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Karrole McFarland

Box 963

Jo l i e t I l l ino i s

ISy 9 96

(10)

Tokyo Chr i s t i an Go ye into a ll the world and preach the gospel to every creature Mark 1615

59 Kimber l in Hgts, Tennessee

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English Bible class at Camp Oji, Tokyo which Stanley Buttray teaches on Tuesdayat 5 PM. It is more convenient at that lime because they finish work then. This isthe Christmas party of December 1959. Only one peruon is a Christian.

Morning Bible ClassOn Sunday mo rn ing February 7th I be

an an English Bible class fo r a du lts in my

garage with an attendance of five

sons . S inc e then t he a tt en danc e ha s aver

six. Though we had hopes for a better

to begin with, yet it is a start to

what I hope w il l b ecome a ch urc h in

place.

Since there wa s a church, kindergarten .

Sh ir ai sh i, one of Japan's ow n w oman c or re s

pondent s w r it ing in the M arch 5th issue of

th e Japan Times Newspaper. A little boy in

th e kindergarten in my neighhood said that

Emic han 's family ha d bought a TV se t and

that Emichan was given th e f or emost sea t in

th e room and the other boys were making afuss ove r h er . Since th en sh e has become th e

princess in the kindergarten, th e boys always waiting upon her.

In thi'5 materialistic world a man 's w or th

pahjOiragfi here IK EhlS p la ce be fo re the—1s- -apr to beTneasnred Tjy v9lraT he-l)os5esses

it may be an advantage for th e beginning

another church. At least that is ou r p re s en t

and goal t ow ard which we ar e

At this present time, there are many

oblems and dif ficu lt ies in starting a church

in Tokyo as well as a lmos t anywhe re

in Japan. First, there is th e enormou'3

n gu ag e a nd FOREIGNER barrier. Second,

ar e No consecrated Japanese Christian

among Christian (o r Churches of

to help or who ar e willing to help

i rd , t he present Churches of Christ in and

Tokyo an d their Pastor s a r e sp ir it ua l ly

F ou rt h, t he whole nation is bound in

to false religions an d cus toms which

e Sa ta n or ig ina ted . Fi fth , th e growing vacumfreedom, b rought about by post-war de

has rapidly been filled, no t by

(the Western religion), but byew Native Cults and mixtures of various

of religion. Sixth, and not th e least, ise insatiable lust fo r m at er ia l things. For

permit me to qu ote from Tsugi

an d no t by what he is and what he ha s

achieved. This kind of t hi nk ing inf luences

sm a ll c h il d re n . . .Adults sa.y that children of postwar Japan

are mercenary, but the country and people

h av e b ec om e mater ial i r t ic and value mater ial

gain more highly th n spiritual gain. It isnatural fo r children brought up in a family

where spiritual value is not re co gn iz ed tobecome materialistic . Adults ar e no t qualifiedto cr i t i c ize ch i ld ren .

But in spite of the above mentioned ex

ceeding great obstacles, there can be no al

ternative, bu t to follow th e M.sters example

a nd c ommand . . . preach th e Gospel to all

peopl e. Knowing th e fear of God and th e

constraining l ove o f Christ we cannot bu t teach

an d p re ac h th e all-sufficient reconciling mer-

sage of th e Cross.

Whether here in Japan or with y ou goodpeople at home, may such a consumingpassion fo r lost souls as Jesus Christ's, everpervade each of ou r lives.

Stanley Buttray

Spring, 1960 — Number 2

NEWS AND VIEWS

Miss Velma Held, a teacher for the Air

Force schools, is now te ach in g at Grant

Heights in Tokyo. Miss Held is known fo r he r

f ri endship with th e missionaries an d as avaluable helper in their work.

In September Sharon Lee Patton started

attending a kindergarten a t th e U.S. Air Force

school at Grant Heights. However, in October

sh e had to b e a bse nt f ro m school fo r several

days because of a severe case of impetigowhich sh e perhaps contracted at school. The

tuition at the Air Force kindergartens is$90.00 a year .

The Fat tens a re buying a 1956 Japanese

Toyopet car for 835.00 from a missionary

who is returning for furlough to th e U.S.A.Funds are needed to pay for the car . Send to:Andrew Patton, C/o Ray Armstrong, R. 3,Box 310, Piqua, Ohio.

Andrew Patton observed his 42nd bir th

day on October 4th. Velma Held, the Buttrays,a nd Edd Hodge of Akron Ohio, a visiting Airman, we re p re sen t f or t he b ir th da y su pp er .

S tephe n lij im a, m inis ter of th e MinatoChurch, has started an English class to supplement his salary. Andrew Patton helps himt ea ch Engl is h conversation an hour once aweek .

The Minato Church ha s invited th e

Pattons to go on a Church picnic with them

on November 3rd, Cultural Day in Japan.

Recently the EMAJ missionary organiza

tion held in Tokyo a two-day meeting whichthey called a Strategy Confer ence. Such

practical subjects as the use of radio an d th e

printed page in evangelism, th e economical-buHdtng xft Church •tfuildtngs to r thFVapsnese

Churches, and methods of evangelism werediscussed. Mark Maxey, our fellow missionary

from Kyushu, was present and spoke on howto build Church buildings economically. Those

of us who attended der ived much practical

profit from the discussions. We enjoyed Mark's

visit in our home and the good fellowship withh im .

Recently Harold Sims received one of th eq uo ns et h ut s which th e Arm ed Services ha s

been donating to the missionaries in Japan.Harold being on furlough, Stanley Buttrayreceived it fo r him and he and Andrew Patton

dismantled t he bu il di ng and had it hauledf rom Yokohama to Tokyo. The tax and th e

hauling bill cost about 25.00. This givesHarold a fairly good building at a very low

cost .

In th e latter part of September Miss RuthSmith, passing through Tokyo on he r wayto he r mission work in the Philippines, spenta day with the missionaries in Tokyo.

— And rew Pa tt on



TOKYO CHRISTIAN

n TOKYO CHRISTIAN

Published quarterly by th e Missionaries of

th e Church of Christ Cunningham Mission.

Tokyo, J apan , for th e information and inspira

tion of every Christian whose heart is open t o

the call of Christ, and who is willing to help

in t he supreme task of carrying ou t the GreatCommission of Christ: Matthew 28:19 , 20.

Entered a s s ec on d c la ss mat te r in the Knox-

viile, Tenn., Post office unde r t he ac t of March

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Two-Year Subscription 50 cents

Subscription and F laming Torch 1.00

MISSION STAFF

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,amiochiai, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Fo r

warding agent: Mrs. Homer Anderson , R. D. 1,Pa .

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pat ton, 27 Sakura-

ama, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Forwardinggent: Mr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt. 3,

x 310, Piqua, Ohio.Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sims (Furlough

for the win te r: 790 15th Ave., South,Petersburg, Fla.) Forwarding Agent: First

hristi an Church, Tokyo Mission, Box 262,ottesville, Virginia.

Packages for Japan should be s en t d ir ec t by

post to one of th e missionaries whose

are shown above. Consult your localoffice concerning mailing rules and limitof s ize and weights.

If you change your address p lease noti fyL. Hamilton, Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee,

both you r old and you r new address.

f you make an offering of 1.00 or more youc ent it led to receive this paper if you so

uest . Churches or groups making an offerng of 10.00 or more may request a bundle10 copies fo r distribution.

VisitReport I s Con ti nued from Previous

s ue s o f th e TOKYO CHRISTIAN

Harold Sims

The Seminary Students

The 15 boys and 2 girls in th e school

re very f ri endly and recep ti ve to the teach

and many of them knew their Bibles quite

although their general educat ional backwas inferior to the Japanese youngThey we re of all typos, bu t general-

they seemed to like argument and asked me

lo t of speculative questions. Fo r instance,e of them advanced the theory that there

b e t oi le ts in heaven because Je sus ate

after H is r es ur re ct io n etc. That was a

one, and it occured to me that perhaps

who never get quite enough to eat

this val e imagine heaven as a place with

of steaming delicious food — perhaps

some well-fed Americans have th e same

We had many happy hours together

the study of Personal Evangelism and

(6 hours per week in each su b

The night befo re I left th e s tu de nt sme a farewell party and many k ind ex

of their esteem and appreciat ion. Asparting Scrip ture verse they gave me II Tim.

so I hastily referred them to I Tim. 4:13

s my reply. I have much confidence an d

Page

New Agent for SimsEffective from May 1, 1960 th e Chris

tian Church of Charlottesville, Vi r

ginia will act as our sponsor an d fo r

warding ag en t. Someone appointed

by th e church wil l r ec ei ve , r ec ord,

receipt and report al l offerings-both

living-link salary and general gifts—

fo r the work being done in Tokyo bythe Harold Sims family. The design

ated salary fo r the Sims fam il y wil l

be sent to Japan regularly, a fu r

l ough fund of 500 p er ye ar will bese t aside, a nd funds for th e expenses

of carrying on the work in Japan,

children s school tui t ion etc. will be

sent as r eq ue st ed b y Mr. an d Mrs.

Sims who will be fully informed atall times of t he amoun t available in

the cu rren t accoun t

This change is made because: (1)we feel i t is more suitable and ex

p edien t for one of ou r living-linkchurches to act as o ur b oa rd t ha n

any other system of missionary sup

por t a nd supervision. There is a t rend

t oward respons ib le cooperation be

tween local congregations an d their

direct ly-supported missionaries in our

brotherhood which we like. (2 ) Char

lot tesvil le has a larger share than anyof the other churches in our regular

support , a lthough we appreciate theothers just as much. (3 ) This church

has been very co-operative with usand interested in the work for manyyears, and o ff er ed to help in thisadditional way. (4 ) For those in

dividuals who wish to deduct th e

sum of their con t ribu tions for income-

tax purposes , checks may be made

payable to the church, which is incorporated.

We are NOT changing because ofany dissatisfaction on either myfather s part or mine. Rather we

cannot find adequate words to ex

p re ss our a pp re ci at io n fo r hi s deep

interest in us and the work in Japan

hope in some of th e young men I me t in th e

class room t h e r e

10 . The Interpreters

One of my regrets on the trip was inability

to use Japanese. The language of their form-

eer conquerors has been taboo in Korea fo r

15 years now, so only middle-aged people can

understand it , and man y of them have forgot

ten a lot or don t l ike to us e i t because i t r e

calls bad memories. So I experienced once

again th e language barrier.

In th e Seminary I was assigned 2 inter

preters. One was an old man called grand

father by all the s tudents and a rea l personality. Ho had a smal l n os ew id th mustache

which he constantly pulled when in thought,

and wore an ol d pair of women s shoes fo r

house-sl ippers and a wel l-patched b lack coat.

His wife has been bed-fast for yea rs and there

an d h is s ac ri fi ci al l ab or s as our fo r

warding agent fo r 7 years, editor ofth e Tokyo Ch ri st ian and tru ste e o f

the Cunningham Mission. Through

most of th is tim e he has contr ibuted

not only his time in writing manyle tt ers and articles, bu t also muchof the postage and sta tionery.

At th e time he became fonvarding

a ge nt f or us he was t he m in is te r ofone of our living-link churches in

Turtle Creek, Penna. Now he is semi-

retired. On March 23 he cel eb ra ted

his 70th birthday in good health,and we are looking fonvard to manymore years of his faithful service to

Christ. Although the book-keepingburden will be eased for him bythis change, we know that the bu rden of prayer for the miss ionarie s,the lost souls and the young churches

over in Japan will remain in hi s

grea t hea rt , an d we are thankful

From May 1, 1960 all offeringsthat ar e sent to cither Harold Sims

or A. E. Sims will b e f orwa rd ed to

Charlottesville. Checks may be madep ay ab le to Harold Sims or First

Christian Church, Tokyo Mission.

ADDRESS :

Box 262, Charlot tesvil le , Virginia.

Since my father is so well-informed about a ll aspects of th e work inJapan he will still be in general

charge of publicity and information

concerning our work, particularlyafter we return to Japan. He will

have copies of the Flaming Torch(biography of W. C. Cunninghamfo r sale, and extra copies of th e

Tokyo Christian and display materials

for missionary fairs etc. may beobtained by writing to him. AD

DRESS; A. E. Sims, 1312 Forest Ave.

High Point, N. C.Yours,

HAROLD AND LOIS SIMS

are 10 assorted grand-children, i n-laws etiwho live in with him and depend somewh£on him. Yet he carried his burdens lightl;;and had a wonderful Christian disposition awell as a l ar ge st or e o f common-sense an d di:

ce inme nt . When th e students would as k som

fooli sh ques tion or be a little slow to undei

stand he would scold them severely in whasounded l ike pretty eloquent and forcefu

Ko r ean

The other interpreter was a young ma

engaged in graduate study at a university anfluent in several languages. He was very polit

and cu ltu red and one of the most l ively anhelpful interpreters I have ever used.

