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January 4, 1938.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
RIVERSIDE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY,
A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Riverside Finance
and Investment Company, a California corporation, will be held at the
principal office of the corporation, Room 203, Bonnett Building, 3820
Orange Street, in the City of Riverside, County of Riverside, State of
California, on Monday, the 17th day of January, 1938, at 7:30 o’clock
P. M., of said day, for the purpose of electing directors of said corporation
for the ensuing year; to consider a proposal to wind up and dissolve said
corporation, and for the purpose of transacting any and all business which
may properly come before said meeting.
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large meeting, immediate adjournment will be taken to Reynolds Hall
No. 2, Second Floor, 3614 Ninth Street, where all business will be
transacted.
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well as a blank space. If your choice to represent you is one of the
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Riverside Finance and Investment Company, a
California corporation, has elected to wind up its affairs and voluntarily dissolve.
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commenced on January 17, 1938, by the adoption on said date by the vote of shareholders of
said corporation representing the majority of the voting power thereof of the following resolution,
at a meeting of said shareholders duly held on said date:
RESOLUTION
“WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable and for the benefit of this corporation that it be wound
up and dissolved;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the shareholders of this corporation hereby elect
to wind up its affairs and voluntarily to dissolve it;
Resolved further that the officers or directors of this corporation be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to file the certificate and give the notice in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 400 and 400-a of the California Civil Code;
Resolved further that the officers and directors of this corporation be and they hereby
are authorized and directed to take such further action as may be necessary or proper to wind
up its affairs and to dissolve it.“
DATED this 17th day of January, 1958, at Riverside, California.
RIVERSIDE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, a Corporation
By John R. Jahn, Its Secretary
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CHE KOREAN SHRINE
PRESBYTERIAN TRIBUNE
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QUESTION
A DEBATE
“THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER
GODS BEFORE ME”
By GEORGE S. McCUNE*
In regard to the demands of the Japanese Government
that all schools, government and private, do obeisance at
the State Shinto Shrines one of the outstanding men in the
International Missionary Council in Great Britain re-
cently stated that, in his opinion, the Church in Korea
was facing at this time, the most serious question which
any branch of the Christian Church has been called upon
to face during the past 500 years. An experienced mis-
sionary in Japan, whose work has been specially among
university students, has also commented on it in saying
that it was a struggle between monotheism and polytheism
— nothing less.
I. The Government's requirements
This question began about five years ago when the
Government ordered some of the Christian schools in
Korea to attend the special services held in memory of
the soldiers who had lost their lives in the Manchuria
and Shanghai “incidents.” These ceremonies included
prayers and offerings and the declared presence of the
spirits of the dead. Now all schools were ordered to go
out and do obeisance at the State Shinto Shrines which
are being erected all over the country and which the
Government is planning to put up in every village. In
order to understand the significance of both the shrines
and the ceremonies and the bow of obeisance which is
required, it is necessary to appreciate the background
and the underlying motive of the whole movement.
Since the reconstruction of Japan took place the mili-
tary party has dreamed and planned for the expansion of
the Japanese Empire so that it should completely control
all Eastern Asia, dominate the whole of the Orient* and
spread even further. In accordance with this plan For-
mosa, Korea and Manchuria have come completely under
Japanese domination and the present undeclared war in
China is also a part of the same plan. In order to unite
the Empire into an indivisible unit for the carrying on of
the great struggle necessary for the fulfillment of this
dream, the old Shinto cult was once more reinstated as
the national religion, proclaiming the divine person of
the Emperor and his direct descent from Amaterasu-omi-
kami, the Sun Goddess. As such he is the only being on
earth with a divine origin and the Japanese race is the
only people so descended from the gods and as such has
a heaven-born mission both to the Orient and to all
mankind. The ruthlessness of the military leaders was
seen in the assassination of the former Premier, Viscount
Saito, together with several members of the cabinet be-
cause of their liberal sympathies and it is made perfectly
dear that they are determined to carry through their
program even though it means the destruction of the j
many educational institutions built up in Korea by Foreign
Mission Boards.
For the last two years all public discussion of the ques- ;
tion of the rightfulness of doing obeisance has been for-
bidden and detectives are not only present at all church
services and religious gatherings of the Korean Chris-
tians, but permission is not given to missionaries to meet
together in the pursuit of their regular work, unless a *
written statement is first given declaring that the shrine *
question will not be discussed or mentioned and usually i
detectives are present even then to see that the promise I
is kept.
II. State Shinto
The Government of Japan has sought to distinguish
between State Shinto and Sect Shinto and has described
the latter as definitely a religion while the former is said
to be “patriotic” and “above all religion.” The State or
National Shinto shrines are headed up in the Grand
Shrine at Ise, which is the most holy as well as the most
strongly fortified spot in the whole of Japan. At this
shrine, the Emperor himself, in person or through a
special representative, worships on stated occasions and
reports to the spirits of the Imperial ancestors all im-
portant events which have taken place in the Imperial
Household. The members of the cabinet and high officials
likewise report their assumption of office and any im-
portant national event there also.
In all the State shrines in Korea, Amatcrasu-omi-kami,
the Sun-Goddess, who is also referred to as the first
ancestress of the Imperial Household, is enshrined. The
ceremonies held before these shrines include the purifica-
tion of the site, in which all other religious influences or
spirits are driven off the premises ; the declared descent
and ascent of the spirits worshipped (these latter are
usually the second and last items on the printed pro-
grams distributed) ; prayers, which are offered for for-
giveness of sins, bountiful harvests, victory in war, etc.,
and the offering of grain, wine, and other symbolic em-
blems. Last September every school in Korea was ordered
to go to the shrines and pray to the Sun-Goddess for \
victory for the armies in China. t
The bow towards the shrine is definitely one of obeisance
to the Sun-Goddess who is therein enshrined and the ^
term “bow of allegiance” or “bow of loyalty” which has
been used by some Westerners to make it easier for them
to attend, is a term which is never used among Orientals
themselves in discussing this matter.
III. The Government's explanations
In view no doubt, of the guarantee of religious liberty
contained in the Constitution of the Japanese Empire,
the Government has made the statement, through its Edu-
cational Department, that there'is no religious significance
in the bow which is required of all students before the
Shinto shrines, and it is because of this statement that
• Formerly President of Union Christian College. Pyengyang.
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some feel that they can take the Government at its word
and take out students to do obeisance without compro-
mising themselves or their conscience in any way. How-
ever, the statements of the Government and of the Govern-
ment officials on this point are far from satisfactory and
are often mutually contradictory. Some six or seven years
ago a special committee of representative men was ap-
pointed by the Diet to determine as to whether or not
the shrines were religious. After two years of work they
returned saying that they were unable to make any report.
The Supreme Court of Japan declared in 1901 that State
Shinto is religious and that statement has never been con-
tradicted or withdrawn.
In frequent conferences and conversations between mis-
sionaries and leading officials of the Government-General
of Chosen numerous statements have been made which
only add to the uncertainty of the Government’s declara-
tion. It was authoritatively stated by one of the leading
officials in the Educational Department that the basis of
the moral virtue of the Japanese Empire was the worship
of the Imperial Ancestors, which must now be considered
as part of the curriculum which the Government requires
in every school. In discussing what this “ancestor wor-
ship” meant, the Chief of the Educational Bureau stated
that the Government demanded “the ultimate in reverence
and respect paid at the shrines, which, as was politely
explained to him, was something which Christians felt
they could give only to God. Other Japanese officials of
high rank in Chosen have stated that in their opinion
Jehovah of the Old Testament and Amaterasu-omi-kami
were only different names of the same being and that
the great difficulty lay in the fact that Christians were
monotheists and so were unwilling to worship any but
God while the Japanese were polytheists and found no
difficulty in worshipping a number of deities at the same
time. The Head of the Religious Section of the Govern-
ment in Tokyo also stated in reply to a question that
the prayers read in the ceremonies were of course ad-
dressed to the spirits resident in the shrine. Again and
again missionary representatives have requested that the
officials prepare some statement to the effect that there
are no spirits in the shrine so that they could take out
their students as merely an expression of loyalty without
any religious significance being attached, but have been
told repeatedly that the officials could make no such
statement. In various publications and brochures edited
under Government auspices are to be found many state-
ments to the effect that State Shinto is the National
Religion of Japan and as such is a part of the warp and
woof of the Japanese national life. The terminology used
is purely religious.
IV. Public Opi nion
When these conflicting and mutually contradictory
statements are taken into account it is very difficult for
any unbiased person to accept the position that there
is no religious significance to the act of obeisance and
this difficulty becomes immeasurably greater when the
way in which the public view all such ceremonies and
the bow of obeisance is considered.
The Government text books which are used in all the
schools in many cases contain statements concerning the
matter of obeisance at the shrines, which are meaningless
if the religious significance is denied. The lower officials
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and police throughout the country are also quite outspoken
as to the religious nature of the bow and so of course
the great mass of the people naturally take this view
which is the one presented to them in the press and
elsewhere. Enquiries from representative Japanese officials
and educators elicited the information that in JapanN
proper from 60 per cent to 90 per cent of the population
regard the shrines as religious and go there to have
communion with the unseen world. The percentage among
the Koreans is in all probability higher, for not only do
the Chinese characters used in the terminology of the
shrines have a very definite religious connotation to the
Korean mind, but the details of the location and con-
struction of the shrines only tend to emphasize further
this element.
When, however, the attitude of the Korean Christians
is understood there is no room left for doubt. As many
have said, both Christians and non-Christians, for over
50 years the members of the Church, have been persecuted
by their own non-believing friends and families for
refusing to carry on the worship of their own ancestors,
how can they be consistent if they now agree to worship
the ancestors of the Imperial Household in Japan and
by practically identical ceremonies ?
The actions already taken by representative Church
bodies show clearly the attitude of the Christian conscience.
Already, both the General Assembly of the Korean Pres-
byterian Church and some of the presbyteries which have
for years elected their representatives on the Boards of
Directors of the Union Mission Colleges and some of
its academies, have withdrawn these representatives in
view of the fact that the schools have gone out to do
obeisance at the shrines, either voluntarily or under com-
pulsion. Many pastors have frankly told the police that
they will die first rather than break the commandments
of God by doing obeisance to a heathen deity and some
have already suffered imprisonment or even torture in
penalty for their convictions on the matter. Today '
hundreds of leading pastors and Christians are under
arrest on no definite charges but it is significant that a
very great many of them are known to have clear cut
convictions on this subject.
V. The problem which the missions are now facing
The problem which is now before each Mission working
in Korea is this : should it obey the Government’s orders
and take the students in its schools out to do obeisance
and thereby preserve the existence of its educational insti-
tutions or should it refuse to obey and thereby be forced
to give up its schools. There is no alternative or mediating
position possible — the police make quite sure of that 1
Students are taken out by force and members of the
faculty who refuse to go lose their qualifications as
teachers and are deprived of their positions. Some feel
that better than giving up the schools is to accept the
Government’s statement and, as has temporarily been
permitted in one or two rare cases, to make an explana-
tion to the students that there is no religious significance
in bowing before the shrine and in this way make the
best of a very difficult situation. However, experience in
most of the schools has shown clearly that when such is
done, the nerve of the spiritual life in that institution is
killed. In Pyengyang, where three Mission schools were
forced to go to the shrine, over 100 of the leading Christian
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students left school rather than act contrary to their own
consciences. The whole atmosphere of the schools has
been entirely changed and the spiritual life is gone. The
church forced certain teachers who were elders to give up
their church office and their influence in Christian work
was totally lost by their having done obeisance at the
shrine. The decision was unanimous in the Boards of
Directors of these three schools, the majority membership
of which is Korean, that neither the Mission nor the
Church should attempt to carry on the institutions under
the conditions imposed and these three schools are now
in process of being closed.
