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NAGOYAmTHAT THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MIGHT COME TO KNOW THE RISEN SON

VOL. 1 JULY 1951 NO. 2A DEAD REL IG ION?

By Kathryn Davis Buddhism in Ja

^ definitely nota dead religion ineveryday thou-

sands of Japanese go to the BuddhistTemple Grounds to

worship the idols housed there.Upon entering the temple g rounds

they stop a t one of several smallcounters where men are busily engaged wri ting out prayer slips andmake the ir purchase. Then with prayerslip in hand they pause for a momentand pay homage to a large statue ofth e founder of one sect of Buddhism.

They proceed on to the Gong Towerand wait patien tly until the Priestt ak es t he ir prayer slip and lays i t onthe altar. Here the people sit withheads bowed reverently while the Priestprays sounds the large gong several

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CHAMBERS BEGIN TRAVELOGUEJuly 1 st mark ed the beginning of a

long trip that would eventua lly end onthe mission field in Japan for Bob andHazel Chambers. As they set out tovisit the churches to tell of their plansto serve God in J ap an th ey wen t withthese w ord s o f recommenda tion f romth e Pres i den t o f M idwest Ch ris tianCollege in Oklahoma City: I am very happy to recommend these

fine young people to all of ou r brethren asyoung people well qualified for the work towhich they have dedicated their lives. Theyare seeking support that will make it possible for them to sail to Japan at the earliestpossible moment. You may subscribe to theirsupport in full confidence of their loyalty toour Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Sonof th e living God and their whole heartedcommitment to ou r historic plea fo r a returnto New Testament Christianity.

LESTER H. FORDThe Lord wi ll ing the Chambers willspeak in churches and serve as camp

miss ionar ies in Ok l a homa a nd Kans a suntil Oct. 1 st. Then they plan to travelamong the churches in the easternstates until sailing time. They maketh is r equest as they begin their tour:A s we begin our work for Christ in fa r

away Japan we want to ask each of you topray for ou r work. As is true with all missions our work for th e Lord is one of Faith.Faith that He will be w ith us . Faith that Hewill provide the way. and Faith that He willanswer jour prayers and ours.The Chambers are booking passage

fo r abou t Feb. 1 s t from San Francisco.W e m ust w ork fa s t and we a re a sking your most welcome prayers.


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NAGOYA CHRISTIAN MISSIONHoward Kathryn Davis

Box 49 N a k aNagoya Japan

Forwarding Agents;Mr Mrs Clyde BirneySublette Kansas

Bob Ha?;el ChambersForwarding Agents:

Mr Mrs George SpiesHydro Oklalioma

Gong towertimes and again p ray s in their behalfThe people, themselves pick up theprayer slip fro m the altar and proceedto the te mple w here Buddha is housed

The size of the Buddha T em pl e c anbe judged by noticing Judy a nd Jan etDavis and Kathleen Bills standing onthe steps of the one being constructedCertainly Buddhism is not dead whenstructures such as this are being cons t r uc t ed

At this temple the incense is burnedand the offering is given On bendedknee t he Jap an ese earnestly pray tothe huge cold idol that can in no wayhear their praye r and be merciful untot h e m

The last stop is made t a Turt le

Tl .e red and gold house of the huge idol.Pit where hundreds of prayer slips canbe seen Here they stand and afteroffering one last prayer toss their paperthin wooden prayer slip into the hollow back of a large turtle in the pitof w te r

This completes the ceremony andthey go on their way feeling thatBuddha has heard their prayers Mostof the Japanese who worship Buddhaare sincere, but since Buddha is justa man made idol, they are withouthope There is salvation in none otherthan Jesus Christ who died for thesouls of men Pray for the people ofJapan that they might come to knowthe S avior of all mankind


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MISSION PROPERTYPURCHASED

The land has been purchasedand the fo un datio n s tarted fo rthe mission home in Nagoya. Thereasons for purchasing this part icular piece of land were several,among which was the opportunityit presented for living and preaching in a Chris tless community,and secondly, the City ownedproperty was much cheaper thanany we had previously considered.

