The Christian Village of Chausubara

Signs Publishing Co. · Melbourne, Victoria · May 31, 1920

FromAustraliasian Signs of the Times, Vol. 35, No. 22.

The Christian Village of Chausubara

THE Christian village of Chausubara in Hyuga stands out as a shining example of what Jesus of Nazareth taught and lived. The Okayama Orphan Asylum is located there and its 270 cho of land is divided into nine plots each with a cottage, house-mother and family of twelve or thirteen children. There is primary school on week days and Sunday-school on Sundays. There are the homes of those connected with the work—the teachers and others in charge of the institution; and in addition to these are thirty homes of the Asylum graduates, in most cases both the young father and mother having been trained in the Orphan Asylum. They earned their little piece of land and were helped to build their home, adding to land and buildings as time went on. The police stationed in this village found theirs a superfluous job and were transferred elsewhere. The village is known for miles around for its high ideals.—Japan Evangelist.