On the other hand the overwhelming majority of the
membership of the two largest missions in Korea feel
that in this time of crisis and danger the only thing to do
is to maintain a clear Christian witness to the end, even
though it does mean the loss of the numerous fine middle
schools and the Christian colleges which have been such
a tremendous factor in the building up of a strong in-
digenous church.
If schools are for the purpose of education for educa-
tion’s sake, we could carry on in spite of unsatisfactory
conditions imposed but if, as in Korea, they have been
founded for the purpose of training the future leaders of
the Church, there can be no room for a position that
cuts the nerve of spirituality, that fails to maintain a
clear witness to the Christian convictions before the
Government authorities themselves and before the public,
and which fails to set the example before the wholly self-
governing Korean Church.
Today the Church in Korea is facing a situation similar
to that faced by the Early Church in the Roman Empire.
Are the demands of the Empire or the commands of God
to be obeyed ? Is the requirement of a pagan government
or the Christian conscience to be the standard of conduct
for the Church ? Many of the Korean Christians have
already faced this question and are ready to suffer im-
prisonment or worse if necessary. These two largest Mis-
sions have taken the stand that it is better to lose the
educational arm of the work than to adopt an attitude
which is clearly counter to the conscience and judgment
of the overwhelming majority of the spiritual leaders of
the Church. To carry it out is going to be exceedingly
difficult. No discussion of the question is ever allowed
by the ever vigilant police ; the newspapers are constantly
printing articles calculated to cause misunderstanding and
strife and the popular demand for education on the part
of the public is doing its utmost to bring pressure of
every sort in order to break down the decision and make
it impossible for the Missions to close the schools. The
decision however has been reached only after years of
prayerful investigation and conference. With the recently
developing situation throughout the Orient, and specially
where the authority of the military forces of Japan is
being felt, those who are engaged in Christian work
realize that the forces of opposition to the Gospel of
Jesus Christ are rapidly increasing and that the whole
future of the Christian enterprise is fraught with grave
dangers. Nevertheless true faith demands that the Church
go forward trusting God in the face of the seeming im-
possible, believing that He will give the needed courage
and wisdom for whatever may arise.
“RENDER UNTO CAESAR THE
THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR’S”
By HORACE H. UNDERWOOD*
The so-called “Shrine Question” in Korea is so serious j
as to merit the calmest and most careful consideration i
of all the facts in the case. The Board of Foreign Missions • «
has recognized this fact and has, until recently, requested ^3
all concerned to refrain from attempting to prejudge the i
situation. Unfortunately the emotional stress felt by many t
has led them to disregard this request and to present I
highly emotional propaganda from both press and pulpit, j
A picture has been painted of religious persecution with
martyrdom on one side and betrayal of the faith on the l
other. This has of course all been done from the sincerest S
motives and convictions. It represents more or less accu- j
rately the opinion of about 60 per cent of the North \
Presbyterian Mission, but becomes a minority opinion
of all missions working in Korea.
Having the assent of the Board, I take great pleasure
in accepting the request of The Presbyterian Tribune
that I attempt to present the reasons why a majority of
the missions working in Korea take a stand which must
seem strange in view of the statements which have been
widely circulated. I would not however presume to offer
merely my own “opinions” or to try to pile up a series
of statements, but would rather ask your prayerful con-
sideration of six basic questions and the facts used to
answer them.
I. What is the nature of the Japanese State Shinto
ceremonies?
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The Imperial Government of Japan has repeatedly de-
clared these ceremonies to be non-religious national state
functions.
They have been largely borrowed from religious Shinto-
ism and still retain many seemingly religious features.
They are intended to emphasize and strengthen the
spirit of nationalism by the commemoration of historic and
prehistoric national heroes.
Those in charge of these shrines and officiating at the
ceremonies are salaried officials of the Government and
are known as “Ritualists.”
At the enthronement of His Imperial Majesty, the
present Emperor of Japan, the newspapers were careful
to state that the Shinto ceremonies on that occasion were
purely a state ritual and without religious significance.
One must admit that the tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
the Lincoln Memorial, etc., are frequently referred to as
“national shrines” and that there is at least a parallel
between the “floral offerings” presented at these “shrines”
and the offerings of pine branches, rice, paper flowers, etc.,
at the shrine of Japan. Did the Japanese Government
demand that we worship other gods at religious ceremonies
no Christian could or would comply. They however
specifically deny the religious nature of the ceremony,
which at least leaves the question open for decision by
the individual Christian.
With the increased emphasis on nationalism during the
past few years the Government has required all school
• President of Chosen Christian College, Seoul, and member of the Korean
National Christian Council.
JANUARY 20, 193 8
pupils and teachers to attend periodic celebrations of
national holidays at the National Shrines. Sometimes
this attendance is for the celebration of a ceremony, some-
times ’it is merely a visit to the shrine any time during the
specified day. Usually the invitation or order specifies
a certain number of students in charge of so many teachers.
At a certain point during the ceremony a command is
given, which literally translated means “Respectful Sa-
lute!” All present then bow, making a slight inclination
of the head and body. No genuflection or prostration is
required. If attendance occurs when no ceremony is going
on, the students line up facing the shrine, one of their
own teachers gives the command, they bow and are dis-
missed. At certain times distinguished citizens are given
the “privilege” of placing a pine branch before the shrine,
but this is not compulsory. Nothing more than attendance
and a bow are required.
II. What is implied in attendance and obeisance?
It is difficult for me to believe that such attendance and
such a bow necessarily implies worship. Our churches
are frequently attended by the curious who have no
intention of worshipping. It is quite usual in a Korean
church for the pastor to announce : “As we now are about
to pray will all present, even those not Christians, please
bow their heads and remain quiet ?” No one imagines such
attendance at a Christian church to imply worship ! I
have also known many Christians, both missionaries and
travellers, to attend Buddhist, Shinto, Confucian and other
non-Christian religious ceremonies out of curiosity or
out of respect for a dead friend, with no suspicion or
implication of worship.
Nor can we maintain that a bow per se implies worship.
In some countries worship is performed through the
dance-'; in others prayers are offered by turning a wheel,
or by hanging up or burning a piece of paper. Especially
in Japan is the bow universally used as a sign of respect
and greeting. Soldiers bow to each other when changing
guard. At Christian Japanese funerals it is usual to have
a photograph of the deceased prominently displayed, and
for all to go up to this photo, bow and pass on. When
niy uncle died last July, every one of the Koreans and
Japanese who called to express their condolences, first
bowed to his photo which hung over the mantel, and then
turned to speak to me. In Japanese temples and shrines
there is a clear differentiation between the ordinary bow
of respect and that of worship, the latter being expressed
by repeated bows and tubbing of the hands, or by genuflec-
tions or some distinctly religious act. It does not seem then
that the attendance and bow required necessarily imply
worship, especially in view of the oft-repeated and pub-
lished declarations of the Government that worship is
not asked.
III. Can Christians then comply with these require-
ments without compromising their loyalty to
Christ?
We have seen that:
1. The Government declares these ceremonies to be
nationalistic or patriotic and not religious.
2. The Government declares that attendance does not
imply worship.
3. Only attendance and a bow of respect are re-
quired, and the Japanese usage of the bow is so
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widely common that it does not connote or imply worship.
In addition to this, the Government permits us to make
“public declaration of our intention in attending ” At the
Chosen Christian College it is our custom to make the
following announcement or something like it :
In compliance with a government order students
an(l teachers will attend the ceremony at the
Shrine tomorrow. Since the Imperial Government has
declared the ceremonies to be non-religious, we Christians
attend as loyal subjects and without any religious intention
or implication.”
I beg the readers frankly and honestly to ask themselves:
If I were there and were privileged to make my position
so clear would I also not attend with a clear conscience?”
do go further than the above declaration would lead
to a theological or historical discussion that would be
considered “lese majesty” and which would not be per-
mitted, but the above announcement, merely quoting the
Government’s own declaration, cannot bring objection.
It was this privilege which brought from Rome official
sanction for attendance by Roman Catholics.
Lastly, when we ask “can Christians attend ?” we must
remember that many, many thousands of Japanese Chris-
tians and many missionaries and Christians in Korea and
Japan feel they can attend. Koreans have recently and
sarcastically asked : “have Methodists, Adventists, Episco-
palians, Catholics, Canadians and Australians no consci-
ences?” A man might conceivably say “I cannot attend”
but we can hardly say “no Christian can attend.”
IV. There remains however another question which
each Christian must ask himself, "Even if I can
conscientiously attend, ought I to do so?
It is plain that in this we have a question of expediency
and that we are now justified in weighing consequences
as we would not be if conscience said “No.”
It is claimed that our attendance would be misunder-
stood by national Christians ; would lead them to believe
that we were betraying the faith,” would cause weaker
brethren to offend, etc., etc.
I cannot help but feel that, if after twenty-five years in
Korea the Christian character of my life and testimony
is on so weak a foundation as this fear would imply, then
the damage has already been done. Furthermore, it is
not a question of one or two individual missionaries taking
such a stand against the wishes of an overwhelming ma-
jority, but of many missionaries, many Korean leaders,
many missions and churches. However, for the sake of
fair argument, let us assume that there may be some who
really will misunderstand. What are the consequences if in
deference to their feelings we refuse to attend these cere-
monies ?
1. The closure of all our schools.
2. The transfer of most of the students to non-Chris-
tian schools and to the guidance of non-Christian
teachers and continued attendance at the cere-
monies.
3. The denial of all educational opportunity to those
who do not transfer, for all schools are required
to attend.
4. The selection of the future church leaders either
from the uneducated or from those who for fifteen
or more years have attended these ceremonies.
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5. The arousal in the minds of the Government offi-
cials of suspicion that the Christian missionaries
are stirring up sedition and disloyalty.
6. Consequent difficulties in all forms of work, evan-
gelistic and medical.
7 . Forfeiture of the present good will of Christian
Korean society as they see us closing the door of
education in the faces of thousands and thousands
of Korean boys and girls.
8. Resentment on the part of Christian parents be-
cause we force their children to attend non-Chris-
tian schools.
As I think of these consequences, not only as coldly
stated in a printed argument, but in the lives of boys
and girls I know ; as I hear the despairing cry of an old
Christian friend : “But, Dr. Underwood, where shall I
send my boy if you close the Christian schools?” I am
willing to be anathema for my people. I dare not claim
the luxury of “martyrdom” and retire from the field
(on a pension) and leave them helpless.
V. But’ what is the attitude of the Korean Church on
this question?
This is a question on which it is impossible to secure
statistical evidence, for two reasons :
a. The Government considers the public discussion of
this topic as lese majesty, and hence any debate
or vote is impossible.
b. It is also undoubtedly true that both consciously
and unconsciously political feeling has colored
the opinions of many. This does not mean that all
are so influenced, but it can hardly be disputed
that politics are a strong factor in the situation.
Since statistical enumeration of the “ayes” and
“nays” is impossible, let us note certain significant
facts which should be weighed in any attempt to
estimate the feeling of the Korean Church.
1. Through the good fortune of name, position, birth
in the country and twenty-five years of missionary service,
I have a wide and happy acquaintance among the Korean
ministry, yet in the three years since this question became
acute not one pastor, elder, parent of any student, or
other lay Christian has come to me to remonstrate against
my known stand.
2. There are in Korea some 176 Presbyterian elemen-
tary schools, all but two of which are conducted by the
local Presbyterian churches. These schools are almost
without exception being continued by the churches even
where they have been called upon to attend shrine cere-
monies. The two cases where schools have been closed are
those two schools in which the Mission has assisted.