11. Th e P re ac he rs

Of our more than 70 churches of Chrb

in Korea I was able to visit only 9, althougI met several other preachers when they visite



e S em in ary on various business and fo r

talks. So I s aw only a cross-section of

e min is te rs, a nd b ec au se of th e language

I wa s unable to visit int imately with

n y o f th ese . One difference from Japan is

at there are quite a few older men with

ny ye ars o f experience, and that makes f ormore s ta bl e work Most of th e men, both

a nd y ou ng , are preaching hero ic al ly and

without an y Mission salary; an d in

y view that is t he b es t way an d the true in

o f an es tabl ished church in Korea

of th e preachers made a very favorable

to me, although vei y frankly some

them did not. God, o f cou rs e, is the judge

nd will prove each man s work.

On e d ay w hile we were wailing in th e car

go somewhere a young Presbyter ian preach

r who had bee n s tudy ing several mon ths came

th e window a nd a nn ou nc ed he had decided

be imme r s e d H e ha d bee n b efr ie nd ed a nd

one of~ tlie ybuhg preachers who

from th e Seminary last year andby Mr. Tay lo r. H e wa s immersed at 5:30

e following morning in the chill H an river.

h er e a re no b ap ti st er ie s i n t he churches —

seem to think them uns cr ip tu ra l) The

ib il i ties in this l and a re ope n an d good, an d

am thankful fo r th ose who are there pr o

th e ancient gospel.

. T he Miss iona r i e s

There are now 5 families in Korea, an d I

as ab le to vis i t a l i t t le w ith a ll of t h em U n

while I was there some problems

the Christian Radio Mission in Pusan, with

3 families were associated, came to a

a d a nd 2 of th e f am il ie s o n th e f ie ld as w ell

th e executive committee resigned. Th e only

ressing thing a bo ut my who le v is it to Koreas t he d is un ity among t he missionaries, an d

I don t know th e solut ions to their prob

a nd h av e no desire to medd le o r criticize,

do p ray t ha t there may be exemplary unity

th e missionaries on th e field so that

e w ork m ay prosper.

There ar e many other things that should

e mentioned. Something should surely b e

id about the Korean food, but because of

e over -abundance of red-hot p epp er an d g ar

c used it is a subject just about too hot to

And there are -always—some-things-

to d esc ri be , s uc h a s the sensat ion of being

k en ed abo ut m id ni gh t t o t he t un e of Near

r My God to Thee being rendered l ou dl y b y

me f ellow wal ki ng a lo ng th e s tr eet , wheth

r drunk or not I cannot t el l. S uc h a th ing

perha ps not h appe n in an y other nation

e r th e sun

On e late afternoon as we were re turning

town I noticed a middle-aged fa rmer

hi s ox down one of Seoul s sidewalks.

s chest was thrown out, hi s shou lde r s were

ig h, wid e a nd ha nd some and hi s face was

with a huge, healthy smile. I imagine

e had just purchased h is b ov in e c ompanio n

d was rejoicing in th e privilege of private

To me ho wa s a t yp ic al Kor ean

choosing fo r th e moment , p e rh aps , t o i gnore

me of t he b itt er facts of life he wa s happy

be a free man and able to overcom e his

f icu lt ies many tim es b y a cheerful disposi

I believe K orea is both worth defending

Commun is t and evangel iz ing fo r Christ

nd H is chu rch

Places Visited By Sims

Up until Feb. 1, 1960 the following placeshad been visited by Harold Sims who is now

in t he Un it ed States on fu rlough . Those mark

ed wit h an a st er is k were visited by th e whole

family. We wish to thank each one of you

fo r th e gracious hospitality which we have

enjoyed and your interest in the work ofpreaching the gospel in Japan.

CAL IFORN IA

̂ Tnglewood, First Chris tian Church

Tnglewood, Grenshaw Christian Church

FLORIDA

-Cleai-water, First Chris tian Church

Eau Gallic, First Chris tian Church

*Eustis, First Church of Christ

Kissimmee, First Christian Church*Lakeland, First Chris tian Church

Lake Wales , First Christian Church*Largo, First Christian Church

*Leesburg, First , Chris tian Church,

Miami, Hialeah Christ ian Church

Orlando, First Christian Church St. Cloud, First Chris tian Church

*St. Petersburg , Centra l Christian Church

Tampa, Palma Ceia Chris t ian Church

Wauchula, First Chris tian ChurchGEORGIA

Atlanta Christian College

Carrollton, Firs t Chris tian Church

Forest Park, Christian Church

I N D IA N A

Columbus, Garden City Church of Christ

Columbus, Jonesville Christian Church

Columbus, New Hope Chr is ti an ChurchCrothersville, Jackson Cou nty Y ou th R ally

Hel tonvil le , Munde ll Chri st ian Church

Greenwood, Firs t Christ ian Church

Indianapolis, University Heights Chris tianLawrenceburg, Firs t Christian Church

Lpwrenceburg, Bright Chri st ian Church

Markle, Church of Christ

Mishawaka, Milb ur n B lv d. Chu rc h

Springville, Christian Church

ILL INOIS

Bridgeport, Firs t Christian Church

TOKYO CHRISTIAN

Wood River, First Church of ChristKENTUCKY

•^Alexandria First Chrisldan Church

Leesburg, Christian Church

Louisville, College of the Scriptures

MICHIGAN

Buchanan, First Christian Church

Lansing, Great Lakes Bible CollegeMISSOURI

i Garuthersville, First Christian Church

*Eas t Prai rie , First Chris tian Church

St. Louis Christian Old People s Home

NEW MEXICO

^Albuquerque, First Ctoistian Church

OHIO

• Cincinnati, Chase Ave. Church of Christ

^Cincinnati , Montgomery Road, Church ofChr i s t

Canton, Moreland Chris tian Church

• Findlay, Parkview Church of Christ

Hamersv il le , Church of Christ

Malvern, Church o f C hri st

-Pandora, Chux ch of Chr is t

PENNSYLVAN IACentral City, Church of C hrist

Confluence, Chris tian Church

^ Monroeville, Ch ri st ia n Chur ch

• Turtle Creek, Firs t Chr is ti an Chur ch

Pittsburg, Alleghany County Miss. Assn.

Waynesburg, First Christian ChurchTENNESSEE

Englewood, Firs t Chr is ti an Chu rc h

Knoxville, Forest Ave. Christian Church

VIRG IN IA

• Charlotlesville, First Chris tian Church

Newport News, 24th St . Church of Christ

Norfolk, S. Norfo lk C hu rch of Christ

Salem, W. Main St . Church of Christ

WEST VIRGINIA

Whee li ng , Warwood Ch ri st ian Church

S ic k CollJ onni e and Bobby Sims had tonsillectomies

in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 12. Both

of them recovered completely and quickly.Lois Sims was bed -f as t f o r 2 wee ks w it h

flu in late February and ear ly March,

This is th e Yochomachi Church of Christ as it looke d on th e firs t Sunday of th e

New Year 1960. Thi s Chu rch is located i n Shi nj uk u, Tokyo. It is where Mr . and Mrs.

But tr ay f ir st worked on arriving in Japan in 1950. Bec au se th e Church at present

is ra ther small and weak we still help them occasionally.



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Harold and Lois Sims in the Japan Booth at the Missionary Fair in Eiist is Florida,

March 21 1960 (their 13th wedding anniversary. )

Background wa s paintwl by a high schoolmate of Harold s, who is a member

of th e local congregation.

Dear Friencls,

I am now loc at ed briefly in Char-

lottesville, Va . fo r a 2 week evange

listic meeting whi ch h as been in th e

date-book for m ore than a y ea r. L oi :

and the children will join me here

fo r Easter Sunday and th e Southern

Ch r is t ian Conven t ion in Richmond

th e following week. I am very grate

ful fo r this fellowship with the

brethren in th e Old Dominion, an d

for the chance to attempt to preach

gospe l mes sa ges to an American

audience

Since the first of th e year mytrav els have b een long, varied and

enjoyable. I was privileged to speak

at missionary rallies in Flora, 111.East Palestine and Danville, Ohio and

Eus ti s, F lo rida . It was encouraging

to se e th e large attendance an d the

interest in and understanding of themission fields expressed in the well-

designed booths and other thing. Also

i t was good to visi t fo r a few day s th e

campu ses o f several Bible Colleges

and pa rt ic ip at e in the various Mis

sions Programs which, in each case,

h ad b ee n well-prepared. It was thrill

in g to hear dedicated young people

s in g and to talk with t ho se who were

t hi nk ing s er ious ly about service fo r

Ch r is t on th e Mission Fie ld s In

January I wa s a t Atl an ta Chr is ti an

College, i n F eb ru ar y at Great Lakes

Bible Col lege a nd C in cin na ti Bible

Seminary, in March at Linco ln Bib le

Institute and Kentucky Chris tian Col

lege. No t least of th e b le ss in gs onthese occasions was fellowship with

missionary co-laborers from other

lands. Of course interspersed with al l

of these meetings there were a num

b er of visits to local churches in th e

d i f f e r en t areas

Lois b ecame sick with a cold ab o u t

Feb. 20 and i t developed into a bad

case o f th e flu. Since I was away o n

a trip at th e time, Lois mother (Mrs.

W. C. Lutton) very kindly c ame o ve r

to the house before noon every day

to ta ke ca re of Lois an d fi x supper

fo r th e whole family. F in ally th ey

called me home from Illinois, and

fo r t hi s r ea so n I h a d to c an ce l s om e

speaking appointments. During this

emergency th e chi ld re n h ad to ge t

up every morn in g a nd dress, fix

breakfast, pack lunch and leave on

t ime for school all by themselves.

Hope Joy ce r ose to th e need and

occas ion an d a s s u m e d th ese re

sponsibilities like a real nimse. We

ar e al l real proud of her, and i t seems

that overnight sh e has grown intoa Jr . hou seke ep er a nd young lady

as tall as he r mother. We celebrated

her tw elfth birth day on March 28 .

Lois has completely recovered, by th e

w a y

On March 25 Lois, helped by a

committee o f l ad ie s, prepared a Ja p

anese sukiyake supper for about 60members of the Chr is t ia n C rusade rs

Class of t h e C e n tr al C h ri st ia n s C h u rc h

in St . Pete. Some of th e ingredients

were imported f rom J ap an , and the

food w as cooked at the tab les in

9 electric skillets ( that is before

fuses started blowing). Most of th e

folks seemed to enjoy it . A picture

pos t- ca rd o f s ome s cen e i n Japan wa s

given to each person as a souvenir.

Earlier we did the sam e thing for the

ladies miss ionary meeting in Eustis,

Fla

Simses Announce Sailing Date

On Jan. 25 1960 th e Harold Sims family

sent a down-payment to conf irm reserva t ions

o n th e Pacific and Or ient L ine (Bri ti sh owned)

pa- senger ship S.S. ORSOVA which will

sail from San Francisco on August 21 thisyear for Honolulu and Yokoh;ma. They expect to attend th e N orth .A.merican Christian

Convention in Columbus Ohio July 12 15; anfollowing that to the West Coast.

Explanaf-fon

We er e very sorry for the delay in this

i-sue of the Tokyo Chr istian. This was causedby the lack material and that was causedby much traveling around — on the part oHarold Sims at least.

To Go To BrazH

Mitani San a former member of the Yochtmachi Church of Christ where I preachewhen I first came to Japan told me recentlthat he is making plans to go to Sao PauhBrazil to help in one of the local Japaneschurches .

—Stanley Buttray

Mrs. John Muto, wife of one of ou r minis

ters in Tokyo, returned in October f rom :

six-month stay in a tubercular hospital. Thiwas the second attack she has had by th<

disease. She now seems to be making gooprogress toward complete recovery. Also Titu;Kikuchi minister of the Nakano Church ha;been suf fe ring for the past few weeks witlwhat seems to be nervous exhaust ion.

Letters From Japonese Friend;

One of the real pleasures of our furloughas been receiving letters from the folks leibehind in Japan. They are not in the habit c

expressing themselves in written English whewe are the re so some of the expressions wisound a little queer. Of cours e t he se l et te r

are all personal correspondence so I will ncr ev ea l a ny names, bu t I am sure th e writer

would not object to publish ing some selecte

lines from a few of them in order to give yoa glimpse into th e soul and personalities csome of t he J ap an es e brethren.

—Haro ld Sims

I am very happy to hoar that you a ll had

arrived dear old sweet home I am goingto tell you s ome church news. On th e 30th day

of August three people are going to be bap

tized. Of course you know them well, Mr.

