Christianity in Japan by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Sep 13, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 37.

Christianity in Japan

By Editor

How Long Will It Be Before Japan Becomes Nominally Christian?

We are told that the Y. M. C. A. Branch in Japan is really embarrassed by the confidence given it by the Japanese Government. The Emperor gave the Association full permission to go to the troops with its tents and ministrations, gave them $5,000, and debarred the Buddhist priests from the army. The generals have telegraphed for more tents and more secretaries; but the Association has not sufficient money to send them. Now if the Young Men's Christian Association would only uphold and stand alone for the Christianity of Christ,

what a blessing it would be to that nation; but if they stand for politics and American Christianity, or some other specialized brand, it will simply lead the Japanese into a form instead of the reality. And the end of it all will be, yielding to that branch of so-called Christianity, the Roman Catholic, which knows how to make the most of form. Then will all the world worship the beast and commit fornication by uniting church and state. The only safety of Christianity is loyalty to the Word. May the Y. M. C. A. of Japan stand for that.