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FEP 1 rasJan . 1962

Dear F r i e n d sWe know t must have been dis turbing to some of you t h a t a f t e r a r a the r

long silence a le t te r accompanying our Christmas greet ings just mentioned Loiscoming operat ion. Although sh e had been tak ing medicine fo r overact ive thyroidand high blood-pressure for some months, the decision and se t t ing the date wasdone with such swif tness t ha t t also su rp r i s ed u s. Bu t the Doctor in s i s tedt ha t t was necessary, and he wanted her to completely recover by Christmas.So t rust ing in the power, presehce and love of the Great Physician we wentr igh t ahead; and we knew tha t there were many fa i th fu l friends a t home and herein Japanboth missionaries and Japanesewho remembered us before God daily^

Lois was in the Seventh-day Adventist hospi ta l for one week and then hadto go ou t regularly for another 5 weeks for check-ups and bandage dressing. Butshe has made a steady and very good recovery and is now back to normal strengthand ac t iv i ty . Moreover her blood-pressure remains steady and she ha s to takeno more medicine of any kind. We are most thankful fo r a l l of these th ings ; andwith i ts happy ending I96I in retrospect can be called a good year.

Christmas was the usual busy t ime. Dec. 20 Lois had her ladies BibleCla ss mee ti ng here a t the house. They came a t 11 and a l l crowded in to ou rkitchen to make a Japanese dinner which was unspoiled by the many hands. Theattendance of 12 was the b es t e ve ra ll of the regulars and 5 -hPn-Christianswho had been special ly invited by the Christ ians. After a devdtional programin the afternoon they exchanged presents and vis i ted a while.

Dec. 21 was the las t day befor e vaca ti on fo r th e c hi ld re n a t Chris t ianAcadeoy so each class had a party. The school had a very good program on Dec.15j in which our 4 had parts.) Of course Lois as a room-mother had to takecookies and help. The same day we visi ted the chi ldren s T.B. hospital whereone of the Kakano church member s children was several years ago, and l e f t somecrayons and Bible Story books as gi f t s for them. Also Mr. Kim a member ofMikawashima church, l e f t that day from Yokohama for study in Mill igan College.

Dec. 24 was the big day of the year for Nakano church, attendance-wise.There were 7^ people at the evening meeting for a 4 hour progrsun. The servicesbegan with worship, and then a l l ate ric e b alls and f ru i t and cookies , f ol lowingwhich a spec ia l program of ins tr umental and chorus music, si lhouet te pageant ,exchange of presents e tc . was enjoyed by a l l . The people a l l cooperated, andthere were perhaps a dozen people in church for the f i r s t time in thei r l ivesto share with us i n a pp re ci at ion of the t rue meaning and joy of Christmas. s the above indicates the Nakano church is now unif ied and growing sp ir i tua l lyand we are very thankful fo r the f a i th of the young man minis ter ing here andhis love for the gospel and the people who need t

Dec. 25 we had our family Christmas in the morning. Thanks to f r iendsand loves ones i t was most joyful and abundant, and most of a l l we were a l l welland happy and g ra te fu l to know the source of a l l these bless ings . That noon wea te S ylv ia s pet red rooster which she had raised from a baby chick las t March.In the evening about 50 children part ic ipated in a nice Christmas program a t church

Dec. 27 we went to see the movie King of Kings playing now to se l l ou tcrowds in Tokyo, taking some of the Japanese preachers and w ives as our guests .Dec. 29 a l l o f our miss ionar ies now in Tokyo met a t Claude Likins home and a teturkey and a l l the tr immings. Also th e c hild re n from each family put on a l i t t l eprogram o f music and r ead ings .


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Dec. 51, with Stephen Mayfield of U.S. Air Forces as our guest , we pas tedpic tures in an album un t i l midnight and closed o ut a no th er year As th e clock,s t ruck midnight we heard the large be l l in the nea rby t emple to l l ing the t r ad it ional 108 times. Stephen wanted to get a picture of tha t , so we bundled up andwent over there to watch. The place was pre t ty busy with worshippers coming fo ra few moments to bow and l ight incense and going on their wayno doctrine orfellowship or b reak ing o f bread or real prayer. Buddhism is s t i l l ringing a bellhere, but God s work goes quiet ly and inexorably on.

From Oct. 20 - Nov. 5 ^ made an in te res t ing evangel i s t ic t r ip to Kyushu,speaking I7 times in 14 days. We have a Ohurch of Christ on a small island calledTanegashima (pop. 70,000) which is the only Christian work down there. Theminister of that church came to Tokyo for summer school las t year and stayed inNakano church, so they invited me to go down fo r sp ecia l meetingssome in thetown ha l l some in the church, and some in homes of C hris tians in small mountainvillages. The weather was bad, so attendance was not very good, but I enjoyedevery minute of the t r ip and th e time on the island, and was encouraged by 6confessions of fa i th . On the way down and back I also enjoyed visi t s with thePaul Pratt and Mark Maxey families and speaking in some of their places of work./ We will be sending in a few days a financial report t o Char lo tt esvi li e ofexpenditures for the past 6 months, and they will add up the receipts and mailout a f inancial repor t to contributors from there. The Hal Browns have resignedthe long ministry at Charlottesville church. Although we cannot announce at thistime- exactly what arrangements will be made about our funds we can assure you thatsuitable financial accounting and responsibility will be maintained by the churchthere, and we hope to be good stewards of your support. An offer has been madeto us by Standard Publishing of a special price on several thousand copies ofVol. 1 and 2 of Life of Christ Vizualized. Vol. 5 was printed in Japaneseseveral years ago and we s t i l l have many copies lef t that will sel l better i f wehave the other volumes to accompany i t But because of a shortage of funds I have-not been able to order these. I t will cost about 600. in the U.S. and 200 hereto have Japanese language printed on them. We trust that enough funds will comein during the next few months to permit us to take advantage of this opportunity.

Just a few days ago there came to us from a worried friend a copy of a.jTaper put out by Eloise Cunningham called Tokyo Christi^ announcing a neworganization ca1leH ^rKe* ?^yb Christian Miss ionT This seems to us somethinglike the wall in Berlinit is not a new division but an attempt to solidify onethat already exists (and possibly to keep people from fleeing her side). It istrue that we differ from Eloise and her late mother in questions of methodthat is the basic problem of how to establish Churches of Christ in Japan thatwill be sound in th e faith and self-supporting. They emphasize Missionsupervision and contr ol (the primary concern of this latest paper is , as usual,money, real-estate and organization), we emphasize independence and freedom inChris t f or both Japanese and missionaries. However method is not the mainthingChrist is . We got along all right with Mrs. Cunningham because shebelieved and loved Christ and His word. We would like to see a similar fa i thin God and independence of men on th e part of Eloise and he r business-menassociates. Another Mission in Tokyo is not particularly disturbingwe alreadyhave 6. Our Cunningham Mission, Mabashi Mission, Fleenors, Likins, Al Hammonds,Christian Missionary Fellowship) So far this newest one has nothing to do withall the rest of us. Anyway, we will continue patiently in our present work inwhich we find joy,contentment and some victories and growth.Yours

HAROLD AND LOIS SIMS


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Gleanings from

BOKKA = song in the pastureedited by: translated by:

Stephen M. lijima Harold R. Sims389 Sanko-cho.Shiba-shirokane printed by:Minato-ku, Tokyo Andrew Fbtton

IN THE INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD

Huirber h6 January 1962TRUE VALUE . . . .That is in C-cd. The thinss God brings forth, things God gives, Thingsat t ract ive in God s eye sa ll th ese are in God s wil l .

Success and fa i lure , comfort and pain,rsociety and solitude, power and weak-neesas man s heart swings l ike a pendulum between these, before he realizes i tho ceases to t h ink abou t t r ue va lue s .Is i t not vain? That is v;hen I come before God how much value do I bring?Hiis thing of mil;s. that I am clasping. Before God will i t possibly las t?Tills year le t us seek t rue value,, be cause tha t is the gospel of the forgive-.oss of the cress given by God t lu ough Chris t .PHILIPPIANS STUDY HO. 4:10-25l^ ing up Philippians. Ihe motive of the epis t le

Tl;e djrcct motive of this l e t te r was to show thanksgiving from the heart for the air.riDj. asaistance v/hich had been sent from the church in Philippi. o begin withPhilippiano was a kind of thank t-you note or acknowledgement. And the author comesback to thr; :.- now as he finishes the let ter . e say return to because Paul reallywandered or swerved from the original plan and used the time for various exhortationsof fai th Surely he could not help but use th is hard-to-obtain chance fo r communicationHiJ obligation of love as an apostle made him do so. But nov/ once again Paul isjust a friend spealcing thanks frcan his heart .But vhiilo this is a polite word relat ing to a gift the reader can be taught ini t clearly: 1. Paul s concept of the economic l i fe of fai th2. The lesson that exchange of material things has spiritual meaning5* The attitude a,Christian ought to have .regarding things.And along with being amazed .a t discovering Paul s greatness in this, we cannotsurpr osD thanksgiving that in this ..small letter from first to last there is no waste,but i t is f i l led with the ,grace of fai th . 1. The concept of the economic. life of faith v. 10-15The word of the Lord Jesus, V/here .your treasure is there will your heart be alsoapplies exiLctly to the Christian .s eponpmic life- The thing called faith often hasits moat clear and practical.expression, in the economic l ife. In most cases you caninfer from seeing a person s economic life what you cannot kno\T for sure by the wordsof faith that come from his mouth or from his reciting I beiievel Didn t Chr is tst-anding in the Jerusalem ten^le once find a devoted woman among the crowding pilgrimsand sfiy, Listen carefully. That poor widow put in more tlian any other of thosecasting into the offering box- They all cast in from the surplus, but that womanpom hor want put in all of her living expenses. In other words the Lord perceivedthat woman's faith through her economic l ife. That woman's totality of faithherthanksgiving, trust, genuine consecration was all overflowing in those 2 small coins.I am not saying that the economic l i fe just as is can directly connect to thefa i th l i f e but even a Chr is t ian , as long as he is a human being, cannot ex i s t i f hecasts av;ay econcmic l i f e . In a sense the ba^is of man s earthly l i f e l ike i t or not ,i s economic- Therefore u n t i l f a i t h con t ro l s and moves t h i s economic li and f u r t h e r^kos i t completely new vje cannot say tha t it i s tha t person s own* The reason tha tmany church believers put av;ay Chr is t and erase t he i r presence from the church before