3. Two presbyteries have taken definite action favoring
the continuance of the mission schools in their districts,
another is on the point of doing so, and others have taken
no action, but understood to be in favor of continuance.
4. In about a week’s time before leaving Korea and
without any special effort or persuasion the signatures of
forty-eight Korean pastors and elders were secured on
a request to the Board to continue the mission educational
work.
5. Practically all the teachers and students in our schools
desire that the educational work be continued. This desire
is discounted by some as the opinion of interested parties.
It is however hardly consonant with our claims as to
the high Christian character of these young people now to
claim that they one and all place self-interest above con-
science, especially when these teachers include some of the
outstanding leaders of the church.
6. In Seoul, Pyengyang, Taiku and other places groups
of Christians, many of them elders, have come forward
with various plans to save the schools and carry them on.
7. Many Korean pastors and leaders have gladly sent
their children to government schools where attendance at
such ceremonies is of course most strictly required.
8. Lastly, the judgment of such men as Dr. Mowry,
who succeeded Dr. McCune as President of the Union
Christian College of Pyengyang, Dr. A. G. Fletcher and
Mr. Henderson of Taikil, Dr. Henry Lampe and Mr.
Hoffman of Syenchun, Dr. Koons and Dr. Winn of Seoul,
and many others can hardly be entirely swept aside. All
these are convinced that the feeling in the Korean church,
though divided, is one of reluctance rather than of con-
scientious objection and that as a final alternative the
church would probably favor continuance of the schools.
Finally in the consideration of “consequences” the
present situation in the Far East must not be forgotten.
Japan is engaged in a war, with all the heightened feeling
and superseiisitiveness attendant on that condition. Is it
desirable or wise to at this time take action which they
would interpret as subversive of all they hold most dear?
The recent refusal of a certain sect here to salute the flag
has passed almost unnoticed, but imagine the feelings
aroused had such a refusal come during a state of war !
The Japanese Government has not interfered with or
hampered the teaching of the Bible in our schools, the
conduct of our chapel exercises or the preaching of the
gospel. It is unfair, untrue as well as unwise to represent
Japan as “persecuting Christianity.” The Government
demands loyalty. It demands that its youthful subjects
and their teachers shall show their loyalty. The form of
expression is strange and perhaps objectionable to us,
but the Government assures us that it does not ask
worship, but only obedience, respect and loyalty.
Shall we at this time close our schools, withdraw from
all Union work (because other bodies will not accept our
dictation), jeopardize our whole work and abandon the
Korean young people and their church because some indi-
viduals conceive a bow to be worship ? Let us by all means
respect their consciences but let us also refuse them the
right of dictating to ours. Shall we who have long defended
liberties of individual conscience allow “majority rule”
to be substituted for conscience of 40 per cent of the
mission and for the young people of our schools?
The National Christian Council of Japan has a better
way. While forcing no one to attend, and denying none
the right to attend if they wish, the Council recommends
that, making declaration of their intention as Christians,
they give loyal attendance and also that as loyal citizens
they strive for the gradual elimination from these cere-
monies of the objectionable features.
There are those who have allowed prejudice against
Japan or disagreement with hei; policies to color their
judgment. As alien guests of the. Japanese Government,
accepting the courtesies and protection of that Government
it is our duty to abide by her laws and refrain from
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terfering between the Government and its subjects. For
the sake of our work we dare not allow our personal
prejudices, our likes or dislikes, to jeopardize not only
an abstract something called the “Work” but our oppor-
tunities to serve God’s children in Korea.
Mr. Kipling said :
“Take up the white man’s burden,
Ye dare not stoop to less,
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloak your weariness.”
We know now that it is not only a “white man’s burden,”
but dare we stoop to less? Or dare we now “call on
Freedom to cloak our weariness”? We are surrounded by
a great crowd of witnesses, under their eyes we dare not
“quit” however pleasant it might be, but must run with
patience the course that is set before us.
AN EPIC OF 1937
By W. P. LEMON
JANUARY
The Public Debt we face has gone “on high,’1
While men of speed in auto-plants “sit down.
Cold floods run havoc in six states ;
We have no President for half an hour.
To Spanish fighters, we shall ban our arms,
Rut Trotsky’s case we try in Mexico,
And sell the craft of war in lull of peace.
JUNE
The Poles an Anti-Jewish drive begin,
And sun is dark for minutes in eclipse.
Fierce fighting grows on soil of Spain ;
Nine million masks are made for British heads;
Yet Duke and “Wallie” wed at last in France,
Where fiscal failures work for Cabinet change.
With us four million days are lost in strikes.
FEBRUARY
A wave of strikes become our nation’s news ;
And Pension Bill in House is quickly passed.
Rumanian leaders quarrel with their king ;
The troubled Spanish waters really boil.
Two years and arms of world have doubled doom.
An Ethiopian massacre occurs ;
We find a comet new of mammoth size.
JULY
Three hundred deaths it cost us on the Fourth.
A clipper ship makes record in the sky.
On earth a major war is in the East.
A Joshua new divides the Holy Land,
While clerics of the world at Oxford meet,
And Niemoller is in jail of Reich,
Amelia Earhart makes her final flight.
MARCH
Neutrality is made the law of land ;
Supreme debate is wrought about the Court.
All-Indian Group accept elective posts.
In China millions starve because of drought.
Twice in month, the Papal voice is heard.
With US a crop insurance Bill is law,
But L^bor Bill for children now is lost.
AUGUST
II Duce and Co. are not in Eden bliss ;
Japan is set upon a war-time base.
A Franco move inspires British notes.
Shanghai becomes a sad and sorry sight.
The army force a coup in Paraguay.
While rebel Kurds in Syria vex the French,
Those Soviet fliers still remain unfound.
APRIL
A sugar deal brings nations twenty-four ;
While bitter ends the short patrol in Spain.
In Mexico, the women vote at last.
We share our views with Pan-Americans,
And airmen from Japan reach British Isles.
A sacred site is bombed in ancient Basque.
Our Senate sits down firmly on “sit-downs.”
SEPTEMBER
A British woman draws the protein map ;
A female flyer leads to Cleveland Race.
The Pirate Parley opens at Nyon,
And Masaryk is mourned across the world.
A seat in League is lost to Spanish State.
The “purging” grows apace in Soviet rule,
While Fascist Chief and Fuhrer stage a Meet.
MAY
A drop in stocks has raised a people’s fears,
The liner Hindcnburg has tragic end.
King George is crowned ’fore all the world,
For Britain rules supreme the ether waves.
An aged king of oil departs from scene?;
A war declared within the Labor ranks,
While Highest Court upholds Security.
OCTOBER
On air, Chief Justice Black bids Klan “farewell.”
A cotton curb confirmed in Wallace speech.
The clergy clash on cause of Spanish war,
While Anti-Marx Japan takes China’s soil,
And Pact is made of Fascist nations three.
The President protests aggressive States,
And Mexico disturbs our vested wealth.
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RETURN IN FIVE DAYS TO
R I V E RBI DIj' ’ FfKTA I^C 1 G3 6^1iP A N V
3855 Market Street..,
P. O. Box 661 AP°RESC
RIVERSI DE. CALIFORNIA !2° ORANG-.
TELEPHONE 84
Riverside Finance and Investment Co.
INCORPORATED
Room 203. Bonnett Bldg.
RIVERSIDE. CALIFORNIA
February 8, 1938.
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE RIVERSIDE FINANCE
AND INVESTMENT COMPANY
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Riverside Finance and Investment Company held January
17, 1938, at 7:30 P. M., 497,101 shares were present in person or by proxies and 219,057 shares were absent, the
total number of shares of stock outstanding being 716,158. The following directors were duly elected to serve
for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected:
Berry G. Bayley
E. L. Covey
John R. Jahn
E. C. Kennedy
C. E. Seares
At the organization meeting of the Board of Directors held January 20, 1938, the following officers were
elected :
A. W. Reynolds, President
E. S. Olson, Vice President and Manager
John R. Jahn, Secretary and Treasurer
May Peffer, Asst. Secretary and Asst. Treasurer
Wm. H. Minor
E. S. Olson
J. A. Porter
A. W. Reynolds
During the year 1937, your company has paid the remaining encumbrance on its properties leaving them
clear. Considerable headway has been made in the settlement of outstanding accounts, discounts having been made
where a full recovery appealed impossible.
During the past year several of your company’s properties have been sold and the following table shows the
changes in our real estate during the past year:
BUSINESS
IMPROVED
VACANT
GROVES
TOTAL
Property owned December 31, 1936
Added during year 1937 -
-
-
3
26
19
2
50
-
-
0
1
0
0
1
3
27
19
2
51
Sold during year 1937
-
-
-
12
4
1
17
On Hand December 31, 1937
-
-
3
15
15
1
34
We have also sold another lot from the Elmwood Tract which is part of Parcel No. 175 and the warehouse
portion of our Ontario property, Parcel No. 32.
The stockholders at the last meeting voted to liquidate and dissolve the company. This, in fact, has been the
program of the company since its organization in 1932 when the Riverside Finance and Investment Company took
over the assets of the Riverside Finance Company, and this action does not mean that your company is going to
throw away or sacrifice any of its assets, but to liquidate in an orderly manner whereby shareholders may realize the
maximum returns for their investments.
The company has taken heavy losses on nearly all properties which have been disposed of; the book value,
or the amount they were taken in at, being greatly in excess of the actual realizable value.
Your Directors have given freely of their time without compensation in administering the company’s business
and they invite the shareholders to acquaint themselves with the company’s affairs.
A copy of a condensed balance sheet as of December 31st, 1937, appears for your information on the
back of this page. The books of the company are open for your inspection at all times and you are invited to
inspect them or consult the management for any further information that may be desired.
Respectfully submitted,
A. W. REYNOLDS, President.
By order of the Board of Directors,
John R. Jahn, Secretary.
RIVERSIDE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY
Riverside, California
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
as of December 31, 1937
ASSETS
Cash on Hand and in Bank
Notes, Accounts and Sundry Receivables — Book Value ...
Stocks and Bonds — Book Value...
Personal Property (Lamprecht Art Collection) — Book Value
Office Furniture and Fixtures — Book Value
Real Estate Owned — Book Value $149,146.88
Less — Street Improvement Bonds Payable 4,303.65
Total Assets at Book Value
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
Insurance Accounts Payable
Capital: Class “A” Preferred Stock Outstanding $716,158.00
Less — Deficit Account (analysis below) 458,404.23
Book Value Class “A” Preferred Stock
Total Liabilities and Capital
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR 1937
Income — Interest, Insurance Commissions, etc. $ 3,593.05
Rents and Income from Real Estate 9,791.59
Expense — General Overhead and Operating Expense $ 4,841.71
Direct Real Estate Expense (includes depreciation) 8,604.56
Excess of Expenditures over Income
RECONCILIATION OF DEFICIT ACCOUNT
Deficit January 1, 1937.
Add — Excess of Expenditures over Income, as above $ 61.63
Net debit of Loss Adjustment Account 3,523.97
Deficit December 31, 1937, Based on Book Values.....
Note: The above income and expense covering real estate operations applies only to
owned on December 31, 1937.
$ 23,001.36
62,549.16
11,386.41
14,996.62
1,011.29
144,842.23
$257,787.07
$ 33.30
257,753.77
$257,787.07
$ 13,384.64
13,446.27
$ 61.63
$454,818.63
3,585.60
$458,404.23
real estate
Notice of Partial Distribution of Assets
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
RIVERSIDE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY
Your Board of Directors, deeming it to the best interests of the
shareholders of your company that a partial distribution of the assets be
made, passed a resolution, at their regular monthly meeting held February
8th 1938, that such distribution be made on the basis of two cents (2c)
per’share to all shareholders of record as of that date, payable at the office
of the company, 3820 Orange Street, Room 203 Bonnett Building, Riverside.
