Have you observed the way the commission reads in the revised version? Oto Fujimori was born in Japan, February, 1872; baptized by W. D. Campbell in Detroit, May, 1894; opened work at Takahagi, Japan, December, 1898; and has staid with it. Four of his nine children are Christians.

      Funds for Miss Sarah Andrews, of Tokyo, Japan, may be sent to I. B. Bradley, Dickson, Tennessee.

      Bros. Vincent and McCaleb live about 2½ miles apart in Tokyo and see each other about once a month.

      Blood is essential to our life and well being. A steam engine is dead when the fire goes out. Vegetation requires sunlight. And the church of God is essentially a missionary institution. It is made that way. Read that over again.

      The missionary society refused to send W. D. Cunningham to Japan, but he, like a certain man who wanted. to join the army ("I'm going anyhow") went to the field and has done a great work, showing that even a man who uses instrumental music in his work can get along and get along well without the society. McCaleb and others have shown that they can dispense with the organ too. Let Bro. Cunningham do likewise.

      Negotiations with the Government in India are pending for the admission of Bro, Langpaap, who being of German descent, might not be admitted were he to arrive at an Indian port without permission to land.

      John Sherriff, of South Africa, has made his eighth annual report. He is a good man and stands greatly in need of a suitable helper. Who is willing to go?

      Sixty-one baptisms in India the first twenty-four days of December. Later: 110 before the mouth closed.

      The writer will forward funds to any of the missionaries without reduction. If you live outside of Kentucky or border states, please remit by a money order or draft on New York, Chicago, or St. Louis. Address 2225 Dearing Ct., Louisville, Ky.

      Our brethren who object to sending missionaries to the faraway lands; who contend that the heathen at home should have our chief attention--what sort of argument would they put up if conditions were reversed, and they themselves in the heathen land, with the gospel over here? Would they want somebody to come over and help them? Would they not (if we could imagine that they understood the situation) storm about our selfishness and rebuke and plead and entreat? Wouldn't circumstances alter cases considerably? The golden rule is a good rule: "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you..  . . ." [86]

["On Foreign Fields [Missionary Notes]." Word and Work 9 (February 1916): 86.]

      The electronic version of Don Carlos Janes's "On Foreign Fields [Missionary Notes]" has been produced from microfilm of Word and Work for 1916.

      Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. Inconsistencies in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and typography have been retained.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
373 Wilson Street
Derry, PA 15627-9770
e_stefanik@email.msn.com

Created 5 February 2002.