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Along with the decision to follow Clirist a person must also th ink firmly and anewabout such practical problems as occupation, place of work, home and family finances,clothing, food and residence* In spite of this the church is urgent only aboutdoctrinal sermons and hardly ever teaches about these thingsPaul is different. V/hile receiving an offering from the Philippians he takesthe opportunity to teach them, although not as teaching? He says he is very happythat the Phil. Christians thought of him and f e l t they should send a contributionagain. What a bold word I What kind of man is tha t can say such words? V. l l f fOpens that riddle hoy are the words of one v/ho runs * Keeping his equilibrium inall situations of lifea sufficient man. We must say that is a man to be feared.This is fundamentally different from being able to bear poverty or not beingluxurious in spite of riches* Only the one who in Christ has been given the solutionto sin can become such a sufficient one - -a man of peace.2. The spiritual meaning of gif t exchange v. 14-17In giving and taking th ings there i s and must be as a matter of course, adifferent meaning from that of the average worldly man. Worldly people s changingof gifts is mostly etiquette, or having received a favor according to that systeman attem pt to compensate for and return i t* Sometimes i t even seems that one sel lsa favor and calculates his own benefit, and vforks to bind the other party. Butamong Christians a completely different kind of association opens up The unusualwords that Paul uses here make the meaning very clear, The thing I seek is thatin your account the interest may increase more and more. This is a word frombook-keeping. The contributions that the Phil. Christians sent again and again.totheir teacher s evangelistic work were a plus to the Phil, senders more than to thereceiyer Paul- It was to be recorded in the credit side of the ledger, ^iho is thebook-keeper? God. He looks at the true meaning of the gift, and the thanks for thespiri tual grace and records i t on the increasing side of the accounts.Thus when Christians give and receive things i t is not a matter of person toperson but man to God. It looks like i t goes to man, but really i t is returning toGod* Again t o the one receiving i t looks l i k e he receives from man but r e a l l y i sfrom God. And the direct motive of a l l these i s always the grace of God. Alwaysf i r s t i s the gospel of grace given by God After that there is thanksgiving, c t n t r i -butions, offerings, g i f t s . God is Lord, man i s the disc iple . When a Christian givesa g i f t i t does not stop a t that , but is a star t ing point toward spir i tual grace.I t s t a rt s from thanksgiving and brings for th joy. Al l giving t h a t i s not like t h i swe should be discreet and not do. The Lor d s word, I t is bet ter to give than toreceive also was about the Christ ian s economic l ife and the meaning of giving things-5 . Paul s r ece iving a tt itud, eIn giving and receiving things one of the harms invited is tha t one side will havea tendency to become e it he r s er vi le or proud. The readers who know this will surelybe quite surpr ised and f u l l of doubt as they look a t the a t t i t u d e of Paul . Whiler e c e i v i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s he d o e s n t become s e r v i d e never the less he i s n o t lured i n t opr ide- Paul gives thanks, teaches, commands, leads and does a l l well- What madePaul l ike t h a t ? Let us seek the key in verse 19, The God I believe, and the God whomade me like I am now will also certainly requite you. This t rust and prayer ofPaul give him t h i s at t i tude* I t i s the only return Paul sent to th e f rie nd s inPhi l ippi , but can any r e t u r n g i f t surpass i t ?Let us pray that by finding the cause of Paul s surpassing attitude and deepand warm thanksgiving (2 things, yet tied closely together) our Christian lives maybe f i l l e d with this spir i tual grace.

What v/as cal led the time of the Berlin Crisisthe year I96Ihas scmehowpassed. But possibly 1962 wil l have more events and t roubles. The e ar th w illproceed straight toward the darkness - Those who look up alone can grasp the truehope *Even in t h i s world there i s the fe llowship o f Christ . I f t h i s were not, l i f ewould be a d e s e r t w ith ou t o as is


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Chr i s t i anGo ye into al l th e world and preach the gospel to every creature Mark 16:15

61 Kimber li n Hei gh ts , Tennee Winter, 1962, No. 1TokyoChristianWhile we have no copyr ight or patentth e name Tokyo Christian , some conn has been caused by a recent publicawidely c ircu la ted throughou t the U.S.Dr. Wm. S. Boiee, 6759 North Ave.Arizona, which is called by thename as ou r paper . The new one c anby a bright red banner onfront, so for brevity we will call it in

r ev iew t he red T. C.This is perhaps a historic document in

Most announcements of theding of a new Mission which we havehav e i nc lu ded:

(1) the names of at least 1 missionaryple who will be responsible.(2) recommendations from churcheswell-known individuals who know intely the people solicit ing support .(3) reasonable statements of the needt he new workusually because there isother Mission of the same c hu rc h insame place.(4) acknowledgement of Holy Spir itance, personal testimony of the call

and dependance upon God.Bu t al l of this is totally lacking in th eT. C.

TS EVIDENTLY NOT CONSIDEREDThere is already a duly incorporatedregi ste red Mission in Tokyo called

Mission Church of Christ. Therean old estab li shed paper calledTokyo Christian. To say the Yotsuyaion was reorganized, then, is to implythe present missionaries changed th eorganization in some way. This is:not t rue.In 1949 Mrs. Cunningham had a preachliving on one of th e properties whomwan te d to dismiss. When f ir st r eq ue stto move he refused, so she d ecid ed toa house right next door to hi s in th ethat he might just go away. Of

he didn t, and it has been my lo tlive in that housepoor ly located onlot, with no southern exposureforEloise, th e daughter , is now showthe s ame ment al it y in s ettin g up thisorganization and th e re d T. C.

A Icngthly mimeographed copy of deplans fo r this new Mission was mailed

out to a few of th e Japanese churchesseveral months ago. From an organizationalviewpoint there is not much objec tionablein i t; b ecau se , as they ta ke p ains to explain, v:.rious denominational set-ups wereconsulted. But neither we nor the Japanesewith whom we talked were favorab ly impressed by the g roup ing of churches an dministers into A, B, and C class; an d th erequirem-ent that al l churches in the Mission must turn over the i r rea l estate tothe organization, and submit f inancial andal l other records to Mission supervision.Is this th e successful plan of evangelisticwork established by Mr. Cunningham?I NVESTIGAT ION ADV ISABLE

We do not know how Bill Boice gothimself involved in this pretentious, divisivemovement, bu t our advice would be towrite to him before sending your financialsupport and ask a f ew que st ions . Fori ns ta nc e: Who a re the o ther member s ofth e U. S. committee? What par t did Mr .Boice and other American advisors have inthi s reo rgan izat ion? Who appointe-d' these5 Japanese officers? Where do they go tochurch? What are their qualifications?IIow much money wa s r ec eiv ed a nd di sburs ed l as t year, and where? How muchproperty does th e Mission own? How many

Lois Sims Has ThyroidFor about a year Lois has suffered

from recurring high-blood pi essurc. Aftertrying some very strong medicine whichfailed to be a permanent c ure the do ctorsdecided that it was neces sa ry f or her tohave part of her t hy ro id g la nd removed.It s over-activity was the root of the trouble.

This was major surgery, but we h.idvery short notice so not much time towoiTy about it . She was operated on atth e Seventh-day Adventist hospital inTokyo on Nov. 16, and remained there forone week. Following that sh e recuperatedslowly bu t steadily at home. By Christmassh e had completely recovered her normalstrength and activity. Of course, her blood-pressure is normal again.

We are mos t thankfu l to God fo r Hishealing and care .

Japanese churches ar e definitely linked totliis Mission? (None arc listed in th e re dT. 0 .

The re d T. C. carries a long article byE lo is e Cunningham g iv ing her view of 9years of Mission history. Our view of th esame events is different, but it is apartfrom our p ur po se to follow t hro ugh andreply to everything.

A. There is much talk o f th e successfulplan of work followed by th e Cunninghamsand our fa i lure to f ollow it. From a ll wecan learn, the plan followed th ro ug h th eyears was simpleMr. Cunningham wa sthe dic tator, and al l who didn t accept thatfact w ere dismissed. The old-time readersof th e Tokyo Chris tian will remember al ong, s ad l ine of mis si onar ie s who came fo rone term or part of one and then quit. Thewicket was also busy with incoming andoutgoing Japanese pastors. The Missionhad only 1 essentia l off icer director.His authority was maintained by th e classicmethod of paying salaries to all preachersand Mission workerseven 5.00 monthlyto al l Sunday School teachers.

Thi s coloni al and paternalistic systemwent out years ago in other groups, andin my early years on the field my earswere filled by almost daily complaintsfrom the J ap anes e pastors and Seminarys tudent s about various clumsy and dictatorial Mission policies. Some of th e mostpersistent complainers at that time arenow associated with the new MissionMr.Sliin Ilanyu, for example. He has been with ic Mission nearly 40 yea rs , and it is hardto ge t away from th e system.AMPLE OPPORTUNITY

I did not make any controversy aboutthis with Mrs. Cunnin gh am for a longtime. The fact is I was cri ti cized by somefo r going along with her. However, muchprogress was made toward self-support int he c hu rc he s an d the ideal of being a servant of Christ r at ii er t han a paid Missionworker. But th ere came a da y when sheasked mc to be director of th e Mission. Ir ef used , but said I had an a lte rn ate planI thought more in k ee pin g w it h N ew T es tament practices an d present-day pol it icaland nat io n al r ea li ti es . Th is was th e c ha ng e

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CHRISTIAN

THE TOKYO CHRISTIANquarterly by the Missionariesthe Ohiirch of Christ Cunninghani MisTokyq, Japan, for the ii^ormationinspiration of every Christian whoseis open to the call of Christ, and whoilling to help in the supreme task ofout the Great Commission of

Matthew 28:19, 20.as seco nd class matter in theTenn., Post office under th e ac tMarch 3, 1879.-Year Subscripton 50 centscription and 'FlamingTorch 1.00MISSION STAFF

and Mrs. Stan ley Butt ray , 575ome, Kamiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,n. Forwarding agent: Mrs. Homer AndR. D. 1, Meadville, Pa .and Mrs. Andrew Patton, 27 Sakura-Nakano^Ku . Tokyo. Japan. Forward-agent: Mr. or Mrs. i^y Armstrong, Rt.