California, on or after March 15, 1938.
A. W. REYNOLDS, President.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
John R. Jahn. Secretary.
February 8, 1938.
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98 *
;,nd ns couraged me in the step I
was Inking.
A few months lat. - family moved
to Ut: V was my . stay in Den-
ver g for the Lord’s servic-.
My gone on before. He hnd
writ: the rest of the family to
come, for. he had found work, and he
was gaining in strength. One day
Mother said to me, “Harold, are you sure
that God has called you into his serv-
ice?"
“Quite sure. Mother,” I rcpliec
confidence had been growing i)
heart that my Lord had accepted .nc
when I gave him my life, and that lie
did want me in his service.
“That is all I want to know, Son," this
noble mother of mine said. “Let noth-
ing move you from your determination
to obey."
And so a few days later, the time had
reme for us to part. I was working in
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES
Daniel’s ant sher’s Stores Company,
in Denver, and I wanted to get ofT to
go to the station to see my mother off.
But she insisted that I go to work as
usual. We hnd gotten her baggage to
the station, and she walked with me
from our apnr. jent to the store, then
turned down Sixteenth Street toward
the station. As we said good-by, she
pressed a kiss upon my lips and said.
“Good-by, Son, God bless you," then
turned and wont quickly down the*strcet
‘dthout looking ’ - ’■
. was a little hurt , she did not
look back. I watched her until she was
out of sight, hoping to see her look my
way again, so that 1 could wave to her.
I did not understand that her grief at
the parting was .even more overwhelm-
ing than my own, as I stood, with my
hat in hand, unashamed of the tears
stre ./ling down face.' It was jiot
» (Contim on page 303 ) ,
k,
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April 23, 1938
are being prepared (not only In Japan
but also in Germany and in Italy) by
w' s practically or actually mon-wor-
sh or the worship' of the Beast, the
flnui World Emperor (Rev. 13: 4). M
An interested reader of Tirr Sunday
School Times, who ha. ’lowed closely
its several articles on ,c Shrine Wor-
ship Crisis (issues of Feb. .20, 1938;
'June 5. 12, 19. Sept. 4. 11. 1937), now
asks some leading questions in a letter
to the Times, which, because of their
vital importance in what one of the out-
standing missionary authorities of Great
Britain has called the most serious ques-
tion which any branch of the 'T iristian
Church has been called upo to face
mring the past 500 years, the ..mxs is
glad to answer, seriatim, with authentic
facts. The questions in this letter are
given one by one, and the answer of
the TiMES«ia_^]V4>mcinrmediately after
each question.
Your articles on the Shrine question .
In Korea Interested me greatly. There
seems to be some confusion on this sub-
ject. and I would like to ask some ques-
tions:
1. Is it true that the Japanese Govern-
ment has told the Missions In Korea that,
even, though they voted to close their
schools rather than bow at the Shrines,
this closing could not be effected until
all the students In the schools were gradu-
ated. which might require a number of
years?
Notl. on Open Letters
Will the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board Take Decisively
Righteous Action in the Shrine Crisis?
The grave crisis precipitated in. for-
missionnry work in the For Eust
o; .nc demand of the Jnpuncsc Govern-
ment that missionaries and pupils in
Christian Mission Schools in Korea ren-
der obeisance at the heathen Stale
Shinto Shrines, which mean he wor-
, , _
'TTuen«fymg al Japr.n Increases its pres-
sure and the rcP'-h '■ its demands, and.
as some^mission: n Korea and some
Mission Boards erica give "aid
and comfort to •.■my” either by
vacillation or by actual compliance with
the demands of heathen worship.
Meantime two different news items
recently released to the religious press
are of vast significance, though not
directly intended to have nny connection
with the Shrine Worship crisis in Korea.
The news bureau of the Golden Gate
International Exposition to be held next
year in San Francisco announces that “a
quaint Japanese custom, more than 1,000
years old, will be observed on new
Treasure Island” of the Exposition
grounds, in one of the first foreign
pageants to follow the opening of the
W> rn World’s Fair, February, .
Th will be a presentation of Hina-
Maisuri, Japnn’s Festival of Dolls. “Ex-
quisite and richly robed dolls, some that
have been in families for generations,
are the principal characters in the cere-
monial fete. These are arranged on a
seriqs of stepped shelves — the emperor
and empress on the uppermost tier, and
following them, pyramid .fashion, ore
placed the princes, princesses, court
Indies, musicians, tutors, dancers, and
the principal effects of the household in
miniature. Each family has its individ-
ual doit shrine and most of the Hina -
Matsu H day is spent In worship before
it.”
Should Christian missionaries in Korea
and Japan encourage this sort of heathen
worship by’ rendering obeisance at the
Shinto Shrines?
Another news bulletin, from the No-
tional Lutheran Council in New York,
calls attention to the following startling
and ominous facts:
The New York • Times report
- — that fl&lo— su C 1 1 as
-:\\c*<rVy th^Jap^htrtMhd Chinch
appeared In Germany olong the Baltic
MouCea coast, notobly In Mc-l:) .-rnwrgj which
has become the center 'xtreme Ger-
manism and neopagan crlmentntlon.
"The. head of tho h lonol. Socialist
party In Mecklenburg lias ordered that
unused chapels be transformed Into ’an-
cestral hulls. ! Here ancestral tob'-.'y, will
be placed, containing the names n ym-
bols of families the vicinity.
"A regional c .ral director of the
party recently dedicated such an an-
cestral chapel. It was decorated with a
swastika, and the ceremony opened with
a Chopin prelude. The party official de-
livered on adctri,i‘i nnd then 'received Into
the commune H Germans’ six chil-
dren of k .a. family.
“Llko ceremonies arc taking the place
of Christian marriage and baptism in
coast villages.”
So ancestral tablet worship, identical
with or akin to Shrine Worship, now has
governmental approval and encourage-
ment in Germany, the land of Martin
Luther. Wag not The Sunoay School
Times : -:d in its editorial statement
recently b. '20) : “Thus the end of
the age os on with startling swift-
ness, ns worship of false gods and
demons is being demanded, and as men
Yes.' Responsible Ji.pnncso Govern-
ment officials have informed the Mis-
sions that schools cannot be closed until
the students arc either graduated or are
placed in other institutions (the latter
being impossible, portly because of the
crowded condition of the other schools
-S^ptETt h trer-gx V -rv» 1 (■
this expedient).
Did the J n pTfTT? c “ C J vTf’ft i ; . . . i *. moke
the statement that, during the years of
closing, the students would have to at-
tend the Shrines?
What actually occurs at a Shrine
ceremonv is described authorita-
tively on ‘page 303 in this issue.
How can Christian missionaries or
Mission Boards, who are familiar
with the facts there given, sanction
any participation whatsoever in
such heathen worship?
Since the Government forces all
schools to attend the Shrines regularly,
nnd as the closing of the schools under
these conditions would take some years,
the students would be obliged to nttend
the Shrines during these years.
3. I have been told that, when the Jap-
anese Government ordered the Southern
Presbyterian schools to the Shrines, that
Mission, ordered by Its Board Secretory
In America, closed Its schools Immediately.
regardless of the Japanese Government's
policy. Is that true?
To the everlasting Christian honor of
the Southern Presbyterians, that denom-
ination closed its schools in all places
in Korea where there arc Shrines,' and
closed them l mm rtcly upon receipt
of i.’iO order to attend the Shrines. This
cm be done because their Foreign
Mission Secretary in America ordered it
done. The Northern Presbyterian Mis-
sion in Korea voted to go out of educa-
tional work because of the Shrine Wor-
ship governmental decree, but the
authority for closing its schools rests
with the Northern Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions in America (158
Fifth Avo.. New York City). The laf-
fer’s Hoard Secretaries have given no
such order as- did Dr. Darby Fulton, the
Southern Presbyterian Secretary.
4. You have made the ■tatement that
the Northern l’rcabylcrlon Mission In
(Continued on page 301)
rresbytenan roreign Mission board Take
Righteous Action in the .Shrine Gisis?
Continued from " N o'tei on 0;-:n Letters '* on the second p
isive
rc;- „ We were fit our wits’ end.
licar today the anguished sobbing
A dp, coming over those v/cler-
paddy fields. We could not help
L<_ was 02 e of the brightest in
. but wcrY the way of the village.
c nV at per: 1 ! '.Ve prayed
.. prayed before. Then
J pi. o’. the hear! of n Euras-
oi or to tell the men and women
• v.D'age tor.; ho would go on a
r st::<o :i’: they v- ve vr th: chil-
.!' ; • ri vs f. people began
. •• *. L1 v c. .* stricken
■ ■ " t* • ■ •.*..* . s ! *.o men
•. Ci. :rv;r:- .-c-erd fie 2'w-
• •• *■: gave us sc von call I run,
rJ f. ..Uy and .''vis 2 and ' ..ry,
ter - ■ j his lit*.: :ed-
i - -■ ‘illio, and " .lea- *
' . wed the ' r..id
•■"••-ni. . the ling mountain
o the •■:.*. ( r 1 e . r'. r singing,
t' .:. s».*- ’. ins vs h. a: ! reap ia
ic that . -i forth and weepeth,
C yrecioi. seed, shall doubtless
■ i1.: with, rejoicing, bringing his
s ;.h him.” More were to fol-
. • i>: after house has grown on
io, built by the boys thera-
j • -d now we have over a hun-
ehddron in our Homes and
Ti-'T SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES
great sight, the burden on his back was
loosed and rolled down into a sepulcher
and he never saw it again. They under-
stood. and almost all of them became'
Pilgrims that l. v. and Christ came into
their heart s l ; cilh.
"And when they bring you . . . unto
magistrates." — Four years had passed
since the seven were given us. Charles
was fifteen, Lily thirteen; and their rel-
atives wanted them back in the village.
Just before going to the Court, Lily
prayed with my sister: ”0 heavenly
Father, make our mothers good. May
they gel to know thee. Give us strength
and courage to sqy 'no' when temptation
comes, .and they want to take us back
to our homes. For Jesus’ sake. Amen.”
Lily was cruelly cross-examined for
twenty minutes by a clever Buddhist
Lv yer, nr.d she gave a glorious testi-
mony. She was given ”a mouth, and
wisdom” that all her adversaries were
not able, “to gainsay or resist.’1 To the
question, “Did Mr. Paynter make you
into a Christian?” (meaning my father),
she answered, “No, I believe ours is the
true God, and I put my trust in him.”
To the same question Charles replied*
”1 have found by experience that in
time of temptation, Christ can help me,
so I became a Christian.”
A city set on a hilt ."-After the boys
had built their own school and dormi-
tory. Charles prayed a memorable
prayer: "O Lord, we thank thee for
- having helped us to build our school
so well, and now help us to build our
own beautiful city so that we may live in
it with thee.” That prayer was wonder-
fully answered. A pioneer party migrated
from Ceylon to the foothills of the Hima-
layas, far away from danger and the
memory of things that 'should be forgot-
ten, and where living was cheaper. Un-
der God it became a success, and’now a
praying, believing. Eible reading, live.
Christian self-supporting colony called
"The Colony of Courage".. is growing up
there among the snow hills, a light to
•all the dark villages around.