You, our co-labors, made i tpossible for us to take advantageof this opportunity when it arose,through your gifts and prayers.Your support and backing hasbeen splendid, and we are deeplygrateful. May the Lord richlybless you as you continue toServe Him, is our prayer.

The Davi se s

We are deeply grateful to D r. O.AltonWatson of Oklahoma City. Dr. Watsoncancelled the balance of our bill, S49.50,a s a donat ion to the Lord s work inJapan. The indebtedness was for eyesurgery for Mrs. Davis.

This piggy went to market The way ourmeat gets to the butcher.

Oops On one of Japan s main highways.

Christian b ro ad ca sts o ve r this .station inNagoya are in ou r plans for the future,with th e help of V. Alex Bills.GO YE INTO ALL THE W ORLDThere are approximat ly two billion

people on the earth, of this numberare still wait ing to hear the

Gospel. Port ions of the New Tes tamenthave been t ranslated into 1,185 languages and dialects, but the peoplesof 1,789 languages and dialects haveno Bibles


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Lawrence HallumWilliam ScottJohn W ConardSandy Lake PaAvoca Ark S.S.Fred ReiswigRalph HollowayMulhall , Okla. S.S.James HergetMrs Roy HobbsPauls Valley, OklaHenry SmithGene BimeyMargaret LycanColumbians OhioPlainville, Kans

Miss SocLiberal Kans

Jr Inter C. ESavonburg KansH B SiemensEnid, Okla Davis ParkMercer MoTampico, YorktownErma DressierEdna E PetersonSterling B. WilsonBeulah HoobeShattuck Okla

Miss SocA B. McReynoldsDelmar Pricket tH B. SchockColdwater MichSyracuse Kans

Miss CounLexington, Ky. FirstMrs K P Russell

Davis OklaMark -G. MaxeyNorman JasperOwosso Mich J C. E.Dr F L IngramMission Receipts

F INANCIAL STATEMENTHoward Kathryn Davis

M ay June 1951 10.00

10 002 00

10 00120 00

90 0024 0015 88

1 0010 0030 00

5 0015 0010 0010 00

137 00

14 005 00

25 0025 009

25 005 00

50 0025 002

10 002 005 005 00

25 00

4 00

21 503 00

25 0010 00

5 0050 00

850 38

LIVING LINKAvoca Ark S. S.Fred ReiswigEads ColoSelmer TennGuthiie Okla West SideOklahoma City Okla

CentralCentral Junior

Arcadia KansCarney OklaMcKinney TexasBerean ClassHepler, Kans.Oklahoma City Okla

Draper Park W C.Martelle IowaLiving Link ReceiptsMission ReceiptsBal May 1, 1951Total ReceiptsPurdy Mo

For Native Evangelist

DISBURSEMENTS

30 0020 0925 0025 0020 00

100 005 00

20 00120 00

10 0015 00

60 001

550 00850 38414 46

1814 84 10 00

Salary 600.00Expense in YenNagoya News 21 000Apartment

Key Money 19 000Travel Ex 47 400Freight 4300Stationery 11 065Postage 29 489Land 164 400Building Ex 15 867Chg. Yen Ex 2 700360 Yen - 1.00 877 00Total Disbursemenjs 1477 00Total Receipts 1814 84Bal July 1, 1951 337.84

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IN A B U D D H I S T M O N S T E R YB y H ow ard D av is

The D a v i s e s an d th e B u d d h i st P r i e s t .One Sunday morning, with the Bills

family returning from services inOsaka, w e ch an ce d to pass a BuddhistTemple. We stopped for a brief look,a n d were in vited b y on e of th e p ieststo a t our thn Ugh th e m onastery. W esaw the m any feast rooms and classnw m s of the huge ram bling building.W e entered several worship chambers,a n d then w e were allowed to look intoth e intermost room. It w a s w i t h o u twindows, the w alls had coverings of

Mr . Bills presenting the pr iest with th eGospel.

cloth; red, gree n, w hite, and purplepanels a b o u t two feet wide, a n d allt h e fu rn itu re, e v e n th e floor w asupholstered in white.

