all the ghastly ter
rors it implies I could never smile
again; life for me would change
from rather an interesting romance
to deepest tragedy: I would curse
myself for having given-life to a sol
itary human being; Job-like I
would humiliate myself In sackcloth
(if indeed I could keep out of the
madhouse): sacrifice all worldly
pleasures; attend such church as
often as it opens its doors and ab
jectly crouch at the feet of priest or
preacher, a limp slave to obey his
commands. . because if this hellish
doctrine U true its portentous pos
sibilities are so horrible, so appall
ing, that to avert such impending
calamity would tower as far above
all other motives of life as the Him
alayas are above an anthill. But
thauk Dame Nature (who is more
merciful than the mythical God of
an orthodox church), I have fearless
ly searched to obtain evidence in the
broad domain of nature and science
and have found it not. There is no
hell ! Let the world rejoice.
Of late the best minds within the
church have renounced the "mon
strous doctrine," as Beecher called
it. aud the testimony ot the intellec
tually superiors of course outweighs
and annuls the vague notions of the
ignorant, ''There is no hell" must
stand. And if there is no hell
there is no use for the church, no
uje for Christianity, which is found
ed upon hell. In "Adam's fall" hu
manity in ueneral was condemned to
death and "hell. But, after 4.000
years, "God repented" of peopling
the world witn countless oeings.
then, without light or fault of theirs.
consigning them to eternal torment.
So he "sent his only begotten sou"
and decreed that those who believe
end otherwise conform to his decrees
should be saved, but those who be
lieve not "shall be damned." This
unceremoniou ly oonsigns every hu
man being having lived before the
advent of Christ and all those who
have not conformed to these imper
ative requirements to hell. This is
original Christianity pure and simple
and to discard hell is to discard
Christ whose sole mission was to
"save sinners from hell.
"Christians" so classed by sU
tistics comprise now at most about
one fifth of the human race or about
300,000,000 persons. From this
number must be deducted at least
one-half who are not true or aelect
Christians; this leaves at most 150,
000,000 out of 1,500.000,000 who are
saved, or 1,330,000,000 of the per
sons now living (not mentioning the
countless millions who have died
"without Christ since the dawn ot
human life) who, if Christianity Is
true, are unmercifully consigned to
conditions of eternal and most ex
cruciating torment after death.
Beecher, better than bis religion,
Insisted that consonant with "divine
justice," the heathen, not having
the light of Christianity, must be
saved. But if Christianity Is true
this is impossible. The heathen
must be damned or Christianity is a
farce. II the heathen is saved with
out Christ, It were infinitely better
we bad all been born neath9ns Hot
tentots, South 'Sea Islanders; any
thing except Christians, because in
that case don't you see? by virtue of
such barbarian heredity, we would
all have been saved: whereas now,
as nominal Christians, 99 per cent of
all of us wretched creatures are
peremptorily consigned to a Calvin
lstio hell. Furthermore, If the hea
then la saved and Christianity isj
true, as per Beecher 'slnterpretatio
the startling fact appears that Christ
Instead of being the "savior" of the
world, would then have been and is
now the direct cause of every non
conformist Christian, like Unitari
ans, Un I verbalists, new theoloslsts,
a la Swing, Thomas, Savage, Kerr,
Mangasarin and others being con
demned to eternal torment for re
pudiating Christ and the "Holt
Ghost" as a unit with their God.
Because if God had not sent Christ
and with him the obligation to wor
ship him as God, we would now, of
course, all be pagans and, conse
quently saved.
Christianity then, without hell, is
a false religion, or with hell mon
strously cruel and unjust. Intelli
gent men and women will drop It.
Fortunately the hell proposition
can now be taken from the domain of
speculation and decided by reason
and science. This consigns this bar
barous and most gigantic of all
myths to oblivion this beautiful
world harboring no such terrible
abode of fiends and woe; nor is such
a condition or locality possible or
reachable were it possible in other
points of space, absolutely prevent
all forms of organic life therein.
Hence any mortal or spirit ventur
ing beyond our atmosphere, instead
of being Incinerated, would be mer
cifully congealed into an eternal
icicle.
Hell being a myth, Christianity
ceases to be a necessity, and the mis
sion of Christ becomes a grotesque
anomaly; hence all must be burieJ
in the same grave. That is why I
shall' not attend church until, soon,
1 can attendlts funeral.
' Otto Wettstbiw.
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reading, and is of such a character
that any young lady may read it to
a company of her lady and gentle
men friends. It will not discuss re
ligion, and while it speaks of many
persons by name it will not have an
unkind word to say of anybody.
It tells the story of my school
days and tells about my pretty girl
class-mates and sweet-hearts when
wd had a New York lady teacher in
my father's large and hospitable
home. It tells some of the war
stories of my father in 1812; hia
"running the gauntlet," and being
saved by Tecumsey.
Then it tells of my college days
and love affatVs there, then how I
became a preacher and an account of
my preaching, then how I became
an Infidel, then of my traveling as a
pedestrian on the other side of te
ocean, then of my farming, and then
all the particulars of ny love mat
ters with my . present, and only,
wife, then my experience In banking,
and In journalism, and as a "drum
mer;'" my writing the "Rational
View," my starting and editing the
Blui Grass Bladi; how it grew
from what I expected to be a merely
local paper to what it now is, ana
the dangers and imprisonments to
which it has brought me, up to the
date ot my writing as a prisoner of
the United States in a penitentiary.
Yours fraternally,
Chailis 0. Moon.