Charles, a great big fellow of twenty-
threejte married now and has a baby
grrl.^T^rcy and Alice. arc married, too,
and we are to have several- weddings in
the colony this spring. The young poor
pie feel they have a mission to gather
many thousands of unwanted Eurasian
children to this Home on ahe hills and
to bring them to the Lord Jesus. There
are' thousands in peril to be saved ! “It
is not the will' of your Fathef which is in
heaven, that one 'of these little ones
should perish.”
•Philadelphia.
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: a iv. y.
■i'.portant thing w
CO.'I
.in 11*
"•‘Ion of the ter
the!
odi\
. when we re:
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.. How they 1 '
A ;*■
CV.
.1 Dos -I'.'.jc lion v.'i
)\vri
village,
, the City of L!gh
they
were
r : tc; U'.e grc.
rii
st be utifui and wonderful of all.
'lstL?.;v-camc to the place called
and saw One there like unto
i cf man; how, looking at the
5* >vet ■ >r of t! i 3 unj b.
h !: .'ia (H;:!8-1D33). Sir Gecf-
uo Montmorency. G.C.I.E.,
said: "India from the oar-
ages has contrived lo absorb*
nor mosaic many elements from
•’ quarters drawn toward her
ayes of alien invasion or im-
:ion. There is one by-product
..ch movements which has not
o ma a smooth ; .ec in the pat-
eilhcr in India or Ceylon, and
-s the Eurasian. . . . Even in
vighties the problem was baf-
ll ;s more bafliing now. The
•>* scheme (sot forward by Mr.
vv clenv’y ranks as the most
:vtc and hopeful step yet taken
-•a Lug With the Eurasian prob-
present the India Christian
>i'. has several pressing needs:
>. for a hospital in Champawat
nalayas) ; $3,000 for a girls’
e in Ceylon: $3,000 for farming
Industrial equipment; $G.000 a
-°r rescue and support of 100’
tional children at $00 a year
Gills may be sent to the
\ Christian Mission, 113 Fulton
et. New York City; or 11 Sorau-
A venue. Toronto. 3. Can
Ko voted Jo closo thci*««<hools; . I
understand that most of their schools are
not closed, but that students, and some
missionaries, nre actually attending and
, bowing at • Shrine ceremonies, which
you have d-v; mated demoniacal. Am
I right ns lo this?
This statement is correct. None of
the schools of the Northern Presbyte-
rian Church in Korea is closed, unless
it may be the school in Pycng Yang,
where the Japanese Government may
have made a concession because of the
stand missionaries there are taking. In
Seoul and Taiku the missionary school
principals have worked hard to con 7
tinue them, ignoring the action of the
Korea Mission regarding Shrine Wor-
ship. It is reported that the Southern
Presbyterians threatened to recall any
missionary vrtv would lead his or her
students to the Shrine. Yet it is un-
derstood that one of the missionaries of
the Northern Presbyterians has bowed
at the Shrine. * explaining his bow os
merely one of "allegiance” to the Gov-
ernment, the fallacy of wliich has been
fully set forth in Trot Sunday School
Times and elsewhere. Another North-
ern Presbyterian missionary, whether
or not he actually bowed, has worked
hard to keep his school open regard- •
less of the fact that, in order to do •
so. the students must bow at the
Shrines.
5. While tiic majority of the mission-
aries of the Northern Presbyterian Mis-
sion nre standing adamant like Dr. Me-
Cunc and a number of oUtcnf. is it true
•that there o^’OThib In controfof thfc
schools who arc so determined to keep
the schools going that they refuse to close
lo spite, of their Mission's action to do so.
and-ihr.i their schools nro still open, with
these missionaries and teachers nttend-
, ing the Shrines?
This question is answered in the fore-
going answer -to Question 4.
6. Is it right lliat the Northern Pres-
byterian Board should send money taiccn
from the missionary offerings In America
to old these schools which' the majority
of tho Mission In Korea want . closed, and
which schools can contlnuo only on con-
dition that they bow before these heathen
deities?
Does not this, question answer itself?
The Sunday School Times would say,
emphatically, No !
7. Has the Northern PresbytcYInn Board
accepted the Japanese Government's state-
ment that these sacrifices hove no religious
significance? Docs the Board really be-
lieve that? And is It closing Its schools?
The Sunday School Times docs not
know whether the Northern Presbyte-
rian Board has accepted the Japanese
Government’s statement, which so com-
pletely contradicts the facts as to make
itself ridiculous Tho Japanese Gov-
ernment says a j that the sacrifices
offered in the Confucianist temples have
no religious significance, and that the old
spirit-worship rites also have no re-
ligious significance 1 The Board claims
that it has settled the matter in backing
up the Mission in Korea. This ignores
the fact ; that the Mission was not free, '
because of police, to take the action it
In contror%'f the
302 *
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES
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like .o lake, i he Board was free lion. The authorities refused to give the
the a™ a;- as the Southern Presbytery any opportune to recon!
'cr:; Boaro -at failed to do so. sider the vote. It was urK stood that
ira tiaims that missionaries are it was planned to petition the Korean
"c; 10 contlnu,: lhe schools, and Presbyterian General Assembly to take
that . has decided to withdraw. The the same sort of vote, but this was not
ques. now is not whethe: Mission
shall withdraw, but when vhether
these schools and their proper shall be
clof outright or turned over to "Chris-
t: . rcans" to run.
8. A Boards not trying to do what
the apostle Paul sa. t: cannot be done?
He says the Idol Is r .hlng. and neither
carried through.
2r' ’1 the matter of continuing the
an Boys School was up before
. and a missionary tried to get
Ptl6oj .cj y to take some action to con-
tinue the school. It was most difficult,
if not impossible, for those opposed to
- .... ~ . ■ r ■ -------- say anything, because of the presence of
but VnVrLWZ aSS detectives who would at once arrest any-
sacrifice they sacrifice to demons. "Ye ono w^° dared to oppose obeisance at
the Shrines. I -t, so determined were
the Japanese ities that the Shrine
issue should j,w. taken up that, in
one Annual Meeting of the Northern
Presbyterian Mission in which the mis-
sionaries were gathered, police would
only allow the mee.tj/tjhdo' convene with
the understanding that the Shrine ques-
tion should not be mentioned.
. Intelligent and uncompromising mis-
sionaries believe it is wrong for the *
Northern Presbyterian' Board in America
to refer the decision to the Korean
Church at this time. Real persecution
of the Christians is openly carried out,
and the Governor General of Korea, it
is said oasts that inside of three years
no f ers.willbe holding any admin-'
istr positions, such ns in the
11 III
Korcon
Christians vc
t !-.’.;
would
favor
conllnu
U/
the
present
condlti
VO.
a ken
under
the p
cannot be partaker of the Lord's table,
ar.d of the treble of demons" (1 Cor. 8:4:
10:10-21).
Surely any Foreign Mission Boards
that sanction, or that do not forbid, bow-
ing at tit i Shrines by missionaries or
students : mission schools, are doing
just wh Paul by inspiration con-,
demns and forbids.
Korean Clir’viian Leaders Imprisoned
0. Ia it true that the Northern Pres-
by.o! inn Sonrd sent to Konv to ask that
•vhether
hoots
.‘.Id a
:lrcum-
stances be reliuble? I ha. or read
or heard it staled that on one occasion,
when one of the large Korean Presby-
teries met to discuss the Shrln'c ques-
tion. Japanese soldier.. f.llcd the town,
a- .: when the vote . was taken it wus
a! st ir: .-sidle for one to v«.v ngi.lnst*
the Shr‘1* :>d yet under tit condi-
tions the only get sevc.. ics in
favor of ntqultous practice. Also
that wit!.. vo‘o was taken Korean
Citrlstlnn lo;. ..rs wt Imprisoned. I have
heart! it intimated that the Japanese are
using tli c argument that people of Amer-
Shrts.e worship, and that this has given J
CP, -a •vuvent to tho^-Lapanese «*in their
n-.: . ‘..ompt to browbeut native Chris-
tians into idolatry.
It is true that, only ) -onth, the
NQrthcrn Presbyterian I cabled to
Kc.- ;king the Korean ion to vote
or. tlii’ question whether they would be
willing to allow Korean groups, for the
present, to continue the schools. The
missionaries, in view of the First and
Second Commandments, cannot con-
scientiously continue them, and now the
Board wants to knew if they are willing
to have Korean Christians do so !
When a certain Presbytery met to
discuss the church attitude toward the
Shrine, the town filled with soldiers,
and several men ained at the police
•station were told that they must bring
he question of Shrine approval by
?ytcry, and a vote must be taken
recommending partic: '.ion by the
churches. The members of Presbytery
were told that they wop. practically
under martial law, and t! mhde no
objection to such demands, which were
virtually forced upon them. The Prcby-
tcry did as ordered. The motion was
made and seconded by two -Korean
elders, both prominent business men.
No discussion was allowed. There were
'•'w feeble, "yens" when the vote was
and no sound at all when the nega-
...c was called for. So it passed.
Most of the leading Korean Christian
men v.erc not present for a good reason
— tney were detained in the police stu-
April ‘23, 1938
Mission have aroused sentiment In their
favor among certain influential members
of the Board in America. In the face of
overwhelming evidence, to the contrary,
certain missionaries arc insisting that
the motive against Shrine Worship Is
primarily political rather than religious,
and the Board in America seems' to be
weakening in its stand against this dis-
honoring fellowship in heathen worship.
The critical situation is ccrtninly grow-
ing more serious, not less so. Some in
the field seem to be willing to go to
£reat length in order to continue the
Mission - Schools, yet two missionary
teachers have had their "qualifications”
as teachers rescinded beer - ' of their
refusal to do obeisance at tl. . ..rine.
Why No Protest fn -ncrica?
10. Why Is there protest from the
Christian ministry America, from
Christian people generally, over this out-
rage? ,v
It is difiV H to say. Perhaps "■•ere
ocr-
now that • ' •» ominous
facL^ are becoming Wier k. Eoaplc.
in Christian lands condemn Oilier for
his trer- t of Pastor Nlemoellcr, but
here it- . ic that threatens to destroy
the wh. ^uspel testimony of the Far
East, and especially ir 'orca where the
Presbyterian work has ii,.d such a ;lori-‘
ous, Spirit-givert ministry. Shot;. u we
not take a lesson from history,’ and re-
mo’ bar that during the seventh and
centuries A. D., through the
Nesiorians, the Gospel was preached
in China; then persecution arose, and
to escape this the Ncstorians compro-
mised with the Buddhists, and this re-
sulted in the wiping out of the Gospel
from all China? There is gruve danger
that compromise now on the Shrine
question may have similar results In
Korea and Japan,
The Northern Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions has not yet taken the
clean-cut, courageous, uncompromising
Christian stand in this Shrine Worship
crisis that the majority of Its mission-
aries in Korea, and many Korean Chris-
tians, long to have it take. Only last
month a letter went out from the Board
staling, "We are doing everything that
wc can to meet the issues in the best
possible way." A minority of mem-
ber: -f »hc Mission in Korea have
.‘ssivcly to weaken or re-
verse the . .ie action of the Mission
taken in 1930 against any compromise
whatsoever looking toward Shrine Wor-
ship. und these minority members of the
A Golden Opportunity for the Board
It is a matter for thanksgiving' that
there are members of the Northern Pres-
byterian Forei^iv^iflsioit>Board who arc
standing resolutely and uncompromis-
ingly for Christian righteousness in re-
fusal to make any concessions in the in- ' '
terests of Shrine Worship. One of these
is Dr. Cheosman A. Herrick, who has
recently returned from a trip to the Far
East and has opposed any co: !s-
inj*. attitude toward this quest:., ut
apparently there, are Board Sec. ies .