Finally w e were escorted into them a i n worship room, where w e sa wseveral idols and objects of worshipthat were made of pure gold. As ac l i m a x they dem onstrated to us howeach t hi ng w as used, including theri n g i n g o f th e h u g e gong.

U p on l e av i ng t he m on as te ry BrotherBills presented our priest guide wi t ha portion of the Scriptures, and eacho f u s le ft w ith a keene r d e sir e t o reachmore o f these idol worshiping peoplewith th e m essa ge of Christ, who diedfo r t hem

Baby bibs on a temple gate. Each represents a petition for a little on e that hasd i e d .

W e are ga-ateful to the MissionaryGroup o f thii F ir st C hristia n Church,Pendleton Oregon, Byother HiramDawson is m in is te r, f o r a n e w in kr o l l e r and rib b o n fo r our M u l t i g r a p h .T he se s up pl ie s m a ke it possible for usto p ri n t o ur o w n N ew s L etters a t ag r e a t sa v i n g of m is sio n funds .

A rider on the Ja pan ese s treet carsm u s t p a y th e f a r e a t th e e n d o f hisride, n ot w he n h e b o ar d s t h e c a r .

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W H I C H W I L L IT B E ?I T h is l i t t le f ive

year old girl and2^ her y rotherare1- ^children of Buddhistparents. Their lives

were b egun in idolworship, they arelearning to bringand toss their offerings before the

centuries old idols of bronze, and then,kneeling, bow unt il the ir t iny foreheadstouch the floor.

These two little ones are typical ofJapan s millions, who are being schooled in the heathen religions, holding tothem mainly becau se o f the customsand practices handed down to them bytheir forefathers. Yet Japan offei s oneof the greatest opportunities to Christianity today. In spite of the activeopposition from Buddhists and Shinto-ists, these little ones and the ir paren tsc an be reached an d w on to Chr is tThe section of Nagoya called Naka-mura-ku is without any touch with

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Christ a t all. It is reported to us tobe extremely hostile to Christianity ,but since it is one of the most needyw e feel this is w here C hrist w ouldhave us begin work.

The Buddha p ictu red here sits withhis hand extended, palm up , like abeggar in the m arket. I t is as if tosay, give , yet his empty shell hasnothing to give in return t o h is devotees.

Jesus said, Suffer the little childrento com e unto me. Chris t loved th eselittle ones and he placed the responsibility, upon all who claim the nameChristian , to tell them the preciousstory o f His coming.

In this heathen land, on every handwe see the idols, the temples, and theshrines, but over i t a l l we hear thevoice of Christ callingthe answer willdepend upon the Christians in Americ a and Japanwhich will it be?

The purchase of the mission propertyin Nagoya ran true to Japanese form.The land was selected, the purchaseprice paid, the deed officially sealed,then the next requirement was to s eekpermission from the Japanese Government to buy land.

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It has been our pleasureto make many friendsam ong th e service men a n dtheir families in Japan.Many on leave fi om Koreav is it t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s a n dlend a helping hand in thework. For the benefit of anyof our friends in Japan andKorea, who might bo comingf)ur way, here is our nameand address in Japanese.

Marine S^ts. Searle and Bunch. Background,famous pagoda at Kyoto.Many thanks to the Park Church o f

Christ, Goldfield, Iowa for the two nicegif t parcels. Since their arrival somethings have been appearing on ourt a b l e t h a t w e h a v e n t seen since l e a ving America. Our diet consists mostlyof foods purchased in the Japanesemarke ts , w ith some canned goods fromthe Overseas Supply Store.

An e lect ri ca l inspec tion in Japanconsists not o f hav ing the newly wiredhouse inspected, but of taking all thef i x t u r e s a n d s w i t c h e s to t h e E l e c t r i cCompany s office for an inspection.

Moving from Osaka to Nagoya.W h e n w e l e f t A m e r i c a w e o w n e d a1949 Mercury sedan, which we brought

to Japan with us . We soon realizedthat conventional type automobileswere not suited to the type work weplanned to do hero. Through the guidance of the Lord we now own a JeepStation Wagon, which is much moreprofi tab le to our work.

