p. 18 | Japan by F. W. Field

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 12, 1908

Japan

By F. W. Field

Tokyo.—We have quite a nice little training-class here in Tokyo. Brethren Okohira and Kuniya are conducting regular daily classes, and about six or eight, I believe, are in regular attendance. Some of these are workers, some are just preparing for the work, and two are young men who have recently accepted the truth, and have settled in Tokyo. So we are doing what we can in the way of educational work, not waiting until we get a full-fledged school. As for myself, I am putting in good time on the language, with regular lessons with a teacher five days in the week. During the last year my time was much broken up, and my regular lessons greatly interfered with. But still I did what I could on the language. I can do considerable talking without an interpreter; but it would not be fair to say that I am preaching freely in Japanese yet. I feel sorry that my other work has taken my time as it has, so that I have not done more on the language; but I mean to keep at it as long as may be necessary till I get it.

We receive encouraging, hopeful letters from the workers in Korea. At Sunan they are busy with the school work this winter, and report a good interest. F. W. FIELD.