Proceedings of the General Conference of Protestant Missionaries in Japan; Held in Tokyo, October 24-31, 1900. with Extensive Supplements (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... things to be remembered about japan. Rev. Ai.behtus Pietebs. 1 That Japan is about: is large as the State of California, or as the States of.Michigan, Wisconsin, and half of Illinois, put together. 2 That it is a very beautiful country, and so mountainous that not more than one-tenth is under cultivation. 3 That in this space live forty-five millions of people, more than in England or in France. 4 That, although there is no immigration, the population is rapidly increasing and in thirty years more, will probably amount to one hundred millions. 5 That the government is a constitutional monarchy, the Emperor being assisted by a Cabinet, and by a Congress chosen by the people. Suffrage is limited by a property qualification. 0 That as a whole the country is well governed, under laws similar to our own, efficiently administered. Life and property are as safe everywhere in Japan as is the United States. 7 That Japan lias railroads, steamships, an army and a navy, medical science, electric telegraphs, telephones, street railways, sanitary regulations, and everything that marks a civilized, progressive community. 8 That it has an excellent school.system, so well appreciated by the people. that, though one-third the expenses arc met by fees from pupils, 81 per cent of the boys and "1 per cent of the girls attend school. 9 That heathenism is still strong in Japan, although many of the more intelligent are utterly indifferent to any religion. This class is rapidly increasing. 10 That, whether heathen or infidel, in spite of all their intelligence and progress, the people of Japan are without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world, walking in...