. and others who have not been whole-
heartedly in sympathy with the right-
eous action of the majority of the Ko-
rean Miss '"', and who are trying even
now to .he schools and their very
' valuabl parties over to bodies of so-
callcd “Christian Koreans” to continue
(even though this means Shrine Wor-
ship) rather than close them outright.
Much prayer, therefore, is needed that
Board. The General ^Asscpi^1 ' he
denomination (Presbyterian C. in
the U. S. A.) meets in Philadelphia May
20 to June 1, and there is largo oppor-
tunity, at that great official gathering of
the denomination, for this branch of the
Church of Christ to take a stand that
• will strengthen the testimony of true
missionaries everywhere as well as in
the critical field in Korea.
The Sunday School Times is interde-
nominational, and has gladly reported
the fine action of the Southern Presbyte-
rians by publishing the remarkable re-
port of their Foreign Mission Secretary,
Dr. Darby Fulton (issues of Sept. 4, 11,
1937), n report that settled conclusively
the fact that, from the standpoint and
convictions of the Japanese themsclvee,
bowing at the Shrines is fundamentally
religious and is therefore forbidden for
all Christians by God’s Wo-'1 Will not
the Northern Prcsbyteria elgn Mis-
sion Board meet this cris.j the some
uncompromising Christian courage?
Surely true Presbyterians everywhere
should write or telegraph to the Presby-
terian Board of Foreign Missions, 150
Fifth Avenue, New York City, urging
the Board to take the only stand possible
for a true Christian testimony; and
should instruct their Commissioners to
the General Assembly in May to see that
that great body, if the issue comes be-
fore it, shall not risk or permit its am-
bassadors of the cross in a heathen land
to "drink the cup of the Lord, and the
cup of devils” (1 Cor. 10:21).
•*', ft
Lesson for May 8
A Christian . Mother
(An editorial, from the second pace)
THE, SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES
* 303
him. and pinned it upon the faded sown ?r *ul1 of live coals into which in-
UP*tj later that I understood why of his mother, and passed a kiss unon 'ls?ctxst This* scnds up - a' cloud
sr.c had left so quickly, why she did not ’her brow. Then standing erect he ad- ? 'fr“?Tant smokc which is understood
ook back. How well I know. now. that dressed the assembled company’ savinc ° . hcathcn 10 be 'especially, pleasing
her own heart wns hrf»nirin-T "Wni .. . to spirits.
her own heart was breaking and her
own eyes were swimming with tears!
Eut her heart was fixed, she was deter-
mined that nothing, not a single word
of hers, not a single tear, should move
me from my purpose. And throughout'
the years since then, never has that dear
sa:n: of Cod done anything to discour-
age or disruade her son from carrying
out his God-appointed task. No sacri-
fice has been too much, no price too
great to pay to permit me to continue
ir. the service of my Lord.
.A plain-clad woman, with work-worn
hands, was sitting in the chapel, listen-
ing to the exercises that made her son
a college graduate. This young man had
earned high honors in his scholastic
erreer, and was to be honored by re-
ceiving an insignia, denoting the highest
honor that could be bestowed upon him.
When. that presentation was made, that
son responded. in a few words of appre-
ciation. then marched from the platform
straight ’ to where that ’homely little
-- company, saying,
isot to me. but. to ray mother belongs
this honor, for it was she who sacrificed
and who worked long hours over the
washboard- to make it possible for her
son to pursue his education."
And. so, ’if God is pleased to grant me
reward for what service he has permit-
ted me to render, I feel sure that to my
heroic mother will be given greater
honor for the long hours of arduous toil
• by which she provided bread for her
sick husband and, for her two dependent
children; for the efforts • she made’ to
see that her children were brought up
In the nurture and admonition of the
Lord;jux&»tPr the 'sacrifices , she; was will-
ing to make, and the privations she was
willing to endure, that her, son', might
serve his Lord without distraction.
Surely one of the choicest gifts of
God to man is a noble Christian mother.
.With all my heart I can say "Amen" to
the Scripture which says. "Her children, have- heard
arise un. and rail hrr Kinccn/?1*" /x . . . 1 <-u**y. nom
to spirits'.
Before the spirit is dismissed and the
ceremony ended opportunity , is . given
for representatives of the army. navy,
civil government, various schools, and
other bodies to appear* individually be-
fore the sacrificial table; lay' thereon a
sprig of artificial foliage, sometimes. alio
cast incense into"the brazicr/and make
a brief complimentary address (to the
spirit, of cv
. Througho.. .he ceremony . there are
.times, especially after the spirits are
summoned and before they arc dis-
missed, when at the example of the bfii-
Aiaji&g. pciestvcvcry one present- makes
obeisance toward the Shrine.
After the spirits have been^dismissed
the officiating priest and his attendants
withdraw. Then the various schools and
other civic bodies present - .(some of
them standing so far away that they
arise up, and call her blessed."' (Prov.
31:28). , ..
M
UCIf has been written about .the
r\/\ Shrines and their ceremonies.
sembled in the plaza ’before the Shrine,
the leader steps forward and with his
I is 5 - uic icaaer steps forward and with his 01,11
ing) come marching up one at a time in
company front, make a low obolsnnce
before the Shrine, and go' home.
The Government has-’giver. in various
statements the objects to be obtained in
these ceremonies. Among others, .these
ore: ~ •
“Prayer for good harvest."
“Congratulations on Jimmu Tcnno’s
[First Emperor of Japan, born of the
Sun Goddess) accession to the throne
^.Mf*Xor i\> ^.cigrioc
The' ceremonies diftcr. depending.. op
occasion's whicli they commemorate. In
general, however, when people go to a
Shrine, as Christian schools in Japan,
Formosa, and Korea are doing right
now, they will see the following:
The Purification of the Site.— A ritual-
ist in flowing robes appears with a
"broom" in his hand made of flowing
paper streamers fastened to the end of
a stick. Reciting a spell he tours the
locality before the Shrine while he
shakes the broom in his hand. Tins is
a symbolic act used also by Buddhist
priests as well as necromancers, witch
doctors, and the like. It means that all
spirits who may happen to be in the
vtcira i • the Shrine are asked or or-
dered part in order that the spirit
in wht. nonor the ceremony is held
(the Sun Goddess usually in Korea)
may alone receive all the glory and
honor. The site is ceremonially "puri-
fied" of the presence of all spirits other
than the one enshrined.
The Ceremony Itself.— This may be
quite simple or very elaborate. The
simple ceremonies have less religious
elements in them. Christians,* however,
arc not permitted to distinguish but
must attend any and all ccrcmo.**cs as
ordered. Moreover, the tendency has
been in the last two years to make all
ceremonies extremely elaborate.
In a simple ceremony the leader may
be n civU official, dressed in frock coot
or cutaway. When the throng has us-
icadej^then readslfJiq]fi|np respectfully
at arm’s length a sheet of paper on
which is written a polite and reverent
.address to the enshrined spirit. Having
finished Treading, the leader and . the
audience once mo;c bows and the cere-
mony is over.'
In a more elaborate or “major" cere-
mony the leader is a Shinto priest
clothed in ornate ceremonial robes. He
is assisted by ritualists also beautifully
garbed. When the ceremony begins the
priest claps his hands three times (to
attract the attention of the spirit, as
Buddhists do’ before their images). A
ritualist ‘reverently opens the doors of
the Shrine. The leader or a ritualist
then pronounces an invocation summon-
ing the spirit to attend and honor the
ceremony by its presence.
There follows n program which Js~d<>
signed for- the pleasure and entertain-
ment of the spirit. The ritualists play
ancient court music; addresses and
prayers ore made. Let it be emphasized
that these arc for the pleasure of the
spirit, not for the benefit of the audience.
In a vast plaza before the Shrine mbs!
of the audience cannot even see, much
less hear, what takes, place before the
Shrine. All addresses, remarks, prayers,
music are made with the performer’s
back to the audience, addressed to' the
spirit within the Shrine.
At some time during the ceremony
the attention’ of the spirit is called to
the. table set before the Shrine on wliich
are spread ceremonial cakes, bread, and
“PuriQ^gJJou-^C i-'.j^ins-committed un-
wittingly by all people under heaven.”
"Ceremonies conducted by sons to
console spirits."
The Govcrnmcr is said that these
ceremonies are : .-ligious in nature.
Accepting this sia.w-r.icnt schools con-
ducted by the Methodist. Dutch Re-
formed, Presbyterian U. S. A.. -United
Church of Canada, and other Missions
are appearing before Shrines on the’days
of the big ceremonies and bowing. Mis-
sionaries connected with these schools
are doing the same. There are mission-
aries who arc encouraging native Chris-
tians whose consciences are troubled to
accept the Government’s statement and
also do obeisance.
Uf
Notes from a
Layman’s Greek Testament
Gy Err>«sf Gordon
To the Jew first, and also to the
Gentile (Rom. 2:10).
THE primacy of the Jew in God’s pro-
gram is invariably insisted on by
Paul. The order 1s even held to in his
list of sufTerlngs .in 2 Corinthians 11.
"In perils by mine own countrymen. jn
perils by the CentUcs" (v. 20); and in
verses 2-i, 25, "Of the Jews five times re-
ceived I forty stripes save one.. Thrice
was I beaten with rods." The last pun-
ishment was. of course, at the hands of
Gentile licltfrs !
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Vheaton College
]Aheaton, Illinois
May 1, 1938
Dear Folks,
Happy May-day to you. It is certainly wonderful
weather we are enjoying here. If I wasn't so sleeny it
might make me feel like doing something, but as it’ is the
only ambition I have after finishing this letter is to take
a blanket out in the yard and fall asleep in the sun.
But it's encouraging to know that commencement is only
a little more than a month away. In one way I'll almost be
sorry it's over, for it's the first time that I haven't really
been sick of school. For one thing, studies have honestly
been the least of my worries, ana taken so little of my time
that they haven't gotten monotonous, and all the other things
I've been doing have been fun in a way — if only I didn’t
get so tired.
By the time Wednes&y came around I was pretty much of
a wreck, and after snapping at Sam all during our' doubles
match against Concoraia that afternoon I was pretty disgusted
with myself. Everything irritated me, and all the time 'i
knew they shouldn't — so I took the first train after we
got back and cleared out. McCunes took me in, and most of
the next forty hours I slept. After getting rid of the tension
I was under I couldn't do anything but that, and just the act
of picking up a book to read made me drop off to sleep. The
few hours I was awake I had a grand visit with Dorothy Adams
and the Malsbary's, who happened to drop in Thursday morning.
I forgot all about Wheaton while in there, and it was well
wofclbh missing a Theism exam and a few classes. I felt far
better when I got back in time for our next tennis match Fri-
day afternoon, but have lost most of Jhhat now' doggone it in
not getting more than six hours sleep a night since. It was
rather a busy time to miss, and I couldn't lose any time making
up for it. Ads, concert, and studies all had to be done.
I took the Theism exam yesterday noon, took an hour off
for a picnic lunch v,rith Delle in the woods to recuperate, and
then hit the concert decorations hard all afternoon. Before,
in-between, and after I tried to finish up the ads, but there's
still just a little more to be done before they're off my mind.
The concert went off much better than I expected, as might
be attested by the five encores demanded at the close of the
program. It made me feel a lot better, — but concerts are
definitely over for me now. I'm through with them! V.'e had
a fairly good crowd there too, and though I haven't had time
to count all the money I ratner imagine it was a good financial
success as well.