Amagi, an old G-man , Mr. Akada, an d Miss

Ushiyama, an o rgan is t. Among them Miss Ushi-

yama ha s engaged Mr. M in ag awa . . . thei

marr iage shal l be in this fall, so we ar e going

to add one more Chr is t ian fami ly in this con

gregation.



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April 11, 1960

{/^py> f r/am ̂ iiS^loca^lie ̂ Se lefly in jharlottesville Va for a2 roaak evange-fistic meeting which has been in the date-book for more than a yoajr Lois

an d t he c hi ld re n w i l l Join me here fo r E aster Su nd ay a nd th e Southorn Ch ris tia nConvention in Richmond th e following week, I am very gra te fu l fo r th is fellow

s h i p wi t h th e b re th re n in th e O ld Dominion, an d f o r th e chance to a t t e m p t to

p r e a c h g o s p e l moasages to a n American a udie nc e *

Si nce the f i r s t o f the year my t r a v e l s have been long, varied an d

enjoyable. I was privileged to speak a t missionary ra l l ies in Flora, 111,,East Pales tine an d Danville, Ohio and Eus tis , Florida, it was encouraging

to s ee th e large attendance an d th e in teres t in an d understanding o f th e

mission f i e l d s expressed in th e well-designed booths and o th e r th in g s . Also

i t was good to vis i t fo r a few days the campuses o f s e v e ra l Bible Colleges

an J participate i n th e various Missions Programs which, in each case, had been

well- prepared. t was thr i l l ing to h ea r d ed ic at ed young people sing and tota lk with those who were thinking seriously about se rv ice f or Ch ris t on the

Mission Fields. In January I was a t Atlanta Christian College, in February a tGreat Lakes Bible College and Cincinnati Bible Seminary, in March at LincolaBible I nst i t ut e and Kentucky Christian College, Not l eas t of t he b le ss in gs onthese occasions was f el lo w sh ip w it h missionary co-laborers from other lands.Of course interspersed with a ll o f these meetings there were a number of

v i s i t s to loca l c hurc he s in th e d i f f e r en t a reas

We had some sickness in the family during the winter^ almost everyoneelse did too. On Feb. 12 Jonnie and Bobby had tonsillectomies in th e hospitalin S t. Pete. That makes our family unanimous in that experience. They camehome the same afternoon of t he o pe ra ti on s and recovered rapidly. Lois became

s ick with a cold about Feb. 20 , and i t developed Into a ba d case of the f luSince I was away on a trip at the time, Lois mother (I irs. ;J.C. Lutton) verykindly came over to the house before noon every day to take care of Lois andfix supper for the whole family. Finally they called me home from Illinois,and fo r this reason I had to cancel some speaking appointments. During this^ juiergency the children had to get up every morning and dress, fix breakfast,pack lunch and leave on time for school a ll by themselves. Hope Joyce roseto the need and occasion and assumed these responsibilit ies like a real nurse.

We are a ll real proud of her, and i t seems that overnight she has grown intoa J r housekeeper tind young lady as t a l l as her mother. We celebrated hertwelfth birthday on March 28, Lois has completely recovered, by the way.

On March 25 Lois, helped by a committee of ladies, prepared a Japanesestikiyaki supper fo r about 60 members o f t he C hr is ti an C ru sa de rs O la ss o f theCoj-trcJ. Christian Church in S t, Pete, Some of th e ingredie.a ;s were f.iTfyo?.} Japan, and the food was cooked at th e tables in 9 electric skillets, thatis, before fuses started blowing), Most of the folks seemed to enjoy i t , ApL .s ;ure post-cEird of some scene in Japan was given to each person as a souvenir,Sarlier wq did the same thing for the ladies missionary meeting in Eustis, Fla,

r/e have our visas for re-entry to Japcin in hand and reservations havebeen made fo r us to sail from San Francisco on Aug. 21 on th e ORSOVA of th e

::.c and Orient Steamship Line. This la te date w i l l allow us to attendth? Eorth American Convention In Columbus Ohio in mid-July. The whole family77:.:i be there, and we hope to greet and say farewell to many of our friendsa t t h a t t ime



As may of you know already, fiy father and mother recently closed theministry to the new church in Alexandria, Kentucky; and they have moved tothe West Side Church of Christ in High Point, North Carolina. At this timewe are announcing a change in address and forwarding agents which has been

contemplated fo r several months.

Effective from May I960 the Ejget Christian Church of Charlottesvil le.Virginia wiii act as our sponsor and forwarding agent. Someone appointed by

the church will receive, record, receipt and report all offerings-*bothliving-lihk salary and general gifts^<*f6r the work being done in Tokyo bythe Harold Sims family. The designated salary for the Sims family wil l be

sent to Japan regularly, a furlough fund of 500 per yeer will be set aside,and funds for the expenses of carrying on the work in Japan^ Children sschool tuit ion etc . wil l be sent as reqdested by Mr. and Mrs. Siihs who wil lbe ful ly informed a t a l l times o f the amount available in th e c urr en t account.

This change is made becauses (l) «fe feel i t is more suitable andexpedient for one of our l iving-l ink chuhches to act as our board than any

other system of missionary support and Supervision. There is a trend towardresponsible cooperation between local Congregations and their directly-supportedmissionaries in our brotherhood which we l ike. (2) Charlottesville has alarger shar e t han any of the other churChes in our regular support, although

we appreciate the others just as much, [i) This church has been very cooperative with us and interested in the wohk for many years, and offered tohelp in th is additional way. (4) For those ind iv iduals who wish to deduct

the sum of their contributions for incoise-thx purposes, checks may be madepayable to the church, which is incorporhted.

We are NOT changing because of any dissatisfaction on either my father spart or mine. Rather we cannot find adeqiMtte words to e^qiress our appreciation

for his deep interest in ud and the wox k ih Japan and his sacrificial laborsas our forwarding agent for 7 years^ editoh of the Tokyo Christian: and trusteeof the Cunningham Mission. Through most of this time he has contribuied notonly his time in writing many letters and articles, but also much of thepostage and stat ionery.

At the time he became forwarding agent for us he was the minister ofone of our living-link churches in Turtle Creek, Penna. Now he is semi-retired.On March 23 he celebrated his 70th birthday in good health, and we are lookingforward to many more years of h is f ai th fu l service to Christ. Although thebook-keeping burden will be eased for him by this change, we know that theburden of prayer for the missionaries, the lost souls and the young churches

over in Japan will remain in his great heart, and we are thankful.

From May 1, i960 a ll offerings that are sent to either Harold Sims orA.E. Sims will be forwarded to Charlottesville. Checks may be m^.de payableto Harold Sims or First Christian Church, Tokyo Mission. ADDRE^Box 262 Charlottesville, Virginia.

Since my father is so well-informed about a ll aspects of the work inJapan he will s t i l l be in general charge of publicity and information concerningcur work, particularly after we return to Japan. He will have copies of theFlaming Torch (biography of W.C. Cunningham for sale, and extra copies of theTohyo Christian and display mater ials for missionary fairs etc. may be obtainedby writing to him. DDRESS A.E, Sims 1312 Forest A ve. High Point, N.C.

yours, EgROLD AM LOIS SIMS



Harrole I^cFarland (10)

Box 9£>3

Jo l i e t I l l inois

Chr i s t i an o ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature Mark 16:15

l . 59 Kimberlin Hgts. Tennessee

ey To Map Of Tokyo

ind icates land owned by the Mission before

r ld W ar I I

-ehci Chureh-tmd parsonage (stucco

erected 1948). Minister, Itsuro Haru-

(Graduated T.B.S. 53) . Membership

50. Also missionary house where Mrs. W.Cunningham lived and died. (2 story stucco

1948).

Yocho-machi Church and pa rs onage (quon-

t building erected 1948). Minister, Atsumi

(Graduated T.B.S. 53). Membership

20

Miss io na ry h ou se o cc up ie d by Stanley

family (frame bungalow erected 1948).

of pre-war church and kindergarden. S. S.d va ri ous B ibl e Classes held in the home.

Tokyo Bible Seminary (2 story stuccoerected 1949). Caretaker, John Y.(Graduated T.B.S. 4) . Also missionary

use occupied by Andrew Patton family

rame, erected 1953). Site of pre-war Chase

d Sti ll home. Various night classes e tc.

fOKyO BA r

*5. Nakano Church and pars on age (stucco

building erected 1952). Minister, Titus S.Kikuchi (Graduated T.B.S. 52). Membership

est. 40. Also m is si on ary hou se o ccupi ed by

Harold Sims family (2 story stucco erected

1950).

6. Mabashi Church (stucco bu il ding e re ct ed

1950). Minister, Hideo Aoki (American born

Japanese missionary). Membersh ip est . 50.

7. Nishi-ogikubo Church, kindergarden and

parsonage (stucco building erected 1950).

Minister, Philip S. Oba (4 yea rs s tudy atT.B.S.). Member sh ip e st . 40 .

8. Minato Church and parsonage (framebuilding erected 1950). Minister, Stephen M.lijima (Graduated T.B.S. 1951). Membership

es t 40

*9. Setagaya Church, kindergarden and par

sonage (only bu ild in g to survive the war).(Extensively remodeled and enlarged in 1951).Minister, Shin Hanyu (2 years in this church).

Membership est. 100.

10. Kamiuma Church and parsonage (residence, purchased in 1948, remodeled 1951).

Summer, 1960 — No. 3

Minister, Sahara likins. Membership est. 35.

11. House owned by Likins Mission (2 story

frame).

*12. Mikawashima Church an d parsonage

( st uc co bui ld ings erected 1949 and 1954).

Minister, Mr . Cho (Korean congregation).

Membership est^ 30 .

*13. Arak awa C hu rch and p arso nag e (stuccobuilding erected 1951). Minister, Akira Nagano

(Graduated T.B.S. 54) . Membersh ip est. 20.

14. Shimo-ochiai Church an d parsonagte

(quonset building erected 1953). Minister,

Julius Fleenor. Membership est. 30. Also home

of Julius Fleenor family (frame building

erected 1951).

15 . Nishi-arai preaching point (m eets in

rented house). Minister, Aono. Membership

es t 10 .

16. Kashiwa preaching point (meets in com

mun ity k inde rgarden building). Minister,Yukio Itagaki (Graduated T.B.S. 56). Mem

bership est. 3.

17. Abiko Church, kindergarden and parson

age (frame buildings erected 1953). Minister,

Keiji I noue (Gradua te d T.B.S. 52).Member-

ship est. 25.

18. Yoko suka Chu rch and p ar sonage ( fr ame

building erected 1953). Minister, Koji Sugiura

(Graduated T.B.S. 58 ). Membe rship e st . 5.

19. Minami-Shinagawa p r e a c h i n g point

(meets in rented community hall). Minister,

Rhee Sun Won. Membership-12-- -

20. Christian Academy—School fo r mission

ar y children.

21. Nogata preaching point (meet s i n ren ted

hall). Min ist er, H id eo Fukuda (Graduated

T.B.S. 58 ). Membersh ip 2.

I t should be understood that th is m ap isvery imper fect and leaves ou t many heavily

t ra ve le d s tr ee ts , p ri va te ly own ed r ai lr oa ds ,

subways, street-car lines an d a complicated

network of cana ls n e ar t he w a te rf ro n t

All missionaries living and working in

th e Tokyo area ar e in cl ud ed , a nd not just

those associated with th e Cunningham Mission.

The information on membersh ip o f th ese

churches wa s no t at hand and these are al lmy private estimates, bu t we like to give youa summary picture of th e whole work in an

u n de rs ta nd ab le f orm f rom time to time.

—^Harold Sims



CHRISTIAN

THE TOKYO CHRIST IAN

Published quarterly by the Missionaries ofe Church of Christ Cunningham Mission.

Japan, for the information and inspi raof every Christian whose heart is op en t o

call of Christ, and who is willing to helpthe supreme task of car ry ing out th e Great

of Chr is t: Ma tt hew 28 :19 , 20.Entered as s e cond c l as s m a tt er i n th e Knox-

le , Tenn., Post office under th e ac t of March

1879.

Subscription 50 centsand F lami ng Torch 1.00

MISSION S T F F

Mr . an d Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,

Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Foragent: Mrs. Homer Anderson, R. D. 1,

Pa .

Mr . an d Mrs. Andrew Patton, 27 Sakura-

NakanOfKu, Tokyo, Japan. Forward ingMr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt. 3,

ox 310, Piqua, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sims (Furloughfor the win te r: 790 15 th Ave., South,

Petersburg, Fla.) Forwarding Agent: Firsthristian Church, Tokyo Mission, Box 262,

Virginia.