Two new laws in Japan moved usto make a quick t rade for the Jeep.The first was th e banning of the lawthat J ap an es e p riv ate citizens couldn o t o w n a u t o m o b i l e s T h e n e w l a wallowed them to buy 1949 models andolder . T h i s m a d e t h e v a l u e o f o u r M e r c ury go up considerably. The secondlaw was a new customs tax, totaling 60^, levied a t all foreign madecars. If we were ever to secure a Jeepi t h a d t o b e b ef o r e t h e t a x w e n t i nt oe f f e c t

T h e result was, we tra de d o u r 1949model for a 1951 Jeep and receivedsome money to our credit in the exchange. With the Jeep we are able tocarry the good news , by means ofthe Public Address System, throughJapanese streets and villages t h a t werei n a c c e s s a b l e to u s before .

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The New Testament in Japanesereads from right to left any foot noteswould be a t the top of the page andMatthew begins a t the back of theBook.

A native song and dance.

X-tvtA DEF IN ITE SERVICE

You may be too old to offer to be amissionary and too poor to finance theoutgoing of new ones but you canPRAY

MA IL ING L IS TThe NAGOYA CHRISTIAN

NEWS is edited and publishedin Japan as a report to thechurches d irec tly from the field.Anyone des ir ing to be placed onthe mailing list please send nameand address to Mr. Mrs. ClydeBirney Sublette Kansas. Thispublication is free of charge.

In Japan spring house cleaning isa law. Every house must have theproper sign on the front showing thehouse has pass ed th e inspection of theau thor i t ie s


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i kI A^ NAGOYA

THAT THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MIGHT COME TO KNOW THE RISEN SONVOL. 1 S PT M R 1951 NO. 3

Pictured ab; ve is the Air Force Dependent School Judy and Janet areattending thi s year. We are thankfultha t we were allowed to enroll ourchildren there even though the cost isvery high. The tuition for them is62. per month or 560. per year. Weare required to pay this in two payments of 280. in September and January. The payment has not beenmade as yet but we trust God willsupply the need as He sees fit.

This privelege relieves us of theresponsibility of teaching our childrenat home and enables us to takeadvantage of many more of the opportunities to serve Christ here inNagoya.

BY TH WAYSIDEA Buddhist Priest closed a discussionwith a missionary with this remark,The trouble with you Christians, you

mix religion and morals, they are twoseparate subjects.

A N W L I F

Yoshie S anYoshie Konichi, baptized July 21st atthe Asahi Church of Christ, becamethe first convert of the Nagoya Christian Mission. Having worked in thehome of the Davises f or s eve ra l months,she had many opportunities to hearand study God s word and from the

darkness of uddhism she came to seeJesus clearly as the Light of theWorld . Her request to become aChristian was purely voluntary, as hasbeen her help in the cliristian services.As soon as services are opened in ournew home she will have opportunityto further serve her Master withKathryn in the childrens work. Becausethis young lady has become a part ofour every day life and very dear tous we rejoice greatly in her decisionto serve Christ .: Do you keep up with the current Missionary News in Among Our- se lves ?


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N A G O Y A HRISTI N M I S S I O NHoward Katliryn Davis

B o x 49 N a k aN ag oy a J ap an

Forwarding Agents:Mr. Mrs. Clyde BirneyS iblette, Kansas

B. b Ha:^el C h a m b e r sForwarding Agents:Mr. Mrs. Gsorge SpiesHydro, Oklahoma

The Davises front yard, like most Japaneseyards, ha s the traditional s t one lanter n a n dhigh board fence. T he J ap an es e p la ce a candleinside t h e s e l a nt e rns a t N e w Y e a r s t i me t odrive all evil spirits ou t of th e home.

o We a re thankful for a box of groceriesfrom the Christian Womens Fellowship

o f th e West P oi nt C hristi an Church,Yukon, Oklahoma, a p a r t of which w asgiven to a needy Japanese family.