Box 310, Piqua, Ohio.and Mrs. Harold Sims, 1-52 Arali, NaganodCu, Tokyo, Japan. Forwardagent: First Christian Church, Tokyosion, Box 262, Charlottesville, Va.for Japan should be sent directparcel post to one of th e missionariesaddresses are shown above. Consultlocal post office concerning mailingand limitations of size and weights.you change your address please notifyL. Hamilton, Kimber lin Heights, Tensee, giving both your old and your newIf you make an offering of 1.00more you are e nt it le d t o receive thisif you so request. Churches or groupsan offering of 10.00 or more maya bundle of 10 copies for distr ibu

other ''Tokyo Christianfrom Page 1)

l icy and methods adopted in 1953. Into t he s to ry in t he re d T. C.,The plan di d not call for distr ibution4o missionaries,^butrather^keeping th em from using t he gener alfor personal travel or other projectstheretofore. (2 ) The plan did not calldistribution of property to churches(3) The plan did no tf or immed ia te dissolving of th e Misis s ti ll v ery much in existance 8rs later. (4) The plan was not madeMrs. Cunningham's knowledge, butf ul ly debat ed . Mrs. Cunningham opit on the grounds that she wasold to go ou t and raise money andshe di d no t trust th e Japaneseenough to let them control thee rty . S he consented to i t when al lmissionaries were found positiv el yof i t .

B. Unsuccessful attempts by th eChristians to reach an underwith th e missionaries are menLater on , unwarily, an illustrationhis is slipped in . At t he a nnua l conof the J ap an es e c hu rc he s of th e

Yotsuya IV^ssion held at Setagaya Churchthe following declara tion drawn up by theministers was read and adopted. TheChurches of Christ of the Yotsuya Missionar e composed of Christians who supportth e evangelistic plan of th e late Mr. an dMrs. Cunningham who founded th e YotsuyaMission in 1901. Therefore: those missionarie s who declare that the Mission was dissolved in the spring of 1953 have no connection w ith our Mission'

In line with this statem en t th e 4preachers who work in cahoots with Eloisehave continually tried to ignore, isolatean d bypass us. We do not force our affections on them. Liking or disliking a mi ssionary should no t be a test of fellowship.If they want to be independent of us, al lright. But while having this attitud e toclaim that they ar e attempting to reachunderstanding makes us con tent t o cont inue without their advise or coioperaon.L EG L S PE CT

C.The article says, entire legal controlof th e Yotsuya Mission, Inc. . . was takenover by the 3 American missionaries. Theimplication is ugly. We were placed on th eboard in 1948 by Mrs. Cunningham herself, and th e logical and legal responsibilit y .to continue there after her death fell


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n and went out to 2 towns in thect ur e f or services. For the Sunday

worsh ip service we were at thechurch in Kiishikiho. Then in the

there was a special mee ti ng i n th eroom of an old farm wherea rc endeavoring to start a new work.e back y ar d t he re was a saw mill andof one day old pigs; and in th e frontsat on the floor and benches an d

in the back of th e room and outs ided the w in dows to listen attentivelye mes sage on Life.

Th e next morning I left by small ai rfo r th e 35 minute flight to th e island.airport was just a strip of san-d alongon t he oppos it e s ide of th e islandth e city, and it was a l onel y s po t.

old carry-all met us a nd c arrie d ust he moun ta in 30 minutes to th e city.

s soo n at th e church a nd e njo yin g th ehospitality of the Ikeda s little par

The wea ther was r ai ny and windy fo rentire week which hurt attendance. One night we used th e city auditorand had 44 present. Other meetingse city were h eld at the church with30 in attendance. I also spoke to th e

of k in de rg ard en pu pils a nd wentduring th e day on sick memberswere unable to atte nd th e evening

Four people made th e confession ofand were baptized dur ing the se meetThen the preacher and I went byup into th e mountain villages. At on e

small village an old man had been th eChr is ti an fo r many years, bu t meethad been held in hi s house faithful lyhe had borne good witness. The afterwe were there 2 people were baptized.old man said after th e quiet and b eauceremony in a clear running streamthis was no doubt th e first baptismalin that val ley s ince t he creation ofworlduntold joy . At another small11 Christians gathered in the farmof one of them. We a te suppe r the re ,the entire meal from tea throughchicken and bananaswas al l grown

place. Some of those had walkedurs to ge t there, so they stayed al land the meeting went on about 3unt i l bed-time.

On th e way back from the island Iwith the Mark Maxcys fo r th ePreached 5 times on Sunday andon Monday.In al l I spoke 17 times in 14 days andhome rejoicing mightily.

. Kim To Si udyMilligan

Mr. Bong Im Kim, a member of th eChurch of Christ in Tokyoleader of th e young people s workat church, left Japan on Dec. 21 fo r

study in Milligan College.He is a graduate of th e Meiji Gakuinwhich is on e of the betterChristian schools in Japan. It

f ound ed yea rs ago by th e Presbyter-

ians and Dr. Reischauer, th e father ofthe present U. S. ambassador to Japan,taught there fo r some years.Mr. Kim s life work will probably beas a Christian business-man, as h is f amil y w s several tea-shops an d r estu ran ts . Buthe has had a great des ire for a long timeto do some study and travel aboard. Heand his family ar e bearing al l th e expensesof th e trip an d th e school by themselves,bu t since he was going anyway we were

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happy to arrange for him to study atMilligan in order to have th e contact wi thour churc hes and people in th e U.S.

We hope that any of you who havea c ha nc e to mee t Mr. im will do so andhelp him to feel at home and in any otherway that you can.

Mr . Kim is at extreme right of thispictu re, incl uding other MinawashimeChur ch young people.

Please Remember Japan In Your Prayers

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YO CHRIST IAN

ConsideringIn th e s umme r of 1958, after we hadth e Tokyo Bib le Seminary, on e ofe former students (Nashiro-san) askedborrow 10,000 yen (about $28.00) for h ist ur n t ri p to Okinawa. He was th e silentd s teady type of fellow, who minds hisn business and does his best to supportl f and be a burden on no one. He hada 2 year course in a barber collegeTokyo during the evenings while attendthe Seminary with a view to supporthimself with his own hands while

bis nati ve area. But now hehimself in very straightened circumand had to ask fo r help.I let him have the moneyalways gladhelp that kind of an evangelist. iUterwe went on furlough and returned toa ye^ later. I had' not forgottenshiro-san, but the money had ^ppedmind.At the recent all-Japan Convention inaka I saw him for t he f ir st time in 3ars. Now married and respected by alla good minister of Jesus Christ he isving with missionary Mel Huckins in thepart of Okinawa. As soon as heme he handed me 10,000 yen with asmile, sincere thanks and an expressionregret that he had been so slow to re-my loan. Later I heard from one of hisends that he had been saving a littleney each month for 3 years and hadnot to come back to Japan untUcould pay that loan.While I admit that all receipts ofgive me a certain pleasure, in t ige it was extra deep and long lasting.itself did not amount to much,t the spiiit and ethical maturity manied by thfe young man was a source ofthanksgiving and encouragement Thejority of the loans that I have madevano^ p opl in Japan have never beenid; but some have been, and they keepfrom becoming cynical-.

HSowev^-the mere repayment of ^loan is not such a remarkable eventitself that it nierits a special article inTokyo Christian. The above incidentes us an opportunity to interject a briefght about the whole problem of econaidWe view the problem as basically thee whether one is dealing with personsnations, your own race or another. Theto help and share is thoroughlyristian and good, but although it issumptuous for the one to 'has things tohimself up as the judge of other'sand integrity, we certainly do nong in using all of the common-sensediscernment God has given us in beingHasty and indiscriminate handingis good neither for the giver nor theiver. Self-respect is traded in inverseer to the money. 'In other words theloses self-respect and the giveren gets an over-supply.Certain ground rules fo r th e game have

come to me after quite a few varied experiences at being a soft touch and tryingto help various folks, but I do not cTflimto have perfectly kept these principlesunlofty though they be .1. Take on e step backward when someone tells you a long tale of woe and asksfo r advice (in a concrete form that ca n

be exchanged on the market, of course).The initial approach is usually to ask somequestion about the Bible.2. Take 2 steps back when you areflattered as a great humanitarian.3. Take 3 steps back when you arepresented a deal various promises,strings attached etc. Soon both s ides willfeel tied and often enmity will develop.4. About face when somebody startstalkinglike be has a right to yourmoney.5. Show them the door when theythreaten to join the denominSliW etc.These rules do not mean that we shouldbe hard-hearted and unconcerned. Rather,look for opportunities to help those whowould hesitate longest to ask for itthosewho sincerely want tobefreeand independent Sometimes they -are really a little tooproud, but they are always capable of appreciating help freely given andwill repaywith gratitude. One of the main benefitsof the self-support principle in missionarywork is that it attractsand encouragesfree and honest 'kind of individual. Paternalism and using money as power encourages only rascals and invites only trouble.

Simses Get orThe Simses brought their Ford StationWagon with them to Japan last fall, butran into a solid legal wall when they triedto ge t it through customs. There reaUy wasonly on e problemwe ha d not owned th eca r a full year^but that was enou^.After Conferences -with numerous officials, both Japanese and American, ata ll l ev el s we were advised to seH the carto a UjS. serviceman, fo r they are- aliowedto import cars to Japan under certain conditions. 'But the market among soldiers islimited, because the conditions fo r import

ing a car are (1) having already lived inJapan a year (2 ) tour irf duty to last atleast another year (3) haven't previouslyimported a car etc. among other things.Finally we managed to work out a tradewith an airman friend of Mark Maxey's inKyushu. I Imugh t h is ca r (so be would nothave twoillegal) an d then sold him mineand the obtained a license and importedmine

He and ^his buddy drove hi s car 750miles U p to Tokyo (a hard 3-day trip) todo the business, and we had an unforgettable experience. We l it eral ly spent thefirst week of March at the YokohamaCustoms House. iSuch a deal was of coursenot in the ord inary course of things andcreated no end of confusion aud headscrat-ching and pioneering and devising. We badto exp lain the whole story over again ateach new section and filled out great

Page 4stacks of forms. But al l of the officialswere very po lite and obliging (and alsoa bit curious to se e if the next sectionwould le t us ge t away with it ) and therewere moments of real pleasure as wecrossed some of the barriers.During all of this negotiation and trying to find a buyer we were sweating ou ta mounting storage bill as the car stayedin the warehouse. So it was a rea l rel ie fto ge t the whole affiar settled. Now wehave a car, and the a irman has a car. TheJapanese paper and printing industrieshave prospered and the Customs Officialshave another onefor the books story andeverybody is happy.Evangelistic Meetings

Two eight-day evangel is tic meet ingswere held by -the Sakurayama Church recently. One was held in February and onein April. Another is planned fo r June. Several purposes are being served by thesefrequent meetings. The people in th e community are beginning to realize that thereis a Christian church here. These meetingssow the seed fo r future harvest. Theystrengthen the church members and prep are them for further work for the Lord.The names an d addresses of those attending the meetings help in future bouse tohoiKC visiting. The work of th e churchderives much benefit from the meetings.Mr. Cho, minister of the Korean Oiurchat Mikawi^hima, served as evangelist forboth meet ings. A movie on some Christ iantheme was shown each evening before theserm'on. Perhaps the most beneficial partof the program, however, was the informalpersonal counseling which took place afterthe sermon. Most of those who attendedthe meetings remained for theise informaltalks. Each Christian would gather a smallgroup around him and start the discussionswhich often lasted until late at night. Thegreater part of those remaining for thediscussions seemwashima at the evening service onEaster Sunday. This is one of our mostprogressive and thr iv ing churches. TheKoreans always impress one with theirfervor in worship and their evangelisticzea l .


