This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN MISSIONARIES AND MISSIONARIES WHENEVER our roaming along the byways of Japan brought us to the door of a missionary home we went in and found a welcome. There was always room for two more at the missionary's table, and if we could stay for the night there were always futon enough ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN MISSIONARIES AND MISSIONARIES WHENEVER our roaming along the byways of Japan brought us to the door of a missionary home we went in and found a welcome. There was always room for two more at the missionary's table, and if we could stay for the night there were always futon enough for a couple of extra beds. This hospitality was due partly, perhaps, to the fact that both he and we were far from home, partly to the genial influence of Japan, where the very atmosphere breathes welcome, but chiefly because the missionary himself was a good fellow--a man living pleasantly and setting a wholesome example. The example is not exciting, but it is as an example he is most effective. The missionary is taken seriously, as a rule, except when the Mail, the Herald, or the Gazette, being short of copy, gives him opportunity to point out in print the weak spots in the creeds, the customs, the rites, or beliefs of his brother missionaries of other sects. The Japanese smile at him then, and the Buddhists say: "August divergence of august opinion apparently existing is among the teachers of religion from the West." Then they rub their polls and become abstracted in contemplation of the Absolute. The Imperial Govemment likes the missionary, and the Mikado decorated one some years ago. Later he and his family were granted all the rights of citizenship. The Minister of State, in transmitting the papers, declared that the Empire was to be congratulated on having so worthy a man within its borders. When this reverend gentleman was presented to the Court of the Heaven-Descended, he gave his Imperial Majesty a Bible, the only one that ever found its way within the palace gates. Like other folks who accomplish things, the missionary comes in...
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Fine. No Jacket. Book 12 mo., hardcover, A bright, clean fine copy; no dj. Black cloth with bright gilt lettering and design. Firm, tight, and well-preserved. 307 pp. Glimpses of life and nature far from the travellers' track in the land of the rising sun. Third Impression, 25 photos. Frontis shows the garden of the old temple.