M I S S O U R I G R O U P S P O N S O R SN AT IV K E VA N GE LIS T

T he Womens Missionary Union of thePtf d y , Missouri Christian Church hasbecome the first to support a nativeevangelist of the Nag o y a work. Theseladies are sending five dollars eachmonth toward the tw enty dollars r eq uire d f or a n a t i v e w o r k e r .

M a r u k i S an comes to u s fro m theOsaka Bible Seminary. Besides hismany Christian duties he has spent hissummer vacation here in Nagoya helping to build th e mission h o m e an doverseeing the Ja pa ne se workers.

Maruki San

He has proven to be a very ablep r e a c h e r o f th e N e w T e s t a m e n t P l e ain th e regul ar services held in oursewing school building. We have justclosed a series of special meetings onT ue sd ay n ig ht and are laying plansfor similiar weeknight meetings regu-larily on Friday and Saturday eveningsin t h e Nakamura K u and N i s h i K usections of the city.

During th e winter school t e r m M a r u k iSan will make t he t ri p over the mountains to Nagoya each week end bytrain to help in the evangelization ofth e m a n y C hri st -le ss c om m un it ie s ina n d a r o u n d N a g o y a .


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LIVING LINK CHURCHSUPP LIE S P A SYSTEM

We are greatly indebted to our friendsof the Central Chris t ian Church Oklahoma City Oklahoma for supplying uswith a complete 25 watt mobile publicaddress sys tem for our street and outdoor services

We first attempted to purchase thisequipment on time payment but wererefused because of non Americanresidence Next the chai rman of theMissionary Committee of the CentralChurch Afrs. Rodgers Stevens attempted to purchase the set through thechurch for us Just when all seemedsettled the church received word thatthe company had withdrawn the orderbecause of the plan to send the equipment out of the U. S. before paymentwas completed The only w ay to getthis equipment to Japan was to makea cash purchase. This the church didand now we are looking foreward toreceiving this much needed equipmentin the next few days We are grateful for the interest and sacrifice oft he se f ri end s o f C en tra l

TEA C E R E M O N Y

Drinking Japanese Tea

One of the young men who has att ended every service we have conduct

ed in N ago ya came to our house oneevening and invited us to attend a teaceremony the following night Thiswas a welcome to us and anothercouple from a group of Japanesepeople During the course of the threehour program we enjoyed beautifulchildrens dances and the strange music

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of Japanese instruments The highpoint of the program was being servedte a w ith all the ceremony handed downfor ge ne ra tions The thick bittergreen liquid was hardly recognizableto us as tea and somewhat less appealing but out of it all we came to abe tt er unders tanding of these peopleto whom we preach Christ To ouramazement many times the people ofJapan have gone with us the secondmile and even to the third and fourth

DID YOU KNOW \MISSION YOUT is a non profit {

religious association to encourage fmissionary evangelism and report news of missions and missionariesa ll ov er the wor ld


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F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T

Howard Kathryn DavisJuly Aug. 1951

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Carl W. EllingtonChar les Po r t e rE mi ly O Br ie n

Smith Center Kans .Childrens Dept. S 14.00 E. R. Henry 3 . 0 0Morristown Tenn. 1 8 . 0 0 Purdy M o. W om en s M is si on ar y Union 20.00Enid Okla. 1 . 0 0 Ray Mings 60.00N o r a H o h n 6 . 0 0 L . C. Pool 20.00H am pto n. I ow a 2 0 . 0 0 Cincinnati, Ohio Montgomery Road 40.00Hepler Kans. 1 5 . 0 0 L . D . H o o k 5 . 0 0Smith Center Kans. 15.00 Mission Receipts 7 7 3 . 3 9Huntington W. Va. Sixth Ave. 1Ralph Holloway 16.00 L I V I N G L I N KRipley, Okla. 2 0 . 0 0 Hepler, Kans. 30.00Dodge City Kans. 3 . 0 0 Guthrie Okla. West Side 10.00Mulhall Okla. 1 5 . 0 0 Fred Reiswig 2 0 . 0 0Webster City Iowa 1 0 . 0 0 Oklahoma City, Okla.Eads Colo. DVB S 2 0 . 0 0 C e n t r a l 200.00Frank B a t e s 1 0 . 0 0 C e nt ra l J un io r 1 5 . 0 0Alton Okla. 50.00 Colchester 1 0 0 . 0 0Liberal Kans. 1 McKinney, Texas Eerean Class 10.00R ob er t B ye rs 5.00 Eads Colo. 100.00Shattuck Okla. 10.00 Arcadia Kans. 2 0 . 0 0Tulsa Okla. Cinn. Ave. Scranton Iowa M ary and

