The Missionary Volume 23 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ... On my asking him to explain his language a little, he said that I need not pretend not to understand his language after preaching myself in Japanese for half an hour. Becoming intensely excited, he harangued me, with his rather dirty visage so close to me that I had to use my Bible literally as a protection and defence. Meanwhile the priests were after Iyeda like hawks. Finally I said it was not profitable receiving such "unreasonable questions," and we would close the meeting. They said that was extremely arbitrary, and insisted that we continue. Then one priest wanted to speak against us. I told him he might if he would let ns preach in his temple, whereat he subsided. Then they began a general howling, one crying this and another that. I really thought for a few moments that they would attack us physically, but as we sat perfectly quiet, they contented themselves with howling at and. reviling us. Then, for the first time, I was openly insulted by a Japanese audience, and had open expression of hatred to foreigners. But the talk that night was almost enough to make one imagine himself back thirty years ago in Japan. After twohours' waiting and insult (among other things, we were told to call upon our God and see if he would deliver us), the crowd began to thin out. The hotel-keeper came with a message to us, so, seizing that opportunity, I gathered my things, said " excuse me," and quickly stepped through, the squatting crowd to the stairs. Some shouted, "Stop him" and others, "The dirty foreigner is running," whereat they all came pell mell and shouted after me and all around me as I walked to the hotel, but no violence was offered. Our chief regret is that this may make it difficult to get a meeting place there i...