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h r is t ian'Go ye into a ll the world and preach the gospel to every creature Mark 16:15

61 Eimberlin Heights, Tennessee

Ending Soon

We ar e making p lans to go back to J ap an th e lOt li of Augus t on th e P O Linesp Arcadia, and want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for makmg this-lougli a reality, and a very pleasant one. The fe llowship of the assembled Churchd that in your home has left us with many happy memories that will not soon beI also wish to take this opportunity to apo log ize to any Church or individual that

e have thus far failed to visit. And shou ld there be any way to mak e amend s b ef or el eave in August, ple ase w rite a nd le t us know and we'll do what we can.Stanley , Mabel and David Buttray

Speakers at the dedication of th e remodeled buildin g at Yocho-machi Left to right: Mrs. Hanyu, Mr. Hanyu(minister of Setagaya church) Mr. Atsiuni Watar ai (minister of local Yocho- mach i ch urch ) H aro ld Sims, Mr.Ogawa (banker and e lder of the Yocho-machi church).

Spring, 1962, No. 2Sei-agayo Church BecomesIndependent- ReligiousCorporation

On Sunday April 12, 1962 we turnedover the t i t le deeds o f th e land and bui ldin g at Setagaya to th e newly formed an dgovernment r ecogni zed l oc al church re -ligMus corporation. This is t he f if th churchof the Yo-tsuya Mission t ha t h as becomecompletsly self-governing an d independent since th e new policy was announcedin 1953. Setagaya church is th e large stin bo th numbe r o f member s and land andbuilding, so i t was a b ig d ay in th e historyof that congregation. W,e believe i t is af orwa rd s te p.

Following is a S ta temen t o f Gra ti tudewritten by th e officers of th e local churchan d really i nt ended for th e whole brotherhood that suppiorts our work and no t justth e few missionaries th e Yotsuya MissionCorporation here.

Here is a brief summary of remarksmade by Harold Sims on th e occasion ofturning over th e deeds to Setagaya church.

This is a time fo r congratulation, because the Setagaya church, one of ourolde.st congregations in Japan has, legallyspeaking, grown up and become adult. Youare becoming a free man under Chidst,without control by any Mission or organization. I believe this good, and in accordwith God s will and the best practical Mission policy.

Also with freedom there always com esresponsibility. Yours is a heavy one asyou have in y ou r co ntr ol property con-_servaUvely valued at 100 ipiUion yen; and.more than that, th e care of invaluablesouls, th e preaching of th e Word of Godand th e call to live worthily of the gospeland the name of Chris t will continue tobe your duty.1. Where do we stand in th e religiouswoiild?Ours is fundamentally a non-denominational movement which began in Americaand England about 150 years ago. Alexander Ompbell, who became th e spokesmanthrough his magazines, was Very disappointed with th e donominationalism of his day.Much of what he opposed ha s become generally recognized as bad in present-dayChristendom,Campbell s idea of the way out ofth is sin fu l sec tarian ism was to take th eBible, and that alone, as the rule of faithand practice. He was sure there wouldbe unity on th e great lessentials of theBible teachings among all who were will-ont inued on ack


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a TIANTEE TOKYO CHRISTIAN

ublished quarterly by the l^sionariesthe Church of Chris t Cunningham Ifins-Toô Japan for the iiôrmationi nspi ra ti on o f eve ry Chr is ti an whoset i s open to the call of Christ, and whoilling to help in th e supreme task ofou t th e Great Commission ofMatthew 28:19, 20.as secon d class matter in theTenn., Post office under th e ac t

March 3, 1879.Subscripton 50 centsand Flaming Torch 1.00

MISSION S T F F. and Mrs. S tan ley Buttray , 575Kamiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,n. Forwarding agent: Mrs. Homer AndR. D. 1, Meadvi ll e, Pa .. and Mrs. Andrew -Pattonp27 -Sakura-a, Nakano-iKu, Tokyo, Japan . Forwardagent: Mr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt.Box 310, Piqua, Ohio.and Mrs. Harold Sims, 1-52 Aralchi, Nagano-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Forwardagent: First Christian Church, TokyoBox 262, Charlottesville, Va.fo r Japan should be sent directparcel post to one of th e missionaries

addresses are shown above. Consultlocal post o ice concerning mailingand limitations of size and weights.you change your address please not ifyT. TTnmiiton, Kimharlin, pfiigUls-gtJ^*ia_haUr-yuiinJia^d your newIf you make an offering of 1.00

more you ar e e nt it le d to receive thisif you so request . Churches or groupsing an offering of 10.00 or more maya bundle of 10 copies fo r distribu

i nued f rom Fron tto accept th e Word 'hionestly, reasonablyand as authoritative. On allt s where 'godly and sindere men difin interpretation mutual freedom ofi on was recognized.The people in this movement weresick of dienominationalism and so retant to do anything that woikd beginher sect t ha t t hey avoided al l creeds,organizations, all iheirarchy, al l ihumanWhen th os e of l ik e m i nd assembledlocal churches each one was indthe mini st er s we re men whothemselves by farming, school-

etc.I don t have time to trade all theof this movement, but a ft er aboutyears i t icrystadized into 3 differentF ir st t he re is th e Liberal group

is nlow known as Chris tian Churchof Christ). From this groupdome some of th e most r ad ic al mo dpreachers & ideas in al l ProtestantThis group 'belongs to th e Unitedin Japan and th e worl d Counc il

Churches. The se p eople were attractedthe freedom and th e appeal to unityin our movement.

Second, there is an ultra-conservativegroup now known as The Church of Christ.These people were att racted by th e re--Btoration of New Tes tament doc tr in e an dpractjce-^'ernphasized by tour movement.They place great emphasis on restoring thechurch exactly as it was dn th e Bible, andwill no t fellowship with anyone teachingfalse doctrine. They say 'that using musicalinstruments in th e worship sfervice is sinfu l because i t is nlot commanded in th eNew Testament, so Ihey have nothing todo w ith us.

The third group is th e one to whichwe be long . We arie in between th e abovetwo. We do not follow the f irst groupbecause of their denial of the authorityof the Bib le wh ic h is the cornerstone ofour faith. We agree oni m lost doctrinalpoints with -the second group , bu t find-their, legalism tQQ_j3inding. Our groj]^> ishard to define. We have no distincfivename, no headquarters, no organizatilon.But we have not been dying. We nowhave more than 4000 churches in th e U. S.and many Bible Col leges there and km th emission fields. We are supporting more-than 600 missionaries throughout th ewor ld

We need to reflect on the meaningof this situation. Why did such a noblemovement degenerate into a mix-up i^ddivided iôup that is a small cross-sieotionof Christianity? ^Si-What TsliCuld b e done about th es i tua t ion now?Some propose that we bury loiu^selvesin th e ecumenical s t ream. iPor th os e w hosincerely beli eve t ha t t he ecumenical movement is of th e spirit of od this is anoble sentiment. If we are simply a smalldenomination advlocating unite we shouldfor consistency's sake cease to operatein opposition to our principles. There isno future in simply being a small fringedenomination.

But I -believe there is still a nCed forour original plea to simply ibe 'Christian.The beauty and power of our message,and of the gospel itself, is in it s simplicity. We do nn t attempt to found a ntewdenomination in Japan or -to transplantone from America; but r at he r to le t thisnon-denominational desire to simply beChristians take roiot and grow in J ap an a s'Christ leads. We want notMng essential t oprimitiv'e, pure Christianity to be lost,and new thing added. We put ou r confidence in CHRISTnot ism, money,method. Minion, Organization etc. Christ isth e H ea d and Builder of the chiu*ch. Weca n dio nothing without Him, and resist al lattempts a t man-xemodel ed Christianity.

We do not join th e United Church ofJapan or th e World Council of Churchesbemuse we do not see that joining su If One of 'Lois Sims' new yiear resolutionswas -that sh e would teach her ladies BibleClass at least one Wednesday afternoon amonth in Japanese language without herhusband interpiceting. So fa r she has kepther vow, and also is Undying Japanese 2days a week with the assistance of Itagaki-san, the -preacher at Nakano.* *

On April 29 th e Sakurayama Churchand Sunday School met at SMndai BotanicalGardens rather than at the ehurdi buildingThe afternoon was spent in recreationtogether.