Friendly Neighbors Miss. 100.00 M a r th a M i ss . Soc 1 5 . 0 0Calista Avery 5 . 0 0 Thayer Kans. 25.00Burlington, Ind. Miss. Soc. 5 . 0 0 Living Link Receipts 545.00James Hill 2.00 Mission Receipts 773.39Harold S teele 1 Bal. July 1, 1951 337.84Grove Okla. 5.00 Total Receipts 1 6 5 6 2 3Roy Holloway 20.00 Purdy Mo. Womens MissionaryB o b W e t z e l 4 . 0 0 Union For Native Evangelist 5 . 0 0Portland Ore. Central 7 5 . 0 0Rosemary Smith 1 . 0 0 D I S B U R S E M E N T SD o n C . W ilso n 1 . 0 0 Salary 8 6 0 0 . 0 0Mrs. R ay S nu th 1 . 0 0 Teaching Supplies 2 1 2 5R . H . H u d s o n 1 0 . 0 0 Gasoline @. 40 gal. 7 7 . 2 5E r m a D r e s s i e r 5.00 I noculations 1 5 . 0 0D. D. Ensley 25.00 Nagoya News . 5 7 . 0 5Syracuse Kans. Jr. C. E. 1 . 5 0 Postage 6 8 . 0 2A r t h u r Carto n 1 . 0 0 Lagnguage Teacher 5 . 6 5Amy L. Ward 1 0 . 0 0 Registration of Land 4.50H . B . S c h o c k 1 0 . 0 0 Building Permit 1 . 9 5Beloit Wise. Cen. B. S. 1 7 . 8 9 Printing 2 1 . 6 7S cr an to n I o w a D V B S 1 0 . 0 0 R e n t fo r Se rvi c e s 5 65Morristown Tenn. Kings Daughters 20.00 . Photographs 3.35Donald C. C u r t i s 5 . 0 0 Duplicator 13.08

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Display 4.75Hot Wate r Heater 27.75Building Expense 822.60

(Itemized Account When Completed)Charge for Yen Exchange 7.50Total DisbursementsTotal ReceiptsDeficit Sept. 1, 1951

1757.021656.23 100.79

Bob & Hazel ChambersMay Aug. 1951

INDIVIDUALSMr. & Mrs, Bob Carruth 8 100.00Mr. & Mrs. George Spies 100.00Mr & Mrs. L ee N ew to n 70.00Mrs. Lydia Cope 25.00Bob Davi s 25.00Mr & Mrs . Sam Davis 15.00Mr. & Mrs Haro ld Ga rdne r 10.50Mr. & Mrs. George Murphy 10.00Mr, & Mrs. Curtis Jones 10.00Mr. & Mrs . Melvin Anderson 10.00Miss Gay le Kenoyer 9.90Mary Ann Watson 5.00John Ball 5.00M r & Mrs Kenneth ox 5.00Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Dooley 4.00Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Denham 3.00Mrs. Ray Smith 2.00Mr. & Mrs. Art Bradley 2.00Mrs. Harry McGriff 1.00Total 8 412 4

CHURCHESOKLAHOMAHydro Womens GroupHydroDraper Park, Oklahoma City .BeaverForrest Hills, Oklahoma CityMoorelandMooreland DVBSShattuckPauls ValleyPauls Valley DVBSFai rv iew

123.4093.7093.0674.1057.4357.0033.3040.0030.0011.0036.90

Waynoka 10.25Boiling Springs C. S. C. 53.31KANSASHugoton 133.00Russell 98.64Liberal DVBS 68.36Protectimi 50.10Bucklin 29.00Valley Center 23.00MISSOURIJennings 60.00Total Churches 1175.55Total Individuals 412.40Total 1587.95

