The missionary stations are the outposts of Christian civilization. Each missionary, with his home and his staff, forms a nucleus about which gathers an influence far in excess of the numerical list of converts.-WILLIAM H. TAFT, Laymen's Missionary Convention at Washington. It seems to me that if the Japanese are to be Christianized as a whole that missionaries will have to be more devoted in their work. They will have to take part less in social affairs and give themselves heart and soul to their heavenly mission.-ARCHBISHOP NICOLAI, Japan Evangelist, March, 1912, p. 108. O Lord, Brother and Friend, Redeemer and King! The wise men brought to Thee in Thy babyhood jewels and spices, frankincense and gold, and myrrh. Show me what I can give to add lustre to Thy crown, to rejoice Thy heart on high, and everything in me and of mine shall be a joyful sacrifice to Thee. The daily life of a missionary is not only a constant sermon, but to a certain extent, an exposition of Western ways. It would be worth while to send Christians to the Orient merely to show the fulness and richness of a Christian life, for, after all, the example of an upright person, living a life of service according to the Christian ideal, is more eloquent than any sermon-it is the unanswerable argument in favour of our religion.-WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Oh, my son, life does not consist in the abundance of things possessed but in the character one has. The best character is formed under discipline, so you must learn self-control. Sin always hurts. Garfield said to himself, "I must always be with Garfield, so it is important that he be right, for I do not want to be tied to bad company." Remember, Harry, my_boy, that wherever you may go you will have Harry Garst, Esquire, a companion, so do what you can to make him such a person as you enjoy.-CHARLES E. GARST, in a letter to his son. T IV THE MISSIONARY'S HOME LIFE HE missionary, in going to a foreign land, necessarily brings a great many changes into his own life and imposes upon his family a way of living that is strange and unknown in his own country. If he is to hold up in the stress of work, do his best, and abide many years on the field, it is imperative that as little change be introduced into his way of living as is possible. The first missionaries to Japan had many hardships and inconveniences in travel, dwellings, and food which have all disappeared to-day. It is fortunate for the missionary and his work that, so far as his living is concerned, he can live in Japan to-day very much as he would live at home. The Japanese are great travellers. They know how foreigners live in their respective lands. The whole movement in Japan is decidedly foreign in all that pertains to dress, food, and the furnishings of the home. Hence, Japanese have little respect for the missionary who would come to Japan and reside, eat, and dress as do the poorer Japanese. Such a missionary would be marked as inferior, and his influence be greatly curtailed. Years ago, when we were coming to Japan, an elderly lady elicited a promise from us that we would carry her compliments and good wishes to a friend of hers who had gone out before us as a missionary. On inquiry as to the whereabouts of the friend, we were dreamily told that she was in Jerusalem. Another party wanted us to hand over a letter to a friend in the Philippines. When it comes to drawing a picture of the daily life of the missionary, his home and surroundings, the majority of people at home miss the mark as widely. There are still individuals who think a missionary should live in a tent or cave in the mountains; that his best days should be spent sweltering in the tropics, dreaming of the comforts of icebergs and a diet composed of snowballs, or that his sole allowance should be rice enriched with grasshoppers or fish eggs; as for a bed, he may have his couch upon the floor, consisting of grass and pine-needles; as for books, he needs none, unless it is "Josephus" and Foxe's "Book of Martyrs." Such a missionary might survive in some sunny and fruit-embowered island, surrounded by coral reefs, in the south Pacific, but not in Japan. Some missionaries live in a foreign dwelling, some in a Japanese home. It is the purpose of most mission boards to house their missionaries in foreign dwellings. Our first dwelling was foreign built. It had two stories and a yard that covered five-twelfths of an acre. Within the yard were trees and shrubbery. Save the three winter months, there was always some tree or plant in bloom. Around the yard, after a time, we were enabled to erect a six-foot galvanized iron fence. The fence marked a boundary line between Japan and America. Without the fence flowed the busy traffic of Tokyo. We could hear the shouts of children who played in the streets, the cry of the street hawker, and all around by day and night the beat of temple drum and bell. Within the fence we had our own little world. Here our children played in the yard and rolled upon the green grass. The missionary's dwelling is his castle. He has pictures on the wall which have been brought from America. Usually he has a morning worship in English and an evening worship in Japanese. Through the home he captures for the King of kings many a curious caller who may have come to practise his English upon the family. After a journey of many days in the country, living on |