Packages for Japan should be sent direct bypost to one of the miss ionaries whose

are shown above. Consult your localoffice concerning mailing rules and l imitof size and weights.

If you change your address please notifyL. Hamilton, Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee,

both you r old and your new address.

f you make an offering of 1.00 or more youe entitled to receive this paper if you soquest . Churches or groups making an offer

ng of 10.00 or more may request a bundle10 copies fo r distribution.

Shiro San from my Bible class at Campji -.ame to me a few weeks ago asking if he

be b aptiz ed. Of course this was th e

oment f or which I had been wa it ing for,d praying for. Mr . Shiro had been attend

ng my Bible class for about a year, exceptr a period of a bo ut three months. And since

s ta rte d t he Sunday morning Bible class

at my home, he ha s also been a tt end ing

. From the f i rs t t ime that he cam e to th e

class, I felt that he was on e who

go al l the way (and eventually) bea Christian. Because h is per sona li ty andseemed to me, to radiate true

mil ity. The person with at least a degree

humility, is easier reached by the

And as I have said before, this quality

s of absolute necess ity in bowing before

e Lord Jesus Christ, and making HIM'

King of cur lives. This is definitely a quality

c ki ng among most of us, and more so

t he J ap an es e people because of theiv

Race attitude, which is inherently

Plea se pra y w ith me fo r this young manhis f ai th will not falter, but that he

grow stronger day by day in the Spi ri tf Christ and His T^ t h

—Mrs. Stanley Buttray

Page 2

Saturday Bible Class

Mrs. Stanley Buttrays' Saturday afternoon English Bible class for high schools tuden ts

Soon after we pu t up the s ign announcing

the beginning of th e Bible School for children

last year, I found a note in the mail box from

a neighborhood girl asking if there could no t

be a class fo r high school s tudent s. When

sh e came, sh e brought he r f rie nds a nd sin cethen the average attendance has grown to

ten or twelve. Several of t hese young people

ar e Christians an d a number of them at tendnea rby churche s.

They love to s in g and th e past few weeks

we have been l ea rn ing c ho ru se s i n Japanese

and English. Even a ft er t hi rt y minutes ofsinging they w ant to con tin ue and ask fo r

their favorite ones. They a re also memorizing

scripture each week which they seem to enjoy

also. Pray for these young people as theystudy and read the Word of God, th at t he ir

hearts maybe opened to the truth and that

they may have the courage to accept it.


TO PRAY FOR A SUNDAY BIBLE CLASS

A miss ionary himself recently made a

list of suggestions as to how he would like

his friends to pray fo r him.

1. It is no t so essential that you ask

God to give us good hea lth. The important

thing is that He give us only t he m ea su reof health that will best glorify Him — that

we have a God who can keep us in perfect

peace and joy, even in the midst of pain.2. Do not pray so much that God will

answer ou r prayers, as that God will keep

us from being too busy to pray.

3. We are n ot s o an xio us that yo u pray

God will remove the o bs tac le s a s tha t He

might give us an unconquerable determinationto go al l the way with Him.

4. Not so much that God should bless our

activities as that God will censor our activi

ties, for how easy it is for a missionary'stime and energy to be spend on second bestthings.

5. Please do not pray fo r us as thoughwe were saint s. We need you r p ra ye r thatGod will give us g ra ce a nd strength to resisttemptation.

During th e time Stanley is having Sunday

School fo r the sm all chi ldren I have an

Eng lis h B ib le Class primarily fo r girls, al

t hough l at el y several young men have been

attending also. Seve ra l week s ago one of the

young women a sk ed to stay an d talk after

the o ther s had gctne. She said, When I first

came to your class, I knew nothing of th eBible or of Chris t and I re ad th e Bib le with

ou t think ing . Now when I read, I th in k a nd

I want to know w hat some of these things

mean. Truly th e Word is a powerful two-

edged sword a nd how wonderful and humbling

it is to se e it working in the hearts of those

whom we teach.


6. Please r em e m be r t ha t miss ionaries can

become lonely; we can become discouraged:

we can become irritable, sharp, impatient . Sowe covet al l your prayers fo r us that we may

ever l ive with our hearts af lame with the

glory and love of Christ.

Ann Williams

—in The Christ ian Challenger



3

s The Trouble With

Cunningham's Daughter

Something like the above ques tion haseen asked me by numerous people these past

months. I t is to br iefly an swer th eseinquiries on the part of folks who

i nves ted f inanc ia l support an d payer-

cking in the Tokyo work and are rightly

that I am wri ti ng this, and not to

up old things that might be st lie buried.

We ar e sorry to have fai led to kee p you

fully informed. Perhaps our reticence

been reassuring to a few that everything

be O.K., but I can see that most people

more defin ite information. The work

Tokyo has indeed been through a lot ofouble s ince t he d eat h of Mrs. Cunningham,

d because the ownership of the Missionoperties and control of the remaining funds

be~in question for-ar~i:ime- many -

pporters of the work across the brotherhoodve been doubtful, uncertain and worried.We will attempt here only a brief sum

ary of the way the situation looks to us atpresent time. The possibility of a changethe picture is admitted, but we neither

the destruction of the work begun byCunninghams nor fear that it will fall into

e hands of those who do not share their

PROPERTIES.Eleven building lots and eighteen builds erected on them in Tokyo are registeredthe name of the Yotsuya Mission ChurchChrist Holding Corporation. This includes

l of the missionary houses and some of the

It does not include the buildingsto 2 of the congregations who havelready completed all of the legal requirents and been incorporated as independent ,

cal churches of Christ by the Educa.ionof Japan. These properties have beenover to the local churches by theFour or five other congregations there

re in various stages toward achieving thisdependent status, which is a somewhat com-ated process.

Mr. and Mrs. Buttray, Patton and Simse all trustees of this Corporation, and these

x have control over the properties of th eission. AH American lawyeirhrToksm-whonr-

e have consul ted about var ious matte rs hassured us that the property is completely

and th e deeds are in order,Mr. Cunningham bought 4 lots and buUt

cabins on a wooded hill in the mountain

e so rt a re a of Karuizawa (about 100 milesTokyo) about 40 or more years ago.

se were l ef t in his own name. In his will hepecified that one of them should be giveno his wife and t he other three to the Missionrganization that was to be set up after hisath. Mrs. Cunningham received all of th is

and to this date it has remained asr personal property. She once explained thisy the fact that it was difficult to register

as belonging to a Tokyo corporationnce they were located in another prefecture.

While Mrs. Cunningham lived we mission

y familiesused these cabinsfor a short sumer vacation each year, and some years forung people's camps also. Mrs. Cunningham

oved the spot, and always insisted that we

t ake some time off up there away from th esummer h eat in Tokyo. When he r will was

made public we no ticed that s he gave he ro wn c ab in to her daughter Eloise, but said

no t a word about th e o th er three. To us this

would imply that she considered them as

Mission property. However, Eloise, as th eexecutrix of her mother's es ta te, h as taken

over these propert ies fo r he r use. We noticed

in the Japanese newspapers that the Musicfo r Youth organization (which sdie heads)

would be sponsoring music camps, presumably

at this place. Perhaps we could build up al egal cas e and go to court in an effort toget these properties, bu t we have no t dones o

2. FUNDS

Our plan, as announced in the June 1953Tokyo Christian, was t ha t t he remaining American funds of th e Mission should be used

by the Corporation in Japan to maintain thepresent buildings and erect new ones. Eloise_Ciinningham made frantic, repeated and well-organized moves to get control of these funds.

But in spite of tape-recordings, flying trips toAmerica^ slander sheets against us and othert hi ngs thi s failed, an d th e board of trustees

in Atlanta d ec id ed to dissolve and turn th e

s eve ra l t hou s rnd dollars in their con tr ol o ve r

to the legi 1 corporat ion in Japan. These fundshave remained intact except for a little which

has been withd rawn fo r taxes an d repairs. The

present Mission funds are held in 3 FederalSavings Banks in the U. S. in the name of theYotuya Mission Church of Christ Zaidan(Corporation). They will be used only in connection with real estate.

At one Mission tr uste es meeti ng inAtlanta in 1954 we heard th at t he re wa s a

fund of about 6000 in a Canadian bank. JudgeT. 0. Hathcock reported that he had madeefforts to have that withdrawn and includedin the regular Mission accounts in the U. S.but the b nk had said they would only re-

linqui:h the funds to Mrs. Cunningham inperson. Mrs. Cunningham's executrix mayhave obtained this money—we do not know.\lso Eloise has continu^ to seek for fundsin her mother's name ever since Mrs. Cun

ningham's death in 1953, and we hear thereis a committee of about 10 preachers on the

West Coast who have organized to help her

with advice, publicity and financial support.

3. CHURCH SPLIT

I n s om e __

Eloise G. several years ago she claimed nineof the churches in Tokyo were against us and

supporting her in an effort to restore theCunningham Mission. At the present timethis 9 (an exaggeration) has dwindled to onlyf ou r. One of th e preachers she included was

serving 2 small churches . Both churches havenow died and he has moved to another part

of Japan. Three other preachers left her Pastor's Association organization and published

a manifes to decl ar ing their reason fo r withdrawal— domination by Miss Cunningham —which was circulated throughout Tokyo. The

members of these churches repoiced, f or t hey

never had been sympathetic to the move inand take-over by an outsider. Of the remain

ing 4 preachers who support her, at least oneis doing so without the support of the congregation he serves. We were present at themeeting when the congregation voted to leavehim free to do as he wished, bu t they did no twant to become involved with E lo is e.

TOKYO CHRISTIAN

I t is t ru e t ha t these 4 preachers ar e very

uncooperative with us, to put it very mildly.

There has been created a deep and hurtfulcleavage in the work which has discouraged

many of the Christians.

We do no t seek to build up any human

loyalty to our side , and the majo ri ty o f

those whodo

no tgo

a long with Eloise would

not wan t to be count ed a s S ims boys or any

thing similar. We want b oth Christians an d

preachers to be s laves only to Christ and free

o f h uman bondage.

We do n ot kn ow what is the solution to

this s talemated and cancerous spl it i n th e work

in Tokyo, and we ask your prayers fo r us all.

This will, I hope, provide fair answers toth e main questions that are bothering some

of our friends. Many have also why Eloise

Cunningham has departed from her mother's

faith and done all of these things. I cannot

and would n ot a nsw er this. She will answer

to th e judge of al l th e earth some day, and sojffiiR L_

Harold Sims

TIME MARCHES ON

Talk of the town in Toba, Mie prefecture,

is not some new devel opmen t in th e pearl

culture industry of which th e is la nd c it y is

a m ajo r ce nte r b ut of a brothelkeeper who's

just turned Shinto priest. The brand-new

chie f p ri es t o f Toba's OOyamagi Shrine hadn 't

come unde r an Onward Shin to So ld ie r s

r e vi v al mo v eme n t T he m arc h o f t ime is

h is expl ana ti on of his transformation.

You know th e Anti-prostitution Law Isg oi ng to take full e ffec t f rom April 1. Late

last year th e proprietor of th e b ro th el m ad e

up his mind to close hi s busines s. He dismiss

ed the girls in h is emp loy after making plansfo r the future of each of them. I t happened

that th e shrine was without a chief priest. It s

parish unan imous ly a sked him to fill th e

vacancy. He was prevailed upon.

A graduate of t he J in gu Kogakkan Uni

versity, class of 1911, he was qualified fo r

Shinto priesthood. Kiku Miyase, 61, hadn't

been th e p ro pr ei to r of th e old-established

brothel long. When his father died in 1921,i t came to his wife's tu rn to run the business.

About 1944 circumstances made it necessary

fo r him to be the proprietor . Seme people callt r f l n g f n rm f l f i AT i HA f i fK

ing an inhabitant of Mie, th e prefectural s ite

of th e G ra nd S hr in es o f I se .

0

Japan. . . My dear Great Traveler: Thank you very

much for th e nice letter. I am glad to hear

that you could vis it your uncle 's farm. I am

trying to imagine that scene out of those A-merican movies I have seen. In Tokyo, your

town, it is in th e to p of heat in the year. Un

usually a typhoon attacked th e Kan to ar ea

e:rly. What a weak land this we sighed. I t

wa s rather a small one. but left a big damage

to every prefecture in Kanto di str ic t. They

ar e used to suffer s o e asil y, and recover so

soon, and forget a bout them soon. They l ike

to be healed th e wound lightly, saying. Peace.Peace . . . Thank God we are al l well and in

Hi s service with bright hope.