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3i Yocho-mochi

The second church bui ld in g whic h wein Tokyo after the war was ahu t bought f rom U. S. Army su rThis was pu t up at Yochi-maohi whei^e

muel Saunders was preaching. (Therebeen a church building there beforewar, but it was burned diown and th er m in is te r h ad been killed in action.)the carpenters were inexperiencedd didn' t build it p rope rly , so for severalit ha s been deteriorating.T he m in iste r came to visi t Us oney la.st fall and gave us an estimate forairs on the building which amountedlOver $800. This was so high that wen t ove r to look at the building and talkwhat could be done. We found tha t

curved walls were pulling away fromf loor a nd the re were 3 inch cracks onsides of the auditor ium. _where wese e th e ground.After much consul ta ti on we decided

would be more economical to tear thele auditorium part of the old buildingwn and sell i t for scrap metal and bui ldnew building using th e flooring ande o f th e other old mater ia l s. The churchsumed a debt for $800 of th e cost ande Mission paid $1500. The job was comte d dur ing t he mon th of December.This is a picture of the new building.e parsonage in th e rear remains as it was

ChurchThe Kamiochiai Church which th erays established before returned hlomr fur lough has had four baptisms since

The attendance a t the morningnow averages about 20 and thes'ervice about 12. Besides thesetwo Sunday School c lasses forchildren, a Bjible seholol fo radults and children, an d a

service in English are 'held onthree English Bible' classes areught dur ing th e week, and a mid-weekrvice is held on Wednesday nighty ine building.

he AnswerUpon returning to Japan, ou r missiony f ri ends wil l ask us : Weil, how di d you

the Churches? And we will have to Just as you said, more materialAnd less evangelistic Brethren, ifbe true, what s ha ll we do?We must awaken t o r ea li ty and put an

d to playing a t Christianity, lor faceat his re turn with NO OIL in ourmps. I hope and pray t hat ou r fellowshipfew months together will end in th eme r es ul t with you as it ha s with me .

is : to have etched more clearly onminds the true perspective of Christ'slor seeking to save the LOSTI want to emphasize th e need to pray,work, and to t rust in God, more than weh a ve b ef or e. Stanley Buttray

TOKYO CHRISTIAN

Yochi -machi

Teaching In Osakatiible Seminary

Toward t he clos e of last year I received au urgeiiD request i rom lieorge Beck-iiiaii ol usuKa Biuie Senunary thai I Helpicacn a si x wecK course in th e Seminary.Tiiey were snort of teachers and neededa teacner oauiy lo r tne course Kings andiTopnets of Israel and Judah scheduled toue laugnt irom EeWuary 20th to the closeof March, i t was suggested that two teachers atvide th e course if i t proved to belo o difficult for one teach'er to be awayfrom home during the whole six weeks. Itf inally worked out that I covered themater ia l on th e Kings as recorded in th efour books of Kings and Chronicles duringrth'e first three weeks an d Bill Walker andClaude Likins presented the Prophets during the last three weeks.

Most of my time during the six weekspreceding Ihte classroom work was spentin preparing notes and mimeographing themfo r th e class. 'Conscquentl-y, I-gained-much-valuable addi tional i nformat io n about th ekings of the monarchies lof Judah and Israela nd the ir 'times from the: study.112 Chapters of the Bible had to becovered in 36 hours of class work Anexamination had to be given during th etime. Th e material was covered on scheduleand th e times lof the writ ing prophets wasplaced within th e context of this history.Three regular students and two auditorsenro l led in the class.In order to be with th e SakurayamaChurch and my family, I returned to Tokyoon the weekends, t he round trip requiringthirteen hours by special express train.Though th e student body an d facultyof CBS ar e small, in my opinion th e spiritof both is good and much good is beingaccomplished through th is p rea che r t ra ining institution. They just moved into theirnew building a year ago. It is both beautiful and useful an d shoul d s e rv e the cause

for a long itime to icome. The Seminaryneeds more well trained teachers a nd morelof t he int er es t and support o f the Japanesechurches in th e form of new students andfinancial backing. Perhaps support in bo^of these areas can be greatly increased inth e nea r fu ture

The hospitality at the Semina^ waswonderful. I was given a room an thedormitory which gave an excellent opportunity to knowthe students and 'to'talkwithithem of their aims and personal l ives inrelation to our Lord. Meals fi t for kingswere served at the Beckmans' home andthis gave lopportunity to participate in thefamily circle and devotions which was enjoyable indeed. At the end of the threeweeks the teacher of Kings ha d beenboth ins truc ted and inspi red whether thes tudents had o r not

On the final week end; I made atrip to Tanabe City in Wakayama Prefecture where missionary Vivian Lemmonis locaited. Miss Lemmon and th e KinanGhupc-h - re f r^hed -m e with their warmhospitality after tiie tiresome trip on the'Crowded train. On th e fodlowing morning,March 11, over 40 children and JumorHigh School students gathered for Biblstudy and I was asked to teach the othergroup. Over 20 adults gathered for theworship service which followed. Using Actstwo, I spoke to the group on the Gospe:o f Pentecos tThis church now has no pastor an


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Elders and deacons and Church school's teachers of Setagaya Churchof hris t

and MissionariesSince Janu ary o ur meetings of mis-and ministers on ithe second Monlof each month have really made goodAt the March meeting there wasattendanice of 15, and p lans wereto have a different person presenty p ap er in some field of his choiceour mutual edification each month.are underway for a summer camp,h ral ly and other activities. With th eproblems in Tokyo, and divisions

those in the Pastor s Associationthose who are niot, there had been ase in such fellowship, so we arefor th e increased cooperation andthat the unity of th e Spiri t mayt .

Out o f Co nt ac te are no t entirely ou t lof contact orwith any of the preachers orin Tokyo, although some of themlike us or agree with us or cooperateus fo r one reason or another. Twohave been held recently with 'theof what might be called th e anti-group to t alk about the comingpan convention (scheduled for Tokyoay) and related problems. The firsting, with present, was held on

h 20 at Harold Sims home, and themeeting iwas held on April 1615 preachers and missionaries present.wi ll prove that we are not followingcy of ost racizing or disfellowshipingof the preachers, as is sometimesagainst us .

with Eloise Cunninghamt both lof th e meetings mentionedit was clearly established that NOTof the churchy or preachers in Tokyony connection with the New Missionwas announced in a recent publica-Eloise Cunningham called th e Tokyotian. (See Another Tokyo Christiane previous issue) I tried to ge t as ta tement to thi s effect, but theyhesitant to put anything in wri ting .Ver Mr. Shin Hanyu, Mr, Philip Oba,Haruyama, and Mr. Atsumi

Watarai have stated clearly and repeatedlyan d in the presence of many witnesses thatthey have no connect ion wi th Eloisie Cunningham o r h er proposed new Mission. Suchan organizat ion exi st s only on paper, andit is a deceitful attempt to fleece moneyfrom t he chu rche s.

^Harold Sims

Song In The Past-ureA t the request of AI Hammond I havetaken over the job of t rans la ting and mailing out English edi tions of the Japanesemagazine BOKKA Song in th e Pasture.

edited by Stephen l ij ima of Minato Churchof Christ. This l it tle monthly magazine hasquite a few enthusiastic readers amongthe Christians in Japan, and we thoughtthat many Amer ic an friends would liketo know about i t and have a little contactwith Japanese Chris tian writing. It wasmentioned in th e Tokyio Christian severalyears ago, bu t this is th e first real opportunity to get English trans lat ions of it .I think it might be useful for quotationsin church bulletins, devotionals fo r missionary programs and young people's meetings etc. If an y of you readers would beinterested in recedving this English editio n p le ase w ri te to me.

Harold Sims

Recent- Visi torsIn recent weeks the following personshave visited the missionaries an Tokyo.Mr. and Mrs. Harold DeBar stopped hereon their way to Korea an d ag-ain on th e

way back. The ir h ome is in California andthey are the forwarding agents of th e JohnJ. Hills in Korea. On thei r way home theyalso visited th e Osaka area.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Selby and familypaid us a visit when they v/ere enroutefrom th e Philippines to th e USA for furlough.William L. Thompson, Executive Secretary of Christian Missionary Fellowship ,spent several days with th e Williams Wa lker family after having made a trip toIndia .

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Since i ts f oundat ion in 1924, thirty-eight years ago , Setagaya Church oi uiinstDeen sel i- suppo rung and sell-reiying.louring ' these 38 years, in e cnurcn suiicrcu

s uc h g re at blows such shocks as theo em is e o f t he la te Mr. W. U. Cunningham,lounaer o i Yot suya Mis si on and that o tMr. Bunzo Fujita, the fir st pa sto r ofSetagaya Church. However, during th e 3Uyea rs beginn ing in 1933, thanks to ex-eellent ministration and t rospel preachinggiven by Mi-. Shin Hanyu, succcssar to Mr.r uj it a, a nd solely by grace ol God, thiscnurcn of ours e nd ur ed s uc h b i t t e r t r ialsa nd s ev ere o rd eals as World War I I andseveral other contingent events, an d nowas church founded on a rock, is absorbedin enunciation of Gospel, hoping fo r fullsuccess in propagation of Chi-istianity.Now, on this occasion of re-organizati on of our church into a rel igious corpora-tin, Yot suya Mis si on Fund Committee isso kind as to invest our church gra ti s withall r ights per taining to ownership and useof land and building in Setagaya. We arcvery gra te fu l fo r th e special favor yourCommittee bestows on ou r church, andin order to fulfil such a trust as placedin our church, we are determined to doou r best in administra t ion of th e donatede s t a t e

Matthew Chapter 25 Verses 20 an d 21read as follows. 20. And he who hadTcceived the five ta lent s came forward,bringing five talents more, saying, Master,you delivered to me five talents; hereI have made five talents more. 21. Hismaster said to him, Well done, good andfaithful servant; you have been faithfulover a little, I will se t you over much,enter into th e joy of your master. Now,we intend to do from now on just whatwas done by th e servant who made fivetalents more an d the other servant iwliomade two t al en ts more .In conclus ion, we wish to express ou rheartfelt grati tude to your Committee forhelping our church take her first stepsas a newly-born relig ious corporation andonce mor e de cla re ourselves responsiblefor the carrying out of your Committee'st rust in our church.

E ld ers a nd Deacons ofSetagaya Church of Christ

The next time you ar e working onyour budget, trying to cu t corners in orderto save money remember us. For moneyinvested in your (the Lord s) missionaries,will bring forth dividends not for just thisyear 1962, but fo r eternity.We ar e therefore looking forward toyour gifts and offerings to help cover thecost of our 1,200. dollar return fare toJapan. Also for the impor tant work ef translating and publishing books th at arc faithful to th e New Testament , and the workof starting a new Church we seek yourwholehearted support, through prayers andgifts. Please pray with us for the supplying of these needs.

Stanley & Mabel Buttray


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

61

ake Motosu CampThis year again we rented the campowned by our non-organ brethren

beau ti fu l b lue Motosu Lake at th e footMt. Fuji for our annual week of youngple's camp August 13-18. Several of thein Tokyo have co.operated in themp prog ram up there fo r the past 5When we first began plans this year

looked rather discouraging. Severalthe -vapanese preachers hgdin ade icorn^for evangel istic meetings inhe r p arts of Japan, and for various

her r ea sons s ever al that we had countedsai d they could no t go. All four of th ethen in Tokyo were backingand planning to go, however.

