THE "Sunrise Kingdom" needs light, the light of the Gospel.
Typical Japanese Laborers.
The Japanese Empire is not large, and that is in its favor. Its 3,500 islands more or less, cover an area of about 147,600 square miles. Its population is set at 40,072,000. Its largest island, Nippon, embraces more than one-half the empire.
Its people, of Mongolian type, perhaps of Tartar origin, are enterprising, hospitable, brainy, patriotic, skilful, quick to learn and imitate. In religion they adhere to Shintoism and largely Buddhism, religions of self-salvation, the results of which are continually before the people.
Christianity is needed, but not the Christianity of England, or Germany, or France, or America. There has been too much of such kind of Christianity laid before the people of the East for their acceptance. Missionaries are needed who will carry and proclaim the religion of Christ, irrespective of race or nation. For this religion they will not need to apologize or be ashamed, whatever any nation may do. The power of God will go with such a Gospel, proclaimed in the love of Jesus; and the shrines of ancient man-made religions will crumble before its divine power.