CHRISTIAN

The Annua l Convention of all Churches

f Christ was held this year at Tanabe, Osaka. Primarily because it is planning on to Japan in 1895, and after about twenty-fiveakayama-Ken from March 29, to April 2nd. having its new Bible College building finished years settled in the Osaka a rea , e st abl ishingi s inc ludes both the Jap an ese and Mission- by t ha t time. It will be named, The M. B. th e Osaka Christian Mission,

y Conventions. The Japanese Christians al- Madden Memorial in honor of Mr. Madden

have theirs the first two days and a

and th e missionaries the last two days,

a joint service on th e middle day. There

re Ja pa ne se Christians an d missionaries

as fa r away as Tokyo and Kyushu in

and some from Okinawa a nd Korea.

Everyone considered th e Convention a

and some said it was th e best ever. - -- „ • n u i. .

said, it had the best spirit, although College in Lansing, Michigan on Feb. 2 1960 ^pecially because of the independent-attendance fell far below the last two as a partof their Missions Emphasis program) direct support—faith system of missionary

. work which is popularly known and used—Harold Sims among us these days we must give serious

At the close of the Japanese sessions qj yg agree I am sure that thought to questions of whether to establishwere four persons who made confes- niethods and institutions are not the main

ions. One person was the mother of Taniyama, thine<? in missionarv work Npvprlhlpcc thp cnh should be emphasized. To those ote Convention hos t minis ter. There were a us who are unaccustomed to the backing of

of people with tears in their eyes Jgm of institutfo^ ^ endowed nation-wide mission boardthe minister son asked his mother the most of its own that merits our careful eonsidera- dependent on rather sporadic free-will

•— offerings from individuals an d c hu rc he s t heoriginal investment required for the buildings

I take institution to mean some organiz- alone seems way out of reach financially; andla Japan, children are supposed to follow ed adjunct to the church—such as a Bible when we go on to consider the daily drain on

ery care.ully the parents in all things. And College, Christian Service Camp, orphanage, finances necessary to maintain these establish-in the family religion is it very hospital, Christian Day School etc. . - _ .

fo r parents to accept the faith of

n erring child. Therefore, such a decision as CBan s mother made did not come not think that institulions, as such, are un- among our independent people speaks wellasy, nor was it made hastily. This, of course scriptural and wrong. In fact, in recent years for the faith and vision and hard work of our

the real climax of the whole convention, our people have been much strengthened and pioneers and fellow-laborers, and also forthe^missionaries session that followed revived and have grown numerically through their supporting churches.

Of necessity I mus t spe ak mainly from

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Annual

Convent ion

C hu rc h o f Ch rist Christian)

miss ionaries who a tte nd ed th e

Annual Convention at Tanabe,

J ap an . I nc lu de d in the group

a re m is sio na rie s also f rom

Okinawa and Korea.

The Convention next year will be held in a Church of Christ missionary who first came

on

—Stanley Buttray

ssion Field(A synopsis of a talk delivered to the dispassionate about the whole idea,

students a nd facu lty of G rea t L ak es Bible

All of us wil l a gr ee , I am sure, that

methods and i ns ti tu ti on s a r e no t the m ain

th ings in miss ionary work. Neverthless th e sub-

question, Do you believe that Jesus j^on.the Christ, the Son of the Living God?

as ant ic l imax.

The Fattens, Likins, and Buttray families

to and from th e Convention on th e

me trains. We returned to Tokyo just inme for cur regular Sunday morning services, precedent Scripture.

Miss Grace Farnham who h as b ee n a mis

here in Tokyo fo r about thirty-five On the other hand

wa? especially honored at th e Conven- not and should no t dl n 11 * A i / x O \ . .UUV /10 liU L i lUV aiSUby receiving a pearl necklace and photo institutions as sacrosanct and absolute essen- have a high number of well-qualified doctors

AF missionaries were to bring family tials. Since we are not Organization-minded, and suitable hospitals This would be a muchto be placed in the album along with and are proud to be free of various denomina- different situation from that prevailing in the

few comments. Miss Farnham gave a brief tional concepts of brotherhood societies and Congo jungles,of her life and work in Japan during t he p ri de of great and old brick-walled insti-

ne of the afternoon sessions. tutions, we can afford to be obiective and Continued nex t t ime)

ments it truly gives us pause. In t hi s l ight Ibelieve th e fact that various institutions have

Generally speaking our brotherhood does been established and maintained to this day

the contribution made by the increasing num- Of necessity I must speak mainly fromber of young people s camps and Bible Colleges the background of my experiences and im-across the land. Yet it will be acknowledged pre-sions in Japan. I recognize that the situa-that these 2 effective means of Christian tion on other fields might be entirely differenttraining have neither express command nor and that all I say might not be applicable to_ j._i. every other field. For example, the Japanese

have a very well-developed public-school

AF missionaries were to bring family tials. Since we are not Organization-minded,^

tutions, we can afford to be objective and Continued next time)



Cherlo ttesvUley Virg inia

June 20, I960

Dour BVlendss

We l s t wrote from Charlottesville, Virginia announcing the change offorwarding agent, etc After two weeks of very fine fellowship with the church atCharlottesville in an evangelistic meeting which ended with a great ResurrectionSunday, we went on to the Southern Christian Convention in Richmond After theschool Easter vacation had begun on April lA, Lois and the children came up toVirginia, and during some of the free time between meetings we went sight seeing toMonticello, Natural Bridge, Jamestown, Wllliamsburg, and roofed over the rolling hillsof Uncle Mort*s and T,0. Scott*s nice farms On the way back to Florida f t r th e

convention we spent an enjoyable week-end in Savannah, Georgia

On May 1 Harold spoke in Atlanta, Ga, and the following week went alongwith 9ome of the men In the College Park church to the Kiamichi Men*s Clinic inOklahoma. This tentlng-out t rip was an interesting change in the normal shaving,

dressing, speaking routine, and the fellowship, messages, peppy and old-fashionedsinging were very inspirational* After returning to Atlanta he went oil to Pennsylvan i fo r about a week of speaking engagements.

Since about May 20 we have been busy with various preparations for thereturn trip to Japan Harold built and packed two big boxes of books, and one ofhousehoLl effects ow we are haVing a con^any here crate our washing machine andrefrigerator which we had bou^ for taking back with us and have been using thesepast months partly in order to save some customs tax - These f ive crates will beshipped by ocean freight direct from Tan^ja to Yokohama, which will be cheaper thanr i l freight a cro ss th e U.S.

v also bought a cheap luggage trailer so we could pull our trunks andsuitcases behind the car and save the cross-country shipping e35>ense on those. Thenext problem was that the automatic transmission on the car went bad e talked theproblem over with a number of people here, including mechanics, and all of themadvised us to trade cars, so we did Through a dealer in the Central Christian Churchin St Pete we were able to get a very good price on a 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon, whichshould provide ua with comfortable and reliable transportation for the 5,000 miletrip ahead e didn't get much out of the old Chevrolet, but we can't complainbecause i t certainly gave us excellent service fo r over 18,000 miles of hard use

Here is e':fichedule of our t r v l plans for the summer:

June 21 Leave St Petersburg for the North

June 23-30 Visit Mr MrsA.E, Sims in High Po int, NX,July 1-4 24th Street Church of Christ, Newport News, Va.July 5 Other friends and relatives in Virginia

July 6-11 Visit Lois' sisters and First Christian Church, TurtleCreek, Fa;

July 12-15 North American Christian Convention, Columbus, Ohio(Lois has a Wednesday morning workshop on IntroducingMissions to Children. )

July 16-22 ...Chase AvebueXhurch of Christ, Cincinnati, Ohio, andvis i t Harold's brother Ralph and Earl and families

July 23-24 Church of Christ, Markle, Indiana.July 24-25 Churches in Potomac and Camp Point, Ill inois*July 26 Stringtown Christian Church, Unionville, Missouri ,July 27 Island City Christian Church, Stanberry, Missouri,July 31 Fifth Sunday Rally, Colorado Springs, Colo,August 1-6 Colorado Christian Service Camp, Sedalia (?re-Hi Week

Ai^gust 7,8 Denver Area, Visit Harold's sister, MargaretAugus t 9-12 To the West Coast.



August 12-21 San Fraricr sco Area

August 21 S a i l oat a ic^ ch5 Golden Gate

August 29 One day stop in HawaiiSeptember 6 Arrive in Yokohama

are now almost ready to leave this pleasant place that we have called homefor the past 10 months, and start the long journey back to the place w have calledhom for the past 10 years Of course the packing is a chore that all of us dread,and I guess human beings are the only species in the creation that are condemned todo i t . Always there are times when one begins to wonder whether he will make it,but w us^oi-uiy do. I t has been a wonderful year in every way, and w thank the Lordfor His leading us to St. Petersburg and for the safety of the many journeys we havemadso also t rust Him to keep us along the way now.

On June 7 the Central Christian Church in St, Petersburg where the family hasbeen worshipping this year, decided to join in our support with some additionalli\ing»itnk. are tery thankful for this unselfish move by a young congregation

faring a big building program^ The decision was made with the understanding thatthis help would enable us to keep the house where w have been living, so now w willnot be forced to sel l and will have some place to call home when we return next time.I t has been good for all of us to have the fellowship with this great and friendlyand growing congregation and i ts minister this year, and we rejoice in the continuingfellowship. The people have givah us.so very many expressions of love helpfulconcern in things great and small and w appreciate i t

do not look forward with delight to the farewells, or to leaving thisbeloved coutry where w have enjoyed so many happy hours of visiting with friendsshopping in super-markets sigh-seeing, etc. But at the end of every pleasant visitthere comes a time to say, We really must be getting back.

In recent days many friends have expressed concern about the anti-American

demonstrations in Japan. Actually, we es^ject things to have cooled off tremendouslyby the time we arrive in Japan but even now we would like to assure our friends oftwo things. Firs t , there are many Japanese people - even University students - of ouracquaintance whom we are sure deplore the whole plan, sentiment method and violenceof these demonstrations. have known some that possibly would be in the mobs, butthe majcrlty seem to be basically f ri endly to us and our country. Secondly this isjust another illustration of the need of the princ iple upon which we have beenworkings that is , stay in the background and le t the Japanese take the leadership inthe local church. While we are not ashamed of America w want to overcome themistaken notion that Christianity equals Americanism and that i t is an Americanreligion. also do not want to disrupt th e work every time the tide of poli t ical

fe9?^:ng changes. There have been other t imes tha t the anti-American sentiment hasbeen strong while we have resided in Japan and we came through that al l r ight. Sowe are making no change in our plans to return, and committing our l ives and our

work and our nation s affairs and al l to the will of God, who does a ll things welland neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Yours in His Service,

Haro ld and Lois Sims



IfeU 1 i

August 20, i960

Dear Friends,

Tomorrow we sai l for Japan again after a long and interesting farewell tr ip

a cross the country* God has been our protector and companion a l l along the way,and we thank Him. We have visi ted a l l of our l iv ing-l ink churches and our immediate

relat ives during the past 2 months as well as a great number of other deer brethrenin Christ . Saying good-bye so many times and for so long i s one of the t r i a l s ofth e missionary calling, but i t i s also a real spir itual boost to receive the manysincere and loving good wishes from such wonderful friends of a l l ages in so manyplaces. So this sorrow o f par ting has been sweetened by pleasant memories thiss u m m e r .

Some o f t h e s e w e r e i

*Sitting in the shade of the moss-draped trees in Eustis, Fla, and visi t ing with

old friends i n the church where Harold was ordained. Eating our f i l l o f plsza pieand watermelon and playing Sorry and other games with family and fr iends.

* Portioipatihgiln the large D.7.3.S. a t Central C h r i s t i e Ghurbh Ih^St . Fete ,our las t week in Florida. obby received a neck crown (too large for bis head)for bringing the most new students to Bible School one day, and being a TV fan,cal led himself Queen for a Day.

In the midst of All the thih on t b e : i a s t day of packing and c losing the house,

pausing to celebrate Bobby s f i f t h birthday with a picnic in the back yard.* At 9 M June 21 slowly pulling out of the driveway a t 790 15th Ave. The car

was fully packed with several suitcases, a big lunch, a pile of last-minute thingsand 6 souls. On top was a ful l luggage carrier, and behind us was a t r a i l e r loadedwith 3 steamer trunks, 4 foot-lockers and the remaining suiteases, including 2 newones bough t i n a hurry the day before.

* On the patio in back of A. « Sims home in High Point, North Carolina watching

the stars come out. Eating home-cooking after a swim in the big city park pool.Visits with the F i r s t and West Side church in High Point and a t Capella Wed. evening,* Taking a walk along the shore of Hampton Roads after supper a t Mrs. Gilliam s inNewport News. Harold showing the children where he used to live and go to school.Big Sunday a t 24th S t church.