So we decided tha t s ince mos t of thewould be missionaries we wouldve some of the Bible classes in Englishto attract students who might likee opportunity to brush up the ir Englishattending camp. This p roved to be

good idea, because it turn ed out thate major it y of the campers were mem

of various English Bible Classes, andwer e mor e c ampe rs than ever before.th e te ac he rs a nd some of th essionaries children who went, a total ofpeople were at the camp this year. Themajority of them were non-Christians,it was a wonderful opportunity fo ra ch in g t he word and witnessing to th e

l i fe.The program of th e g rou p follows th e

outline of similar camps in theincluding Bible Drama night, talentcamp-fire, afternoon recreation an dclasses. Since our camp has no

ec tr ic it y and uses spring water it is atle rough , but we all enjoy the part 'ou t get ting back to natur e a ft er a yearth e noise and civilization o f Tokyo where

wat er does no t ru n for m any hours ine day, though piped to th e house.We had perfect weather for the week,a full moon every night glowing

th e st i l lness of th e l ake and m ounOne of the high points of the weeks a moon-lit wal k a long th e l ak e sho reFuji gray and towering in the distanced then a final prayer circle.The camp-fire was very inspirational, andto a c limax when fiv e young highs tudent s s tepped ou t firmly to con

the ir fa i th in Christ a nd dedicatelives to him. Soon after dawn on Satday morning 6 people were bur ied within baptism in th e quiet, clear waterthe lake. We al l came thanking and

God fo r his manifold blessings onweek of camp, and looking forward toyear. Harold Sims

Eimberlin Heigh ts , Tennessee

Buf-fray Family is BackAt Work in JapanAs planned, we did board th e shipArcadia at Vancouver August 6th and

vi a San Francisco, Long Beach and Honolulu, arrived in Yokohama at 8:00 a.m.on th e 23rd. Thus end ing ou r second fu rlough after one y ear an d twenty-five days.

The weather was good except fo r twodays. About two days out of Japan was thoworst wbea-^w-ran into the -edge -ofa-typhoon. Considering everything we werepretty good sailors an d were sick only twoof th e s ix te en days, fo r which we werethankfulWe wish to express our gratitude toall who had a pa rt in making our sta y inth e Unit ed S ta te s a very busy and happyone. It did ou r h ear ts good to reminiscewith old acquaintances and to meet andmake new friends. To rejoice with youin successes and to sympathize an d pray inth e many problems.However, if in al l our t ri al s and successeswe can look upon them as stepping stonesas a means of becoming more Christ-like,we have w on the battle and the Scripturewhich says: Al l things work together forgood, to them that love God, and are calledaccording to His purpose, will take onits true significance and untold blessingswill unfold before our eyes.At two o'clock Thursday morning Davidawakened anxiously asking if we could se elan d and g et tin g ou t of his bunk he wentto th e porthole, bu t could see nothing. Atfive o clock I got up and looking ou t theporthole could occasionaly see in the grayis h dawn th e dark outline of l and enveloped in a misty haze.

The baptismal service at 6:15 AM

Summer, 1962, No . 3

At seven thirty we want up to thepromenade deck on first cJlasd to gothrough customs and fina lly was fin ishedat 8:30, bu t too l at e for b reakfast .

Since we had arr iv ed an hour and ahalf ea rly we went out on deck and waitedfor the missionary and Japanese friendsto come. One by one t hey began to appearfirst some Japanese and finally, the missionar ies .

But we st il l couldn 't ge t of f th e shipunti l 10:20 because of three or four persons who failed to appear a t customs, eventhough they had been p ag ed ab ou t ev eryten minutes. I do hope and pray thatthis doesn 't happen at the Gate of Heavenahead of time, having our passport andcustom papers all in order, waiting to enter.Aftsr salutations were over one ofthe Japanese took me by surprise byimmediately asking: What did you thinkabout this morning when you again sawJapan? Hesitating mementarilyt I replied that at 5 o lo k I had arisen andlookingout the porthole could see the darkoutline of land against the grey mistin that moment a choking feeling came intomy throat and tears to my eyes as Ithought of the entire nation, 93 millionpeople lost in the shrouds of Satan.God help us to be as empty pipes withnothing at either end, that God s HolyGod s Holy Spirit may be able to use usto the fullest extent in fulfilling HisDesi retha t no one be lostTo this end, with increasing under-Cont inued on back


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THE TOKYO CHRISTIANquarterly by the Missionariesthe Church of Christ Cunningham Mis. Tokyo Japan, for the informationinspiration of every Christian whoseis open to the call of Chr is t and whoilling to help in the s upr eme task of

out the Great Commission ofis t: Matthew 28:19 20.as second class matter in theTenn., Post office u nd er th e actMarc h 3 1879.Subscripton 50 centsand ' Flaming Torch 1.00

MISSION S T F F. and Mrs. Stanley Buttray, 575Kamiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,. Forwarding agent: Mrs. Homer AndR. D. 1 Meadville, Pa .. and Mrs. Andrew Patton, 27 Sakura-Nakano-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Forwardagent: Mr. or Mrs. Ray Armstrong, Rt .Box 310, Piqua, Ohio.

and Mrs. Harold Sims 1-52 Aralhi, Nagano-Ku, Tokyo, Japan . Forwardagent: First Christian Chu rch, TokyoBox 262 Charlottesville, Va.kages for Japan should be s en t d ir ec tparcel post to one of th e missionariesaddresses are shown above. Consultlocal post office concerning mailingand limitations of size an d weights.you change your address p lease not if yL. Hamilton, Kimberlin Heights, Tenee, giving both your old a nd you r newIf you make an offering of 1.00more you a re ent it le d to receive thisif you so request . Churches or groupsan offering of 10.00 or more m aya bundle of 10 copies for distribu

iMr. and Mrs. Elber t Holland o f U kia h,A retired but ye t faithful gospelacher of the Christian Church. Fory years a supporter of the ChurchChrist Cunningham Mission. And disi ng the t imes , cont inues to faithfullyth e present missionaries of th eThey give most of their titheay to independent missionaries.

Nakano Church CampIn KoruizowoFor their vacation this summer th eSimses rented a house in th e cool mountains about 100 miles from Tokyo during

the month of July. The house belongs to theJulius Fleenor family who were on fu rlough this year. It was a most enjoyabletime for the whole family.We thought we would like to shareth e jcys of the cool breezes and beautifulscenery with our friends in the Nakanochurch so we proposed that they comeup for a 3 day family-style camp. Itagaki-san the minister soon arranged a programwith a good balance of sermons prayer and

play and began to announce it . The response was quite a b it more e nt hu si ast icand numerous than we had first imaginedbut we managed to take care of all whoc meIncluding our family of 7 a total of36 people ate 3 meals a day and slept inthat house which would normally accomo-date 8 or 10 people at best. For eating weused t he regular dining table desks andthe ping-pong table, and managed to seatthem all. Fo r sleeping we rented Japanesec ot to n mat s f rom a dealer in th e town an dslept most of them on th e floor. Of coursethey divided into teams to help with thecooking serving and washing dishes.The ages of those attending rangedfrom a husky 3 month old boy to an oldwrinkled lady of 71 bu t everyone seemedto have th e time of their lives. They arrivedin 2 large groups by bus and train onMonday noon July 23 and returned on th eafternoon of July 25.

We were very thankful fo r th e richfellowship which this meeting enabled usto have with these folks. And we all rejoc-ed when one of th e ladies (mother of 2email children) finally made th e decisionto accept iChrist She was baptized at theNakano church on August 5.

H a r o l d Sims

Bopt-isms Af SakuroyamaDuring the summer there were three

additions to th e Sakurayama Chu rch. Oneyoung man an d two young lad ies, afterhaving a tte nd ed t he chu rch s er vi ce s fo rs ever al mon th s, confessed their faith inth e Lord and were united by baptism withHim. Another young man is expected tobe bapt ized soon.

ndrew Pat ton

Children's SponsorsAll of th e P atto n c hi ld re n a re in needof living-link support. Sharon Lee is eight,

Noel Ray is five, Phi li p Hol t four, andStephen Andrew twenty months. Sharonand Noel are in school and the i r tui t ionalone amounts to 630 a year plus theirtickets. Sharon and Noel can be sponsoredat 600 a year each and Phil ip and Stephenat 400 a year each. Your help would beappreciated.

n d r e w Pat ton

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Harold and Lois Sims ch atti ng w ith Mr.Nishimura, a Tokyo city councilman, at th ewedding recep tion of one of their friends.Worship in the open air during an outingand picnic. Nakano and Kumegawa churches coope ra ted, with about 50 peopleattending.Th e Nakano church campers, in th e yarda^ Karu izawaThe l ad ie s t ab le a t the end of the meal.These ladies of Loi s' B ib le Class did all ofthe planning of the meals an d mos t of th ew o r k


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ConventionThis was one of th e bes t was the

concensus of the Japan Missionarieso gathered on June 18-20 fo r their annualnvent ion. This y ea r' s c onventio n waso ns or ed by the Tokyo mission arie s ands held at th e smal l re so r t town of Ajiro,a few miles south of Tokyo. Ex

accomoda tions we re had in a Japstyle hotel at reasonable rates. Abath was one of th e attractive

of th e hotel.A total of 83 persons attended th eamong whom was a sizeableof service personnel. iCEaplain ffiiT

of Misawa AFB brought th e o pe nin gLt . Cmdr. Grover Andrews ofsugi Na va l Base a nd hi s family, AirmanMayfield Mr. and Mrs. Zimmern and their family who were o n th eiry to India Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Helmd daughter and Mrs. Helm's mother from

were also able to a t tend theMr. and Mrs. Mark Maxey and familyIsabel an d Janst Dittemore partic ipa tin th e convention before their depar

for th e United States for furlough.e Claude L ik in s fami ly moved to Kobeafter th e convention. So we wereppy to have th e fellowship with themthe convention before their departure.There was a special program for eache group represented at th e conventionul ts, young peop le , and children. Theera l theme of th e convention was Misas Stewards, and th e theme was

tdeveloped by sermons, addresses, forums,and group d iscu ssio ns sho wing the missionaries are stewards of t ime, talent, possessions and life. The meeting o f heartand mind ho\Vever around the c of fee t ab leseemed to be enjoyed about as well asany thing. The p rograms for the childrenand young people were flavorsd with suchi nt er es ti ng i tems as outings, swimming, abanquet, handwork, etc.