I thought I w'ould fool Delle ana call for her on time as
a change for one of our Tower concerts, but at seven minutes to
eight I had just managed to pull a-, ay from the final touches
in my work clothes and head for the bathtub. The program
8:13 we were SPated along with the
others, ^i_tening. Afterwards v.e went over to Carl Henry's
and _ saw some amateur movies of the Tower Staff at work After
seeing yours truly in action I've given up Hollywood as a
career! I So you needn't worry.
Tennis hasn't been go ng any too well. Fischer beat me
on Monday, no excuses necessary, so I've been playing 2nd
and poorly at that. I hope to play him again soon. You've
probably read accounts of the matches in the FnCOrd so I
won't go into them. I wish someone would will me some energy!
That certainly is great news of Charles's an. ointment
to India. I've been trying to find out as much as I could
about the lufajab, and it seems better and better all along
It almost makes me want to go there, and maybe I will some*
day. Charlie plans to come thru here the end of hhis month
on his way East, but I'm afraid won't be able
Sam's graduation as he had planned. A letter
that he will probably be here though, so that
gr^at. I'm still expecting Tomato, too. And
°nly get someone to drive you all over it wouldn't b° very
expensive, and be better yet! If it weren't for exams just
beforehand I 'a ao it myself.
to stay for
from Jim says
much will be
if you could
But goodbye for the present. I'm going to sleep.
Lots and lots of love.
Wheaton
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Lanaour, i^unjab, India,
August 81, Id;.
nell, fin Lly in lm , ter a very enjoyable b]
The first part of the trip, on the Japanese boat wa s just lots of fun.
..e all were like one big family, because i/e were on the boat for the full
trie froi America to Jupun. Of course there were a few addition >.io-
lula, but they joined right into the fun. There were several Japanese
) . the boat, and of course all dc on . ,c, . r
they were all lovely— so friendly. and nice, .e enj >yec ’
ha a lots of fun at 2 irst trying to make nyself understood and trying to
understand our Japarn..- rdesc, but we soon caught on to each oilier,
and made out very well. The Japanese LI crazy over ..lice, in fact*
the whole boat ..us — she wa s the oiuy chile, and she surely tool: ohe boat
* ot atlc . ive on it, except tiiat
our tabl* steward w so fond of her, that he would- bring her anyth.
thing— to the extent- that when we ,.ot on the next boat, she and I liad
to have two or three sessions at meal times to get her straightened out,
but we conquered tl.i a and for the rest of the trip she was a odel a: Ili
a t tlie table. It i . c >nvenient for me to have her be i
At Yokohama we left the boat and went to aobe by train. ..e took a
trip around Yokaliumu which i enjoyed just so much, .aid then the train trip
fave us an excellent chance to really see the country. It surely is one
autiful place, be saw the Japanese a s they really li , oown
very larxowest streets that live seen. People everyplace — but
that is true in each of the oriental countries, 1 found. We stopped at
several shrines, at the Dig auddha, liad lunch at some famous hotel which
had a lovely Japanese - i;>ht outside of the tea room. That was a
funny experience. ».e were sitting in this tea room, which was truly Qrient-
ta 1 i.i Its at losphere, tri . i ■ ,s with the Japanese lunters sti*uh|J around
everyplace, Japanese servants waiting on you,” a lovely Japanese garden just
outside — t ruly you were in the Orient. While we were eating the radio
playing, und suddenly we were transported bach to che Wei hearing ovei
Iho radio "The World is Waiting for the ounrise". It struci . us so
funny that we liud a hard ti le not to laugh, to .d some-
one Ly having them think that we were nakin; fun of something.
The train trip fro i Yokohama to Aobe v/as uneventful except that it
uaa very wan. but tiiat was just a start or n warning oi what was to cons
on the rest of t . the scenery, with all of Japan's
its, tlie rice field, zhe blue herons, which 1 insist are just white, the
little Japanese villa is, and then in ti e background Jfujiama \/ith its top
of snow. They said we were very fortunate to see it at that time of the
year bec .isc it was so cloudy, but we saw it at two different ti ;es, which
pleases oe very much. ..s we nulled into res the reiult£
of the flood ana landslide which haa hit Aobe shortly befon
In places the lid was pilled up J ft. high, and the railroad tracks hau
had to be aug out. There were nigh banks on each side of us. Streets were
hiiisi
d up the sti
with about a foot or two )i lit, and there were several io .iad
dirt right up to tlie roof— houses which were completely ruined with no
'))').! . ..11 aloiL, the way you co ild see the people digg
y^elongings, and trying to clear out their houses.
They say that tlie reason/\wus progn so slowly was that each person
\/a s responsible for his o \m place, und for 1 expense— that the gov't
wa en't rielping a bitd-all of its loney v/as hi in, , spent for the war.
nt Aobe \/e spent most of our ti . .e while there, two cays, getting settled ir
tlie hotel, going shopping, and then we had the fun >i m > ... .mb red-
ing the'Taiyo"1 , our boat as it came in. We got a thrill out of seeing it
come in and seeing evtnpne tiiat we knew. and they all got a thrill out of
seeing someone tiiat they knew grouting them.
.e ot on the Kn,lish boat, tit. .un/ulpindi, at Aobe. and there we
; ) t wore fun, because there we -e only about lit in fc ist's class
and there were lb of those who had >cen on the^Taiyof’ with us, so v/e just
about ran things, ..e decided that \in should rename the boat. Most oi t
WAJ
..barked at Shanghai, howe\ ,
At Shanghai, diaries went ashore oi
. iss i’ru e, one of our ..issionarie
nent for the next day while we v/e
.th only four who sta.
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, ..ho oil ere a us the use of i.t.r appait-
there. That was simply grand as she hac
her woman servant there all the ti iu.
.e went in about J:o0 in the corning
and nut . lice to bed ana left her with the servant, while we we.it to .^ss
fraae's office so tliat 1 could nee I her. 1*> • sooner ol
our missionaries, whom Charles had Imoun in korea, , -t ait
for lunch with her. She tool: us shopping a. I r, u 1
pet z\ j .usmuble. The exchange just then was verynuoh to our ad-
vantage. 1 bought i pair of white oxfords fop* 1.32 and a pair i or j.lice lor
cents. This typewriter is of annu lish nalce evidently beouuse it
lias the sign for the an lisli found na tlie luaian wipe< , buu no dollar _ and
cents si is. o e wanted to know il i sewin , nd tola c • ^ '
cloth . ' j ere in i, which would be truly oriental
cloth. It is a cotton print, with a lo - .lnisn. It i;
lovely, l thou Jit, so 1 prooeeded to buy enough for four dresses lor lysell
and tuu for ..lice. Later we decided to get so ic to send hone to nother and
Kthei urles went in the next aornuig ana bought bO lore yarus ol it.
You see, it oa is to about C cents a yard,. which is really 1 ,
Aon. 1 * i > :V TJie sale mteriul would probably -e w;oat - r'!0G " JX
• , , . . j it to tell you tliat wl W liana 1 bought the
loviest Japanese la a i. > -a • n oo .t. It is about cress
length. I aean day dresses, has a little stand up collar, > mttons uoxm
the Ori >' fastenings. It is a lovely a-aae oi iiji
blue and is brocaded all over with silver witj; • 1 " ~ 1 io f
is beautiful. That wa s about 8 dollars in American noney J >• -L<
boat told ne it would cist about CO dollars in the states. ‘ * j
is a little hirji, but you can sec the advantage of buying in the Orient and
not having to pay the customs duties which is tucked on to tinned lor one
8tate|ns^hGs*fteriloon ve took ..lice back oo the apart a u and left i a
the servant and we took a eiiartcred bus trip out to the oevasjated urea ol
. The city itself had a bind its population with the ol *
• rela,;i iad Conc into the city — into thb lnteruaoion bettleaent urea
g’ ,j ).*n lias liad sense enough evidently to leave alone. That hasnk t beei
, bit where we went was a complete rui .
japan hue ruined thin s ure than needed to bo none to ,ain st ‘t©
a rea, but its u terrible, mss of complete ruins. AU along the atreets, too
one sees the Chinese stores, wit rs of glass al uruwcis
nulled out, and the whole place a ruin, not f ro l bonbs, out Iron the bands
L ,,e soldiers. It is certainly a sad sight, especially in one
,’ vtu: lar section of ohe city. At the bridges winch is the H i ^
international oection, there tire stationed about a. dozen Japanese lor each
Si , very single Chinese who passes from the int. section over into
fchr i\o, b .1 widen u
of pJsnport to the Japanese guard. These are earn, ,
peQBonapietnr., and eaah tiae he pusses ke oust show this cara ““*01
innpfle ruard. There stems to bo . > ..uLg.I.j *'■■■-> >
use every single opportunity possible to x - .
u )!>n the Chinese tLt they, the Japanese, ere in oontrol. treuUent at
the Chines, is just terxibk. ... JP» oi i
out world.: nci r Jap. "ese supervision, aid the y"inesej<ere wor.ani(
and all o the Taiyo recruits left us? and wc were u Ue only
ones left of the*0ri, in .1 crowd. ..Idle there we aid so ie aore shopping**
all or :ost of these shopping e peditions • ii}g wino >w shopping — mejzua
thev don’-t hav \ •• ’ the 8 Ls 4
* with all of these little shops on e&ca sice and each chop iCoepor ouiis an
,his uuei ind wants you to c$ae in and look. Of .course ne Joesa* a sav that
v i . , i i i ..I. oi n< . i. pri. iff::; ijJiaL lie IS
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1. 1. , t ey ha'
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pulled uo
,ioli o u.) to oa too— they o atad t up in the air— , id are
Le. You just about sit
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a slant, sit laoin,. up hill both goipj up unu co unt aoun. ihe view
, i lovely. You -
Tilled v;ithPall the oceJi liners and omits of all sizes and
then vou can see all the little island j arondd in the haj
lovely.1* ) »h too short a visit wi ill jSlms. ,
: , ’ at oody. It surely ua s goii to see ao.ieona »
. r< :7 iar ewuy fro.iell you hnau. iJig ***
for it to :.et even hotter as /e ..ent luitnei
preparea
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bour. *.e had a
o.'i Charles and i
when you
nd 1 wa s all
towards oing-
ti:e junior, lut’ina. -H, that is a different^kind ot nc
at
and you didn't iind it so iuch, except for the fact that it ooori away ..hut
pnpv y po .. . . i
"n , a 11.,:. bout they hud children's less, und it see led as tho
- LJ - > * - ig myself , P^ting Alice to bed
her ud. drecring her, washinj i ;• One thing t.. ^
oSiteVoSnvMt as is haS be : - V-i s that there was no
" , . i-v & 4- Till fnl.*o f.hnt. hflftk'— thfilf* V/Hft Ufiftkinj’. dOI16. 1
i i erent ways every ntorning on the Japanese bout, lhe sugar o
uk. here in India is a very course (Tamed substance, and tl.o it is jnst as
ameteninr as ours, yet it ta. or lor it to c ispive. fruit is never
served in a sauce cish — al\/ays on a flat plate — even . hen you have manes
uith all of the juice, they are still served on l tcs. I M
served rice with their morning fruits ulso— with stewed prunes, rhuburb,
eberries etc. Puddings were all served on flat plates in oti
ea'm also, and those are supposed to be eaten wit. >
Shan vou are served soup, you are also given a * pspoon to eat it
uith and then you eat your cereal with a soup sponi. oookies have iorevei
lost their mine to us— they are now and hence ~ " J J * K
aits are called Scones. When you linish your meal you arc
vour knife and fork across the top of the plate, but have then poin
l# handle ends out. At the children s .ess, Ialwavs out Alice* S
-> her pl te croc: ;i e, ae often as i would jut it that .... , 010
■. 1 vi 1 r vr.v ; .i:\vf follv nlace it . i th the handle poia^i-i . n Jit to-
that the English people always* have either tea or coffee ant toast ^ and fruw
served to then in their room any time from b:S0 on, aJQ,sJ.bre5k?J8^..^7 1
served until J:^0, tho' Alice hod hers at 7:d0. Alice ^ad dinner
-nd we had Tiffin, or olam ordinary lunch, at l.Oo. tney naa i ea
nt, . - JO a custom which we have every day here at the >^rper s. am. seais
to be the usual thin,., because we have two invitations to t tea for the next
hp t-bfi uquul thin . Deoausfc we nave wwu iu.ivuii. :
four or five days. Then dinner wasn't served until J:00 at night, om e
SSlTlmS ejoh other stiff, trying to keep ourselves busy uiic - u
each other up, waiting. hy the time you finished , y.ww
and then we renerall.