* Sitting in C. S. Wilson s yard in Hampton talking with 2 Japanese brides fromLangley Air Force Base who are i n Mabel Farmer s Bible Class.* A brief visi t with the young people in Albemarle can^ near Charlottesville, whilestopping over-night a t the T. 0 . Scott home.* Playing foot-ball etc , in the back yard a t Lois s i s t e r s house in Monreevl lle, Pa. ,

and family s inging around the old player piano in Norma end Ray s basement.

* Sunday morning service tn Turtle Greek church where we were married, with the 3Button sisters bringing a special message in music. A nice crowd on a rainy Sunday

evening a t the missionary meeting in Shadeland church i n Pit tsbur^.w Ma\fing parting word tape recordings and watching the Democratic Convention openduring a visit with Dorothy (Lois other sister) and family in Irwln, Pa,* The bustle of activity, trying to remember names, the fun of visiting booths,

seeing many missionary acquaintances and the great singing and messages a t theNorth American C h r i s t i a n C o n v e n t i o n

* Hope shyly shaking hands with th e f olk s at Chase Ave.—hep l iving-link church-i n C ln oin nati. L is te nin g to H i - f i a t the Grant Shafer home.

* Taking pictures around the Seminary and from the top of Carew tower. Back yard

banquets with brothers Ralph end Earl and families.* Riding i n a truck across Eldon Caley s nice farm to see oats being combined near

Markle, Ind, After church Sunday M they gave us a very nice check which they hadbeen saving 6 years for furlough fund.

* Arriving at Potomac, H I . just in time fop supper and then telliag-about our workt o a nice crowd on a hot Sunday evening.



* After speaking to th e fo lk s a t Camp Point 111 we met a couple who had sponsored

on e o f o ur J ap an es e preachers through Bi bl e Seminary

* Watching hay^-baling on th e Webber farm near Unionvllle Mo, an d then cleaning upin a galvanized tub in th e smoke-^house fo r th e e v a n g e l i s t i c meeting a t Stringtown

church. Afterward we showed s l i d e s o f Japan f o r a b o u t an h o u r

* Also good to meet the folks a t I sl an d C it y Christian—a white church on a shady

hill-side—near Stanberry Mo,, who had been supporting us unseen for a long time.

Afte r a supper together we remainedunt i l

al mos t 10 PM answering q u e s tio n s* Cross ing for the f i rs t time into Kansas st a t e via the pony e3q>resg terminal ofS t Joseph Stopping b r i e f l y a t mid-day while passing through Horton to look up

Miss L aw ren ce

* Sylvia giving most of my regular missionary t a l k from memory a f t e r o f t hearing.They were playing church in the car to pass t r a v e l hours away

* The welcome s i g h t o f Denver cifter th e hot tedious p la in s

* A great fifth-Sunday ral3:y a t Central Church in Colorado Springs and thehospitality of a Christian couple who own Sleepy Hollow Motel

* By limousine up to the top o f Pike s Peak and down by the cog railway. Playingwith snow-balls on the way up and tremendous breath-taking grandeur

* Hiking i n the rocky mountains, riding horses eating from a r e a l chuck wagon,Bible dramas, prayer circles under a clear cool f u l l moon and other activities

dui ing P r e - h i week in Colorado C h r i s t i a n Ser vi ce camp.

* Visits with Cherry Creek (Denver) and Longmont churches* Jennie had a cake with space-men and rockets on i t for his eighth birthday a tHarold s s i s t e r s home in Arvada, Colo We spent the day riding things and looking

in funny mirrors in El i t c h s gardens in Denver Also we went out o t vis i t East Ti nCup which is a very authentic reconstruction of a western town of 90 years a go

D ri vi ng w est a cr os s the hot straight black line t ha t cuts the S a l t Lake Desertwi t h most o f th e family a s l e e p

* D is gu st w it h th e s lo t machines in every place i n Nevada,* Coming down from the S i e r r a range into Sacramento an d a gorgeous sunset* The fine hospitality of the church in Najba California d ur in g o ur last busy weekin the s t at es . We slept a t the Wayne Wells home every night and between t ri ps to

Oa-'land on business and packing we had meals a t 13 of th e homes in t h i s congregation.This ¥;as typical of t he C hr is ti an hospitality which we have enjoyed in every place.Ou t of 62 nights on the journey we paid for only 8 nights lodging. We a re g ra te fu lfor each one o f those who had a part in t hi s unforgetable gesture o f good-will aiadGod-speed toward us. You have sent us on our way with thankfulness that is hard toexpress. Opening one s home to a family of our siae we realize i s a burden, but

yo u have carried i t l i ght l y and to the second mile. Our c hi ld re n t hi nk America isthe greatest place on earth and everybody s house and yard i s t he i r home. May Godbless yo u a l l

Many of th e men especially will want some word about th e Ford Ranch Wagon/y4hich we purchased for this trip. e went 57 4 miles with 3 changes of oil, and

//added one quart of oil between each changer Considering the heat load speed and

r^ altitude much of the way we are completely satisfied with the performance There/ was no noticeable strain on the car from pulling the heavy trailer all the wayt After selling the trailer here we suffered a total loss of only 15, in bringing

a l l of ou r baggage from S t Pete to the pier in Sa n Francisco

Vife ran an add in the neTOpapers here and made an honest effort to sell the carA good number of people looked at i t but for one reason and another we could neverwork out a s uitable deal. So we gradually began to conclude t h a t in answer to ou r

prayers for guidance perhaps God was indicating that we should take to over with us.Today we called Charlottesville Va. and after talking i t over reached a

decision to tak e th e Ford with us to use in Japan We expect to g e t much goods e rv ic e from this term/ I t w i l l be s e n t to Japan on a f r e i g h t e r in 2 weeks o r

8 0 a f t e r we l e ave

Farewel l, and nay God watch between us while we are absent one from th eo t h e r . I t has beon a wonderful yeai and we are read y to begin another rouiid in Japanc

Until we meet again Harold & Lois Sims



lOV z

H a r r o l e McFarLand

Box 96

J o l i a t I l l i n o i s

(10)

Tokyo Chr i s t i an Go ye into all the world and p re ach the gospel to ev ery creature Mark 1 6: 15

59 Kimberlin Hgts. Tennessee

- Japanese Style

Dai ly Vacat ion Bib le School was held at

e Sakurayama Church on July 25-29 with an

e ra ge a tt en danc e o f 16. The s tuden ts wer e

into two classes an d Mr. Sahara, mini s

r of Kam iuma C hu rc h an d Miss S himi zu o f

e Shimoochiai Church, who has been train

fo r that kind of work, served as teachers.p •s hnnl was well pl ̂ uned by teachers

Notes

Sep tember 6 th was a very unu su al and

da> because it marked t he f ir st time

t least in t hi s pos t-war period) that three

of Christ missionary families returnedJapan on th e s ame ship.

The Harold Sims family returning fo r

term and the Bill W alk er and A1 Ham

nd fami lie s coming back fo r their second

might be called One for the book.

r there does seem to be a slight trend to

no t r etu rn ing fo r th e second t erm. How

Japan is sti ll open and definitely in needmany more to help reap the harvest.

« «

Eugene Morse an d family s topped here inkyo for about six days for adjustment and

before going on to th e States fo r theirThe warm fellowship an d th e mess

e wh ich Eugene brought at th e missionaryyer meet ing were appreciated by all.

— Stanley Buttray

an d th e classroom work was wel l d on e. Since

Sharon Lee s birthday and that of another

student f ell d ur in g that week, Betty b ake d

a cake and a ll of the s tu d en t s a tt en d ed the

iparty at r eces s t ime on th e f in al d ay of th e

school. T he c hi ld re n l ea rn ed m u c h concern

i ng th e Lord dur ing t he mee ti ng and enjoyed

it immensely.. Andrew Patton

Youth Meeting

The m iss io na rie s lo ca te d in th e Tokyo

area h av e s ev er al Bible classes in English

every week. Using English as a drawing card,

missionaries i n J ap an a re able t o re ac h many

Japanese youth with the Gospel who would

per haps not b e r ea ch ed otherwise. Besides th e

many o th er activities in which sh e is engaged

for the Lord here. Miss Velma Held, an Air

Force school teacher, ha s started a joint meet

in g fo r t ho se var ious Eng li sh B ib le classes.

At th es e mee ti ng s you th can get acquain ted

with each other as well as hear a gospel

message. The mee ti ng s ar e held on th e f ir st

Saturday night of each month and they are

f ai rl y wel l a tt ended i n spite of th e fact thatmany must travel a great distance to t he mee t

ings. Since th e whole program is in English

th e missionaries serve as speakers. We pray

that these mee ti ng s w il l b e e ff ec ti ve in lead

in g many souls to th e Lord.

— Andrew Pat ton

Fall. 1960 - No. 4

Simses Return To Tokyo

The Harold Sims family returned to Japan

from their furlough on Sept. 6, and were me t

at the pier in Yokohama by the Bu tt ra ys andFattens and a dozen or so Ja pa ne se an d

Kore an f ri ends . Most of th e day was spent

in visiting and catching up on the news—^firstyelling back and for th from ship to pier, andthen more when we w ere able to si t down

together—and getting through customs. That

night a big welcome supper meeting was heldat t he J ul iu s F le enor home in Tokyo.

The 2 weeks c ross ing was made in th e

middle of th e typhoon season, bu t th e weather

was perfect all the way and we spent most

of each day on dock and in th e pool. Therefore

all of i-he p as se ng er s l ook ed fa t and t annedcompared to th e welcomers. On th e way wehad a nice sight-seeing stop in Vancouver for

a day and then enjoyed a wonderful fellow

ship for a not he r day with the missionaries inHawaii, among whom ar e some of our dearest

friends. Of course Christian worship serviceswere held on th e Lord s Day, and after a largegroup of Japanese embarked in Ha wai i theyeven had a service in Japanese l an gu ag e o n

th e second Sunday out.

Mr . and Mrs. A1 Hammond an d family

an d Mr. an d Mrs. William Walker a nd family

(our co-workers in th e Tokyo area) were ou r

congenial travel companions, and we had th e

Lord s supper in our c ab in on Sunday after

noon as well as many other times of goodf el lowship togethe r. Among the other passengers on the large and comfortable S. S.Orsova-w ere-Inure than 20 missionary-fanaUt arepresenting many denominations, and someof them were old acquaintances.

Some of th e Nakano church folks had

spent 3 days cleaning up our house and y ardwhich had been u no cc up ie d for 2 m on th s, andth e missionaries had helped them and even

pu t she et s on th e beds fo r us. So we spent the

f irst n ight in Japan in ou r old familiar home.

Thus ended th e God be wit h ye ( rea l mean

ing of good-bye) journey that beg an on June

21 in St. Petersburg, Florida. God had brought

us sa fel y and j oyf ul ly half way around th e

world again.

Dale Marsh, former assistant chaplain atCamp Oji here in Tokyo, who is now a second

year s tudent in t he Great Lakes Bible College,and Ruth Yamashita former organist at th e

Chapel an d also Sunday schoo l teacher fo rS tanley But tr ay , were united in marriage in

th e Northside Church of Christ, Grand Rapids,

Michigan on Saturday September 27th. Adaughter Michele Denise was born to Mr. and

Mrs. Paul Buttray on July 8, 1960.



TOKYO CHRI ST IAN

THE TOKYO CHRISTIAN

Published -quarterly, by th e Missionaries o£th e Chutrh of Christ Cunningham Mission.

Tokyo, Japan, fo r th e information and inspira

tion of every Chris tian whose heart is open to

th e call of Christ, and who is willing to help

in th e supreme task of carrying out th e G reat

Commission of Christ: Matthew 28:19, 20.Entered as second class matter in th e Knox-

ville, Tcnn., Post office under the ac t of March

3, 1879.

Two-Year Subscripton 50 cents

Subscription and Flaming Torch 1X0

MISSION STAFF

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575 2-Chome,Kamiochiai, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Fo rwarding agent: Mrs. Homer Anderson, R. D. 1,Meadville. Pa , _ .

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pat ton, 27 Sakura -

yama, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Forwardingagent: Mr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt . 3,Box 310, Piqua, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sims, 1-52 Arai Machi,Nakano-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Forwarding agent:First Christian Church, Tokyo Mission Box262, Charlottesville, Va.

Packages for Japan should be sent direct byparce l pos t to one of th e miss ionar ies whose

addresses are shown above. Consult your localpost office concerning mailing rules and limitations of size and weights.

If you change your address please notifyH. L. Hamilton, Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee,giving both your old and your new address.