DISBURSEMENTSPrinting (Semco, Hydro, Memograph) 85.00Stationery 40.44*Jeep Payment 42720Movie Screen 3029Movie Film 15.00P(Ktage 14.17N. A. C. Convention 25.00Car Expense 37.502nd Han d S to ve 50.00P. A. System 150.00Gasoline 30.00Living Expense 188.43Tota l Disbursements 1093.03Total Receipts 1587.95Bal. Sept. 1, 1951 494.92*We have purchased a Jeep Station Wagonfor the Mission work, and paid 400 of ourown money for th e initial down payment of700, and took 300 out of th e Mission Fund.It is our express desire to pay 850 eachmonth of our expense (living) and take 850ou t of the fund, thus we will pay half of. theJeep.

o It isn t any great breach of Japanese

etiquette for a man to wear his hatin the house, b ut th e most unmanneredwould not think of entering the housewithout first r emov ing h is shoes.


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Breaking GroundThe building of the mission home

has progressed very nicely and is Hearing the stage where we can move intoit .

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Beginning FoundationTh i s house is bu il t f rom concrete

type blocks made with furnace ashfrom a glass factory Since the mostabundant ingredient in the blocks waswithout charge i t makes the construct ion cost very economical. The estimat

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ed cost of plumbing and electricalwiring amounts to more t ha n t he comb in ed c ost of labor and materials forthe res t of th e buildin g p ro gra m.A t the present t ime all the blockshave b een laid and the roof is beingput up. The Lord willing we willm ove into i t in the very near future.I t will have neither plaster nor ceilingsand o nly w in do w screens and sub floorwith tempora ry doors but we knowGod will provide the means to complete it before th e w ea th er turns cold.The people of the neighborhood havealready begun m ak in g plans to attend


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the worship services that will be started a s soon a s w e move into th e mission home. The children and manyadults have come to inquire about theprobable date and t ime of the services.

We want to express our heartfeltthanks to our many friends and co-laborers in God s work for makingthis mission home possible here inJapan. We need your continued prayersand support that we can do His willin this land of idol worship. Pleasenray for us often

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O u r t h a n k s to Mrs. E W. Rabbinsof Bellville, Kansas for the box of usedclothing for the Japanese.

Again we want to express our gratit u d e t o t h e m e m bs rs o f t h e P a r k C h u r c ho f Chris . Goldfield, Iowa. This t imefor two lovely boxes of new clothingfor the whole family which in clu dedmany such i tems a s shoes, and winterclothing.

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This 100 Fe^t High Buddha is SituatedAtop a Hill Near Nagoya. The Huge I iolCan B e S e e n F o r S e v e r a l Miles .

A m a n s t r u e v a l u e is not w h a t h eis worth in himself or to his earthlystate, b u t w ha t he is worth to God;and th at worth is bestowed on him bythe utterly gratuitous Love of God.

Wm. Temple.

SI of your annual contribution toMISSION YOUTH for the year 1951pays for your subscription v themissionary paper, Among Ourselves,a monthly digest of the current Independent miss ions s tory .

A d d r e s s :M i s s i o n Y o u t hWillernie, Minn.

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MAILING LIST

The NAGOYA CHRIST IANNEWS is edited and publishedin Japan as a report to thechurches directly from the field.Anyone desiring to be placed onthe mail ing l is t, p lease send namean d add r e s s t o M r MrsClyde Birney. Sublette, Kansas .This publication is free of charge.

Buddhist Graveyard

Tn the red means business is goodin Japan. Red ink is not used on thedeficit side of the ledger but on thecred i t s ide .

Their idols are silver and gold, thework of men s hands. They havemouths, but they speak not; eyes havethey, but they see not: they have ears,but they hear not.

Psalrrxs

This Bright Colored Idol Holds PrayerBeads in Hand and Fromisfs Good For tune.

God is never still. In prayer it isnot wo who momentarily catch Hisattention, but He ours. So when wefa il to hea r His voice i t is n ot becauseHe is not speaking so much as thatwe are ntjt listening.

Char les Brent

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