Mr . an d Mrs. Paul Nielsen invited th egroup to Sendai in Northern H on sh u fornext year's convention, and th e invitationwas unanimously accepted. This will bethe f irst tim e th e convention jvill ha_ye.met_in the Sendai area and we look forwardto it with much interest .

ndrew Pattoj i

Summe r VisitorsThe usu al joy ful excitement c au se d by

visitors from far and near w as o urs duringthe summer. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nielsen ofSendai stayed over a few days with thePattons after th e missionary convention inJune. They had bu sine ss a nd had to meetvar ious medi ca l and dental appointmentsin Tokyo.Robert an d Betty Morse arrived freshfrom a Statesidie furlough in July. T heyand their children spent about four dayswith the Pat tons ( th e children spent partof the t ime w i th the A1 Hammonds) be fo red.eparting fo r Hong Kong the n ext stopon t he ir t ri p back to Bunna.Harold and Leone Cole a nd B arb ara

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mcame during the early part of August.They had been in tiie mountains on vacation and made the trip from there toTokyo so that Barbara cou ld take a planeto Amer ica to en ter school. The Coles weree nt er ta in ed by the William Wal kers whilein Tokyo.

Verna Mae Shafer, Dorothy Schmale,and Betty Morga n on a wor ld tou r p asse dthrough Tokyo in August. All are personalf ri ends f rom old school days of the Simsan d Pattons. It seems almost fantastic thatw e sh ould entertain world-touring formerschoolmates in our home in Tokyo

families arrived back in Tokyo on August23rd. The Patten a nd Sim s fam ilies weresupper-hosts for th em upon their arrival.The Paul Pratt family from Kyushu wereg ue st s at the Pat ton homie on August SOthand 31st. before returning to th e States

fo r furlough. On the evening of th e 31s : of the Tokyo missionaries and someArmed Forces f rie nd s met at the Sakura-yama Chu rc h building for a p otlu ck supperand the first prayer meeting after the summer vacat ion. Th is was a welcoming meeting for the Fleenor and B ut tr ay familksand a f ar ew el l t o th e Pratt family. Therewere 41 present.

Ths tourist season bringing missionaries and o th er f ri ends to ou r homes inTokyo is almost over fo r this year. Buteven now we can mark up a pretty goolrecord.

Andrew at ton


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Cont inued f ro m f ro ntand fervor, please pray with us

fo r us .Wa enjoyed our f ir st Sunday back inby worshiping a t the Kamiochiaiwhich is th e one next to ourthat we e st ab li shed dur ing t he last

years. I preached for tha Englishat ten an d then for th e Japaneseeleven. Then in th e evening gave a few

of greet ing a t a welcome and far emeeting. A welcome to Mabel and Ir ning a ft er a year furlough in th ee s, a nd a farewell to th e Bill Walker

who had lived in our home an din th e Church while we were absent.the English service which hasuctuating at tendance of about t hi rt y,

has b een about a two hundred perincrease in the Japanese service.I left f or fur lough July 29fh lastthere were about t en persons coming.it is close to thirty. This is Just the

site o f that which I found to existI returned from furlough in 1956, forI thank God.

As far as n umbe rs a re c on ce rn ed thisn especially fine growith. But numbersdon 't t el l the whole story . For exexcept for one or two, most of themy ou ng p ers on s betw een the ages 1822, quite immatu re and babes in but who isn't in Japan Orin America ? Here lies on e of th e

weaknes se s o f th e ChurchAs a n army without trained seasonedwould soon be help less before theor a bus in es s f irm without t rainedmen at it s helm wou ld soon beLikewise, neither can we expectChurch here in Japan without trained,and aged leadership to bebut weak and ineffective.

Lord, as clay in your hands mouldinto a strong , powlerful^ victoriousStrong in Faith, powerful in Witi ng , and Vic to rious in th e Risen Chris t.

Stanley and Mabel Buttray

Sakurayama DVBSFinding a suitable time fo r Daily

Vacation Bible School in Tokyo is a di ff ic ul t ta sk . Elementary School does notrecess until late in July when th e intenseheat of summer is upon us . T hen m anyof th e children accompany t he ir p ar en tson a vacation trip to escape from the sweltering city. I n s pi te of th e difficulties, however, th e Sakuray ama Chu rch conduct eda DVBS from July 26 to August 1. Theattendance was nothing to speak of, butinterest remained high throughout th eweek. The peak attendance was about14 . The theme for the w eek was TheBible Teaches. We expect a harvest shortly from this sowing of th e Seed.

n d r e w P a t t o n

News NotesJonathan Sims was baptized into Christon August 5, 1962, just 3 days before his

tenth birthday.* * * *

Mr. Shimoda, a fine and able Christiancarpenter who has been emp loyed for some10 years by the Kyushu Christian Mission,has moved to Tokyo fo r on e year to dovar ious jobs fo r th e missionaries in Tokyoduring the furlough of the Mark .Maxeyfamily. He ha s completed hi s first job,which was building a garage at the Simshouse. There are various o ther repairand building jobs waiting for him, and weare very thankful to have such a handym an aro un d

S S:On Sep t. 3, 1961 Yukio Itagaki took upthe work of minister or pastor at th e

Nakano Church. He did so in faith anddedication an d at great personal sacrifice;fo r he left a good job with a promisingfuture in one of th e largest insurance companies in Japan to preach to and b ea r th eburdens of a small flock at a v er y sma llsalary. t the Fii-st Insurance Co. he received 80 per month with twice yearly

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bonuses of at least 2 months sa lary e achtime, p lus h ea lt h a nd u nemplo yment i ns urance and other f ringe benefi ts . At Nakanochurch he received 14. per month, an di t was somewhat an act of faith fo r th echurch to promise even that much, fo r itwas more than the average month ly offerings up to that time.He did no t think it was a good planto depend on th e missionary or foreignfunds fo r h is l ivin g, so agreed with thechurch to come for what they could pay,and he would supplement his income withprivate tutoring of students in English la nguage. Many of th e common-sense folksin the church thought he was being a littlefoolish and that Mr. Sims should guaran teehim a respect ab le sal ary. But Mr . Simsagreed wit h Mr. Itagaki that it would bebetter for th e church if t hey d id no t dependupon U. S. S. bu t upon God.

One year has now passed by. Thechurch offerings have doubled, th e salaryhas been rai sed to 18, there have been4 bap ti zed and th e a tt endanc e and spiritis better than ever before. Enough Engl ishstudents came to enable the Ita ga kis tolive modestly bu t comfortably. Everybodyis h ap py a nd t ha nk fu l to God for w ha t wecan see He has done . Personally, we havehappier relations with th e Itagakis thanwith th e o ther p reachers whose salary Iwa s p ay in g; a nd I am sure that th e community people who know how he lives an dwhere his money comes from have morerespect fo r him.

This sounds like we are mainly thinking about money, but of course th e opposite is true. If the I ta ga kis h ad beenchi ef ly conce rned wit h money they wouldno t have quit the good job a year ago.They seek first God's kingdom, and Godtakes care of th e rest according to Hi spromise.After seeing the blessings of this way,I certainly ca n se e no re as on fo r goingback to the old system of paid Mission workers Haro l d Sims


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J u l y 1 0 1962D e a r F r i e n d s

Speaking o f th e weather . . A f t e r a v e r y diyv s p r i n g Tokyohad a serious.water shortage t h a t forced 6 H i t - o f o f t^ c i t y wate r su pp lyfor 10 houri every day during May ar^ caused us much inconvenience. Buti n June the r a i n y season came on Sbhectule , and fo r a month th e eon tinuouss o f t r a i n s have f i l l e d a l l the empty r e s e r v o i r s and t u r n e d everyth inggreenincluding bur shoes. Aside from some mechanical t roubles withthe clothes dryer and a leak i n the pipe from the Hot wAter hcHter thatslowed down the launderihg,we have-Jhdard no complaints . A ll 7 of us arever^ well arid happy in Gfod s servl hc and His care>

Another echdpl fbi the dhildiJ eri end ed dii Jun e 8. Hopefinished the 8th grade, and looks forward to e htei lhg High dh6ol ^beginning Latin study in September. Sylvia finished the 6th grade,,^anagave the Welcome Speech for their graduatlc^ ceremony. She and Hbpeplayed a duet a t the piano r e c i t a l on May 25, and we know t h e i r grandmothers would have -been proud t o see them. Jonathan completed t h e 4 t hgrade and has s t a r t e d trumpet lessons. And Bobby went through the 1 s t ryfcgrade resenting being the shortest boy i n the school. The t radi t ionals o f t - b a l l game between.the students and f a t h e r s a t the school picnicwas played in t e r r i b l e rain and mud, but a l l had a good t ime.

This letter has been delayed for several weeks while we were incorrespondence about the following announcement At this time aremaking a CHANGE IN AGEm. , \The Christian Cftujrch in Charlot tesvil le Virginia., which has beenhandling this*business Tor the past 2 y e a r s w i l l continue t h e i r l i v i n g -

link support of 100per month; but because bf various circumstancesand problems following the resignation of Bro. J, Halbert Brown asm i n i s t e r t h e b o a r d o f t h e c h u r c h a n d t h e new m i n i s t e r h a v e a s k e d me t oget another church to handle the duties of forwardi^ agent.

The F i r s t Church o f C h r i s t i n E u s t i s Floipida has coiasented t o t a k eup this work for us. I graduated from High School in this beaut i full i t t l e town, and through the years since I was ordained there in 1943and again a f t e r they became the f i r s t congregation to pledge l i v i n g - l i n ksuppor t f o r us back i n 1946 our many . f r iends there have been very f a i t h f u li n praying for us and sending f inancial support. We are confiden4> :thatour f inances and a l l business connected with our work w i l l be handledn o t only wi th r e s p o n s i b l e s tewardship but love by the v o l u n t e e r workersin t h e E u s t i s c h u r c h .

From now on p l e a s e send a l l o f f e r i n g s t o :irst C h u r c h o f hristOrange a t Cente r S t .E u s t i s F l o r i d a

I f you wish t o deduct the o f f e r i n g from your income ta x the checkshould be made payable t o t h e church, and a note o f e xp la na ti o n enclosedwould be suff icient to guarantee J:hat the offering w i l l go into our fxuids.Repor ts w i l l be s e n t r e g u l a r l y t o ; a l l s u p p o r t e r s .