If you make an offering of 1.00 or more youare entitled to receive this paper if you sorequest . Churches or groups making an offering of 10.00 or more may request a bundleof 10 copies for dist r ibution.

Sakuroyama Church

On March 6, 1960 we held the first serv

ces of the Sakurayama Church which meets

n the building which formerly housed TokyoBible Seminary. Actually, one of the churcheswhich wo reestablished after th e war met in

this building but it finally died out. Afterour return from furlough las t year we made

plans to establish a church here. A Sundayevening Bible class was begun in Novembernd Sunda y morning services in March. Since

the Lord has blessed the work wonder

ully. The attendance at the morning servicenow averages around 15 and that fo r th e Bible

lass about 10. A Sunday School for chi ldren

aught by a widow from the Nakano Church,a seekers meeting, and a prayer meetingare also now being held at the church, andlthough the attendance is fairly small at theseeetings the interest shown by those who

attend is great. Two young l adie s have been

baptized recently and a few earnest souls,ow seeking the will of the Lord, will perhaps

do likewise in a short time. Souls are being

av ed an d fo r that we praise the Lord andake courage. We pray that a like spirit ofevival can be started among the other

hurches aff il iated with the Cunningham Mission. Your prayers for this would help

remendously.

— Andrew Pat ton

V .

V .v

W

Velina Held and t hre e of th e missionary

children. A surprise birthday party was given

to Miss Held a t t he close of o ne of our mission

ar y prayer meetings.

Off The Press

After much pat ie nc e and perseverance

th e book, O n Th e Rock came from th e

printers on Saturday noon October 1, and afew minutes la ter th e f ir st of a thousand

copies was sold to a Korean Christian who re

cently lias been attending Mrs. Buttray s Satur

day afternoon Bible class. Needless to say weare rejoicing over thi s new pub li ca tion , and

hope and pray tha t it will find a ready market .

This b oo k was wri tt en by D. R. Dungan about

eighty-five years ago and is still popular

among Christian an d Churches of Christ. If

you haven t read this book, I recommend that

you do sc. For it will surely be a blessing

and joy, and a me.ins of strengthening your

fa i th .

This book has gone through thir ty-three

English editions and is now beginning it s

second publication in a foreign language.Unknown to ea ch o th er , b ot h Ralph Harter amissionary to I nd ia a nd mys elf started transla

tion work on t hi s b oo k about the same t ime.

Both of us considered it as invaluable in th e

f ie ld of Christian literature, especially in mak

ing known Chr is t s t each ing concerning what

w e m us t do to be saved.

Pray that Go d w ill bless and us e this

book here among the Japanese as well as

th ere in In dia as i t goes f orth in to th e hands

of th e public. If only one soul is converted

and brought into t he n ar row way thr ough this

book, i t will be well worth the effort an d

eight hundred dol la rs I t cost.

Since returning to Jap an in 1956 this is

th e third book whi ch th e Lord has le d me to

pub li sh . Also another book, T he ChristianSystem by Alexander Campbell is in th e

pro cess of ch ecking th e translation. I am

hoping that this fourth book will be published

by th e time of our next furlough, which (i f

it s th e Lord s Will) might b e in th e summer

of 1961. —Stanley Buttray

Page 2

Sims Address Changed

The S ims family is living at th e same

location, but t he s tr ee ts have been zoned and

renumbered. Thei r n ew add ress is 1-52 Arai

Machi Nakano-ku Tokyo.

Furlough Reminiscences

Like presidents and prisoners , missionaries

work an d live by terms ; and these are

separated, in th e case of missionaries, byintervals of time called furloughs. As youwill imagine, each term and fur lough is anew an d different exper ience. We have now

returned fo r o ur third 5-year period of service

in J apan , and because the house, neighbor

hood, work and peopl e around us ar e al l fami

liar we have found i t easier th an e ve r before

to settle down and adjust. Already the year in

America s eems like a p leasan t d ream ormemory, an d we are back in the harness as

before. We would like to pause fo r a moment

of retrospect while the fur lough is sti ll fresh

in our minds and attempt an answer to comeof th e questions that were often as ke d of u s aswe traveled over th e United States.

1. How much have you traveled.?As close as we can count th e miles from

memory, th e whole family traveled about

14,000 miles on ocean l iners and 13,000 milesby Station Wagon. In addition Harold traveled

about 10,000 miles by auto, 10,000 miles bybus, 11,500 miles by airplane and 1500 milesby train. Any way you look at it this was alot of riding and a great expenditure of

money. We enjoyed the trips, and are verythankfu l f or t he opportun ity to get aroundand se e so many friends and th e wonderful

scenery and the work of the kingdom indifferent areas. Of course we hope that theinspiration we received and th e contribution

we were able to make by various missionarymessages in the various programs will bear

fruit so that this t rave l wil l not be considered

a waste of time, energy and money.2. Did you ge t any rest?

Yes, thank you, we consider th e whole

year a very refreshing vacation—spirituallyand physically. Although Harold was on the

go a lot, it was relaxing to be away from thepressures and tensions t ha t are speci al to thework in Japan; and he still managed to beat home about 140 days during the 13 months.For us the most complete and enjoyable restof the furlough is always the 2 weeks on the

calm, spacious and beaut if ul s ea .

3. Do you feel like you accomplished yourpurpose?

Yes. We did no t arrive in America with

the intention of raising a certain sum ofmoney. Our des ire was simply to vis it loved

ones and brethren, be encouraged and revived,report on our work, and try to give peoplebetter understanding and concern for the taskof evangelizing Japan.

4. Ar e you anxious to ge t back?

Frankly, if it were just a choice of a placeto live we much prefer the United States

(won't say which sta te) to any other place inthe world. There was nothing about the fellowship in the churches, the visits with the fam

ily, the rel ax ing and famil ia r l ife of friend

liness, frankness and abundance that made uswant to leave. Like any other person, wedreaded the time to say good-bye.



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3 TOKYO CHRISTIAN

On the o ther hand, t hough, there is th e

that a jo b waits to be done over

and the conviction that God wou ld h av e

here s ha rin g in it. As we begin another

of service we a lr ea dy know some of th e

obl ems and d is couragement s we must face,ut these ar e the very things that draw us

ack into th e line-up fo r a no th er scimmage

a welcome t ime out.

T he s old ie r is no t asked whe t he r he

u ld l ik e to go overseas—he is commanded

d he goes in sim ple l oyal obedi ence . In

e last analysis, that is t he r ea son we are

oing back to J ap an . To be where He wants

to be to make th e most of th e opportuni

e s He gives us to serve The One who emptied

that we might have forgiveness ofur s ins a nd e te rn a l l ife—this is tru e f reedom

y an d life. —Harold Sims

MeetingIn Japan, as in America, revival meet

can be effective instruments in leading

souls to l ay hold on th e salvation of th e

The met hods may d iff er a little but th e

and effects are s im il ar . S ak ura yama

has had two such meet ings t hi s year—

e in May and the other one on Sep tember

Th e results from both meetings have

en very g ra ti fy ing. The latter meeting wassor t of in te rnat ional af fa i r as fa r as leaders

r e conce rned . Mr. Oho, minister of th e

re an Chu rc h at Mikawashima, served as

angelis t, Harold Sims spoke on th e final

Mr. Sahara, m inister of the Kamiuma

Japanese), was song leader andand Velma Held was organist. Three

indicated t ha t t he meetings had help

d th em 10 h av e f ai th in C hrist and they are

ready to be baptized. Others were stir

d to thinking about their relation to th e

God. A Christian movie was shown

every n igh t a nd this proved to be aood means of drawing the people to the

tings. We cannot boast of great crowdse largest attendance being about 30 bu t

who did attend showed much interest

n the Gospel. Such mee tings held frequently

a church to have a steady growth.^Andrew at ton

inst i tut ions on the Mission

ield

from last issue

Le t us turn, then, to consider a few of th eto be sough t and der ived f rom

lishing institutions on the mission fields.

1. The bringing into existence of an inusually gives to al l concerned—both

ssionary personell and nat ive workers—a

of permanency to th e work. Now that

his school is bui l t w e feel that we are here

o stay. The work does not d epend on just on e

who might leave at any time, bu t

th e cooperation of many is needed an d

sually given. Employment and security isiven to th e nationals who wor k t he re , an d

h e neighborhood knows you ar e settled re -

This stability is good fo r th e work any

he r e

2. Gener al ly speak ing ins ti tu ti ons have agood influence on society a nd a re re spe ct ed

.

avidButtray and some of his Japanese playmates in the background In the

foreground is Noel Ray and Philip Patton.

for it. The tendency is to create a tolerancerespect and favorable climate for the propagation of the gospel—to make the initial contactwith the heathen society that will sof ten andwarm their hearts. This is an important job,

and I believe that th e many Mission Schoolskindergardens and few hospitals founded byChristian groups in Japan a generation or twoago certainly had this beneficial effect there.Just one example is the Seventh day Adventisthospital where all of our children were bom.Every day this fine institution with its cleanrooms smiling nurses excellent doctors andchapel services makes a favorable impressionon hundreds of non-Christian Japanese people

who in th e meant ime are paying for th e privi

lege of receiving it s services.

Such large and strong old institutions ast he - 31 ue Mountain—SchooL Methodist) in

Tokyo with classes fo r students from kindergarden through University and the new International Christ ian Univers ity, ar e highlyregarded by Japanese in all walks of life.

This r eache s up to the highest level ingovernment. Prime Minister Kishi paid high

compliments to th e contribution of Christian

institutions to the progress of society an d

culture in Japan in an address to th e World

Sunday School Convention meeting in Tokyo

recently. So sometimes we can se e th e po s

sibility that i ns ti tu ti on s migh t he lp th e whole

cause of th e church by giving a favorable

impression to governing authori t ies and mak

in g th e obtaining of visas and other contacts

with th e powers that be m ore pleasant and

cooperation more f ru it fu l.

where. Many missionaries never return toJapan for a second term of service preciselybecause of tiiis discouraging aspect of generalevangelism. One of my relaxations and enjoyments is painting—^walls and floors that is—

because the privilege of starting over hereand finishing over there and be ing abl e to see

how much you have covered is a rewardingexperience for a change.

The missionary who works in an institution escapes most of this; because he worksregular hours has a niche in the organizationinto which he fits a nd he can see results inth e s ta ti sti cs . O ft en we a lmos t e nvy th e con

t en tmen t an d security of th e young p er so n

who has come over to Japan specifically toteach English in a certain High School or theman who has come just to be book-keeperand trAfltnirpr fo r a...large denominational

board. They have nothing like the worriesof the green horn who was sent over with the

simple task of winning 90 000 000 people toChrist Fortunately it is not a straight ened?)

salary basis instead of commission.

3. A further advantage of institutionsaccrues to th e missionary personally. I refer

to something d i ff i cu lt t o d ef in e, but it could

perhaps be expressed as a feeling of accom

plishment. Evangelism is a frustrating work

in any la nd , and part icular ly in Japan where

responses to th e gospel are so long an d slow in

coming we often fee l we are not ge tt ing any-

4. We might also mention the financialadvantage afforded by insti tutions. Everybodyis in favor of healing bodies helping unfortunate children, and education; and finan

cial appeals fo r these ar e answer ed mor e

readily and liberally than fo r simple preach

ing. Also there is responsibility about th e

handling of th e funds and audit ing etc. thatis usually required by th e local governments

and t hi s v ery properly impresses th e donors

as more business-like an d tru stw or th y t ha n

undesignated offer ings sent to an individual.

More things could be s ai d a bout th e ad

vantages of institutions, but before t ime runsout le t us look at a f ew th ing s that might

be considered DISADVANTAGES. Perhaps i t

would be well to begin w ith t he opposite side

of the very same things which we have l is te d

as advantages.

Continued next time)



CHRISTIAN

Lee Patten's Sixth Birthday

Grader

August 29 is a day to be r emembe red

Sha ron Lee Patton. That was t he f ir st day

school and she was in the first grade . She

the Narimasu Elementary School atHeights, Tokyo which is operated by th e

S.Air

Force. T he b us runsn ea r o ur

housed she must meet it at 7:30 in th e morning.

Would You Like?

If God should speak to you just now and

n ame wha t you l ike, an d It s ha ll b e given

What would you ask for? I m sure th e

would be as varied and inter es ting

tho se given b y th e Sunday School children

few weeks ago here at Kamiochiai, Tokyo.

Before actual ly starting t he l es son about

Solomon, Miss Sugaware asked, th e

v/hat they would like to have if they

e given the opportunity to choose. Keeping

mind the background of these children, thatages run from si x to eleven an d their

t endance in Sunday School would averageabout eight months, their answers were

the more interesting and revealing.

