Influential Personages Won to Christ in Japan
By H. Kuniya
LAST week I baptized three young men at Kagoshima, after thoroughly instructing them. On the morning of his baptism, one of them told his mother about baptism, and said: "Mother, I am going to be baptized by the Seventh-day Adventist pastor to-day. If you think I am going to a hellish church, why do you not say a word to prove me wrong? Do you think that I shall go to Satan's church?" She replied: "No, no. I don't think so. Your church is right. I will hear more about the Bible from your pastor." This message is going everywhere. Lately an aged sister of Admiral Togo began to keep the Sabbath. She heard about the Christian religion when her brother returned from England many years ago. But then she heard only about one great God who created the worlds. Now she is glad to hear more about God and Christ. I hope that some of her family may be converted to Christianity through her influence. Hundreds—nay, thousands—are tired of Buddhism, and searching for a new religion; but because many Protestants backslide, and have lost power, many of the heathen are wondering. Now is the time to let our light shine.