the cabin to do t
•1 had to co it then, md luug it u
be cry m all out > si ht by 11: JU m one or u..c
tinn There 1 rucss that those T"*
JL< * fmrny— kept oui fP9^ed*
bein, lunny p_ v of course it is a
were
hour drive around 0111 aoore uau » storc8 to get a----
son is so bright there. 1 tried in things, they didnfcfc ewM
the Bashing, “! i e 2? ” jnc pineapple plantation unciseveruli-ub-
what 1 was talking about, we o for the draining and saw tit
. . r - ions, saw the w®¥» • J . white s^o ftio 1 each little cup hung
• out \;itl : ' ir v.ils -- c. 1.1 t •• - f u^itiful ..oiuciea
.oh tree. In JaGr. ■ it and
were not allowed to eatei iiul chandelier in
could sec inside- S^d th^ailsortsof St tie. ones all a *
the oenter of t , ■ in4? > Ls, a >n
room. ..e visited a zoo, and saw joy 01 J r ,— .... v.iu.i' t
of which Live in t eS»i n2fcvlt'
see the junule ’uiied up[ when he broasht ns to these
ha ver\r "iuch animated and sor . f . »y, ->mht was "iMoks • and 1.
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had t(
ihen
the
trip
with
and
she
clinb
ed up
the
side
OI
a at.
slue
it
see
had f
our k
inas
of b
uddh
as, th
e Ch
ine
se,
cse.
They i
said
it w
v-ry in
sti,
0*. ,
thin.
whic’
[1 was
int
eres
tin*; u
hat
the
self
was u;
pal
ong
incl
ine of
ste
ps,
and
see
whine
ill t
line
ine
lady ca*e
jrforaed in
itifUl
oi those
were in
ts. One oi
ladiei
and Charles
led, to see l
ike Indian, t
out 1 dioik.t
di
ce
10 the r
)le whicl
the ait
.rorot
to
it ti e steps
:iuese te 10J
itationed
nd one t
a*** neither 01
iozer
nmr
at dilierent
for none,
,/ere
Ch
le tenole
vere
iUt
olJ
»
lias alii*
o leave the pl£
bicali
teed foi
tollar
ill of
th
tort 01 ;
a laces
ouch
olo
Ceylor
me 01
1 joyed
into tn
•ace.
lecllacc.
. ou.
of all
/in
sljl
3eaed
xe lo\
ill
were
one li
be
rolJ
dl
.iscoverec.
can t
icr
irnoc
101 1€
.1;
01
lOUt
that night rro i no.ipa;
h train is divided into conpart ;e
i.i.V, on either sice 01 the tiuin,
tr-m to the other as you do in >.
part, lent is './hen the tr
the next
station, iou do the saie thi
□g
for leals. .,h
en the t:
rain stops i
it
a statior
and go to th
C Cil^iLV
car and sti
Xj
there unt
ill the train stops at the ne
y ■
station and t
tn you ,
0 LKiC. . 13
vour c onv
rt e it. nenlly each coap.
art
;cnt will hoi
u at lea
st 6 people
bv t
jiu four, o:ie for each berth ;
at
night f but we
were ve
ry fortunati
i ndeec l.
hsviiv tiie co ipart :ents eat
ll’C
ly to ourselv
s. The
iirst train
\/ent fro:
i ivO/ibsy to be l.hi , which t
he
way is not ue
-
but bel-le
• e -;ot i'
ito bolhi ouncay night about
J l u
0 and then to
ok anoth
er train lr
)0
there to
aekru-bun,( .etting in there a
bou
. .
l-
xUid by the
v/ay thfi 1
t is not pronounced bekru bun
.t behru,-boo
. it.: b
een a revels
i-
tion to 1
pronounce
xeiir the prpper pronounciatio
jd b t the Indians themselves
11 0
i these place
u, W.
ey really a)
re
Boml
3ay is quite flat, \/ith lovel
f p,
alas, which l
love, a
11 oy r f- e
olace. il
le trio fro •. there to bellii ’J
os
over very sin
iliar co
u. ii»y , ij
lovely. J
ron ^elbi on up to l/ehru we
beL
an to cli.ib.
and i \/a
s so interes
>t<
in seeinj
,e kept «
• the country that Urn afraif
at 1 aion* t
gt very
loi. ..lei ) .
iliubing up the hills and 1 t
QOU
,Jit *it was lo
vely. -‘G
were net ii
1
break! u* 1
\/e took
V
the trip up into the mountains. I had thought that i was &lreai^ in the
Ls“ i.r. c- ii these beauti. L ,
Pie that I had a lone i/ays up yet to gO«At Dehzu the elev ation is auout 2QQ0
it. above sea level and \;e were to $0 up to 7,000. ihey have a road going
u) the mountain, which is the "winding-est" road I#.ve ever seen. It's just
a constant continuation of hair-pin curves, iou just get through swinging
one wa- 1 continue that fop aboutl7 dies, 28
:iles in , and. all the ti le you'r coin* straight up, until t c road stops
at an elevation of about 6t000feet. Jfron there, if you still posess all of
your senses and know the way, you can wall: for about me hour, or tliree
> • '
met thei*e
not having
)U uj .e up another 1,000 feet, .e didn't. lial
by hr. ohaw, and he anc Oharles roce horse- lack, Olmrles really
any difficulty about k epin^ liis feet uj off the c. round — und 1
^ uilU uli • JL lWv-*L/ u JLLU ^
themen stop and rest, but* Ur. oliau says that they're verc 3U0l ,
nnd that r was ir oonciencioua. Hre. harper, wit] •
us here, and wm soon had lunch, unpacked, ironed, etc for the rest of the
,i here is L. bach house is sort of perch
ed on the side of the" lountain, and it ianlt just one it. but IB . ,
them. We are up so hi17h that the clouds are all around, bov
It sort of jives you the feeling that you are constantly in a fog, but its
UiUDn.lii' WJ.OJ' j'JU, XllO ilCAU ^ --
as lany lend. rs of the station as could co e, and then they niu lov .lv
lunch after. It ave is a grand chance to meet all the iolks, and for then
to meet us, anc ue're still meeting then. Try and keep their names straight l
. n . i 11 lovely and we like them all very much, and it surely is one
lovely nlac . ily consists of ..r. and .n*s. carper, middle
q ( - (- k ' i.av/in, ly, who is a Sophomore at frinoeton. liason, l/, . > i i.u. < .
l h’in December and won. 12. Then they have another boy, wonulu
from .ialay who is als > 12, who is goirig to school here, l’hey also have a
Dummy, limy, find x.lice has had the pxjadest time with hi i. oc' s actually
conquered tier fear oi cogs. aao tho she still is a little scemcical, sne
loves hi u, and pets him and has a
very glad for that. »e have employed our first servant— an aMU Ivyai i).
for Alice, ol.e cleans up our roo i, does the . , watches and plays
witl Alice. We hao one for a couple of days until this out , md
so iethinr happened so that every tine she touched Alice she would cry, so we
are ? oin very slow with this one. 1 won'. t let her feed her yet, and she jusT
..ice is to t i . II t< i i ■ , - • *
» Lon befo i ill e bis b her over to hex completely.
Of c is what we're working Sot, so that she can take ZUll co ltrol
of alice while I' i at the hospital. ..
..A've :.ad to lw»v • . b ket -me lor the b. y, nc a. 45 ess to xit it,
eta, and then w< ■> - 1 . ■ - ■ J— *•> :,1 1 ‘ ^
in - u bn win ■ tf : ials, a ■< . -"i 1 , :;ruin i- '-’i • vo .cl evcrytJ i.i ,
ah kce up. Then uc liad to oai-lc all of the "nuplciis", not uiu^era, ana then
-fter 1 rs. Lhey 1 11 lind to be ashed to .mice tii" i indelible ^nd tnen try
and get then dry, vith all the rain— tho I oust hai t > .ad that they say
rc are liav.inc very exceptional, very beautiiul Weather tor this tine of Ub
year, that itf leall;/ isn?.t raining nearly as nuoh as it orcinarily aoes.
Do vou re >e ibci* our thinlcin' chat we wouldn't le able to et things
out here! ..ell '/e line only been here two days when a man w s his app-
earance at least three times a week, came and f >reac
the floor. These included mens, Children's and women e socas aim stooJOn s,
—oh yes, n)t spools of tlread, but reels of cotton, bo. »
, soap, ■ ) thbrusl i » P u?xes^0«1??fc,rf *
ii ..e
, m a lai we wont.
It's really uite convenient. . .. .
i'ooay. ibursckm is the cay i It aome- -all goes out auc oat. is Cac daj
that home ail co es. so that o T irsdays, so
continue to be 80. there is a gene ol rush to get olf tile
started with hie L lh mge lessons ,T ms had th» d is ^viay his fouxth
right now, so that he is a little isy with that. I
yet as t^ey think tliat I* U 1 can * m-csent—
ret settl . ■< rum >n* t ioiju umsrw ue tue o; ui, ^
Bone another. bat tliat >robably won't be decided until .juuu.x
.e are all very well, exceot that jwlice ana 1 havt. hac a (;joq uj:
flea . lice is 1 via w terrible ti .c wit her--: because tney re
• 1 ** _ > . nbn n.V'.e ¥ -\ Kcfi i\P7* fiPf* !' ^PliR \a.
I probubl: won't start ny lessons until after mmual . eting : .a ..lien we
11 c 3H* t know where ue are to be* .me- say on
tine,
.jze ol
're all
across the back of her icc.: and. when she go cs to bed, her neck gets warn aod
then they itch and keep be : to sleep* but 1 thiuic they II only
bother for about another day f us nine have been all rxpi
to be inane fran then. ».e like it very. ouch out nero, a
seeing to a dlliou things about etting, settled, etc in
as possible* Of course we bother • 5 r ' - • -
to fur, and having her tbll the ^yuh or the Million
constantly at the door what we want done* bhe aoes -t3st
stairs in her roo.i, anu she is deaf so that she aoes.i t
coae to the uoor, auc we are constantly calli.x to her,
to et her, anc of course we're constantly mtemptin.
..ell, 1 roust stop now-
ana
over
.so
‘ t i won* t tied up lee ion win n lie co *os to ;et their
aesiaes ± tni.w: o
this all finished
hot 8 ana lott oi love to all ‘ • -
ne t edition will c >u, bat this is to let you .enow
will happy* Hope we'll be hearing fro i ail
ply enj o od ; il the mil so fur, bat always
lately* Ohas* see**
ana are sorely basy
u as short a tine
, by c mstatnly calling
nd one servants who ure
all of her wouk up
heax* then when they
or running up stairs
her work*
this and correct ,11 Ox the . stc~.es
1 : ;st o re* - , . c t: : . vt
are
e've
proiise when the
.t we've arrived and
you folks before long*
> k. x or .ore*
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