Her e ar e a few of the answers. One girl

sh e would like to have a French doll.

girls said t hey wan ted a Bible. Another

a pair of shoes . One girl s ai d Yesu Sama

and two s is te rs said they wantedlife. These last two mentioned are

x and eleven years old and have been ats ince a year and a half ago when theSchool was first star ted.

I think i t woul d b e safe to conclude from

ese answers that Japanese children ar e no

fferent than American children when givento hear God s Word from a faithful

tness . Can it be that in our zeal to see grownults and young people born again that we

been partially blinded to an even richer

d more fer ti le f ie ld among chi ldren?

— Stanley Buttray

Her teacher is a Christian who spends he r

spare time in doing missionary work. The

method of teaching, t each ing materi al s, and

the course ta ught at th e school seem to be

excellent . Sharon's tui tion is 1.80 a day plus25 cents a day fo r lunch . Such excellent school

ing opportunities fo r ou r chi ld ren a re awonderful blessing.

— Andrew Pa t ton

Sakurayama Sunday SchoolEvery Sunday a ft er noon the mission ar y

children in Tokyo are gathered by automobile

to the Sakurayama Church for Sunday School.Most of them ar e not proficien t enough inJapanese to comprehend what is t au gh t i n aJapanese Sunday School. Miss Velm a Held

saw th e need of a Sunday School fo r th e mis

sionary chi ldren and star ted th e on e at Sakura

yama Church. She f ur ni sh es a ll of t he mat er

ials herself and serves as teacher. Miss Held

is a native of Hampton, Iowa and is a memberof the Church of Christ there. She is employed as a teacher in the Air Force ElementarySchool at Grant Heights in Tokyo. She hastaught school fo r the Armed Services in

several foreign countries and wherever she

goes her greates t joy comes from being ableto help the missionaries in he r spare time.Conducting this Sunday School is just oneof the many ways in which she renders invaluable assistance to the Tokyo missionaries.Thus our children have the opportunity ofstudying the Scriptures taught in a SundaySchool i n t he ir own language.

— Andrew Pa t ton

David, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Butt ray enter ed t he f ir st grade at th e Narimasu

Elementary School (Air Force) . He travels toand from school by bus which stops in frontof t he house (fortunate), bu t h is tui tion and

lunch for the year is 350.00 dollars, (unfortunate

First impressions

Our first impression on arriving in Japan

again was th e tra ff ic congestion which has

become a major probl em with th e increasedproduction of a ll k inds of vehicles in Japan.

Th e second thing was that we noticed no

difference in th e a tt it ud e o f t he people toward

us in spite of th e demonstrations and riots in

t his ci ty just 3 months ago. The peop le are

just as pol it e and accomodat ing as ever. Th e

riots ar e often discussed, and t hey b ri ng up

th e subject and speak with f rankne ss and salm.

A co upl e o f examples:

Early in th e morning of th e day we

a rr iv ed , when th e ship wa s still in the mouth

of th e bay, a launch came ou t full of customs

officials and other funct ionaries . Among those

climbing up the gangway we were very surprised to notice a man that l ooked l ike (and

ac tua lly was) one o f o ur fo rmer s tu den ts whohad graduated from University last spring. He

had taken a day off from his place of employ

ment and left home at daybreak in order tocome and meet us. He went ou t of his way toassure us we were we lcome and tha t th e r iots

meant nothing as fa r as ou r welcome to Japanwas concerned

When we arrived at th e pier there were

others saying th e s ame th ing. One student

came and lielped us al l one d ay wh en we were

first getting settled. When I first went to

the meat store, the whole staff stopped workand gave me a deep-bow greet ing. Then when

I asked how much he told me that prices had

gone up during our absence. That s no good,

I said. He and all the o thers laughed and said, I t has been pret ty quiet and lonesome around

here with Mr. Sims gone.

— Harold Sims

Christ'ian Service CampAugust 22-27 was th e da te Christ ian Serv

ice Camp was held under the sponsorship ofthe Kamiuma Church. The camp grounds arelocated at beautiful Lake Motosu at th e footof Mount Fuj i. This is one of the most scenicspots of Japan and is separated from civilization and back in nature enough to make anideal camp site. The camp grounds were rent

ed from the Yoyogi Hachiman Church (non-instrument) in Tokyo for a reasonable fee.

Those participating in the camp were theKamiuma Church where Mr. Sohara ministersand the Sakurayama Church. The campersnumbered about twenty five, seven of whichwent from the Sakurayama Church. Mr.Sahara, IFdeo Aaki, and Andrew Pat ton ser-ed as teachers in the camp. The spiritual atmosphere of the camp was truly inspiring andthe fellowship among the campers was closeand effective. Everyone seemed to agree thatthis was one of the best camps we have had.One happy result of the camp was the decision of two young ladies and one young manto obey the Lord Christ and become His

servan ts . One of the young lad ies who made

this decision and a young man who had com

mitted his life to the Lord earlier were baptied on the final morning of the camp. Weknow that several more campers were led tothink seriously about doing likewise and perhaps onlya short timewill passwhenthey toowill become obedient to the faith. The goodr esult s f rom this camp will live on into th efuture. —Andrew Patton



November 22, I960

Dear Fr iends :

Here w sit in the same house but new number 1 52, instead of old 450)in Aral Maohi, 3ji fVcnt cf the old fam5JLiar typewriter, marveling over the fact thata mere tm mcnths ago wo were just leaving the mainland of the U,So The distance

covered and the rush since we arrived in Yokohama on Sept. 6 has been so êa t that

the furlough seems very long ago and far awaye But we do want to take time about everytwo months to le t you know how we are get ting along and some things about the work here»

We had the best crossing of the Pacific this f if th time that we have

e3q)erienced so far® The ship was large, comfortable and fast, and the food was good.The sea was a smooth as a lake, and the beautiful weather every day left nothing to bedesired - and this was appreciated all the more because i t was typhoon season. Also wehad as t rave l companions the A1 Hammond and Bil l Walker families from our churches as

well as many other congenial missionary families. The stopovers were also delightful. enjoyed a day of sightseeing in Vancouver, B.C , whidh is filled with beautifulhomes and fabulous gardens* Then in Honolulu w had a full day of fellowship withmost of the missionaries in the islands, many of them friends from years ago.

Quite a number of friends were down at Yokohama to meet us, and we learned that they had cleaned up our house and yard so we could move into our house thatnight. Most of every day for the newt two weeks or more was spent in trips to Yokohamato see our things through customs inspection, unpacking, cleaning, painting andsettling down. The children enrolled in Christian Academy the next day after wearrived and are doing okey, Hope is studying piano and Sylvia is beginning Violin thisy e a r

During this time when the house was such a mess we didn t have manyjîsitoiâ-axcept those -who oame to help eome with theôrk. Since tha t time^werhave ^had a number of friends drop in fcr long catch-up on-the-news vis i t s Also we have

had brief visits with the Eugene and Russell Morse f amil ies as they stopped by on theway home from Burma on furlough, and Ray Woodward, a UiS, Navy man from Markle, Ind,

As far as we have been able to notice^ the June demonstrations againstthe t reaty revision and the vis i t of President Eisenhower have not adversely affectedthe work of th e churches in any way, and the people s att i tude toward us seems unchanged.Quite a few people, among them university students, have talked about the problem inan enlightened and discerning manner, and we are just sorry that there are so fewpeople in this teeming and tumultous nation who have a gospelôriented and God-fearing

a t t i tude The other day af ter the funeral for the Socia l is t leader Asfinuma who Was

assisinated by a r ight ist youth th e labor unions and socialist party had called for ademonstration of 100,000 people. spent the day quietly working with th e preacher swife here straightening up the Nakano church office in order to find out what we had

on hand in Sunday School materials, t racts and books for the Chris tians to read. Inthe evening I went to a downtown auditorium to hear Oswald Smith preach to an audienceof about 2,000 Japanese, On the way I overheard someone on the train mention the plan

ned demonstration, and his companion replied, 0 yes;, that was today in a disinterested sort of way, I had forgotten about i t unt il tha t moment. Perhaps i t was because thedemonstration was not as large as planned, but everything in town seemed perfectlyncrmal. The streets were full of cars and the sidewalks swarmed with people hurryingalong on their own business. Afterward i t occured to m that i f even 90,000 peoplewere to gather i t would be only 1 out of 100 of the population of Tokyo,

The f i r s t Sunday in Japan we attended Nakano church. We found about thesame people there as 15 months before. During the year we were absent there had beenthree baptisms. There had been no great problems, attendance fo r the morning service . .had consisteltly held between fifteen and twenty-five, but very l i t t le progress andgrowth was evident .



We were especially distressed to see that the Sunday School attendance had fallenuntil only 5 children were there. The preacher̂ s wife has 2 lib tie babies ages 16aDd^2 months^ so she had not been aU.e to take her normal leadirtg part for manymonths and the whole responsibility had fallen on a fine devoted young girl who wasdoing her best. Lois began ftom the next Sunday to help with flannel-graph and otherthings and the attendance has already grown to 15 regulars are hoping that i twill grow large enough by Christmas to separate into 2 or 3 classes for different

ages after the first of next year. At the welcome meeting for us on Sept. 25 Haroldsuggested that evening services be started again. Since the preacher works almostfull-time at his father-in-law s company he said he didn t have time to prepare 2sermons a sunday, so Harold began preaching every Sunday night here from the firstSunday in October. So far our lowest attendance has been 5 and the highest 11. have also preached at the Mikawashima church, which has shown a marked improvementduring the past year. There were about 70 present the Sunday we were there.

The day we arrived in Japan a letter from Vivian Lemmon the Missionary inTanabe, Wakayama prefecture (450 miles south of Tokyo) was h^ded to me. It was inj^gent plea for help because the preacher had just resigned and the church seemed tobe in great trouble with feelings running high. She thought a week of meetings with

the main emphasis on rallying the Christians would be the best thing. We were unableto go^during the first several weeks, hut went for a week from Oct. 10-16, Theresults were not spectacular, but we averaged about 15 in attendance every nightand some who had quit came back and most of the folks seemed encouraged. On Saturdaynight Oct. 15 we didn t have a meeting at the church building in town but went toone of the villages in the nearby mountains where there is a Christian family andheld a special evangelistic meeting in their hoine. Seven of the neighboring peoplecame in and we had a good time. The road out from the city was one of the mosti i^y and-narrow that-I-have-ever seen-atteraptêd-by a 6-wheel vefiicler FoF^t ofthe way ran along the top of a dike beside the river The buses are scheduled sothey don t meet ^ther one, but when occasionally they meet a truck one of them mustback up a long distance. On both sides of the road the fields were full of goldenrice and the people were out there cutting it by hand, It is then Wrapped in hand-lUil sized shocks and hung upside down on bamboo poles which are strung across thecenter î®2.ds where it dries for a week or two before threshing which is also rdone in the field witha small machine. As we climbed up the hill and looked back down

valley I thought the patchwork of paddy-fields filled with grain and theneatly terraced mo^tain -sides dotted with orange and persimmon trees was typicallyJapanese—quaint, traditional peachful, the beauty of nature being used and appreciated.

anb.4 r ênunon and I were invited by one of the Christians to a specialukiyî dinner at the town s newest and best hotel. In such cases you dine in aprivate second-floor room with a choice view of the bay, and the view of that calmsimset on the sea with the fishing boats returning home and the loaded ferry plowing

resort area the green mountains in the backgi-ound and the islands in

the distance was a picture for the tourist books and a meiifry good for the soul. Itmade m feel a deep jo^ in being back in Japan and pri~ileged to preach the gospelto these people so blessed with natural beauty and alco so often the victims of

disasters like volcanoes, typhoons, earthquakes-worshipping the creation andnot the Creator who alone is also able to save

Yours in His service

Harold and Lois Sims



Christmas 1960

Dear Friends

w. l u i f i i r

and all the new year of our Lord r I •As another year closes we will

city helping carry the CaWor Smce we returned to a place andseeking to serve the world s only Savior, bince we difficulty in thework fo which we have become Jadjustment to living here. The d y J ^ Christian

This ysss s /v;on our evangelistic work. It ^ fdikawashima church during theincrease in attendance and Nakano during the past 3 months,past year, and on a smaller the Pattons in the

Pt^itrlard a^d in an evangelistic meeting in Tanabe, aboutdSO miles south of Tokyo during October

Thank you, everyone, once more, for •,raveled across the home-

iJr :i77:; ,7: ^ t

remember that Christ s f ̂ highesl pe ice on earth,chain of blessings in motion so glory to God in ttie nigand good tidings to all people.

Yours in Him

Harold and Lois Sini.<

152 Arai MachiNakano-k u Tokyo

sims harold lois 1960 japan

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