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Jus t a shor t note l i ke th i s cannot express our thanks to theCharl-otte&vtile Church, and pa rt ic u la rl y , t o H,al Brown, fo r a l l of the t imeand l abor t ha t has been contr ibuted in doing th i s forwardingjagent workduring the past years. We wish to publicly acknowledge our' indebtedness to these good people for the i r unselfish and f reely given serviceon behalf ôf buf Worki rt ' IS'donb f or-th^; sake of Christ iaM He will;, .. reward .when in His k-ihgddml' ' = - ' v . ' ; .3.1 . :.j.^Pr.cm^Juh4AlB-80'-we ohOe- .-^îh' dhjo^jf-ed^-ithe wonderfii^ ofthe annt^l gfet-tê'tHet^'^df rep^êa^ purchurfdhesi?'-ilfeei*o wdS a-'total 'Of 80v8^^-bnt ;'thi^ ;'tMe,^ ''inclu^frldhds ilnothe ^Âfiiied 'SerîcSfS' ana'iothO h jegSn-'tbitttio^fiLiîiy onp.viridus,buainsSv ^The progs^smîs'-plfi^^^ th' >5 faÎf|s^ Tokyo,and thOre were separate-sS'sldfis''for'âdullt^, teeh-fige?S find^'SHildren,We m e tTokyoma t ;:f' .pper , day .'

a l t hpu^ we.c a n h o tSchhCil ....or -??:^: f.orj Ithd^-fevehing seI^^l:cev; ..aêc.iaX jdja^4.;;.''Easterh^Sruhda^^^-hight Lois _arrdiêld/a;'im;^c^c t|';^^ a 'trio,duet^ several - Solos 'and vibraphbiiis-;'' -tliir first 'stidii dttempt here,and we were happy to see 54. present fpr: tfiat spec ia l event,..t .One., youngman niv.as-^t)captl'lêdi-'that'd^ .c ro n'v;>eo-{ri-sr. ...s'i-; orr'.fc^ an::-' \The Itagakis (ministers here) were felîased With'a bt^^^born on April 19. They are beloved by. the^ l i t t le ,op^ and

I have,beenpetsabMhg' dvery^sMHfeyHighfc and also t e a cM n g

#aiSgds' t e tSd^''^sub3eQf'-ofî?eIfgioh'.and, X'to dmake Saicf.eW.fpoints'for -' X X,. /.Xfrr-iij -iii?/: fSiv: 'fu j i-v;jôartoo 23'i.ni. ciji. i-'.s i-r^p.p.... . .rj. Silsx3i: ceji:gi'\upr^\ ieL-^^have time, the 12 page monthly Japanese Christian famil^y-raag^slrfa^'^(pastoral song). I f any of you would,like-these Emllsh.traJiW-lajb., ^ôf what one of our Japanese ê^HeWI will be glad to send it'td'-^buX^ iiotl-. .'A couple of the churches ^hF'Tbicyo1:&Ve^^ had serious problemswu ' ijuuniv--.ae^^ of thV J 6b,it seems t ha t a l l we can - * ^ v.-. ' - - ' -i


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B u t t h e r e a r e a l w a y s good t h i n g s . One S un da y m or nin g e v e r y monthI p r e a c h f o r t h e little c h u r c h o v e r a t Umeda ;Ln th e slum s e c t i o n o f T o k y o .T h i s work wa s b e g u n s e v e r a l y e a r s ago b y t h e F l e e n o r p , and t h ^ s y e a r w h i l ethey ar e on furlough I m taking care of some of their work temporarily,I t i s good to see th e f a i t h and z e a l o f t he se pe opl e . A good e v a n g o l i s t i om e e t i n g w as h el d t h er e th e first week o f J u n e .

A n o t h e r b l e s s i n g h a s b e e n t h e m e e t i n g s o f th e p a s t o r s an d m i s s i o na r i e s f o r f e l l o w s h i p once a m o n t h . We have d e v o t i o n s and t h e n a s t u d yon some s u b j e c t p r e s e n t e d b y one o f t h e men. A f t e r a p e r i o d o f d i s c u s s i o na n d e x c h a n g e o f news we e a t l u n c h t o g e t h e r . The a t t e n d a n c e a t L o isl a d i e s m e e t i n g s on Wed, a f t e r n o o n s h a s a l s o p i c k e d up d u r i n g th e p a s tfew m o n t h s . T h e r e a r e 6 r e g u l a r s b u t o r ne w p e o p l e a r e no w comi ngs o m e t i m e s

We h a v e b e e n p r a y i n g 6 mo n th s a b o u t o n e o f t h e members h e r e a tNakano, We h a v e known h e r s i n c e s h e was a 1 0 y e a r o ld s c h o o l g i r l i nmiddy b l o u s e and l o n g b r a i d e d h a i r . We w i t n e s s e d h e r b a p t i s m one m o r n i n gn t h e c a l m clear w a t e r s at L a k e M o t o s u We h a v e w a t c h e d h e hristiangrowth and s e r v i c e a s a Sunday Sch o o l h e l p e r . But l a s t f a l l s h e beganto m i s s c h u r c h m o r e a n d m o r e .

A t New Y e a r s s h e v i s i t e d u s w i t h th e news t h a t s h e w as e n g a g e d t oa young man i n th e piano company where she works. e were di sa ppoi nt e dt o l e a rn t h a t h e r i n t e n d e d was n o t a C h r i s t i a n an d w o r r i e d when s h eseemed a f r a i d o r ashamed t o b r i n g h im t o c h u r c h . He seemed t o bei n f l u e n c i n g h e r away to th e worl d, and she d i d n t come f o r many week s .A few Sundays ago she f i n a l l y came back t o c h u r c h . She h ad d isco v ered t h a t he wa s p l a y i n g around w it h o th er g i r l s . a n d I t h ad openedh e r e y e s t o w hat s h e was g e t t i n g I nt o . A ft e r g r e a t s t r u gg le w it h i n ^h e r s e l f s h e sa w t h a t h e r m o t h e r s and p a s t o r s w a r n i n g s were r i g h t andsummoning a l l h e r courage sh e re sig ne d he r job and broke o f f the engagement.We t h a n k Go d f o r t h i s v i c t o r y i n h e r l i f e and H is c h u r c h .

Y o u r s in H i s s e r v i c e

HAROLD AN D L O I S S I M S

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NEWS FROM THE S I M S September, 1962

D e a r Fr i endsWe had a p l e a s a n t summer, with th e whole family doing a l l o f th e

varied an d i n t e r e s t i n g things together l i k e reading P ilgrim s Progress. playing Scrabble, and the dishes) and rejoicing in the blessingswhich God in H is g r a c e cont inua l ly showers upon u s .This year we rented a house ox jned by the Julius F le en or f am il y inthe r e s o r t town o f Karuizawa 3OOO f e e t up in th e mountains a t the edgeo f th e swampy plains surrounding Tokyo and near an a c t i v e volcano.This i s only 100 miles from our home, but i t gives a iônderful changein atmosphere from asphalt an d auto exhaust to acres of talj. pine

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We wanted to s h a r e t h i s de l igh t fu l a i r w i t h o u r f r iends s o weInvi ted t h e Nakano c hu rc h p eo ple to have a fam i l y camp a t ou r temporary Place from July 23-25. They made the necessary arrangementsfo r food preparation, etc. and planned the program enthus ias tically.There were many more applications than we a n t i c i p a t e d , b ut we r efused none because we expected t h e s e 3 days t o g e t h e r to be a goodopportunity for teaching and evangelism as well as fellowship.The week-end o f July 22 I was back in Tokyo, and t h a t Sunday wasbusy with preparations. At 5:30 the next morning we l e f t here withthe car f u l l of food, cooking ut e nsi l s, the Japanese preacher andfamily etc. We go t up the mountain, unloaded, and back to the localstation in time to meet the^jOT^^ming from the city by train andbus. There was total Qi^^6r pop.^ê^ôunting our family, for supper.

By using a l l availaJal^^beSseMi r desks and tablesincludingthe ping-pong table--we seated a ll of them in the big living room. Bycareful us e of the floor-space a ll were able to sleep comfortably,using th e r e g u l a r J ap an es e m ats.Ages ranged from 3 months to 71 years. There were mothers withsmall children. Middle and High School students, employed people andgrandmothers. A few were at such a church meeting for the firsttime in th ei r liv es . But in the family atmosphere everyone seemed tohave a fine time and constantly smiled. After the camp ended theItagaki family stayed with us for the rest of the week.The following week we attended some sessions of the EvangelicalMissionary Association of Japan Annual Conference which was held inthe same to\m. We do not belong to the organization, but enjoy hewing the singing of ^00 missionaries and the speakers and also meetingsome of our acquaintances from here an d there.Lois and Hope made a 2 day trip do^ m to Tokyo by train in orderto see Mrs. Verna Shafer, one of our good friends from Standard Publishing and Chase Ave. Church i n C in ci nn at i who was passing througnon a trip around the world, and the Robert Morse family, who werer e t u r n i n g to the i r f ie ld in Burma.August 3 we returned to Tokyo much refreshed. The heat was terd

to get used to, of course. The next day we briefly enjoyed theconditioned comfort of the Imperial Hotel at the wedding of one of ourKorean friends to a descendant of the former king of Korea. n Sunday, August 5, qnq of t.hfi lailAes who went .tp_.the ogmp washnptlnnd1 and also our Jonnie made hi s confession and was baptized at the sê time^^ l t~^ juat 3 daf s before ms tenth birthday.


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Everybody arrived at camp ug ijr^ur whole family went,but Danny was sick so Lois broughrt~^hSiB--40t^f i5ne day late. I servedas manager and morning chapel speaker and Lois was camp nurse and part-time cook and baby s i t t e r . One of our ladies from Nakano did yeoman service in the rough kitchen. Counting thejrapulty ^iid..-theirfamil ies we had a t o t a l of 86 people a t camp.Th^.maJ^J.ty of oeoole were but cooperated withthe r u i e s ^ S I were a t ten t ive in the classes and they were a wonderfulopportuni ty fo r evangelism. Also the warm sunby day and a ful l moon in the sky every n igh t .The usual program forthe week was fol lowed, ^

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