Formerly the Christian Movement in Japan Formosa

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THE JAPAN MISSION YEAR BOOK
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Th e Ch ristian Movement
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JAPAN FORMOSA
A YEAR BOOK OF CHRISTIAN WORK
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TW ENTY SEVENTH IS SUE
ED ITOR
PAUL S. MAYER
ED ITORIAL COMMITTEE
MISS B. F. CLAWSON . K. LINN
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G. C. CONVERSE PAUL S. AYER
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H. D. HAN NAFORD MISS K. SHEPHERD
E. T. IGLEHART S. H. WA
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W. H. M. WALTON
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STATISTICS P REPARED BY
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T. A. YOUNG P. S. MAYER
PUBL ISHED BY
THE FEDERATION OF CHR I STIAN MISSI ONS
IN J APAN
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P RIN TED BY
T HE MEI J I P RES S
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IN KOREA
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Christian Literature Societ
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Chong no Seoul.
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IN CHINA,
18 P king Road Shan hai.
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39 N ew Oxford Sr.
, London, W.C.l .
Committee of Reference and Counsel
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25 Madison Avenue
, N ew York City, N ew York.
F OREW O RD
This ear marks the seventieth anniversar of
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the opening of Protestant missi
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Japan. The editors of the Year Book have tried
to keep this fact in mind and in the third section
of the present volume an attempt has been made
to estimate the degree of the penetration of
Japanese life b Christian ideals. The editors
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regret ver much that two important ar
ticles in
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this section the Contribution of Christianit to
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Education and the Influence of Christianit upon
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Literature in Japan were not received in time
to be inserted in the 1929 edition.
The statistics while far from complete are
much more accurate than those of a
year ago.
Even a cursor stud of these figures will
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demonstrate to the reader that considerable
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gress has been made b the Christian movement in
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nearl ever pha e of its activities. For the first
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time in a number of ears the Protestant mis
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sionar
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mark. This onl verifies what seems to be a
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general tendenc namel a gradual decrease of
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the mis ionar force in this empire.
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To all who b their contribution of time and
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effort have made this volume possible the editors
extend sincere thanks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART L JAPAN To DAY A G
ENERAL SURVEY
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Chapter L Th e Enthronement Ceremon Wm.
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Chapter II. Poli tical Events During 1928 G. S.
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Chapter III. Livi ng Condi tions in apan in 1928 P. G.
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Price
Chapter IV Rural Problems in Japan Moto
jiro Sugiyama.
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Chapter V. The State of Religion in Japan in 1928
R. C. Armstron .
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Chapter VL Recent Tendencies in Japan s Relations with
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Foreign Countries Gilbert Bowles
PART IL THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN 1928
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Chapter VII. The Christian Church During 1928
J. Edgar
Knipp
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Chapter VUI. Toward a Christianized Social Order C.
Burnell Olds
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Chapter IX. Th e National Christian Council of Japan
Akira Ebisawa
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Chapter X. Medical Mission Work Mrs. J. V. Martin
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Chapter XI. The Educational Situation in Relation to the
Christian Movement Charles Wheeler Iglehart
Chapter XII. Christian Literature Produced in 1928
Florence Walne
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Chapter XML The Circulation of Literature in 1928
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Chapter XV. The Contribution of Christianit to the
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Thought Life of Japan To ohiko Kagawa
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Chapter XVI. Some Phases of the Social Life of Japan
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Influenced b Christianit Miss Michi Kawai
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Chapter XVII. The Christian Contribution to Japanese
Civilization A. Hi ane
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Chapter XVIII. Th e Christian Influence Upon Musrc in
Japan S. Tsugawa
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PART IV. OBITUARIES
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Obituaries for 1928 9 Hilton Pedle
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PART V. FORMOSA
Chapter XIX. Canadian Presb terian Mission Report
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Hugh MacMillan 245
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Chapter XX. Lepros
y in Formosa C. Gushue Taylor,
Chapter XXI. English Presb terian Mission W. E.
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Chapter XXII. The Educational Situation in Formosa
CONTENTS i i i
APPENDICES
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Appendix I. Minutes of the Annual Meeting of th e
Federation of Cnristian Missions in Japan
, 1928
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Appendix II. The Christian Literature Societ of Japan
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K o Bun Kwan A. C. Bosanquet
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Appendix III. The Japanese Language School Gilbert
Bowles
APAN AND FORMOSA MISSIONARY DIRECTORY
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Prepared b E. Williamson
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List of Mission Boards and Churches
Alphabetical List for Japan and Formosa
List b Missions
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LIST OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Prepared b Miss Bertha Clawson
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List of Educational Insti tutions
Director
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1928
Prepared b T. A. Young P. S. Ma er
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List of Mission Boards and Churches
Statistics for the Year 1928
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